Many people dream of going on a great travel adventure（探险）. Most of us keep dreaming; others make it happen.
Gregg Bleakney’s dream was to travel the Americas from top to bottom. He got the idea after he finished a 1,600-kilometer bike ride. Gregg’s friend, Brooks Allen, was also a cyclist. The two friends talked and had the plan: they would travel from Alaska to Argentia by bike.
To pay for the journey, Gregg and Brooks worked and saved money for years. Once they were on road, they often camped outdoors or stayed in rest houses so that they wouldn’t spend so much. In many places along their journey, local people opened their homes to the two friends and gave them food.
During their trip, Gregg and Brooks cycled through desert, rainforest, and mountains. They visited different places. And everywhere they went they met other cyclists from all over the world.
Two years, twelve countries, and over 30,500 km later—Gregg finally got to the city Ushuaia, Argentina, at the top of South America.
Gregg and Brooks kept a record（记录）of their adventures in an online blog. The trip taught both men a lot about travelling.
Here is what Gregg advises travellers:
Travel light. The fewer things you take, the less you’ll worry about.
Make flexible plans. Don’t plan everything, then you’ll be more relaxed and happier.
Make yourself a polite person. As one traveler told Gregg, “Always remember that nobody wants to fight, cheat, or rob a nice guy.”
Travel Adventure: From Alaska
| Two cyclists, Gregg Bleakney and Brooks Allen, travelled the Americas from top to bottom. | |
| Planning | The |
| Paying for the trip | *They saved money for years. *To spend *Local people were |
| They cycled through different places and visited many places. They met different | |
| The end of the trip | After travelling 30,500 km, they finally |
| Advice from Gregg | To Make flexible plans. Be |
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Ann and John live in England, they will have a two-month holiday. They are planning a long journey around the world. Now they’re searching for some travel information on the Internet.
First, they are planning to visit the French Eiffel Tower. It stands near the Seine in Paris. The tower has 1,711 steps, and is over 300 meters high. It was the tallest building at the time when it was finished in 1889.
Then they want to travel to Egypt to visit the pyramids. There are more than 90 pyramids in Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the biggest. It is nearly 5,000 years old. It’s one of the seven wonders in the world.
Next, they are going to Australia to visit the Sydney Opera House. It was finished in 1973. It’s about 183 meters long, 118 meters wide and 67 meters tall. The concert hall is the largest hall of the building, it can hold(容纳) an audience(观众) of more than 2,600.
Finally, they like to visit the Great Wall. The Great Wall is in the northern part of China. The Chinese began to build the Great Wall about more than 2000 years old. The wall we see today was mainly built in the Ming Dynasty.
For Ann and John, they always dream to travel around China, so they will spend the most time in China.
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The Eiffel Tower | It stands near the Seine in Paris. It is over 300 metres in | |
Egypt | The pyramids | There are more than 90 pyramids in Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the biggest |
The Sydney Opera House | It was finished in 1973. It’s about 183 meters long, 118 meters wide and 67 meters tall. The | |
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【推荐2】Jan Mela isn’t like most kids. Two years ago, he lost an arm and a leg. But that didn’t stop him. On Saturday, the 15-year-old boy from Poland（波兰）walked to the North Pole（北极）. “I can do it, and other people can do great things, too.” Mela said before he went there. How did Mela make it? Here are the details（细节）for Mela’s success.
Polish newspapers said Mela was the youngest person and the first handicapped（残疾的）person to walk to the North Pole. How did Mela lose an arm and a leg? He had an electrical（电的）accident. Now, he walks with the help of a man-made leg of 62,000 yuan.
After the accident. Mela felt sad for himself. But he didn’t lose hope. One day, he met Marek Kaminski, a Polish explorer. Eight years ago, Kaminski went to the North Pole and the South Pole in the same year. Mela wanted to see the North Pole, too. So Mela asked Kaminski if they could go together next time. Kaminski said yes.
It took Mela 21 days to get to the North Pole. The last three or four days were really hard because of the bad weather. But Mela kept going.
“I didn’t think we would make it.” he said. “But things got better later.”
1~2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. Mela lost an arm and a leg because of
2. Mela walked to the North Pole with the help of
3. How long did it take Mela to get to the North Pole?
4.
5.
