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　　Does the‘hustle and bustle’of city life make you feel‘stressed out’?Why not leave the stress of modern life behind at weekends, visit the mountains and take part in some‘White Water Rafting‘?This activity can both excite and refresh．

　　Not for the‘feint hearted’, white water rafting is becoming increasingly popular．Here are some great places of enjoying this activity in the north of Guangdong．

　　Huangteng Canyon, “King of White Water Rafting”

　　Huangteng Canyon is praised as “Guangdong’s Little Jiu Zhai Paradise”．The water quality and scenery are first-class．Opened in 2004, Huangteng Canyon has been considered the most attractive and exciting white water rafting location in China．

　　With natural scenery at the riverside, Hungteng canyon was designed by the watercourse experts．You will experience the waterfall and the peculiar stone drifting along river．

　　The river of Huagteng Canyon is 4.8 km long and has 130 different falls．The highest can reach 12 meters．You can begin your journey on the river at various points depending on the level of excitement sought．

　　Location：Dong town, Qingcheng district, Qingyuan

　　Price：Warrior Rafting：138 Yuan/person

　　Joyful Rafting：98 Yuan/person

　　Xuanzhen Ancient Cave, More Than Just Rafting

　　Xuanzhen Ancient Cave has much to offer．The rafting experience is 4.3 km long and includes 130 different falls．All the falls linked together can reach 100 meters in height．The whole voyage will last around 1.5 hours．

　　Besides rafting, Xuanzhen Ancient Cave Ecology Resort also provides activities including swimming, exploration, fishing and war games．

　　Location：Xuangzhen Ancient Cave Ecology Resort, Qingxin County, Qingyuan

　　Price：138 Yuan/person(adult); 68 Yuan/person(child)

　　Bi Jia Mountain, Rafting All Year Round

　　Located in Bi Jia Mountain Resort in Qingyuan, Bi Jia River has a dam to control the water flow．Travelers can enjoy rafting throughout the year．

　　Location：Bi Jia Mountain Resort, Qingxin County, Qingyuan

　　Price：Warrior Rafting：238 Yuan/person

　　Joyful Rafting：138 Yuan/person

　　All the three includes life jacket, helmet, and 100,000 Yuan travel insurance．

(1)

A young couple and their son want to go to Xuanzhen Ancient Cave for their holiday．How much will they pay at least?
[　　]
A．	514 yuan．
B．	374 yuan．
C．	344 yuan．
D．	304 yuan．

(2)

These activities aimed at ________．
[　　]
A．	young people
B．	rich people
C．	students
D．	city people

(3)

Which of the following sentences is false according to the text?
[　　]
A．	In China the most attractive and exciting white water rafting place is Huangteng Canyon．
B．	If a visitor dies in warrior rafting in Bi Jia Mountain, he or she won’t get paid from insurance．
C．	It is only in Bi Jia Mountain that visitors can raft in winter．
D．	If a visitor wants to raft in Huangteng Canyon, it will cost him or her at least 98 yuan．

(4)

The text is most probably taken from ________．
[　　]
A．	a newspaper
B．	a poster
C．	a book
D．	a notice

The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
From its opening lines – “ ‘You my lucky piece,’ Grandma says.... Her hand is wrapped around mine” – Heidi W. Durrow pulls us into her first novel, a moving story encircling us as firmly as that protective grandmotherly grip.
When we meet Rachel Morse, the daughter of an African-American GI and a Danish woman, she is just moving into the Portland, Oregon., home of her strong-minded paternal grandmother and her warm, classy Aunt Loretta. We soon learn that Rachel has survived a fall from a nine-story apartment building in which her mother, brother, and baby sister all died. Three months earlier, Rachel’s mother had left her alcoholic husband in Germany, following her “orange-haired” lover to Chicago. But Nella hadn’t been prepared for boyfriend’s drinking and racism, or for the looks and questions she gets as the mother of three brown children.
Rachel’s “new-girl feeling” in her grandmother’s home goes beyond her recent tragedy. Having grown up with a Scandinavian mother in the more colorblind society of an overseas Army base, this is her first time in a mostly black community. Her light-brown skin, “fuzzy” hair, and blue eyes raise questions about her racial identity that are entirely new and puzzling to her.
Starting sixth grade in her new school, Rachel notes, “There are fifteen black people in the class and seven white people. And there’s me. There’s another girl who sits in the back. Her name is Carmen LaGuardia, and she has hair like mine, my same color skin, and she counts as black. I don’t understand how, but she seems to know.” Several years later, in high school, her status remains uncertain. “They call me an Oreo. I don’t want to be white. Sometimes I want to go back to being what I was. I want to be nothing.”
Winner of the Bellwether Prize, created by Barbara Kingsolver to celebrate fiction that addresses issues of social injustice, “The Girl Who Fell From the Sky” comes at a time when bi-racial and multicultural identity – so markedly represented by President Obama – is especially topical.
But set in the 1980s and focusing on one unusually sympathetic girl overcoming family tragedy and feeling her way through racial tensions, Durrow’s novel surpasses topicality.
Like Rachel, Durrow is the light-brown-skinned, blue-eyed daughter of a Danish mother and an African-American father enlisted in the Air Force. With degrees from Stanford, Columbia Journalism School, and Yale Law School, it’s no wonder she gives her heroine discipline and brains.
Rachel’s life, however, is clearly not Durrow’s. No, there’s alcohol and drug addiction; deaths by fire, trauma, and infection. There are mothers who lose their children, and a saintly drug counselor who loses his beloved girl-friend. Through it all, what makes Durrow’s novel soar is her masterful sense of voice, her assured, delicate handling of complex racial issues – and her heart.
After hearing the blues music for the first time, Rachel feels what her mother called hyggeligt – “something like comfort and home and love all rolled into one.” She wonders what might have happened if her mother had known about such soulful music, “that sometimes there’s a way to take the sadness and turn it into a beautiful song.”
This, of course, is precisely what Durrow has done in this powerful book: taken sadness and turned it into a beautiful song.
60. What should be the direct cause of Rachel coming to Portland, Oregon?
A. Her mother left her alcoholic father.
B. A deadly tragedy happened to her family.
C. Her grandmother wants her to come and stay with her.
D. There was too much racism where she used to live with her mother.
61. Durrow’s life is different from Rachel’s in that _____________.
A. Durrow has to struggle through her life, depending on herself.
B. Durrow is troubled in her life by racism, living in a poor neighborhood.
C. Durrow has come through life much easier, with a better family background.
D. There’s alcohol and drug addiction in Durrow’s suffering-laden neighborhood.
62. Why does the writer of the book review mention President Obama in this writing?
A. To show the progress in America’s black community.
B. To highlight the racial harmony in the United States.
C. To indicate Obama’s influence in helping Durrow win the Bellwether Prize.
D. To remind readers of the background when the novel was written and won the Bellwether Prize.
63. The blues music Rachel hears is, deep at the bottom of her heart, most suggestive of ______.
A. bravery B. hope C. sadness D. beauty

