1 . Journey Back in Time with Scholars
Classical Provence(13days)Journey through the beautiful countryside of Provence，France，with Prof. Ori Z. Soltes. We will visit some of the best-preserved Roman monuments in the world. Our tour also includes a chance to walk in the footsteps of Van Gogh and Gauguin. Fields of flowers, tile-roofed(瓦屋顶)villages and tasty meals enrich this wonderful experience.
Southern Spain(15days)
Spain has lovely white towns and the scent(芳香)of oranges，but it is also a treasury of ancient remains including the cities left by the Greeks，Romans and Arabs. As we travel south from Madrid with Prof. Ronald Messier to historic Toledo，Roman Merida and into Andalucia, we explore historical monuments and architecture.
China’s Sacred Landscapes(21days)
Discover the China of “past ages,” its walled cities，temples and mountain scenery with Prof. Robert Thorp. Highlights(精彩之处)include China’s most sacred peaks at Mount Tai and Hangzbou’s rolling hills，waterways and peaceful temples. We will wander in traditional small towns and end our tour with an exceptional museum in Shanghai.
Tunisia(17days)
Join Prof. Pedar Foss on our in-depth Tunisian tour. Tour highlights include the Roman city of Dougga，the underground Numidian capital at Bulla Regia, Roman Sbeitla and the remote areas around Tataouine and Matmata，uique for underground cities. Our journey takes us to picturesque Berber villages and lovely beaches.
1. What can visitors see in both Classical Provence and Southern Spain？
| A．Historical monuments. | B．Fields of flowers. |
| C．Van Gogh’s paintings. | D．Greek buildings. |
| A．France. | B．Spain. | C．China. | D．Tunisia. |
| A．White towns. | B．Underground cities. | C．Tile-roofed villages. | D．Rolling hills. |
2 . New kinds of tourism
People are travelling more than ever before.The World Tourism Organisation says that by 2020 the number of international travellers will be more than 1.6 billion people per year.
Medical tourism can be for a lot of things，from operations to visits to the dentist.
Nearly all tourists eat in restaurants，and dining is one of the top three tourist activities.But if you were in a country famous for its food，would you learn how to cook it? Welcome to the unusual form of culinary (烹饪的) tourism，where people go to another country to learn how to prepare its food.
Another growing area of tourism is literary (文学的) tourism.
| A．Cooking holidays are growing in popularity now. |
| B．It is known that few sites of disasters can be visited. |
| C．Many people enjoy these historical tourist attractions. |
| D．Disaster tourism is the act of visiting the site of a disaster. |
| E．This is a kind of cultural tourism and there are several types. |
| F．This kind of tourism includes going to a different country for health care. |
| G．The increase in the number of tourists also means an increase in the kinds of tourism. |
3 . If you could sail around the world with only one companion, who would you choose? Guirec Soudee, a 24-year-old man from France, chose his pet chicken.
Soudee has been sailing around the world for two years. No matter which country he sails to, Monique, the hen, is by his side. He found her in the Canary Islands and knew right away they were meant to be best companions. “I didn’t speak any Spanish and she didn’t speak any French, however, we could always have a small talk, even though she didn’t understand me.” Soudee joked.
He had always wanted a companion for his journey and originally thought about bringing a cat, before deciding it would be too much work to look after on a boat. Upon meeting Monique, Soudee realized a hen was the perfect choice. He believed they could communicate with each other well.
Not only does it cost little to raise Monique, but she lays eggs as well — some things that are always a plus in a situation where storing a lot of food can be a challenge. She lays about six eggs a week on average, even in cold climates like Greenland, where Soudee and Monique are docked(进港) now.
And what happens when the weather at sea gets bad? Usually Soudee lets Monique stay freely on the boat, but when the winds get terrible he ensures she is safe in her hutch so that she doesn’t fall out of his boat and into the sea. Another thing Soudee must care for is the rule in every country he visits. They had met with customs officials in Canada. He was permitted to keep her, but he knows they might not always be so lucky.
Although Monique can sometimes get on his nerves, Soudee says she ’ s much better than a human companion aboard. “She follows me everywhere. All I need to do is shout ‘Monique!’ and she will come to me, sit on me, listen to my small talk and give me company,” he said.
After visiting Greenland, they’ll head down the Bering Strait to Nome, Alaska. From there the destination is undecided, but Soudee will certainly discuss where they should travel to next with Monique.
