When it comes to hard, noisy traveling, we’ve found that sometimes we’d rather read about it than actually go. Here are some bestsellers for armchair travelers.

The Station by Robert Byron. In 1928, the 22-year-old man made a journey to Mount Athos, resulting in one of the best travel books ever written, matched only by Byron’s own, much more famous The Road to Osciana.

In Darkest Africa by Henry Monton Stanley. It’s about his great efforts to save an unlucky German doctor Eduard Schnitzer, who had no desire to be rescued at all.

A Traveler’s Alphabet: Partial Memoirs by Sir Steven Runciman. A to Z and around the world. He provides priceless information of long-gone princesses, priests, and places.

South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage by Sir Ernest Shackleton. As the planet started the global war, Shackleton and his brave group of explorers made an unsuccessful but heroic journey to cross Antarctica from 1914 to 1917.

The Michelin Red Guide: France 2005 Reading through this final listing of all the nice hotels and wonderful restaurants in France is better than going there, listening to Chirac talk about the poisonous American culture, and spending the price of this book for a tiny cup of tea and a cookie the size of your thumb.

The Past Is a Foreign Country by David Lowenthal. This great book of an armchair exploration tells us what has happened in the past and shows the relationship between us and the past travelers.

This passage is written            .

A. to warn readers against traveling     

B. as an introduction to famous travelers

C to sell more books about travels

D. to tell people where to travel

The underlined phrase “armchair travelers” in the first paragraph refers to those who                .

A. like to read about travels instead of travel themselves

B. find fun teaching others how to travel to other places

C. like to write about their strange traveling experiences

D. can only travel with special equipment for the disabled

which of the books has a very low price according to the passage?

A. A Traveler’s Alphabet: Partial Memoirs.

B. South: A Memoir to the Endurance Voyage.

C. The Michelin Red Guide: France 2005.

D. The Past Is a Foreign Country.

What can we learn from the passage?

A. Henry Monton Stanley, was saved by a German doctor in Africa.

B. In his book, Lowenthal focuses more on history than the present.

C. It took Shackleton and his men 3 years to cross Antarctica.

D. The Station is no more famous than The Road to Osciana.

Expo 2010 Shanghai China offered           wonderful opportunity for       cross culture dialogues.

  A. a;/          B. a ,the         C. /,the           D. the ,/

Hurry up! The train ______. You know it ______ at 8:30 am.

  A. leaves; leaves B. is leaving; leaves       C. leaves; is leaving       D. is leaving; is leaving

In this modern world, we rush around all day, doing things, talking, sending and reading messages. We are always on, always connected, always thinking, always talking. There is no   36   for stillness.

   And when we are   37   to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting at a doctor’s appointment, or on a bus or train, we often   38  something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, others will read something. Being still isn’t something we’re   39  .

   This comes at a   40   : we lose that time for   41  , for observing and listening. We lose peace.

   And   42   yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get   43   done.

   Take a moment to think about   44   you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering   45    or checking on the news and the latest stream of information? Are you always   46  through your schedule?

   Is this how you want to spend your   47   ? If so, peace be with you. If not, take a moment to be   48  . Don’t think about what you have to do, or what you’ve done already.   49   be in the moment.

   Then after a minute or two of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d   50   it to be. See your life with less movement, less doing, less rushing. See it with more stillness, more consideration, more   51  .

  Then be that vision.

  It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day.   52   you’ve gotten used to that, try doing less each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too   53  . Slow down. Find happiness now, in this moment, instead of  54  for it.

    55   the stillness. It’s a treasure, and it’s available to us, always.

A. place             B. chance               C. freedom             D. time

A. forced            B. ordered       C. invited                 D. told

A. have              B. find           C. buy                    D. get

A. familiar with       B. curios about   C. used to                 D. interested in

A. cost              B. risk              C. loss                    D. danger

A. play              B. food             C. sleep                   D. consideration

A. further            B. worse           C. farther                 D. deeper

A. everything         B. anything         C. nothing                D. something

A. how              B. where           C. why                   D. whether

A. questions          B. problems        C. phones               D. messages

A. walking           B. rushing         C. stepping              D. going

A. school            B. youth           C. work               D. life

A. silent             B. patient          C. still                D. quiet

A. Nearly            B. Just             C. Ever                   D. Already

A. like               B. decide          C. choose                 D. need

A. activity            B. peace             C. study                  D. research

A. Because           B. Until           C. Once                  D. Unless

A. frequently          B. slowly           C. fast                    D. quickly

A. asking            B. sending          C. calling                 D. waiting

A. Value              B. Miss             C. Owe               D. Hold

In the last few years the Internet has become a widespread phenomenon(现象) around the world. People have started to use the computers just like they used to watch TV. Whenever we get hungry, we simply order a pizza through the Internet and while we are waiting for the food, we can send an important business e-mail concerning some sales for tomorrow. It is, in fact, very comfortable to just simply sit down and have a chat with somebody from South Africa about fishing and get some important advice. Sometimes when you are sad and are feeling lonely, if you go on the Internet, you can find good entertainment that will keep you busy.

To make a long story short, we just don’t have the time to communicate with people in person anymore. Besides, there is so much information easy to get on the Internet that when we start surfing, we find it hard for us to get away from the computer. There are a lot of people who are addicted(沉溺于) to TV and watch it 5 to 7 hours a day, while recently addiction to the Internet has become a very serious problem. You might think that these kinds of things could never happen to you, but it is not really true. To prevent yourself from getting addicted, the most important thing is to make sure that you are not spending too much time in front of the screen. Although it might seem to be easy to pull yourself away from the Web, it is simply not the case. You might have to make an effort to place some limits(限制) on yourself.

The first paragraph of the text mainly tells us that        .

  A. it is nice to have a Net friend from South Africa

  B. the Internet can help us to do business

  C. some people prefer surfing the Internet to watching TV

  D. the Internet can make our life more convenient

To avoid getting addicted to the Internet, we should      .

  A. watch TV more hours a day instead

  B. limit our time in front of the screen

  C. communicate with people face to face

  D. entertain ourselves in other ways

From the passage, we can infer that the writer         .

  A. has once been addicted to the Net

  B. is completely against surfing the Net

  C. knows how to surf the Net efficiently

  D. thinks the Net brings bads and goods

The text is most probably taken from        .

  A. a health book                          B. a geography magazine

  C. a life magazine                         D. a computer technology book

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　　In your spoken English class, your teacher shows you the following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.

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— How can I prepare for class, Mr. Johnson?

　　　　— _____you ____ my web page? You can download the notes and read them ahead of time.

　　A. Did; check out 　　　　　B. Have; checked out

　　C. Are; checking out　　　　D. Will; check out

The genetic engineering, ______ progress has been very rapid recently, is perhaps the most important of all the sciences．

       A．to which        B．with which   C．in which         D．for

The traffic is heavy these days . I _____ arrive a bit late , so could you save me a place?

A. can                          B. must                        C. need                 D. might

Berners-lee made ____possible for everyone to use the Internet.

A. that        B. this           C. it             D. what