This four-day walking tour will take you on amazing paths through the Andes Mountains on the way to the city of Machu Picchu. After reaching your destination, you
There is so much more to learn about the interesting history and culture of the United Kingdom. Studying the history of the country will make your visit much more enjoyable. The capital city London is a great place to start,
This four-day walking tour will take you on amazing paths through the Andes Mountains on the way to the city of Machu Picchu. After reaching your destination, you
4 . Walking Under Liverpool
In most ways, the English city of Liverpool is no different from other large cities. It is full of people, restaurants, museums, and shops. However, Liverpool stands out in one interesting way.
We now know that the tunnels were built sometime in the early 1800s. A man named Joseph Williamson designed them.
Still others think that Williamson built the tunnels for safety reasons. Perhaps he was afraid that some type of dangerous event would happen.
| A．But there is a lot we still don’t know. |
| B．The ideas are interesting, but no one knows the truth. |
| C．Under the busy streets, there are miles of old tunnels. |
| D．Some people who study the tunnels have got new findings. |
| E．One idea is that Williamson, who was rich, was trying to help others. |
| F．Nor does anyone know for sure even how many of the tunnels there are. |
| G．The tunnels would have offered protection for himself and his loved ones. |
There is so much to learn about the interesting history and culture of the United Kingdom.
6 . PERU is a country on the Pacific coast of South America with three main areas: narrow, dry, flat land running along the coast, the Andes Mountains, and the Amazon rainforest.
In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the powerful ancient Inca Empire. The Inca emperor lived in the now-famous site Machu Picchu. Spain took control of Peru in the l6th century and ruled until 1821. It is for this reason that Spanish is the main official language of Peru.
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Amazon Rainforest Tour
A short flight from Cusco takes you from the Andes into the Amazon rainforest. From there, you’ll spend one day travelling by boat to your accommodation in the middle of the forest. You can then spend three days exploring the rainforest with a local guide and enjoying the plants and animals unique to the rainforest.
Machu Picchu Tour
This four - day walking tour will take you on amazing paths through the Andes Mountains on the way to the city of Machu Picchu. After reaching your destination, you will have a day to explore and be amazed by this ancient city. Especially amazing is the Incas’ dry stone method of building. Inca builders cut stones to exact sizes so that nothing was needed to hold walls together other than the perfect fit of the stones.
Cusco Tour
Spend four days enjoying the unique Spanish and local Indian culture high in the Andes at Cusco, the capital of the Inca Empire from the l3th until the l6th century. Stay in a local hotel, visit the museums, admire the architecture, enjoy the excellent local food, and go shopping at the local markets.
Lake Titicaca Tour
Enjoy the beautiful countryside as you spend a day driving along the new highway connecting Cusco to Lake Titicaca. There, a boat will take you to stay with a local Uros family on an island for three days. Both the island and the Uros homes are made of water plants from the lake.
So come and experience what Peru has to offer: everything from the ancient Inca culture and centuries - old Spanish villages to deep rainforests, high mountains, and a beautiful coastline.
For more brochures about other package tours around Peru, contact us at tourinfo@travelperu.org.
1. What contributes to the charm of Peru as a tourist destination?| A．Peru lies on the Pacific coast of South America. | B．Peru is a country with a long history. |
| C．Peru has different landscapes. | D．All the above. |
| A．Cusco Tour | B．Lake Titicaca Tour |
| C．Machu Picchu Tour | D．Amazon Rainforest Tour |
| A．To introduce the history of Peru. | B．To attract readers to visit Peru. |
| C．To evaluate the natural sights of Peru. | D．To recommend the ancient Inca culture. |
7 . In the South Atlantic Ocean, there is an island called Tristan da Cunha, which is a six day boat ride from the nearest town Cape Town in South Africa. There’s no airport on Tristan. Every month or so, a boat will bring visitors but not many. The boat will also bring mail and supplies. You can only see about 270 people, 300 cows, 500 sheep, and a whole lot of penguins there.
