The timer is running. These people have 60 minutes to escape (逃脱) from a room they paid to be locked inside.
It is a game with clues (线索) that are spread in the room. And there is no starting point. You start wherever you feel like. It is up to you to put the clues together in order to find the key to get out.
A popular room offered by Timothy Smith in Washington D.C. is designed to mimic (模仿) the Oval Office in the White House. It is built like the office of the American president. The fun part of Escape the Oval Office is that anything here could be a clue to solving the puzzle. An old typewriter from the 1930s. Or the small table in the corner. Or the map of Washington D.C. on the wall. And then there are hidden messages that can only be seen under a black light.
Sometimes, the telephone rings. “Would you guys like a clue?” The boss controls the game progress on a camera and calls to offer hints (提示) when needed.
Teams can be made up of classmates, families, tourists, or a group of six friends and two strangers who just meet before the game starts.
It’s said that there are more than 800 Escape Room adventures in Washington D.C.. Each experience has different themes and stories. The rules for playing are similar, and solving the puzzle needs social, physical abilities and quick, creative thinking.
It was a little stressful. Some of the clues seemed really complex (复杂的). But it was a lot of fun, and the players had no idea what to expect.
Escape Room adventure is popular because it gives any person a chance to be a detective or to be a James Bond. However, like most team sports, this game is really all about being a good teammate and having a good time.
1.Escape the Oval Office is a popular room in __________ .
A. Chongqing B. Washington D.
C. C. Beijing D. Hong Kong
2.The underlined word in the last paragraph means__________ .
A. 侦探 B. 律师 C. 医生 D. 政客
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. All game clues are easy to find. B. Nobody can give any hints during the game.
C. Strangers can’t play the game together. D. Players need to work together to escape successfully.
4.This passage is probably from a(an)_____________.
A. newspaper B. medicine box C. story book D. movie poster
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Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope that computers can help them to improve their studies at school. But many of their children use computers to play games and watch videos. For most students, computers can not help them to study better but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.
In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves!
1.Why do we say the computer is a useful machine?
A. Because our country asks us to learn to use it.
B. Because it can help us a lot.
C. Because we can use it to play games.
D. Because it can help us to find jobs.
2.What do many parents complain about?
A. They complain that their children use computers to play games.
B. They complain that computers let them lose their jobs.
C. They complain that computers bring them a lot of trouble.
D. They complain that computers can’t bring them happiness.
3.In this passage we know computers ______.
A. also bring us trouble B. bring us happiness only
C. are hated by people D. are bad for people’s health
4.Can computers really help children to study better?
A. Yes, they can. B. It’s hard to say.
C. No, they can’t. D. Of course not.
5.How do you understand the last sentence of this passage?
A. It means computers are used by people.
B. It means people can live well without computers.
C. It means one must decide how to use computers.
D. It means computers are strange machines.
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--- When shall we go to watch the basketball match in the sports centre?
--- we the work tomorrow.
A. Until /finish B. Not until/ will finish
C. Until/will finish D. Not until / finish
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A .用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次（每空一词）。
luck happy encourage possible twelve
1.China is now _______ greener lifestyles, such as taking public transportation and giving up free plastic bags.
2.I had a lot of fun that night, and it was great to bring ______ to others.
3.His mother had a party for him on his _______ birthday.
4.This experience made me strong. I learned that nothing is ______.
5.________, he finally won the first prize.
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根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
Chen Qingyuan, 13, is an ordinary student in Grade 8 in the United States. But he has made himself a “star” on WeChat! He has a public WeChat account ( ID: mgzxxx0811) to share his life in the US, from study to after-class activities. He has about 1,200 followers. All his posts are original and he updates (更新）it almost every day.
In the beginning, only a 1. people read his stories. But he didn’t give up. “Gradually, I realized that followers prefer things that are ‘useful’ to 2.. Parents are more interested in how to apply for US schools,” he said. For example, his most popular article was how to 3. with interviews when applying (申请) for a US private high school. He shared his several interview experiences and gave suggestions. The article had more than 2,200 views and hundreds of reports.
To write high quality articles every day, Chen worked very hard. He observed（观察）life 4.，read a lot of books and even learned how to design pages. “I found everything in life could be written about. The key is to find a point and make it clear,” he said.
Recently, he wrote an article about the 5. between the first school day in the US and China. Through pictures, he showed that US students would receive many materials 6. the first school day, including the Principal’s Letter and various forms to fill in. While in China, students would have a class meeting to discuss their class rules for the new term or share their different experiences of the last vacation with each other.
Many readers encourage and thank him by 7. messages and money. So far he has received about 1,500 yuan. And he said he would keep writing at least until high school 8. he wouldn’t let his followers down.”
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The ______ you are, the______ you can work out the math problems.
A. more carefully; more easily B. more carefully; easier
C. more careful; easier D. more careful; more easily
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To solve the traffic problem, more and more bridges ________ across the river every year
in Chongqing.
A. were built B. will build C. are built D. are building
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Peterwondered why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always
taking, never giving.
One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on Saturday, I’d like you to come and
bring Martha, too.” “Thanks, Peter. We’d be happy to come.” “Perhaps you’d like to
bring your violin. You and Martha sing well together. I’m sure everyone will want you to sing for us.” That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another
friend, Betty to bring a cake. “You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like to
eat your cake better than have one from the bakery.” Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t forget to ask something from each one of them. He even
asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house! They agreed.
The party was a big success. However, as the guests were leaving, they said “Thank you ” to Bill and Martha for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the
house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, “ Thanks for the
invitation.”
1.The party was held(被举行） ________ .
A. at Peter’s house B. in a large hall C. at Peter’s friend’s house
2.________ liked Peter.
A. Few people B. Many of his friends C. Everyone
3.From the story, we can see Peter was ________ .
A. a warm-hearted man B. good at making friends C. a selfish（自私的） man
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Progress suggests a person’s ability to change the way he is living at the moment and it must ______ a better life and a better way of doing things.
A. lead to B. devote to C. make up D. take up
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