2 . Going on a road trip? The Statue of Liberty, Golden Gate Bridge and the Hearst Castle 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 the centre, he painted coat after coat of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than l ,300 pounds,with more than 20,000 coats of paint, which is recognised by Guinness World Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.

The Museum of Dirt

Boston, Mass.

The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. In the glass bottles are such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It’s free.

Mount Horeb Mustard Museum

Mount Horeb, Wis.

It’s heaven for hot dog lovers! This museum says that it has to have the world’s largest collection of prepared mustard (芥末). It’s 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, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream!

Paper House

Rock port, Mass,

Elis 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 (回收利用) paper.In fact, “recycling” wasn’t even a word then. The house is framed (以......做框架) with wood, but the walls are made of newspaper only. In all, he used about 100,000 newspapers.

1. What can the underlined word “offbeat” in the first paragraph best be replaced by?

A．perfect.	B．quiet.
C．public.	D．unusual.

2. Which of the following can provide hands-on experience?

A．World’s Largest Ball of Paint.	B．The Museum of Dirt.
C．Mount Horeb Mustard Museum.	D．Paper House.

3. What can we learn from the text?

A．Michael is a famous artist.	B．Paper House is completely made of paper.
C．Visitors needn’t pay for the Museum of Dirt.	D．Glenn is attracted by ancient Chinese civilisation.

5 . Sharon Holland and her husband, Jer, are travelling around the world and saving money at the same time by swapping (交换)houses with strangers to keep the bills low. They only have to pay for their flights, meaning they save hundreds of pounds on their holidays each year.

The couple’s occupation allows them to enjoy long periods of school holidays. Both work as school Deputy Principals, which allows them to take their children, Cian, 23, Miah, 13, and Faye, 11, abroad up to four times per year. On average, they pay £1,250 per year for flights.

Sharon, from Cork, Ireland, has exchanged her home with a stranger 40 times in the last 13 years and says she’s never regret. She said: “I couldn’t imagine travelling in any other way now. Swapping our Irish Georgian farmhouse for another house abroad is amazing. There are home-style houses, modern city apartments and beautiful architectural period houses too. Every holiday is different and staying in someone else’s house makes our experience more rewarding and enjoyable. We are able to meet more locals and understand the culture more than we would if we were to stay at a hotel. We bring our laptops during the summer weeks as we are both responsible for timetabling and school planning but this can be done at a distance”.

Sharon has visited various cities in America, France, Germany, Hungary, ltaly, Spain, Netherlands, the UK and their home country of Ireland. “But our favourite place is Italy. We have been lucky enough to visit there six times. Over the ycars, every experience has been great—from the architecture to the food. We have made some wonderful happy memories for less”, adds she.

1. Why do the couple travel by swapping houses with strangers?

A．To avoid taking flights.

B．To spread local culture.

C．To improve their living condition.

D．To cut down their travel costs.

2. What can we know about Sharon from the text?

A．She comes from England and likes Italy.

B．She never lives in a hotel when traveling.

C．She is fond of the way of swapping houses.

D．She plans to open a school with her husband.

3. What does Sharon think of swapping houses with strangers?

A．Embarrassing.

B．Fantastic.

C．Dangerous.

D．Traditional.

4. What’s the main purpose of the text?

A．To share a couple’s special way of travelling.

B．To advise more people to travel worldwide.

C．To introduce ways of exchanging houses.

D．To teach us how to save money while traveling,

6 . You should see the photo. I’m sitting in red dirt, ________ an ugly purple T-shirt. My face is pink and my hair is wet with sweat. Flies buzz around my head. I’m in the northwest of Australia, on a school trip with 20 parents and 20 kids.

It was a strange choice for a holiday. I like sitting by the pool with a cola, not flies and frogs. I like being ________ and quiet, not a busload of kids. I like ________ washed sheets, not dirty-looking blankets.

But here’s the thing about that photo: I am smiling!

The trip sounded good when I ________. We were told that guides would take us into the heart of the place and I would see a new part of Australia and learn about local ________. Besides I knew it would be a valuable chance for me to stay with my youngest daughter. I would also stay with 40 strangers. I just hope there would be good coffee.

In Darwin we got onto a bus. It quickly became tiresome. The kids were ________ and kept on talking but I hate making small talk.

