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2021年2月10日发(作者：张白羽)

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Love

sugar-

white

sand

beaches?

Whether

you’re

looking

to

ski

down

the

side

of

a

mountain

or surf in

the

sunshine,

you'll find the following four places

in

the

best

winter

travel destination (

目的地

) list.

Best for: Families and water babies

The

newly-built

Coral

Towers

at

the

Atlantis

resort

(

旅游胜地

)

in

Paradise

Island,

Bahamas, with new next-door neighbor Marina Village, an open-air shopping and dining

marketplace,

are

just

two

of

the

newest

reasons

to

visit

this

Caribbean

popular

travel

destination. Don't forget about Aquaventure, the world's largest open-air water park. With

the average winter temperatures between the mid 60°F and high 70°F, it’s a perfect place t

o

escape the cold.

Best for: Winter sports lovers

Known as “Ski City” because of its position as the gateway to “the Greatest Snow on

Earth” at four of the U. S.A.'s best ski resorts

---Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, and Solitude---

Salt Lake City welcomes winter sports lovers all around the world. In addition to wonderful

skiing and snowboarding tracks, Utah Olympic Park offers an unforgettable experience that

will make you feel like an Olympian in training.

Best for: Adventurers

Iceland in the winter is simply dreamy and temperatures aren't as cool as you might

think.

Plus,

there's

no

better

time

than

winter

to

view

the

Northern

Lights.

Short

winter

days mean you'll have an even greater chance to catch the magic. An increasing number of

flights in and out of Reykjavik make it easier than ever to visit.

Best for: Families and theme park lovers

Whether you come for the Pro Bowl in January, the new Toy Story land at Disney's

Hollywood

Studios,

or

Supercharged

ride

at

Universal

Studios

Florida,

Orlando

is

yet

another

warm-weather

destination

for

winter

travel.

The

weather

is

at

its

best

and

the

crowds are at their thinnest.

21. Which of the following is a good place for shopping?

A. Iceland

B. Aquaventure

C. Marina Village.

D. Ski City

22. What makes Iceland become one of the best winter travel destinations?

A. The new Toy Story land

B. Sugar-white sand beaches

C. An open-air dinning marketplace.

D. The magic of the Northern Lights

23. To escape the cold in winter, you can go to ______

A. Salt Lake City

B. Orlando

C. Reykjavik

D. Brighton

B

After the Gold

Congratulations! You’ve won the gold medal! Stand still while the photo flashes (

闪

光灯

) pop and TV journalists ask how it feels. Thousands of new followers on social media,

meanwhile, are waiting for what you have to say.

Then, prepare for a different kind of downhill.

Diann Roffe knows the experience well. The American Alpine ski racer (

高山滑雪运

动员

) won a gold medal at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics after winning a silver at

the 1992 Albertville Games. She immediately

announced her retirement. She was 26,

an

age when most people have just begun a career.

Joining

society

at

26

can

be

tough.

A

professional

athlete’s

life

is

remarkably

self

-

centered. You wake up taking your heart rate. You think of your own workout goals. You

write down what you eat. After years of self-focus, if everything works out just right, you

win. Most people will never experience a high that high. But there’s a downside.

“It was like being taken up to the highest mountain peak to see the view, and then

being brought down, never to be there again,” said Roffe. In the first years after her win,

Roffe thought, “Here I am struggling with the masses to make ends meet and get

school

done, seeking that extraordinary feeling again.”

Roffe’s friend, speed skater Cathy Turner, was the darling after she won a gold at the

1992

Albertville

Games.

“I

woke

up

every

day

with

a

long

to

-

do

list,”

she

recalled

her

early days after retiremen

t. “It was like, ‘What speech am I giving? What company am I

going

to

address?’

I

was

Cathy

the

skater,

the

Olympian.

Then

I

was

Cathy

the

motivational speaker.”

Turner found it difficult to make a transition out of the sport. She returned to compete

at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, where she won another gold. She retired again,

turned her attention to computers, but soon found herself with marital (

婚姻的

) troubles.

Turner

escaped

her

troubles

the

only

way

she

knew

—

she

trained

for

the

1998

Games,

w

here she didn’t win a medal.

If their stories illustrate how difficult post-gold

years can be, Roffe and Turner also

show why winning athletes often eventually succeed.

