【推荐1】Everyone loves a holiday! A little time off for some much-needed R& R (rest and relaxation) can be exactly the thing to rejuvenate and refresh you from work. So if you’re struggling to think of your next destination, then look no further. Don’t waste time debating where to go, but let your blood decide.

Everybody has a lineage (家系). Recently, finding out more about our family origins has become popular. By the start of 2019, 26 million people had taken an ancestry DNA test at home, according to a report by MIT Technology Review. They believe by 2021 this number will have risen to 100 million.

This trend has been noticed by opportunistic travel operators. Some are looking to provide a service that allows people to both track their family roots and travel to the destinations where their ancestors originated.

Airbnb, an online boarding marketplace, recently partnered with 23andMe, a DNA testing company, to offer recommendations that encourage travellers to walk in the footsteps of their forefathers. And they aren’t the only ones.

The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin has its own“genealogy butler (宗谱管家)”. Hellen Kelly offers advice to help guests track their Irish lineage using official records. This allows them to “fill in the blanks of their Irish ancestry”, she told Good Morning America.

The Conte Club, a luxury travel company, offers custom routes of travel based on DNA tests. “These experiences are about going deeper into who we really are,” says the Conte Club CEO Rebecca Fielding in an article in the Condé Nast Traveler. “It might be the most meaningful trip we can take.”

So next time you think of going on vacation, why not take a DNA test first? Once you know how far you are from your family, take time to holiday back.

1. What does the underlined word “rejuvenate” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．Make one take a holiday.

B．Make one feel lively again.

C．Make one do a DNA test.

D．Make one return to work.

2. What is the main reason leading to the new travel way?

A．The creativity of the travel agency.

B．The report by MIT Technology Review.

C．The competition of the boarding market.

D．The rising number of people tracking their lineage.

3. How does the writer convince us of the rise of the new travel way?

A．By making comparisons.

B．By analyzing information.

C．By giving examples.

D．By offering reasons.

4. What’s the writer’s attitude to the new travel way?

A．Negative.	B．Supportive.
C．Uninterested.	D．Doubtful.

【推荐2】Instead of heading to well-known tourist destinations on vacation, a growing number of holidaymakers in China tend to spend their leisure time at lesser-known resorts (旅游胜地).     1    

According to data from an online travel agency, the number of rooms booked at hotels in less-traveled cities during the holiday was up 30 percent year-on-year. Besides crowds, some vacationers chose less-traveled places to save on the cost of trips to popular destinations. In addition, lesser-known attractions are not as “commercial” as developed ones and are able to offer more actual experiences and natural encounters.     2    . Changes in demand may be the fundamental reason for the popularity of reverse tourism(逆向旅游).

COVID-19 is another key factor fueling reverse tourism. As precautionary (预先警戒的) measures continue traveling has an unpredictable quality.     3    . They have thus become more cautious and tend to choose local attractions or places with fewer tourists.

The rise of reverse tourism is not a bad thing.     4    . More importantly, the trend is set to force popular destinations to improve themselves.

    5    . To further develop the tourism market, more efforts should be made to explore the potential of underrated, lesser-known destinations. It is necessary to dig deeper into the local customs and highlight the local characteristics to improve the quality of local tourism.

A．Travelers have no way of knowing what lies ahead before setting off

B．Reverse tourism will become one of the future directions for the market

C．It means that vacationers now have more choices, which brings more possibilities to the tourism market

D．Essentially speaking, total relaxation is becoming a real expectation for many people when they travel

E．Popular tourist spots are also packed and often raise their prices during holidays

F．Reverse tourism has appeared as a new trend among holidaymakers in China

G．During the holiday, large numbers of vacationers long to escape their busy city life

【推荐3】Lying on the north-south axis (轴线) line of Beijing City, the Bell and Drum Towers were built in 1272 and rebuilt twice after two fires. In one period in history, they were the time-telling center of the capital city during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The Bell Tower

The Bell Tower is 47.9 meters high. This brick-and-stone-made building has two floors. Located on the second floor, the bell is the largest and heaviest in China. It is 7.02 meters high, with a weight of 63 tons (吨). It was made of copper (铜), and you can hear its clear sound from far away.

The Drum Tower

Standing 91 meters south to the Bell Tower, it was placed on a 4-meter-high stone and brick groundwork. It is 46.7 meters high. It is a two floor wooden building. There was one big drum and 24 smaller ones before, but only the big one remains now.

On New Year’s Eve 1990， the bell was rung again and the drum was rung on New Year’s Eve 2001 after being silent for so long. Since then, the drum and the bell have sounded 108 times every New Year’s Eve.

How to get to the Bell and Drum Towers

By Subway：

1. Take Subway Line 8 and get off at Shichahai Station.

2. Take Subway Line 2 and get off at Guloudajie Station.

By Bus：

1. Take Bus 5, 60, 82, 107, 124, or 635 and get off at Gulou (Drum Tower) Station.

2. Take the Sightseeing Bus 3 and get off at Gulou (Houhai) Station.

Ticket Price: The Bell Tower: CNY15; The Drum Tower: CNY20

Ticket for both places: CNY 30

Opening Hours：09: 00 to 17: 00

Drum Performances at the Drum Tower：09: 30, 10: 00, 11: 30, 13: 30, 14: 30, 15: 30, 16: 45

Note: An extra performance is at 17: 15 in high season.

1. What do we know about the Drum Tower?

A．The Drum Tower is a little bit higher than the Bell Tower

B．In all there are twenty-five old drums now.

C．Drums are beaten every hour on the hour.

D．There are 8 drum performances in total in high season.

