Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia’s biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top
So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research. I
On my recent visit, I held a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by
Staying healthy：while traveling can make your trip happier. But do you know how to keep healthy during a trip? The following information may be useful for you.
Before leaving：
● Wear comfortable shoes, a hat and sunglasses.
● Take some necessary medicine with you. They can be used when you get sick or have other problems.
● If you do lots of sports like walking or climbing on your trip, you should do some exercise for weeks or months before you leave.
While traveling：
● Be sure not to eat dirty food or bad fruit.
● Have enough time to take a rest during your trip.
● Tap water(自来水) is not safe, so drink bottled water and always clean the cover on the bottle.
1. The passage mainly talks about ________.
| A．eating | B．traveling drinking | C．shopping |
| A．do some exercise for weeks or months |
| B．learn more about sports |
| C．watch many sports games |
| D．buy a car |
| A．take some medicine with you |
| B．clean your house |
| C．drink much water |
| D．wear warm clothes |
| A．do enough exercise |
| B．have enough time to take a rest |
| C．drink tap water |
| D．be too tired |
| A．walk fast | B．eat too much |
| C．keep healthy | D．climb the mountain |
3 . Disney’s Family Magic Tour
Magic Kingdom® Park
Walt Disney World® Resort
Valid Park Admission Required
Price
Adult USD $ 39.00
Hours
Tuesday, October 6, 2017, 10:00 A.M.
Put on Your Detective Hat!
Solve confusing mysteries on this high-energy interactive（相互作用的）search—you never know whom you might meet along the way!
Follow your guide as you make way through Magic Kingdom Park, picking up clue after clue while unlocking a splendid and memorable search you won’t soon forget.
Be sure to bring your camera to catch all the memorable surprises as you and your group wind your way through many of the magical lands throughout the park.
Know Before You Go
View important information including experience details, guest restrictions and cancellation policies.
◆Children and the young at heart will enjoy this imaginative adventure, though it is best suited for guests 4 to 10 years of age. Guests 17 years of age and under (free) must be accompanied by a paying adult (18 years of age or older).
◆Please note that the tour involves a lot of outdoor walking for about 2 hours, so be sure to check the weather forecast and dress properly, including wearing comfortable shoes. Accordingly, the tour may be too difficult for some of our younger guests.
◆Please check in at the Chamber of Commerce building close to City Hall 15 minutes before your experience. You will lose the entire price of your tour if you don't show up or cancel within 2 days of your reservation.
◆Same-day bookings are available on a walk-up basis only.
1. What is encouraged to carry when travelling?| A．A camera. | B．A hat. |
| C．A mirror. | D．A ticket. |
| A．Nothing. | B．39 dollars. |
| C．78 dollars. | D．117 dollars. |
| A．The tour includes about 2-hour outdoor walking. |
| B．The guests are so young that they can't walk. |
| C．The bad weather can stop the normal tour. |
| D．The guests dress properly to make the tour happy. |
Rooms for the night in private(私人的) homes with breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years.In the past five or ten years, these bed and breakfast places have become popular in the United States.Many of these American’s bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings. Some bed-and-breakfast inns have only a few rooms, while others are much larger.Some inns do not provide telephones or televisions in the rooms,but others do.
Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel.Usually the cost is much less.Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone’s home.The owners are glad to tell about the areas and the interesting places to visit.Many vacationers say that they enjoy the chance to meet local families.
1. Americans take a holiday trip_____.
| A．all the year round | B．for years |
| C．every year | D．every other year |
| A．It is like visiting someone’s home. |
| B．The money they spend there is much less. |
| C．They can meet local families. |
| D．All of the above. |
| A．the travelers needn’t pay anything |
| B．the travelers have to pay for the telephones or televisions |
| C．the travelers can meet and talk with the local people |
| D．the owners will show the travelers around the area |
| A．European and American vacationers like staying at bed-and-breakfast inns. |
| B．All Americans enjoy traveling. |
| C．These bed-and-breakfast inns are all old historic buildings. |
| D．Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is just like at the traveler’s home. |
5 . Choose Your One-Day-Tours!
Tour A - Bath &Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge -￡37 until 26 March and ￡39 thereafter. Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum, Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.
Tour B - Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Mary’s Church Tower and Anne Hathaway’s -￡32 until 12 March and ￡36 thereafter. Oxford: Includes a guided tour of England’s oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶）” from St Mary‘s Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.
Tour C - Windsor Castle &Hampton Court: including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace -￡34 until 11 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VILL’s favorite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle(entrance fees not included).With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(迷宫) where it is easy to get lost!
Tour D –Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great -￡33 until 18 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.
1. Which tour will you choose if you want to see England’s oldest university city?| A．Tour A | B．Tour B |
| C．Tour C | D．Tour D |
| A．Windsor Castle & Hampton Court | B．Oxford & Stratford |
| C．Bath & Stonehenge | D．Cambridge |
| A．It used to be the home of royal families | B．It used to be a well-known maze |
| C．It is the oldest palace in Britain | D．It is a world-famous castle |
6 . “Dad,” I say one day. “let’s take a trip. Why don’t you fly and meet me?”
My father had just retired after 27 years as a manager for IBM. His job filled his day, his thought, his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.
My father sees me drfting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure.
He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City.
“ What is our first stop?” asks my father.
“What time is it?”
“Still don’t have a watch?”
Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite(花岗岩), his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of little boy.
