【推荐1】Cool temperatures, golden colors of autumn and dramatic events are just three reasons to visit Oregon’s Washington County this fall. The season brings a large number of places to see and things to do. We’ve collected some of the best reasons why you should plan a trip here in the coming months.
It’s a Harvest Season
Autumn marks the height of the agricultural season, which not only means a variety of autumn fruits and vegetables at the farmers’ markets, but also means that the season is heating up with fun, family farm events. Three apple festivals this fall will celebrate the diversity and deliciousness of Oregon-grown apples.
The Colors Are Changing
On a cool, autumn day, the rural, agricultural and forested scenery of Oregon’s Washington County comes alive with bright red, orange and yellow leaves --- a stark contrast to the deep, dark green of the trees that share these landscapes.
Bird Migration Season Is in High Season
September and October are busy months for bird watchers. Migratory and native birds call Washington County “home”, whether it’s for the winter or they’re just visiting on their southern voyage.
Wine Harvest Season Brings Signature Tasting Events
Celebrate the splendor of Oregon wine at two of the region’s biggest wine events, which happen annually in the fall. The North Willamette Harvest Trail and Grand Tasting is a full-day guided bus tour to three wineries featuring hands-on experiences, vineyard exploration, a wine country lunch, and wine tastings.
Experience Tree-to-Tree Adventures at Sunset
Enjoy the crisp temperatures and rich colors of the season at Tree to Tree Adventure Park, an aerial ropes course with six challenging courses and zip-line park, all rolled into one. These are the final months to enjoy this fun and exciting attraction until it closes for the season in November.
Plan your own Oregon’s Washington County autumn getaway. Read this great digital visitor guide for ideas and inspiration.
1. When you go to the farmers’ markets ______.

A．you can get kinds of apples for free

B．you can make friends with farmers

C．you can join in the celebrations

D．you can feel satisfied with fun

2. The bird watchers go to Washington County ______.

A．because they are attracted by colorful leaves

B．because the native birds leave their home

C．because they can see different kinds of birds

D．because the birds start their southern voyage

3. It can be inferred from the fifth paragraph that ______.

A．the wine event is to be held in the coming winter

B．farmers are good at growing grape in Oregon

C．the three wineries are most famous in America

D．few tourists like tasting the wine in wineries

4. If you love the aerial ropes course ______.

A．you must face six competitions in Oregon

B．you should have experience in rolling

C．you must take ropes course in advance

D．you can visit Oregon in the fall season

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Reasons to Visit Oregon’s Washington County

B．Washington County Welcomes its Best Season

C．Charm of the Colorful Season

D．Take Adventures in the Coming Autumn

【推荐2】4 Top Tours in Africa

This magic, the vast natural landscapes, breathtakingly beautiful flora and fauna of the inhabitants of the continent, easily makes it one of the great safari destinations in the world. Here is a close look at some top tours in Africa.

Namibia and Botswana Tour

Namibia is surprisingly beautiful while Botswana presents the best of game viewing in private reserves. The combination of these two into a single safari easily sums up a fascinating tour of Southern Africa. While Botswana stands out with its calm reserves that teem(充满) with wildlife, the Chobe River, which is a great location for an African river cruise, is just as thrilling.

The Mara Serengeti Tour

The Maasai Mara National Reserve in South Western Kenya offers 151，000 hectares of breathtakingly beautiful vistas(远景) and abundant wildlife in endless plains. The great migration that involves some two million wildebeests, zebras, lions every year, happens here! The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania is the other half of the coin that is the Mara Serengeti Ecosystem. Like the Mara, the chances of spotting the Big Five is more real here than in any other location in Africa.

Gorilla Trekking Tour in Uganda

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park in South Western Uganda is home to the remaining mountain gorillas in the world. The 33，000­hectare park, a strip of steep mountains enveloped in a bushy and steamy jungle, is one of the most ancient habitats in Africa. It is home to some 120 mammal species and 350 bird species.

Cape Town to Tanzania by Train

In Africa, you can explore Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania entirely by train. This 22­day tour takes you through the best of Southern Africa with the possible sighting of the Big Five, great landscapes and wondrous sites. Some of the highlights of this once­in ­a ­lifetime tour are the vibrant South African city of Cape Town，the fascinating Table Mountain nearby and a leisure tour of the fascinating Victoria Falls.

Africa is full of epic promise. Come on, go ahead and experience any or all of these top tours in Africa.

1. Which tour will you choose if you want to have a river cruise?

A．Namibia and Botswana Tour.	B．Gorilla Trekking Tour in Uganda.
C．Cape Town to Tanzania by Train.	D．The Mara Serengeti Tour.

