Italian Lakes and Greek Islands (12 Days)

Your tour begins in Milan, Italy(意大利), and moves on to the pretty Italian Lake District and the attractive resort(胜地)of Stresa, your home for two nights. Collette Vacations has carefully chosen the Costa Victoria as your home for your 7—night journey along the waterways of the Mediterranean. The cruise ship is filled with the warmth and culture of Italy and is richly designed with entertainment(娱乐)areas and very good living conditions. It will take you to the places of your dreams.

You’ll spend 4 days touring Greek cities you’ve always heard about. In Katakolon, you will have an exciting tour to nearby Olympia without a guide. Then with a local guide you will visit the Greek islands of Santorini, which is often related to the story of the lost city of Atlantis, and Mykonos, a wonderful island with beautiful beaches.

Your journey ends in Verona, home of the love story Romeo and Juliet, with a fun—filled Goodbye dinner—a perfect ending to a pleasant journey.

12 Days, 25Meals: 10 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches, 9 Dinners

Day 1         Overnight flight to Italy

Days2—3       Regina Palace, Stresa, Italy

Days4—10     Costa Victoria ( Costa cruises)

Day 11        Hotel Leopardi, Verona, Italy

Day12        Leave for home

Please Note:

1.How is the journey planned?

A．It starts and ends in Italy.

B．It starts and ends in Greece.

C．It starts in Italy and ends in Greece.

D．It starts in Greece and ends in Italy.

2.What can be inferred from the travel plan?

A．The price may get lower than those in the plan.

B．The prices include three meals a day.

C．The price is the highest in summer.

D．The prices include entertainment service.

3.What does the underlined part “ the Costa Victoria” most probably refer to?

A．A famous hotel.                         B．A beautiful resort.

C．A comfortable ship.                      D．A long—distance bus.

4.Tourists will travel on their own in              .

A．Stresa            B．Olympia           C．Mykonos          D．Verona

—Hello,may I have an appointment with the headmaster??

—_______.?

A.Sorry,he is busy at the moment         B.No,you can’t ?

C.Certainly.Wait a minute,please          D.Let me see?

Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock(有现货的), the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on follows at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction.
For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else, he offers the nearest to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute impolitely; he does so with skill: “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned.” Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.”
Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lookout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
1.The underlined sentence “the price is a secondary consideration” in the first paragraph means when a man is shopping ______.

A．he buys good quality things, so long as they are not too dear

B．he buys whatever he likes without considering its value

C．he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things

D．he often buys things without giving the matter proper thought.

2.What does a man do when he can not get exactly what he wants?

A．He buys a similar thing because of the color he wants.

B．He usually does not buy anything.

C．At least two of his requirements must be met before he buys.

D．So long as the style is right, he buys the thing.

3.What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?

A．Men do not try clothes on in a shop while women do.

B．Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.

C．The time they take over buying clothes.

D．Men go shopping based on need, but women never.

Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reason to believe that trees do communicate (交际) with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree attacked in the woods by caterpillars (毛虫) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that they got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then even more astonishing, the tree sent out a special smell---a signal (信号) causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.

Communication, of course, doesn’t need to be in words. We can talk to each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar (花蜜) for honey. So why shouldn’t trees have ways of sending message?

1.It can be concluded from the passage that caterpillars do not feed on leaves that ______.

A．are lying on the ground                   B．have an unpleasant taste

C．bees don’t like                        D．have an unfamiliar shape

2.The willow tree described in the passage protected itself by ______.

A．growing more branches                  B．communicating with birds and bees

C．changing its leaf chemistry                D．shaking caterpillars off

3.According to the passage, the willow tree was able to communicate with other trees by ______.

A．waving its branches                      B．giving off a special smell

C．dropping its leaves                      D．changing the colour of its trunk

4.According to this passage, bees communicate by ______.

A．making special movement                 B．Telling one another

C．smelling one another                    D．making unusual sound