1 . The Museum: The Charles Dickens Museum in London is the world’s most important collection of material relating to the great Victorian novelist and social commentator. The only surviving London home of Dickens (from 1837 until 1839) was opened as a museum in 1925 and is still welcoming visitors from all over the world. On the four floors, visitors can see paintings, rare editions, manuscripts, original furniture and many items relating to the life of one of the most popular and beloved personalities of the Victorian age.
Opening Hours: The Museum is open from Mondays to Saturdays 10: 00—17: 00; Sundays 11: 00—17: 00. Last admission (允许进入) is 30 minutes before closing time.
Special opening times can be arranged for groups, who may wish to book a private view.
Admission Charges: Adults: ￡5.00; Students: ￡4.00; Seniors: ￡4.00; Children: ￡3.00; Families: ￡14.00 (2 adults & up to five children).
Group Rates: For a group of 10 or more, a special group rate of ￡4.00 each applies. Children will still be admitted for ￡3.00 each.
Access: We are constantly working to improve access to the Museum. Our current projects involve the fitting of a wheelchair ramp(活动坡道) for better access and an audio tour for visitors with impaired (受损的) vision. Our Handling Sessions (亲身体验活动) are also suitable for the visually impaired. The Museum has developed an online virtual tour through the Museum. Click here to visit all the rooms in the Museum online.
Hire the Museum: The Museum can be hired for private functions, parties and many other social occasions.
Find Us: The Museum may be reached by using the following buses: 7, 17, 19, 38, 45, 46, 55, 243. And by these underground services: Piccadilly Line; Central Line. For a map, please click here. The British Museum and the Foundling Museum are within walking distance.
1. Compared to going there separately, if a family with two adults and four children go to the Museum together they will save ________.| A．￡22.00 | B．￡14.00 | C．￡11.00 | D．￡8.00 |
| A．Anyone cannot hire the Museum for other uses. |
| B．Visitors with poor vision cannot enjoy the Museum. |
| C．The Museum is not very far from the British Museum. |
| D．people can be allowed into the Museum at 17:00. |
| A．magazine | B．Website | C．guidebook | D．Newspaper |
2 . For this year's Children' s Day on June 1, Deng Mo and his wife drove their son to the city of Suzhou, about 100 kilometers from Shanghai, where the family lives. Many parents similarly spent the weekend with their children, according to major online travel agency Ctrip(携程).Over 70 percent of parents traveling with children chose short-distance tours, and more than 80 percent took high-speed railways or drove.
Family-friendly tours account for up to 60 percent of domestic(国内的) and overseas travel, a China Tourism Academy survey says. More than 80 percent of respondents believe traveling with children can bring joy to the whole family, and 96 percent express interest in such tours.
Deng has previously taken his son to Japan and Thailand. "It wasn't easy to travel with a 3-year-old," Deng said. "He had a lot of luggage- more than we did.” During their vacation in Japan, for example, his son fell sick, and the parents had to stay in the hotel for a whole day. Still, Deng hopes such tours will broaden his boy' s horizons.
Many parents regard such trips as educational. Shanghai-based online travel agency Lvmama(驴妈妈旅游网）reports that bookings for tours involving museums increased by45 percent year-on-year(与去年同期数字相比）in the first four months of 2019.
Shanghai resident Ji Hongjuan enjoys taking her 12-year–old daughter, Wen Lan, to China' s historical sites and museums. In the past few years, they have visited such places as the Palace Museum, the Shanxi History Museum and the Nanjing Museum. “I usually ask my daughter to be my guide," Ji said. "She searches for information about where we will visit and takes me there, which I think is a great way to cultivate her curiosity."
China Tourism Academy head Dai Bin says the market has great potential. “Our surveys show many parents complain about destinations being too crowded during public holidays," he said. “Over 40 percent say they're looking for more quality travel products."
