As a leading safari(狩猎游)company in Kenya，Game-watchers has been recognized s the Tour Operator of 20 11 Kenya Travel Awards，and rewarded with some other international tour prizes in recent years．

Safari tours go to some of the best wildlife national parks and game parks in Africa， even the Masai Mara in Kenya．We are ready to offer a more personalized service，including staying in smaller safari eco-camps and providing high quality professional safari guides，plus 4x4 safari vehicles for game drives．We can also offer you the choice to fly straight into the wildlife areas，using light airplane，to avoid lengthy road journeys．

       Here is a typical Tour Plan of Game-watchers(2 nights／3 days)

If you have any further questions, please contact us at www. Gamewatchers. com or call us at 0944-598-580.

1.According to the passage，Game-watchers is

A．a travel plan in Kenya’s best national parks

B．Kenya’s largest and best safari company

C ．Kenya’s online travel company of game drives

D．a winner of many travel awards home and abroad

2.Which of the following is offered as an alternative means of transportation if you can’t wait to get into the wildlife areas?

A．4×4 safari vehicle．         B．Plane

C．Walk．               D．Bus

3.How many meals are offered in a typical Tour Plan of 2 nights／3days?

A．Nine．                  B．Eight

C．Seven．             D．Six.

4.The author’s purpose of writing the passage is

A．to introduce the beautiful scenery of Kenya

B．to make an advertisement for a tour company

C．to inform tourists of the detailed tour information

D．to make people curious about the wild life in Kenya

Here is a humorous story. Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock．“Oh，no!”he thought to himself．“Another day at that office；a boss who shouts at me all the time．”

    As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door．He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. “Bigwoods Football Pools(足球赌博公司)would like to congratulate you．You have won half a million pounds．”

    Frank suddenly came to life．The cigarette（香烟） fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street．

    At 11：30 Frank arrived at work．“Please explain why you're so late，”his boss said．“Go and jump in the lake,” replied Frank. “I've just come into a little money so this is goodbye．Find yourself someone else to shout at．”

    That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar(雪茄)when a knock was heard on the door．He rushed to the door．Outside were two men，neatly dressed in grey suits．“Mr Smithson,” one of them said，“We're from Bigwoods Football Pools．I'm afraid there’s been a terrible mistake……”

1.What do we know about Frank?

A．He was a lazy man．             B．He was a lucky person．

C．He made a lot of money．        D．He didn't get on well with his boss．

2.Why did Frank dare to shout to his boss?

A. Because he found a better job.           

B. Because his boss did not like him.

C. Because he thought he did not need the job.

D. Because he was not late in fact.

3. When he heard the knock at the door,Frank probably thought __.

A.someone had come to make an apology.

B.someone had come to give him the money.

C.his friends had come to ask about the football pools.

D.his friends had come to congratulate him on his luck.

4.On hearing“…there's been a terrible mistake…”Frank was most likely to be________．

A．disappointed.        B．worried.        C．nervous.         D．curious.

For travellers who want to experience some of the history and mystery of the ancient world, here is a list of cool destinations for your next holiday.

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Built in the 12th century, Angkor Wat (meaning “capital monastery”) was a temple in the ancient Khmer capital city of Angkor. It is Cambodia’s best-known tourist attraction and is famed for its beautiful architecture and reliefs. You’ll need at least three days to fully discover the delights of this magnificent site.

Machu Picchu, Peru

Machu Picchu was built high in the Andes Mountains of South America by the Inca in the 15th century. Although well preserved its exact purpose is unknown. It is famous throughout the world not only for its incredible design but also for the natural beauty that surrounds it. Give yourself a week to explore this magnificent site.

Stonehenge, England

The entire Stonehenge site was constructed over thousands of years. But why and how it was built remains a mystery. As the weather can be pretty bleak in winter and the crowds huge in summer, we suggest autumn should be the best time to visit these monster rocks.

Pompeii, Italy

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D., Pompeii was buried under many layers of ash, preserving the city exactly as it was when the volcano erupted. Because so many objects were preserved, scientists and visitors are able to better understand daily life in the ancient Roman Empire.

1.Why may people want to visit Machu Picchu?

2.When is the best time to visit Stonehenge according to the passage?

3.Which location offers the most direct view into daily life in the ancient world?

4.Where would you probably read such an article?

