Here are four fantastic experiences for you to enjoy wonderful countryside spots, breath-taking scenery and clean, fresh air. Pack your bags and get outside!
Horse-riding
Here’s a novel way of chasing the Northern Lights — on horseback, which is a back-to-nature experience hunting for the aurora borealis. You’ll saddle up (给马备鞍) at dusk and head deeper into the wilds near the Pallas Yllas National Park.
GO: Three-night full-board guided trip, including two nights in a cottage and one night glamping, from £965 per person. See aurora zone. com.
Mountain-biking
You can choose from guided downhill or cross-country mountain biking to road cycling and families can enjoy peaceful, slower paths and farm trails.
Extra activities include hiking, water park.
GO: Five-night B&B packages including transfers and guided biking, from £374 per person. Bike hire from around £15 a day. See wizzair. com.
Camping
Get back to basics on a campsite with none of that fancy glamping. The pitches are large so you can light your own campfire at night. Walkers are in heaven here, hiking among the limestone hills filled with traditional stone walls.
Also a great destination for fishing, sailing and windsurfing on nearby Lake Semerwater.
GO: Non-electric grass tent pitches from £20 a night. Tipi already pitched from £70 a night. See pitchup. com.
Whale-watching
Scotland’s west coast, one of Europe’s best places to catch sight of whales, has launched a new whale trail. It features 30 top places offering opportunities to see the wildlife and showcases whale heritage sites.
GO: Accommodation along the trail is reasonable including B&B in a double room at Torran in Ullapool from £70 a night. See bandbullapool. co. uk.
1.How much might you pay for two days’ bike-hiring in Mountain-biking?
A.£15. B.£20.
C.£30. D.£374.
2.What will you do in Camping?
A.Hunt for animals. B.Enjoy challenging camping.
C.Visit traditional stone walls. D.Climb an across-country mountain.
3.Where can you find coastal B&Bs?
A.At bandbullapool. co. uk. B.At aurora zone. com.
C.At pitchup. com. D.At wizzair. com.
假定你是李华，英国高中生Peter在中国研学时曾暂住你家。他回国后给你寄来礼物感谢你的招待，并在信中委婉表示对你家三世同堂感到惊讶。请你写一封回信，内容包括：
（1）感谢对方赠送的礼物；
（2）简要介绍中国人三世同堂的现象。
注意：1.词数120左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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Last summer, I participated in the Secondary School Program in Harvard. I spent half of the day in my class and homework, and then I'd be free to do I wanted. Since my course was a 8-credit one, it was a lot faster than other summer school course. I had to learn how to keep up with it the pace of my class and study efficient. For me, taking notes were of great help. I also come to know many professors who were available for extra help whenever I needed it. The resources and opportunities combined with the environment here made me want to attending Harvard even more.
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Technological changes brought dramatic new options to Americans 1.(live) in the 1990s. During this decade new forms of entertainment, commerce, research, and communication 2.(become) commonplace in the U. S. The driving force behind much of this change was an innovation popularly known as the Internet.
The Internet was developed during the 1970s by the Department of Defense. In the case of an attack, military advisers suggested 3. advantage of being able to operate one computer from another terminal. In the early days, the Internet was used mainly by scientists to communicate with other scientists.
One early problem faced by Internet users was speed. Phone 4.(line) could only transmit information at a limited rate. The development of fiber-optic(光纤) cables allowed billions of bits of information 5.(receive) every minute. Companies like Intel developed faster microprocessors, so personal computers could process the incoming signals more 6.(rapid).
In the early 1990s, the World Wide Web was developed, in large part, 7. commercial purposes. Corporations created home pages 8. they could place text and graphics to sell products. Soon airline tickets, hotel reservations and even cars could be purchased online. Universities posted research data on the Internet, so students could find 9.(value) information without leaving their dormitories. Companies soon discovered that work could be done at home and submitted online, so a whole new class of telecommuters began to earn a living from home offices unshaven and 10.(wear) pajamas(睡衣).
People live in the present. They plan for the future. History, ______, is the study of the past. Given all the ______ and pressures that come from living in the present and ______ what is yet to come, why bother with what has been? Given all the available branches of knowledge, why insist - as most ______ systems do - on history? And why encourage many students to study even more history than they are _____ to?
Any subject of study needs to be______: supporters must explain why it is worth ______. Like most widely accepted _____, history attracts people who simply ______ the information and modes of thought involved. But for people who are less interested in the subject and more ______ about why they should bother with it, a clearer explanation of its purpose is required.
____ do not perform heart transplants, improve highway design, or arrest criminals. In a society that quite correctly expects education to serve ______ purposes, history’s functions can seem more ______ to determine than those of engineering or medicine. History is in fact very useful, actually _____, but the products of historical study are often less ______ and immediate than those of other subjects.
History helps us understand people, societies and how they ______. For example, how can we ______ past wars (and future threats) without using historical materials? Unfortunately, major aspects of a society’s operation cannot be set up as precise experiments. ______, history must serve, however imperfectly, as our ______, helping us understand who we are and why we do what we do. This, fundamentally, is why we cannot ______ history.
1.A.otherwise B.besides C.however D.therefore
2.A.causes B.demands C.choices D.orders
3.A.avoiding B.fearing C.celebrating D.expecting
4.A.financial B.social C.educational D.political
5.A.required B.invited C.forced D.permitted
6.A.introduced B.explored C.justified D.dropped
7.A.protection B.attention C.expectation D.mention
8.A.subjects B.concepts C.topics D.concerns
9.A.provide B.receive C.share D.like
10.A.doubtful B.worried C.thoughtful D.certain
11.A.Supporters B.Historians C.Audiences D.Teachers
12.A.public B.multiple C.different D.useful
13.A.difficult B.sensible C.secure D.beneficial
14.A.optional B.attractive C.accessible D.vital
15.A.valuable B.interesting C.obvious D.instructive
16.A.feel B.behave C.fight D.live
17.A.prevent B.remember C.evaluate D.declare
18.A.Consequently B.Alternatively C.Fortunately D.Admittedly
19.A.library B.laboratory C.clinic D.museum
20.A.make up for B.give in to C.get close to D.stay away from
I'm trying to ______ an interest in classical music in my children, which I think is good for their future development.
A.foster B.clarify C.express D.discourage
