2 . Best Tours in Auckland

Waiheke Island

With the best of the island’s two selling points — nature and wine — this tour will have you cross through the island’s bushland, and drink award-winning wines. You’ll see New Zealand’s famously shy wildlife and native plants.

Tour: Waiheke Island Vineyards and Bush Walk

Money: $ 130 for a family of three

Coromandel

This day tour allows you to get to some of the area’s places far away. Your guide will drop you off at Stony Bay where you will begin the 10-kilometre hike to Fletcher Bay, where you will be collected. You can enjoy its natural beauty, with the shining ocean alongside you. Don’t forget your bathing suit to make the most of the place at the end of the route.

Tour: Coromandel Coastal Walkway Day Tour

Money: $ 45 per person

Hamilton

Explore endangered species of flora and fauna at Sanctuary Mountain. It’s a place where at-risk species can grow without human nearing them. Your guide will explain the species and the reasons they’re endangered to you.

Tour: Guided Forest Tour of Sanctuary Mountain

Money: $ 42 per person

Waitomo

Put on your boots and helmet, and prepare to go down underground, hiking among rocks and streams. The tour is limited to six people, allowing you a much more comfortable and personalized experience.

Tour: Glow-worm Caving Adventure

Money: $55 per adult &. $ 25 per child

1. Where can a person go for swimming according to the passage?

A．Waiheke Island.	B．Coromandel.
C．Hamilton.	D．Waitomo.

2. Which tour is the cheapest for a couple with a child?

A．Waiheke Island Vineyards and Bush Walk.

B．Coromandel Coastal Walkway Day Tour.

C．Guided Forest Tour of Sanctuary Mountain.

D．Glow-worm Caving Adventure.

3. What is special about Glow-worm Caving Adventure?

A．People can hike a long distance.

B．Endangered animals can be seen.

C．The number of tourists is limited.

D．Tourists can drink award winning wines.

3 . When Simon Cane was in the second grade, he began learning about all the ways humans have an impact on the environment and really took those classroom lessons to heart in a way that set him apart from his schoolmates at his elementary school, P. S. 81, in the Bronx. “He told me we drove too much and made too much pollution,” his dad, Jonathan Cane, told Runner’s World. So Simon convinced his parents to start hanging their clothes to dry, taking the stairs instead of elevators, and other “green” measures.

“For much of kindergarten and first grade I rode my bike to Simon’s school with him on the back,” Jonathan said. “We had a lot of fun being outdoors. We’d stop to give our dog treats and generally enjoyed it.” As Simon got bigger, though, it wasn’t practical for him to ride on his father’s back, but it also didn’t make sense to ride together — both because of safety concerns and because there was no place to put away Simon’s bike. So, most of the time they drove the 1. 5 miles to school.

But in 2019, when Simon was going into third grade, the 8-year-old came up with a new way to help the planet: running the 1. 5 miles to P. S. 81. And Jonathan promised his son he’d join him for as long as he wanted.

“We did a test run one day in August, and decided to give it a go. To be honest, I thought he’d blink (眨眼)after it got really cold or rainy, but he never did,” Jonathan said. He recalled one day when the weather was particularly bad. “It’s really raining out there today,” he told Simon. “And Simon said, ‘Well then we’re going to get wet!’ He took pride in toughing it out, and it became a really fun family routine.”

Since the start, Simon has run with his dad and their black dog, Lola, and has even inspired his mom, Nicole Sin Quee, to join in. They soon became known as “the family that runs to school”.

1. What makes Simon different from his classmates?

A．Washing his clothes by himself.	B．Taking many classes after school.
C．Raising strange questions in class.	D．Taking green measures to protect the environment.

2. How did Simon usually go to school in second grade?

A．By car.

B．By cycling.

C．By running.

D．By school bus.

3. What can be inferred from paragraph 4?

A．Simon has trouble with his eyesight.	B．Simon is really stubborn and inflexible.
C．Simon is much tougher than expected.	D．Simon didn’t get support from his father.

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

A．The Best Way to Go to School

B．Father and Son Run for the Environment

C．A Teenager Keeps Running to Inspire Father

D．Three Inspiring Running Athletes to Protect the Environment

4 . For Stevens Point locals in the US, the city is flooded with delicious fried fish. Here are four top choices for the community to have a try.

Hilltop Pub&Grill

Hilltop Pub&Grill first opened in the 1980s and took the Stevens Point community by storm with its delicious food and unique decoration style. Its fried fish are beloved due to the use of “high-quality North Atlantic fish, with a light beer batter (面糊)”.

