Discovering the beauty of the science and maths that shape our everyday lives, an experience in Wonderlab will fuel your imagination and inspire you to see the world around you in new and exciting ways. Come and enjoy yourself!

What to see

Spread across seven different zones, there' re loads of opportunities to get hands on with real scientific phenomena. Observe live experiments at our Chemistry Bar, see lightning strike before your eyes, play with forces on giant slides or travel through space under a canopy (苍穹)of stars. You can also take part in explosive science demonstrations led by our talented team of explainers. With 50 mind-blowing wonders of science to enjoy, Wonderlab is an experience unlike any other. Besides, a selection of shows will be performed daily in Wonderlab’s beautiful new show space. They are free of charge and last 20 minutes.

Tickets

? Day pass: ￡6 per person.

This ticket gives you day-long access to Wonderlab, perfect whether you' re planning a special trip to the Museum or simply passing through London and want to feed your curiosity.

? Annual pass: ￡10 per person.

For less than the price of two visits, give yourself a year packed full of wonder, curiosity and breathtaking experiences.

Opening times

Open seven days a week, 10:00 — 18:00 (last entry 17:15). Wonderlab will be closed on December 24，25 and 26 and will be open as usual from December 27.

During school holidays our opening hours are 10:00 — 19:00 (last entry 18:15). Please note that in peak periods ( from midday onwards) we are experiencing long queues due to the gallery' s popularity.

1.What can you do in Wonderlab?

A. Explore stars. B. Produce lighting.

C. Join in explosion shows. D. Do chemistry experiments.

2.How much should two visitors pay if they visit Wonderlab and enjoy the shows for one day?

A. ￡ 12. B. ￡ 20. C. ￡32. D. ￡40.

3.When can you enter Wonderlab?

A. 9:30 on December 23. B. 18:30 on school holidays.

C. 11:00 on Christmas. D. 10:30 on December 28.

4.What is the purpose of the text?

A. To introduce Wonderlab.

B. To attract people to Wonderlab.

C. To explain how Wonderlab works.

D. To analyze why Wonderlab is attractive.

As the morning school bell rings and students rush in, teenagers in one classroom settle onto mats and meditation(冥想) pillows. They fail silent after the teacher taps a “singing bowl”.

These students are in a for-credit, year-long mindfulness class, which is meant to ease youth anxiety and depression and to prevent violence. For 90 minutes, three days a week, they practice a mix of yoga, sitting, and walking meditation, deep breathing, journaling, and non-judgmental listening.

Yoga and meditation have gained popularity among Americans in recent decades, supported by studies showing benefits to emotional, mental, and physical health. The centuries-old practices have roots in eastern religions, but Western culture has long focused on physical postures (姿势), breathing, and relaxation techniques.

Some people have greeted the move with less than enthusiasm. Last year, an elementary school in Ohio ended its mindfulness program after parents complained it was too closely linked to religion. But many school districts are reporting success. In Richmond, California, schools have reported drops in school problems among low-income, at-risk youths. The school district in South Burlington, Vermont, introduced a successful mindfulness course as part of a health and wellness program, and now administrators there have advocated mindfulness into K-12 curriculums.

Two years ago, Caverly Morgan developed the after-school mindfulness program teamed up with Allyson Copacino, who teaches yoga. After hundreds of students signed up, Principal Brian Chatard took note. The school was dealing with a student' s suicide (自杀), and few resources were available to address students’ emotional and mental health.

“High school is the hardest period of time for kids,” Mr. Chatard said. “You’ve got emotional changes, physical changes, and all the social pressures. It’s also the onset of mental illness for some kids, depression hits, and there’s the pressure of college and sports. All these things kids do is overwhelming without having a strategy (策略) to deal with it. ” And now schools all over the country are introducing the practices.

1.What do Western people value more about yoga and meditation?

A. Non-judgmental listening. B. Religious meaning.

C. Physical benefits. D. Journaling.

2.What can we infer about the mindfulness class?

A. It is supported by parents.

B. It relives pressure of students.

C. It mainly builds students up physically.

D. It improves students’ academic performance.

3.Who started the mindfulness class?

A. Administrators. B. Brian Chatard.

C. Caverly Morgan. D. Allyson Copacino.

4.What is Mr. Chatard’s attitude towards the program?

