1 . China is one of the world’s ancient civilizations and has the earliest outstanding bronze casting technology. Here we’ve created a list of 4 museums where you can gain an in-depth understanding of Chinese bronze.

Sanxingdui Museum

Address: Sanxingdui Ruin Site, 133 Xian Road, Guanghan, Deyang, Sichuan province

Hours: Comprehensive Gallery (the first exhibition hall): 8:30-18:00; Bronze Gallery (the second exhibition hall): 8:30-18:30. Last tickets sold at 17:00. Closed on the morning of Chinese New Year’s Eve

Ticket booking: 0838-5651526

General admission: Gallery ticket 80 yuan

Note: Children shorter than 1.2m (including 1.2m) can visit the gallery free of charge. The ticket must be used on the day it is sold and authorizes one visit to each gallery.

National Museum of China

Address: East side of Tian’anmen Square, Dongcheng district, Beijing

Hours: 8:30-17:00 (no entry after 16:30)

General admission: Free (passport required for entry), Closed Mondays (except for national holidays)

E-mail: webmaster@chnmuseum.cn

Shanghai Museum

Address: 201 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu district, Shanghai

Hours: 9:00-17:00 (no entry after 16:00), Closed Mondays (except for national holidays)

E-mail: webmaster@shanghai-museum.org

General admission: free (a max of 8, 000 admitted daily)

Hunan Museum

Address: 50 Dongfeng Road, Changsha, Hunan province

Hours:   9:00-17:00 (no entry after 16:00), Closed Mondays (except for national holidays) and the eve of Chinese New Year

Tel: (+86-731) 8415833, 84475933

E-mail: web@hnmuseum.com

General admission: Free (passport required for entry)

1. Which museum should you choose for your family to visit next Monday?

A．Sanxingdui Museum	B．Hunan Museum
C．Shanghai Museum	D．National Museum of China

2. What do these museums in this passage have in common?

A．They are all free of charge.	B．They all set a deadline for entry.
C．They all lie in the south of China.	D．They can all be available through E-mail.

3. In which part of a newspaper can you most probably read this passage?

A．Science

B．Today’s News

C．Entertainment

D．History and Culture

2 . Fall is one of the absolute best times to go camping. Not only is the summer heat quickly fading from memory, but the landscapes are painted with vibrant colors as the leaves make their annual change from green to gold, orange, and red. If you’re planning a camping trip this autumn, we have some suggestions on where you should go, no matter which part of the country you live in.

Acadia National Park, Maine

Fall comes early to Acadia National Park, with the leaves beginning to change color in early September. Still, the park is one of the best places to set up camp in the autumn, offering around one hundred sites for campers. But, if you want to experience autumn in Maine at its finest, book a spot in the Blackwoods Campground.

Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee

The main attraction at Tennessee’s Fall Creek Falls State Park is its waterfall. But the park has amazing options for campers too, including more than 220 campsites spread out across five different areas in various parts of the 26,000 acre landscape.

Carson National Forest, New Mexico

Home to New Mexico’s highest mountain, Carson National Forest offers visitors plenty of surprises, providing 80 safe campsites. The forest features a 16-mile long hiking trail and is home to elk, bear, big horn sheep, and other large creatures.

Gunnison National Forest, Colorado

With plenty of wild backcountry to explore, thousands of trails to wander, and some of the best fall colors found anywhere on the planet, Gunnison National Forest is a paradise for campers. The region has 56 designated campsites, allowing visitors to choose where to set up camp based on their favorite outdoor settings.

1. Which is the main reason why fall is a good camping time?

A．The scenery is colorful.	B．The summer is very hot.
C．The leaves are painted.	D．The landscapes are vertical.

2. Which place offers the most campsites for visitors?

A．Acadia National Park.	B．Fall Creek Falls State Park.
C．Carson National Forest.	D．Gunnison National Forest.

3. Where should visitors go if they are interested in wildlife?

A．Acadia National Park.	B．Fall Creek Falls State Park.
C．Carson National Forest.	D．Gunnison National Forest.

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 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), the     1     (eight) wonder of the 21st century, opened     2     the morning of October 24th, 2018. The bridge links three areas, making     3     much more convenient to travel from one to another. Since opening, the three-hour drive between Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao     4     (shorten) to 30 minutes. 

The project involved over 400 new patents, broke seven world records, and featured     5     (independent) developed key techniques and design. After     6     8-year struggle, the success of the HZMB achieves     7     several generations have been dreaming of, and amazes the whole world with its demonstration of perfect skills and high-level Chinese standards. The bridge is intended to be     8     (rely) for more than 120 years. From the Belt and Road Initiative to “Created in China”, there is always a group of people     9     (provide) strong technical support for each of the country’s huge projects. From the beginning in December 2009 to the day of the official opening, all     10     (walk) of life made great contributions to the design and construction of the HZMB, contributing “Wisdom of China”.

4 . 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.

2. What does the underlined word “eschew” in paragraph 3 mean?

A．Avoid.

B．Visit.

C．Compare.

D．Evaluate.

3. What problem does the family meet when traveling?

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.

4. Which statement may Lindesay agree with according to the text?

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.

5 . Why does the woman talk to the man?

A．To express excitement.

B．To cut price.

C．To cancel a holiday.

6 . Like many young people, Jessica wants to travel the globe. Unlike most of them, this 25-year-old is doing it _________. She and her husband have spent the last two years traveling the world, stopping everywhere from Paris to Singapore. It might sound like one long, expensive _________, but the couple has an unusual way to make their travel _________.