【推荐3】Without proper planning, tourism(旅游业) can cause problem. For example, too many tourists can make public places crowded, which are also enjoyed by the local people. If tourists cause too much traffic, the local people will feel unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and treat them impolitely. But they forget how much tourism can help the local economy(经济). It is important to think about how tourism affects the local people. The local customs and beauty should be kept to attract the tourists by the local government. The local government should also care about the health and happiness of local people when developing tourism.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people can leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry because they can make more money there. As a result, other parts of the local economy can become worse.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lost jobs, and businesses can also lost money. It costs much money to build large hotels, airports, first-class roads, and other support facilities(设施) needed by tourist attractions. For example, each room of the first-class tourism hotel usually costs about 50 thousand dollars. If the rooms of the hotel aren’t used most of the time, the owner of the hotel will lose money.
Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity and so on. All of these support facilities cost money. If these facilities are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.
根据上面短文的内容回答问题。
1. How will the local people feel if tourists cause too much traffic?
2. Is developing tourism helpful for the local economy?
3. What should be kept by the local government to attract tourists?
4. Why can people leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry?
5. What’s the main idea of the passage?
【推荐1】Most people like watching TV. So does Mary. She doesn't mind soap operas or talk shows. But she can't stand sitcoms,because they are too boring. Sports shows are her favorite. She likes watching them very much,and she likes watching football matches on TV. Mary likes women's volleyball matches,too. She often watches them on TV,sometimes on the Internet. Her favorite team is Chinese team. She thinks all the members are fantastic.
任务一 完成下列句子。
1. Mary thinks sitcoms are
2.
任务二 简要回答下列问题。
3. How does Mary watch sports shows？
4. What does Mary think of the members of Chinese volleyball team？
5. How many kinds of TV programs are mentioned in the passage？
【推荐2】I had a great dream of getting the Most Valuable Player (MVP) (最佳球员) award (奖项).
Back in Grade 6, soccer was my favorite sport. At first, I wasn’t the best player on the team. After a lot of hard work, by the end of the year, I felt that I was the best player. As the soccer season went on, our team got second place. The next evening there was a dinner party at our school. Most people got awards for outstanding performances (杰出表现). Everyone on the team felt that I would get the MVP award because I got the most goals (进球). But at the end of the party, the teacher stood up and said, “The winner of the MVP award is Kenny.” I was very sad. Later, the teacher came up to me and said, “Jimmy, you were the best player on the team, but you didn’t pass the ball. You were out there for yourself but not for the team. You have to learn that soccer is a team sport.”
That night I learned that a team sport award was not just about “you”, it was about “us”. Now I am in Grade 8 and the captain (队长) of the school soccer team. I am a better player and a better captain.
1、2题完成句子；3题将文中划线句子译成汉语；4、5 题简略回答问题。
1. When I was eleven years old,
2.
3.
4. Did the writer got the the Most Valuable Player award at the end of the party? Why or why not?
5. Do you agree with the teacher’s opinion (观点)? Why or why not?
Some Grade Nine students at Sunshine Secondary School wanted to create a newspaper. They had a meeting yesterday. Daniel wrote this report about their meeting for the principal.
We had a meeting after school. Helen, Tony, John, Millie and I were at the meeting. First, we wanted to choose the chief editor (主编). Tony suggested that we should choose Helen, because she had experience. She was editor of her class Newspaper last year. So we all voted for her. We chose Helen to be the chief editor.
Then Helen hosted the meeting. She said that we ought to choose a person to take notes. She asked for suggestions. Millie suggested me, because I had experience too. I was secretary of the Drama Club last year. The others voted for me, and I was chosen to be the secretary. I started taking notes.
Helen said that the other three would be editors of the paper. They would write for different sections (版面) of the paper. Then we made a list of three things we should discuss — how often should the paper come out? What sections should we have? What should we call the paper?
We all had different ideas, so Helen said that we should think about them a bit longer. We would make a decision at the next meeting. We arranged to have the next meeting in one week’s time.
1. What did the students want to do?2. Why did they choose Helen as the chief editor?
3. What was the first thing for the secretary to do?
4. How many things should they discuss?
5. Would they have the next meeting in one week’s time or in two weeks’ time?
【推荐1】Last summer, my father gave me a watch to take the place of the one I had lost the year before. “You need to have a watch, so take 1. g________ care of this one,” he said. The next day, I went 2.________ /ˈswɪmɪŋ/. The sun was shining on the water. The water was warm and beautiful. I really enjoyed being in the water.
