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   Looking for something entertaining to do? Check out some wonderful festivals around the world.

Koningsdag — The Netherland

Koningsdag or King’s Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is celebrated on 27 April (26 April if the 27th is a Sunday), the date marking the birth of King Willem-Alexander. Orange is the national color, and the streets become a sea of feather boas (羽毛围巾) and body paint as crowds gather in the plazas and on the boats in the rivers. Amsterdam is the center of this outdoor party, with many live music events, but nearly every town is alive with orange on this day.

Thai National Elephant Day — Thailand

Thai National Elephant Day is a national holiday in Thailand. Thai National Elephant Day has been celebrated on March 13th of every year since 1998. Because the elephant is the national animal of Thailand, it is highly respected and treasured. During the festivals elephant are honored during a ceremony (典礼) in which they are fed with bananas, other fruit, and sugarcane.

The Fire Festival — Shetland

On the last Tuesday of January the entire town of Lerwick, Shetland is in flames. At the festival, you’ll find yourself sitting, dancing, or stumbling around the largest bonfire you’ve ever seen in your life. The festival lasts only one day but takes the entire year to plan. Be prepared for an evening of singing, dancing, and fast paced activities, and don’t worry about making it to work next day — it’s a national holiday!

Holi — India

Holi, the Festival of Color, is a Hindu celebration full of joy and one of India’s most important holidays. On the last full moon day of the lunar month, usually late February or early March, the air is full of bright-colored powder. The festival is celebrated differently throughout the country, with bonfires and music, but the cheerful spirit is common throughout Hindu communities around the world.

【小题1】The festival celebrated on March 13th in Thailand is held to ______.
A.show people’s respect for their Queen
B.show Thai people’s respect for elephants
C.ask people to protect endangered animals
D.help people relax by singing and dancing
【小题2】Why don’t people have to worry about working the day after the Fire Festival?
A.Because people are allowed to sleep at work next day.
B.Because the activities are too simple to get people tired.
C.Because people don’t have to go to work next day.
D.Because the festival ends very early at night.
【小题3】Where should you go if you are interested in the Festival of Colors?
A.India.B.Shetland.
C.Thailand.D.The Netherlands.
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   Here are some of the top museums in the world.

Smithsonian Institution,Washington D. C. ,the United States

The Smithsonian is the world's largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and various research stations. If you spent one minute looking at each object on display day and night, in ten years you'd see onlyten percent of the whole. Therefore, it's wise to head out with a plan.

Main attractions: the dresses of the First Ladies, the Gem Hall at the National Museum of Natural History and the Wright brothers'1903 Flyer.

Louvre, Paris, France

The Louvre was the palace of the kings of France before becoming a museum over two centuries ago. The addition of I. M. Pei's pyramid shocked many people when it was first used in 1989 as the new main entrance. The museum's collections are among the most important in the world. A good place to start is the Sully Wing, which leads straight to the Egyptian rooms.

Main attractions: Venus de Milo, The Winged Victory of Samothrace, and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

The State Hermitage Museum,St. Petersburg,Russia

Russia may be isolated(孤立)from the artistic centers of Paris,Rome and London,but the Hermitage has managed to get an amazing collection of world art — more than three million items — from the Stone Age to the early 20th century. The museum occupies six buildings along the Neva River. This blue-and-whitestructure was finished in 1764. Catherine the Great founded the museum that same year when she bought 255 paintings from Berlin.

Main attractions: golden masterpieces from Eurasia and pieces from Nicholas'private collections.

The British Museum,London,England

Britain's largest museum looks after more than eight million objects ranging from prehistoric(史前的)bones to things of the Parthenon in Athens.

Main attractions: the Egyptian gallery has the world's second finest collection of Egyptian antiquities outside Egypt, including the Rosetta Stone, carved in 196 BC.

