1 . For kids and many adults, a San Diego vacation means theme parks and other attractions. Before heading to a park, call or check its website for updated hours of operation; many parks have seasonal or holiday hours. Ticket prices listed here are for general admission, single-day use only.
Sea World San Diego A 6-minute ride called Journey to Atlantis, which is to open in late May, tells the legend of the island nation. After the ride of Greek fishing boats, folks can visit a new exhibit of dolphins, which have not been on display at the park since 1998. DETAILS: General admission is $46.95 for adults, $37.95 for children aged 3-9, free for children aged 2 and younger. 1-800-380-3203 or www.seaworld.com. |
San Diego Zoo There’s not much in the way of new attractions. The zoo has a new panda cub, Mei Sheng. Nighttime Zoo, a program popular with families, starts June 26. DETAILS: General admission is $21 for adults, $14 for children aged 3-11, free for children aged 2 and younger. 1-（619）-234-3153 or www.sandiegozoo.org. |
Maritime Museum of San Diego The HMS Surprise, the 18th-century British warship（军舰）featured in the film Master and Commander, is on exhibit through Nov. 30. DETAILS: The ship is available for tours from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and children aged 13-17, $5 for kids aged 6-12, and free for kids aged 5 and younger. 1-（619）-234-9153 or www.sdmaritime.org. |
| A．Sea World San Diego | B．San Diego Zoo |
| C．Maritime Museum of San Diego | D．Old Town Trolley Tours |
| A．$35 | B．$49 | C．$56 | D．$70 |
| A．San Diego will attract the largest number of children |
| B．there may be some stories about the island of Atlantis |
| C．tickets during the holidays are more expensive |
| D．the film Master and Commander can be seen in Maritime Museum |
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Details
Duration: 9 hours
Departs: Switzerland Square Block E, Rui Shi Cuang Chang E Zuo, Dongcheng Qu, Beijing, China
Returns: Returns to original departure point
Tour description
The benefits of traveling with Mubus include:
—A direct bus transportation service to the Mutianyu Great Wall.
—You will be provided with more sightseeing time (5 hours).
—Professional guide service on the bus to teach you how to travel the Great Wall.
—No any shopping stops to waste your precious travel time.
—Enjoy a special treatment of "free ride on internal shuttle to uphill and downhill".
—Enjoy a buffet lunch at "picturesque" viewing platform of Mubus Family.
Morning Mubus Timetable:
07:40-08:00 : Bus departs from meeting point.
08:00-09:30 : Driving time to the Mutinayu Great Wall (1.5 - 2 hours).
09:30-14:30 : Arrive at Mutianyu Great Wall and Sightseeing time on your own (5 hours).
14:30-15:00 : Bus departs from Mutianyu Great Wall.
16:00-16:30: Arrive at meeting point and end the tour.
What's included
English-Mandarin speaking guide on bus.
Buffet lunch at Mubus Family viewing platform (Option).
Internal shuttle for uphill and downhill.
Return bus transportation.
Great Wall admission ticket (Option).
Great Wall round trip cable car (Option).
What's not included
Gratuities (遣散费).
1. What is the text about?| A．An introduction to a scenic spot. | B．Detailed information of a tour. |
| C．An description of an travelling agency. | D．Timetable of a tour. |
| A．Switzerland Square Block E | B．Rui Shi Guang Chang E Zuo |
| C．Dongcheng Qu, Beijing, China | D．Mutianyu Great Wall |
| A．The destination of the tour. | B．Two way bus transportation. |
| C．Internal shuttle for uphill and downhill. | D．Great Wall round trip cable car. |
| A．On the Internet. | B．On TV. | C．In the newspaper. |
5 . We had promised to do it for years. We would pack a car with cold chicken and drive south like we used to. But we never had a proper time to do it, somehow. My aunt Edna’s heart was failing. Aunt Juanita had to care for my uncle at home, and my mother, Margaret, did not leave home unless blown away from it by tornadoes. So I was surprised a few years ago when my 72-year-old mother told me to pick up all of them for the trip.
