Hungary’s capital sparkles(闪耀)in winter and it’s a great place to see in the New Year. There’s festive cheer on tap, with concerts, folk dancing and stalls selling wine or fruit brandy and traditional chimney cake outsides. New Year’s Eve is celebrated with fireworks over the Danube(多瑙河), and it’s worth booking one of the many river cruises(巡游)with dinner and DJs (free and open 24/7, but likely to be crowded).
A four-night trip with Travel Republic costs £449 for a family (2 adults with 1 child under 6), departing Stansted on 28 December with Ryanair, with B&B accommodation at the central Atrium Budapest Hotel.
For a slightly more cerebral(理智的)New Year’s Eve, Stockholm is a smart choice. The main celebration is at Skansen, Sweden’s oldest open-air museum. Enterainment starts at 8 p.m. with singing and dancing, and peaks with a recitation of the poem Ring Out. Evening tickets are £l4 for adults (children under 6 go free), or there are new day and evening combination tickets (£l6 adult/£5 child). On New Year’s Day, early birds can try an introduction to ice skating (8 a.m. daily, £139).
Book it Ryanair, Norwegian and SAS fly to Stockholm from several UK airports.
The land of fire and ice lives up to its name on New Year’s Eve, when about 90 bonfires(篝火)are lit across the country. Some bonfires are accompanied by Icelandic singing; most start about 8 p.m. and finish by 10 p.m., which can be a good time to see the northern lights. After the fires, everyone goes home to watch Áramótaskaup, a TV show that has been running on 31 December since 1966. But that doesn’t mean the party is over just before midnight, they all come back out to let off an astonishing amount of fireworks, with profits going to Icelandic Search and Rescue Association, which does life-saving work, and is run by volunteers and is a cause close to most Icelanders’ hearts.
Book it Wow Air and Wizz Air, easyJet and Icelandair fly to Reykjavik from several UK cities.
1.According to the passage, when travelling to one of the three cities on New Year’s Eve, you can ________.
A. have a free but maybe uncomfortable cruise along the Danube
B. go ice skating with your close friends in Stockholm
C. light the bonfires in Iceland and join in Icelandic singing
D. watch Áramótaskaup and be a volunteer to let off fireworks
2.If an English couple with a child aged 5 want to celebrate the new year by enjoying poems, how much will they pay at least?
A. £14. B. £21. C. £28. D. £37.
We don’t meet people by accident.
Every person you meet will have a(n) ____ in your life, big or small. Some will help you grow and inspire you to do better, ____ some will let you down or even hurt you. At the same time, you are ____ some role in their lives as well. After all, paths ____ for a reason and we are supposed to treat people with significance.
The best teachers are those who don’t tell you how to get there but ____ the way.
There is no better joy than ____ people see a vision for themselves, seeing them go to levels ____ than they ever would have imagined on their own. But that doesn’t ____ you have to fix them or enable them; instead, ____ them to the source of their own power. Offer them support and ____ to fight as they find their own way and show you ____ they’re capable of. All you have to do is believe in them.
Never ____ someone even if he fails unless you are helping them up.
We like to think of life as a meritocracy(精英), so it’s easy to look down on someone who isn’t as ____ or accomplished or well educated as you are. But you have no idea how ____ that person has already climbed or where they will ____. Time could easily reverse(翻转)your ____, so be sure you treat everyone with ____.
____ those who have supported you, forgive those who have ____ you, help those who need you.
Business is complicated, life is complex, and leadership is difficult. Treat all people including yourself with love and compassion(同情), and you can’t ____.
Treat people the way you want to be treated and life will instantly get better.
1.A. chance B. role C. relation D. place
2.A. while B. if C. when D. though
3.A. changing B. creating C. finding D. playing
4.A. cross B. end C. wind D. begin
5.A. push B. find C. show D. feel
6.A. helping B. making C. having D. letting
7.A. better B. higher C. richer D. farther
8.A. say B. mean C. explain D. describe
9.A. attach B. relate C. adapt D. guide
10.A. motivation B. shelter C. prediction D. evidence
11.A. that B. which C. what D. how
12.A. look down on B. take care of C. put up with D. show respect for
13.A. lucky B. wise C. enthusiastic D. successful
14.A. far B. long C. many D. much
15.A. work out B. fade away C. end up D. get along
16.A. instructions B. positions C. directions D. situations
17.A. equality B. respect C. quality D. identity
18.A. Praise B. Appreciate C. Tolerate D. Expect
19.A. hurt B. hated C. interrupted D. annoyed
20.A. go back B. go wrong C. go blind D. go out
I’m going to Syria. Would you please tell me your experiences there?
________. Let’s discuss it over dinner.
A. Never mind B. Go ahead C. By all means D. It just depends
I can’t understand why he ________ so angry. I meant no offence.
It’s typical of him to be so sensitive.
A. must have been B. should have been C. might have been D. can have been
________ offensive nicknames are seen as a form of bullying at school, next time you want to call someone by its nickname, weigh it before you do.
A. Since B. Unless C. Although D. Before
The lecture ________, a lively question-and answer session followed.
A. being given B. had been given C. to be given D. having been given
