Germany has a variety of cities each with its own characteristics, from the busy city of Berlin, to the ancient city of Cologne, to the Bavarian capital of Munich. Thankfully, these major German cities offer sightseeing tours that offer the opportunity to better explore the surrounding regions and the country’s most historic sites.
Berlin on Bike
Berlin on Bike takes visitors through the German capital via five bicycle tours, all with guides. Regular tours include the Wall Tour and Berlin’s Best, with stops at some of the city’s most famous landmarks, such as the Reichstag explores what life was like in East Berlin under Communist Rule. The cost of the tour includes the bike and helmet rental, and tourists may choose to continue renting their bikes once the tour has ended.
Berlinonbike.de/English/index.php
Munich City Sightseeing Tour
The Munich City Sightseeing Tour transports travelers throughout the city via an open-air, double-decker bus. Passengers can hop on and off at various stops throughout the day. This tour includes stops at such sites as the Munich central train station, the 1972 Olympic Stadium Park, Munich’s opera house and Karlsplatz, the gate to the historic city. The bus features a narrated tour guide and offers an English-language option.
Raileurope.com/activities/munich-city-sightseeing-tour/index.html
Nice City Tours- Cologne
Nice City Tours offers three tours of Cologne, available to private or business groups in a variety of languages. The old Town Tour runs for two hours and includes a guided tour of the Cologne Cathedral and some of the city’s old squares. The Brewery Pub Tour explores some of the city’s most beloved breweries and pubs, and details the history behind Kolsch, Cologne’s resident beer. Finally, the Old Town and Rhine Tour begins by visiting some of old town’s most historic sites and ends with a ride down the Rhine River.
Nicecitytours.con/tours.htm

  1. 1.

    The similarity of the three tours lies in that they all include_____.

    1. A.
      bus tours
    2. B.
      English service
    3. C.
      three routes
    4. D.
      guide’s service
  2. 2.

    If you take a great interest in beer, which tour might be suitable for you?

    1. A.
      The Wall Tour
    2. B.
      The Brewery Pub Tour
    3. C.
      The Old Town Tour
    4. D.
      The Munich City Sightseeing Tour
  3. 3.

    Where can you probably see this passage?

    1. A.
      In a textbook.
    2. B.
      On a website.
    3. C.
      In an encyclopedia.
    4. D.
      In a journal.

On Dec. 7, 1998, at 17 years old, Jesse set sail from Melbourne, Australia on his boat, attempting to become the youngest person to sail alone and nonstop around the world. He sailed south of New Zealand, through the South Pacific, around South America, north on the Atlantic, back south past Africa, through the Indian Ocean and back to Melbourne.
Even as a young child, Jesse had been an adventurer who traveled all over Europe and Asia with his parents. Born in Munich, Germany in 1981, he moved to Australia with his family when he was only two years old. They moved close to a rainforest in Cow Bay, about 3500kms north of Melbourne, where they built a small house with no electricity or running water. Jesse grew up at the beach enjoying the outdoors to its fullest.
At 14, he sailed for the first time with his father and brother, Beau. It was after this trip that he began to dream about sailing around the world.
Jesse’s family played an important role. “I was made to believe I could do anything.” he says. Although, he says, there were others that were not so encouraging or supportive, “People that I looked up to, respected and trusted told me I couldn’t. Thankfully, I trusted myself. There were people that said that the boat couldn’t be ready by the time I had to leave.” However, through perseverance and belief in himself he was able to do what many told him was impossible.
On Oct.31, 1999, more than 10 months after he set sail, Jesse Martin went down in history as the youngest person to sail around the world alone, nonstop and unassisted.

  1. 1.

    What’s the author’s purpose in encouraging the reader to imagine a sailing experience?

    1. A.
      To show how difficult it is to be a sailor.
    2. B.
      To show how wonderful Jesse’s sailing is.
    3. C.
      To describe what Jesse’s sailing is like.
    4. D.
      To describe what a sailor’s life is like.
  2. 2.

    Jesse Martin was at the end of his voyage when he _______.

    1. A.
      sailed on the South Pacific.
    2. B.
      sailed on the Indian Ocean.
    3. C.
      sailed past Africa
    4. D.
      sailed past South America.
  3. 3.

    Which of the following made Jesse decide to sail alone around the world?

    1. A.
      His childhood adventure experiences.
    2. B.
      His journeys to Europe.
    3. C.
      His first sailing trip with his family.
    4. D.
      His love for outdoor activities.
  4. 4.

    What can we learn from Jesse Martin’s story?