2. What is this text?

A．A travel brochure.	B．An introduction to a building.
C．A historical story.	D．An advertisement for an activity.

3. What do the Bell and Drum Towers have in common?

A．Their tickets cost the same.	B．They have the same number of floors.
C．Their heights are the same.	D．They are both made of brick and wood.

【推荐1】How to keep a travel journal

Are you looking for fresh travel journal writing ideas? Read on these tips to get some ideas for creating a journal you will cherish.

Just do it. A travel journal is not scholarly (学文精深的).     1    There are no rules, and no one is grading what you are write. The best way to get going is to get started.

Pay attention. Your journal doesn’t have to only be about where you go each day.     2    Did you meet someone new? Where and when? What did you talk about? Recording observations will make your travel journal colorful?

Try to write something every day. Make a habit of writing something every day or at least every other day.     3    If you let more time pass, it can be different to remember what you did three or four days ago, especially the brief impressions of those experiences. Your journal will be richer if you keep up with it.

    4    If writing paragraphs doesn’t fit either you or your trip, try something else. You can make lists, such as your favorite restaurants for dinner or the best places to watch the sunset. Try sketching (素描) too and don’t be discouraged if you are not sure as an artist. Sometimes sketching is really the best way to record an experience that would be lost when described with text. As the saying goes, a picture is worth one thousand words.

Take the bad along with the good. For all the great travel experiences we enjoy, there are days when things go wrong.    5    Though they are not be highlight of a trip, they are part of your unique travel story and often are as much fun to tell about in the future as the ones that go as planned.

A．Write at a comfortable place.

B．Use different ways to keep a journal.

C．Be sure that the size of the notebook is right for you.

D．Then you can catch your thoughts while they are fresh.

E．It is your experiences—written by you, and for yourself.

F．Write about these experiences too for they are just as memorable.

G．Stop for a moment, look around and ask yourself some questions.

【推荐2】Poet William Stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours(绕行路) in life than by the narrow road toward goals. I like this image. But it was quite by accident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words.

For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my parents' home in Boise in nine hours. We traveled the way most people do: the fastest, shortest, easiest road, especially when I was alone with four noisy, restless kids who hate confinement(限制) and have strong opinions about everything.

Road trips felt risky, so I would drive fast, stopping only when I had to. We would stick to the freeways and arrive tired.

But then Banner, our lamb was born.He was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to Boise.I had two choices:leave Banner with my husband,or take him with me.My husband made the decision for me.

That is how I found myself on the road with four kids, a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through. We took the country roads out of necessity. We had to stop every hour, let Banner shake out his legs and feed him. The kids chased him and one another. They'd get back in the car breathless and energized, smelling fresh from the cold air.

We explored side roads, catching grasshopper in waist-high grass. Even if we simply looked out of the car window, at baby pigs following their mother, or fish leaping out of the water, it was better than the best ride down the freeway. Here was life. And new horizons(见识).

We eventually arrived at my parents' doorstep astonishingly fresh and full of stories.

I grew brave with the trip back home and creative with my disciplining technique.

On an empty section of road, everyone started quarreling. I stopped the car, ordered all kids out and told them to meet me up ahead. I parked my car half a mile away and read my book in sweet silence.

Some road trips are by necessity fast and straight. But that trip with Banner opened our eyes to a world available to anyone adventurous enough to wander around and made me realize that a detour may uncover the best part of a journey-and the best part of yourself.

1. Why did the author use to take freeways to her parents' home?

A．It was less tiring.

B．It would be faster and safer.

C．Her kids would feel less confined.

D．She felt better with other drivers nearby.

2. The author stopped regularly on the country roads to     ________．

A．relax in the fresh air.

B．take a deep breath.

C．take care of the lamb.

D．let the kids play with Banner.

3. What does the author discover from the trip according to Paragraph 6?

A．Freeways are where beauty hides.

B．Getting close to nature adds to the joy of life.

C．Enjoying the beauty of nature benefits one's health.

D．One should follow side roads to watch wild animals.

4. Why did the author ask the kids to get out of the car on their way back home?

A．To give herself some time to read.

B．To order some food for them.

C．To play a game with them.

D．To let them cool down.

【推荐3】Travel blogging (博客) is a journal that the whole world can read and it is the main reason behind me for setting up my own travel blog.     1     Nowadays everyone is writing about their travels. Here are seven reasons why you should join the army and get writing.

Remember your trip. The biggest advantage of having a travel blog is providing you with a great way to remember your trip.     2     But writing online means you can type it up, including photos and you can keep your memories forever.

    3     If you keep it basic, having a travel blog won’t cost you anything. However, if you want to develop your blog, it may cost you more such as paying for hosting. There are a lot of free blog hosting platforms out there including Wordpress and Blogger that are worth trying and they won’t cost you a dollar.

    4     It can often take a lot of effort to stay in touch with those hundreds of people you met backpacking (徒步旅行) on your travels. But with all the social media platforms around these days it is certainly a lot easier. Alongside this, if you have your own travel blog, it means you are regularly updating (更新) your adventures online with all your friends.

Inspire others.     5     Along the way you will get to meet so many people who will thank you for inspiring them to take that first trip away from home or you may have encouraged a recent graduate to save enough money to backpack through Asia.

A．It doesn’t cost you anything.

B．Earn some money through blogging.

C．Many people want to be inspired by others.

D．Keep in touch with those you met on the road.

E．I set up Sophie’s Suitcase for both my friends and family to read.

F．The biggest enjoyment for many bloggers is inspiring other people.

G．Much like a travel journal, it enables you to record the best memories of your travels.