【小题1】What does the underlined sentence in the passage show?
A.The Smithsonian is open day and night.
B.People visit the Smithsonian frequently.
C.There are so many objects to see in the Smithsonian.
D.The Smithsonian has 19 national museums and galleries.
【小题2】Where should you go if you are interested in the Venus de Milo?
A.The Louvre.B.The Hermitage.
C.The Smithsonian.D.The British Museum.
【小题3】What do we know about the Hermitage?
A.It was founded in honor of Catherine the Great.
B.It mainly displays modern artworks.
C.It is the largest museum in Europe.
D.It was founded in the year 1764.
【小题4】What do we learn about the British Museum?
A.It is best known for the Rosetta Stone.
B.It mainly displays things of prehistoric periods.
C.It is a good attraction for people who love Egyptian culture.
D.It has the second finest collection of artworks in the world.

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Several Jobs That Will Be Automated By Artificial Intelligence(AI) And Robots
Translator
Image recognition software and voice recognition software are bringing some major advances to language translation.Applications like Google’s Word Lens can translate words from signs and documents in real time and there are a lot of translation apps that allow you to type in a word or phrase and will translate it for you.
Some will even speak the phrase for you and raw word-to-word translation will be fully automated soon.
Fast food workers
Automated ordering booths have already made their way into a few McDonald’s restaurants around the world,and cooking positions could be removed next.The booths probably can’t handle customer service problems well,so televideo systems could bring in an office employee to deal with complaints.
Field technician
New advances in the Internet of Things could make this work obsolete.
Low-cost sensors combined with high availability cellular/satellite communications and cloud technology are being started to automate and alarm these sites, and can be checked and maintained from a desktop or mobile device.
Sales representative
But, e-commerce is changing how we make purchasing decisions, especially those where there isn’t much differentiation among the major competitors.
If you’re selling a high-differentiation product and/or a high-price, low-volume product you have some job security, but if you’re selling a high-volume, low-differentiation product, you better start polishing your resume, said Doug Camplejohn, CEO of Fliptop. “These kind of product sales are all moving online.”
【小题1】What can Google’s Word Lens do?
A.Translate by image and voice recognition software.
B.Speak the phrase or word for you.
C.Make real-time translation.
D.Allow you to type in a word or phrase.
【小题2】What can we infer from the second part?
A.All the restaurants own automated ordering booths.
B.Service problems can’t be handled automatically.
C.Cooks will not be automated by AI and robots.
D.Customers will have no complaints because of AI.
【小题3】What does the underlined word“obsolete”mean in Part 3?
A.Abandoned.B.Welcome.
C.Forbidden.D.Efficient.
【小题4】What does the author mean by“you better start polishing your resume” in the last paragraph?
A.You must value your present work.
B.You have some job security.
C.Your resume needs correcting further.
D.You should consider changing the job.

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   With exams just around the corner, now is a good time to explore some of UCL's lesser-known study spaces and get down to some revision. Here are some good choices for you.

UCL Senate House Hub

The UCL Senate House Hub opened in 2015 and provides 144 study spaces. What's more, you can check how many spaces are available online before you head for the hub! Located on the third floor of the South Block of Senate House, the center has room for individual and group study in traditional library spaces, as well as casual armchairs and bar-style desks.

UCL Eastman Dental Library

The newly decorated UCL Eastman Dental Library is located halfway along Gray's In Road and is open from Monday to Friday, 9:00 am-8:00 pm. The library has 72 study spaces, and many IT facilities are available. The library also has a study room for meetings and a computer room with an interactive whiteboard.

UCL Language & Speech Science Library

The UCL Language & Speech Science Library (LaSS) has disabled access and has recently been decorated to add extra study spaces. With only 49 spaces, LaSS is smaller than most other UCL libraries and tends to fill up relatively quickly, 80 get there early to avoid disappointment.

Senate House Library

This one may be cheating as the Senate House Library is not technically a UCL library. However, all UCL students and staff can register for free membership online. With millions of books and journals, the Senate House Library offers some places a little less used by UCL students but perfect for getting down to some hard work.