Three—quarters of a million tourists flock to the white beaches every year，but this booming industry has come at a price．Poisonous smoke rising from open fires，rubbish made up of plastic bottles，packets…it’S a far cry from the white sands，clear waters and palm trees that we associate with the Maldives(马尔代夫)，the paradise island holiday destination set in the Indian Ocean．

of its 200 inhabited islands，which are spread across an area of"35，000 square miles，99 are good resorts(旅游胜地)．So many tourists come every year，more than double the local population．Of these，over l 00，000 travel from the U K．The capital，Mal6，is four times more densely populated than London．Given these facts，it’S hardly surprising that the Maldives has a waste disposal problem．

Y ears a90，when the tourists left，the government had to deal with a stream of rubbish．Their solution was to turn one of the islands into a dumping ground．Four miles west of Mal6 is the country’s dumping ground，Thilafushi．What you are seeing here is a view of the Maldives on which no honeymooners will ever clap eyes．Each visitor produces 3．5 kg of waste per day．The country dumps more than 330 tons of rubbish on the island every day．

Now，since many waste boats，fed up with waiting seven hours or more，directly offload their goods into the sea，the government of the Maldives has banned the dumping of waste on the island．S0，the waste boats ship the rubbish to India instead．

1.What is the main cause of the waste disposal problem?

A．The big local population．                B．Too many waste boats．

C．The large number of tourists．             D．Open fires on the islands．

2.The underlined part can probably be replaced by“——”．

A．it’s quite similar to                     B．it’S a long distance from

C．it’s a loud shout from                   D．it’S totally different from

3.What can we learn from the text?

A．It iS much more crowded in Mal6 than in London．

B．Another island will be used as a dumping ground．

C．No honeymooners are willing to visit the Maldives．

D．Waste on islands will be offloaded directly into the sea．

4.What’S the author’S purpose in writing the text?

A．To attract more tourists to the Maldives．

B．To state the waste disposal problem in the Maldives．

C．To call on us to protect the environment．

D．To explain the causes of pollution in the Maldives．

Back those photos up

The images were striking. Homes on the East Coast were washed away by Superstorm Sandy. People were in tears, picking up faded photographs, among their only remaining possessions.

If that doesn’t move you to get serious about safekeeping your lifetime of memories, what will? The digital age offers tools never imaginable before—including one-click access to a lifetime of family photos.

Here is a brochure on how to back up (存) your photos and save them online, where they can live forever and be accessible in good times and bad.

Scanning

The first step for those old photos is to scan them and save them to a digital format. Most printers come with scanners these days, so that’s an easy but extremely time-consuming step.

Storing the photos

With your scans in place, import the photos into your computer, and back them up.

You could make multiple copies of the disks and spread them to loved ones. Or you could choose external(外接的) hard drives or USB thumb drive, and add your photo and video collection from your computer. 

Online backup

If you need lots of space, look at a pure online backup service, Caronite.     

Caronite backs up 300 million files daily. Once you sign up, it starts to pick up everything you have on your hard drive. But photo collection on your computer’s main hard drive charges for $59 a year.

Cloud Storage

For folks who don’t need automatic backup, but instead want to take a more active approach, Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft’s SkyDrive let you store files online by yourself, share and instantly access them. All offer free options—2GB of free storage for Dropbox, 5GB for Google and 7GB for SkyDrive. But if you want more, you need to pay.

Bottom Line

The hard drive or flash drive is the cheapest and easiest. But drives can fail. Online services are more expensive, but more secure. With more of us switching back and forth between our computers, such services are the best way to get access to our data from wherever we are.

1.Why does the author mention Superstorm Sandy?

A．To tell the background of the scanning photos.

B．To describe a severe natural disaster.

C．To attract the readers’ interest in the backups.

D．To win the readers’ sympathy.

2.What can we know from the passage?

A．Scanning photos take little time but costs a lot.

B．Caronite charges for backing up photos from hard drive.

C．Google Drive offers unlimited free photo storage on line.

D．The hard drive or flash drive is the cheapest and safest.

3.Which of the following allows storing files automatically?

A．Dropbox.          B．SkyDrive.          C．Caronite.          D．Flash drive.

4.The main purpose of the passage is to _____.

A．introduce some of the storage services

B．tell real stories about storage services

C．describe the functions of storage services

D．argue about the advantage of storage services