1. What did Deng Mo do on Children's Day this year?| A．He and his wife took their son to Shanghai for a short-distance tour. |
| B．He and his wife took high-speed railway to Suzhou for traveling. |
| C．He and his wife drove their son to Suzhou for traveling. |
| D．He and his wife took their son to Japan and Thailand. |
| A．Domestic travel accounts for a much larger proportion than overseas travel. |
| B．Family-friendly tours are becoming more and more popular in China. |
| C．Compared with domestic travel, more parents prefer. traveling abroad. |
| D．Children prefer overseas travel to domestic travel. |
| A．parents normally dislike making travel plans with their children |
| B．parents prefer their children to travel abroad as much as possible |
| C．parents want their children to be their guide while traveling abroad |
| D．parents regard family-friendly tours as educational |
| A．Develop. | B．Decline. | C．Defeat. | D．Deserve. |
| A．The overall situation is worsening and depressing. |
| B．It is promising but needs to be improved. |
| C．There is no room for further improvement. |
| D．It is full of uncertainty and with a high probability of failure. |
3 . Going on a road trip? The St. Louis Arch, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are common great tourist sites. But if you prefer offbeat places, check out the following roadside attractions.
World's Largest Ball of Paint
Alexandria, Ind.
In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere. Starting with a baseball as center, he painted layer（层）after layer of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 24,000 coats of paint, which is recognized by Guinness World Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.
Mount Horeb Mustard Museum
Mount Horeb, Wis.
It's heaven for hotdog lovers! This museum says that it has to have the world's largest collection of prepared mustard（芥末）. Its more than 4,100 bottles of spices（香料）come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China.
Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it's made to how it's advertised and sold. The museum's creator, Burry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream!
The Museum of Dirt
Boston, Mass.
The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. In the labeled（贴有标签的）glass bottles are such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Sandi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It's free.
Paper House
Rockport, Mass.
Swedish immigrant（移民）Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost completely out of newspaper. At the time, people didn't give much—if any—thought to recycling paper. In fact, "recycling" wasn't even a word yet. The house is framed（以……做框架）with wood, but the walls are made of 215 layers of newspaper. In all, he used about 100,000 newspapers.
1. What can the underlined word "offbeat" in the first paragraph best be replaced by?| A．Great. | B．Foreign. | C．Unusual. | D．Public. |
| A．World's Largest Ball of Paint. | B．The Museum of Dirt. |
| C．Mount Horeb Mustard Museum. | D．Paper House. |
| A．He loves ice cream especially. |
| B．He started the mustard museum. |
| C．He shows his great love for hotdog. |
| D．He travels around the world to collect mustard. |
| A．Visit free of charge. | B．Play with sand. |
| C．Collect glass bottles. | D．Appreciate the Great Wall. |
| A．Michael Carmichael | B．Burry Levenson. |
| C．Glenn Johnson. | D．Ellis Stenman. |
1. What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Shopping | B．Traveling | C．Food. |
| A．A small village | B．A post office | C．A local hotel |
| A．Many beautiful hats are on sale |
| B．People do shopping by boat. |
| C．The fruit is quite cheap. |
| A．Soll in Austria | B．Bangkok in Thailand | C．Kauai in Hawaii. |
5 . Herb Garden
A delightful walled garden with old varieties of fruit trees and flower borders, Herb Garden is planted with over 200 medical and culinary (烹饪用的) herbs. Dogs on leads (狗链) are welcome to woodland walks. Children's activity sheets are available.
Open Time: 10:00 a.m—5:00 p.m, daily except Mon. and Tue.
Tearoom: 11:00 a.m—4:30 p.m
Shop: 10:00 a.m—5:00 p.m
Price: Adult: ￡3 Child: ￡1.50
The Beatrix Potter Gallery
Original sketches (素描) and watercolors by Beatrix Potter for her children's tales. This year's exhibition will feature The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Wrinkle and The Tale of the Pie. Also on display is information on Beatrix Potter's life. Children's quiz sheets and goods bags are available.
Open Time: 10:30 a.m—4:30 p.m, daily except Thur. and Fri.
Price: Adult: ￡3.50 Child: ￡1.70
Hill Top
Beatrix Potter wrote and drew for many of her famous children's stories in this farm house. You can view her personal treasures and step into the garden which is planted with flowers and vegetables, just as it would have been in Beatrix Porter's time.
Please note that this is a small and popular house, which gets very busy especially on school holidays. At peak time there are queues and by the end of the day not all visitors may be able to visit the house. Please collect a timed ticket from the park for your car parking on your arrival. Tel: 05139436269
Open Time: 10:30 a.m—4:30 p.m, daily except Thur. and Fri.