The British tried to build a military base there in 1816. They gave up after a year. But a soldier and his family talked a few people into staying. Those people slowly built a community. Few trees grow on the island. So they found wood that washed ashore. They used it to build homes and boats. For food, they raised cows, sheep and pigs. They fished and planted potatoes. They promised to share everything they had. Sometimes ships brought supplies to Tristan. But for many years, no one there used money. Instead, people on the island traded potatoes for supplies. It cost five potatoes to send a piece of mail.
Today, nearly everyone on Tristan is a farmer. The island’s main industry is fishing. It has a single factory that cans fish.
Several times, bad luck has nearly destroyed the town on Tristan. In 1885, men died in a boat accident. That left 13 women and only 4 adult men on the island. Still, everyone stayed. In 1961, a bigger disaster stuck. The town was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. All 290 people on the island moved to England. But soon, nearly all of them moved back to the island and rebuilt their town.
What’s so special about life on this lonely island? For islanders like Harold Green, that’s an easy question to answer. Green has lived on Tristan his whole life. He left when the volcano erupted. But England was too loud and too crowded for him. He came back because the island is peaceful.
1. What was used as money on Tristan in the past?| A．Fish. | B．Wood. | C．Sheep. | D．Potatoes |
| A．A deadly boat accident. |
| B．A terrible natural disaster. |
| C．The attraction of modern life. |
| D．The building of a British military base. |
| A．Bored | B．Hopeful. | C．Satisfied | D．Regretful. |
| A．A lonely island. |
| B．A special lifestyle. |
| C．A famous fishing town. |
| D．A popular tourist attraction. |
8 . The COVID-19 pandemic has spread far and wide. Because of this, countries around the world have implemented containment measures(实施遏制措施)to help stop the virus in its tracks. As more and more people stay inside to stay safe, the outside world seems to have become much quieter. In fact, scientists have seen this change in their research, too.
Seismologists–scientists who study earthquakes–have heard less seismic(地震的)noise recently. Seismic noise is made from vibrations(震动)in the ground that are caused by things like ocean waves and human activity, such as construction work and traffic. This noise makes it difficult for scientists to pick up seismic activity that is made at the same frequency.
Thomas Lecocq,a scientist at the Royal Observatory of Belgium, located in Brussels, was the first to notice this phenomenon.
According to Lecocq, the amount of seismic noise in Brussels has been reduced by about 30 to 50 percent since mid-March. Interestingly enough, this is around the same time Belgium started its containment measures.
Because of this reduction in background noise, scientists like Lecocq have been able to pick up on smaller earthquakes that some seismic stations–like the one in Brussels–wouldn’t have been able to before.
This phenomenon isn’t unique to Brussels, though. Once Lecocq shared his findings online, seismologists from all over the world echoed similar findings.
Celeste Labedz, a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology, mentioned in a tweet that Los Angeles also experienced less background noise.
Researchers from the UK, France and New Zealand also noted a decrease in background noise since containment measures were put in place.
These global efforts to contain the COVID-19 virus have helped to shed light on seismic activity that may have gone unnoticed. It also shows that people are listening to health officials and following lockdown guidelines.
“From the seismological point of view, we can motivate people to say,‘ You feel like you’re alone at home, but we can tell you that everyone is home.…Everyone is respecting the rules.’Lecocq told CNN.
1. What did seismologists find out recently?| A．More smaller earthquakes are likely to happen. |
| B．Less seismic activity has been detected recently. |
| C．Seismic noise is caused by vibrations underground. |
| D．Reduced seismic vibration makes Earth quieter. |
| A．More data on smaller earthquakes is being collected. |
| B．More seismic noise is being picked up. |
| C．Scientists will shift their focus to smaller earthquakes. |
| D．Future big earthquakes can be more accurately predicted. |
| A．questioned | B．demanded | C．explored | D．repeated |
| A．human activities cause more seismic noise than ocean waves. |
| B．The drop in seismic noise is unique to Europe. |
| C．The phenomenon proved that people are following the lockdown rules. |
| D．Many seismologists wanted tighter restrictions for their research. |
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