2. Tourists are most likely to spot the Big Five in ________．

A．Namibia

B．Cape Town

C．the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park

D．the Serengeti National Park

3. What do we know about the 4 top tours in Africa?

A．Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park is home to the remaining mountain lions.

B．The Maasai Mara National Reserve presents the best of game viewing.

C．Exploring Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania by train will take 22 days.

D．Gorilla Trekking Tour is a leisure tour of the fascinating Victoria Falls.

4. What is the author's purpose in writing the text?

A．To introduce top tours in Africa.	B．To help spread African culture.
C．To attract more tourists to Africa.	D．To promote ecotourism in Africa.

【推荐1】Monthly Talks at London Canal Museum

Our monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don’t need to book. They end around 21:00.

November 7th

The Canal Pioneers, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early “civil engineers”.

December 5th

Ice for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London’s ice trade grew.

February 6th

An Update on the Cotsword Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroudwater Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play.

March 6th

Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest.

Online bookings:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/book

More into:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson

London Canal Museum

12-13 New Wharf Road, London NI 9RT

www.canalmuseum.org.uk   www.canalmuseum.mobi

Tel:020 77130836

1. When is the talk on James Brindley?

A．February 6th.	B．December 5th.
C．November 7th.	D．March 6th.

2. What is the topic of the talk in February?

A．The Canal Pioneers.	B．An Update on the Cotsword Canals
C．Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands	D．Ice for the Metropolis

3. Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames.

A．Miranda Vickers	B．Malcolm Tucker
C．Chris Lewis	D．Liz Payne

【推荐2】Here are some must -know festivals from a handbook which you cannot miss.

The Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival is the world’s most famous film festival and is held in May each year in Gannes, In the south of France. It was held for the first time from September 20 to October 5, 1946, in the coastal（沿海的） city of Cannes. This festival attracts the attention of all the media（媒体）and receives the visits of important artists, Hollywood actors and directors as well as a large number of film makers.

French Open The Roland Garros Stadium plays host to the Grand Slam Tennis Tounament（联赛）. It takes place in Paris at the end of May every year. Only the best tennis players around the world can take part in this tournament.

Nice Jazz Festival Nice, in the south of France, receives more than 45,000 visitors each year. All of them are there for Nice Jazz Festival, which takes place in the Arencs dc Cimicz every summer. Concerts are held each day between 7 p.m. and midnight.

1. The first Cannes Film Festival lasted for ________.

A．ten days	B．about half a month
C．more than 20 days	D．five days

2. If you are a tennis lover and you’re in France in May, you can’t miss ________.

A．the Cannes film Festival	B．Nice Jazz Festival
C．French Open	D．none of them

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．during Nice Jazz Festival, concerts are held between 7 p. m. and midnight.

B．Some important artists, Hollywood actors and directors are interested in the Cannes Film Festival.

C．The Cannes Film Festival and French Open take place in the same month.

D．The Cannes Film Festival and Nice Jazz Festival were first held in the same year.

【推荐1】The baobab tree is sometimes called “the Tree of Life." Baobabs grow in Africa and Australia. They are the most famous trees in Africa. Baobabs have very thick, wide trunks （树干）.Often the trunks have large empty spaces inside.

In South Africa, one famous tree had a hole so large that someone built a bar inside it. People could sit inside and order drinks. That tree was known as the Sunland Baobab. It was more than 1,000 years old. It was the biggest baobab in Africa. But in 2017 it fell down. In 2016, another famous baobab fell down and died. It was called the Chapman tree in Botswana.

A recent study shows that the problem is widespread. Adrian Patrut and his team started studying the baobabs in 2005.The team found bad news. In the past 12 years, “nine of the thirteen oldest and five of the six largest have died,” the report found. Sometimes parts of the tree didn't die. But the “oldest parts” did.

Experts aren't sure what is causing the baobabs to die. They think it may be related to climate change. But more research is needed to prove it.

The largest trees need more water and food than smaller baobabs. Patrut thinks that is what puts them at greater danger. More heat and less rainfall could have a big influence on the trees.

In Zimbabwe a fungus（真菌）turns baobabs black before they die. But Patrut's study didn't find signs of a widespread disease. No matter the cause, the loss is huge.

Baobabs are amazing. They are a major food source for people. The trees grow white flowers that open at night. Bats spread the pollen（花粉）and help the trees grow fruit. Their white fruit is called monkey bread. People use it as food and to make cool drinks. People make paper, cloth, and even drugs from baobab bark（树皮）.