Shop and garden: Thur. and Fri., 10:00 a.m—5:00 p.m
Price: Adult: ￡5 Child: ￡2
1. In Herb Garden, ________.| A．you can taste old varieties of fruits and herbs | B．you cannot walk with your dogs |
| C．children's activity sheets are available in the tea room | D．you can do shopping in its open time |
| A．Beatrix Potter's best-known sketches and watercolors. | B．Beatrix Potter's best-known tales. |
| C．The Tale of Mrs. Tigger-Wrinkle and The Tale of the Pie. | D．Information on Beatrix Potter's life. |
| A．You can learn about information on Beatrix Potter's life in Hill Top. |
| B．Beatrix Potter hid her treasures in Herb Garden. |
| C．You may not be able to visit Hill Top even if you arrive there before 4:30p.m. |
| D．You can call 05139436269 to reserve your visit in Hill Top. |
| A．Herb Garden | B．The Beatrix Potter Gallery |
| C．Hill Top | D．Herb Woodland |
| A．To introduce Beatrix Potter's life. | B．To advertise for the three places. |
| C．To introduce Beatrix Potter's paintings. | D．To call on people to walk dogs on leads. |
| A．It opens at 11:00 am | B．It opens at 6:00 pm |
| C．Adult's price is ￡3 | D．Its tearoom opens at 3:00 pm |
6 . Discover Chengdu
I have lost count of how many times I have been to Chengdu, Sichuan. When I learned that I would be going to the city again since I returned to China, I did not know which tourist attractions I wanted to visit,
The Chengdu Museum is located in the center of the city, and it only took a 20-minute subway journey to arrive there. The building was covered in glass and looked
The first exhibition I visited was one about Chinese shadow puppetry (皮影戏). In a performance, puppeteers used silhouettes (剪影) cast by figures made from leather (皮革) or paper to
The museum dedicated at least two floors of exhibitions to the history of Chengdu, but its history did not
It was
| A．before | B．unless | C．until | D．since |
| A．recognized | B．reacted | C．recommended | D．reminded |
| A．mature | B．modest | C．modern | D．medium |
| A．free of charge | B．out of date | C．up to date | D．in charge |
| A．leaving | B．entering | C．approaching | D．arriving |
| A．but | B．so | C．though | D．otherwise |
| A．convey | B．conduct | C．convince | D．construct |
| A．process | B．purpose | C．proposal | D．project |
| A．manners | B．materials | C．methods | D．means |
| A．shadows | B．statues | C．figures | D．stories |
| A．while | B．when | C．as | D．where |
| A．crowded | B．filled | C．equipped | D．furnished |
| A．interrupt | B．interest | C．interpret | D．interact |
| A．appealed to | B．occurred to | C．applied to | D．turned to |
| A．expectedly | B．exactly | C．extraordinarily | D．extremely |
| A．resource | B．origin | C．organization | D．object |
| A．refers to | B．relates to | C．reacts to | D．respond to |
| A．Beside | B．In addition | C．Except | D．Besides |
| A．significant | B．nice | C．necessary | D．ashamed |
| A．rather than | B．other than | C．regardless of | D．in spite of |
7 . Do you want to go to take a vacation in Northern Ireland? If you do, here are some places where you can go.
The Sperrins, County Derry and Tyrone
The Sperrins are Northern Ireland's largest mountains and also its least explored. Starting from Strabane in County Tyrone to the shores of Lough Neagh in the east, Northern Ireland＇s largest upland area is a designated （指定的）Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The Mournes, County Down
The wild scenery of the Mourne Mountains sweeps down to the sea. It is the place where C. S. Lewis found his fantastic winter-land ofNarnia come to shape in his mind, which inspired him to write The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.The Mourne Mountains in County Down are famous for a lot of things such as challenging peaks and clear lakes.
Dunluce Castle,County Antrim
The ruin of Dunluce Castle sees a long and amaz- ing history.The castle was first built on the amazing coastal cliffs （悬崖）of north County Antrim by the MacQuillan family around 1500. The earliest written record of the castle was in 1513. The amazing history of Dunluce is matched by tales of how the castle kitchens fell into the sea one stormy night in 1639.
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge,County Antrim
Connected to the cliffs by a rope bridge across the Atlantic Ocean,Carrick-a-Rede Island (home to a single building- a fisherman's small house) is the final destination. Suspended （悬空的）almost 100 ft （30m） above sea level， the rope bridge was first made by a fisherman 350 years ago.In 2016,Carrick-a-Rede welcomed the highest number of visitors ever to this exciting rope bridge experience.
