1 . San Francisco Fire Engine Tours

San Francisco Winery Tour
Running: February 1st through April 30th

This delicious tour goes through the city on its way to Treasure Island where we will stop at the famous Winery SF. Here you can enjoy 4 pours of some of the best wine San Francisco has to offer.(Included in tickets price)

Departing from the Cannery: Tour times upon request.
Duration(时长): 2 hours
Price: $90
Back to the Fifties Tour
Running: August 16th through August 31st

This tour transports you back in time to one of San Francisco’s most fantastic periods, the 1950s! Enjoy fun history as we take you through San Francisco for a free taste of ice cream.

Departing from the Cannery: 5:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Duration: 2 hours
Price: $90
Spooky Halloween Tour
Running: October 10th through October 31st

Join us for a ride through the historical Presidio district. Authentic fire gear(服装) is provided for your warmth as our entertainers take you to some of the most thrilling parts of San Francisco.

Departing from the Cannery: 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Price: Available upon request
Holiday Lights Tour
Running: December 6th through December 23rd

This attractive tour takes you to some of San Francisco’s most cheerful holiday scenes. Authentic fire gear is provided for your warmth as you get into the holiday spirit.

Departing from the Cannery: 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Advance reservations required.
1. Which of the tours is available in March?

A．San Francisco Winery Tour.	B．Back to the Fifties Tour.
C．Spooky Hallowen Tour.	D．Holiday Lights Tour.

2. What can tourists do on Back to the Fifties Tours?

A．Go to Treasure Island.	B．Enjoy the holiday scenes.
C．Have free ice cream.	D．Visit the Presidio district.

3. What are tourists required to do to go on Holiday Lights Tour?

A．Take some drinks.	B．Set off early in the morning.
C．Wear warm clothes.	D．Make reservations in advance.

2 . SEED Madagascar Volunteer

Whether your passion is sustainable community development or vital- conservation work, we can offer you an unforgettable experience. No particular skills are required to volunteer in a short term with us and training is given locally, but if you do have particular experience in areas relevant to your program, all the better!

Who it’s for

High schoolers, university and college students, corporate team building groups are all welcome.

At a glance

·Program length: 2—4 weeks

·Start dates: flexible, please discuss with our team

·Group size: 10—30 participants

·Activities: construction/conservation/English teaching—combined as required

·Location: Anosy region, Southeast Madagascar

What’s included

·Transport costs for the duration of the program from Day 1 collection at Fort Dauphin airport to drop-off at the program’s end

·Use of our beautiful campsites and facilities

·All meals while on program (Optional meals out at Fort Dauphin restaurants are extra.)

·Full training for building and construction tasks and conservation field research techniques

·Malagasy language lessons

Additional costs

International flights(leave/return to the UK)	£680—£1,000
Internal flights (from Antananarivo to Fort Dauphin)	£280—£400
Comprehensive travel insurance	£60—£150
Tourist visa	£20
Medical preparations	£30—£80
Personal equipment	£0—£100

Get started

Contact us today via our online form: Online enquiry form

1. What should you bear in mind if you want to apply for SEED Madagascar Volunteer?

A．It lasts for four weeks.	B．It doesn’t have fixed start dates.
C．It requires relevant experience.	D．It is intended for high school students.

2. Which of the following is provided without extra charge?

A．Comprehensive travel insurance.

B．Conservation field research techniques.

C．Short term training for different languages.

D．Transport from Antananarivo to Fort Dauphin.

3. How much do two participants pay for the international flights at least?

A．£560.

B．£680.

C．£1,360.

D．£2,000.

3 . What limits you from hiking more often? If not having a suitable hiking partner is keeping you out of the woods, why not take a look at the great hiking clubs across Canada?

Yukon Outdoors Club

Membership cost: $10 for a single membership

Description: The club organises day hikes, backpacking trips, mountain biking, and cross-country skiing trips for members to gain new skills and valuable information. The trips are open to everyone and range from easy to moderate to difficult.

UBC Varsity Outdoor Club

Membership cost: Students $40; non-UBC students $60

Description: The UBC Varsity Outdoor Club is a social group that hikes and rock climbs. Members lead trips, run skills workshops, and host presentations. Members can borrow equipment from the club. The UBC VOC has also constructed a few huts in the Coast Mountains.

Pender Harbor Hiking Group

Membership cost: Free

Description: The Pender Harbor Hiking Group offers a way for members to meet like-minded people and get fit. Hikes are scheduled two months in advance, so check the website regularly to find a hike that suits you! Hikes are usually one and a half to two hours long every Monday and Wednesday morning, but some full-day hikes are scheduled, depending on member interest.

Vernon Outdoors Club

Membership cost: A single membership is $25, and students pay $10. Children are free when they come with a registered family member.

