【推荐1】Information on Travelling in Singapore

Money matters	The currency in Singapore is the Singapore dollar(S$). Money changing services can be found at many shopping centres and hotels around the island, and the ATMs(generally open 24/7) accept most of the main credit cards such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express.
Hotel Reservations and Accommodation	Upon arrival at the airport, please visit its 24-hour hotel reservations counters, which can help get you a room in your preferred hotel. Payment for the first night is required upon confirmation.
Lost Passport/Singapore Immigration Services	Should you lose your passport, we suggest you make a police report, then head to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority to get a temporary visa. Finally, inform your respective embassy so that you can get through customs when you reach home.
Tipping	Tipping is not a common practice in Singapore as most hotels and restaurants include a 10% service charge in the final bill. While tipping is not expected, it is appreciated, be it in restaurants where there is no service charge, or anywhere where excellent service is provided.
Smoking	If you are a smoker, you will have to resist the urge to light up in air-conditioned areas such as shopping centres, restaurants, entertainment outlets and cinemas. Smoking is also an offence in public buses, the MRT trains, taxis and lifts. A maximum of S$1000 can be imposed on first-time offenders. A general rule of thumb is that if there is an ashtray supplied, go for it.

1. Which of the following words can be used to describe the money changing system in Singapore?

A．Difficult.	B．Convenient.
C．Traditional.	D．Original.

2. What is essential if you want to book a hotel room at the airport?

A．You must stay in Singapore for 24 hours.

B．You should go to your preferred hotel.

C．You are supposed to pay for the first night.

D．You must spend the first night at the airport.

3. How many steps are suggested that you should follow if you lose your passport in Singapore?

A．2.	B．3.
C．4.	D．5.

4. On which of the following occasions are you expected to tip?

A．When you think that the service is very good.

B．When you receive a gift from a friend.

C．When you leave a very good restaurant.

D．When you are faced with any difficulty.

5. Smoking is strictly forbidden in the following areas EXCEPT ______.

A．in an air-conditioned restaurant	B．in a bus
C．in a conference room	D．by an ashtray

【推荐2】Ann started to work last summer. In order to have a holiday, she saved as much as she could and, this January, she booked a package tour to Spain. She left London airport early on the morning of the first Saturday in August. She was very excited, as this was her first trip abroad. When she arrived at Barcelona airport, the weather was beautiful.

At the hotel, she found that her Spanish money wasn’t in her handbag. All she had was a small purse with ten English pounds in it!

Ann found a place to change her English money for Spanish money. She would stay here for two weeks. After changing her money, Ann bought some cheese, some bread and some oranges. When she got back to the hotel, she told the tour guide that her doctor had told her not to eat much food, so she’d just have breakfast each day. This was all right, as she knew breakfast was included in the price of hotel.

For the rest of her holiday, Ann swam in the hotel or lay on the beach. She also went for long walks with Jane, a Scottish girl. However, when the others went to interesting places, Ann always said she wasn’t well. In fact, her holiday wasn’t bad, except that she was always hungry.

On the last day, Jane asked her why she never ate with them in the hotel restaurant. The food was excellent. Ann told her all about her money problem. Jane looked at her for a minute, and then said, “But didn’t you know? The price of this tour includes everything!”

1. Why was Ann so excited about the trip?

A．Because she had never been abroad.

B．Because she had saved enough money.

C．Because she had booked a cheap tour.

D．Because she had found a good job.

2. What problem did Am have on her tour?

A．She didn’t find her purse.

B．She couldn’t find a place to change money.

C．She couldn’t find her Spanish money.

D．She didn’t understand Spanish.

3. Ann told the tour guide that _______.

A．she wanted to see a doctor.

B．she doubted the price of the hotels.

C．she had bought some food for her meals.

D．she would only take breakfast.

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．Ann was not allowed to eat much.

B．Ann’s Spanish money was stolen.

C．Ann missed some meals included in the tour.

D．Ann didn’t like the restaurant and the holiday.