1. What is so special about Soudee’s sailing around the world?| A．He sails with a pet friend for company. |
| B．He sails around the world for just two years. |
| C．He had no difficulty communicating with anyone. |
| D．He travelled around the world with only one companion. |
| A．She can understand him best. |
| B．She adds more pleasure to his trip. |
| C．She helps him store a great deal of food. |
| D．She lays eggs and listens to his small talks. |
| A．Monique does a better job than humans. |
| B．Soudee enjoys Monique’s company a lot. |
| C．Monique is perfect but sometimes annoys Soudee. |
| D．Soudee feels grateful for what Monique has done. |
| A．In Canada. | B．In Greenland. |
| C．In France. | D．In Alaska. |
1. What happened to the man’s sunglasses?
| A．They fell into the pool. |
| B．He destroyed them by accident. |
| C．He left them back in the room. |
| A．The pool. | B．The beach. | C．The gift shop. |
5 . The city of San Francisco is a wonderful tourist attraction that offers many different things to see and do. The best way for a traveler to get a good look at the city is to take one of the many different tours there.
Tour the City on Foot
When touring the city by walking, you aren’t going to walk much. What’s more, there are far more benefits. This kind of tour allows you to see as many buildings of the city as possible. A tour of the city on foot usually focuses on a more localized neighborhood level, which can be very interesting in a number of different ways.
Hit the Waters of San Francisco Bay
The waters of San Francisco Bay have played an important role in the city s development over the last century, Touring San Francisco from the water is a completely unique way for you to see this wonderful city.
Take a Bus Tour
If you want to see a wide variety of attractions from all over the city, one of the best things you could do is to book a tour through our company that offers services here. A bus tour of San Francisco is one of the most complete ways to experience the city
Tour San Francisco From the Air
While it is one of the most expensive ways to see San Francisco, touring the city from the air is one of the most unique and thrilling ways to see the city. Seeing the city from high above allows you to get a full view of the city as tour guides point out attractions from high above. If you do decide to tour San Francisco by air, you’ll be creating memories that you won’t forget forever.
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1. How should you tour San Francisco to appreciate its buildings?| A．By air | B．By bus. | C．On foot | D．By boat |
| A．They have high quality sea water. |
| B．They are explored on a localized level. |
| C．They were not in use until the last century. |
| D．They have helped the city to develop further. |
| A．Tour San Francisco From the Air | B．Hit the Waters of San Francisco Bay |
| C．Tour the City on Foot | D．Take a Bus Tour |
| A．To introduce San Francisco. |
| B．To advertise for a travel agency. |
| C．To show what to do in San Francisco. |
| D．To persuade people to visit San Francisco. |
6 . The world’s first luxury space hotel, Aurora Station, was announced Thursday at the Space 2. 0 Summit in San Jose, California. Developed by US-based space technology start-up Orion Span, the space station will host six people at a time, including two crew members, for 12-day trips of space travel. It plans to welcome its first guests in 2022.
“Our goal is to make space accessible to all,” Frank Bunger, CEO and founder of Orion Span, said in a statement. “Upon launch, Aurora Station goes into service immediately, bringing travelers into space quickly and at a lower price point than ever seen before.”
While a $10 million trip is outside the budget of most people’s two-week vacations, Orion Span claims to offer an authentic astronaut experience. “It has taken what was historically a 24-month training to prepare travelers to visit a space station and streamlined (精简) it to three months, at a fraction (小部分) of the cost,” says Bunger. During their 12-day adventure, the super-rich travelers will fly at a height of 200 miles above the Earth’s surface in Low Earth Orbit, where they will witness incredible views of the blue planet. The hotel will orbit Earth every 90 minutes, which means guests will see around 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours.
Activities on board include taking part in research experiments such as growing food while in orbit, which guests can take home for a super-smug souvenir, and soaring over their hometown. Guests can have-live-video chats with their less-fortunate loved ones back home via high-speed wireless Internet access and, upon returning to Earth will be greeted with a specially arranged hero’s welcome. While enjoying the thrills of zero gravity, the travelers will be able to float freely through the hotel, taking in views of the northern and southern aurora from the station’s windows.
Deposits are already being accepted for future stays on the space hotel.
1. What can we know about Aurora Station?| A．It was set up in San Jose, California. |
| B．It is created by an international company. |
| C．It will host eight people at a time. |
| D．It won’t be put into operation until 2022. |
| A．To popularize the astronaut experience. |
| B．To make profits through this new industry. |
| C．To cut down the cost for space research. |
| D．To arouse the public’s awareness of science. |
| A．All human beings. | B．Would-be astronauts. |
| C．Wealthy travelers. | D．Specially trained researchers. |
| A．Getting involved in scientific experiments. |
| B．Having live video chats with people on earth. |
| C．Being greeted with a specially arranged welcome. |
| D．Floating freely through the hotel with zero gravity. |
7 . Welcome to Adventureland!
Everyone loves Adventureland! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore (探索), enjoy, and admire their wonders. Every visit will be an unforgettable experience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back. What are you going to do this time?
The Travel Pavilion
Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life. Visit the Amazon jungle (丛林) village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing ...
The Future Tower
This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator (模拟装置) for the Journey to Mars.
