1 . Apartments to Rent in London
1-bedroom apartment
Cow-bridge Lane.barking
￡1,000 per month /￡23I ,per week
Prime-lodge Estates are happy to offer renting this newly redecorated 1-bedroom apartment onthe ground floor located minutes from Barking station and local equipment
Tel: 020 8012 5113
2-bedroom apartment
Pier-head Lock, Canary Wharf, London, E14£ 1,980 per month/£457 per week.
Long rent. Located next to the Thames and with 2 circular balconies to relax upon, this wonderful 2-bedroom apartment is good-sized and has natural light throughout. Benefits include a modern kitchen, a utility room(杂用间) and a bathroom
Tel: 020 8012 6728
3-bedroom apartment
Boulevard drive Colindale London NW9￡3,467 per month/￡800 per week
Zero deposit available. Long rent. This amazing 3-bedroom apartment is located on the 7th floor of a modern apartment building with comfortable accommodation(食宿) throughout, a large private balcony and access to the gym and swimming pool.
Tel: 020 8012 6803
4-bedroom apartment
Oak wood Court.101 Pinner road. Harrow.HA1 f4,290 per month/£1,100 per week.
A well presented, newly decorated and bright 4-bedroom apartment in this small, well looked after block. It is located by a park with many trees, where you can see many citizen running along the park paths when the sun rises. The apartment offers free parking, too.
Tel: 020 8012 2188
1. Which apartment has an easy access to a station?| A．The apartment in Pier-head lock. | B．The apartment in Cow-bridge lane. |
| C．The apartment in Boulevard Drive. | D．The apartment in Oak-wood Court. |
| A．Both offer free parking. | B．Both require‘ no deposit’. |
| C．Both are newly redecorated. | D．Both can be rented for a long time. |
| A．02080122188. | B．02080126803 apartments to Rent in London. |
| C．02080126728. | D．02080125113. |
2 . Music
Opera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August, with additional performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership discounts. Phone: 241-2742.
http://www.cityopera.com.
Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March through June. Call 723-1182 for more information.
http://www.chamberorch.com.
Symphony Orchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regular season runs September through May at Music Hall in summer at Riverbend.
http://www.symphony.org/home.asp.
College Conservatory of Music (CCM): Performances are on the main campus(校园) of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known LaSalle Quartet, CCM’s Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with I.D. cards can attend the events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556-4183.
http://www.ccm.uc.edu/events/calendar.
Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under cover (price difference).Big name shows all summer long! Phone:232-6220.
http://www.riverbendmusic.com.
1. Which number should you call if you want to see an opera?| A．241-2742. | B．723-1182. |
| C．381-3300. | D．232-6220. |
| A．Music Hall. | B．Memorial Hall. |
| C．Patricia Cobbett Theater. | D．Riverbend Music Theater. |
| A．It has seats in the open air. |
| B．It gives shows all year round. |
| C．It offers membership discounts. |
| D．It presents famous musical works. |
3 . Visit London’s most famous places of interest on one of these top London sightseeing tours. Don’t forget your camera!
Warner Bros. Studio Tour
Take the Warner Bros. Studio Tour for a lively, behind-the-scenes look at film-making. What attracts the tourists most are the sets, costumes and props from the Harry Potter film series. They can experience the British art, technology and talent that produced world-famous movies at Warner Bros. Studio Tour.
Tickets from￡63
City Cruises Sightseeing Tours
Have a sightseeing tour on the Thames with City Cruises. Sit back, relax, and enjoy London’s top sights and attractions from the river. You can also enjoy a special lunch, dinner or an afternoon tea with a view you’ll never forget.
Tickets from ￡9.75
Walking and Bike Tours
Spread your legs and explore London on a guided walking or bike tour. Choices include a celebrity walking tour of Notting Hill, a walk around Westminster by gaslight, a Jack the Ripper tour, a London street markets walk, and bike tours around secret attractions and royal London.
Tickets from￡10
Houses of Parliament
Follow the same steps the Queen takes when she opens a session at the Houses of Parliament. Stand behind the Prime Minister’s seat in the House of Commons and see Cromwell’s death warrant for Charles I. Use the guided audio tour to recreate the atmosphere of government and learn about its historical significance.
