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Day 1 New York-Corning Glass Factory-Finger Lakes-Niagara Falls. The tour departs at 8 a. m. from the Milford Plaza Hotel, 270 W. 45th Street (at 8th Ave.), heading north and west to Corning to visit the famous Glass Center where Corningware and Steuben glass are made. This afternoon drive through the attractive Finger Lakes country to Niagara Falls. Evening at leisure with an optional excursion to see the Falls floodlit (泛光灯照明的) by four million candle power of colored lights.
Day 2 Niagara Falls. Included sightseeing. Your included morning sightseeing tour will show you this spectacular and massive waterfall from various vantage points. For an amazing close-up view from below the thundering waters take an optional boat ride aboard the “Maid of the Mist.” The rest of day at leisure.
Day 3 Niagara-Harrisburg area. Head south today following the Susquehanna River, through the Appalachian Mountains and the old Pennsylvania Farm country, to Harrisburg, the state capital. Then to nearby Carlisle for overnight accommodation.
Day 4 Harrisburg area-Hershey-Penn-Dutch Country-Washington D. C. This morning visit “Chocolatetown U. S. A.” to hear the amazing story of Milton Hershey's success and to visit his Chocolate World. Then to Lancaster County home of the Amish and Mennonite communities. Stop at an Amish farm, where faith and tradition forbid the use of electricity or telephones in the home and promote a distinctive style of dress, family life and the use of horse-drawn buggies in place of motor vehicles. Later this afternoon drive to Washington D. C. and your hotel for the next two nights.
Day 5 Morning Washington city sightseeing. Afternoon at leisure. First this morning an included escorted tour of the great nation's capital; the White House, Capital Hill and the Lincoln Memorial. Then across the Potomac River to see the American heroes' graves, including John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert in the beautiful Arlington Cemetery. Afternoon free for optional excursions.
1.Where will you see how glass is made?
2.Where will you see how chocolate is made?
3.Where will you see a group of people who live without electricity, telephone, and cars?
4.Where will you see the graves of John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy?
5.Where will you spend the night on Day 1?
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1.Corning Glass Factory. 2.Hershey, Chocolate World. 3.Amish farm. 4.Arlington Cemetery. 5.Niagara Falls. |
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Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their child-hood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, shop-keeper and post-master in his early years.
A large number of American presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in the Second World War. It happened that they graduated from the same school?--West Point Military Academy (西点军校). One maybe surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined (罚款) because he broke the rules of the school.
The jobs of U. S. presidents are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do and he has to make many important decisions (决定). When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, “When you grow up, you should not be president. It's a tiring job. ”
1.How many American presidents are mentioned (提到) in this passage?
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A.Four. |
B.Five. |
C.Six. |
D.Seven. |
2.Who regarded the jobs of U. S. presidents as the tiring ones?
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A.Grant. |
B.Roosevelt. |
C.Eisenhower. |
D.Taft. |
3.In this passage, “keep an eye on”means ________.
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A.take care of |
B.see |
C.look at fixedly |
D.stare at |
4.The second paragraph mainly tells up ________.
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A.that Eisenhower became famous in the 2nd World War
B.how Grant became a general
C.that Grant and Eisenhower were both schoolmates
D.that many of the U. S. presidents had served in the army
5.Which of the following is true?
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A.Eisenhower was one of the U. S. presidents in the 19th century.
B.Lincoln was elected the U. S. president after Grant.
C.West Point Military Academy was founded in the 2nd World War.
D.Washington was born in a very poor family.
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