Nowadays many people want to have a more interesting experience when arriving in a new city or country. Here are some better ways to travel, both for you and for the environment.
Get out of the car and walk.
If you have to take transport in a city, try to take public transport. Most cities now offer lots of information and very cleat maps about the public transport at the city’s websites.
Luo Yan and his wife and son travelled back to their hometown for the Spring Festival. Their journey
On their arrival, they found Luo’s parents eagerly waiting for
With midnight
3 . Nature Adventure Camp
Get adventurous this summer! Each week has a new theme to keep you busy as you develop new skills, explore nature, and meet new friends.
| Under the Sea Dive in as we discover the fascinating creatures (生物) that live in the ocean. Whales, sharks, and sea turtles will catch our eyes as we explore the ocean together through activities and games. Fee: $150 Opening time: 9: 00 am-5: 00 pm, Jun 16-18 | Stone Age Let’s go back to the Stone Age! Learn about all of your favorite dinosaurs from the prehistoric era and find out what it was like to be a caveman. Fee: $100 Opening time: 9: 00 am-5: 30 pm, Jun 21-23 |
| Things with Wings From birds to butterflies, bats to bees, find out about many amazing creatures that fly from the ground to the trees. We’ll search for birds’ nests, catch bugs with nets, and make our own winged creatures to take home. Fee: $75 Opening time: 8: 30 am-4: 30 pm, Jun 30-Jul 2 | Nature Tail Theater Create your own story, character, scenery, props, and costumes. Then it’s lights, camera, action as you perform your original play on the last day of camp for family members. Fee: $136 Opening time: 10: 00 am-6: 00 pm, Jul 7-9 |
| A．Jun 16-18. | B．Jun 21-23. | C．Jun 30-Jul 2. | D．Jul 7-9. |
| A．Get close to sea creatures. | B．Learn about dinosaurs. |
| C．Catch winged creatures. | D．Perform an original play. |
| A．Under the Sea. | B．Stone Age. | C．Things with Wings. | D．Nature Tail Theater. |
| A．$ 75. | B．$100. | C．$136. | D．$150. |
4 . Doctor Eleanor Love knows that weddings create a lot of leftover (遗留) flowers, and that means more chances for her to collect the after-wedding flowers and give them to her lonely hospital patients, many of whom don’t often get visitors, not to mention expensive flowers. The flowers are still in good shape, and the patients are very happy to have them.
Love worked at the Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital as a medical student. She wondered how she could help relieve (减轻) their suffering and how to treat them as a student doctor.
“One of the challenges of being a medical student is that it can be very difficult to contribute to the care team,” said Love. “You are there as a learner, but you want to make an impact on your patients, and you don’t have the same knowledge as physicians. How can I at this stage in my training make an impact on patients?”
So in 2022, she started The Simple Sunflower in Richmond, and so far she has delivered more than 760 bunches of flowers to patients. She brought fellow students and other people into her project, and now has more than 200 volunteers on the email list. When Love began the project, she called businesses such as wedding venues (场馆) and florists and asked them what events were scheduled. For each wedding, she organized a team of eight volunteers who helped pick up the flowers when the party was over and then spent time delivering them to individual patients.
People beyond the VCU community have heard about Love’s project and got involved.
“It’s so satisfying to see the patients who receive our flowers,” she said. “It reminds me why we do what we do.”
1. Why did Eleanor Love collect the flowers?| A．To sell them to volunteers. | B．To treat patients’ diseases. |
| C．To decorate a wedding venue. | D．To help relieve the patients’ suffering. |
| A．Eleanor Love started The Simple Sunflower in 2022 |
| B．Eleanor Love became a student doctor in Richmond |
| C．200 volunteers were needed for each wedding |
| D．760 bunches of flowers were bought for patients |
| A．Humorous. | B．Warm-hearted. | C．Honest. | D．Strict. |
| A．No Pain, No Gain | B．Hard Work Leads to Success |
| C．Deliver Flowers, Deliver Love | D．Love Me, Love My Dog |
5 . One day a little boy asked his father, “What does the word ‘great’ mean? Who are great people and how do they become great?”
The father asked his son to bring two plants and then told him to plant one of them
The father asked his son, “Which one of the two plants do you think will be
The boy replied, “The plant inside the house will be safer, so it will grow bigger, while the plant outside the house is not safe at all. No one will be there to
The father smiled and said, “Let’s wait
Then the boy left for study and after four years he came back to his house. He said to his father, “Look,
When the boy went outside, he was very
“The plant outside the house faced four
Here is the
| A．besides | B．opposite | C．behind | D．inside |
| A．stronger | B．safer | C．nicer | D．weaker |
| A．look after | B．come across | C．take away | D．cut down |
| A．seriously | B．carefully | C．actively | D．patiently |
| A．something | B．nothing | C．everything | D．anything |
| A．excited | B．satisfied | C．pleased | D．surprised |
| A．seasons | B．chances | C．years | D．choices |
| A．protection | B．sunlight | C．care | D．water |
| A．result | B．answer | C．way | D．reason |
| A．To choose | B．To save | C．To find | D．To become |
6 . China and the Netherlands (荷兰) are long-time friends. The Netherlands is more than 41,500 square kilometres in area. It is a bit larger than the size of Taiwan, China.