1. What do we know about the Sunland Baobab?

A．It was the biggest baobab in Australia.

B．It was the oldest tree in the world.

C．It fell down in 2016 in Botswana.

D．It once had a bar inside it

2. What did Patrut's study find?

A．More baobabs are dying,

B．Old baobabs are going to disappear.

C．Trees worldwide have common problems.

D．Trees' living environment is getting worse.

3. As for what's killing baobabs, experts ______

A．are certain human activities put them in danger

B．are sure it is because of climate change

C．have proved disease is the main cause

D．need to carry out more studies

4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．The great uses of baobab trees

B．The danger of losing baobab trees.

C．How baobab trees help other plants

D．The importance of protecting the environment.

【推荐2】When I was young, my mother didn't have the money to send me to school, but she thought it was important for me to keep up with education. So she decided to teach me extra lessons herself. But because she had to go to work, the only time she could do it was at 4：30 in the morning.

We need every one of you to develop your talents and your skills so that you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems. If you quit(离开,放弃) on school-you' re not just quitting on yourself , you 're quitting on your country. No one's written your destiny(命运) for you ,because you write your own destiny. You make your own future. That's why today I 'm calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education and do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending some time reading a book.

But whatever you decide to do , I want you to commit to(使致力于) it. I want you to really work at it. I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work-that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. No one's born being good at all things. You become good at things through hard work. You're not a good athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don't hit every note the first time you sing a song. You've got to practice.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．The writer's home was very rich.

B．The writer was born in a poor family.

C．The writer didn't like reading books.

D．The writer's mother was a teacher.

2. Why does the writer call on everyone to set his/her own goal?

A．Because everyone's future is to do simple work.

B．Because everyone's future is determined by themselves.

C．Because everyone should do their homework.

D．Because everyone should pay attention in class.

3. How can people realize their great dream?

A．By rapping.	B．By playing basketball.
C．By working hard.	D．By being a reality star.

【推荐3】Do not merely think that you are going to become great; think that you are great now. Do not think that you will begin to act in a great way at some future time; begin now. Do not think that you will act in a great way when you reach a different environment; act in a great way where you are now. Do not think that you will begin to act in a great way when you begin to deal with great things; begin to deal in a great way with small things.

Do not think that you will begin to be great when you get among more intelligent people, or among people who understand you better; begin now to deal in a great way with the people around you.

If you are not in an environment where there is opportunity for your best powers and talents you can move in due time; but meanwhile you can be great where you are. Many great people were as great when they were common as when they became great; as common people they did common things in a great way, and that made them great.

You are not made great by the location in which you happen to be nor by the things with which you may surround yourself. You are not made great by what you receive from others, and you can never show greatness so long as you depend on others. You will show greatness only when you begin to stand alone. Dismiss all thought of reliance on externals ternals, whether things, books, or people. As someone said, “Shakespeare will never be made the study of Shakespeare. Shakespeare will be made by the thinking of Shakespearean thoughts.”

Never mind how the people around you, including those of your own household may treat you. That has nothing at all to do with your being great; that is, it cannot get in your way of being great. People may look down on you and be unthankful and unkind in their attitude toward you; does that prevent you from being great in your manner and attitude toward them？

1. What does the author give readers in the first two paragraphs？

A．Advance warning.	B．Professional advice.
C．Practical suggestions.	D．Official recommendations.

2. What did great people have in common？

A．They acted quickly in small things.	B．There were opportunists.
C．They had good relationship with others.	D．They were always great.

3. Which of the following plays a key role to seek greatness？

A．Location.

B．Reliance.

C．Thoughts.

D．Donations.

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

A．How greatness comes into being.	B．Act differently, think differently.
C．Come down on earth to be great.	D．What should be done to be great.

【推荐1】My wife has much more drive to be at work than I do. So when the chance came for us to exchange roles when our oldest kid was just starting school, it was a good time both of us to do something that we thought fitted us better.

The responses we got from the change were interesting. My wife got a lot of “Shouldn’t you be at home with the kids?”. As for me, nearly everyone I met while I was out with the kids seemed to think I was taking the day off work. Some of them even blamed me for making my wife work.

In fact, until my eldest daughter was four and my youngest was two, I worked full-time. Changing roles. To look after them was a really big challenge The most difficult part was not to find a place to change a（尿布）, but to learn how much small children depend on the adults in their life, and how important adults are to their emotional（情感上的）development. That was something that I had to take seriously and try hard to learn.

