Recommended Tours in the USA
Adventure is calling, and whether a challenging hike or an urban hotspot depends on you. We rounded up some of the best tours for you to enjoy.
The Havasupai Falls Tour, Arizona
Duration (时长): 10 hours
These gorgeous blue-green waterfalls can be found deep in the Grand Canyon (峡谷). The views are breathtaking, but to reach this paradise, you must be able to hike 10 miles there and back. We think this beautiful place is totally worth the effort to get there.
The Chicago Architecture Tour, Chicago
Duration: 8 hours
You’re going to take in the most famous buildings on the Chicago Architecture Tour. On this particular tour, you can also taste different wine, beer, or cocktails as you stretch your neck to enjoy the beauty of some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world.
The Library Hotel Tour, New York
Duration: 5 hours
The crowds and chaos of New York can be unbearable, but this cozy hotel offers the perfect escape for any bookish traveler. Stop by the large bookshelf that reaches up to the ceiling or head for the poetry garden with a friend, enjoying the sights of midtown.
The Foreign Cinema Tour, California
Duration: 8 hours
Combine your love of fine food and film at the Foreign Cinema in San Francisco, California. It plays a variety of movies, from Singin’ in the Rain, to Princess Bride, to Gravity. Guests can enjoy these screenings in a room with foods like oysters, sea bass, and sirloin beef steak.
1.If you want to go hiking, which tour is the best choice?
A.The Havasupai Falls Tour. B.The Chicago Architecture Tour.
C.The Library Hotel Tour. D.The Foreign Cinema Tour.
2.What can you do on the Chicago Architecture Tour?
A.Watch different kinds of movies.
B.Get a beautiful sight of waterfalls.
C.Enjoy the scenery of tall buildings.
D.Read books and chat with a friend in the garden.
3.What do these four tours have in common?
A.They are all tours in the city.
B.They are all short tours within a day.
C.They can let tourists enjoy all kinds of foods.
D.They are all sightseeing tours in the USA.
假如你是李华，你的英国笔友 Tom 正在学习中文，了解到中国四大名著(China's four great classics)的知识并写信与你交流。作为一名古典文学爱好者，你很高兴地回信给他， 介绍你最爱的四大名著中的某个人物(character)以及原因。
注意：
1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 可以增加适当的细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：
Journey to the West 《西游记》 A Dream of Red Mansions 《红楼梦》
Water Margin《水浒传》 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 《三国演义》
Dear Tom,
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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：把多余的词用斜线（\）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、答案请写在答题卷上；
2、只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分；
3、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
4、答题符号、格式要规范：
One June, I helped my grandma water the freshly planted flowers around the house. She was so gentle with them no wonder they grew so fast. When all the work were finished, I ran to get my bike to ride for a while. As I was getting on it, however, I noticed there was anything new. I got off and kneel down on the walkway leading to our house. I found a single wild flower coming out of a crack by the walkway, without the water, soil or love.
The surprised new life hit me a lot. Sometimes in my own life, I felt my grow looked like grandma’s flowers, that were loved and cared for. At other times I felt as if I were that wild flower, growing by the walkway quiet and having to grow through the solid concrete. I realized that it doesn’t matter where you grow and it just matters that you grow.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Gone are the days1. people were happy to spend their holiday sitting on a beach. Travelling today is more about searching2. adventures. As shown in the graphic above, 50 percent of the Americans 3. (survey) would like to swim with wildlife in the ocean during their vacation.
But to make4. clear, adventure holidays don’t have to be about pushing yourself to your physical limit –things like visiting the South Pole,5. hiking in a desert. They can be anything “experiential”, such as6. ( go) hunting with indigenous ( 土 著 的 ) people in Australia. Even not booking a hotel but just taking7. flight to a new place is8. (adventure) enough.
As UK explorer Levison Wood once9. (write) in The Telegraph, “It’s more the sense of accepting the unknown and embracing the10. (uncertain).”