【小题1】The four places are mainly introduced to students who    .
A.love readingB.are preparing for exams
C.like learning onlineD.prefer to study in the library
【小题2】What should students do online before they go to the UCL Senate House Hub?
A.Make an appointment in advance.
B.Check the center's opening hours.
C.Check whether there are available seats.
D.Find out the hub's location.
【小题3】How many places may offer Internet services?
A.One.B.Two.
C.Three.D.Four.
【小题4】What can be inferred from the passage?
A.The UCL Senate House Hub has the longest history.
B.The Senate House Library is not used by UCL students.
C.The disabled have no access to all the four places.
D.LaSS may be the smallest one among the four places.

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   RISE is an exciting project designed and led by young people,for young people. 【小题1】.If you're aged between 16 and 25 years old,and are not in employment,education or training,RISE could help you learn new skills,and improve your prospects(前景).

What you'll learn

St John Ambulance believes that everyone should have access to first aid,and as many people as possible should be equipped with the skills to be the difference between life and death. 【小题2】.Then you'll also get the opportunity to develop new skills,gaining the confidence to train others in your community.

Choosing the right path for you

At the heart of the RISE project is a commitment(承诺)to peer to peer learning. 【小题3】.RISE offers you the chance to gain a range of qualifications and to choose a path that helps you make the most of your talents.

Stick-it:【小题4】.You'll find out how to manage an incident and learn some of the most commonly needed first-aid skills. You'll focus on CPR,bleeding and dealing with an emergency on this six-hour course.

【小题5】:A course designed for those who come into contact with children through their work or leisure activities. This short programme works by helping individuals to understand the unusual role they play in keeping children safe from harm.

A.Keeping children safe
B.Keeping in touch with the victims
C.The project is now available in communities across the country
D.So, as a participant you'll learn first aid through our Stick-it sessions
E.Stick-it sessions will cover all the approaches to training in RISE
F.Our one-day introduction focuses on gun-and knife-related injuries
G.You' ll be given the skills and guidance to pass your knowledge on to other people in your community

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The International Voluntary Service runs a number of Youth Exchanges throughout the year. Youth Exchanges give small groups of 4-5 young people the opportunity to take part in volunteering trips abroad for an average of two weeks.These young people are joined by 4-5 young people from 3-4 other nationalities and are a wonderful intercultural experience in a safe environment.
Example Youth Exchanges:
Youth Exchange 1
Location:Ireland
Other nationalities:Ireland,Spain,Italy,Hungary
Theme:Focuses on the topic of community reconstruction and community activities—exploring how local issues facing our communities are connected to global issues.The group will also learn about the eco-village as an example of a community and take part in team-building activities.
Youth Exchange 2
Location:France
Other nationalities:Bulgaria,Italy,France
Theme:Organic gardening & continual living.This project will take place in a natural park,where the group will take part in gardening activities and games/workshops about continuous development.
Youth Exchange 3
Location:Macedonia
Other nationalities:Serbia,Turkey,Ireland
Theme:Foster social inclusion and motivate personal development of young people through sports and outdoor activities.Promote outdoor activities as a tool to help inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities.
Youth Exchange 4
Location:Italy
Other nationalities:Italy,Bulgaria,Greece
Theme:A sociaI-environmental project that intends to promote social inclusion and continuable development,regarded as a process of civil rights and active citizenship. Over 10 days, the group will participate in activities to raise awareness about the effect of our behavior on the environment.
【小题1】What do you focus on when travelling in France?
A.Gardening work.
B.Civil rights.
C.Developing social inclusion.
D.Rebuilding communities.
【小题2】If you are interested in protecting the environment,you can take part in ________.
A.Youth Exchange 1B.Youth Exchange 2
C.Youth Exchange 3D.Youth Exchange 4
【小题3】Which nationality are Youth Exchanges most popular with?
A.Spain.B.Italy.C.Ireland.D.France.