National parks in Canada
Nahanni National Park
An adventure destination at the northern tip of the Earth and one of the first four Natural World Heritage Sites, the park covers an area of about 4,700 square kilometers. It is a vast, unexplored land, still preserving the original landscape of wilderness, mountains, canyons, and cliffs. There are countless roads in the world, but none of them reach there. You can only get into the park by small plane!
Best time: June to August.
Wood Buffalo National Park
As its name suggests, the park is a protected area for wood bison (美洲野牛). Thousands of wood bison live in the park, and many people come for them. It is the largest national park in Canada and the second largest in the world, with over 44,000 square kilometers of land bigger than Switzerland, where animals can play.
Best time: June to August.
Sambaa Deh Falls Territorial Park
Sambaa Deh Falls is a must visit! The rapids rolling between the rocks, the huge mist and the loud roar will take your breath away. Up the waterfall, there is also the beautiful Coral (珊瑚) Falls, and if Sambaa Deh Falls is a strong young man, Coral Falls is a beautiful young girl. Every year, a large number of coral fossils flow down the Coral Falls. Would you like to pick one up?
Best time: August and September.
Ivvavik National Park
Stretching from the British Mountains to the Arctic coast and ending with Alaska’s Brooks Range, Ivvavik National Park is a wonderful expanse of mountainous district. Plus! The park also contains many cultural sites of great significance to the aboriginal (土著的) people of the North. You can find answers to your aboriginal curiosity here.
Best time: March and April.
1. Which park can only be reached by air?A.Ivvavik National Park. | B.Wood Buffalo National Park. |
C.Sambaa Deh Falls Territorial Park. | D.Nahanni National Park. |
A.September. | B.June. | C.March. | D.January. |
A.Collect coral fossils. | B.Watch the wood bison. |
C.Experience aboriginal culture. | D.Enjoy the beauty by plane. |
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【推荐1】Welcome to Holker Hall & Gardens
Visitor InformationHow to Get to Holker
By Car: Follow brown signs an A590 from JB6, M6. Approximate travel times: Windermere—20 minutes, Kendal—25 minutes, Lancaster—45 minutes, Manchester—1 hour 30 minutes.
By Rail: The nearest station is Cark-in-Cartmel with trains to Carnforth, Lancaster Preston for connections to major cities & airports.
Opening TimesSunday-Friday (closed on Saturday) 11:00 am—4:00 pm, 30 March—2nd November.
Admission ChargesHall & Gardens | Gardens | |
Adults | £12.00 | £8.00 |
Groups | £9 | £5.5 |
Producers: Market 13th April
Join us to taste a variety of fresh local food and drinks. Meet the producers and get some excellent recipe ideas.
Holker Garden Festival 30th May
The event celebrate its 22nd anniversary with a great show of the very best of gardening, making it one of the most popular events in gardening.
National Garden Day 28th August
Holker once again opens is gardens in aid of the disadvantaged. For just a small donation you can take a tour with our garden guide.
Winter Market 8th November
This is an event for all the family. Wander among a variety of shops selling gifs while enjoying a live music show and nice street entertainment.
1. How much should a member of a tour group pay to visit to Hall & Cardens?A.£12.00. | B.£9.00. | C.£8.0. | D.£5.50. |
A.20 minutes. | B.25 minutes. | C.45 minutes. | D.90 minutes. |
A.Producers’ Market. | B.Holker Garden Festival. |
C.National Garden Day. | D.Winter Market. |
【推荐2】Top tips to be safe while traveling alone
You can be safe while traveling alone if you follow the tips below:
Don’t put all eggs in one basket! Are you in the habit of carrying all sources of money together? Never do that while traveling.
Avoid cultural mistakes. Every country has its own traditions and customs. Travelling is one of the best ways to learn more about tradition and culture.
Save all emergency numbers.
A.Choose destination with care. |
B.Never carry your money in back pocket. |
C.Keep at least one of them in a different place. |
D.Make a habit of looking back as often as you can. |
E.You need to store some contact numbers in your phone. |
F.Being without money is certainly not fun when traveling alone. |
G.But be careful not to make cultural mistakes during your traveling. |
【推荐3】Things to do in Miyakojima
Fresh island food
Delight your senses with juicy, melt-in-your-mouth Miyako beef, delicious Miyako soba (noodles served in broth), or fresh fruit. Ice cream with a pinch of salt known as “yuki shio (snow salt)” does more than simply keep you cool.