The Nature Park
This is not really one park but several. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see ...
The Pyramid
This is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center. Come here for information and ideas too.
1. The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors ______.| A．realize the importance of travelling |
| B．become familiar with mountain countries |
| C．learn how to make things such as fishing nets |
| D．learn something about different places in the world |
| A．the Travel Pavilion | B．the Future Tower |
| C．the Safari Park | D．the Pyramid |
| A．The Pyramid. | B．The Nature Park. |
| C．The Future Tower. | D．The Travel Pavilion. |
| A．He played basketball. | B．He watched a game. | C．He took a trip. |
9 . Beijing’s Forbidden City is a place full of wonder. From its thousands of rooms to its many beautiful artifacts, there’s no wonder it’s one of China’s most popular tourist destinations.
But even more than 600 years after it was built, it’s still managing to serve up surprises. Since it was built during the Ming Dynasty, it’s estimated that the Forbidden City has survived more than 200 earthquakes. And while most structures aren’t made to survive natural disasters, let alone ones built hundreds of years ago, it seems that the Forbidden City was built to withstand anything.
A recent television documentary by UK broadcaster Channel 4 explored the skills of the ancient building’s designers. A group of Chinese carpenters and engineers were shown building a scale model (成比例模型) of one of the Forbidden City’s palaces, at one fifth of the size.
To show how strong ancient Chinese architecture really is, the model was put to the test. It was subjected to a simulated (模拟的) earthquake of 9.5 on the Richter scale — equivalent to the largest ever recorded quake — and survived. Instead of falling apart, the model was just moved gently during the test.
According to experts, the answer to the Forbidden City’s strength, as well as other ancient Chinese structures’, lies in dougong — a centuries-old building method invented in China. This is the name for special brackets on buildings. Despite being held together without any nails or glue, the brackets are perfect at keeping structures together when the weather gets rough.
“Dougong design is an important earthquake-resistant feature of classical Chinese structures because the framework changes in shape when under pressure, much like the shock absorbers (减震器) of a car,” according to Chinese National Geography.
“Ancient Chinese craftsmen created structures that were both enduring and aesthetically (在美学方面) pleasing using dougong, revealing their advanced understanding of mathematics, architecture, materials, and structural science.”
The Forbidden City draws visitors because of its rich history and cultural significance, but perhaps it should add one more thing to its list of attractions: earthquake shelter.
1. What is the article mainly about?| A．What has made the Forbidden City a popular tourist destination. |
| B．What has helped the Forbidden City survive so many earthquakes. |
| C．The characteristics of Chinese architecture during the Ming Dynasty. |
| D．A variety of building methods used in ancient Chinese structures. |
| A．Suffered. | B．Was controlled by. |
| C．Obeyed. | D．Was affected by. |
| A．To reproduce a real earthquake from the Ming Dynasty. |
| B．To discover a long-lost Chinese building method |
| C．To explain the impact of earthquakes on ancient buildings. |
| D．To prove the strength of ancient Chinese architecture. |
| A．A paint that gives Chinese buildings an attractive look. |
| B．A tool used by ancient people to measure earth-quakes. |
| C．Special building parts that keep a traditional Chinese building together, |
| D．A building piece located in the center of a traditional Chinese house. |
10 . It was summer, and my dad wanted to treat me to a vacation like never before. He decided to take me on a trip to the Wild West.
We took a plane to Albuquerque, a big city in the state of New Mexico. We reached Albuquerque in the late afternoon. Uncle Paul, my dad’s friend, picked us up from the airport and drove us up to his farm in Pecos.
His wife Tina cooked us a delicious dinner and we got to know his sons Ryan and Kyle. My dad and I spent the night in the guestroom of the farm house listening to the frogs and water rolling down the river nearby. Very early in the morning, Uncle Paul woke us up to have breakfast. "The day starts at dawn on my farm," he said. After breakfast, I went to help Aunt Tina feed the chickens, while my dad went with Uncle Paul to take the sheep out to graze(吃草). I was impressed to see my dad and Uncle Paul riding horses. They looked really cool.
In the afternoon, I asked Uncle Paul if I could take a horse ride, and he said yes, as long as my dad went with me. I wasn’t going to take a horse ride by myself anyway. So, my dad and I put on our new cowboy hats, got on our horses, and headed slowly towards the mountains. "Don’t be late for supper," Uncle Paul cried, "and keep to the track so that you don’t get lost!" "OK! " my dad cried back. After a while Uncle Paul and his farm house were out of sight. It was so peaceful and quiet and the colors of the brown rocks, the deep green pine trees, and the late afternoon sun mixed to create a magic scene. It looked like a beautiful woven(编织的) blanket spread out upon the ground just for us.
Suddenly a little rabbit jumped out in front of my horse.
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