1 . Do you want something to have fun? Well, look at a list of some activities.
Living like Summer Flowers
As the first exhibition in the new space of Fangyuan Art Museum, with the theme of flowers, it showcases many new works by artist Yan Ping. This exhibition aims to express the beauty of the power of life, and to discover the beauty that we have overlooked in the world.
The “Big Yellow Duck”
Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman will bring his big rubber(橡胶) duck to the Today Art Museum in Beijing, inviting you to participate in this nearly three month party. This exhibition is Hofman’s first large-scale solo exhibition in China. More than 25 new works will be displayed, presenting the landmark of Hofman’s more than 20 years of artistic career.
Yoga in Hutong
We are excited to offer a truly magical experience to our community at the absolutely attractive hutong place, Z-Space.Start your Sunday morning with 75-minute movement to awaken your body and mind, and fuel your spirit. After class, we’ll enjoy a selection of snacks and drinks.
Viewing the Sand Ridge
Contemporary ink artist Tan Jun will hold his solo exhibition “Guansha Ridge” at Beijing Soka Art. In this exhibition, there will be 8 collections of photography and painting, adding a new experience to the viewer’s way of viewing and feeling the mysterious poetic world.
1. Where can you watch some works about flowers?| A．At Z-Space. | B．At Beijing Soka Art. |
| C．At Today Art Museum. | D．At Fangyuan Art Museum. |
| A．Yoga in Hutong. | B．The “Big Yellow Duck”. |
| C．Viewing the Sand Ridge. | D．Living like Summer Flowers. |
| A．Hold a party. | B．Visit a big duck. |
| C．Eat some food. | D．Paint some pictures. |
2 . William Lindesay, a famous Great Wall expert and conservationist, and his wife Wu Qi have traveled the globe by the back paths, providing their sons with a unique growing environment. Sun hats, backpacks and sneakers (运动鞋)—these are the day-to-day must-haves for the family.
Most of their trips seem far from relaxing—cultural study in the hot and dry desert, a 53-kilometer hiking tour of New Zealand, a one-day climb to three English mountaintops and a six-day train ride from Beijing to Moscow.
Many assume the family must be wealthy and can afford their global travel, but they are not. Lindesay says they just choose to spend money on travel and eschew pricey hotels and restaurants where possible. Lindesay mentions the trip to Moscow as an example. Instead of taking a taxi from the railway station to the hotel, they took the subway. “We crossed the city for saving money, communicated with local people, and saw they are people just like us, everywhere. We arrived at our destination feeling comfortable.”
However, their journeys, which can last weeks or months, have sometimes been inconsistent with their children’s schooling. Wu remembers once Lindesay let their elder son ask for leave so that they could go to New York for a 45-day lecture tour. Therefore the son missed his final exam. Things like that bother the family all the time.
Lindesay attaches great importance to learning out of the classroom, saying that children might score well on school tests, but traveling outside, in distant lands with different languages, cultures, and political structures, is the real test. “You can only get streetwise on the street. You can only get worldly-wise when seeing the world,” he says.
1. How can we describe the Lindesays’ trips?| A．Pleasant. | B．Challenging. | C．relaxing. | D．Dangerous. |
| A．Avoid. | B．Visit. | C．Compare. | D．Evaluate. |
| A．They suffer from a tight budget. | B．They have scheduling conflicts. |
| C．They are faced with language barriers. | D．They hold different educational ideas. |
| A．Nothing is so necessary for travelers as languages. |
| B．There is no royal road to learning. |
| C．Actions speak louder than words. |
| D．Man who travels far knows more. |
3 . Atlanta Street Art Bike Tour
You will see all the latest happenings in Atlanta, and the more you ride, the more you will enjoy the weather. You will be introduced to the art exhibits in Atlanta by a professional tour guide. The tour will last two and a half hours. You have to meet up with your guide 15 minutes early before the start of your activity.
Georgia Horseback Ride with Wine Tasting
If you’re planning a trip to the northeastern part of Georgia, you can go horseback riding. After the horseback ride, you will be treated to a picnic lunch featuring turkey, nuts, and seasonal greens from the organic farm. After lunch, you will be driven to the nearby winery (酿酒厂) for an afternoon of wine tasting. There are six different seasonal wines to try.
