Choose Your One-Day-Tours!
Tour A—Bath &Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge —￡37 until 26 March and ￡39 thereafter.
Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum, Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.
Tour B—Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Mary's Church Tower and Anne Hathaway's —￡32 until 12 March and ￡36 thereafter.
Oxford: Includes a guided tour of England's oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶）”from St Mary’s Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.
Tour C—Windsor Castle &Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace —￡34 until 11 March and ￡37 thereafter.
Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VIII’s favorite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle(entrance fees not included).With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(迷宫)where it is easy to get lost!
Tour D—Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great—￡33 until 18 March and ￡37 thereafter.
Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.
1. Which tour will you choose if you want to see England’s oldest university city?
A. Tour A B. Tour B C. Tour C D. Tour D
2.Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?
A. Windsor Castle & Hampton Court
B. Oxford & Stratford
C. Cambridge
D. Bath & Stonehenge
3.Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?
A. It is a world-famous castle
B. It used to be a well-known maze
C. It is the oldest palace in Britain
D. It used to be the home of royal families
书面表达最近，英国一个名为Gives Me Hope的网站火了，网友分享的一些小故事，给人带来了希望。假定你是李华，请你给在英国的网友Joe推荐这个网站。请根据要求给他写一封邮件，内容要点：
●网站名称和内容 (www. Givesmehope. com)；
●自己看完故事的感受；
●鼓励Joe到网站上分享故事。
注意：
(1)词数：100字左右；
(2)可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
(3)书信格式及开头均已给出 (不计入总词数)。
Dear Joe,
How are you going recently?
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Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
短文改错
文中共有10处错误, 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：把多余的词用斜钱（\）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。
Dear Jim,
I am so exciting that you will come to China．I will free from December 18 and will have a plenty of time to be together with you．I'll meet you at the airport and then you will take Bus No．8 for my home．You worry about the weather here in your email．In fact, the weather here is quite different from it in your city. It isn't very cold, but you needn't bring many clothes with you. During your stay here, I'll take you to some places of interests and you can taste some local snacks．I am sure we will have greatly fun together.
Looking forward to meeting you soon.
John
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More and more middle school students are going to various training classes or having family teachers at weekends. There are two different viewpoints (观点) about it.
Some think it is necessary. First of all, it’s 1. (effective) to study with a teacher than 2. students themselves. Secondly, it can strengthen 3. is learned in class. Besides, they can learn a lot more. Others think it is 4. (necessary). For one thing, students can 5. (easy) form the habit of dependence. For 6. , students need to relax from time to time. What’s more, the purpose of many training classes and family teachers is 7. (make) money.
In my opinion, whether a training class or family teacher8. (need) just depends on yourself. If you are really very weak at or interested in 9. certain subject, maybe it’s OK for you. But be sure to choose a good and suitable class or family teacher, 10. it would be a waste of time and money.
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根据所给首字母, 汉语提示或语境写出符合句意的单词或词组, 每空一词。
1.Middle school students chase after entertainment icons (偶像). That might _____ _____ _____ （与...情况相同）somebody else but not of my desk-mate.
2.I was unable to answer the test questions r_________ the Civil War.
3.She said the terrible weather s_______ harvests in Western Africa that year.
4.Sugar gives quick r_______ to hunger but provides no lasting nourishment (营养).
5.It appears the blue bed-cover_______ _______ (与...形成对比) the yellow curtains.
6.The aged man o______ a quality position in the morning market and began to sell eggs.
7.He ___ ____ ___ (与...一样) Sam in appearance, but somehow looked a little taller.
8.Some of the President’s advisers feared Hitler might _____ _____ _____ (向...宣战) the USA.
9.D______ his lack of experience, he got the job.
10.____ ____ ____ (突然) there was a terrific bang and a flash of smoke.
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Horror seized the heart of the World War І soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. _________in a trench (战壕) with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant _________he might rush out into the "No Man's Land" between the trenches to bring his_________ comrade back.
"You can _________ ," said the Lieutenant, "but I don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may _________ your own life." The Lieutenant's words didn't _________ , and the soldier headed there anyway.
Amazingly he _________ to reach his friend, lifted him onto his shoulder, and brought him back to their company's trench. As the two of them rolled over together to the _________ of the trench, the officer _________ the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend. "I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead, and you are seriously wounded.”
"It was worth it, _________ , sir," the soldier said.
"How do you mean 'worth it'?" responded the Lieutenant. "Your friend is dead!"
"Yes sir," the private answered. "But it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still _________ , and I had the _________ of hearing him say, 'Jim, I knew you'd come.'”
Many a time in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not really _________ how you look at it. Take up all your _________ and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not_________ not doing it later in life.
1.A. OccupiedB. CaughtC. EmployedD. Lost
2.A. asB. ifC. untilD. when
3.A. unconsciousB. deadC. fallenD. stricken
4.A. leaveB. stayC. goD. fight
5.A. throw awayB. put awayC. call offD. take off
6.A. respondB. botherC. affectD. matter
7.A. attemptedB. meantC. tendedD. managed
8.A. bottomB. topC. edgeD. side
9.A. checkedB. researchedC. watchedD. glanced
10.A. thereforeB. moreoverC. thoughD. otherwise
11.A. awakeB. aliveC. injuredD. refreshed
12.A. pleasureB. satisfactionC. honorD. privilege
13.A. concentrates uponB. contributes toC. deals withD. counts on
14.A. courageB. loveC. mindD. inspiration
15.A. forgetB. rememberC. regretD. admit