Description: The Vernon Outdoors Club is an active group that enjoys hiking and cycling. Members are encouraged to share their activity ideas and interests. The group organises a Tuesday Activity each week.

1. If you want to learn some mountain biking skills, which club will you choose?

A．Vernon Outdoors Club

B．UBC Varsity Outdoor Club

C．Yukon Outdoors Club

D．Pender Harbor Hiking Group

2. What do we know about hikes organised by the Pender Harbor Hiking Group?

A．They are mostly held on weekends.

B．Their schedule is always emailed to the members.

C．More full-day hikes are offered than half-day hikes.

D．They are arranged two months ahead of time.

3. Mr. And Mrs. Smith, together with their three children, aged 4 and 6, the oldest is 15, intend to join the Vernon Outdoors Club. How much will they pay for the membership?

A．$50

B．$60

C．$75

D．$125

4 . Smart Kids is a collection of one hundred events scheduled in October. This year, it is experimenting with Pay What You Decide (PWYD). That is, you can decide to pay what you want to or can afford, after you have attended an event. You can pre-book events without paying for a ticket in advance. Here are some of the director’s picks.

Walk on the Wild Side

Not ticketed, Free

Join storyteller Sarah Law to hear science stories about animals. Along the way you’ll meet all sorts of beautiful creatures and discover life cycles and food chains. Best suited to children aged 5-9. Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

Introduction to Waves

Pre-book, PWYD

Subjects range from sound waves to gravity waves, and from waves of light to crashing waves on the ocean. Mike Goldsmith explores the fundamental features shared by all waves in the natural world.

Science in the Field

Not ticketed, Free

This storytelling night features a scientist sharing his favourite memories of gathering first-hand data on various field trips. Come along for inspiring and informative stories straight from the scientist’s mouth. Join Mark Samuels to find out more in this fun-filled workshop.

Festival Dinner

Pre-book, £25 per person

Whether you want to explore more about food, or just fancy a talk over a meal, join us to mark the first science festival in London. Which foods should you eat to trick your brain into thinking that you are full? Find out more from Tom Crawford.

1. In which event can you decide the payment?

A．Introduction to Waves.	B．Walk on the Wild Side.
C．Science in the Field.	D．Festival Dinner.

2. Who will talk about experiences of collecting direct data?

A．Mike Goldsmith.	B．Sarah Law.
C．Mark Samuels.	D．Tom Crawford.

3. What do the four events have in common?

A．Family-based.	B．Science-related.
C．Picked by children.	D．Filled with adventures.

6 . The earliest newspapers started in ancient Rome. They were handwritten news sheets. The first printed newspapers appeared in China during the Tang dynasty, which were printed from carved wooden blocks. Modern papers first appeared in Venice, Italy in the middle of the 14th century. The newspapers of today, with advertising and a mixture of political, economic, and social news and comments, were started in Britain in the mid-18^th century.

The main function of newspapers is to report news. Many newspapers also provide special information to readers, such as weather reports and television timetables. They also provide comments on politics, economics, arts and culture. Almost all newspapers depend on advertising to make money. Nearly six out of ten adults in the United States and Canada read a newspaper every day. Seven out of ten read a paper each weekend. Readers search newspapers for detailed background information and analysis. This is what television and radio news reports seldom offer. Newspapers tell readers what happened, and they also help readers understand what caused an event and how it will affect the world around them.

The workers at large newspaper companies work under a lot of pressure to bring news to readers as soon as possible. Reporters, photographers, artists, and editors collect articles in just a few hours. Page designers select articles, photos, advertisements, and eye-catching headlines to make the pages, and then rush their work to the printer. Printing workers may work overnight around printing presses to churn out more than 60,000 copies per hour.

1. Modern newspapers were first made in ________.

A．China

B．Ancient Rome

C．Italy

D．Britain

2. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Various jobs related to newspapers.	B．Contents in each page of a newspaper.
C．The production levels of newspaper.	D．The fast pace of newspaper production.

3. We can infer everything from the passage EXCEPT that ________.

A．few newspapers have no advertising

B．many adults in America read newspapers every day

C．people can read about different issues in newspapers

D．newspapers will become less popular as TV develops

4. The phrase “churn out” in the last paragraph probably means ________.

A．press

B．produce

C．publish

D．sell

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

“Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet”, a 58-minute film released recently on BBC introduces Du Fu to the Western world for the first time     1     the form of documentary. In the film, Michael Wood, one of BBC’s most popular hosts, visited     2     number of Chinese cities to retrace Du’s steps. The documentary invited a well-known British actor Ian McKellen,     3     played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings movies,     4     (read) 15 of Du’s poems that have been translated into English.

Born in 712, Du Fu lived through the violent fall of China’s brilliant Tang Dynasty. He had the desire to serve his country, but his life     5     (destroy) by the An Lushan Rebellion of 755. Of the many     6     (poem) he wrote, 500 have been preserved over the ages. For generations he     7     (be) the guardian of the moral conscience (良知) of the nation.