Tickets from￡18.50
1. If you are crazy about Harry Potter, you can choose ________.| A．Houses of Parliament | B．Walking and Bike Tours |
| C．City Cruises Sightseeing Tours | D．Warner Bros. Studio Tour |
| A．make a walking tour of Houses of Parliament |
| B．enjoy sights and attractions from the Thames River |
| C．see Cromwell’s death warrant for Charles I |
| D．watch world-famous movies produced at Westminster |
| A．￡19.5 | B．￡20 | C．￡37 | D．￡126 |
4 . People like different kinds of vacations. Some go camping. They swim, fish, cook over a fire and sleep outside. Others like to stay at a hotel in an exciting city. They go shopping all day and go dancing all night. Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahal or the Louvre.
Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They don’t want to be “tourists”. They want to have an adventure—a surprising and exciting trip. They want to learn something and maybe help people too. How can they do this? Some travel companies and environmental groups are planning special adventures. Sometimes these trips are difficult and full of the world. Some volunteers spend two weeks and study the environment. Others work with animals. Others learn about people of the past.
Would you like an adventure in the Far North? A team of volunteers is leaving from Murmansk, Russia. The leader of this trip is a professor from Alaska. He’s worried about chemicals from factories. He and the volunteers will study this pollution in the environment. If you like exercise and cold weather, this is a good trip for you. Volunteers need ski sixteen kilometers every day.
Do you enjoy ocean animals? You can spend two to four weeks in Hawaii. There, you can teach language to dolphins. Dolphins can follow orders such as “Bring me the large ball”. They also understand opposites. How much more can they understand? It will be exciting to learn about these intelligent animals. Another study trip goes to Washington State and follows orcas. We call orcas “Killer Whale” , but they’ re really dolphins—the largest kind of dolphin. These beautiful animals travel together in family groups. They move through the ocean with their mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Ocean pollution is chasing their lives. Earthwatch is studying how this happens.
Are you interested in history? Then Greece is the place for your adventure. Thirty-five hundred years ago a volcano exploded there, on Santorini. This explosion was more terrible than Krakatoa or Mount Saint Helens. But today we know a lot about the way of life of the people from that time. There are houses, kitchens, and paintings as interesting as those in Pompei. Today teams of volunteers are learning more about people from the past.
Do you want a very different vacation? Do you want to travel far, work hard and learn a lot? Then an Earthwatch vacation is for you.
1. The Tai Mahal may be ________.| A．a shopping center | B．a hotel | C．a dancing ball | D．a place of interest |
| A．may not spend much time on sightseeing | B．won’ t meet some difficulties or hardships |
| C．can’t enjoy themselves | D．can’t learn something |
| A．join the team to Hawaii | B．join the team to the Far North |
| C．join the team to Washington | D．join the team to Greece |
| A．exciting | B．beautiful | C．large | D．clever |
5 . The 2021 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards
The awards contest (奖赛) is to encourage people to explore peace and the human spirit. There are three agecategories (类型): Adult (19&over), Youth (13-18), and Youth (12&under). The yearly contest is open to people worldwide. Your poems must be unpublished (未发表的), and in English.
Deadline
All entries (参赛作品) must be submitted (提交) by July 1, 2021.
Entry Fee
Adults--$15
Youth (13-18)--$5
Youth (12 & under)--no fee
Notes
1. You may submit up to three unpublished poems. At most 30 lines per poem.
2. Include name, address, email, telephone number, and age in the upper right-hand corner of each poem. For the Youth (12 & under) category, please also include your school’s name and your teacher’s name.
3. Title each poem.
4. Please keep copies of all entries as we will be unable to return.
5. Email your entries to: cwarner@napf.org and Click here to pay our entry fee online; or send your entries and entry fee to Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, 1622 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
Awards
Adult Winner--$1,000
Youth (13-18) Winner--$200
Youth (12 & under) Winner--$200
Winners will be announced by October 1, 2021 on our website. Winners will be notified by email and/or mail. Past years’ winning poems can be found here.