【推荐3】There are a lot of names for people who travel the world—backpackers, tourists, explorers, travelers. Labels (标签) are everywhere but seem especially popular among travelers trying to differentiate (区别) their style of travel. For many travelers, these labels make them feel better over another.

Andrew Zimmern from Bizarre Foods once said, “Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what’s right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in.” The idea here is that travelers are better at exploring the world than tourists. They dig deep into the culture, drink it up, and get to know a place while a tourist takes pictures and declares to have “done Paris.”

But that’s wrong, we are all tourists.

On the road, backpackers love to talk about how real their travels are and how unreal tourists are. “Look at those tourists over there,” they say. They scoff at others who travel too quickly or to places that they think are not well worth visiting. Nevertheless, they do so while eating hamburgers and drinking beers with other travelers.

The only way to really get to know a place deeply is to live there. If you want to live like a local, find an apartment, get a job, go to work, and do the same things as you did back home.

We are all only passing through a culture, getting a small taste before moving on to the next place. Even if we stay weeks or months, we’re just getting in touch with the surface. As a matter of fact, we are all really just tourists, or explorers, or travelers. Call yourself whatever you want—it’s all the same as we’re all trying to do the same thing—see the world.

So don’t label anyone and don’t let anyone label you. We’re all tourists. We’re all travelers. What we are all doing is more important than what we call ourselves. Let’s just enjoy the fact that we are simply people on the road.

1. The purpose of Andrew Zimmern’s words in Paragraph 2 is to ________.

A．present amazing experiences	B．tell travelers from tourists
C．get to know different people	D．give an example of misunderstanding

2. Which of the following can best replace the underlined phrase “scoff at” in Paragraph 4?

A．laugh at	B．model after
C．take notice of	D．agree with

3. What do tourists and travelers have in common?

A．They live like locals while traveling.

B．They have a brief experience of places.

C．They enjoy tasty food on the way.

D．They like calling themselves explorers.

4. What does the author imply in the passage?

A．Explore deep into cultures.

B．Make a detailed trip schedule.

C．Just enjoy the trip on the road.

D．Simply be more a traveller than a tourist

【推荐1】The Maltese Islands are rich in Neolithic (新石器时代的) sites. Ggantija in Gozo, Tarxien, and the Hagar Qim/Mnajdra Complex here on Malta’s south coast are perhaps the most well-known. These piles of stones are some of the earliest known manmade structures in the world. They are showing their age a bit but what would you expect for buildings that are five and a half thousand years old. My house was built in the year 2000 and is already in bad condition round the edges. These temples are older than the pyramids!

In my opinion the temples are best seen after the visitors have left. Come with me for a late afternoon walk down the hill past Hagar Qim towards the Mnajdra Complex. There are chain link fences around the temples now but we can ignore those and try to image why Maltas earliest people went to the trouble of building these structures on this windy and poor hillside.

Of course the temples would have looked rather different when they were constructed. They may have been decorated with pigments and possibly even roofed with animal skins or other materials. Who knows? We do know that they were changed and added to over a 1,000 - year period or so.

Getting to Mnajdra and Hagar Qim is easiest if you have a car. Or if you don’t mind a hike, you could get a bus to Qrendi(3 km away) or Zurrieq (5 km away) and walk from there. Warning: although the distances are not too great, walking several kilometers in the Maltese sun can be very hard and possibly dangerous. Take water and sunscreen.

1. What makes the writer wonder about the temples?

A．Their history.	B．Their appearance.
C．How they were built.	D．When they were built.

2. What are we aware of about the construction of the temples?

A．They have been transformed.	B．They look the same as before.
C．They were carefully designed.	D．They are not what they used to be.

3. How can we admire the sites getting least sunburn?

A．By hiking there.	B．By riding a car.
C．By taking water.	D．By taking a bus.

4. Where can we possibly find this article?

A．In a political speech.	B．In a historical fiction.
C．Ina travel magazine.	D．In a geography text book.

【推荐3】Even thousands of years before the “selfie(自拍)” was invented, people were concerned with the image of themselves they presented to the world. The rulers of ancient Egypt had artists carve portraits of them to decorate their tombs and preserve their images even after death.