“Think

of

what

these

people

develop!”

said

California

sports

psychologist

Doug

Gardne

r.

“Perseverance.

Tenacity

in

dealing

with

failure.

These

skills

are

very

useful

in

other aspects of life.”

Turner combined her perseverance with her love of computer technology. She finally

became a valued database (

数据库

) manager at a company in New York

state. Roffe, 23

years after her retirement, runs a successful business which makes locker (

储物柜

) systems

for team locker rooms, resorts and gyms.

24. Which of the following statements about Diann Roffe is true?

A. She won her first Olympic gold medal in 1992.

B. She was invited to address many big companies after her retirement.

C. She has taken part in the Olympic Games three times in all.

D. She has become a successful businesswoman.

25. According to the article, what is the “downside” of winning Olympic

gold medals?

A. Athletes will have many sleepless nights as TV journalists pour in.

B. Athletes will have a hard time deciding what to say to new followers on social media.

C. Athletes will find it challenging to relive such great feelings in daily life.

D. Athletes earn small salaries and most of them will find it hard to make ends meet after

retirement.

26. Doug Gardner thinks winning athletes can achieve success in life as well because

______.

A. they focus remarkably well on themselves

B. most of them are very strong and healthy

C. they tend to keep trying despite difficulties

D. they know how to motivate others

27. We can tell from the article that Roffe felt happy after returning from the 2014

Sochi Winter Games because ____.

A. American Alpine ski racers won many gold medals

B. she felt she had finally made a transition out of her sport

C. the U.S.A. team used the products of her company

D. her husband and kids accompanied her to the races

C

Tutoring a New Normal

It's not piano lessons or dance classes. Nowadays, the biggest extracurricular activity

in the West is going to a tutor. “I spend about 800 [Canadian] dollars a month on tutors. It’s

costly,”

says

Pat,

a

mother

in

Canada.

However,

she

adds,“

After

finding

out

half

my

daughter

’

s class had tutors, I felt like my child was going to fall behind because everyone

else seemed to be ahead.

”

Shelley,

a

mother

of

three,

also

has

tutors

constantly

coming

in

and

out

of

her

home.

“

When I used to sit down with my children, it was hard to get them focused. I was

always yelling. When I got a tutor once a week, they became focused for one entire hour

and could get most of their homework done.

”

Tutoring

isn’t

simply

a

private

school

phenomenon.

Nor

is

it

geared

only

toward

lower-achieving students. In Canada alone, seven percent of high school students reported

using a tutor in 2010. That increased to 15 percent in five years.

Overall, parents hire tutors because they are worried that schools are not meeting their

expectations,

but

there

is

also

a

cultural

shift.

A

special

value

is

placed

on

education

in

Asia, where tutoring is viewed as an extension of the school day. With a large number of

Asians

emigrating

（移民）

to

the

West

in

recent

years,

their

attitudes

towards

education

have had an impact.

Another

reason

for

the

growth

in

business

is

parental

frustration

and

their

packed

schedules.

“

A

lot

of

parents

just

don

’t

have

time

to

help

their

children

with

homework,”

says

Julie

Diamond,

president

of

an

American

tutoring

company.

“

Others

couldn

’

t

help

their children after

Grade Three. ”

There has been a shift in the attitudes, too.

“

Children used to get bullied

（欺侮）

for

having a tutor

，

” Diamond says.“

Now it

’

s becoming the norm to have one.

”

Children

themselves

don’t

seem

to

mind

that

they

have

a

tutor.

One

parent

feels

surprised that so many of her child’s classmates have tu

tors.

“

For the amount we pay in tu

ition, they should have as much extra help as they need

,”

she says. Still, she

’

s now thinking

of getting a tutor. Why? Her daughter has actually asked for one.

28. The tutoring business in the West has seen growth in recent years because_______.

①

immigrants from Asia have had an impact on people

’

s attitudes toward tutoring

②

a lot of parents are too occupied to help their children with homework

③

children no longer get bullied for getting extra help from a tutor

④

many schools cannot offer as much extra help as their students need

A.

①②③

B.

①②④

C.

①③④

D.

②③④

29. Between 2010 and 2015 in Canada, the number of high school students using a

tutor grew by_______.