I developed a crush (热爱) on a cute girl I met in a pet store. She led a very___ lifestyle and we did not have much to talk about. But somehow none of this seemed to___ . I enjoyed being with her and I felt a sparkle in her presence. And it seemed to me that she enjoyed my___ as well.
When I learned her birthday was coming up, I decided to ask her out. On the threshold (门槛) of calling her, I sat and looked at the phone for about half an hour. Then I dialed and hung up____ it rang. I felt like a high school boy, bouncing between___ anticipation and fear of rejection.
A voice from hell kept telling me that she would not like me and that I had a lot of___ asking her out. But I felt too enthusiastic about being with her to let the _______ stop me.__________ I got up the nerve to ask her. She thanked me for calling and told me she already had____.
I felt shot down. The___ voice that told me not to call advised me to give up before I was ____ embarrassed.______ there was more inside of me that wanted to come to________ . I had feeling for this woman, and I had to express them.
So I bought her a pretty birthday card on which I wrote a____ note. I walked around the corner to her pet shop. As I approached the door, that same disturbing voice_____ me, "What if she doesn't like you? What if she__________ you?" Feeling vulnerable, I stuffed the__________ under my shirt. I decided that if she showed me_____ of affection, I would give it to her; if she was cool to me, I would leave the card_____ . This way I would not be _____ and would avoid rejection or embarrassment.
1.A.simple B.modern C.different D.casual
2.A.affect B.matter C.work D.develop
3.A.company B.absence C.joke D.affection
4.A.before B.after C.until D.while
5.A.patient B.active C.excited D.anxious
6.A.reasons B.time C.nerve D.chances
7.A.fear B.trick C.expectation D.difficulty
8.A.Fortunately B.Gradually C.Consequently D.Finally
9.A.a boyfriend B.invitations C.activities D.plans
10.A.kind B.same C.fearful D.wise
11.A.deeply B.repeatedly C.further D.nakedly
12.A.But B.So C.And D.Otherwise
13.A.operation B.reality C.understanding D.life
14.A.honest B.poetic C.complex D.grateful
15.A.cautioned B.convinced C.rang D.pushed
16.A.accepts B.appreciates C.rejects D.questions
17.A.hand B.card C.love D.secret
18.A.gifts B.words C.symbols D.signs
19.A.unread B.hidden C.mysterious D.behind
20.A.at a loss B.without doubt C.in disguise D.at risk
Scientists don’t know yet whether cell phones are bad for the brain.1.
In the experiment, the 47 participants may have looked a little strange. Each of them had two Samsung cell phones tied to his or her head—one on each ear.2. The phone on the right ear played a message for 50 minutes, but the participants couldn’t hear it because the sound was off. After 50 minutes with two phone attached to their heads, the participants were given PET scans. The PET scan is a way to take a three-dimensional picture of how the inside of the bodyworks.
The PET scan showed that the left side of each participant’s brain hadn’t changed from the way it was before the experiment.3. These right-side brain cells were using almost as much glucose as the brain uses when a person is talking. This suggests that brain cells there were active even without the person hearing or talking anything. This activity, the scientists say, was probably touched off by radiation from the phone.
4. They release different amounts of radiation depending on whether a person is talking or listening, the type of phone, the number of people using phones nearby, and the distance to the nearest cell phone tower. All of these changes make it difficult to collect evidence about any health risks of cell phones, since exposure to radiation can vary.
So for those who don’t want to wait to find out for sure whether cell phones are bad for the brain, there are ways to talk more safely.5.
A.The phone on the left ear was off.
B.So an experiment was done to attempt to find it out.
C.People should avoid having a long conversation by using cell phones.
D.Cell phones do not always give out the same amount of energy.
E.You can have short conversations, use a speakerphone to keep the phone away from your head.
F.The right side of the brain, however, had used more glucose, which provided fuel to brain cells.
G.From the PET scan the differences between the two sides of the brain were observed.
