2019届高三英语周周练三
radicalII. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Norway is Teaching Travelers to Travel
After 15 people died during Easter in 1967, the Norwegian Trekking Association and the Red Cross announced their campaign ‘Welcome to the mountains, but be responsible’. Fjellvettreglene, the ‘mountain code’ (21) ________ encourages people to have a healthy and respectful relationship with nature, has since become a crucial part of Norwegian culture. It includes points such as bringing necessary equipment (22) ________ (assist) yourlf and others, eking shelter if necessary and feeling no shame in turning around.
Nationally, Norway (23) ________ (experience) an 11% increa in tourism in the past decade. From just 1,000 tourists in the whole of 2010, Trolltunga, a piece of rock that stands horizontally out of the mountain, (24) ________ (e) 1,800 visitors in one 2017 day
alone. Why? Becau people want the same picture they e on Instagram and Facebook. A lot don’t care about the experience of the hike. They just want proof (25) ________ they did it. But, while good for the economy, this tourism boom has become a threat (26) ________ Norway’s natural environment.
Ud toilet paper, (27) ________ (abandon) tents and plastic bottles can be found littered all around Trolltunga. And with the high amount of people who come unprepared for such an active hike, Norway’s leading hiking group, Friluftsliv, also has called for regulations on the number of tourists (28) ________ (hike) to Trolltunga. Las Heimdal, leader of the outdoor organization said, “On a busy day, you may have to wait in line for an hour and a half just to get a picture. To control this, we’d like to regulate (29) ________ ________ people can hike in a day. Starting hike times should also have regulations so people don’t start too late and find (30) ________ stuck up here.”
Section B
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The Black Swan, a rural pub in England has been named “the world’s best restaurant” by TripAdvisor. After scoring up positive feedback, the review website __31__ the pub over fine dining establishments from New York to Paris in its __32__ Travelers’ Choice awards.
So what’s it got going for it?
Firstly, this isn’t some backwater pub enjoying in insignificance. Tommy Banks, a(n) __33__ young cook, is already a TV regular in the UK and has had a Michelin star to his name since becoming the youngest receiver ever in 2013 at the age of 24. Secondly, it’s not really a pub anymore. Like many rural UK pubs, the Black Swan had been in __34__ for many years before 2006, when Banks’ family took over. After their attempts to run it as a pub struggled, they decided to make it a dining __35__.month
It now operates as both restaurant and fashionable __36__ offering food-and-stay pac
kages that help draw customers to its truly __37__ location. It’s usually booked up well in advance with __38__ coming from near and far. During CNN’s visit, neighboring tables included a couple on an overnight break from their kids. Another __39__ two of the Banks brothers’ old school teachers, on a trip up from York -- __40__ the kind of crowd that have helped lift the Black Swan to TripAdvisor glory.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
英语诗Could Buying Paintings Make You Rich?
Is investing in paintings a good way to get rich fast? And how should you invest in art?
ampoulekaiyuan “With extreme __41__” is the advice of Patrick Connolly, a financial advir. “We don’t __42__ our customers to invest in art becau the downsides are greater than the upsides. It doesn’t produce income or earnings. What you __43__ is exclusively bad on supply and demand, and there are big movements upwards or downwards if there are
changes in the economic environment,” he said.
To invest in art as a true investment, you need a starting fund of at least $5,000. But it’s not just about having enough __44__ to buy the painting in the first place. Expensive works of art are often stored in protective boxes complete with detectors to monitor humidity and temperature levels, and to protect them from sun damage or other __45__ such as a spilled cup of coffee. And if you do put it on your wall, then your insurance costs are likely to be high. If word gets out that you have expensive art hanging on your wall, then you’re likely to be a __46__ for thieves.
Art is also not a regulated investment so when things go wrong – for example, an artwork turns out to be a fraud(赝品) – then investors cannot fall back on __47__ for any repayment.
Of cour given the current environment of low interest rates, that’s still a(n) __48__ return than many savings accounts will give you. As art has no association to the stock market, it means paintings can __49__ in value even when the market crashes, making it 盒子的英文
a good option for investment __50__.