Lost in Time Escape Room
It will leave you in a dark place where you are not sure where you are going. You will have to solve puzzles and use your intelligence to get out within a given period of time. It is a great group activity, so you will also have to work with the group to gain enough information and get out in the end. This will be a perfect tour that can make you have a lot of fun.
Atlanta Christmas Lights Segway Tour
Check out all the holiday beauty in Atlanta on this one-hour Segway tour. Travel through the Centennial Olympic Park and Pemberton Place with your local, talented tour guide. Both locations are carefully decorated with the most beautiful Christmas decorations, so be sure to book your tour ahead of time, whether you are local or a visitor from out of town.
1. What do we know about Atlanta Street Art Bike Tour?| A．It offers visitors a lunch picnic for free. |
| B．It is aimed at protecting the environment. |
| C．It takes visitors a whole afternoon to finish it. |
| D．It makes visitors know what’s happened recently in Atlanta. |
| A．Attend art exhibitions with a tour guide. |
| B．Try to get out of a dark place using intelligence. |
| C．Enjoy beautiful Christmas decorations on a bike. |
| D．Visit a winery and have a taste of different wines. |
| A．Atlanta Street Art Bike Tour. | B．Georgia Horseback Ride with Wine Tasting. |
| C．Lost in Time Escape Room. | D．Atlanta Christmas Lights Segway Tour. |
4 . Your Garden Escape
Even in the big city you can find oases (绿洲) of calm and beauty. From a royal palace to a classical garden, we recommend great green spaces to escape the hustle and bustle(喧嚣繁忙) of London.
Horniman Gardens
Homiman Gardens cover 16 acres with breathtaking views of London. Visitors can enjoy the Sound Garden, Meadow Field, and even a Prehistoric Garden, which features a display of “living fossils”. The gardens are very popular with families, and dogs can be let off their leads in the Meadow Field.
Chiswick Garden
As a classical garden landscape in London, it was here that the English Landscape Movement was born with William Kent’s designs. Enjoy fresh bread, seasonal food, and natural wines in the award-winning cafe, while admiring the beauty of the natural scenery, spotted with impressive art and statues.
Buckingham Palace Garden
The 39-acre garden boasts more than 350 types of wildflowers, over 200 trees and a three-acre lake. The garden also provides a habitat for native birds rarely seen in London. A tour of the garden can be completed by having a cream tea in the cafe overlooking the Palace’s famous grassland and lake.
Kew Garden
The Royal Botanic Garden at Kew is one of the world’s most famous gardens and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Have a walk through the vast garden, spot local wildlife at the lake, or get your hands dirty by trying a gardening lesson. Be sure to visit the Temperate House, which contains some of the rarest and most threatened plants.
1. What can visitors do in both Homiman Gardens and Chiswick Garden?| A．Study living fossils. | B．Enjoy fine views. |
| C．Appreciate impressive art. | D．Taste delicious food. |
| A．Homiman Gardens. | B．Chiswick Garden. |
| C．Buckingham Palace Garden. | D．Kew Garden. |
| A．To stress the necessity of garden escape. |
| B．To entertain interested garden visitors. |
| C．To introduce famous gardens to visitors. |
| D．To show the benefits of touring gardens. |
5 . Why do people travel? There are many reasons one can think of when asked questions like this.
To travel far enough to meet yourself
Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere.
If you look back at all the amazing memories of your life, you will realize that most of them were out of your comfort zone. Travelling is dangerous, full of life threatening possibilities and will not always be comfortable, but at the same time, it gives irreplaceable memories.
To slow down and relax
A wise man once said that never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. Money is worth nothing if you cannot spend it on a little adventure. While we are deeply involved in making money, we forget that time is going through our fingers.
