Visitor Oyster cards are electronic smartcards that come fully charged with credit. Whether you're making a one-off trip to London or you’re a regular visitor, using an Oyster travel smartcard is the easiest way to travel around the city's public transport network. Simply touch the card on the yellow card reader at the doors when you start and end your journey.
Advantages of a Visitor Oyster Card
A Visitor Oyster card is one of the cheapest ways to pay for single journeys on the bus, Tube, DLR, tram, London Over-ground and most National Rail services in London:
● Save time----your card is ready to use as soon as you arrive in London.
● It's more than 50% cheaper than buying a paper travel card or single tickets with cash.
● There is a daily price cap----once you have reached this limit, you won’t pay any more.
● Enjoy special offers and promotions at leading London restaurants, shops and entertainment venues----plus discounts on the Emirates Air Line cable car and Thames Clippers river buses.
Buy a Visitor Oyster card
Buy a Visitor Oyster card before you visit London and get it delivered to your home address. A card costs ￡3 (non-refundable) plus postage. Order online and arrive with your Oyster in hand! You can also buy a Visitor Oyster card from Gatwick Express ticket offices at Gatwick Airport Station and on board Eurostar trains travelling to London.
Add Credit to Your Visitor Oyster Card
You can choose how much credit to add to your card. If you are visiting London for two days, you can start with ￡20 credit. If you run out of credit, add credit at the following locations:
● Touch screen ticket machines in Tube, DLR, London Over-ground and some National Rail stations.
● Around 4,000 Oyster Ticket Stops found in newsagents and small shops across London.
● TFL Visitor and Travel Information Centers.
● Tube and London Over-ground station ticket offices.
● Emirates Air Line terminals.
1.When can you use your Visitor Oyster Card?
A. After you become a regular visitor.
B. Only when you end your journey.
C. Once you arrive in London.
D. Before you leave home.
2.What can we learn about the Visitor Oyster card?
A. It can reach you before your journey to London.
B. It requires you to pay as much as the daily price cap.
C. It can provide you a 50% discount at a London shop.
D. It can be delivered to your home address free of charge.
3.Where can you add credit to your Visitor Oyster card?
A. On the Internet.
B. At a Tube station ticket office.
C. On Eurostar trains.
D. At Gatwick Express ticket offices.
书面表达
你的美国笔友Lucy来信告知她寒假期间将来京旅游，打算买几个风筝作为纪念品(souvenir)带回美国。请你根据以下提示给Lucy写回信。
1. 表示欢迎；
2. 就她购买纪念品的计划说说你的看法；
3. 推荐一个你认为最值得参观的古迹，并说明原因。
注意：1. 词数不少于50；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Lucy，
I learned about your plan from your mail. ____________________________________
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Best wishes!
Yours，
Li Hua
根据中文补全句子，并将答案写在相应位置。
1.Mary是一个总是愿意帮助他人的热心女孩儿。
Mary is a warm-hearted girl ________________.
2.救援人员为那些家园被毁的幸存者盖起了避难所。
Rescue workers built shelters for survivors ________________.
3.我们老师总是让我们使用字典。
Our teacher always ________ dictionaries.
4.Tom问这本书是属于谁的。
Tom asks ________________.
5.我和我的同学们相处得很好，我们已经成为好朋友了。
________ and we have become good friends.
6.她下定决心之后会告诉我们她的选择的。
She will tell us about her choice ________________.
根据句意，选择方框中的单词，将其正确形式填入句中空格，并将答案写在相应位置。
devote; purpose; generous; graduate; outdoors; recognize; doubt; actually |
1.After ________ from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip down the Mekong River.
2.Lisa! I’m sorry I didn’t ________ you. You’ve changed so much!
3.He looked calm, but ________ he was very nervous.
4.Little kids sometimes will make noises on ________ to catch adults’ attention.
5.It is ________ of you to lend your car to him every weekend.
6.There is no ________ that advertising helps improve sales.
7.Playing ________ is good for children’s health.
8.She is so ________ to her work that she always works late into the night.
阅读短文，根据短文回答问题，并将答案写在相应位置。
Doctor Seuss was the name used by Theodor Seuss Geisel, who was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine funny words, funny pictures, and social opinion.
Theodor Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1924, he spent a year studying literature(文学) at Oxford University in England. When he returned to the United States in 1927, he hoped to become a writer of serious literature. But the economic depression(经济萧条) in the United States delayed his dreams of becoming a serious writer. In 1937, he wrote his first book for children, which is called “And To Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street.” However, a number of publishers refused to accept it. They said it was too different from ordinary books. A friend finally published it. Soon other successful books followed. Over the years he wrote more than forty children’s books, which were fun to read. Yet his books sometimes dealt with serious subjects including equality, responsibility and protecting the environment.
Doctor Seuss had a strong desire to help children. In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books were not interesting. Reading the report, Doctor Seuss decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. To make his book easy to read, he used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote “The Cat in the Hat”, in which he used less than two hundred twenty-five words. This was the number of words a six-year-old should be able to read. The book was an immediate success. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today many adults say it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of the book made him want to write more books for children. He started a series called Beginner Books, which remain well liked among children today.
In 1984, Mr. Geisel won a Pulitzer Prize for children’s literature. At that time he had been writing children’s books for almost fifty years. He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents, and his influence remains through the books he wrote. Experts say his books helped change the way American children learned to read.
1.What was Theodor Geisel’s dream when he returned from England?
2.What did Theodor Geisel decide to do after he read the report published in Life magazine?
3.Why did Theodor Geisel finally set his simple writing style?
根据短文内容，从短文后的六个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。将答案写在相应位置。
Beat Summer Learning Loss
Summer learning loss is a loss of knowledge and skills most commonly due to long breaks during the summertime. Many teachers have certainly had the experience of taking the first month of school not only to introduce his or her rules and procedures to the class but also to get the kids back “up to speed” with thinking, remembering what they’ve learned and in many cases, reviewing previous content. 1.
(1)Read!
Research supports the relationship between independent reading and student achievement, so simply having children read daily will make a positive difference. 2. public libraries, local bookstores, online stores, etc.
(2)Write!
Have children write letters to out-of-town friends and family, or write postcards while on vacation. 3. For children who are good at drawing or painting, parents may choose to create a family scrapbook(剪贴簿) with words printed below pictures. Not only will parents keep this summer’s memories, but children will also continue to practice his or her writing skills!
(3)Do the Math!
4. have a yard sale, and put children in charge of the cash box; help younger ones organize an orange juice stand (to practice salesmanship and making change). Or simply buy a set of inexpensive flash cards to practice basic facts while waiting in line or on a long car ride. There are even a host of free online games that will keep children’s math skills sharp.
(4) “Homeschool” Children.
Keeping children’s skills fresh doesn’t have to cost a fortune: check out some workbooks and online resources, and children can work through several exercises each day. Even as little as twenty minutes a day can have amazing results. 5. For instance, children can learn something during a car ride, right before bedtime, etc.
Of course, parents don’t need to do all the steps here. Just following through with one or two of these ways will be of great help.
A. Think of ways children can use math skills in daily activities:
B. A summer journal is another way to set down summer activities.
C. What’s more, it’s easy to work in a small block of time here and there.
D. Check out the following sources to find books that your child will want to dive into.
E. So it’s not a good choice for parents to force children to spend their summertime learning knowledge.
F. Fortunately, there are some steps parents can try to help children both enjoy the summer and keep their skills fresh.
