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Bring the Family?
Port Regis is well situated for exploring the beautiful South and West of England and Wales.
The school has excellent hotels and guest houses nearby for parents who are dropping off or collecting their children from the school.
Please note:
All students attending English Country Schools must live in the appointed(指定的) place.
We do not recommend that parents live locally while their children are at school. Experience suggests that this often upsets the child and disturbs progress.
Howard’s House Country Hotel & Restaurant
About 15 minutes from Port Regis School, Howard’s House is set in large gardens hidden in the quietness of the lovely Nadder Vally.
Plumber Manor
Plumber Manor is a comfortable manor house built of local stones, situated about 20 minutes from Port Regis School. The 17 th century house is surrounded by lawns and is set in quiet Dorset countryside. The stream runs through the grounds.
Woodville Farm Bed & Self-catering
Woodville Farm is a family-run farm set in the Dorset countryside about 5 minutes from Port Regis School. Bed and breakfast accommodation: one double bedroom & one twin bedroom both with bathrooms, tea & coffee making facilities（设备）, color television & hairdryer. There is also a self-catering（自己做饭） 2-bedroom bungalow(平房) nearby.
Stock Hill Country House Hotel & Restaurant
Stock Hill Country Hotel & Restaurant is a late Victorian building set in eleven acres of mature, beautifully planned grounds on the borders of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire. About 10 minutes from Port Regis School.
68.The passage is mainly written for ________.
A. students B. general readers C. parents D.overseas travelers
69.Parents are advised not to live locally when children are having classes because________.
A. children are not too excited to be with their parents
B.parents stay with their children for too long
C.their visit makes children uneasy about themselves
D.their stay there affects children’s studies
70. If you prefer to live in a stone house, which hotel would you choose?
A.Plumber Manor B.Woodville farm Bed & Self-catering.
C.Howard’s House Country Hotel & Restaurant.
D.Stock Hill Country house Hotel & Restaurant.
71.Woodville Farm is different from other hotels in that _________.
A.it is hidden in a large garden B.guests can cook their own food
C.it dates back to Victorian times
D.it has a very beautiful country scenery
查看习题详情和答案>>Believe it or not, America’s favorite snack food is the potato chip．There is a story behind how it was first made．One might think that somewhere a genius thought up the first potato chips, but it didn’t happen that way．Picture an elegant restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1853．The Moon Lake Restaurant’s menu included French-fried potatoes, a popular food recipe brought back from France by Thomas Jefferson．These were thickly cut potatoes, fried until golden brown and crisp on the outside．One evening a guest in the dining hall felt that his potatoes were too thick and sent them back to the kitchen．The cook sliced some potatoes thinner than before and prepared them for the complaining guest．He was still not satisfied and sent them back again! By this time the cook was very angry and decided to do exactly what the dinner guest wanted：slice the potatoes as thin as possible．Then they would be so crisp that the diner wouldn’t be able to use his fork to eat them．When the paper-thin browned potatoes arrived, the diner was pleased．He was so happy with them that other guests started ordering the new potatoes．The cook’s plan to stop the dinner guest complaining didn’t turn out as expected．Soon Saratoga Chips appeared on the menu and became so popular that people wanted to take some home．The restaurant started selling small packages of the potato chips．A few years later, they were sold all over the U．S．But because the potatoes had to be peeled by hand, it was a time-consuming job and potato chips were often out of stock．In the 1920s, a mechanical potato peeler was invented and soon they were potato chips in abundance．They gradually spread all over the world and have remained popular ever since．
1．According to this passage, mass production of potato chips was made possible when ．
A．potatoes could be peeled by machines
B．potatoes were peeled by a large number of cooks
C．there was a growing demand for them
D．they first appeared in a Saratoga restaurant
2．According to this passage, the cook of the Moon Lake Restaurant ．
A．enjoyed making potato chips very much
B．planned to sell potato chips everywhere
C．wanted to silence a complaining diner
D．was pleased that other guests liked the chips
3．Potato chips have been popular in the US ．
A．for more than 200 years B．every since 1920
C．for less than 100 years D．since the 19 th century
查看习题详情和答案>>As the railroads and the highways shaped the American West in the past centuries, a new electrical generating(发电)and transmission (输送) system for the 21st century will leave a lasting mark on the West, for better or worse. Much of the real significance of railroads and highways is not in their direct physical effect on the scenery, but in the ways that they affect the surrounding community. The same is true of big solar plants and the power lines that will be laid down to move electricity around.
The 19 th century saw land grants(政府拨地) offered to railroad companies to build the transcontinental railroads, leaving public land in between privately owned land. In much of the West, some of the railroad sections were developed while others remained undeveloped, and in both cases the landownership has presented unique challenges to land management. With the completion of the interstate highway system, many of the small towns, which sprang up as railway stops and developed well, have lost their lifeblood and died.
Big solar plants and their power lines will also have effects far beyond their direct footprint in the West. This is not an argument against building them. We need alternative energy badly, and to really take advantage of it we need to be able to move electricity around far more readily than we can now.
