Skiing only caught on for ordinary Chinese in the mid-1990s in the country’s north and northeast, but has since developed into a pastime that can be practiced nationwide. Here are four resorts(度假胜地) worthy of consideration.

Yabuli Ski Resort

    The ski resort, built on Yabuli Sun Mountain, part of the Changbai Mountain Range, is located in China’s northernmost province, Heilongjiang.

    It has the best snow quality, skiing trails and impressive views. Wild animals are often spotted on the site.

    The resort serves as the primary training centre for China’s national teams. It also has a trail vertical drop from 200 meters to 1,200 meters with an average drop of 700 meters.

    What’s cool: The largest ski resort in China.

Beijing Huaibei International Ski Resort

    This is a great destination for snowboarders and skiers to escape the rush life of the city and is a large recreational spot that boasts excellent ski slopes, world-class facilities, beautiful natural scenery, as well as convenient accommodation and dining services.

    Travelers are also able to take a bird’s eye view of the Great Wall by catching a cable car along 1,200 meters.

    What’s cool: Close to the Great Wall and Beijing’s largest ski resort.

Shennongjia Ski Resort

    Opened in 2004, the ski resort is located in the inland of Shennongjia. It covers an area of 100,000 square meters and is only 0.5 km from the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve.

    There are ski tracks for beginners and more than 20 coaches for tourists. While experiencing the excitement of skiing, people can also admire Shennongjia’s distinctive scenery of countless different odd mountain valleys, unknown beautiful flowers and plants.

    What’s cool: Largest winter sports complex for skiers from South and Central China.

Changbai Mountain Ski Resort

    The ski resort is an ideal place for skiing and ice-skating because of its well-constructed ski tracks, comprehensive winter sports training facilities and breathtaking environment.

    Enthusiasts can also choose other activities including motor skiing, sleigh skiing, shooting and hunting.

    The area’s natural hot springs are another attraction of the resort.

    What’s cool: The resort is located in the heart of Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve’s thick forest and has natural hot springs.

The passage is intended to ______.

  A. encourage people to learn skiing during holidays

  B. attract people to ski in these places

  C. offer services of booking tickets for skiing

  D. provide people with a better understanding of skiing

In what way is Changbai Mountain Ski Resort different from the other three resorts?

 A. It has various training facilities.

 B. It has coaches for tourists.

 C. It has natural hot springs.

 D. It has breathtaking natural scenery.

China’s national teams are usually trained at_______.

  A. Yabuli Ski Resort                     B. Shennongjia Ski Resort

  C. Changbai Mountain Ski Resort          D. Beijing Huaibei International Ski Resort

The Abominable Snowman 喜马拉雅雪人

He has been called the “missing link.” Half-man, half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Everest.

He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The   1   of the Snowman has been around for    __2  . Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mound Everest. The native people said they   3   this creature and called it the “Yeti,”and they said that they had   4   caught Yetis on two occasions   5   none has ever been produced an evidence(证据).

Over the years, the story of the Yetis has   6   . In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not   7   the tracks of a monkey or bear and   8   that the Abominable Snowman might really   9  .

Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were   10   footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than   11   animal tracks, which had been made   12    as the melted(融化)and refroze in the snow.   13  , in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was   14   and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But,   15  . no evidence has ever   16   been produced.

These days, only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman   __17  . But if they ever   18   catching one, they may face a real   19  : Would they put it in a   20   or give it a room in a hotel?

A. event       B. story   C. adventure   D. description

A. centuries  B. too long     C. some time  D. many years

A. heard from     B. cared for    C. knew of     D. read about

A. even B. hardly C. certainly     D. probably

A. as    B. though       C. when  D. until

A. developed       B. changed     C. occurred     D. continued

A. entirely   B. naturally    C. clearly       D. simply

A. found      B. declared     C. felt     D. doubled

A. exist B. escape C. disappear    D. return

A. clearer   B. more   C. possible      D. rare

A. huge      B. recent C. ordinary     D. frightening

A. strange  B. large   C. deep   D. rough

A. In the end     B. Therefore   C. After all     D. However

A. imagined      B. real     C. special       D. familiar

A. so  B. besides       C. again  D. instead

A. rightly   B. actually      C. normally    D. particularly

A. lightly   B. jokingly     C. seriously    D. properly

A. succeed in     B. insist on     C. depend on  D. join in

A. decision B. situation     C. subject       D. problem

A. zoo             B. mountain                 C. museum           D. laboratory

Unexpected things may happen every day but no one can tell when and where. People usually get surprised or frightened by such things.

One day I 36 a taxi to go to a meeting. As it came near the corner, the taxi stopped suddenly.The 37       got out looking very puzzled(迷惑). A big 38  which had been following the taxi stopped, too. The taxi driver was now 39  at the corner looking up 40 the sky and the truck driver got out and 41  him. A number of cars behind them were 42  to stop as well and a large crowd of people had 43 at the corner.

The cause of all this 44  was a very strange noise. It 45  as if thousands and thousands of  46  were chirping(鸣叫).The sound of so 47 birds toghter was quite surprising and many people looked 48 . The most extraordinary thing was that,except one or two  49 , there was not a bird in 50 . No one was able to know why — 51 two policemen arrived on the scene. They walked all around the area for a while and then went over near the railroad tracks beside a big board advertisement(广告)for a 52  . Since the noise seemed to be coming from around there, they climbed up and found that two loudspeakers had been  53 behind the advertisement.The bird noises were being broadcast to 54  attention to the film advertisement.

The cinema that made this advertisement was 55 to take the loudspeakers away, because they caused trouble and people were tired of them.

1.

A.ran

B.drove

C.took

D.rode

2.

A.travellers

B.passagers

C.driver

D.conductor

3.

A.truck

B.bus

C.car

D.bike

4.

A.riding

B.moving

C.sitting

D.standing

5.

A.for

B.after

C.over

D.at

6.

A.prevented

B.joined

C.watched

D.left

7.

A.told

B.ordered

C.forced

D.driven

8.

A.appeared

B.gathered

C.aimed

D.covered

9.

A.accident

B.thing

C.matter

D.trouble

10.

A.heard

B.looked

C.felt

D.sounded

11.

A.animals

B.people

C.birds

D.beasts

12.

A.big

B.wild

C.strange

D.many

13.

A.disappointed

B.frightened

C.wondered

D.worried

14.

A.stars

B.trees

C.snakes

D.sparrows

15.

A.distance

B.snow

C.sight

D.silence

16.

A.after

B.until

C.as

D.since

17.

A.shop

B.film

C.factory

D.notice

18.

A.hidden

B.kept

C.broken

D.fixed

19.

A.direct

B.pay

C.give

D.call

20.

.

A.suggested

B.advised

C.ordered

D.persuaded

 

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