A. Supportive. B. Concerned. C. Doubtful. D. Reserved.

Bob Dylan, born on May 24, 1941, is an American songwriter, singer, artist and writer. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when his songs showed social unrest. Early songs such as Blowing in the Wind and The Times They Are a-Changing promoted the American civil rights and anti-war movements.

Dylan’s songs include a wide range of political, social and literary influences. They challenged existing pop music conventions and appealed to the growing counterculture. His recording career, spanning more than 50 years, has explored the traditions in American song, from folk, blues, and country to rock and roll, and to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, even jazz and the Great American Songbook. He has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been called the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but songwriting is considered his greatest contribution.

As a musician, Dylan has sold more than 100 million records, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He has also received numerous awards including eleven Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation (引言）for his influence on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power”. In May 2012, Dylan received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. In 2016, Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.

1.Which word best describes Dylan’s music according to Paragraph 2?

A. Various. B. Talented. C. Personal. D. Popular.

2.What is Dylan better recognized as?

A. A performer. B. A singer. C. An artist. D. A songwriter.

3.What made Dylan get the Nobel Prize?

A. His poems about music. B. His American song tradition.

C. His language style of the songs. D. His influence on America culture.

Scientists in Britain have managed to teach bumblebees(大黄蜂) to pull strings to get to food and then pass on what they have learned to others in their colony(群体)—showing a high level of intelligence despite their tiny brains.

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London said the experiments, often used to test the intelligence of apes (猿) and birds, showed for the first time that some insects are up to the task, and can also pass skills on through several generations.

The findings add to the evidence suggesting the ability for “culture spread” — the ability to learn and pass on knowledge and skills — may not be exclusive to humans.

In the research, published in the journal PLOS Biology on Tuesday, the scientists were able to train 23 out of a group of 40 bees to pull strings with their legs and feet.

The strings were attached to discs — or artificial “flowers” — containing food at their center but placed under a transparent screen. The bees, spotting the food beneath the screen, learned to pull the “flowers” out by pulling the string with their legs and feet to be able to get to it.

From another group of bees given the chance to solve the task without any training, only two of 110 were successful.

Another group of bees was then allowed to observe the trained bees pulling the strings, and 60 percent of them successfully learned the skill. Finally, trained bees were put in colonies, and the scientists found the technique spread successfully to a majority of the colony’s worker bees.

Lars Chittka, a Queen Mary University professor who guided the project, said the team is interested in figuring out the brain processes behind the bees’ learning and teaching skills.

1.What does the underlined word “exclusive” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Ordinary. B. Unique. C. Beneficial. D. Widespread.

2.What did the researchers find about bees?

A. Bees learn best in insects.

B. Bees are as clever as birds.

C. Bees are born good learners.

D. Bees can be trained to learn skills.

3.What may the research team focus on next?

A. What else bees can do. B. Where bees learn skills.

C. How bees teach others. D. How bees’ brain work.

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A. Small bees, great abilities B. Bees can learn and teach

C. Bees are smarter D. Let bees learn

How to be more creative every day

Creativity isn’t something you either have or don’t have. In fact, it is something like playing the saxophone.1.So read on to know how.

• Be more curious.

It’s important to seek out new viewpoints every day. 2.To involve this in your daily life, make sure to keep an open mind when you’re presented with an idea, and be curious as to what else is around the comer.

• Give yourself space.

Letting every piece of information into your brain drags you from being creative. Try to apply a level of space into your everyday life. 3.It helps to lead your thinking patterns away from potential distractions (潜在分心的事物), leaving much room to have creative ideas.

• Try something new.

Frequent thinking patterns, in effect, cause you to be more likely to think the same things or make the same decisions over and over unless you get out of your comfort zone. 4.Though not always easy, it does open up a whole new world of thinking!

•5.

Social media has created an environment where we’re constantly shown whether we’ve succeeded in the form of likes or comments, which leads us to doubt ourselves. However, creativity is a journey, and you’re learning every step of the way. Honestly, you’ll learn much more from that than a straight win anyway. So be confident and tell yourself you have already done well enough.

