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comes in the form of interesting, relevant facts and ideas from other countries through listening tasks and Culture Quiz exercises.
“Let’s Speak” is fit for entry level students of all ages. “Speak Up” provides for the needs of higher level beginners. Offering the same careful listening and speaking help, but with slightly more open ended discussion.
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36. Which of the following is not mentioned about the two books in the passage?
A. Content. B. Writer. C. Price. A. the same interesting topics B. the same level of learners
C. proper ways to excite the learner to talk
D. right kinds of activities for cultural communication 38. What does “entry level” refer to in this passage? A. Low level beginners.
C. High level beginners.
B. Experts. D. Native speakers.
D. Book number.
37. The two books have in common everything except ______.
39. According to the passage, you can have at least ______ ways to be connected
if you want to know something about (AWL’s) books. A. two
B. three
C. four
D. six
40. The passage is probably taken from the ______ section in a newspaper.
A. EDUCATION B. NEWS C. BOOKSHELF D. OPINION
B
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NO matter which tourist destination you visit, chances are you’ll see Lonely Planet guidebooks in the hands of travelers.
Lonely Planet is one of the world’s largest travel guide brands, publishing more than 500 different guides in eight languages. This year marks the company’s 40th anniversary. The popular brand also produces television shows, websites and podcasts, all dedicated to travel.
Some people praise Lonely Planet books because they make traveling easy and affordable. They save you time and keep you from missing the very best things in a place. And of course, their reviews of hostels, hotels and restaurants, in addition to ticket information about your destination, are useful.
This can be great if you’re a nervous traveler, or if you haven’t traveled by yourself before. If you’re in a country where you don’t speak the language, sometimes there’s nothing better than getting into a taxi and opening up a guidebook. You simply point to a map, directing the taxi driver to a hostel that’s cheap and clean, with friendly staff and cold beer.
But others criticize Lonely Planet and other travel guide publishers. They say guidebooks take the fun and spontaneity (率性) out of traveling, and that part of the enjoyment of travel comes from the fact that anything can happen. They also lament that if you follow a guidebook, you’ll end up doing the same things and having the same experiences as everyone else. You might end up seeing the same group of people over and over, because everyone is reading the same book and following the same trail .
Another criticism of travel guides is that they have an overly large influence on local communities. For example, some locals dedicate their lives solely to behaving in ways that attract tourists. They fake a traditional lifestyle, wear traditional clothes and live in traditional houses just to attract tourists’ dollars.
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41. The Lonely Planet guidebook can bring you the following advantages
EXCEPT that ______.
A. it can help you to save time and money when traveling B. you will not miss the best things without having to make choices C. it provides a lot of useful information about your destination D. you can easily find a nice place for you to stay in a strange city 42. Who will find a Lonely Planet guidebook very useful?
A. Someone who always takes a taxi when traveling. B. A tourist who likes to repeat others’ experiences. C. A person who’s nervous touring an unfamiliar place. D. A native traveler who is traveling alone. 43. People criticize the guidebook because ________.
A. the guidebook is not as useful as most travelers expect
B. travelers using it will be bored with meeting the same people on their journey
C. travelers using it may not get the chance to have unexpected adventures D. local people keep their old lifestyle under the guidebook’s influence 44. What does the underlined word “fake” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. mistake B. learn
C. pretend
D. create
45. What do we know about the “The Lonely Planet guidebook” from the text?
A. It is a world-famous brand that only produces guidebooks for travelers. B. It is popular around the world providing travelers with guidance in several languages.
C. It influences many travelers’ traveling experiences but is of no use to people. D. The writer loves it very much because of the convenience it brings to travelers.
C
In 1997, a London researcher came up with a startling idea on how humans would live in the future. Professor Michael Batty, a widely known urban planner, summed it up in one phrase— “The Computable City”. By 2050, he says, there will be a convergence(集中) of computers and communication technologies, with
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highways and smart buildings connected via the Internet in new kinds of vast information infrastructures(基础设施). “Everything around us will be some form of computer,” he wrote.
Take the old Spanish port city of Santander as an example. After an � 11 million grant in 2011, over 12,000 sensors(传感器) have been set up, recording everything from air pollution levels to free parking spaces.
Streetlights now automatically get dark when no one is around, while rubbish bins give notice to collectors when they’re full. These advances save local authorities about 25% on electricity bills and 20% on waste management.
In a smart city, the information being produced is vast. Some experts estimate that by 2016 we will provide 4.1 terabytes(兆兆字节) of information per day per square kilometer of urban land area, which equals more than four average home computer hard drives.
But the Santander centre’s purpose is not just to serve the local government. It also makes this sensor data freely available to Santander citizens themselves. Via their smart phones, citizens can access up-to-the-minute information on everything from local traffic jams, parking spaces to pollen counts(花粉量).
Other smart city projects are even more diverse. In Norway, for example, more than 40,000 bus stops for local transport company Kolumbus are already making scheduled announcements via Twitter. Passengers can also scan a type of two-dimensional barcode(二维玛) with their smart phones, which can be seen at each stop and leave messages about their experiences.
While in Boston, a system called ShotSpotter is using acoustic sensors to find out the location of gunshots quickly, helping the police reduce crime. 46. We can learn from the first paragraph that the computable city ______.
A. is a highly informational city
B. is a city where computers are seldom used C. refers to a city someone describes in a novel
D. refers to a city where everything is automatically controlled
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