    1. A.
      Interest leads to success.
    2. B.
      A strong belief will make a person stronger.
    3. C.
      Life is an unusual adventure we should enjoy.
    4. D.
      Failure is the mother of success.

You wake up in the morning, the day is beautiful and the plans for the day are what you have been looking forward to for a long time. Then the telephone rings, you say hello, and the drama starts. The person on the other end has a depressing (令人沮丧的 )tone in his voice as he starts to tell you how terrible his morning is and that there is nothing to look forward to. You are still in a wonderful mood? Impossible!
Communicating with negative (消极的 ) people can wash your happiness. It may not change what you think, but communicating long enough with them will make you feel depressed for a moment or a long time.
Life brings ups and downs, but some people are stuck in the wrong idea that life has no happiness to offer. They only feel glad when they make others feel bad. No wonder they can hardly win other’s pity or respect.
When you communicate with positive people, your spirits stay happy and therefore more positive things are attracted. When the dagger (匕首)of a negative person is put in you, you feel the heavy feeling that all in all, brings you down.
Sometimes we have no choice but to communicate with negative people. This could be a co-worker, or relative. In this case, say what needs to be said as little as possible. Sometimes it feels good to let out your anger back to negative person, but all this is to lower you to that same negative level and they won’t feel ashamed of themselves about that.
Negativity often affects happiness without even being realized. The negative words of another at the start of the day can cling to (附着)you throughout the rest of your day, which makes you feel bad and steals your happiness. Life is too short to feel negative. Stay positive and avoid negativity as much as possible.

  1. 1.

    The purpose of the first paragraph is to _______.

    1. A.
      make a comparison
    2. B.
      introduce a topic
    3. C.
      offer an evidence
    4. D.
      describe a daily scene
  2. 2.

    How can negative people have effect on us?

    1. A.
      By telling us the nature of life.
    2. B.
      By changing our way of thinking.
    3. C.
      By comparing their attitude to life with ours.
    4. D.
      By influencing our emotion.
  3. 3.

    Some negative people base their happiness on _______.

    1. A.
      other people’s pity for them
    2. B.
      making other people unhappy
    3. C.
      building up a positive attitude
    4. D.
      other people’s respect for them
  4. 4.

    According to the passage, to reduce negative people’s influence on us, we are advised________.

    1. A.
      to communicate with negative people as little as possible
    2. B.
      to change negative people’s attitude to life
    3. C.
      to show our dissatisfaction to negative people
    4. D.
      to make negative people feel ashamed of themselves
  5. 5.

    What can we learn about negativity?

    1. A.
      Its effect can last.
    2. B.
      Its effect can be completely avoided.
    3. C.
      It hardly happens among family members.
    4. D.
      Its effect is smaller than the effect created by a positive person.

When Lew Alcindor was 13, and obviously still growing, a group of schools began offering him scholarships (奖学金)。 The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy, a small school on Manhattan’s West Side.
At Power, Alcindor came under the control of Coach Jack Donohue, a strict young an who already gained his fame as one of the best coaches in the city. Donohue brought Alcindor along slowly. As a first-year student, the boy was not able to do much but wave his long skinny arms and shoot a basket now and then. But by the second year, when he was 15 years old and nearly 7 feet tall, Alcindor was quick and skillful enough to make the high school All-American team and to lead Power to an undefeated season.
From then on he simply got better. Some rival coaches(对方教练) used to take their teams quickly away from the floor before Power warmed up so that their players would not see him any sooner than they had to. Wearing size 16 D shoes and sucking a lollipop(棒棒糖), Alcindor would loosen up by starting his leaping lay-ups(擦板球). Then he would casually shoot the ball with either hand, to the delight of the fans.
When reporters and photographers began to follow Alcindor closely, Donohue protected his boy firmly. He simply ordered Lew to talk to no member of the press, and this suited Lew fine. He was not comfortable talking to grown-ups, perhaps because he towered over them. Discouraged photographers began following him in secret as though he were an easily-frightened giraffe. Once after ducking into a subway to escape, Alcindor told a friend that it was all becoming like policemen and robbers. “People want you not for yourself,” Donohue warned him, “but because you’re a basketball player. Don’t forget that.”

  1. 1.

    Many schools offer Alcindor scholarships because ______.

    1. A.
      he was young
    2. B.
      he was hardworking
    3. C.
      he was tall for his age
    4. D.
      he was skillful at playing basketball
  2. 2.

    Which of the following best describes Donohue as a young coach?

    1. A.
      serious, popular and slow
    2. B.
      tall, skillful and successful
    3. C.
      kind, powerful and undefeated
    4. D.
      well-known, strict and experienced
  3. 3.