So trade-offs will have to be made. Some scenic spots will be sacrificed. Some species(物种) will be forced to move, or will be carefully moved to special accommodations. Deals will be struck to reduce the immediate effects.
The lasting effects of these trade-offs are another matter. The 21st century development of the American West as an ideal place for alternative energy is going to throw off a lot of power and money in the region. There are chances for that power and money to do a lot of good. But it is just as likely that they will be spent wastefully and will leave new problems behind, just like the railroads and the highways.
The money set aside in negotiated trade-offs and the institutions that control it will shape the West far beyond the immediate footprint of power plants and transmission lines. So let’s remember the effects of the railroads and the highways as we construct these new power plants in the West.
1.What was the problem caused by the construction of the railways?
A．Small towns along the railways became abandoned.
B．Land in the West was hard to manage.
C．Some railroad stops remained underused.
D．Land grants went into private hands.
2.What is the major concern in the development of alternative energy according to the last two paragraphs?
A．The use of money and power.
B．The transmission of power.
C．The conservation of solar energy.
D．The selection of an ideal place.
3.What is the author’s attitude towards building solar plants?
A．Disapproving. B．Approving. C．Doubtful. D．Cautious.
4.Which is the best title for the passage?
A．How the Railways Have Affected the West
B．How the Effects of Power Plants Can Be Reduced
C．How Solar Energy Could Reshape the West
D．How the Problems of the Highways Have Been Settled
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had __1__ me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered __2__.
“Look __3__, Elsa,” Father said. I gathered all my __4__ and looked down. I saw the square in the centre of the village. And I saw the crisscross(十字形) of twisting, turning streets leading to the __5__. “See, my dear,” Father said gently. “There is more than one way to the square. __6__ is like that. If you can’t get to the place where you want to go __7__ one road, try another.”
Now I understood why I was there. __8__ that day I had begged my mother to do __9__ about the terrible lunches that were served at school. But she __10__ because she could not believe the lunches were as __11__ as I said.
When I __12__ my father for help, he would not help. _13__, he brought me to this high tower to __14__ me a lesson — the value of an open, searching mind. By the time we reached home, I had a __15__.
At school the next day, I _16__ poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to _17__ it to mother at dinner. The plan __18__ perfectly. She swallowed one spoonful and said, “The cook must have gone mad!” Quickly I told what I had done, and mother said firmly that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day.
In the years that followed I often remembered the lesson father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn’t stop working __19__ I tried every possible means to my goal. Father’s wise words always __20__ me that there is more than one way to the square.
1. A．taken B．sent C．brought D．left
2. A．that B．why C．what D．how
3. A．down B．up C．out D．around
4. A．strength B．courage C．spirit D．bravery
5. A．tower B．church C．square D．village
6. A．School B．Society C．Family D．Life
7. A．in B．on C．by D．at
8. A．Earlier B．Later C．After D．During
9. A．her best B．a favor C．something D．everything
10. A．defended B．refused C．excused D．agreed
11. A．well B．good C．bad D．usual
12. A．belonged to B．turned to C．tried to D．led to
13. A．Therefore B．So C．Instead D．Anyway
14. A．show B．make C．prepare D．give
15. A．plan B．question C．problem D．suggestion
16. A．angrily B．secretly C．kindly D．politely
17. A．cook B．boil C．make D．serve
18. A．made B．failed C．worked D．took
19. A．if B．once C．since D．until
20. A．remind B．approve C．affect D．limit
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My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea. As was often the , we had to pack our belongings into boxes and those we had grown to love. We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again standing at the pier (码头) good-bye to my father as his ship pulled him away from us. My mother would turn my brother and me around before the ship was out of , wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of in the new environment again.
Throughout the years of changing , schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother. For both my and me, she was the cook, maid and teacher. She played these roles while some type of part-time job. Leaving a career is just one of the sacrifices which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother, , managed to make each house the very home that is safe and .
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, with two small children: “single”
parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability to her career or establish a home. But it was not for my mother. She turned this into adventure for us all! Each relocation (变换位置) was a chance to another part of the world. My mother greeted each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a to rearrange furniture, make curtains and pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a attitude. She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so all those years during my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.
1.A. situation B. condition C. case D. matter
2.A. leave out B. leave behind C. leave off D. leave for
3.A. speaking B. staring C. waving D. talking
4.A. range B. shape C. sight D. control
5.A. adapting B. suiting C. matching D. fitting
6.A. names B. jobs C. addresses D. directions
7.A. father B. classmates C. brother D. relatives
8.A. performing B. seeking C. waiting D. applying
9.A. terrible B. promising C. hopeless D. negative
10.A. Once B. While C. When D. Unless
11.A. somewhere B. anyhow C. somewhat D. somehow
12.A. romantic B. comfortable C. mysterious D. wealthy
13.A. generally B. actually C. especially D. unfairly
14.A. desert B. develop C. affect D. limit
15.A. lifestyle B. value C. journey D. opportunity
16.A. acquire B. explore C. occupy D. realize
17.A. load B. sadness C. result D. challenge
18.A. hang B. draw C. took D. sold
19.A. changeable B. cautious C. positive D. negative
20.A. experienced B. brave C. ordinary D. annoyed
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