FAT TIRE

BIKE TOURS

(FORMERLY MIKE’S TOURS—PARIS)

DAY BIKE TOUR

(Reservations（预订）not needed for this tour to visit Paris—you will love this tour!)

Whether you’re new or experienced, our goal is not to provide you with mind-bending dates and boring stories. Instead, we offer you the famous sites, all the education information, lots of unique and fascinating stories, fantastic photo options, a comfortable bike and excellent personal service from your guide. In fact, we want you to love Paris like we do and have a great time doing it!（4 hours）

?22 students, ?24 adult (Day & Night combo ?44 student, ?48 adult)

*no tours July 25

NIGHT BIKE TOUR  

（Reservations not needed for this tour to visit Paris—you will love this tour!）

Our Night Tour is the way to experience the “City of Light” at its best!

Ride through the Latin Quarter and witness the best nightlife in town. Pedal down the lle de la Cite, along the river and enjoy ice cream at Berthillon (Paris’s most famous ice cream shop). See the Louvre as never before (free concert often included) and relax onboard a boat trip on the Seine. Did we mention free wine is provided on the boat?

Make on mistake—this tour is 100% different form our Day Tour in both route and information. Over 65% of our customers take both tours and we hope you will too. Also, be sure to eat something before coming or the wine may give you an unexpected hit! (4.5 hours)

?26 students, ?28 adult (Day & Night combo; ?44 student, ?48 adult)  

*no tours June 21 & July 14

OUR HEADQUARTERS

0156581054/ www. FatTire Bike Tours Paris. Com/ info@Fat Tire Bike Tours Paris. Com?

1.According to the schedule, which day might be appropriate for a Day & Night Combo?  

  A. A Saturday in November.           B. Any day in June.

  C. A Friday in March.                D. A Monday in May.

2.If a teacher and his five students plan to visit Paris during daytime, they must pay         .

  A. ?268                           B. ?158                 C. ?134        D. ?142

3.One may taste the best ice cream and enjoy free wine in            .

  A. the Day Bike Tour                  B. the Night Bike Tour

  C. the Tour on the Seine                  D. the Tour to the Louver

4.The following statements are true EXCEPT         .    

  A. For further information, one can call 0156581054.

  B. One can attend free concert on the boat trip on the Seine.

  C. The route of the Day Bike Tour is totally different from that of the Night Bike Tour.

  D. No reservations are needed for attending both the Bike Tours.

    Australians have been warned they face a life or death decision over their water—drink recycled sewage(污水)or die．

   With the drought(干旱)continuing，the country is set to be forced to use purified(净化的)waste water for drinking．even though there is great opposition to the measure．

    Queensland has become the first state to introduce tile policy after a warning from its premier．

“I think in the end，because of the drought，all of Australia is going to end up drinking recycled purified water．”said Peter Beattie．

    “These are difficult decisions，but you either drink water or you die．There’s no choice．It’s liquid gold．It’s a matter of life and death．”  

    Beanie said Australia's second largest state would become the first to use recycled water for drinking．

    Water is recycled in Britain and pans of northern Europe along with the US and Israel．

    But Australians have never liked the idea．

    To try to change the way Australians think，Prime Minister．John Howard and Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull have adhered to Queensland’s move．

   “I am very strongly for recycling and Mr．Beattie is right and I agree with him completely．”Howard said．

   “Australian cities．all now facing water shortages because of the worst drought on record．must start to use recycled water．”added Turnbull．“All of our big cities have to widen tile range of water sources to include sources which are not dependent on rainfall．”

1.According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE?  

A．Nobody disagrees to the idea of drinking recycled purified water

B．Australia’s second largest state has become tile first state to introduce the policy

C．No other countries but Australia decide to drink recycled water

D．The drought is tile worst one in tile droughts recorded in Australian history．

2.What call we learn from the last paragraph?