But later when I looked out at the large empty land, I was surprised at and moved by its ________. Our local guide told us about the land and his culture. I felt far from home.

Finally we reached our ________. There the small room I shared with my daughter was a brick cell, full of crickets (蟋蟀), but too dark to see them.

It didn’t matter. The next nine days were ________. Waterfalls, lakes, community visits, and a trip around Katherine Gorge where we even saw giant crocodiles!

On our last night, a water pipe (管子) ________. We awoke to a mess, everything in water. Usually I would have ________, but it just seemed ________ to be dirty.

Indeed, it was ________ to stay clean. We were hiking in red dirt with temperatures of 35 degrees. Still, I felt a kind of energy I hadn’t ________ in years.

Yes, the coffee was bad, but I was too focused on keeping crickets off my face.

I love that photo of me in the dirt. I look messy but happy. Sometimes it’s another way of traveling. There is beautiful ________ and there is dirt. There was always someone to talk to, someone to laugh with.

1.

A．washing

B．wearing

C．waving

D．watching

2.

A．noisy

B．busy

C．alone

D．shy

3.

A．shortly

B．cautiously

C．freshly

D．clearly

4.

A．signed up

B．showed up

C．stood up

D．woke up

5.

A．guide

B．business

C．culture

D．resource

6.

A．silent

B．encouraged

C．moody

D．excited

7.

A．coldness

B．beauty

C．enthusiasm

D．emptiness

8.

A．goal

B．agreement

C．destination

D．decision

9.

A．killed

B．packed

C．wasted

D．booked

10.

A．cut

B．expanded

C．shortened

D．broke

11.

A．scared

B．complained

C．laughed

D．saddened

12.

A．normal

B．strange

C．unbelievable

D．perfect

13.

A．impossible

B．probable

C．easy

D．important

14.

A．tested

B．stored

C．valued

D．experienced

15.

A．dress

B．weather

C．scenery

D．room

7 . For some in China, the aim of travel is to create 15-second videos on a social-media app, dou yin. As a matter of fact, tourism is for recreation and leisure. The world Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for more than twenty-four hours. Nowadays, apart from the traditional forms, a variety of new types of traveling are emerging.

Experiential travel

Last year’s travel trend was “experiential travel”. This is where tourists look for ways to get to know local culture and interact with local people so they feel less like an outsider but more like a resident.

Transformative travel

It usually goes through three stages—you go to a place that has a very different background than where you come from, you learn wisdom from the new culture and the people you meet, and finally you return home and apply the knowledge to your own life and the lives of those around you.

This last stage is how the “transformation” is completed and what separates transformative travel from experiential travel.

Eco-friendly travel

One way to plan a low-impact trip is to travel a shorter distance, which can reduce your carbon footprint. “One trans-Atlantic flight equals a year’s worth of driving, so consider planning an adventure closer to home,” according to US News.

Dark travel

Chernobyl is one of the most popular examples of the phenomenon known as dark tourism-a term for visiting sites associated with death and suffering, such as Nazi concentration camps in Europe or the 9/11Memorial and Museum in New York.

1. In which column can we read this passage in the newspaper?

A．Science.

B．News.

C．Sports.

D．Tourism.

2. Choosing the Transformative travel, you can________

A．feel less like a local resident.	B．reduce carbon emission.
C．apply the knowledge to your own life.	D．pay a visit to the sites related to sufferings.

3. Which of the following is to travel a shorter distance?

A．Experiential travel.	B．Transformative travel.
C．Eco-friendly travel.	D．Dark travel.

9 . 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号（/\），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

As we all know, traveling can be an excited experience. Let me give you some advices that you have to pay attention to. You can find out more about your destination by surf the Internet before you set out. You needn’t take too many cash. Although it can be very convenient to pay in cash, using credit cards are much more reliable. In addition to, it will be wise of you to take umbrella in case it rains. And if you are to travel abroad, you’d better understanding the cultural diversity. Keep in mind that being politely in foreign countries can help you had a wonderful trip.

10 . 假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Henry来信说他寒假期间将来中国旅游，并借此了解中国文化。请你给他写封回信，内容包括：
1．表示欢迎；
2．推荐景点；
3．简述理由。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Henry：

I’m glad to hear from you.

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Yours，

Li Hua