The summer holidays are upon us again．Here is our guide to summer holiday fun in Peterborough!

Peterborough Museum

The Age of the Dinosaurs is the museum’s main attraction this summer．Get up close to prehistoric creatures via some great hands-on exhibits! Watch out for monsters （怪物） lurking （潜伏）around every corner! The museum is open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Saturday, and from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Sundays in August．

Call 01733 864663 for details

Saxon Youth Club

School holiday fun: Young people aged 13—19 will be able to produce their own music, compete in spots activities, or try their hand at cooking at Saxon Youth Club, Saxon Community Centre, Norman Road．Peterborough every Monday and Wednesday from 3:00 pm．PLUS an aero ball match will take place on Thursday 12th August between 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm．

Call 01 353 720274 for details

Houghton Mill

Alice through the Looking Class—a new production of the family favorite on Monday 30th．August．Bring rugs or chairs to sit on and a picnic if you wish to eat during the play．Gates open 5:30 pm, performance 6:30 pm—8:30 pm．Tea room will be open until end of the interval（间隔）．Adult ￡10．Child￡7．Family ￡20．

Booking advisable on 0845 4505157．

Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey

Farmland Gaines: From Wellie Wanging to Pretend Ploughing matches, come and join the Farmland Team．Collect your sporting stickers and create a colorful rosette（饰品） that is fit for a winner！No need to book, just turn up between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm on Thursday 19th August Suitable for children aged four and above, each child should be accompanied by an adult and all activities are included in the normal admission price Tickets Cost￡7 per child．

For further information, call 01223 810080．

If you are interested in cooking, you can go to ______．

       A．Peterborough Museum    B．Houghton Mill

       C．Saxon Youth Club           D．Farmland Museum

You want to watch the new play with your parents, so it will cost you ______．

       A．￡7     B．￡17       C．￡27            D．￡20

Which of the following activities needs parents’ company?

       A．Playing farmland games．         B．Watching a new play．

       C．Competing in spots activities．      D．Visiting the dinosaur exhibition．

If Tom comes to Peterborough for amusement on Monday and Wednesday in August, how many activities can he choose from?

       A．One activity．            B．Two activities．

       C．Three activities．           D．Four activities．

假设你是育英中学高一(1)班的学生李华，利用上周末的时间帮助祖父母安排了去北戴河的旅行。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文周记，叙述你从准备到送行的全过程。

    注意：1．周记的开头已为你写好。

          2．词数100词左右。

—Do you know the most ancient city in China—Xi’an well?

—No，this is the first time I ________ here. 

A. came           B. have come              C. am coming              D. come

（   ）After visiting China, most of the foreign friends said they would never forget the time      _________they had spent in China.

A．what               B．that                 C．when               D．at which

(  )29. Never before 　　　　 in greater need of technical experts than it is today.

A. has Hunan been   B. Hunan has been

C. was Hunan       D. Hunan was

 32．______ the satellite launch drawing near, the research workers put their hearts to the test and always stayed up late.                                     

A. As                         B. Because                        C. With                D. While

New policies, _______ to insure that compulsory education is truly free, ________ by the local government across China since the start of school on September 1.

A. intending; have been made known     B. intended; have been made known

C. intending; are made known           D. intended; had made known

This brief book is aimed at high school students, but speaks to anyone learning at any stage of life.

Its formal, serious style closely matches its content, a school-masterly book on schooling. The author, W. H. Armstrong, starts with the basics: reading and writing. In his opinion, reading doesn’t just mean recognizing each word on the page; it means taking in the information, digesting it and incorporating it into oneself just as one digests a sandwich and makes it a part of himself. The goal is to bring the information back to life, not just to treat it as dead facts on paper from dead trees. Reading and writing cannot be completely separated from each other; in fact, the aim of reading is to express the information you have got from the text. I’ve seen it again and again: someone who can’t express an idea after reading a text is just as ineffective as someone who hasn’t read it at all.

Only a third of the book remains after that discussion, which Armstrong devotes to specific tips for studying languages, math, science and history. He generally handles these topics thoroughly  and equally, except for some weakness in the science and math sections and a bit too much passion regarding history. Well, he was a history teacher —if conveyed only a tenth of his passion to his students, that was a hundred times more than my history teachers ever got across.

To my disappointment, in this part of the book he ignores the arts．As a matter of fact, they demand all the concentration, and study that math arid science do, though the study differs slightly in kind．Although it's commonly believed that the arts can only be naturally acquired, actually, learning the arts is no more natural than learning French or mathematics．

       My other comment is that tke text aged．The first edition apparently dates to the 1960s—none of the references （参考文献） seem newer than the late 1950s．As a result, the discussion misses the entire computer age．

       These are small points, though, and don't affect the main discussion．I recommend it to any student and any teacher, including the self-taught student．

According to Armstrong, the goal of reading is to ____        .

A．gain knowledge and expand one's view

B．understand the meaning between the lines           

C．express ideas based on what one has read            

D．get information and keep it alive in memory

The author of the passage insists that learning the arts___        .

A．requires great efforts       B．demands real passion

C．is less natural than learning maths   D．is as natural as learning a language

What is a shortcoming of Armstrong's work．according to- the author?

A．Some ideas are slightly contradictory．

B．There is too much discussion on studying science．

C．The style is too serious．

D．It lacks new information．

This passage can be classified as ___．

A．an advertisement         B．a book review

C．a feature story            D．a news report

假如你是光明中学的李华，你从网上得知一位美国中学生Karl Davis很想交中国朋友。恰好你也有同样的愿望，很想与其通信，成为笔友。请你根据以下提示写封回信。

       （1）简单的自我介绍（学校、学校课程、课外安排及老师情况等）；

       （2）询问对方家庭情况及学校生活；

       （3）表达愿望，希望能够成为好朋友。

       要求：（1）语言通顺，意思连贯；

（2）格式一给出，不及入总词数；

         （3）100字左右。

Karl,      

Yours truly,

Li Hua

The water in this glass is too hot. I prefer some cold______ water.

A. to boil   B.  having boiled  C.  boiling  D.  boiled