    Why their team fail at last?

    1. A.
      Their teams refused to play Power.
    2. B.
      Their teams feared to see Alcindor.
    3. C.
      Their teams would lose courage.
    4. D.
      Their teams would lose interest.
  4. 4.

    What does the last paragraph mainly discuss?

    1. A.
      How Donohue protected Alcindor from the press.
    2. B.
      How Alcindor disliked meeting reporters.
    3. C.
      Why the press followed Alcindor closed.
    4. D.
      Why the public wanted Alcindor badly.

The UN passed a rule in the year 2004 to improve the quality of drink water and reduce deaths caused by drinking unhealthy water each year. The UN has already worked out the specific plan to reduce half of the number, that is, five thousand. The UN announced in the world there are about 1/6 of the world population can't meet the sanitation regulation of drinking water.
The water we drink and use is running short in the world. We all have to learn to stop wasting our quite limited water. One of the steps we should take is to find ways of reusing it. Experiments have already been done on this field. Today in most large cities, fresh water is used only once, then it runs into waste system. But it is possible to pipe the used water to a purifying(净化)factory. There it can be filtered(过滤) and treated with chemicals so that it can be used again , just as it were fresh from a spring. But even large cities purified and reused its water, we still would not have enough. Then we could turn to the oceans. All we would have to do to make use of seawater on earth is to get the salt out of it. This method has already been used in many parts of the world.

  1. 1.

    The way to stop wasting water is to ________ .

    1. A.
      do experiments with water
    2. B.
      purify the used water and reuse it
    3. C.
      use fresh water once again
    4. D.
      make use of seawater
  2. 2.

    The passage tells us how to reuse the used water. Which is the right order of the process?
    a. to have the used water filtered b. to put chemical in it
    c. to pipe it to the user
    d. to pipe the used water to be purified in a factory.

    1. A.
      dabc
    2. B.
      bcda
    3. C.
      bdca
    4. D.
      dcba
  3. 3.

    There wouldn't be enough water for us if we didn't ________ .

    1. A.
      turn to the ocean for more water
    2. B.
      reuse used water and make use of seawater
    3. C.
      make fresh water from the seawater
    4. D.
      take steps to reuse all water on earth
  4. 4.

    The word "it" underlined in the last paragraph refers to ________ .

    1. A.
      the process of collecting salt from the ocean
    2. B.
      the process of getting rid of the salt in seawater
    3. C.
      purified water
    4. D.
      seawater

Here are some of the most common causes of fatigue, and what you can do about them.
Inadequate Sleep. If you don’t get enough sleep you’ll be tired but it’s rare that busy people get enough sleep. When there aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything, something has to give, and that’s usually sleep. Don’t fool yourself that you can get by on five or six hours of sleep a night. Most people need at least eight hours and some even more.
Hormone Imbalances. Thyroid disease is extremely common today, especially among young women and the elderly. As common as thyroid disease is, its symptoms are so similar to so many other ailments that it often goes unnoticed by both doctors and patients. If you’re suffering from fatigue, get your thyroid hormone levels checked.
Food Allergies. You may be allergic to common foods like dairy, eggs, nuts, wheat, corn, chocolate, or coffee. If you suffer from coughing or wheezing, digestive problems, headaches, muscle aches or joint pain, itching and skin problems, in addition to fatigue, try cutting out each of these foods for a week to see if you feel better without it. Also, don’t eat excessive amounts of any particular food during any one day.
Environmental Toxins. Fatigue may result from our polluted environment. If, in addition to fatigue, you suffer from headaches, allergies or respiratory problems, you may be absorbing airborne toxins. Check the ventilation system in your home and office. Buy houseplants, air filters, and water filters for your home. If you’re working in a “sick” building you may have to look for another job.
Couch Potato Syndrome. Fifty percent of depression and fatigue can be caused by inactivity. For an energy boost, do anything that gets you moving for 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Anemia. Anemia can be a hidden disease in women. If you’re tired for no known reason, have your total iron count taken. Sometimes, even though your blood count may show a normal level of red blood cells, you may still be deficient in iron. If your iron count is low, you may need supplements.
Cigarette Smoking. Cigarettes are an enormous energy drain. They rob the body’s cells of oxygen and produce carbon monoxide poisoning.
Too Much Coffee. If you drink a lot of coffee in the effort to beat fatigue, in the long run you’ll be even more tired. Coffee gives you a temporary lift at the cost of long-term energy.
Poor Nutrition. The typical American diet, high in refined foods and animal fat, supplies inadequate nutrients and drains energy. Switch to a diet low in animal protein and saturated fat and high in fruits, vegetables, grains and beans. Cut out highly processed foods. Take vitamins.