Unique beaches
Yonaha Maehama Beach is the most famous beach in Miyakojima, where white sand stretches for seven kilometers. The ocean is colored in emerald blue, mesmerizing visitors with its beauty. Compact Sunayama Beach, known for its arch-shaped rock, is hidden in a small cove, and can only be accessible by walking through a narrow tunnel of trees.
Diverse and colorful fish
Snorkeling (浅滩潜水) is a must-try in Miyakojma. Dense coral reefs, schools of tropical fish, sea turtles and plenty of space to free dive to depths of 8 to 15 meters close to the shore are standout features. For beginners, Aragusuku and Shigira are a good choice but advanced snorkelers may see Imgyo Marine Garden, Waiwai Beach and Shimojishima as their perfect spots.
Scuba diving
Miyako Island is a diving mecca (圣地), with a wealth of dive sites to explore, including many underwater caves and caverns. Even those without a diving license need not be held back. Dive shops and tour operators also offer beginners tours to explore Miyako Island’s abundant underwater environment.
The bridges
Irabu Bridge is the longest toll-free bridge in Japan. It connects Miyakojima and Irabujima, stretching for 3540 m, drawing a gentle curve (弧线). The length of the bridge can also be read as “san (3) go (5) no shi (4) ma,” meaning coral island in Japanese. Smaller bridges connect Irabu Bridge and Shimoji islands, giving visitors additional beach options. On Shimoji Island, there is a boardwalk around Tooriike, two dramatic marine ponds connected to each other and the sea by an underwater cave system.
1. Which of the following is suitable for inexperienced snorkelers to go?A.Shimojishima. | B.Waiwai Beach. |
C.Imgyo Marine Garden. | D.Aragusuku and Shigira. |
A.Through a small tunnel of trees. | B.Through the boardwalk between islands. |
C.By snorkeling a short distance in the water. | D.By diving through several underwater caves. |
A.To convince readers the beauty of Japan. |
B.To persuade students to learn scuba diving. |
C.To inform readers the danger of tropical fishes. |
D.To attract visitors to travel in Miyakojima during holidays. |
【推荐1】Today, we visit one of the most famous parks — Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. This huge park in the southeastern part of the state covers more than 10 thousand square kilometers of the Alaskan wilderness. It includes mountains, glaciers, fjords (峡湾), and even rain forests. Glacier Bay supports hundreds of kinds of animals, including many species of birds, fish, bears, whales and sea lions.
As its name suggests much of Glacier Bay is covered by glaciers. A glacier is a large area of ice that moves slowly down a slope or valley, or over a wide area of land. Glaciers cover a large area of the park.
The glaciers found in the park today are what remain from an ice development known as the Little Ice Age. That period began about 4,000 years ago. During the Little Ice Age, the cold weather caused the ice to grow and develop. That growth continued until the 1700s, when the climate began to warm. The hotter temperatures caused the ice to start melting (融化). That melting led the huge glacier to divide into more than 1,000 different glaciers.
The extremely tall mountains seen in Glacier Bay were formed by the ice developing and then melting over time. The melting of the ice also created water that filled in and created the many fjords within the park. Fjords are narrow parts of the ocean that sit between cliffs or mountains.
Glacier Bay is a popular place for people searching for adventure. Some visitors choose to explore the park by kayak. The small, narrow boats offer visitors a chance to experience the park’s many fjords and its hundreds of kilometers of coastline.
1. If you pay a visit to Glacier Bay, you will find ________.A.it almost covers the whole Alaskan wilderness |
B.the rain forests are rare in such conditions |
C.there live numbers of kinds of animals |
D.there are more birds than other species |
A.Some glaciers existed there long long ago. |
B.Greenhouse effect has affected the glaciers. |
C.The glaciers will disappear in the soon future. |
D.Only 1,000 large glaciers are left at present. |
A.They are formed on the top of mountains. | B.The melting of the ice is also called fjords. |
C.Water is the source of creating many fjords. | D.Fjords move as the oceans flow around. |
A.To do a research about Glacier Bay. | B.To warn visitors there are too many dangers. |
C.To show Glacier Bay has a long history. | D.To introduce Glacier Bay to readers. |
Shanghai is the largest city in China. About eleven million people make their homes in Shanghai and its suburbs. This extremely large city spreads out along the banks of the Huang Pu River, which flows into the mouth of the Yangtze River about fourteen miles north of here. Large oceangoing ships travel to Shanghai by way of the Yangtze and the Huang Pu.
