話題閱讀：旅行
A. Choose the best answer (根據(jù)以下內(nèi)容，選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢?/span>)
If you’re planning on traveling, there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.
?First of all, always check and double-check departure (行程) time. It is amazing how few people really do this carefully. Once I arrived at the airport a few minutes?after ten. My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10:50. When I arrived at the airport, the clerk at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed. Therefore, I had to wait three hours for the next one and missed an important meeting.
The second rule is to remember that even in this age of credit cards, it is still important to have at least a little of the local currency (貨幣) with you when you arrive in a country. This can be necessary if you are flying to a place few tourists normally visit. A few years ago I was sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma. I flew there?from London via (經(jīng)由) Dallas, with very little time to change planes in between. I arrived there at midnight and the bank at the airport was closed. The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi and because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead.
“Listen! I only take real money!”?the driver said angrily. Luckily I was able to borrow a few dollars from a clerk at the hotel, but it was very embarrassing (令人難堪的).
The third and last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you leave. I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in May, when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester, to places like Athens, Rome or Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day.
1. According to the passage, it’s obvious that ________.
A. the author learns some rules of traveling from his own experience
B. the author doesn’t plan his trips or journeys carefully
C. Englishmen like to wear heavy suits wherever they travel
D. the American taxi driver never travels to England
2. What should you make sure first before setting off??________
A. When you will leave. B. Where you will go.
C. How you will travel. D. Whom you will go with.
3. What does the underlined word “there” in Paragraph 3 refer to??________
A. London. B. Manchester. C. Tulsa. D. Dallas.
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage??________
A. The author tells people to choose warm places as their travel destinations.
B. You should remember to take credit cards when traveling.
C. You should know more about the weather of the place you’ll visit.
D. You should take enough change when you travel to another country.
【答案】1.A 2.A 3.C 4.C
Post-reading:?連詞成句
carefully, how, really, do, it, few, amazing, is, people, this
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flight, at the departure desk, me, arrived at, when, my, was closed, told, the airport, that, the clerk, I
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【答案】It is amazing how few people really do this carefully.
When I arrived at the airport, the clerk at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed
B. Choose the best answer and complete the passage (選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)倪x項(xiàng)完成短文)
Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet (西藏).Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like big pieces of ice. Have you _____1_____?seen snowmen ride bicycles? That’s what we looked like! Along the way children who were _____2_____?long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late afternoon.
we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze (結(jié)冰). However, the lakes shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful.
Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was in high spirt and I knew I didn’t need to _____3_____?her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we look around us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After a while, we began going _____4_____?the mountains. It was great fun especially as it slowly became much warmer. At the foot of the mountains, colorful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green grass. Then we had to _____5_____?our caps, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.
In the early evening we stopped to _____6_____.We put up our tent and then we ate. After supper, Wang Wei went to sleep but I stayed _____7_____. At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter. As I _____8_____?below the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.
We will reach Dali in Yunan Province soon, where our cousins will join us. We can hardly wait to see them!
1. A. never B. ever C. even ????D. yet
2. A. dressed in B. put on C. taken off D. dressed up
3. A. follow B. encourage C. remind D. discover
4. A. up B. down C. around D. into
5. A. charge B. check C. chase D. change
6. A. make beds B. make friends C. make camp D. make money
7. A. alive B. alone C. away D. awake
8. A. lie B. lied C. lay D. laid
【答案】1.B 2.A 3.B 4.B 5.D 6.C 7.D 8.C
Post-reading:
Oral task: please share us with one of your travel experiences. ( at least 2 minutes)
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C. Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順。每空格限填一詞，首字母已給）
Tour Guides
These days almost everyone travels. In fact, travel and tourism is the world’s fastest growing s_____1_____?industry. It employs one in every fifteen people around the world. All those people on the job make “getting away from it all” easier than it’s ever been. And while some people think part of the adventure is finding their way around by t_____2_____, others depend on tour guides. These hardy individuals know how to make traveling as easy as pie.
How do they make it so easy? With careful planning, a wealth of knowledge, a good sense of humor and the a_____3_____?to think on their feet. Tour guides never know what might happen. A group member may get lost, become ill or have an accident. A mix-up with hotel reservations can result in “no room at the inn” for the group. Airlines may unexpectedly change schedules or c_____4_____?flights. A tour guide must deal with these difficulties—and keep their group happy.
Not all guides come across these problems, h_____5_____. For guides who give tours in one location, like a city or a historical site, their biggest worry is keeping the information f_____6_____. Repeating the same information dozens of time a day grows old q_____7_____. In addition, these guides must adjust their talks to suit their audiences. Young people or foreign tourists may be interested in different aspects of a site, for example.
Many of these site guides or local guides work only during the summer or tourist season. They may be college students, retired people or local history buffs who just enjoy meeting people. These guides study on their own to learn about their city or site. And they don’t have to take a test before they get a job! People who want to be full-time tour guides don’t have it so easy. They must pass courses in community colleges or special travel schools.
1. ________ ?2. ________ ?3. ________ ?4. ________ ?5. ________ ?6. ________ ?7. ________
【答案】1.service 2. themselves 3. ability 4. cancel 5. however 6.fresh 7. quickly
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Post-reading
hardy ?adj. 堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的，吃苦耐勞的
a wealth of ???很多的，大量的
think on one’s feet ?反應(yīng)迅速
buff ??n. 愛(ài)好者
mix-up ??n. 混戰(zhàn)，混亂
reservation ??n. 保留，預(yù)定
unexpectedly ??adv. 出乎意料地
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D. Answer the questions（根據(jù)以下內(nèi)容回答問(wèn)題）
My name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one. Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college if Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. After graduating from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister, “Where are we going?” It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Now she is planning our schedule for the trip.
I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be really stubborn. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly. Now I know that the proper way is always her way. I kept asking her, “When are we leaving and when are we coming back?” I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet. Of course she hadn’t; my sister doesn’t care about details. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a determined look -- the kind that said she would not change her mind. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, she seemed to be excited about it. When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience. I know my sister well. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give in.
Several months before our trip, Wang Wei and I went to the library. We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography. From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier on a mountain in Qinghai Province. At first river is small and the water is clear and cold. Then it begins to move quickly. It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys, traveling across western Yunnan Province. Sometimes the river becomes a waterfall and enters wide valleys. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China. After it leaves China and high altitude, the Mekong becomes wide, brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. At last, the river delta enters the South China Sea.
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What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip?
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Who planned the trip to the Mekong?
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Where is the source of the Mekong and which sea does it enter?
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What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?
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What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey?
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6. The world has many great rivers. Can you name some? (give at least three examples)
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【答案】1. Their idea was to take a long bike trip.
2. Wang Wei planned the trip.
3. The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the south China Sea.
4. You can see the source glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls, and plains.
5. The journey will begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and
very cold.
6. Nile in Egypt, Amazon in Brazil, Thames in Britain, Seine in France and Mississippi in the
United States.
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Post-reading.
A short summary about the passage
Wang Kun and Wang Wei have _____1_____ about taking a great bike trip when they _____2_____ from college. They _____3_____ to _____4_____ along the Mekong River with their _____5_____. Wang Wei is very _____6_____. Once she is _____7_____ to do something she will never _____8_____ her mind. Although it is difficult to travel along the Mekong River by bike, she _____9_____ that they find the _____10_____ of the river and begin their journey there.
【答案】1. dreamed 2. graduated 3. decided 4. cycle 5. cousins 6. stubborn 7. determined
8. change 9. insisted 10. source
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