A Time for an adventure?
Are you a bit bored with your nine-to-five routine? Have a look at our exciting range of holidays and decide what type of adventure you'd like.
Activity holidays
Our activity holidays are for everyone, people who love danger or who just like sports. We have a huge variety of water, snow or desert holidays. We'll take you SCUBA diving in the Red Sea or kayaking and white water rafting in Canada. If you prefer snow, you can try skiing or snowboarding in the Alps. For those who like warmer weather, we also have sandboarding-he desert version of skateboarding.
Polar expeditions
Take a cruise to the Antarctic or the Arctic; explore a land of white natural beauty and wonderful wildlife. Our experts will explain everything about the two poles as you watch the penguins in the Antarctic or whales and polar bears in the Arctic.
Cultural journeys
Our cultural journeys will help you discover ancient civilizations: India, Thailand, Egypt and many more. Visit temples, palaces and ancient ruins-just remember to bring your camera! Get to know local ways of life by exploring markets, trying foreign foods and meeting local people.
Trekking tours
We have trekking holidays to famous places such as Machu Picchu or the Everest Base Camp Trek, as well as some nearer to home in the Highlands of Scotland. You don't need to be very sporty, just fairly fit. You'll have a great time enjoying nature with a group of new friends. Some of the holidays include camping, but we'll transport the tents for you!
1.Which tour will you choose if you want to watch animals in nature?
A.Activity holidays. B.Polar expeditions.
C.Cultural journeys. D.Trekking tours.
2.What can explorers probably do during the trekking tours?
A.Do some sports. B.Enjoy sandboarding.
C.Camp on the mountains. D.Try snowboarding in the Alps.
3.Who are the holiday adventure events mainly aimed at?
A.Senior retirees. B.Young teenagers.
C.Regular workers. D.Successful businessmen.
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的概要。
Look inside any family home in the evening, and you might see a typical enough scene: Mom and Dad, each on their own laptop or tablet, streaming movies, catching up on work or maybe answering emails on their smartphones. Meanwhile, one child is chatting online with one school friend while texting another. The other is playing a video game with a friend on the other side of the city at the same time. Each member of the family is totally absorbed in his or her own piece of technology.
According to some experts, the effect of technology on human relationships is worrying as technology becomes a substitute for face-to-face human relationships. It appears to be the case that many people would much rather spend time with their electronic gadgets(电子产品) than with one another. Young people say it is difficult to get their parents’ attention and they have to compete with smartphones, tablets and other technology.
However, a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project offers a more helpful and encouraging view, suggesting that far from replacing human contact, technology can actually better family relationships. Just over half of the 2,253 people surveyed agreed that technology had enabled them to increase their contact with distant family members and 47 percent said it had improved the communication with the people they lived with. Moreover, even the closest members of families need time away from each other at some point to seek their own interests. Family members who might otherwise have sat in separate rooms can now be in the same one while still occupying a different mental space.
Look back at our typical family scene above. Is it any different from four people reading their own books? Or is it driving families apart? Where technology will lead us remains to be seen. Yet there is no need to worry. As a matter of fact how it affects our family relationships depends on our attitude toward technology.
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为响应我市“低碳生活”的号召，学生会向全校学生发出了“告别纸巾，使用手帕”(Using Handkerchiefs Instead of Facial Tissue)的倡议。请你代表学生会，用英语写一封倡议书，内容包括：
①使用纸巾的弊端； ②使用手帕的好处； ③呼吁全体学生一起加入。
注意：1. 词数在80左右；
2. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：面巾纸facial tissue 手帕handkerchief/hanky
Dear fellow students,
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The Students’ Union
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Wang Peng and Yong Hui are couples. Before they got married, they opened their own restaurants and competed fiercely.
Wang Peng thought his meal was good and his restaurant ought to be full of people, but they all went to a newly-opened restaurant 1.belonged to Yong Hui. Driven by 2.curious), Wang Ping came in and 3.(give) a menu. He was amazed at the 4.(limit) food with high prices. But Yong Hui told the customers that they could lose weight 5.they ate there every day. He couldn’t have Yong Hui 6.(get) away with telling lies. After doing research, he realized that neither his restaurant 7.Yong Hui’s offered a healthy diet. Arriving home, Wang Peng rewrote his own sign and hoped to win his 8. (customer) back. But Yong Hui came to his restaurant glaring 9.him angrily. Instead of arguing, they chatted and thought they should combine their ideas and provide 10. balanced menu with foods full of energy and fiber. After some time, they cooperated and got married.
Long ago there was a poor farmer in Russia. He had been very ______ with everything he had. However, when he found his elder brother was ______ than him, he felt disappointed. So he ______ hard about how he could also be richer. Finally he got an idea. He started to spend less money on food and clothes to ______ some money to buy more land. Once he had enough money, he started ______ for land.
He ______ that on the neighboring land, there were some nomads (游牧民) living there. He bought some gifts and went to ______ their head. He presented the gifts to the head and told him the ______ of his visit. The head welcomed him, accepted the gifts and agreed to his ______ to get the land. The head told him that he could have the land ______ giving him anything. He can take as much land as he could ______ by walking through the land before sunset (日落). He should start in the morning and whatever distance he could travel during the ______, he could have it.
The farmer became very ______ when he heard this offer. Now he could have lots of ______ without paying anything. He came ______ the next morning and started running, not walking,______ he could cover the largest area. To reach his goal, he neither ate food, nor drank water, nor had any rest. He just continued ______. Without eating, or drinking, or resting he just got very ______. When he came back to the head in the evening, he ______ right on the spot. Sadly his son buried him in a piece of land about 6 x 4 feet.
Don’t be greedy (贪婪的) or you will ______ everything finally.
1.A.careful B.bored C.pleased D.busy
2.A.healthier B.stronger C.cleverer D.richer
3.A.learned B.thought C.tried D.worked
4.A.save B.spend C.make D.borrow
5.A.waiting B.preparing C.looking D.caring
6.A.explained B.hoped C.guessed D.noticed
7.A.follow B.see C.help D.cheat
8.A.purpose B.result C.condition D.chance
9.A.promise B.suggestion C.request D.order
10.A.for B.by C.before D.without
11.A.farm B.cover C.buy D.have
12.A.day B.month C.week D.year
13.A.interested B.sad C.calm D.happy
14.A.crop B.land C.experience D.knowledge
15.A.quietly B.finally C.early D.suddenly
16.A.even if B.so that C.because D.whether
17.A.running B.walking C.speaking D.dreaming
18.A.nervous B.excited C.worried D.tired
19.A.refused B.appeared C.died D.rested
20.A.face B.lose C.change D.defeat
Tips on Young Adult Life
As you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot of changes. The changes may seem difficult. 1. Don’t panic! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now!
With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about making choices. In this way you can make healthy balanced decisions. 2. You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will show itself to you.
Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. 3. But try not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself.
It is also perfectly natural at this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family. 4. A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens.
This period is a part of the life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout life’s journey. There will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not even see all of your classmates again.
You are a young adult. It is your life. No one can live it for you. 5. So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely!
A.Choose your friends wisely.
B.They may seem to happen quickly.
C.They will help shape the future.
D.You may appreciate what you have in your own life.
E.You will probably want to be independent.
F.The choices that you make from now on will be your choices.
G.Your family has been with you since you came into this world.