I found the three sisters in the yard, with suitcases in their hands. Edna packed some food including two gallons of potato salad for the two-day trip from Jacksonville, Alabama.
As I drove, they talked of childhood, dirt roads where the dark closed in like a cover on a box, and a daddy who chased the bad things away as soon as he walked in. When we arrived in Montgomery, they had ridden a horse named Bob, cooked a dead chicken named Mrs. Rearden, and fished beside a little man named Jessie Clines. As we drove across Mobile Bay they were remembering their mama and a groundhog that lived under the floorboards.
I wanted them to see the sunset from the Fairhope pier, and as we rolled down the bluff, I heard them go quiet. But the sunset was just a light to see. They were looking at the roses, which were flowering in a circle the size of a baseball field. There were more than 2,000 of them. My mother, who never even liked roses much, said, “Oh, my God.” Juanita looked as if she were about to cry. “So beautiful,” she said again and again. She stayed in the rose garden for a long time, till the sun disappeared totally. She saw the Fairhope roses six times on this trip. The last time, because she was tired , we sat in the car.
A year later, I spoke at Edna’s funeral. For the first time, I knew what I wanted to say in my mind, but the words crashed together inside my head and I lost the fine things I really wanted to say. Her daughters just hugged me, one by one, and thanked me for the roses.
1. Where did their trip start?| A．Mobile Bay. | B．Fairhope pier. | C．Montgomery. | D．Jacksonville. |
| A．They looked back on the past. | B．They fished with Jessie Clines. |
| C．They rode a horse on a dirt road. | D．They talked of childhood with their mama. |
| A．Walking on the dirt roads. | B．Enjoying the roses. |
| C．Visiting a baseball field. | D．Seeing the sunset. |
| A．She liked roses most. | B．She was once a soldier. |
| C．She died a year after the trip. | D．She had to care for her husband. |
6 . Ten years ago, I went on a vacation in Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic (全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.
Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.
Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn't want to mess with that. Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway.
Now when I look at the photo, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.
This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who "ruined" it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured and frozen on some strangers bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don't even know has been immortalized (使永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.
Perhaps we all live in each other's spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us. That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.
1. What happened when the author was about to take a photo?| A．Her camera stopped working. | B．A friend approached from behind. |
| C．Someone asked her to leave. | D．A woman blocked her view. |
| A．losing her patience | B．enjoying herself |
| C．waiting for the sunset | D．thinking about her past |
| A．The woman's existence in the photo. | B．The perfect positioning of the camera. |
| C．The rich color of the landscape. | D．The soft sunlight that summer day. |
| A．the need to be close to nature | B．the importance of private space |
| C．the shared passion for beauty | D．the joy of the vacation in Italy |
7 . Jiuzhaigou National Park in Southwest China’s Sichuan province fully reopened to visitors yesterday after the completion of post-earthquake restoration and reconstruction.
The park’s name, which means “Nine Village Valley”, is derived from the nine Tibetan villages there. It is located in Jiuzhaigou county oi the Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province. The scenic area is best known for its blue and green lakes, spectacular waterfalls, karst land forms and its unique wildlife. It was listed as a UNESCC world heritage site in 1992. The park is also home to 3,634 species of plants and animals, including giant pandas and golden snub-nosed monkeys, winning the reputation of an earthly paradise”.
The national park covers an area of 720 square kilometers and ranges in altitude from 1.996 to 4.764 meters above sea level. On Aug 8, 2017, a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou county, and the scenic area was closed due to damage, After continuous reconstruction and natural recovery. the park gradually reopened to visitors starting in March 2018.
Now, after four years of recovery, the tourist destination has regained its former charm. Tourism support facilities have also been improved to better provide service. The latest areas to be reopened are above Five Flower Lake, including scenic spots such as Panda Lake, Arrow Bamboo Lake and Waterfall, Swan Lake, Grass Lake, as well as the Virgin Forest. Now the scenic spot has a maximum of 41.000 visitors per day. Tourists have to book tickets online at least one day in advance through the website www.abatour.com.