The Final Score Bar&Grill

The Final Score Bar&Grill aimed to become a local hot spot in 2001 when Jim Billings, the owner, took charge of the business. Billings feels that their five batter choices set them apart from their neighboring bars. Besides, various wines are available.

Point After Pub&Grill

Point After Pub&Grill started serving delicious food and cold beers in a welcoming environment in 2009. But its history runs much longer. “Before it was Point After Pub&Grill, it had been Northside Bar for 30 plus years,” explained Molski, the owner. Molski feels that the pub’s four special batter choices and other fish specials are what help make it an area landmark.

Two Harps Pub

This Irish pub opened its doors to the public in 2017 and has been drawing fans and locals ever since. “I had done my career for a long time and was kind of bored with it,” said Nick Moore, the owner. “And this opportunity fell into my lap, so I went with it. It really made sense to open up an Irish bar.” The growing pub advises guests to try a cold beer with their Friday fried fish.

1. What makes Hilltop Pub&Grill popular with customers?

A．The convenient location.	B．The special food.
C．The high-quality service.	D．The unique wine.

2. What do The Final Score Bar&Grill and Point After Pub&Grill have in common?

A．They are both run by the same company.	B．They are both famous for great wines.
C．They both feature some particular batter.	D．They were both founded ten years ago.

3. What is special about Two Harps Pub?

A．It is the newest among the four pubs.	B．It offers free cold beers to customers.
C．It only provides fried fish on Fridays.	D．It has a unique decoration style.

5 . Do you always agree to do things that you are unwilling to do? Are you the type of person who always says "yes"? I've come to learn that it is very important to learn to say NO! It's okay. People are still going to like you. They may even respect you more because they know you are honest.

I'm not saying to say "no" to someone who really needs your help. I'm talking about refusing that meeting that you really do not want to attend or that birthday party that you don't want to be a guest at.

Think for a moment how you feel when you say YES to something that you really don't want to do. If you're like I once was，you can't sleep at night and you think about it too much. It weighs on your mind. You try to find ways out. Whatever you're saying to yourself，if you really wanted to go，you wouldn't have all of these thoughts.

So，why not just say NO from the beginning? Maybe you feel like if you don't show up at the meeting (by the way，it is not the one you must attend) your boss isn't going to like you or your co-workers won't respect you. Maybe you feel as if your mom，dad or sisters won't love you as much if you don't do everything for them that they ask every occasion.

If these people are your true friends，family members，or a good boss，they will like or love you the same no matter what. People treat you the way you teach them to, and if you're someone who always says "yes", then that's what they're expecting.

You need to do what is right for you. Of course we do have real obligations in life to fulfill，but we do not have to do everything others want us to do.

1. Which of the following statements would the writer agree with?

A．We should try to do what our friends ask us to do.

B．We should help others in need.

C．Always saying "no" means you are brave.

D．Always saying "yes" means you are dishonest.

2. What does the underlined word '' It" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Saying "yes".

B．A friend's birthday party.

C．Something you're unwilling to do.

D．Something you think difficult to do.

3. The writer believes that if you say "no" to your family members，you'll ______.

A．upset them

B．disappoint them

C．have a loose relationship with them

D．have the same relationship with them as before

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Learn to Make a Right Choice

B．To Be Yourself

C．Learn to Say No

D．Do What You Want to Do

6 . The bed should be reserved as a place for sleep，but people tend to read an iPad a lot in bed before they go to sleep．

Charles Czeisler，a professor at Harvard Medical School，and his colleagues got a small group of people for an experiment．For five days in a row，the people read either a paper book or an iPad for four hours before sleep．Their sleep patterns were monitored all night．Before and after each trial period，the people took hourly blood tests to paint a day-long picture of just how much melatonin（褪黑激素）was in their blood at any given time．

When subjects read on the iPad as compared to the paper books，they reported feeling less sleepy at night and less active the following morning．People also took longer to fall asleep on the iPad nights，and the blood tests showed that their melatonin secretion（分泌）was delayed by an hour and a half．

The researchers conclude in today's journal article that gives the rise of e-readers and the increasingly widespread use of e-things among children and adolescents，more research into the"long-term consequences of these devices on health and safety is urgently needed．"Czeisler and colleagues go on，in the research paper，to note"Reading an iPad in bed may increase cancer risk．"

However，software has been developed that can reduce some of the blue light from the screens of phones and computers according to time of day，and there are also glasses that are made to filter（过滤）short wavelengths．While they seem like a logical solution for the nighttime tech users，it needs more research．

