2 . Seoul is a modern city full of delicious food options (选择) as well as great attractions, historical sights, and places to shop.

Best time to visit

The best month for sightseeing in Seoul is during the warm weather between summer and early fall.

Getting around

In Seoul, you have three main forms of transportation: train, subway, and taxi. The fastest option to get around Seoul is the Airport Railroad Express train. It has two options: the express and the all-stop. While the all-stop option is cheaper, it’s about 15 minutes slower than the express.

Seoul has one of the largest subway stations in the world with 14 lines. It may seem a bit awful, but once you get used to it, it’s pretty easy.

Another option to get around Seoul is to rent a car. This is one of the least used options as Seoul has a convenient public transportation system.

Places to visit

Everland — the largest theme park in Korea.

Lotte World — a great theme park for kids with never-ending thrill rides.

Seoul Tower — a symbolic skyscraper where you can take breathtaking views of the city.

TrickEye 3D museum — if you love photos, you will find strange photos in this museum.

Where to stay

There are lots of places to stay at Seoul. Below are our top recommendations (推荐):

Myeongdong is tourists’ popular option. It has great shopping malls, great food, and lively nightlife. You can stay at the Aloft Seoul Myeongdong.

Gangnam is another popular district, which has become famous thanks to the song Gangnam Style. One of the best areas in Gangnam is Garosugil,where you will find cafes, art galleries, retail (零售) stores. A great hotel option in this area is the Dormy Inn Premium Seoul Garosugil.

1. When is the best time to visit Seoul?

A．January.

B．February.

C．September.

D．December.

2. Where can we have a bird-eye view of Seoul?

A．Everland.

B．Seoul Tower.

C．Lotte World.

D．Garosugil.

3. What can we learn from the text?

A．Myeongdong is a shop favored by tourists.

B．Gangnam has become popular because of a hit song.

C．Renting cars is the most common way to get around Seoul.

D．The all-stop train offers a more comfortable but more expensive service.

3 . A butterfly-shaped island in the central Aegean hopes to become Greece’s first carbon-free tourist destination. Under a deal with the government, Volkswagen, a carmaker, has donated several new electric vehicles for use by Astypalea’s public services; it will sell others at cost price to its 1,200 year-round residents. In return, the government has offered more financial assistance for islanders to buy electric cars and will build a solar and wind-fuelled power plant to replace polluting generators.

Unlike other nearby islands, Astypalea is not connected to Greece’s electricity providers. With only 3,000 rooms for visitors in small hotels or flats, tourism is still low-key. Many residents make a living the old-fashioned way: raising goats, keeping bees and fishing. The island was selected for Volkswagen’s experiment after Nikos Komineas, the go-ahead mayor, contacted the transport ministry for help in finding an electric bus to try out on its rough roads.

Most islanders sound keen on the project. Mr Komineas expects the number of private cars on Astypalea to fall by a third over the next five years. Its residents, he says, will get around on electric minibuses, which will be free, linked to a mobile-phone app and available round the clock.

Some observers smell green washing in the project. A bid for a solar park that would generate half the island’s electricity within three years will not get under way before the tourist season ends. A single wind-fuelled engine will be set up only in 2026, assuming the licensing process goes smoothly. That is not normally the case in the Aegean, where islanders worry that tourists will go elsewhere if the view is spoiled by an engine 200 meters high. And even then, the solar and wind-fulled power unit is planned to cover only about 80% of summer demand. But it is a start.

1. Why has Volkswagen signed the deal with the government?

A．To control car prices.	B．To help generate electricity.
C．To promote public transport.	D．To build a zero-carbon island.

2. What makes Astypalea different from other nearby islands?

A．It has an aggressive leader.

B．It is out of the national electricity network.

C．It is a crowded tourist destination.

D．It has various goats, bees and fishes.

3. What can be inferred from the text?

A．The experiment will come to nothing.

B．There are barriers in conducting the project.

C．Green tourism will become a trend in Greece.

D．The islanders are unwilling to change their lifestyle.

4. What does the author think of the project?

A．It’s pioneering.	B．It’s practical.
C．It’s destructive.	D．It’s costly.