The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

From its opening lines – “ ‘You my lucky piece,’ Grandma says.... Her hand is wrapped around mine” – Heidi W. Durrow pulls us into her first novel, a moving story encircling us as firmly as that protective grandmotherly grip.

When we meet Rachel Morse, the daughter of an African-American GI and a Danish woman, she is just moving into the Portland, Oregon., home of her strong-minded paternal grandmother and her warm, classy Aunt Loretta. We soon learn that Rachel has survived a fall from a nine-story apartment building in which her mother, brother, and baby sister all died. Three months earlier, Rachel’s mother had left her alcoholic husband in Germany, following her “orange-haired” lover to Chicago. But Nella hadn’t been prepared for boyfriend’s drinking and racism, or for the looks and questions she gets as the mother of three brown children.

Rachel’s “new-girl feeling” in her grandmother’s home goes beyond her recent tragedy. Having grown up with a Scandinavian mother in the more colorblind society of an overseas Army base, this is her first time in a mostly black community. Her light-brown skin, “fuzzy” hair, and blue eyes raise questions about her racial identity that are entirely new and puzzling to her.

Starting sixth grade in her new school, Rachel notes, “There are fifteen black people in the class and seven white people. And there’s me. There’s another girl who sits in the back. Her name is Carmen LaGuardia, and she has hair like mine, my same color skin, and she counts as black. I don’t understand how, but she seems to know.” Several years later, in high school, her status remains uncertain. “They call me an Oreo. I don’t want to be white. Sometimes I want to go back to being what I was. I want to be nothing.”

Winner of the Bellwether Prize, created by Barbara Kingsolver to celebrate fiction that addresses issues of social injustice, “The Girl Who Fell From the Sky” comes at a time when bi-racial and multicultural identity – so markedly represented by President Obama – is especially topical.

But set in the 1980s and focusing on one unusually sympathetic girl overcoming family tragedy and feeling her way through racial tensions, Durrow’s novel surpasses topicality.

Like Rachel, Durrow is the light-brown-skinned, blue-eyed daughter of a Danish mother and an African-American father enlisted in the Air Force. With degrees from Stanford, Columbia Journalism School, and Yale Law School, it’s no wonder she gives her heroine discipline and brains.

Rachel’s life, however, is clearly not Durrow’s. No, there’s alcohol and drug addiction; deaths by fire, trauma, and infection. There are mothers who lose their children, and a saintly drug counselor who loses his beloved girl-friend. Through it all, what makes Durrow’s novel soar is her masterful sense of voice, her assured, delicate handling of complex racial issues – and her heart.

After hearing the blues music for the first time, Rachel feels what her mother called hyggeligt – “something like comfort and home and love all rolled into one.” She wonders what might have happened if her mother had known about such soulful music, “that sometimes there’s a way to take the sadness and turn it into a beautiful song.”

This, of course, is precisely what Durrow has done in this powerful book: taken sadness and turned it into a beautiful song.

1.What should be the direct cause of Rachel coming to Portland, Oregon?

A. Her mother left her alcoholic father.

B. A deadly tragedy happened to her family.

C. Her grandmother wants her to come and stay with her.

D. There was too much racism where she used to live with her mother.

2.Durrow’s life is different from Rachel’s in that _____________.

A. Durrow has to struggle through her life, depending on herself.

B. Durrow is troubled in her life by racism, living in a poor neighborhood.

C. Durrow has come through life much easier, with a better family background.

D. There’s alcohol and drug addiction in Durrow’s suffering-laden neighborhood.

3.Why does the writer of the book review mention President Obama in this writing?

A. To show the progress in America’s black community.

B. To highlight the racial harmony in the United States.

C. To indicate Obama’s influence in helping Durrow win the Bellwether Prize.

D. To remind readers of the background when the novel was written and won the Bellwether Prize.

4.The blues music Rachel hears is, deep at the bottom of her heart, most suggestive of ______.

A. bravery B. hope C. sadness D. beauty