1. Who would most probably be attracted to the Sperrins?| A．People loving local cultures. |
| B．People loving historic places. |
| C．People interested in natural views. |
| D．People interested in meeting new people. |
| A．disappointed | B．puzzled |
| C．frightened | D．inspired |
| A．It has a long and amazing history. |
| B．It has been repaired several times. |
| C．It sits below some fantastic coastal cliffs. |
| D．It's the earliest castle in Northern Ireland. |
| A．Visit a very old castle. |
| B．Walk on a rope in the sky. |
| C．Experience a very special bridge. |
| D．Pay visits to some fisherman's houses. |
| A．To encourage readers to take a vacation. |
| B．To explain the value of visiting Northern Ireland. |
| C．To compare some attractions in Northern Ireland. |
| D．To introduce some attractions in Northern Ireland. |
8 . When you think of a national park, you generally picture fresh air and wild animals, right? Well, now you're going to have to add tea shops and something called “the Underground” to your definition, because London, England has signed up to be the first “National Park City.”
London was founded by the Romans around 2,000 years ago and people have continually lived there since then. In all that time, however, nobody had the idea to replace all the parks with big box stores or high buildings, which means London already has a much lower urban density(密度)than most of the world's cities. Nowadays about a third of the city is green space.
In July 2019 London announced its willingness to become the world's first National Park City. Now the city is moving toward the goal of achieving 50% green space by the year 2050 by connecting and increasing public parks, greening unused parking lots and the private yards of existing and new houses, and fixing some green roofs an existing building.
“Encouraged by the aims and values of our rural national parks, the London National. Park City is basically about making life better in the capital through both small everyday things and long-term thinking,” Daniel Raven-Ellison, who began the movement to make London at National Park City six years ago, said. “We've been doing that in London for centuries, which is why London is so green.” It's about going further to make the city greener, healthier and. wilder; making the city richer in wildlife.
London will have a much easier job achieving this type of green transformation than more. densely-urbanized cities like Paris and New York, which have. 10% and 27% green space. respectively. But that doesn't mean it's not possible — the National Park City Foundation hopes to include 25 more cities in addition to London. by the year 2025. Glasgow, Scotland and Newcastle upon Tyne in northeast England are both considering becoming National Park Cities.
1. What makes London more likely to become a National Park City than other cities?| A．Its smaller population. |
| B．Its locals' requirements. |
| C．Its government's strict law. |
| D．Its wider area of green space. |
| A．In Paragraph 1. | B．In Paragraph 2. |
| C．In Paragraph 3 . | D．In Paragraph 4. |
| A．The importance of his movement. |
| B．The values of newly-founded parks. |
| C．The influence of green space on cities. |
| D．The preparation for setting up a movement. |
| A．London is leading the world in park construction. |
| B．London becomes the world's first National Park City. |
| C．London is listed as the world's most-visited city. |
| D．London has built the world's first underground park. |
9 . My father was born in a small town in the US. He wasn't sure what he wanted from
He began that adventure traveling to cities in the US before going on to Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. He took my mother and us three daughters with him and went wherever the road
It's easy to feel
Getting along well sometimes seemed
On occasions like that, we had to learn to let go of our anger because we were
This is why road trips were like
If we were
| A．move | B．life | C．experience | D．belief |
| A．live up | B．struggle on | C．get out | D．walk around |
| A．took | B．drove | C．served | D．controlled |
| A．anxious | B．upset | C．helpless | D．lonely |
| A．wasted | B．worked | C．spent | D．chatted |
| A．better | B．easier | C．safer | D．cleverer |
| A．break down | B．cool off | C．clear up | D．turn over |
| A．available | B．alternative | C．necessary | D．impossible |
| A．arguments | B．fights | C．embarrassments | D．amusements |
| A．settle | B．rest | C．sit | D．watch |
| A．sharing | B．respect | C．communication | D．tolerance |
| A．light | B．heavy | C．local | D．fast |
| A．suddenly | B．sensitively | C．calmly | D．slowly |
| A．silence | B．vain | C．panic | D．disappointment |
| A．buried | B．crazy | C．stuck | D．impatient |
| A．holiday | B．journey | C．exploration | D．march |
| A．dragging | B．pushing | C．helping | D．sending |
| A．unusual | B．common | C．free | D．mobile |
| A．earned | B．expected | C．missed | D．valued |
| A．somewhere | B．anytime | C．somehow | D．anyway |
10 . 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. |
