1 . Traveling along the old Silk Road can be a quite interesting and rewarding experience. Here is some information that the visitor should consider when planning a possible travel on the road.
Language. While traveling along the road, the visitor can meet with about 20 different nationalities.
Accommodations. The Silk Road spans most of China, from modern cities in the central China to villages and towns in the remote west. Accordingly, accommodations along the route range from high standard hotels to simple guesthouses.
In big cities like Dunhuang, Urumqi, Lanzhou, the visitor can enjoy high standard hotels. They all provide excellent conditions, good services and they are quite safe.
Travel by Road. Buses are the most inexpensive method of transport along the Silk Road but, unfortunately, they are very slow.
| A．It offers good views of the mountains |
| B．Some of them speak their own languages |
| C．Learn some of their languages before going |
| D．But this kind of hotels is also the most expensive |
| E．Cars are offered by some travel agencies and hotels |
| F．These locations offer nothing but a quite simple room |
| G．Today, Chinese can be easily used among these nationalities |
2 . Not all walks need be a forced march. Here are 4 of Britain's gentlest routes, both urban trails and countryside meanderings（曲径）.
The Grand Union Canal, Birmingham
Start Point:The Bordesley Centre
The original Grand Union Canal runs for 137 miles, taking you through an industrial area to discover the hidden world of canals, with narrow boats, wildlife and fishermen. Along the canal, look out for wildflowers and birdlife, and narrow boats negotiating the locks. The walk can be extended along the canal at either end to make it flexible in length.
Warley Woods, Keswick
Start point:Keswick Youth Hostel
Starting in the centre of Keswick, this walk takes you up through Castlehead Wood, the perfect place for a woodland adventure, and to a wonderful viewpoint over Derwentwater and the surrounding mountains. The route then takes you down to the lakeshore and returns across Crow Park to the market square.
Chester-le-Street, County Durham
Start point:Chester-le-Street Amateur Rowing Club
A lovely riverside walk along the banks of the River Wear, through Riverside Park and past Durham county football club. The circular route follows a curve in the river, meaning you'll have beautiful views along the way. Watch the rowers on the river or stop in the park to feed the swans and ducks. This walk is wheelchair-friendly.
Hathersage Flower Meadows（草地），Derbyshire
Start point:Hathersage Railway Station
There are attractive views to be appreciated throughout this scenic walk and two sites of protected meadow offer a real treat to summertime walkers. Fans of the works of great masters, like Charlotte Bronte, will enjoy spotting several places that are closely associated with the authors.
1. What can you do in Warley Woods?| A．Enjoy mountain scenery. |
| B．Walk along the canal. |
| C．Go boating on the lake. |
| D．Do shopping in the park. |
| A．It is attractive to shoppers. |
| B．It is available to the disabled. |
| C．It is friendly to foreign tourists. |
| D．It is popular with football fans. |
| A．The Grand Union Canal. |
| B．Warley Woods. |
| C．Chester-le-Street. |
| D．Hathersage Flower Meadows. |
3 . Cornwall, in the south west corner of the UK, is one of the top tourist destinations in England. Here are some attractions that you may want to go to if you are staying in the area.
Land’s End
Land’s End is the southerly part of the UK, with its tip pointing out into the connection between the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean. Known for its beautiful scenery, there are also a lot of attractions to visit, including galleries, restaurants and the Land’s End Signpost.
Geevor Tin Mine
Located just down the road from Land’s End is Geevor Tin Mine. This mine was a working mine until 1990 and now has been maintained for visitors as the largest preserved mining site and museum in the UK. There are underground guided tours and the museum tells the story of the mining industry in Cornwall through the ages.
Minack Theatre
Minack Theatre is an open-air theater located on the coast at Porthcurno. It was built in a similar style to a Rome amphitheater with construction starting in 1929. You can visit the theater at any time of the year, but you’d better visit the subtropical gardens between June and September.
Paradise Park
Paradise Park is a natural park and home to over 400 species of birds and other species from all around the world, including rare and endangered varieties. As a great family destination, you can watch feeling sessions for the penguins and the flying bird show, ride on the mini-railway and see the collection of rare parrot species.
1. Which of the following features wildlife?| A．Land’s End. | B．Geevor Tin Mine. | C．Minack Theatre. | D．Paradise Park. |
| A．It is on the coast. |
| B．It is in Land’s End. |
| C．It is a museum now. |
| D．It is still being mined. |
| A．In a novel. |
| B．In a biography. |
| C．In a travel magazine. |
| D．In a construction paper. |
4 . The 2021 (22nd) Hainan Island Carnival kicked off in Haikou, capital city of Hainan province, on Dec 10th, 2021.
Zhang Xu, Chinese vice-minister of Culture and Tourism, said in his speech that the Ministry of Culture and Tourism will continue to support Hainan in comprehensively deepening reform and opening up, support Hainan's aim to become an international tourism consumption center, and provide assistance for the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port.
The festival jointly organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the People's Government of Hainan province has become a vital platform in the past 20 years for Hainan to strengthen cooperation and exchanges in the fields of tourism, culture and sports with the world. This session of Hainan Island Carnival digs deep into all the possible “joyful elements” and fully displays the rich and unique tourism and cultural resources of Hainan so as to engage both tourists and residents to actively participate and interact in building Hainan Island, which has entered its peak tourism season, into a joyful destination for visitors around the world.
Apart from the opening ceremony, a series of exciting activities are scheduled to be held during the festival, including 2021 Hainan World Leisure Tourism Expo, 2021 Hainan International Tourism and Food Expo, the second Hainan International Tourism Equipment Expo, the second Hainan World Culture Week, and the fourth China-ASEAN University Student Culture Week.
Haikou is the event's main venue (主会场), while five other cities, namely, Sanya, Danzhou, Qionghai, Wanning and Wenchang, will serve as supporting venues, in which conferences and exhibitions, culture and art, sports and competitions, and promotional activities will be staged to enrich people s visiting experience.
In terms of tourism, resources of attractive scenic spots, rural tourism, shopping tourism are fully included, seven thematic (主题的) tourism routes including shopping, rural tourism, health tourism, red tourism, conference and exhibition, research and study, oceanic tourism will be launched to attract more visitors to travel to Hainan, which will stimulate (刺激) tourism consumption and help the construction of an international tourism consumption center.
1. What does the underlined phrase “kicked off” probably mean?| A．struck | B．ended | C．declared | D．started |
| A．We can enjoy a variety of activities. | B．It is organized by Sanya government. |
| C．It is held only in the Capital city, Haikou. | D．We can visit more than 20 platforms. |
| A．To suggest what people should do after it. | B．To show the potential effects of the carnival. |
| C．To prove to us why they hold the carnival. | D．To introduce how they develop shopping tourism. |
| A．A main venue of the carnival. | B．An important platform. |
| C．A free trade port in China. | D．A university student center. |