1. What can we learn about the contest?| A．It includes two categories. |
| B．It is held. every three years. |
| C．It only accepts poems in English. |
| D．It is open to people aged 12 and over. |
| A．pay an entry fee of $5 |
| B．write a poem of at least 30 lines |
| C．submit his entry by October 1, 2021 |
| D．include his teacher’s name in his entry |
| A．$200 in prize money. |
| B．$1,000 in prize money. |
| C．A collection of this year’s winning poems. |
| D．A collection of past year’s winning poems. |
6 .
| Location | Gift shop and snack bar |
| •In Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province | • Lots of books, T-shirts and toys. • You will love our ice cream and fresh fruit juice. |
| Tickets | How to get there |
| ・ All-day ticket of Happy Valley： ¥180/person. • Night ticket of Happy Valley： ¥ 60/person • Valid （有效的）between 18： 30 and 22：00. ・ Ticket of Happy Train： ¥40/ person. ・ Tickets of Happy Valley + Happy Train： ¥200/person. • Tickets are free to the people over 70 and under 3. | • By tourist bus No. 1 running between Luohu Railway Station and Happy Valley. • By bus No. 20, 21, 26, 27, then get off at Window of the World Station and walk for about 3 minutes to Happy Valley. • By subway Line 1 （ running between 06 ： 30-23 ： 30） , get off at the stop of Window of the World Station and leave from Exit A, then walk for about 3 minutes to Happy Valley. |
| Groups "School groups are welcome on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. • The theme park is also available to rent（租用）for birthday parties. • The park is totally accessible（可到达的）to people with disabilities. • Visit us on the website to place your order for a group in advance. | |
| A．On Tuesdays and Thursdays school groups are welcome. |
| B．Birthday parties can be held in the theme park at 23：30. |
| C．You can get to the park by tourist bus No. 21. |
| D．A person in a wheelchair can visit the park. |
| A．¥540. | B．¥360. | C．¥600. | D．¥120. |
| A．In a story book. | B．In a travel brochure（手册）. |
| C．In a language book. | D．In a magazine. |
7 . The Project Gallery works with local communities and modern artists responding to our collections. It is located to the left of the main entrance at York Art Gallery and you can apply for free entry during normal gallery opening hours.
Teenage Art School
June—September
Come and experience the creativity, hi—tech and exploration of traditional art techniques produced by Teenage Art School. This year's free exhibition is currently on display in the Project Gallery until late September. Our experimental five—day course for children between 14 and17 years runs yearly, studying different topics and approaches to help young people develop their skills as artists.
Bouts Artist in Residence
October—December
York Art Gallery is pleased to be working with a student artist from York St John's University to produce fine art visuals in response to Making a Masterpiece: Bouts and Beyond. Using the exhibition as a starting point for inspiration, our students will create their own art—work in the Project Gallery. See how artists make images and work on techniques in this developing studio and display space.
This exhibition has been developed as a funded partnership with The Bowes Museum and Bristol Museum.
1. What is mentioned about the Project Gallery in paragraph 1?| A．Its address. | B．Its history. | C．Its opening date. | D．Its contact way. |
| A．It charges high prices. |
| B．It has an age limit. |
| C．It is held every month. |
| D．It teaches traditional beliefs. |
| A．To attract more donation. |
| B．To develop high technology. |
| C．To inspire students' art creativity. |
| D．To introduce St John's University. |
8 . Amsterdam Destination Guide
Amsterdam is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world, famous for its beautiful canals, top art museum and cycling culture. Here are some of the key points to remember as you plan your trip to Amsterdam.
| Peak (高峰) Season | Population | Language(s) | Currency (货币) | January Climate | July Climate |
| May to October | 813,562 | Dutch | Euro | Average high: 5.8 °C | Average high: 22.0 °C |
Must-See Attractions
Most visitors begin their Amsterdam adventure in the Old Centre, which is full of traditional architecture, shopping centers, and coffee shops. Don’t miss the Dam Square and the areas around Spui and Nieuwmarkt. You’ll also want to check out Amsterdam’s Museum Quarter in the South District, which is a great place to buy souvenir gifts for family back home at the Albert Cuyp Market and having a picnic in the Vondelpark. If you have time you should try to explore the Canal Ring, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was originally built to attract wealthy home owners and is a pub for celebrity spotting and nightlife today.