By the time I returned to beach, I was quite tired so I lay down. At that moment, I remembered my watch and looked to see what time it was. But it was gone! I searched all afternoon,3. (A) 但是我找不到它了。
That night at dinner, I arrived with my sleeves (衣袖) pulled down, hoping no one would notice that I didn’t have my watch.
My sister asked, “What time is it?”
“Ask Tom,” my mother said. “He has the expensive new watch.”
Dad looked at me and said, “4. (B) tell, lost, me, Don’t, already, that you’ve, the watch”
“No!” I said. I was sweating (出汗) with great fear. 5. (C) I knew I would be caught in a terrible lie. Just then, there was an announcement, “Ladies and gentlemen, a very nice watch was found on the beach today. If you lost one and can identify (确认) it, please come to the front desk.”
I went to the desk. There it was. The watch was not broken. It was still working.
I walked back to the table, sat down and said in a low voice, “I’m sorry I didn’t tell the truth.” My family smiled. They knew that I had finally learned my lesson.
根据短文内容，完成下列各题
1. 根据句意及首字母补全单词g
2. 根据读音完成单词
3. 将A处画线句子翻译成英语
4. 将B处画线部分组合成完整的句子
5. 写出C处画线句子的同义句
I knew I
6. 请在文中找出与下面英文释义相符的单词
7. What can we learn from the story?
Last week Grandpa called me. He asked me to spend my vacation with him. He lives in a mountain village. It’s small but it’s very cool in summer. It’s very hot in our city. So I often feel bored here. I was very happy and thanked him. I said, “I’m going to visit you when our summer vacation begins.”
It was July 5th last Tuesday. Parents took me to the supermarket and we bought some delicious food. They told me to take it to my grandpa. The next morning Daddy took me to the train station. It was the first time for me to have a trip by myself. But I felt relaxed. I was fourteen and I learned a lot in geography classes. The train left at six o’clock. I looked out of the windows in the train. I found the scenery (景色) was beautiful. I wasn’t tired at all.
At four in the afternoon my train arrived at a station. I saw my grandpa standing outside. I got off the train and ran to him. He was happy when he saw me. I looked at him up and down. He was old but strong.
His village is about three kilometers from the station. We walked there. I looked around. The mountains are high and green. I thought I could have a good time there.
1. Why does the boy feel bored in the city during his summer vacation?2. When did the boy visit his grandpa?
3. How long did the boy spend on the trip by train?
4. Translate (翻译) the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese.
5. What’s the best title (题目) of this passage?
【推荐3】Susannah was a shy but clever girl. She couldn’t see too well and had worn glasses for as long as she could remember. And again, for as long as she could remember, some of her classmates always made fun of her big glasses, laughed at her and called her names（起外号）.
The worst thing was that Lewis started to call her “Four Eyes”. She acted like she didn’t mind, but in fact, she couldn’t stand it. She was sad.
One day, the class went to visit some caves（山洞）. The children were walking towards the caves, when Lewis put his foot in a hole and fell down into it. While falling, he knocked Susan down into the hole, too. It was dark. All that could be seen was only a single ray of light coming from the cave roof. Susan and Lewis shouted for help, but no one came. In the cold dark cave, they spent a long dark night.
The next morning, they still hadn’t been found. Suddenly, Susan had an idea. She took a piece of wood. Then she used her glasses as a magnifying glass（放大镜）and focused（使聚焦）the ray of light onto the dry wood until a little fire sprang up（突然出现）. Now they had a torch（火炬）. Lewis watched all this with excitement. They used the torch to find the way out.
After getting out of the cave, Lewis lowered his head and said in a low voice, “thank you for saving me, and sorry for calling you ‘Four Eyes’ before”. Later, Lewis told everyone what had happened and called Susan “Laser Light（激光）Susan.” Guess what? Susan loved that name!
1. What happened to Susan and Lewis when they visited some caves?2. Why did Lewis lower his head and thanked Susan in a low voice?
3. Do you think it right to call others names? Why or why not?