A. Learn from failure.

B. Remind yourself you’re good enough.

C. The 8 p. m. — 8 a. m. phone ban is a great way to begin.

D. Getting physical really helps to sort out your brain space.

E. But it’s not easy to feel or be automatically creative either.

F. Thus you can think and approach things from another angle.

G. Using your skills in a different area is a great way to think outside the box.

That was my first ballet performance and I was the lead role. A huge black curtain _______me from the crowd. My heart raced so rapidly that it would_______out of my chest. A rush of _______shot through my body when the music began and I took my_______at the center of the stage. I pushed off the floor as hard as I could and _______into the air. Then I started to come _______for my landing, preparing to jump again, and yet my foot _______I fell, face-first. For a moment I couldn’t _______, wondering if I should go on._______, trained for thousands of hours for twelve years, my muscles ignored the________of my mind and I ________myself back on my feet. I finished the part and left the stage. Bending over a table, I tried to________tears. I didn’t want to go back to finish the last twenty minutes. I didn’t ________the lead role.

Then came my teacher. “The________thing on stage is to fall. You’ve gotten it, so what’s left to________? Just go and give it all. ” Her words ________me. Minutes later, I went back onstage and completely let go of ________. I just danced, letting the music guide me through the movement.

Now, as a Principal Dancer, I often think about that performance. We fall when we try our hardest. There is no ________, only pride. Falling is________and sometimes it is easier just to stay on the________. But if we never get up, we never experience what it is like to fly.

1.A. covered B. hid C. protected D. drove

2.A. beat B. drop C. run D. shout

3.A. amazement B. excitement C. joy D. satisfaction

4.A. time B. turn C. place D. order

5.A. flew B. spun C. rose D. looked

6.A. out B. in C. down D. off

7.A. slipped B. stopped C. stepped D. advanced

8.A. think B. cry C. move D. believe

9.A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Instead

10.A. loss B. pain C. relief D. hesitation

11.A. found B. dragged C. accustomed D. allowed

12.A. dry up B. wipe out C. burst into D. fight back

13.A. play B. deserve C. get D. finish

14.A. unexpected B. awkward C. common D. worst

15.A. go B. do C. lose D. say

16.A. awoke B. enriched C. excited D. surprised

17.A. the music B. myself C. the teacher D. others

18.A. excuse B. fear C. benefit D. shame

19.A. shocking B. interesting C. rare D. terrible

20.A. spot B. road C. ground D. stage

How do native speakers truly feel when speaking with non-native English speakers? It seems that1.(break) English annoys them. However, they keep being really nice when speaking with non-native speakers. I wonder how they really feel when doing so.

I think it would depend2.the native English speakers. Some people are just3.(easy) annoyed.

Personally, I study Spanish. When I hear someone4.(attempt) English, I am patient with them because I know5.difficult it is to talk in a non-native tongue. I also know English is very difficult6.(learn), and that increases my respect for their efforts. I’m a patient person by nature.

The situation matters too. If I were waiting7.(table) on a super crowded day and really8.(need) to do about a dozen different things, I might become upset at having to wait for someone to struggle while ordering his meal.

There also exists the9.(possible) that what is considered as annoyance is not truly annoyance. I might frown (皱眉) while listening to a non-native speaker, 10.that would be because I am concentrating and listening hard to understand him. It wouldn’t mean I’m at all annoyed.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

May I have you attention, please? I had something important to tell you. Our school will organize a visit the National Museum of China on Saturday morning, December 10. The National Museum of China, where lies to the east of Tiananmen Square, covers an area of about 70,000 square metre. We will gather at a school gate and starting out at 7:30 in the morning. Our visit starts at 8 o’ clock but it will last three hours. Please take up your notebooks and pens with you. In addition, during the visit, please keep quietly.

Do remember: 7:30, Saturday morning and the school gate. That’s all. Thank you.

假定你是李华，几天前外教Joan 离任回英国，你为她在网上购买了一套陶瓷茶具作为礼物。她来邮件说已收到，很喜欢，不过发现有个杯子破了。请回邮件表达歉意，并请她发照片过来，由你和商家联系发。

注意：

1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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Mr. Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, “ If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”

“OK, Dad,” said his son. But he was afraid his son couldn’t remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.

Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.

The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said, “Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more.”

The man was very surprised. He asked, “No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”

"Burnt yesterday evening."

1.A man came to visit the boy's father on ________.

A. the second day B. the third day C. the fourth day D. the fifth day

2.The man was very surprised because _________.

A. he couldn't find that piece of paper B. the child didn't ask him to sit down

C. the child gave him a cup of tea D. he thought the child's father was dead

3.What was burnt? ___________.

A. The piece of paper B. Mr Smith C. The visitor D. The boy