A. seven percent

B. eight percent

C. ten percent

D. fifteen percent

30. Shelley decided to equip her children with a tutor because cause_________.

A. her children

’

s school was not meeting her expectations

B. over half of her children

’

s classmates had tutors

C. her children

’

s homework was too difficult for her

D. she had a hard time getting her children focused

31. According to the article, which of the following statements is true?

A. Pat got a tutor because she couldn

’

t help her child with homework.

B. Shelley spends about 800 Canadian dollars on tutors every month.

C. Most students who use a tutor have poor scores at school.

D. Asians usually place more emphasis on education than Westerners.

D

Do big sporting events make us do more sport?

I

recently

spent

half

a

weekend

sitting

on

the

sofa

watching

the

Davis

Cup.

I

thought about going for a run, but I did not want to miss the rest of the match. Soon it was

starting to get dark, so I did not bother. Whenever I watch tennis, I think how nice it would

be to play it regularly. But I have been thinking that for almost 20 years without actually

setting foot on a court. The evidence would suggest that I’m not the only one.

When a country or city bids to host an international sporting event, it often promises

that more people will take up sports as a result. London was no exception. Tessa Jowell,

who helped to

secure the 2012 Olympics for

London, said

they would be the first

to

set

challenging

but

achievable

targets

as

a

measure

of

their

ambition:

By

2012

two

million

more people would be physically active. And 60 percent of young people would be doing at

least five hours of sports per week.

In the end it did not turn out quite like that. Just over one-third of people in Britain

take part in sports once a week. A report on Olympic and Paralympic legacy has said that a

big change in participation levels simply has not happened.

Why

isn’t

there

a

big

increase

in

people

taking

part

in

sports

after

most

sporting

events? Perhaps it is a mistake to assume an automatic link between watching sports and

playing it. While the games are on, they actually encourage people to do just the opposite

—

to spend whole sunny days not out playing sports, but inside sitting on the sofa with the

curtains

shut

to

stop

the

sun

shining

on

the

TV

screen

and

spoiling

the

view.

We

don’t

expect

half

the

audience

of

a

hit

musical

to

apply

to

drama

school

the

next

day,

yet

we

seem to expect it of sporting events.

We might have sat on the sofa doing an impression of Usain Bolt’s bow

-and- arrow

signature pose. But how many of us have been inspired by watching him sprint

（短跑）

100

meters?

The

high- level

performances

on

show

only

remind

people

that

they

could

never match the elite athletes in their sporting achievements even if they trained full time.

Maybe participation in sports is not the right legacy to expect after a major sporting

event. It’s not so much that the Olympics failed to get people to participate but

rather that

this was never going to be the result. The Olympics can do many things, but maybe this

cannot necessarily be one of them.

32. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. The author prefers playing tennis to running.

B. The author watches tennis matches very rarely.

C. The author hasn’t played tennis in nearly two decades.

D. The author didn’t go for a run because the match lasted longer than expected.

33. The underlined word “secure” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_________

A. to fasten

protect

C. to obtain

D. to promise

34.

According

to

the

article,

there

is

no

noticeable

rise

in

sport

participation

after

most events because

.

①

it takes people a longer time to play sports than watch it

②

watching sports actually discourages people from going out

③

sporting events make people aware that they could never be as good as elite athletes

④

people are too busy to get into the habit of taking part in sports

A.

①②

B.

②③

C.

③④

D.

①④

35.

According

to

the

author,

to

expect

more

citizens

to

play

sports

after

a

country

hosts the Olympics is

.

A. important

B. natural

C. harmful

D. unnecessary

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How Disney grew its $$3 billion Mickey Mouse business

–

by selling to adults

In March 2019, Gucci began selling a $$4,500 purse in the shape of Mickey Mouse’s

head. Between the creature’s round black ears is a small handle embossed (

凸印

) with the

word

“Gucci.”

On

the

brand’s

website,

a

male

model

stares

seriously

into

the

camera

without the slightest trace of irony (

讽刺

) that he is, in fact, carrying around the head of a

children’s cartoon character.

It’s

perhaps

the

most

luxurious

Mickey

Mouse

products

designed

for

adults.

____36

____

Maybelline

created

makeup

sets

with

packaging

covered

in

Mickey’s

face.

Uniqlo made dozens of graphic T-shirts with Mickey in various poses. So as not to miss out

on the action, Apple launched $$300 Beats headphones that paid homage to (

向

……

致敬

)

the Mouse.

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