Transportation
Travelers should be aware that Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is one of the busiest airports in the world. This airport is located about 15 kilometers southwest of the city center. You’d better catch a train from Schiphol to Amsterdam Central Station, which has many connecting routes (路线). It’s typically not a good idea to drive a car to the city center because traffic is crowded and parking is difficult to find. Cycling is quite popular here, and it’s easy to find cheap bike rentals around town.
1. Which month is the high tourist season?| A．July. | B．January. | C．April. | D．December. |
| A．In the Vondelpark. | B．At the Canal Ring. |
| C．At the Dam Square. | D．At the Albert Cuyp Market. |
| A．By bike. | B．On foot. | C．By car. | D．By train. |
9 . Want to know what we can do to help make our city a better place to live in? Why not take part in “Clean & Green weekend”? Join us, and you can make new friends and help protect the environment at the same time.
Park Life
Do you like playing and relaxing in the park with your friends? If so, why not take the chance to come with us and tidy up the park when you go? To add some fun, there is a gift for the person who collects the most rubbish! Meet us at the south entrance to Taohe Park at 9 a.m. next Saturday if you want to join in.
The Air You Breathe
A great way to make the air we breathe cleaner is by planting lots of trees！It is a fact that trees slowly filter (过滤) a lot of pollutants (污染物) from the air. So come and help us plant some new ones in Fenhe Park at 2 p.m. next Sunday.
War on Graffiti(涂鸦)
Some people think graffiti is cool. Well, it is not! The best way to stop buildings from becoming totally covered in ugly graffiti is to fix it as soon as possible. And that is exactly what we are going to do. We are repainting the school walls from 1 p.m. on Saturday. You don’t have to bring any tools, just remember to wear some old clothes!
1. The main purpose of “Clean & Green Weekend” is to ________.| A．have a nice weekend | B．offer the chance to have fun |
| C．help students meet old friends | D．make our city more beautiful |
| A．draw pictures well | B．bring some tools with us |
| C．wear some old clothes | D．wear some new clothes |
| A．on a school notice board | B．in a fashion magazine |
| C．in a travelling magazine | D．on a hospital notice board |
10 . It can be hard to keep kids busy sometimes, especially when school is out. Whether your kid is in pre-school or high school, there are fun, educational, and even some free apps on this list for them.
ABCmouse. com
ABCmouse.com is available both as an app and a website. It uses fun storyline-based videos, quizzes, and activities—there’s even a virtual map outlining your child’s learning path to keep kids engaged.
Ages:4-8
Cost:One-month free trial, then $ 10/month subscription (订阅).
EPIC!
Epic! is an app for kids with an e-book library that contains over 35,000 children’s books. This app is a perfect way to take reading wherever your device goes, and it’s great for families with kids of various ages.
Ages: 2-12
Cost: one—month free trial, then $ 8/month.
QUIDK MATH
Kids know that math can be boring, but this app transforms numbers into something more creative and interactive (互动的). Quick Math Jr. is an app for kids with 12 different math games that feature fundamental math skills and concepts.
Ages: 4-8
Cost: free
BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week
For 20 years, BrainPOP has been providing kids all over the world with in-depth, yet easy to understand educational videos on everything ranging from Mozart to food allergies. BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week is an app that helps younger kids get these videos, plus short quizzes on them.
Ages :6-9
Cost: free, optional subscription(订阅)is $6.99/month
1. How much is it if you want to use EPIC! for the first year?| A．$ 120 | B．$96 | C．$110 | D．$ 88 |
| A．QUICK Math | B．EPIC! | C．ABCmouse. com | D．BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week |
| A．They are interactive. | B．They are educational. |
| C．Players have quizzes. | D．They are free of charge. |