To celebrate life
Life is short and the world is wide. One day you might wake up and realize that you don’t have time to do everything that you have always wanted to do, anymore. Once in a while, make time to appreciate the fact that you are alive, young, free and healthy.
| A．To become a storyteller. |
| B．Travelling lets you discover yourself. |
| C．To break through your comfort zone. |
| D．So, go travelling to celebrate life itself. |
| E．You can relate to the world and connect to others. |
| F．And the feeling of being away from your boss for a few days is pure pleasure. |
| G．Escape life for a little while because experience is far more valuable than money. |
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7 . It’s important to have great travel news sources that you can trust. In this blog we are to share the top travel news websites that you may find useful.
World Tourism Organization
The World Tourism Organization exists to guide, support, advance the global tourism industry. Naturally, their position of influence means they are looked at as an authoritative source of information that people can depend on.
BBC Tourism
The BBC is one familiar news source for many. Its travel section is a great source of global news relating to the tourism industry. You are less likely to find the tourism-related news that goes very deep. However, the website is still a good choice for common people.
Eye for Travel
Reuters News&. Media is also a globally trusted news source, like the BBC. Eye for Travel is its travel section, which, too, enjoys a good reputation (名声). Less focused on breaking news, this website offers detailed and deep information of some important news in the global tourism industry.
The Local
Daily tourism news specifically focusing on Europe is found on this website. The news is written and published in English. Thelocal. com is a general European edition (版本). If you want to get travel information about countries such as Germany, Austria, Sweden, etc., there is also an edition designed for each one of them.
1. Which website is created to improve the global tourism industry?| A．World Tourism Organization. | B．BBC Tourism. |
| C．Eye for Travel. | D．The Local. |
| A．They mainly include breaking news about travel. |
| B．They cover travel news in different languages. |
| C．They have the most subscribers in the world. |
| D．They carry news on the global tourism industry. |
| A．It offers weekly tourism news. |
| B．It centers on European travel news. |
| C．Its designers are able to speak different languages. |
| D．Its news is published in English-speaking countries. |
8 . Earlier this month, I paid a visit to Baluran National Park in eastern Java with my family. This park, named after a dead volcano, is the only place in Indonesia that looks like an African savanna (热带草原). Therefore, it is called Africa in Indonesia. You can see deer, large water buffalo, small mice, peacocks, eagles, monkeys and much more animals.
When walking in the park, we really had the feeling that we were in Africa. This was mainly due to its climate. The air was hot and dry rather than warm and wet. It was completely different from what I got used to in Indonesia and I was so surprised.
In the park, you will never get bored because the whole neighborhood is full of monkeys. But thesemonkeys are rude and aggressive (好斗的). Monkeys guarded our house and wanted food. When we didn’t give them food, they would rob us of food. So each of us was offered a stick by the rangers (护林员). They taught us that when the monkeys were too aggressive we must lift the stick. And it worked perfectly.
In the late afternoon, we went for a walk to explore the area. On the way, we saw many species of trees that couldn’t be found anywhere else in Indonesia. Soon the sunset approached so we decided to go back. But darkness fell about halfway through the journey. We only had poor light from our phones. And we heard only the sounds of animals around us. It was possible that hungry animals might come close to us and take us as their dinner. We started to feel scared and quickened our steps. Just when we were about to reach our breaking point, we saw a ranger, who comforted us and led us to safety.
In the evening, we talked with the ranger about his life in Baluran. And after dinner, he invited us to fish with him at sunrise. We really had a great time in the park, and I always look forward to coming back and experiencing all the excitements again.
1. What do we learn about Baluran National Park?| A．It is a great place for wild animals. | B．It is located in the middle of Africa. |
| C．Tourists find its climate very pleasant. | D．Tourists usually visit it for its volcano. |
| A．To help them walk easily. | B．To drive away unfriendly monkeys. |
| C．To play games with monkeys. | D．To use it to give monkeys food. |
| A．The anxiety to charge their phones. | B．The desire to tell the rangers about their adventure. |
| C．The worry about being robbed at night. | D．The fear of being attacked by wild animals. |
| A．Encourage people to travel to Indonesia. |
| B．Give tips on how to visit Baluran National Park. |
| C．Share her experience at Baluran National Park. |
| D．Advertise Baluran National Park. |
9 . Top recommendations for visiting Arusha
Arusha, the capital city of the Arusha Region, is situated in Northeast Tanzania. It is the most visited Tanzanian city — it’s considered the entry point to the “safari circuit (狩猎路线)”. It provides easy and convenient access to many of the safari destinations and National Parks. In fact, the city itself is set against the beautiful backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Here are our top picks for tourist destinations in Arusha:
The Markets
Arusha is jam-packed with local markets in the centre of the city, where various vendors (摊贩) set up to sell their goods.Most markets have a theme(food, crafts,textiles, etc.). These markets area great way to get a feel for the local culture.
