Ireland is home to ancient kings and chiefs, giants and fairies. For years it has existed as two Irelands, and Brexit could worsen that division. Discover the lively cities of Dublin and Belfast, and taste pints, drink a whiskey or eat fresh oysters(牡蛎).
Journey Highlights
Meet storytellers and experts for insight into the true story of Ireland's history.
Get the full taste of Ireland, experiencing seaweed, oysters and whiskey.
Swiss Family Adventure: An Active Journey Through the Alps.
The Swiss Alps are the perfect family playground, providing a fun and relaxing summer place for all ages. Towering peaks, rushing waterfalls and peaceful meadows bursting with wildflowers provide the calm backdrop for a variety of active programs. This eight-day program is suited to anyone with a sense of adventure, and especially for families with children ages 7 to 14.
Journey Highlights
Explore the heart-beating First Cliff Walk in Grindelwald.
Cruise Lake Thun to the town of Spiez. Explore the castle here, where children can become “Knights in Training".
Climate Change in New Orleans: A meeting and observation
The effect of climate change and extreme weather is all too noticeable in the disastrous changes that are happening along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Spend four days in New Orleans exposed to the issues around global climate change and its effects on human health, and natural ecosystems.
Journey Highlights
Take a special tour of the levee system on the Mississippi River surrounding New Orleans to see its importance in protecting the area.
Learn how climate change affects New Orleans and the Gulf region from scientists.
Active Argentina and Patagonia
Argentina is the active adventurers’ dream destination. From cathedral-like peaks to icy glaciers, this active, multisport route invites you to explore the Lake District, hike in view of the Fitz Roy Massif, sail to glaciers and ride horses.
Journey Highlights
Go kayaking on Lago Gutierrez and hike to surprising lakes in Nahuel Huapi National Park.
Cruise by boating to the face of the Perito Moreno Glacier.
Visit a working ranch for a closer look at farmer life.
1. Which activity will make you feel thrilled?| A．Visiting a working ranch in Argentina. |
| B．Walking on the bank of the Mississippi River. |
| C．Listening to the true story |
| D．Exploring First Cliff Walk in Grindelwald |
| A．Historians. | B．Adventurers |
| C．Sailors | D．Environmentalists |
| A．In Swiss. | B．In Argentina. |
| C．In Ireland. | D．In New Orleans. |
2 . Look at the center circles of Diagram A and Diagram B. Which of the center circles looks larger? In Diagram B? In fact, they are exactly the same size.
Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.
“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see.
Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:
When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “visual illusion ( 错误)”.
Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions.
1. Why does the center circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?| A．Something is wrong with our eyes. |
| B．The two circles are not the same size. |
| C．The two pictures change quickly from one to the other. |
| D．Our brains interpret the information in a wrong way. |
a. We look at things with our eyes. b. Our brains interpret the messages.
c. Our brains tell us what we have seen. d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.
| A．c a b d | B．a d b c | C．a c d b | D．b c a d |
| A．To make the actors seem different in size |
| B．To make the actors much braver |
| C．To help the actors become stronger |
| D．To help the actors look better |
3 . Worship Music Leader — First Presbyterian Church (FPC) in Napa is looking for someone who will select songs and use media for church services on Sundays. And working hours are flexible and the pay is about $18 an hour. Detailed job information will be posted on the Payroll Office’s window. If interested, send your cover letter and resume to David Stoker at david@fpcnapa.org.
Catering Company — Oak Avenue is a most successful catering company searching for enthusiastic people to join their talented team of chefs and service professionals. Students’ part-time positions are available for ambitious chefs, bakers, service helpers, and captains. Please send a brief cover letter and resume to Maritza@oakovenuecatering.com or call 707-963-9278 for more information.
Caregiver Position — Looking for a caregiver to help with a 91-year-old woman who lives in Calistoga. She speaks both English and Spanish, but Spanish is her preference. She sleeps quite a bit during the day so there is time to do housework. She cannot be left alone because she has a fall risk. She walks with a walker on her own. Please call 925-785-8500 if interested.
Housekeeping Services — A responsible, professional, and experienced housekeeper is needed to take care of all cleaning details of a local business in Angwin. This person will be needed 2 or 3 times per week for about 8 hours per day. Please send an email for additional information and be ready to provide resume and work history. Driver’s license is required. Pay will be $20-$25 per hour. To contact them, email recruitingangwin@gmail.com.
1. Which is the email address or contact number for those who want to become great bakers？| A．david@fpcnapa.org. |
| B．recruitingangwin@gmail.com. |
| C．925-785-8500. |
| D．707-963-9278. |
| A．Flexibility in working hours. |
| B．Speaking Spanish fluently. |
| C．Being able to drive. |
| D．Being a local in Angwin. |
| A．A hotel advertisement. |
| B．A job advertisement. |
| C．A household guide. |
| D．A tourist guide. |
B: Oh
yes. They can really change a city and help the people who live there.A:
B: Yes, of course. One example is the Beijing Olympics. They built a new swimming centre.
A: A great example! Can the Games make money for a city?
B: Sure. More people go to those cities even after the Games.
A: What about children?
B: Before the Games, many children preferred to play video games and watch TV.
A: It’s really a big chance.