  1. 1.

    What does the underlined word “fatigue” mean?

    1. A.
      tiredness       
    2. B.
      weakness        
    3. C.
      sickness         
    4. D.
      laziness
  2. 2.

    Couch potato syndrome has something to do with ______.

    1. A.
      potato         
    2. B.
      couch           
    3. C.
      energy          
    4. D.
      inactivity
  3. 3.

    According to the passage, you can infer that ______.

    1. A.
      you can always do with five or six hours of sleep a night.
    2. B.
      fifty percent of depression and fatigue can be caused by inactivity.
    3. C.
      it’s easier for women to catch thyroid disease or anemia.
    4. D.
      the more coffee you drink, the less tired you are.
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is NOT one of the causes of fatigue according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Polluted environment.         
    2. B.
      Cigarette smoking.          
    3. C.
      Low iron count.
    4. D.
      A diet low in animal protein and saturated fat and high in fruits, vegetables, grains and beans.

Time is very important in our lives. It organizes our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father.
I received this gift on a cloudy day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 a.m. to meet my uncle and take him to my father’s house. However, I was late because I was staying with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I remembered my uncle, but I was very late for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.
I got to my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. and felt ashamed of myself at that moment. After I said “hello” to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and gave me this watch. Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun with your friends today?”
“Yes, Dad, and I’m sorry about not meeting my uncle at the airport.”
“I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a reminder (提醒物) for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.
I learned a very important lesson from my father: To respect time and never be late to do something. This watch is important to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

  1. 1.

    The writer’s uncle came to visit them ______.

    1. A.
      by car
    2. B.
      by air 
    3. C.
      by boat     
    4. D.
      by taxi
  2. 2.

    Why did Essa’s father get angry when Essa got to his house?

    1. A.
      Essa often spent a lot of time with friends.
    2. B.
      Essa cared little about other people.
    3. C.
      Essa wasted too much time.  
    4. D.
      Essa forgot an important thing.
  3. 3.

    Why did the father give Essa a watch?

    1. A.
      To punish Essa. 
    2. B.
      To comfort Essa.
    3. C.
      To teach Essa.          
    4. D.
      To praise Essa.
  4. 4.

    What did Essa think of the watch?

    1. A.
      It was a priceless gift.      
    2. B.
      It was an useless gift.
    3. C.
      It was a common gift.      
    4. D.
      It was a strange gift.

CARDIFF, Wales Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition(传统) of storytelling.
“It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again,” said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival(节) in Wales.
“Some of the tales, like those the Inuit from Canada, are thousands years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time,” he said early this month.
Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively.
Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving (coming back into use or existence) storytelling in Wales.
“It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions. and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here.” Ambrose said.

  1. 1.

    Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling _______.

    1. A.
      will be more popular than TV
    2. B.
      will be popular again
    3. C.
      started in Wales
    4. D.
      are in the hands of some old people
  2. 2.

    From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn _______.

    1. A.
      about their life as early as thousands of years ago
    2. B.
      why they tell the stories in a throat-singing way
    3. C.
      how cold it has been where the Inuit live
    4. D.
      how difficult it is to understand the Inuit
  3. 3.

    According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?

    1. A.
      Storytelling once stopped in Wales.
    2. B.
      Storytelling has a long history in Wales.
    3. C.
      Storytelling is always well received in Wales.
    4. D.
      Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.
  4. 4.

    The underlined phrase in good hands means _______.

    1. A.
      controlled by rich people
    2. B.
      grasped by good storytellers
    3. C.
      taken good care of
    4. D.
      protected by kind people