Recently, Jiuzhaigou county has been trying to provide a more diversified tourism experience for visitors, such as the staging of musical and dance dramas about ethnic cultures, launch of modern commercial buildings and cultural creative spaces. According to chinanews.com, the opening ceremony of the 7th China(Sichuan) International Tourism Investment Conference and Ceremony for the Full Reopening of Jiuzhaigou Valley was held on Tuesday, bringing in 263 key investment projects on culture and tourism for the province, amounting to 490.4 billion yuan($75.8 billion) to tourists.
1. Why is Jiuzhaigou National Park recognized as “earthly paradise”?| A．Because it has a wide variety of wildlife species. |
| B．Because tourists flood to the park. |
| C．Because its name means nine Tibetan villages. |
| D．Because it is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site. |
| A．Three months. | B．Seven months. | C．Four years. | D．A decade. |
| A．By buying tickets at the Park in advance. | B．By buying tickets from tour guides. |
| C．By booking tickets on the Internet. | D．Get inside whenever you like. |
| A．Tourists will bring in investment projects to the park. |
| B．Tourists will create artwork in the park. |
| C．Tourists will set up buildings in the park. |
| D．Tourists will enjoy more culture-related activities in the park. |
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Last week, my mother and I visit beautiful Huangshan. We climbed to the top of the mountain. The mountain was so much high that it seemed to being in the clouds. Huangshan was full with hard rocks. We were surprising to see pine trees (松树) growing in the cracks of it. On arriving at the highest point of the mountain, we saw a sea of clouds, what was really unpredictable. Sometimes it looked like hundreds of horse and sometimes it looked like waves in a sea. We were complete amazed by the beautiful scenery.Never we forget the beauty of Huangshan.
1. 上个月和父母一起去参观博物馆；
2. 博物馆里展览了很多黄河石和画；
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An Unforgettable Journey
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10 . 4-Day Classic Beijing Tour
The 4-day classic Beijing tour is designed for tourists who come to visit China for the first time. It covers the most popular and typical places in Beijing, fully displaying the scenery, culture, history, local lifestyles and features, food and drinks, business, etc. to you.
Day 1: Arrival in Beijing
Your guide meets you at Beijing Capital International Airport, and helps you check in at your hotel.
Enjoy Peking duck as welcome dinner.
Accommodation: Downtown Beijing
Day 2: The Great Wall & the Summer Palace
Start your day at the most famous part of the Great Wall, the Badaling Great Wall. Leave the downtown for the Great Wall at 8 am. Since it is a long drive to the Great Wall (about 2 hours' riding), have a break at the Beijing Bona Jade Museum on the way. Lunch will be enjoyed in a local restaurant. In the early afternoon come back to the city and have a sightseeing (观光) tour of the Summer Palace.
Suggested activity: Beijing opera shows (Liyuan Theatre, 19:30-20:30 every evening)
Accommodation: Downtown Beijing
Day 3: Beijing city sightseeing & the local experience
Your guide meets you at the hotel at 8 am and set out for the day's touring: Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City.
After visiting the two sites, have a break and get ready for lunch.
Hutong visit: see some traditional arts of the old Beijing, such as paper cutting and kite making, and visit a local family.
Accommodation: Downtown Beijing
Day 4: Beijing Olympic sites
Visit the Olympic sites: the Bird's Nest, the Water Cube and the Olympic Green, showing the fast developing modern China. Enjoy some free time after visiting the sites.
After lunch, it is shopping time and then the tour is over.
1. Whom is this advertisement aimed at?| A．Experts who study history and cities. |
| B．People who are interested in touring. |
| C．Kids who were born in other cities. |
| D．Foreigners who are new to China. |
| A．Visit the Summer Palace on the first day. |
| B．Go to Liyuan Theatre in the evening. |
| C．Go sightseeing in a Beijing hutong. |
| D．Live and eat downtown in Beijing. |
| A．Day 1. | B．Day 2. | C．Day 3. | D．Day 4. |