They’re part of a new form of the _________ economy (经济): an online group of house sitters.

Throughout their no-cost stays in _________ homes, they feed pets and water plants in the homeowner’s _________.

It’s not all sightseeing. The two travellers carefully _________ their trips, scheduling their days around the pets that are sometimes difficult to _________. But house sitting also offers a level of _________ they can’t find in a hotel. “It’s like __________ at a friend’s house,” Jessica says.

The couple has a high __________ rate in getting accepted as house sitters and they always go beyond the homeowner’s __________. For Jessica, that means __________ plenty of pictures of happy pets, keeping the house __________ and leaving a nice small gift before heading to the next house. “You want to make the homeowner feel that they made the right, __________” she says.

1.

A．indoors

B．online

C．single-handed

D．full-time

2.

A．game

B．service

C．vacation

D．flight

3.

A．safe

B．busy

C．helpful

D．affordable

4.

A．local

B．private

C．sharing

D．natural

5.

A．strangers’

B．parents’

C．co-workers’

D．neighbours’

6.

A．favour

B．mind

C．honour

D．absence

7.

A．plan

B．explain

C．compare

D．complete

8.

A．buy

B．please

C．choose

D．transport

9.

A．support

B．comfort

C．control

D．attention

10.

A．cooking

B．staying

C．waiting

D．studying

11.

A．success

B．survival

C．growth

D．interest

12.

A．power

B．abilities

C．expectations

D．understanding

13.

A．admiring

B．buying

C．sending

D．borrowing

14.

A．clean

B．open

C．simple

D．empty

15.

A．guess

B．decision

C．gesture

D．impression

7 . Over the last century, engineers all over the world have spared no effort to achieve the unachievable in bridge design.

Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge

No bridge is as long as the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge in the world. The 164.8-kilometre-long bridge built in 2011 in China serves as part of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. The trip from Ningbo to Jiaxing that previously took 4.5 hours has been reduced to two, thanks to this bridge.

Rio-Niterói Bridge

Completed in 1974, the Rio-Niterói Bridge in Brazil is the second-longest bridge in all of Latin America connecting the cities of Rio and Niterói across the Guanabara Bay. The Rio-Niterói Bridge is technically known as a “box-girder (箱形梁)” bridge, made of special concrete. It receives an astonishing 140,000 (or more) vehicles per day.

Hartland Covered Bridge

The Hartland Covered Bridge is the world’s longest covered bridge. The 1,282-foot-long bridge was opened in 1901 and has been on Canada’s list of National Historic Sites since 1980. Although it was originally built without a roof, the bridge was capped with wooden materials during the repairs in 1921.

Jiaozhou Bay Bridge

The newly-built Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in China was named “world’s longest bridge over water” by Guinness Book of World Records in 2011, a title previously held by the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. The dispute was settled when the title of “longest continuous bridge over water” was given to the causeway, with the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge receiving the title of “longest bridge over water”.

1. On which of the following can trains pass?

A．Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge.

B．Rio-Niterói Bridge.

C．Hartland Covered Bridge.

D．Jiaozhou Bay Bridge.

2. What is special about the Hartland Covered Bridge?

A．It is a busy bridge.	B．It was built in 1980.
C．It has a roof.	D．It is a wooden bridge.

3. Where can you find the longest bridge over water?

A．In America.

B．In Brazil.

C．In Canada.

D．In China.

8 . 假设你是李华，你的美国笔友 Peter 暑假要来中国旅游并在北京停留一天。有两条游览路线让他犹豫不决：1)长城一日游；2)天安门广场、故宫一日游。Peter想征询你的意见。请你给他写一封电子邮件。内容包括：①表示欢迎;② 推荐路线；③ 推荐理由。
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9 . Travelling with friends can be an amazing experience where you could make lifelong memories or it could ruin your friendship.     1     Here are some rules you should follow to make sure your next trip with friends goes as smoothly as possible.

    2     Sure, you and your friends probably have some similar interests, but that’s not always the case. In an effort to keep everyone happy, go over travel plans and expectations ahead of time. Have each person categorize activities or sights into “must-see”, “want to see” and “would go if we have time”. Plan accordingly and make sure everyone can see some of their top attractions.

Communicate and respect each other. Everyone has personal preferences when travelling— from getting the bed closest to the bathroom or sitting in the airplane’s window seat. But sometimes things don’t go as you like. In this case, share your requirements directly with your travel companions.     3     Have a conversation when problems arise, for communication is the key.

Don’t disappear. When travelling with a group — or even just one other person — you may want some alone time. That’s completely fine, but make sure your friends know where you are and have a way of contacting you.     4    

Get off your phone. Of course, your friends will understand if you need to take a call from a family member, or in the event of a work emergency, but other than that, try to stay off your phone.     5     After all, the appeal of this type of trip is to spend time with friends. Just enjoy it!

A．Give each other some space.

B．Include at least one activity for everyone.

C．So it’s important to make sure you and your friend(s) are on the same page.

D．At the same time, listen to their concerns and be respectful of them.

E．Don’t respond to less important work contact or send messages frequently.

F．It’s especially true of travelling in foreign countries or unfamiliar places.

G．And remember that consideration and respect go a long way.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What impressed the man most in the museum?

A．A painting.

B．Some clothes.

C．A china bowl.

2. What will the man do next?

A．Read the poem.

B．Display some pictures.

C．Make a call.