1. In Charles Czeisler's experiment，all the subjects were asked to ______ ．

A．sit in a row and receive the strict tests

B．have their sleep patterns observed all night

C．read a paper book and an iPad at the same time

D．have their blood tested per hour during the trial

2. The third paragraph tells us the iPad readers were likely to ______ ．

A．feel less sleepy and tired in the day

B．fall asleep more easily after reading

C．have a lot more melatonin secretion

D．become less energetic the next morning

3. The special software recently developed can ______ ．

A．remove the blue light from your devices completely

B．help prevent eyes being harmed by short wavelength

C．weaken the harm done by doing nighttime e-reading

D．be used in all the e-things widely and safely

4. What's this passage mainly about？ ______

A．No e-reading in bed before sleep

B．New software for night e-readers

C．Wrong behaviors before bedtime

D．No games on iPad in bed．

7 . Life can sometimes go_haywire rather like the feeling you get when you've lost control of your moving car. It's a feeling of complete helplessness and panic that makes us feel overwhelmed (被压垮的).

In most cases, there is a difference between our expectations and reality. The greater the difference, the greater the feeling is of being overwhelmed. This difference is often created when our expectations are too demanding or when reality changes in a way we did not expect. Think of the weather ruining your carefully made travel plans to get across the state. Think of that illness that made you stay in bed. While we may be feeling overwhelmed with everything going on in our lives right now, there are some steps we can take to regain a sense of control of our lives.

We all know we should control our emotion properly and we can be affected greatly when we are overwhelmed, but feeling overwhelmed is part of life. When we're feeling overwhelmed, it only means we are living, breathing human beings. For life is like a roller coaster ride with its ups, downs and turns. It's also like the season with its alternating periods of relative calm and periods of varying degrees of stress and anxiety. Sometimes we forget this.

No matter how much we try, we may not be able to control reality. But we can adjust our expectations to match reality. This may mean revising our goals and tasks or quitting projects. It may feel like failure in the moment, like giving up, but this ability is an opportunity to create success in the long term. Working with reality rather than against it can give us hope.

When we're feeling overwhelmed, we can easily fall into an all­or­nothing (孤注一掷). We may overlook the things we manage to accomplish when we feel overwhelmed. But celebrating our small wins creates space for gratitude to take hold in our hearts. Trade our expectations for appreciation and our whole world changes in an instant. Celebrating wins (whatever size！) allows us to clearly see the progress we are making. Acknowledging our small bites and celebrating our wins however small makes us have a more accepting attitude toward the opportunities, the gifts and the joys in our lives.

1. The underlined phrase “go haywire” can be replaced by ________.

A．be in a mess

B．become dull

C．bring surprises

D．change quickly

2. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A．We fail to control our emotion sometimes.

B．We must learn to control our emotion well.

C．It is natural for everyone to feel overwhelmed.

D．Feeling overwhelmed is a big barrier to our life.

3. What should we do when we can't control reality?

A．Accept our failure and quit.	B．Change our goal based on reality.
C．Try our best to change reality.	D．Find a better way to realize our goal.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Small bites are better than big wins.

B．We should show gratitude to others.

C．Celebrating small wins helps us make progress.

D．We should appreciate even small achievements of ours.

8 . A Cappella Competition

Do you love to sing?

Come and show off your talents at the Chilton Youth A Cappella Competition！

＞October 20th, 11: 00-17: 00

＞Edward Greatcoat Theater, Sealey Road, Chilton

＞Rules

Please remember that this is an a cappella competition!

No instruments or recorded music will be allowed.

Competitors may sing published or original songs in any style.

Competitors must be between eight and 15 years old.

There are four categories (类):

(1) Solo (8-11 years old)            (2) Solo (12-15 years old)

(3) Group (8-11 years old)             (4) Group (12-15 years old)

※Competitors under 12 years old must stay with a parent or other adult at all times.

※Each competitor must pay an entry fee of $10.

※Winners will receive $500 and a course of 20 lessons with famous voice coach Vickie Leonard.

※Winners will be decided by three judges from the Chilton School of Music. Their decision is final.

＞Additional information

※Please arrive at the Edward Greatcoat Theater between 09: 00 and 10: 00 to register (登记), as the competition will start at 11: 00. The parking lot has limited spaces so you are advised to come as early as possible.

※Shared dressing rooms with showers will be provided for all competitors.

※Tickets for the competition are available at the theater from October 1st. There is no charge for these, but again, spaces are limited.

1. What is the purpose of this text?

A．To invite people to a concert.	B．To encourage more visitors.
C．To offer free singing lessons.	D．To introduce a singing competition.

2. When can a competitor register at the Edward Greatcoat Theater?

A．8:30 a.m.

B．9:30 a.m.

C．11:30 a.m.

D．17:30 p.m.