The documentary compared Du to Shakespeare to help audiences     8     (well) understand the poet’s great achievements in literature. It also highlighted Chinese poetry, noting that its 3000-year-old history makes     9     the oldest poetry in the world.

Even today, people     10     (suffer) under COVID-19 are still inspired by Du Fu’s poems.

8 . Schuylerville High School students have a broad range of interests, which are reflected by the number of clubs and organizations in which our pupils participate. Here are some of the most popular clubs.

Environmental Club

Open to students in grades 9-12

Advisor: Mrs. Flores

The High School Environmental Club is open to all students interest increasing environmental awareness throughout the school. Activities include: recycling, environmental competitions, volunteering with green schools and outdoor events. This run student club collects and recycles paper products throughout the school building.

Freshman Class

Open to students in grades 9-10

Advisor: Mr. winslow

The freshmen class participates in several activities throughout the year to raise money for the class account. The class officers meet once a month to discuss business that affects the entire class. All members of the freshman class are encouraged to participate in some type of community service during the year.

Literary magazine

Open to students in grades 10-12

Advisor: Mr. Sgambati

Members of the Literary Magazine collect, edit and often contribute to the body of student work. Literary Magazine meetings will also give students the opportunity to share and receive feedback on the creative pieces that they re working on, as well as the chance to learn about writing practices and strategies.

Mock Trial Team

Open to students in grades 11-12

Advisor: Mrs. Lewis

Mock Trial is an after-school activity that helps students develop useful knowledge about the law. Students play out all the roles and use general rules of evidence and fact explanations in a school court. They will work with a real lawyer and an advisor to further understand the court process.

1. At which club can you take part in the community service?

A．Environmental Club.	B．Freshman Class.
C．Literary Magazine.	D．Mock Trial Team.

2. What does Mock Trial Team aim to do?

A．To encourage students to be lawyers.	B．To develop students’ writing skills.
C．To explain all kinds of facts at school.	D．To help students learn more about laws.

3. Where is this text most likely from?

A．A news report.	B．A school website.
C．A research paper.	D．A science magazine.

9 . COMMON TYPES OF DRUGS

               Cocaine

A white powdery drug obtained from the leaves of coca plant.In general, abusers may experience sleeplessness, loss   of appetite,aggressive behavior,depression,illusion(幻觉） as well as high blood pressure and racing heartbeat.Repeated intakes will severely damage the immune system and result in death.

Morphine

As an extract(提取物）of opium, Morphine is widely used as a painkiller by doctors. However, it is highly addictive and abusers may experience paranoia,illusion and mental disorders.Excessive doses may cause death of breath failure.

Heroin

A highly addictive drug made from morphine. It rapidly causes addiction, damages the immune system, and causes itchy skin, reduced appetite,irregular heartbeat and blood pressure. Repeated injection at the same site causes veins to collapse.Death can occur from overdoses and diseases such as AIDS can be acquired from sharing needles.

Marijuana

Coming from the cannabis sativa plant, Marijuana goes by a variety of nicknames such as: dope, grass,pot, weed and Mary Jane. Abusers will experience hunger, increased talkativeness, mild illusion and slow reactions after consumption. Long-term abusers commonly suffer from hormonal disorder and smoking-related diseases.

Cough medicine

Commercially produced cough medicines contain varying amounts of Codeine. Small doses of codeine effectively relieve cough symptoms but abuse of Codeine can lead to addiction.Cough Medicine abusers may suffer from sleepiness, dry mouth, difficulty to urinate(排尿），light-headedness, loss of appetite and itchiness of the skin. Depression and confusion are also common side effects.

Drugs destroy lives and families and cost society dearly. Cherish your life and stay away from drugs!

1. How many drugs mentioned above can kill people?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4.

D．5.

2. What does Morphine and Cough medicine have in common?

A．They are both deadly.

B．They may cause great depression.

C．They can be used to treat diseases.

D．They will damage our immune system.

3. What does the author intend to do with this passage?

A．To introduce to us different kinds of drugs.

B．To call on us to keep away from drugs.

C．To warn us of the great harm of drugs.

D．To tell us some stories about drugs.

10 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:
(1)每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
(2)只允许修改10处，多者(从第l1处起)不计分。

Congratulation on the 5th anniversary of Global Mirror!

I’m regular reader of it. I like it very much that I hardly miss any copy. By simple turning the pages, I can know all important things that have been happened both home and abroad. Besides, the success stories of world-famous people are also attractive to me, that help me learn a lot. In a word, thanks for Global Mirror, we are well-informed and keep up with the changed world.

As a young student, I suggest that Global Mirror provides articles about English learning for us. But I hope that Global Mirror will become more and more popular.