Shanghai was a small, unimportant city until 1842 when China lost a war with Great Britain. The British realized that Shanghai was in an excellent location to serve as a seaport for the densely(密集) populated Yangtze River Plain. They forced the Chinese to allow English traders to settle on the wastelands outside the city walls. Later, French, American, and Japanese traders also came to Shanghai. The foreigners built whole new sections of Shanghai, including homes, stores, factories, and office buildings. Thousands of Chinese poured into Shanghai in search of jobs. Most of them settled in the old part of the city. As time passed, shanghai became one of the busiest seaports in the world.
1. Where do most people in shanghai make their homes? (回答词数不超过7个)2. What is the purpose of the Chinese people’s coming into Shanghai ?(回答词数不超过4个)
3. Before 1842, what was the Yangtze River Plain like? (回答词数不超过4个)
【推荐3】On June 23,2018,twelve young Thai boys and their assistant football coach wandered into a karst cave in northern Thailand, near the border with Myanmar. What happened next would grab the world’s attention and lead to a complex and daring international rescue operation. The 10.3-kilometer-long Tham Luang cave flooded, trapping the boys in total blackness nearly 2.5 kilometers from the cave entrance.
Thousands of people from around the globe participated in the rescue effort, including military personnel, medical experts and the rock stars of the operation — cave divers. The divers, who safely removed all of the Thai children and their coach after 18 days underground, dealt with tight spaces and low visibility in muddy water- conditions that would prove deadly: Saman Gunan, a former Thai Navy Seal, died while transporting air tanks into the cave.
While the sport of cave diving had received attention in the pop culture area prior to the rescue mission in North Thailand, there is little doubt that the brave divers at Tham Luang cave helped push the activity and its varieties of risks into global society’s minds.
The sport-often referred to as among the world’s most dangerous recreational activities-has its roots in pre-WWII England. Since then, the recreational practice of cave diving, described by Australian cave explorer Richard Harris (a participant in the Tham Luang cave rescue) as an “unusual hobby” for “the ordinary,” has spread around the world-China included.
Over 1,000 kilometers northeast of Tham Luang cave, in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, lies karst-peak-covered Du’an county-China’s little-known cave diving Mecca.
Home to thousands of kilometers of underground rivers, Du’an county offers divers spellbinding geological formations, perhaps the world’s largest collection of blind fish species and a rare variety of freshwater jellyfish.
1. What do we know about the Tham Luang cave rescue operation?A.There was no loss of life in the process. | B.Rock stars took part in the rescue efforts. |
C.Rescue team came from more than Thailand. | D.Few people cared about it outside Thailand. |
A.Its dangerous recreations. | B.Its long history. |
C.An expert’s description. | D.The divers’ heroic deeds. |
A.It is northeast of Tham Luang cave. | B.There are lots of underground rivers. |
C.It is hardly known to the outside world. | D.It has the world’s largest geological formations. |
A.Spectacular cave diving experiences in Du’an. |
B.Diving instructions shared by Richard Harris. |
C.Lessons learned from this rescue operation. |
D.Foods offered to tourists in Du’an. |
【推荐1】If you can brave cooler temperatures and sometimes rainy weather, you’ll likely be rewarded with fewer crowds and lower travel rates in the following popular destinations.
Maui
Although March falls within Maui’s peak season, its excellent weather and conditions for water sports and wildlife viewing make it a superb time to visit. Experienced surfers can head to popular surf spots like Ho’okipa Beach and Kaanapali Beach to catch waves, while animal lovers can look for migrating whales during a whale watching cruise (乘船游览). To save some coin, book your Maui hotel and airfare at least a few months in advance.
Whitehorse
Whitehorse is the capital of Canada’s Yukon region. You can visit the SS Klondike National Historic Site and the MacBride Museum to learn about Whitehorse’s ties to the Klondike Gold Rush and the First Nations people who settled here during the ice age. Then, travel outside of Whitehorse to check out some of the Yukon’s breathtaking natural attractions, such as Kluane National Park and Reserve and see the northern lights in March.
Galapagos Islands
While you can spot wildlife in the Galápagos year-round, March is nesting season for animals like green sea turtles and red-footed boobies. Keep an eye out near the water, too, as sea lions are known to hang on the beaches. And though March falls within the wet season, there should still be ample warm, sunny days to enjoy the beach, particularly towards the end of the month.
Moab
Located between two of Utah’s five main national parks, Moab is an outdoor adventure centre known for its awe-inspiring red rock formations. Travellers can admire them during visits to Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park, which is the largest national park in the state. Popular March activities include hiking, rock climbing, off-roading and camping.