Cafes
Arusha has a robust coffee and cafe scene. You’ll see vendors selling quality African coffee beans all over the city. The popularity of coffee has spilled over into an exciting cafe culture that continues to grow. You can’t go far without spotting a cafe. Each cafe serves up African style coffee,as well as many European and American favorites.
Cultural Heritage Center
The Cultural Heritage Center is located on the suburbs of Arusha. Check out their museum, craft shop,a restaurant, an art gallery, a collection of precious stones, and more. It is a great way to get a sense of the culture and history of Tanzania there. Get ready to learn a lot, and don’t forget to pick up some souvenirs at the various shops.
Tanzanite Experience Museum
Tanzania is home to one of the world’s most popular precious gems (宝石) — the Tanzanite gemstone. Check out the Tanzanite Experience Museum, which guides visitors to understand the history and culture behind this precious gem.
1. Why has Arusha become the most visited city in Tanzania?| A．Because it’s the capital city of the Arusha Region. |
| B．Because it has the most popular national parks. |
| C．Because it’s a gateway to Tanzania’s “safari circuit”. |
| D．Because it is set against the beautiful Mount Kilimanjaro. |
| A．Local markets. | B．Art galleries. | C．Museums. | D．Cafes. |
| A．They all provide markets for vendors. |
| B．They all offer souvenirs to the visitors. |
| C．They all present local cultures to visitors. |
| D．They are all located in the center of the city. |
10 . Waynesville, North Carolina Travel Guide
About 25 miles southwest of Asheville, Waynesville is the perfect western Carolina mountain town with real charm. So why not visit it?
Best Things to Do in Waynesville
●Make the short drive to Waterrock Knob, where you’ll find one of the best trails and views in Western North Carolina.At 5,820 feet, it's the highest visitor center along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
●Go to Cataloochee Valley to see the elk(麋鹿).The valley is filled with wildlife and wildflowers.
●Visit Haywood's Farmers Market, filled with local products from produce to cheese to crafts. Fill up your bag with fresh fruit and sweet treats for a picnic around Lake Junaluska.
●Explore the Frog Level District located on Richland Creck,which features one- and two-story brick and frame buildings from the early 1900s.
Best Time to Visit
Fall is the most popular time for Waynesville tourism. The bright oranges, yellows, and reds of the fall leaves draw crowds from near and far-so you can expect the cost to mirror the demand. Spring, however, is the best time to visit Waynesville if you want to enjoy pleasant weather, and various fairs and festivals.
Where to Stay in Waynesville
You’ll feel at home instantly you pull up to The Yellow House on Plott Creek Road. Built in the Late 1800s, the hotel sits on five rolling acres of land, surrounded by walking paths, two ponds and a stream. There’re ten rooms and suites and each has its own private bath, fireplace and sitting area.
How to Get There
Ashevile Regional Airport is the closest airport. If you’re flying into the area, you’ll need your own transportation to travel around Waynesville. Downtown Waynesville is walkable but exploring further out into the Blue Ridge Mountains requires a car.
1. Where will you most probably have a chance to admire ancient buildings?| A．Waterrock Knob. | B．Cataloochee Valley. |
| C．Frog Level District. | D．Haywood’s Farmers Market. |
| A．The competitive cost. | B．The local cultures, |
| C．The agreeable weather. | D．The natural beauty. |
| A．Rent a car. | B．Feed some wildlife. |
| C．Hike on foot. | D．Grow fresh fruits. |
