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Rock Junket is The Original Rock n' Roll Walking Tour of New York City. Rock Junket founder Bobby Firm is an author, former rock radio personality, rock historian and he's spent 17 years as a music executive (总监). Read the reviews, book the best and fort the rest!
Rock Junket Walking Tours are not only the perfect way to dig deep into New York's rock scene but also learn about art, fashion, rock n' roll clothing stores and great local bars and restaurants. The East Village Rock Tour is very popular as we demonstrate how the neighborhood went from poor to being the birthplace of punk rock. On The Greenwich Village Rock Tour we'll look at the influence Bob Dylan had on the Village plus sites about Jimi Hendrix and The Animals. We cover lots of clubs also including Cafe Wha, Bitter End, and others. The Union Square Rock Tour details the immoral behavior of Max's Kansas City, Webster Hall, Andy Warhol and his 2nd and 3rd Factory, a famous Clash album cover and much more. The Beatles Tour takes us through Midtown and Uptown as we explore the sites that gave birth to Beatle mania (披头士狂热). Our Customized Rock Tours have been booked and loved by schools, universities, writers, museum curators (馆长) and many others.
51. From the passage we know Rock Junket is__________.
A. a famous museum B. a travel agency
C. a website for music lovers D. a survey company
52. If you want to join in the Rock Junket's activities, you must ________.
A. has a gift for music B. read online reviews
C. buy a ticket in advance D. wear rock n' roll clothes
53. Which of the following is most popular among student groups?
A. The East Village Rock Tour B. Customized Rock Tours
C. Union Square Rock Tour D. Greenwich Village Rock Tour
B
A 58-year-old mother of three, Emma Orbach has spent the past 13 years living with no electricity in her self-built roundhouse, at the bottom of a field in rural west Wales, a 15-minute walk from the nearest road.
Her daily routine includes tending to her vegetable plot and collecting fruit, looking after her three goats, seven chickens and two horses and cutting firewood. She gets her drinking water from a nearby stream and only rarely goes to the shops for treats like rice and chocolate. Her evenings are spent in the light of her stove, cooking her dinner and playing music. She then retires to her wool covers at about 7. 30 pm. Mrs, Orbach said: "This is how I want to live. This lifestyle makes me feel really happy and at peace and this is my ideal home. "
Living in the mountains of West Wales, she named her home Tir Ysbrydol, which means " spirit land" in Welsh. When her children, who are in their 20s and 30s and live in London, Bristol and Brighton, visit, they, like all guests at the roundhouse, are banned from bringing technology such as phones or laptops with them.
It is all a far cry from the conventional trappings of Mrs. Orbach's background. Her father was a violinist and her mother a librarian. After graduating from Oxford with a degree in Chinese, she married architectural historian Julian Orbach. Together they founded the Brilhdir Mawr eco-community in the Preseli Mountains near Newport, in Pembrokeshire, round a 180-acre farm in 1993. For five years they enjoyed a simple life, then a survey plane chanced the "lost tribe (部落)" and they were involved into a decade-long battle with the authority,
Officials were unable to find any records, let alone planning permission, for the, mystery hillside village surrounded by trees and bushes and insisted the eight grass-covered buildings should be pulled down.
The eco-community suffered a decade of inquiries, court cases and a planning hearing before their fight, backed by more modem support for green issues, finally ended in victory in 2008 when the roundhouses were given planning approval.
But by then Mr. and Mrs. Orbach had divorced and the community split into three sections, including hers. Each community is independent and they co-exist as neighbors in a more traditional style.
Explaining why she set up. her own home just before 2000, Mrs. Orbach said she felt a " very strong pull to live life even more simply".
She is in the process of building a sixth roundhouse there and has permission from the council to build four more. She runs a " healing and retreat (隐居) centre" on the site and usually has about five people living in the other roundhouses. They pay her a donation, which covers tier￡63-a-month council tax payments, repair costs and supplies of grain.
She said: " I don't miss anything at all about what is normally called reality. The quality of life, in my view, is decreasing and everything is speeding up and becoming, more stressful. Once or twice I have joked about getting a takeaway pizza delivered here when I am tired after a long day. But I don't think anyone would deliver a pizza across two fields anyway. "
54. What does Mrs. Orbach usually do at 7:30 pm?
A. Goes to bed. B. Has dinner. C. Plays music. D. Makes fire.
55. The underlined sentence implies (in Para 4) that Orbach's lifestyle _________.
A. is deeply influenced by her parents
B. is strongly supported by her husband
C. is closely associated with her degree
D. is quite different from her background
56. The officials insisted that the roundhouses be pulled down because they were built _________.
A. on the mysterious hillside B. without planning permission
C. for commercial purpose D. regardless of the record
57. Mrs. Orbach lives in her self-built roundhouse in order to_________.
A. avoid her former husband B. protect the local environment
C. lead a happy and simple life D. struggle against the authority
58. When talking about her present life, Emma Orbach is_________.
A. regretful B. desperate C. stressed D. satisfied
C
Sarah Outland's weeklong " staycation" gave her a chance to explore her new surroundings after moving to Chicago. A day after moving to the Windy City last year, Outland, started a new job and never got a chance to explore her new surroundings. After nine months as a resident, she finally took a week off work to visit famous landmarks, museums and shopping centers that were right under her nose.
