Plan on traveling around the USA this summer. If you need help in arranging the trip, or want ideas about where to go and what to do, there are a number of outstanding websites that can make your American dream come true.
http://byways. org
The National Scenic Byways Program covers l50 memorable roads. Some are natural routes, such as Route l along the California coast. Others focus on history(such as Route 6) or man-made attractions (the Las Vegas Trip). For each, you are provided with a map, told the route’s length and how long is allowed, and given detailed suggestions on sights and stop-offs.
www. oyster. com
This is the best website for reviews of hotels in US cities and resorts. The reviews are impressively thorough--covering locations, rooms, cleanliness, food and so on. Importantly, these are not promotional photos by the hotels, but more honest and revealing ones taken by inspectors. Search facilities are excellent. From the 243 hotels reviewed in the New York, you can narrow down what you are looking for by locations, facilities and styles, or just pick out a selection of the best.
www. 101usaholidays. co. uk
This is the latest offering that features l01 holiday ideas to the USA. It’s an impressively diverse selection, ranging from touring in the footsteps of Martin Luther King to a golfing break in Arizona and a cycling and wine—tasting trip in California’s Napa Valley. Narrow down what you are looking for--whether by price, region, theme and who will be traveling--and then just the photos of the relevant holidays remain on view. It’s a really clever design.
www. mousesavers. com
Walt Disney World in California can make dreams come true, but the price is not affordable for the majority of people.
So turn to long established Mousesavers. com, dedicated to giving big discounts on tickets, hotels and dining at Walt Disney World. The website also offers general money—saving tips, suggestions for cheap and free stuff and brief coverage of other Florida and California theme parks.
1.If you are going to the USA for the man-made attractions, you can drive along________.
A. Route l B. Route 6 C. the Las Vegas Trip D. the California coast
2.Why are the photos of the hotels in US cities and resorts real in WWW. oyster. com?
A. Because they were taken by customers who once lived there.
B. Because there are comments of customers on each photo.
C. Because there are qualifications of the authority.
D. Because they are taken by inspectors of the website.
3.Travel ideas for a big family with kids and the old are available at .
A. http://byways. org B. www. oyster. com
C. www. 101 us holidays. co. uk D. www. mouse savers. com
4.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. WWW.mouse savers.com is a newly established website.
B. Discounted tickets of Walt Disney World are not available for everyone.
C. California’s Napa Valley is famous for its wine.
D. The National Scenic Byways Proclaim covers all the roads in the USA.
5.Where does the text probably come from?
A. A news report.
B. A tourist brochure.
C. A culture journal.
D. A health column.
What could be cuter than your puppy giving his doggy friend a kiss on the nose? Nothing, really. But is your dog actual-fly planting a kiss on his friend? Yes, but that’s only one of the reasons your dog may lick another dog’s nose. Here are some other reasons why your dog may lick another dog’s nose.
During an introduction, a shy and lower-ranking dog will lower his head, avoid direct eye contact and gently extend his tongue to lick the nose of a more confident and high-ranking dog. The first dog licks the nose of the second dog to simply make it know that：he comes in peace.
Dogs who are already friends will also trade kisses. Two strongly bonded dog pals will lick and clean each other. They give each other “dog kisses” showing friendship.
Puppies also “kiss” their mothers, but it's not a gesture of love. When puppies stop suckling(吸吮)their mothers’ tits for milk and start to eat semisolid(半固体)food instead；they lick their mothers’ mouths and noses in the hope of getting the mother to regurgitate(反哺) some semi-digested food.
So how to help your bashful dog make friends with other dogs? You can carefully select confident-but-friendly and good-tempered dogs to play with your shy dog, to help him develop his social skills. Also consider taking him to a special training class that focuses on socialization and positive training technique.
Do not disturb them when your two dogs play “kiss” briefly with each other. Sit back and enjoy this display of friendship. Then call them over and have them do a command such as “sit’’ or “shake paws”. Offer them treats as a reward for being good to each other.
If you foster(收养)a dog and have three or more resident dogs, introduce the foster dog to your brood dog one at a time and let muzzle licking between them happen naturally. Start with your least reactive or most friendly dog. Never force an in production between the dogs because this can deepen the foster dog’s submissiveness or spark a fight.
1.We know a shy and lower—ranking dog licks the nose of a higher-ranking dog to .
A. ask the dog for helpB. show he is friendly
C. show his anger D. show his respect for him
2.What can we know about two dogs who are already friends?
A. They seldom give each other kisses.
B. They usually avoid direct eye contact.
C. They like keeping their friendship a secret.
D. They show their friendship by “dog kisses”.
3.What does the underlined word “bashful” in Paragraphs 5 mean?
A. Shy. B. Honest. C. Lovely. D. Little.
4.What should you do if your two dogs play “kiss” briefly with each other?
A. Ask them to stay away from each other immediately.
B. Ask them to shake tails.
C. Ask them to have a fight.
D. Give them a reward for being friends.
5.The writer wrote this passage to_________.
A. tell us about a study he did recently
B. explain why a dog kisses other dogs
C. tell us how to raise dogs
D. help us to make friends with dogs.
Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system. She was unable to ______. In fact, she could hardly make any ______. Although she believed that she had a______chance of recovering, the doctors said that ______, if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not ______. There, lying in her hospital bed, she______that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was ______.
She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not ______. It seemed that she was ______. The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about______that she could make it. Every day Angela would lie there, ______doing her mental exercise.
One day,___ ___she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle happened: The bed began to _____! “Look, what I’m doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved! "she ______.
Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was ____. More importantly, they were running______safety.
People were crying, and equipment was ____. You see, it was an earthquake. But don’t____that to Angela. She has______that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school. You see, to such a person who can____the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isn’t it?
1.A. see B. hear C. talk D. walk
2.A. progress B. difference C. movement D. achievement
3.A. poor B. good C. little D. special
4.A. few B. all C. some D. most
5.A. satisfied B. delighted C. surprised D. discouraged
6.A. insisted B. sighed C. feared D. promised
7.A. true B. doubtful C. certain D. impossible
8.A. get up B. give up C. turn up D. stand up
9.A. disappointed B. proud C. troubled D. undefeatable
10.A. thinking B. expectingC. pretendingD. imagining
11.A. sadlyB. madlyC. carefullyD. faithfully
12.A. asB. sinceC. afterD. before
13.A. flyB. moveC. rollD. speak
14.A. jumpedB. wonderedC. screamedD. recovered
15.A. frightenedB. pleasedC. annoyedD. encouraged
16.A. inB. byC. forD. with
17.A. risingB. fallingC. missingD. gathering
18.A. tellB. doC. giveD. show
19.A. noticedB. supposedC. believedD. discovered
20.A. pushB. shockC. shakeD. save
—Did you know any German before you came to Berlin?
—Never _______ it, actually.
A. had I learnedB. have I learnedC. I learnedD. was I learning
_______ you are supposed to do is _______ it if you don’t like a thing. Don’t complain.
A. That; changeB. When; to changeC. What; changeD. What; changing
A curve is a line_________no part is straight and which has no angle.
A. that B. whose C. of which D. which