King Tutankhamen lived more than 3,000 years ago. He ruled ancient Egypt for 10 years, until his death at age 19. “King Tut” remained practically unknown in the modern world until 1922, when scientists discovered his tomb, buried and forgotten for centuries. The treasures inside gave the world the first detailed picture of ancient Egyptian life.

The ancient Egyptians worshipped(崇拜) many gods. They also believed that all people had a life spirit, called “ka” that needed a place to live after the body died. Tombs inside huge pyramids protected the pharaohs'(法老) ka. The ka could also exist in portrait sculptures like the one of a seated Hatshepsut. The wife of a pharaoh, Hatshepsut took on the role of king after her husband died. Carved from limestone, this Life-size sculpture shows the life force of Hatshepsut's ka. The artist suggests Hatshepsut's strength by placing her feet firmly on the ground and resting her hands on her knees in a firm, powerful pose.

Viewers are meant to look at the sculpture of Hatshepsut from a frontal angle only. But artist Thutmose created his portrait of Queen Nefertiti as a sculpture in the round, meaning viewers should observe it from many points of view. The work is a highly realistic portrait of a queen who ruled beside her husband, a pharaoh. Painted with delicate(精细的) features, the impressive colors in her portrait resemble the makeup Nefertiti probably wore in life.

Long before any of these portraits were created, a huge creature with a lion's body and a human head stood guarding in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. No one knows who created the Great Sphinx, or why, but it is said to resemble an early pharaoh. Carved out of solid rock on a larger-than-life scale, it is possibly the oldest and most imposing portrait in the world.

1. The artist presents Hatshepsut's strength mainly through the ________ of the sculpture.

A．gesture	B．material
C．color	D．size

2. According to the passage, the portrait of Nefertiti was ________.

A．imaginative	B．lifelike
C．threatening	D．abstract

3. The Great Sphinx might be ________.

A．a king of animals

B．a guard as brave as a lion

C．a portrait of an early pharaoh

D．a creature owned by a pharaoh

4. What's the passage mainly about？

A．The oldest selfie in the world.

B．Some powerful kings in Egypt.

C．Some portraits of kings in some countries.

D．Some portrait sculptures of ancient Egyptian rulers.

【推荐1】Four Summer Camps

WILDLIFE CAMP

Love animals? Love the outdoors? Wildlife Camp is calling your name. Strengthen your appreciation of Tennessee’s wild life and outdoor scenery by spending the week with us. Enjoy fishing, boating, hiking, watching birds, and outdoor cooking.

Ages:9-12 years

Dates:July 8-12

Time:9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Fees:$ 125+ $ 50(activity fees)

Contact:Outdoor Murfreesboro, 615-217-3017

CHEER CAMP

Come to get in the cheer spirit at Cheer Camp. We will have experienced cheer instructors to teach the beginner or more advanced cheerleader. Your cheerleader will be learning cheers, singing, and dancing. The fun week will end with a show for all family and friends to see what their cheerleader has learned.

Ages:8-14 years

Dates:July 22-26

Time:8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Fees：$ 65+ $ 10(activity fees)

$ 50+ $ 10(activity fees) (City Citizen)

Contact:Sami Maxey, 615-427-6289

PIONEER CAMP

Let out your Pioneer Spirit! Pioneer crafts, games, local history, hiking on the greenway, gardening, the farmers’ market field trip, and dress-up day.

Ages:8-11 years

Dates:July 29-August 2

Time:9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Fees:$ 65+ $ 10(activity fees)

Contact:Shelia Hodges, 615-8900-0355

1. What can you do if you join Wildlife Camp?

A．Go swimming.	B．Learn how to dance.
C．Do gardening.	D．Fish and cook.

2. What’s the purpose of the show at Cheer Camp?

A．To develop the campers’ team spirit.

B．To show what the campers have learned.

C．To teach the campers how to boat.

D．To make the campers enjoy outdoor scenery.

3. If your kid likes practising crafts, for more information you can call ________.

A．615-427-6289	B．615-907-2251
C．615-8900-0355	D．615-217-3017