A. Tourists make money for a city.
B. Can you give us an example?
C. Now they begin to do more sports outside.
D. Do you play a lot of sports?
E. How can the Olympics change them?
F. Many people think the Olympics cost a lot of money.
G. Now it has become a popular place for people to visit.
5 . Humans are social animals. They live in groups all over the world. As these groups of people live apart from other groups, over the years and centuries they develop their own habits and ideas, which are different from other cultures. One important particular side of every culture is how its people deal with time.
Time is not very important in nonindustrial (非工业的) societies. The Nuer people of East Africa, for example, do not even have a word TIME that is in agreement with the abstract thing we call time. The daily lives of the people of such nonindustrial societies are likely to be patterned around their physical needs and natural events rather than around a time schedule (时间表) based on the clock. They cook and eat when they are hungry and sleep when the sun goes down. They plant crops during the growing seasons and harvest them when the crops are ripe. They measure time not by a clock or calendar, but by saying that an event takes place before or after some other event. Frequently such a society measures days in terms of “sleeps” or longer periods in terms of “moons”. Some cultures, such as the Eskimos of Greenland measure seasons according to the migration of certain animals.
Some cultures which do not have a written language or keep written records have developed interesting ways of “telling time”. For example, when several Australian aborigines want to plan an event for a future time, one of them places a stone on a cliff or in a tree. Each day the angle of the sun changes slightly. In a few days, the rays of the sun strike the stone in a certain way. When this happens, the people see that the agreed-upon time has arrived and the event can take place.
In contrast (成对比), exactly correct measurement of time is very important in modern, industrialized societies.
This is because industrialized societies require the helpful efforts of many people in order to work. For a factory to work efficiently (well, quickly and without waste), for example, all of the workers must work at the same time. Therefore, they must know what time to start work in the morning and what time they may go home in the afternoon. Passengers must know the exact time that an airplane will arrive or depart. Students and teachers need to know when a class starts and ends. Stores must open on time in order to serve their customers. Complicated (复杂的) societies need clocks and calendars. Thus, we can see that if each person worked according to his or her own schedule, a complicated society could hardly work at all.
1. By saying “Humans are social animals”, the author means .| A．they live all over the world |
| B．They are all connected in one society |
| C．they live in their own groups as a whole |
| D．they are divided into many groups |
| A．don’t have the word TIME in their languages |
| B．don’t get used to using clocks and other timepieces |
| C．don’t measure time in their daily-lives around an exact time schedule |
| D．don’t need to plan their daily lives around an exact time schedule |
| A．the change of the angle of the sun | B．the way sunlight was reflected |
| C．the position of the stone | D．the position of the tree or the cliff |
| A．Time and Culture | B．The Measurement of Time |
| C．Time Schedule and Daily Life | D．Clock, Calendar and Society |
6 . How cold is too cold to keep schools open? The question is being raised, at least in the Northeast, where the temperature is way below zero.
Keith Marty, superintendent(主管)of the Parkway School District in Missouri, published a letter to parents saying: “it is always challenging to balance my desire to have children in school and also my desire to keep them safe.” Location can affect closure decisions: children in Minnesota are accustomed to cold winter temperatures, but kids in the South aren’t. Also at play are concerns about state student attendance requirement and traffic issues, such as how long students have to wait outdoors for a bus, as well as health dangers caused by the cold and the condition of many old or poorly equipped school buildings.
And many districts worry about students who receive most or all of their meals at school and who have working parents who can’t stay home with them. Matt Guilfoyle, spokesman for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in Virginia, said in an email that his school system “strongly believes students are better served by being in school. FCPS also considers the nearly 56,000 students who receive free and reduced-price meals each day at school. If schools are open and a parent does not believe it is safe for his or her child, the parent should keep the child at home for an excused absence.”
A few years ago, Chicago public schools closed when the National Weather Service said temperatures would feel, with wind chill(风寒), like 30 degrees below zero. But they opened the next day even though the temperature didn’t rise much. A Chicago lawyer named William Choslovsky wrote an opinion piece in Chicago Tribune mocking the schools for closing when Milwaukee schools stayed open with cold temperatures. “Consider this the continued wussification(娘娘腔)of society,” he wrote. “Our kids can go to school. Considering that so few even walk anymore, what difference does the temperature make?”
Still, sometimes, the temperatures demand school closure, at least in the eyes of school district officials. Buffalo officials decided to close schools for Friday, with the forecast calling for temperatures at around zero degrees, with wind chill making it feel more like 20 degrees below zero.
1. What can be learned from Paragraph 2?| A．Waiting for a school bus can be dangerous. |
| B．Many school buildings are too old to function. |
| C．Parents and schools differ on school closure. |
| D．School closure decisions are made on a case-by-case basis. |
| A．Opening school is good for students. |
| B．FCPS offers excellent food for students. |
| C．Some parents are irresponsible caregivers. |
| D．Some parents prevent schools from opening. |
| A．Are students strong enough? |
| B．When is it too cold for school? |
| C．Is the weather getting colder and colder? |
| D．What are the schools doing to face cold weather? |
| A．By bus. | B．On foot. | C．By taxi. |
In the past few years, quite a number of men and women
In fact, however, stress isn’t such a bad thing
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way
| A．She doesn’t care how the movie ended. |
| B．She’d rather see a horror film next time. |
| C．She generally dislikes that type of movie. |
| A．Two o'clock. | B．Four o'clock. | C．Five o'clock. |