In recent years, I strongly feel that there is the need for a cultural change. People always think fathers should work to earn money and mothers are supposed to look after children at home. However, the truth is that not all men are born to love working and there are women who enjoy making an achievement in work. That has nothing to do with sex. I think it comes down to education and growth.

1. What happened to the writer when his oldest kid was starting school?

A．He became a stay-at-home-father.	B．He was fired by his company.
C．He stopped driving to work.	D．He found he loved his children more.

2. What is main idea of the third paragraph?

A．What the writer learned from his kids.

B．How the writer brought up his children.

C．The writer’s feelings of being a full-time father

D．The reason why the writer stopped working.

3. According to the writer, which of the following statements is true?

A．Women can achieve a lot more in society than men.

B．Men and woman shouldn’t be judged by sex differences.

C．Men and women must have clear roles in society.

D．Mothers are born to be better at looking after children.

【推荐2】In the old days, children were familiar with birth and death as part of life. Now this is perhaps the first generation of American youngsters who have never been close by during of the birth a baby and have never experienced the death of a family member.
Nowadays when people grow old, we often send them to nursing homes. When they get sick, we send them to a hospital, where children are forbidden to visit terminally(晚期的) in patients — even when those patients are their parents. This deprives(剥夺) the dying patient of family members during the last few days of his life and it deprives the children of an experience of death, which is an important learning experience.
Some of my colleagues and I once interviewed and followed about 500 terminally in order to find out what they could teach us and how we could be of more benefit, not just to them but to the members of their families as well. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome.
It is important for family members, and doctors and nurses to understand these patients’ communication in order to truly understand their needs, fears and fantasies. Most of our patients welcomed another human being with whom they could talk openly, honestly, and frankly about their trouble. Many of them shared with us their great need to be informed, to be kept up-to-date on their medical condition and to be told when the end was near. We found out that patients who had been dealt with openly and frankly were better able to cope with the coming of death and finally to reach a true stage of acceptance before death.
1. The elders of today’s Americans _______.

A．are often absent when a family member is born or dying

B．are unfamiliar with birth and death

C．usually see the birth or death of a family member

D．have often experienced the fear of death as part of life

2. Children in America are deprived of the chance to ________.

A．visit a patient at hospital	B．visit their family members
C．learn how to face death	D．look after the patients

3. The need of a dying patient for people to accompany him shows ________.

A．his wish for communication with other people	B．his fear of death
C．his unwillingness to die	D．he feels very upset about his condition

4. It may be concluded from the passage that ________.

A．dying patients should be truthfully informed of their condition

B．dying patients are afraid of being told of the coming of death

C．most patients are unable to accept death until it can’t be avoided

D．most doctors and nurses understand what dying patients need

【推荐3】Ideally situated db San Antonio Hotel + Spa is only 150 meters away from the beautiful Qawra Promenade. This newly redecorated hotel offers an extensive range of modern facilities(设施), entertainment and animation programs and enjoys its own concession (特许经营权) on the nearby beach. It’s an ideal choice for those seeking to relax and enjoy the best of what Malta has to offer.

Accommodation

db San Antonio Hotel + Spa offers big, modern rooms all with a balcony. Interconnecting rooms and disabled access rooms are available upon request. All the guest rooms are well equipped with heating and air conditioning, a private bathroom with a hair dryer, a telephone, a satellite TV, a mini-fridge, tea and coffee making facilities, free Wi-Fi, and a ceiling fan.

Facilities

2 pools — an indoor pool (with a baby pool) and an outdoor pool

A health club including the fully-equipped gym, aerobic studio, steam bath, saunas and Jacuzzi

Private underground parking

Shops, restaurants and bars (the mini bar only opens on request)

Meals & Drinks

Three meals a day, with lunch/dinner including house wine/beer, soft drinks, mineral water

Tea, coffee, soft drinks, local fruit juices, water, house beer/spirits, cocktails

Attention： Now a FREE room upgrade is provided； an upgrade is valid on inland and pool view rooms. A free upgrade to the next room category is subject to availability and can be withdrawn at any time. The offer is valid on new bookings made between 22 June and 1 July with travel dates within 1 July to 31 October (staying for a minimum of 5 nights).

1. What is one feature of the hotel?

A．Traditional.	B．Disabled-friendly.
C．On the sea.	D．Kid-centered.

2. What do we know about the hotel?

A．Its two pools are for adults only.

B．Its mini bar is not always in business.

C．Mineral water is served during three meals.

D．Customers cannot make coffee by themselves there.

3. Who may get a free upgraded room?

A．One who books before 22 June.

B．One who books a double room.

C．One who will stay between July 1 and 3.

D．One who stays from October 20th to 30th.