If you glance through a newspaper or listen to a news broadcast recently, you may hear or spot a strange word, " staycation" . Staycation is a new word the American press is employing to describe a vacation very close to your home, or simply staying at home during your vacation. It is a combination of the words " stay" and " vacation" .
According to many news reports, these staycations are achieving great popularity among American families this year. When asked about the reason for their expected staycation, respondents stated "gas prices are too high" (61 percent) , "travel in general is too expensive" (44 percent). The high price of gas for cars and airplanes has made it very expensive for Americans to travel compared to past years. When you combine this with the weak American dollar, it all adds up to people deciding to stay close to home during their traditional summer vacations.
For aggressive young Americans who are trying to balance family and work, a staycation can be a great concept. They want to enjoy their homes and the attractions in their area without the stress of packing or making reservations. They won't be paying high fuel prices either directly, at the pump, or indirectly, in airfare, other than the gas required to drive around town. Absolutely, it's friendlier on the environment when locals take trips to attractions in their own area, and not everyone is game for a vacation that involves staying on a hotel compound. Few people live close enough to a real destination to make this worth their while.
59. How long after moving to Chicago did Sarah Outland take a staycation?
A. A day. B. A week. C. A month. D. Nine months.
60. The author develops the second paragraph of the passage by ___________.
A. giving a definition B. making a comparison
C. offering an analysis D. providing an example
61. Staycations are popular with American people mainly due to_________.
A. stress of packing B. high traveling expenses
C. relatively low income D. lack of real destinations
62. The underlined part "is game for" (in Para. 4) means "_____".
A. is tolerant of B. is opposed to
C. is expert in D. is willing to try
D
Police traded gift cards for guns in Los Angeles on Wednesday, in a buyback program Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced as a crime-fighting response to the deadly shooting incident in Newtown, Connecticut.
Police officers handed out $ 200 grocery store gift cards to people who turned in an automatic weapon, and $ 100 gift cards to those who provided a handgun or shotgun. Los Angeles has held an annual gun buyback since 2009, and similar events have been organized in years past in several other cities, including Detroit and Boston. Police in San Diego had a buyback earlier this month.
Some experts say the buybacks have little effect in reducing gun violence, but Villaraigosa touted the buyback program as one step that can be taken in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14 that claimed the lives of 20 children and six adult staff members.
Los Angeles normally has its gun buyback in May, but Villaraigosa announced last week that the city would have this special buyback in response to the Newtown tragedy (悲剧).
"There are a number of things we can do. This is just one of them," Villaraigosa said on CNN. " We've got to also address the culture of violence that we've got in this country. "
At last count, the Los Angeles gun buyback had collected 1 ,366 firearms, including 477
handguns and 49 assault weapons, said Vicki Curry, a spokeswoman for the mayor. The buyback ended at 4 pm local time, but a final number of guns collected was not expected to be released before Thursday. In May, the city's annual gun buyback program collected 1,673 firearms at six locations, compared to two locations used for the program on Wednesday, Curry said.
At each of the locations where the buyback was held, a line of cars stretched around the block. Curry said. People dropping off their guns were asked to leave them in the trunks of their cars, where officers collected the weapons.
While officials in Los Angeles and elsewhere have said the gun buybacks help keep streets safe, a 2004 report by the National Research Council of the National Academies questioned that conclusion.
63. What is the purpose of this special gunback program?
A. To distribute gift cards. B. To buy private guns.
C. To respond to the shooting. D. To encourage people to consume
64. The underlined word "touted" (in Para. 3) is close in meaning to "_______
A. quitted B. praised C. designed D. accepted
65. Compared with an annual gun buyback, this special one is _________.
A. welcome B. flexible C. abnormal D. dangerous
66. Which could be the best title for the passage?
A. Guns for Gift Cards B. Two different gun buybacks
C. A creative gun buyback D. Opposition to gun buyback
E
Reducing the amount of salt in our diets could save nearly 20,000 lives in the UK every year, according to researchers.
The recommended maximum daily intake for adults is 6g in th