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 Overground 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 Overground 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 Overground 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.
Dar and I loved to dance. It was probably the first thing we did together, long before we would share our lives.
We grew up in a small Oregon mountain community where dances were held almost every Saturday night. Dar was seventeen and l was thirteen when we first danced. He was one of the best dancers on the floor, and so was I. We always jitterbugged. No slow dancing for us; nothing remotely romantic.
Our fathers would stand along the wall and watch. Every once in a while, Dar’s dad would smile a little and say, to no one in particular, but my dad could hear, “Boy, my kid can sure dance.” My dad never blinked an eye; he acted like he’d never heard. But a while later he would say, to no one in particular, “That girl of mine can sure dance.”
Our dancing together stopped for five years while Dar was in the South Pacific in World War II. When we met again, Dar was twenty-two, and l was eighteen. We began to date and dance again. We were as good together as we remembered, and this time we added slow dancing.
For us, life is a dance, a movement of rhythms, directions, stumbles, missteps, at times slow and precise, or fast and wild and joyous. We did all the steps.
Two nights before Dar died, the family were with us. We all ate dinner together, and Dar sat with us. He hadn’t been able to eat for several days. After dinner, I put on a Nat King Cole tape. Dar took me in his arms, weak as he was, and we danced and smiled. No tears for us. We were doing what we had loved to do for more than fifty years. It was our last dance---forever unforgettable. I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
1.The author first danced with Dar when____.
A. they were still in their teens
B. they began to date each other
C. they began to share their lives
D. Dar returned from the South Pacific
2.What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in paragraph 3？
A. Her dad didn’t like Dar's father.
B. Her dad was not interested in the dance.
C. Her dad was too focused on his daughter.
D. Her dad thought his daughter danced better.
3.How did the author feel when she danced with Dar for the last time?
A. Regretful. B. Content.
C. Heart-broken. D. Concerned.
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. My Unforgettable Dancing Partner
B. Dance Together to the Last
C. My Last Dance with Dar
D. The Best Dancers
近年来，由于海洋污染和过度捕捞，鱼的数量和种类在急剧地减少。请就此写一篇英语短文，给学校英语广播站投稿。内容要点如下:
1. 海洋渔业资源的现状
2. 分析现状出现的原因
3. 提出解决问题的方法
【参考词汇】 资源 resource
【注 意】 1. 词数100左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
句型结构
阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。
1.Some people left Harry when he _________________________ (陷入困境), but Joe stood by him all the time. (into)
2.The passengers are in danger. First aid is needed badly and _________________________ (越快越好). (soon)
3.A lot of people dived into the lake _________________________ (寻找) the lost diamond ring. (of)
4.The lady _________________________ (注视) the baby for a while and left the room without looking back. (on)
5.It’s fantastic to swim in the sea, but you have to _________________________ (注意) sharks.
词汇基础
根据下列各句句意及所给单词的汉语或首字母提示，用正确形式的单词填空。并把完整单词填写在答题卷相应的位置上。
1.The porter will carry all of your _______________ (行李) to your room.
2.Her _______________ (偏爱) is for comfortable rather than stylish clothes.
3._______________ (诗) is written to celebrate positive human emotions like joy, love and happiness.
4.The ___________ (雕像) of Liberty, standing in New York Harbor, is a world-famous landmark.
5.After the examination, the doctor said that Mr. King was _______________ (康复) nicely from his illness.
6.Although she had been ill for a long time, it still came as a shock when she e____________ died.
7.The country’s economy is mainly a_______________ and depends on crops like coffee.
8.The area, which m____________ 5 kilometres by 3 kilometres, has been purchased by the army.
9.The robbers took away several v_______________ jewels worth about $10000.
10.Xi’ an, once called Chang’ an, used to be the capital of six d_______________.
语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空格处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Working out helps you deal with stress in your job, relationships or any area of life. It is possibly 1. exercise is a form of stress itself and helps your body deal with it in a better way. Australian researchers found that those 2. did 30 minutes of aerobic (有氧的) exercise three times a week responded better to stress and had 3. (low) blood pressure.
Even 4. little exercise, from an easy 10-minute walk to an intense aerobics, seems to decrease your feeling 5. anxiety. Working out regularly may make you smarter now and lessen the 6. (possible) that you’ll lose brain function at your age. According to a recent animal study, exercise can 7. (actual) help the brain develop new cells. In the last few years, it 8. (show) in several studies that regular aerobic exercise can improve the quality of sleep. Naturally, this can make you less tired and be able to function better during the day.
Finally, there’s one more reason to keep 9. (exercise). When you work out regularly, your body simply functions better and you are healthier and less likely 10. (suffer) painful physical condition.
