You can rely on Amsterdam Marketing to assist you in planning your trip to Amsterdam. They are your resources for group travel arrangements, including accommodation, excursions (短途旅游) and everything in between. Whether you’ re a professional tour organizer or arranging a trip for family and friends, Amsterdam Marketing is ready to help!
Group travel in Amsterdam
Our enthusiastic and experienced booking agents are specialized in advising you on unique excursions and activities for all types of groups, from family reunions and bachelor parties to company outings. We have all the inside information about Amsterdam and the surrounding area, and can offer recommendations to match your interests, needs and budget. Let us assist you with the preparations and planning, so you can focus on enjoying your trip.
Accommodation for groups
Amsterdam Marketing can help you reserve accommodation for groups in and around Amsterdam. We will assist you in finding the perfect place for your requirements, ranging from youth hotels to luxury 5-star hotels. You can also combine your hotel booking with special meeting arrangements or entertaining excursions. Don’t hesitate to get in touch for assistance with your group booking!
Custom advice for your trip
There is too much to see and do in Amsterdam! For custom advice to fit your interests, agenda (日程表) and budget, you can rely on the knowledge and experience of a variety of incoming tour operators, event and experience of variety of incoming tour operators, event and excursion agencies, or tour guides. You can also download the Travel Trade Manual for a list of approved partners. Get in touch with them for extended programmes, quotes (报价) and personalized suggestions.
Contact us
Amsterdam Marketing
P.O. Box 3331 1001 AC Amsterdam
Tel：+31(0)20-702 6000
Fax：+31(0)20-201 8850
E-mail: info@amsterdam.com
1.Amsterdam Marketing can offer ________.
A. accommodation in Amsterdam
B. a suitable agenda for your family
C. advice about activities for family reunions
D. suggestions about online ticket booking system
2.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. you can contact Amsterdam Marketing in four ways
B. Amsterdam Marketing can help you book plane tickets
C. incoming tour operators can make a budget for your trip
D. tour organizers can’t get help from Amsterdam Marketing
3.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Budgeting for a trip to Amsterdam.
B. Travelling in Amsterdam with a group.
C. How to contact Amsterdam Marketing.
D. Accommodation advice for group travel.
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
My father asked me to chat with him for a while. Actually, I was unwilling to listen to his talking endlessly as he always did. My father was a lawyer, but I never wanted to go to law school or follow his path through life.
As was expected, he cleared his throat and started to say, “Er... What... What do you really want to do in the gorgeous future?”
I was silent for a moment playing with the cell phone. I kept thinking, “Should I tell him my true thoughts? What if he gets angry? What if I let him down?” later I replied, “Well, I want to be a writer.”
I guessed this may be not the answer he would expect. But surprisingly, “Interesting idea!” he answered. I was shocked, speaking in a low voice with hesitation.
“Are you serious, dad?”
“Well, you need confidence and good preparations, and you still have plenty of time. You need to find out what you really enjoy now. Look, it’s late. Let’s take the boat out tomorrow morning, just you and me. Maybe we can catch some crabs (螃蟹) for dinner, and we can talk more.”
Early next morning we packed up the equipment and set off along the coast. We didn’t talk much, but enjoyed the sound of the seabirds and the sight of the coastline.
There were no big waves and blinding sunlight at that time. “Let’s see if we get lucky,” he said, picked up a web basket with a rope tied and threw it into the sea. We waited a while, then my father stood up and said, “Give me a hand with this,” and we pulled up the crab cage onto the deck.
To our joy, the cage was filled with dozens of soft shell crabs. Squatting (蹲) down, we watched them for a moment. At first they fought against each other to climb out hard, trying to escape. Many were pulled back into the cage. Later, some gave up, but there are still some crabs trying to escape again and again.
注意：
1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键语。
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From that day on, I was determined to make my dream come true. ___________________________________
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假设你是李华，下周有一场古典音乐会，请给你班交换生同学Mike写信邀请他一同欣赏，具体内容如下：
1. 演奏内容：莫扎特的作品
2. 音乐会时间：下周五18:00-20:00
3. 音乐会地点：市大剧院
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 参考词汇：莫扎特Mozart；市大剧院the City Grand Theatre
Dear Mike,
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Yours,
Li Hua
The ratio of overweight people 1. participated in a survey increased from 29% in 2012 to 31.5% in 2016, and 2. number of highly overweight people 3. (rise) to 550,000, creating a serious headache for 4. (medicine) services. The increase of highly overweight people was 5. (particular) sharp among those in their 20s. The numbers came from a study of physical examinations 6. (publish) by the Health Insurance Service.