“Unbelievable,” he says, “How was this done?”
A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.
We stare up and I ask myself, Would I ever devote my life to anything?
No directions, no goals. I always used to hear those words in my father’s voice. Now I hear them in my own.
The next day we’re at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.
“Did you ever travel with your dad? I ask.
“Only once,” he says. “ I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other---but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.”
The last sentence—it’s probably the same thing I’d say about my father. And what I’d want my child to say about me.
In Glacier National Park, my father says, “I’ve never seen water so blue.” I have, in several places of the world, I can keep traveling, I realize--- and maybe a regular job won’t be as dull as I feared.
Weeks after our trip, I call my father.
“The photos from the trip are wonderful,” he says.” We have got to take another trip like that sometime.
I tell him I’ve learn decided to settle down, and I’m wearing a watch.
1. We can learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that the father _________.| A．followed the fashion |
| B．got bored with his job |
| C．was unhappy with the author’s lifestyle |
| D．liked the author’s collection of stamps |
| A．His father is interested in sculpture. |
| B．His father is as innocent as a little boy. |
| C．He should learn sculpture in the future. |
| D．He should pursue a specific aim in life. |
| A．wants his children to learn from their grandfather |
| B．comes to understand what parental love means |
| C．learns how to communicate with his father |
| D．hopes to give whatever he can to his father |
| A．The call solves their disagreements. |
| B．The Swiss watch has drawn them closer. |
| C．They decide to learn photography together. |
| D．They begin to change their attitudes to life. |
| A．Love Nature, Love Life |
| B．A Son Lost in Adventure |
| C．A Journey with Dad |
| D．The Art of Travel |
The Hermitage Museum
The Hermitage Museum is one of the most important sights to see for any visitor to St. Petersburg. There you can see lots of different paintings of old masters inside the Hermitage. Prepare to come face-to-face with classic Western artists.
The Russian Museum
The Russian Museum holds one of the largest collections of Russian art in the world. View Russian art creations through the ages, from Byzantine (拜占庭)-style icons to the Socialist Realism of Stalin’s times.
Kizhi Island
Kizhi Island is an open-air museum of wooden buildings from the Karelia Region of Russia. These impressive structures are made without any nails (钉子) — the wood fits together with joints and grooves (沟槽).
Peterhof
Peterhof is as beautiful as it is fun. You’ll be charged for admission (门票), but go to Peterhof when the fountains (喷泉) are working — during the day in the summer. They are shut off in winter as well as in the evenings.
The Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood
Love it or hate it, the Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood is an attractive must-see sight. The beautiful look may make your eyes brighten, and the paintings inside the church will make you say “Wow!”
The Bronze Horseman Statue
The Bronze Horseman is a part of Russian Culture and a symbol of St. Petersburg. Made famous by Alexander Pushkin (普希金), this statue of Peter the Great sitting on his horse can truly show Peter the Great’s influence on the Russian idea of greatness.
1. If you’re interested in paintings, you’d better go to _____.
| A．the Hermitage Museum and Peterhof |
| B．the Hermitage Museum and the Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood |
| C．Kizhi Island and the Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood |
| D．the Russian Museum and Kizhi Island |
| A．Peter the Great | B．Alexander Pushkin |
| C．Byzantine | D．Stalin |
| A．The fountains in Peterhof can be seen all year round. |
| B．The largest collection of Russian art is in the Hermitage Museum. |
| C．The buildings on Kizhi Island are made of wood. |
| D．You can visit Peterhof free of charge. |
| A．show the wonderful history of Russia |
| B．introduce the famous buildings in Russia |
| C．persuade artists to study St. Petersburg |
| D．attract tourists to visit St. Petersburg |
● The offer includes a room for the night and a breakfast the next morning.
● The offer is of two kinds: ￡20 per room, valid(有效的)during stay period of 02/04/2012—31/05/2012 and then again 01/09/2012—31/10/2012；￡35 per room, per night, valid during stay period of 01/06/2012—31/08/2012.
● The offer is valid for a basic twin or double room only.
● The stay must be booked directly with the chosen B&Bs before 28/04/2012.
● Each voucher can only be used by the holder to book one room for one night.
● If voucher holders book either the ￡20 or ￡35 per room per night, any additional services such as lunch, evening meal or activities may require an extra charge. But these are not required in order to take up the offer. Please check directly with your chosen B&Bs to see what extra services are available.
● Vouchers must be presented on arrival. If no vouchers are presented, the B&Bs may reserve(保留)the right to charge at full price for every night of stay.
● Vouchers may not be used together with any other offer.
● The voucher holders must pay for the stay in full at the time of booking. Additional ￡10 may be paid to confirm(确认)the booking and will be returned on arrival.
● The B&Bs reserve the right to refuse voucher holders’ bookings for people under the age of 18.
1. The voucher can be used for a stay at the chosen B&B on ______.
| A．09/01/2012 | B．04/02/2012 | C．01/03/2012 | D．28/04/2012 |
| A．￡70 | B．￡40 | C．￡35 | D．￡30 |
| A．To charge extra ￡10 for bookings with no vouchers. |
| B．To refuse bookings for guest under the age of 18. |
| C．To charge at full price for stays not confirmed. |
| D．To request extra charges as tips. |
| A．book either a basic twin or double room at the chosen B&Bs |
| B．have lunch or evening meal without paying extra money |
| C．use the B&B offer together with other offers |
| D．book the stays though B&B Daily |