What’s On
Stage
An acrobatic（杂技）soul: To celebrate its 50th anniversary , the China Acrobatic Troupe will present “The Soul of China”, where the seemingly impossible is made real . Chills（寒战）will run down your spine（脊柱）as you watch breathlessly as performers take their art and their bodies to the edge .
Time : 7:30 p.m , September13—19
Place : Capital Theatre , 22 Wangfujing Dajie , Dongcheng District
Exhibitions
Joint Show : A group ink painting exhibition is running at the Huangshicheng Art Gallery in Beijing . About 50 works by 25 young artists including Ge Yun and Yu Yang are on display .
Time : 9 a .m —5p. m. until September 10
Place : Huangshicheng Gallery , 136 Nanchizi Dajie , Dongcheng Distirct
Oil paintings : The Wanfung Art Galley will host a joint show of oil paintings by 10 young and middle-aged artists . On display are more than 30 of their latest works , which capture（捕捉）the wondrous variety of life in unique（独特的）styles .
Time : 9 a.m. —4p.m until September 15
Place: 136 Nachizi Street , Dongcheng District
Literature（文学）museum : The National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature offers an indepth study of the evolution of Chinese contemporary literature from 1919 to 1949 .
Time : 9 a. m —4 p.m , daily
Place: 45 Anyuan Donglu , Chaoyang District（Shaoyaoju area ）
Concerts
Beijing rocks : “ The Fashionow Night of Chinese Rock” is set to bring rock fans out by the thousands next month . Nine Chinese rock bands will perform at the concert , including older generation bands , middle generation and some recent arrivals. The audience（听众）will be given a chance to decide what songs they want to hear , which is sure to bring a storm .
Time: September 16
Place: The Olympic Center
Belgium Orchestra（管弦乐队）:La Petite Bande , the Baroque Orchestra of Belgium will perform in Beijing at the Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities as part of activities across the world to commemorate（纪念）the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death .
Time: 7:30 p.m . September11—14
Place: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities

  1. 1.

    What do you think of the acrobatic show mentioned here ?

    1. A.
      When you watch it , you will certainly feel cold
    2. B.
      Something strange will puzzle everyone , including scientists
    3. C.
      Unexpected things will make you excited and surprised
    4. D.
      Even the bravest ones will be too frightened to go on watching
  2. 2.

    The most characteristic thing about the Fashionow Night of Chinese Rock is that_______

    1. A.
      it will let the audience choose the performers and the music
    2. B.
      it is to bring thousands of rock fans out of their homes
    3. C.
      it will certainly cause a rock storm throughout China
    4. D.
      it is to be held in memory of one of the greatest musicians
  3. 3.

    Suppose it is September 14 today , how many activities can people choose to attend ?

    1. A.
      2
    2. B.
      3
    3. C.
      4
    4. D.
      5
  4. 4.

    On the whole ,we can conclude _________________

    1. A.
      people in Beijing prefer modern culture to something traditional
    2. B.
      there are usually more cultural activities in September than in any other month
    3. C.
      most of the cultural activities in Beijing are for foreign visitors only
    4. D.
      we can enjoy a large variety of cultural activities in Beijing

Employment practices often reflect the needs of employers several decades ago.Times have changed.And so too has the Canadian workforce.Yet many employment practices have not kept pace with this change.For example, some work environments and washrooms designed for able-bodied workers seldom accommodate people who use a wheelchair.
Modernizing these practices is what employment equality is about.For example, making sure work benches and washrooms are adapted for disabled people entering the workplace paves the way for workers who become disabled on the job.By doing so, any given group of people? formerly discriminated against-now has access to better employment opportunities.
The objective, of course, is to make the workplace reflect Canadian society.However, this does not necessarily mean setting and enforcing quotas(实行配额）. Rather, it means identifying the barriers to employment and designing measures, with achievable goals and clear timetables, to remove them.
For example, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees-Canada’s largest union, it would be unrealistic in the short term to insist that because half of the working age population is women, that half of the employees of an engineering firm should be women.At this moment, there would not be enough qualified female engineers.
A reasonable numerical goal would be based on the number of women who actually are engineers （8% ） and those who are studying to become engineers （25% ）.A short term goal of 13% would be appropriate without running the risk of hiring unqualified people.
Equally important is to ensure people who have been disadvantaged the chance to become qualified for new opportunities.If aboriginal people （土著居民） , for example, can’t qualify for certain jobs because they haven’t had access to appropriate educational opportunities, then an employment equality program would have to address that problem with training programs.
Employment laws in this country cannot be considered displeasing if they guarantee all Canadians fair and equal access to the workforce.

  1. 1.

    The passage is mainly about how to ____.

    1. A.
      modernize equipment for the disabled at work
    2. B.
      achieve equality of employment opportunities
    3. C.
      protect women’s rights in employment
    4. D.
      complete a job training program
  2. 2.

    The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 3 refers to ____.

    1. A.
      barriers
    2. B.
      measures
    3. C.
      goals
    4. D.
      timetables
  3. 3.

    The example of women shows that ____.

    1. A.
      only a small percentage of women engineers will get promoted
    2. B.
      13% of the working age women should be hired as engineers
    3. C.
      policy makers should adopt a practical and flexible approach
    4. D.
      the quota of women for employment should be raised
  4. 4.

    The underlined word "address" in Paragraph 6 probably means _

    1. A.
      put forward
    2. B.
      run into
    3. C.
      find out
    4. D.
      deal with
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