According to the survey, the highly obesity (肥胖) rate among young people can be a result of their 7. (addict) to salt intake and soft drinks from childhood. Eating too much salty food is considered 8. a main factor leading to health problems. Besides, drinking soft drinks is also to blame because it makes people more likely 9. (gain) weight.
The result may affect the new lifestyle of those people. Cutting down on salt can be hard, 10. repeated training to prefer less salty food is necessary. Start by adding half as much salt to your dinner as you normally do.
Hello, everyone. It’s my honor to recommend (推荐) Educator of the year. I’m sure everyone has a(an) ______ teacher that they will be able to ______ for years to come. There is one famous teacher that everyone wants to have in our middle school—Ms. Sullivan, whose _______you must often hear at school. Ms. Sullivan does a lot of things to make herself ______.
First of all, she has great enthusiasm for her ______. She teaches many different classes—Language Arts Enrichment, Writing for Publication and Reader’s Theater, though most teachers in middle school only teach one ______, such as Math, Social Studies, Science, etc. Ms. Sullivan is also responsible for ______ the school play. Every year she devotes her time into ______ an amazing school play. Luckily I have been a part of it and ______ it so much!
In addition, Ms. Sullivan always shows her students that she ______ us, whether in our study or in life. Some teachers teach us the lessons in a strict way, ______ Ms. Sullivan shows us that she is always ______ like a friend. In writing classes, she makes us have a group discussion first, which I think is a good way to ______ our creative ideas. Then she lets us ______ write our stories at our own speed. She ______ everything we write and gives us a(an) ______ opinion about it. We are getting more ______ writing a composition, and no longer consider it hard work. Most importantly, she also makes each of her classes ______.
____, I think Ms. Sullivan should be Educator of the Year. Even if she doesn’t get the ______, she still deserves our respect and love!
1.A. energetic B. favorite C. enthusiastic D. responsible
2.A. follow B. visit C. remember D. understand
3.A. name B. lecture C. essay D. behavior
4.A. humorous B. amusing C. intelligent D. amazing
5.A. work B. life C. hobbies D. performance
6.A. student B. term C. object D. subject
7.A. delivering B. deciding C. directing D. describing
8.A. calling on B. putting on C. depending on D. turning on
9.A. enjoyed B. expected C. achieved D. appeared
10.A. cares B. controls C. considers D. requires
11.A. unless B. while C. because D. if
12.A. acceptable B. affordable C. accessible D. absent
13.A. change B. believe C. affect D. develop
14.A. quietly B. quickly C. freely D. easily
15.A. studies B. checks C. designs D. tests
16.A. honest B. embarrassing C. common D. regular
17.A. proud of B. addictive to C. connected with D. confident in
18.A. living B. lively C. lovely D. live
19.A. In particular B. In time C. In conclusion D. In return
20.A. aim B. progress C. permission D. honor
Do you want to create more successful writings? Perhaps you can benefit from the following suggestions on excellent writing.
You need time. A lot of smart people lie to themselves like, “I finish my task best at the last minute.” In fact, it’s not true. 1. Sure, you are smart, but you still need to have some pressure. For example, if you are working on an important topic, why do you think that you can write well at midnight just before the conference? Writing can be a miracle if you are given enough time.
Writing requires practice. 2. Would you do nothing before running a marathon? No, you would practice running gradually to make your body stronger. In order to become a writer, you need to write.
Write at the best time. I happen to be a morning person, so I write early in the day. Then I spend the rest of my day teaching or having meetings. 3.
4. Or, at least, they are not correct to some extent. Nearly all of the best scholars are changed by their experiences in doing research and writing about it. They learn by doing, and sometimes what they learn is that they were wrong.
Revise your writing again and again. Have other people look at it. You need to overcome a fear of refusal. 5. The difference between a successful scholar and a failed one is about who is better at writing and revising.
A. Not all of your thoughts are influential.
B. No one works better with time running out.
C. You get better and faster through exercise.
D. Exchange papers with peers or an instructor.
E. Your first thoughts are often wrong.
F. Make sure you save your most productive time for writing.
G. Nobody’s first drafts (草稿) are good.