The Netherlands is rich in culture and art. It is home of many great artists, for example, Vincent van Gogh. Besides fine art, the Netherlands is also called the country of tulips (郁金香). It has the world’s largest tulip garden: Keukenhof garden.
Dutch people are very hard-working. There’s a saying: “God made the Earth, but the Dutch made Holland.” More than a quarter of the country is below sea level. So Dutch people build many dams (水坝) to protect the country from flooding. They have created almost one sixth of the country from seas and rivers!
Did you know?
◆Rubber ducks are popular around the world. Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman created it in 2007. The yellow duck is 26 metres high.
◆Wooden clogs (木底鞋) are traditional shoes in the Netherlands. They make good gifts for tourists.
◆In the Netherlands, it is impolite to start eating at once. Dutch people will sometimes say “delicious” before eating.
◆Like the UK, the Netherlands also has kings and queens.
1. Taiwan, China is ________ than the Netherlands in area.| A．a bit smaller | B．much larger |
| C．much smaller | D．a little larger |
| A．Table manners. | B．Artists. |
| C．Weather. | D．Tulips. |
| A．16% | B．25% | C．60% | D．75% |
| A．In the Netherlands, it’s good manners to praise the food before eating. |
| B．Keukenhof garden is famous for tulips. |
| C．The Dutch may give foreign friends wooden clogs as small presents. |
| D．China and the Netherlands have been neighbouring countries for a long time. |
| Dates: 30th July ~8th August Mon. ~Fri., 10 a. m., 7 p. m. Sat. ~ Sun. 10 a. m., 2 p.m., 7 p. m. Venue: Esplanade Theater Duration: 1.5 hours Ticket prices: $ 25 per child or adult (day shows) $ 35 per child or adult (evening shows) Family Packages: $ 85 for 4 tickets (10 a. m. ,2 p. m. shows) $ 120 for 4 tickets (7 p. m. shows) Late comer Policy: Please arrive early. Late comers will not be allowed to enter until a proper break in the shows. Children: As courtesy to other audience members, children below three years old will not be allowed in. Contact: Phone number 8897659 Fax 8897656  |
| A．For 10 days. | B．For 12 days. |
| C．For 15 days. | D．For 18 days. |
| A．85 | B．100 | C．120 | D．140 |
| A．Later comers | B．Adults without children |
| C．School students | D．Kids below three years old |
| A．The name of the show. | B．The name of the director. |
| C．The telephone number. | D．The name of the theater. |
The Amazon Rainforest is home to a great variety of plant life;
9 . More than half the world’s population will be regarded as obese by 2035 if action is not taken: the World Obesity Federation warns. Obese is a medical term used to describe a person with an excess of body fat.
Its report says, more than four billion people will be affected with rates rising fastest among both boys and girls. The rates are expected to double from 2020 levels among them. The report predicts the cost of obesity will be up to more than $4 trillion (£ 3. 3 trillion) every year by 2035.
The report also stresses that low-or middle-income countries in Africa and Asia are expected to see the greatest rises. The first reason lies in that people there prefer to eat highly processed foods. In the second place, they are likely to sit too long. Thirdly, in those countries, there are fewer policies to control food supply and marketing. Last but not the least, people there are short of healthcare services to help in weight management and health education.
The president of the federation, Louise Baur, described the report’s findings as a clear warning to countries to act now. If they don’t take any actionthey will be faced with endless bad effects in the future. Baur said that governments and policymakers around the world need to do all they can to avoid passing health, social, and economic costs on to the younger generation. They should find out what are the root causes of obesity.
The data published in the report will be presented to the UN on Monday
1. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “obese” in the first paragraph?| A．depressed | B．overweight | C．heavy | D．rich |
| A．Teachers. | B．Grandparents. | C．Children. | D．Doctors. |
| A．To give causes. | B．To show the process. |
| C．To draw conclusions. | D．To argue for a viewpoint. |
| A．The young generation should be responsible. |
| B．Parents should be strict about children’s diets. |
| C．Governments should be involved in fighting obesity |
| D．Policymakers should make laws to punish obese people. |
10 . Victoria O’Neal and her husband, Derrick Stroud, recently welcomed three kids. They are happy about it.
Derrick came home and found his daughter’s
“When I got there, the baby was unresponsive sitting in the child’s seat,” Matthew said. “I turned her
This was beyond a scary situation. It’s terrifying to think of the baby’s life without the quick
| A．Surprisingly | B．Naturally | C．Unluckily | D．Suddenly |
| A．noticed | B．judged | C．proved | D．guessed |
| A．force | B．pull | C．take | D．walk |
| A．memory | B．body | C．mind | D．condition |
| A．called | B．stopped | C．found | D．attacked |
| A．head | B．seat | C．eyes | D．shoulders |
| A．red | B．black | C．brown | D．blue |
| A．happy | B．cool | C．calm | D．awake |
| A．offer | B．help | C．swimming | D．reply |
| A．save | B．cheer | C．raise | D．comfort |
