1 . Top Hotel Deals in Chicago

Hilton Garden Inn     $77     Review score: 9.4

●Excellent location near the world-famous Chicago Art Institute, Millennium Park, the Museum Campus and lakefront.

● Enjoy local favorites like Chicago-style hot dogs. You can hit the gym or pool later.

● Extra in-room benefits include Keurig coffeemakers, 49" flat-screens with HBO, Netflix and Apple TV streaming—plus free WiFi.

Freehand Chicago     $69     Review score: 8.5

● Style in this hotel is popular in a laid-back way. And it’s perfectly placed in a gallery-dotted neighborhood.

● Award-winning (Best Hotel Bar) Broken Shaker offers hand-made drinks and street-food inspired treats.

● Hit Café Integral for light bites and hand-made drinks of both the wine and caffeine.

Loews Chicago Hotel     $139     Review score: 9.8

● Head to the rooftop bar for drinks and views (especially if it’s a Navy Pier fireworks night!).

● Get great views from floor-to-ceiling windows.

● Rooftop terrace (露台) serves outdoor bites, wine, drinks and a celebration of all-things in summer.

St. Clair Hotel     $84     Review score: 8.0

● Modern interiors (内部) within a cool old building, ideally situated in the heart of the city, steps from the Magnificent Mile.

● Fast and free WiFi so you can keep up with all the quality programming you get to watch when you’re at home. 

● Pet-friendly hotel with no extra charge for your furry friends.

1. What can you do in Hilton Garden Inn?

A．Watch online TV.	B．Drink in a Café.
C．Enjoy the fireworks show.	D．Compete for an award.

2. To enjoy yourself in the open air, you’d better choose_______.

A．Hilton Garden Inn	B．Freehand Chicago
C．Loews Chicago Hotel	D．St. Clair Hotel

3. What is unique to St. Clair hotel?

A．It provides free WiFi.	B．It overlooks a park.
C．It gets the highest score.	D．It welcomes pets.

2 . Day Trips out of New York City:

Fun for Kids and Families in Summer

These four fun and easy day trips out of New York City will add pleasure to your family's summer. Take a picnic and drive to any of these kid-friendly destinations (目的地).

Weir Farm National Historic Site and Art Center

735 Nod Hill Rd., Wilton, CT 06897 1 hour 30 minutes from NYC

Weir Farm is a 68-acre United States national park for art. At the beginning of the 20th century, the farm was the summer home of American Impressionist Julian Alden Weir. Weir and artists in his time painted the landscaped hills, forests and gardens, changing the beautiful countryside setting into Impressionist masterpieces (杰作).The farm is open from 8 am to 5 pm daily.

Storm King Art Center

1 Museum Rd., New Windsor, NY 12553

1 hour 40 minutes from NYC

Founded in I960, Storm King is a 500-acre outdoor museum located in New York's Hudson Valley. Here, visitors can experience sculpture (雕塑)amid grasslands, hills, and under the open sky. Spend an afternoon picnicking and enjoying the center's special combination of art and nature. The site is open from 10 am to 5:30 pm every day except Tuesday.

Historic Huguenot Street

81 Huguenot St, New Paltz, NY 12561 1 hour 45 minutes from NYC

Historic Huguenot Street is a 10-acre National Historic Landmark District. The Huguenot settlement changed over time, and the site helps visitors understand the historic forces that have changed America by teaching about Native and enslaved African peoples as well as Dutch and French settlers, through Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. The Historic Huguenot Street's Museum Shop is open Thursday.

Brookhollow's Barnyard

301 Rockaway Valley Rd., Boonton, NJ 07005

1 hour from NYC

Brookhollow's Barnyard, a family-run New Jersey petting zoo, offers walk-through and drive-through farm experiences to families. Pigs, horses, goats and more as you walk or drive through the farmyard.

Walk-through tickets are available (可获得的)on Tuesday through Saturday. The drive-through experience is available on Sunday.

1. How long does it take you to drive to Storm King Art Center from NYC?

A．1 hour.

B．1 hour 30 minutes.

C．1 hour 40 minutes.

D．1 hour 45 minutes.

2. Which place should you go to if you are interested in American history?

A．Weir Farm National Historic Site and Art Center.

B．Historic Huguenot Street.

C．Brookhollow's Barnyard.

D．Storm King Art Center.

3. When can you have a drive-through experience at Brookhollow's Barnyard?

A．On Tuesday.

B．On Wednesday.

C．On Friday.

D．On Sunday.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Singing Sand Mountains(鸣沙山) are situated in Dunhuang in western China. As one of the coolest natural phenomena on    1    planet, the dunes(沙丘) sound as if they are singing to you as you slide down them.    2     (locate) between the tall dunes, there is a little miracle(奇迹). This spring,    3    looks like a moon, has been there for thousands of years and has never dried up. The spring, even with the shifting sand,    4     (remain)blue year-round.

Climbing to the top of the dunes is hard work, but worth it. Rent a pair of bright-orange shoe protectors or just shake your    5    (shoe) out later as most people do. A wooden walkway is half buried in the sand so you can get a proper footing on the deep sand.

The dunes are a tourist    6     (attract), with dune cars, dune surfing, and helicopter flights. But it's not hard to hike away    7    (enjoy) the sandy scene in peace. The dunes look most attractive either in the morning    8    towards dusk.

The drive down the dunes is also    9    (surprise) as the large mountains of sand    10    (sudden) appear at the end of the road.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Going to Mount Huangshan reminds me of the popular Beatles’ song “The Long and Winding Road”.     1     is so breathtaking about the experience is the out-of-this-world scenes. The rolling sea of clouds you see once you are at the top will remind you how tiny we     2     (human) are.

The hot spring at the foot of the mountain is something you must try after the climb. It will     3    (undoubted) help you get refreshed! The amazing thing about the spring is that the colder the temperature gets, the     4     (hot) the spring! Strange, isn’t it? But that’s how nature is — always leaving us     5     (astonish).

What comes next is the endless series of steps. You can’t help wondering how hard it     6     (be) for the people then to put all those rocks into place. Though it is the only unnatural thing on your way up the mountain, still it highlights the whole adventure     7    offers a place where you can sit down to rest your     8     (ache) legs.

As the song goes, this long and winding road “will never disappear”, and it will always stick in the visitor’s memory. It sure does in     9     (I). While you’re in China, Mount Huangshan is     10     must to visit!