1. What is special about Whitehorse?A.It is a capital with a rich history. | B.It owns two large national parks. |
C.It needs to be reserved in advance. | D.It allows interacting with sea lions. |
A.Maui. | B.Whitehorse. |
C.Galapagos Islands. | D.Moab. |
A.They are very rich in wild animals. | B.They are excellent places to visit in March. |
C.They have sunny days all year around. | D.They offer unique hiking experiences. |
【推荐2】Los Angeles is home to a popular cycling culture. The following bike shops will help you see the city in a whole new light.
Los Angeles Bike Academy
Los Angeles Bike Academy is a bike shop with a critical mission: Provide resources and community for local underserved youth. Its initiative is its Earn-a-Bike program, where students spend time in the shop learning the basics of bike maintenance and running a store, and they graduate with their own bike. LABA also forms competitive cycling teams that race all around the country.
The Cub House
It’s a bike shop, a plant store and a nice place to wander through. It has something for everyone. Here you can play a game of ping-pong on the outdoor table, head into the mini greenhouse for a delicate plant, or just admire the vintage (老式的) cycling clothes hung on the walls. Finally, make sure to swing by the Cub House for the L. A. Invitational, a weekend party featuring multiple bike rides and a vintage car and bike show outside the store.
Frank’s
Some of the wildest bikes in L. A. are rolling out of Frank’s. The house specialty here is BMX, specifically luxury models with large 29-inch wheels. These bikes are as much fun to look at as they are to ride. Since 1992, Frank’s has found a business opportunity for itself as a destination for BMX builds and hard-to-find parts. The display counter has enough attractions to match a jewelry store.
The Bicycle Stand
This spacious store features classic vintage bikes. It’s worth making a trip to this store just to see their amazing collection. The store also specializes in vintage bike repainting and restorations. Besides, the Bicycle Stand team works on all kinds of rides, and the shop has a variety of refurbished (翻新的), ready-to-ride bikes for sale.
1. What is special about Los Angeles Bike Academy?A.It aims at repairing local bikes. |
B.It holds national cycling competitions. |
C.It serves as a community for disabled youth. |
D.It offers a program for students to earn a bike. |
A.Los Angeles Bike Academy. | B.The Cub House. |
C.Frank’s. | D.The Bicycle Stand. |
A.To discuss benefits of riding. | B.To explain how bike shops work. |
C.To promote bike shops in L. A. | D.To introduce a riding organization. |
【推荐3】The most gorgeous NYC libraries
1. New York Public Library
Attractions Libraries, archives and foundations Midtown West
This impressive location, proudly guarded by royal-looking marble lions, is among the city’s most splendid public spaces. Of course the Rose Reading Room — who wouldn't be inspired by all those crystal chandeliers? But if you're here for the books, you won't be disappointed either: there are some 50 million items spread out across these shelves.
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2. New York Academy of Medicine
Things to do Talks and lectures East Harlem
Established in 1847 and opened to the public in 1878, this library holds a thorough catalogue of medical journals, documents and other materials. The library subscribes to more than 1,000 journals, and there are more than 800,000 issues. Its historical collections even contain documentation about an 18th-century smallpox outbreak in the U.K.
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3. The Morgan Library & Museum
Museums History Murray Hill
Originally the private library of none other than John Pierpont Morgan—this amazing building was first intended for bookish pursuits in 1910. In 2006, a massive redecoration brought more natural light into the building and doubled the size of the exhibition space. Today, the museum welcomes visitors to see collections of original Michelangelo drawings and its theater regularly hosts recitals and concerts.
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4.The Center for Fiction
The Center for Fiction recently opened a new location in Downtown Brooklyn that brings the old-world charm of literature together with more modern rooms with a bar/cafe, a bookstore, writing space, and yes, a library. While membership is required to take advantage of its co-working spaces and upstairs library, the public is free to check out the ground-floor where a part of its library sits as well as its bookstore, bar-cafe and event space. Members can out books and get discounts on reading groups, writing workshops, events, and bookstore, and more. It's a beautifully quiet space for literature lovers to sit and read.
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1. What's special about New York Public Library?A.It sells books as well. | B.It has a very long history. |
C.It is the city's most splendid public space. | D.It stores a vast collection of books. |
A.The Center for Fiction. | B.New York Public Library. |
C.The Morgan Library & Museum. | D.New York Academy of Medicine. |
A.In a tourist brochure. | B.On a webpage. |
C.In a culture column of a newspaper. | D.In a travel magazine. |