3. What do we know about the event?

A．You shouldn’t try to argue with the judges.

B．You can’t park your car at the theater.

C．A competitor can sing a song while playing the guitar.

D．A sixteen-year-old girl can take part in this competition.

9 . The British—-and especially the English—-are bad at complaining. Because of British politeness rules, according to which conflict should be avoided, people either just do not complain, or sometimes bottle it up and then outpour it in another way in other unimportant situations. In fact, there is a TV programme which shows the British in typical situations where they would be perfectly reasonable in complaining, but they don’t. In one scene, a woman reads a newspaper over people’s shoulders and the people say nothing or look embarrassed.

The British are also well-known for putting up with bad service everywhere from restaurants to airports and railway stations because the standard rules of behaviour say that it is bad to draw attention to yourself. This is why, when you travel on the tube in London and there is yet another delay, the passengers will look at each other, sigh, smile wearily and raise their eyes to heaven. They might even say, “Huh! Typical!” in a resigned (顺从的) tone of voice that says that there’s nothing that can be done about it. When complaints are made, they are made in an apologetic or a humorous tone of voice. In France, on the other hand, angry passengers might riot (闹事) and burn down the subway station if they had to put up with the poor service that the London underground provides.

Americans and other Europeans who are much more direct and in-your-face than the British, often wonder why British people always say “sorry” or “excuse me” when they complain. It’s like they’re apologizing for something that isn’t their fault, they say. They are missing the point. British people are not really sorry—it is because the word “sorry” actually works as a distancing skill. This is important in terms of negative politeness and not drawing attention to yourself. If you do not say “sorry” or use other distancing words like “could”, “would”, “might”, “possibly”' and so on, you will be seen as rude.

1. What does the underlined part “bottle it up” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．Put something into bottles.	B．Not do anything dangerous.
C．Not allow emotions to be seen.	D．Cause problems by hesitating.

2. The French tend to           .

A．tolerate bad service	B．enjoy taking the subway
C．make a complaint humorously	D．express their dissatisfaction directly

3. Which can be the best title for the text?

A．How to Complain	B．Complaining Politely
C．Poor Service in Britain	D．Politeness Rules across the World

10 . Hybrid cars are cars that run on both petrol and electricity. They have a small standard petrol engine and a battery and electric motor to provide electric power.

There are some differences between different models of hybrid cars, but the general principle is that the car runs on petrol, and the electric motor kicks in when additional power is required, for example when going uphill or speeding up. In some hybrid cars the petrol engine turns itself off when not needed, for example when the car has stopped at traffic lights, keeping only the electric engine running.

Traditional cars have large engines to cope with driving uphill and speeding up.Most of the time, this high engine capacity is not needed, but the engine continues burning up fuel. Hybrid cars have much smaller petrol engines, powered by electric motors when needed, so they use less petrol.

Hybrid cars are also lighter and aerodynamically(空气动力学的)designed for greater fuel efficiency.

Another way that fuel consumption is cut is by a system of“regenerative braking”(刹车). The electric motor is used to slow down the car, rather than traditional brakes. The energy produced by the slowing car is transformed into electrical power, which is automatically stored in the battery. In effect, the battery recharges when you brake. In traditional cars the energy produced when braking is wasted.

Car producers and engineers have been experimenting with electric and hybrid cars since the late 19th century. In 1928 Ferdinand Porsche built an experimental hybrid car that used both an internal burning engine and electric motors.The first mass-produced hybrid car, the Toyota Prius, came out in Japan at the end of 1997.However, Hybrid cars became available in the USA only in 1999, when the Honda Insight went on sale.

As they use less fuel, hybrid cars are cheaper to run. There are also many advantages in place to encourage people to buy them. In some countries, hybrid car owners pay a lower rate of tax, and don’t have to pay on certain toll roads(收费公路). In some cities around the world, hybrid cars are allowed to park for free.

1. What can we learn from paragraph 2?

A．Hybrid cars don’t need petrol any more.

B．Petrol engine and electric motor work all the way.

C．Hybrid cars mainly depend on electric power to run.

D．Some hybrid car petrol engines will quit when unnecessary.

2. Which is NOT the reason why hybrid cars consume less energy?

A．Smaller petrol engines.	B．Scientific design.
C．Traditional brakes.	D．Energy storage.

3. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Hybrid cars are cheaper to buy.

B．Hybrid car owners don’t have to pay tax.

C．Hybrid car owners don’t need to pay parking fee.

D．Hybrid cars will have a bright future.

4. What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A．To advertise hybrid cars.

B．To introduce hybrid cars.

C．To compare traditional cars and hybrid cars.

D．To inform the development of hybrid cars.