  A．Australians have never like drinking purified waste water

  B．Australians should develop more water sources to live through the hard time

  C．Australians can’t depend upon rainwater，which is not suitable for drinking．

  D．Australian government has no ability to solve the problem of water shortage

3.The underlined phrase“adhered to”in Paragraph 9 probably means  

  A．disliked           B．gone against         C．supported        D．doubted

4.It can be inferred from what Premier Peter Beattie said that

A．he gives orders to drink purified waste water

B．It is painful for him to see his people drink recycled sewage

C．If the decision is made，people won’t survive the drought

D．It’s up to you to either make a life or death decision  

I told my friend Graham that I often cycle two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route．He replied,“You mean fortunately．”He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided．

    My attitude to the hill has now changed．I used to grumble as I approached it but now I tell myself the following．This hill will exercise my heart and lungs．It will help me to lose weight and get fit．It will mean that I live longer．This hill is my friend．Finally I comfort myself with the thought of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on stationery exercise bicycles when I call get the same value for free．I have a smile of satisfaction as I reach the top of the hill．

    Problems are there to be faced and overcome．We cannot achieve anything with an easy life．Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a university degree．Her activism and writing proved inspirational．She wrote，“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet．Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened，vision cleared，ambition inspired and success achieved.”       

   One of the main determinants of success in life is our attitude towards adversity(逆境)．From time to time we all face hardships，problems．accidents、afflictions and difficulties．Some are of our making but many confront us through no fault of our own．While we cannot choose the adversity we can choose our attitude towards it．

    Douglas Bader was 21 when in 193l he had both legs cut off following a flying accident．He was deter-mined to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aces in the Battle of Britain with 22 aerial victories over the Germans．He was an inspiration to others during the war．He said,“Don't listen to any-one who tells you that you can’t do this or that．That's nonsense．Make up your mind，you'll never use crutches(拐杖)or a stick，then have a go at everything．Go to school，join in all the games you can．Go anywhere you want to．But never，never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.”  

    The biographies（传记）of great people are full of examples of how they took steps to overcome the difficulties they faced．The common thread is that they did not become depressed．They chose their attitude．They chose to be positive．They took on the challenge．They won．

Nevertheless．there is still the problem of how you change your attitude towards adversity．

1.Which of the following is true according to the author of the passage?

A．Climbing hills on bicycles is the best way to take exercise．

B．People are silly to pay to go to the gym．

  C．Those who want to achieve success can't expect to live all easy lire．

  D．People's attitude towards adversity is the only factor that determines whether they will succeed．

2.By quoting what Douglas Bader said，the author intends to tell us“             ．”

A．Failure is the mother of Success．   

B．A fall into the pit，a gain in your wit．  

C．If you venture nothing，you will have nothing． 

D．Nothing is difficult to the man who will try．

3.Following this passage，the author will further talk about         ．  

  A．how his friend helped him to change his attitude towards the adversity he faced

  B．what steps to take to change your attitude towards the adversity you face

  C．what great people have in common

D．why it is important to keep optimistic in face of adversity

4.Which of the following can best function as the title of the passage?

A．Face adversity with a smile                B．Different attitudes towards adversity

C．Nothing is impossible                      D．Life is full of adversity

Mobile phones should be banned from cars altogether, according to Dr Hole, senior lecturer in psychology, Dr Hole has emphasized the worrying combination of mobile phones and cars in his new book, The Psychology of Driving.

Mobile phones, fatigue（疲劳）, eyesight, drugs and age are among the issues considered by Dr Hole as he examines the factors that influence on driving. The book explores the role of each of these elements in increasing the chances of an accident and was inspired by the author’s conversations with road safety experts across the country.

He says: “The government should have banned mobile phones in cars altogether. It has sent out the wrong message by forbidding hand-held phones because this gives the impression that hands-free phones are safe. The problem with mobile phones is not vehicular（车辆的）control and only having one hand on the wheel, but rather it is taking away attention from what is happening outside the car.”  

Myths（荒诞的说法）about older people making worse drivers and claims（说法）about an improved reaction time among younger people are explored in the book. Questions about how drivers decide what to attend to while driving, the role of a driver’s expectations in determining what they see and how they respond to the road are among the areas covered in the book. Satellite navigation systems and new design aimed at transforming cars into a mobile office, are among the modern developments which he says now compete for driver’s attention behind the wheel.

Dr Hole says: “We need to be very careful about how we go about handling modern technology in cars, because we are opening a Pandora’s Box. When anyone is driving there is a lot of information outside the car and if there is too much going on inside, then there is a danger of overloading the driver.”

1.Dr Hole’s strong belief that mobile phones should be banned from cars lies in      .    

  A. the inconvenience of having only one hand on the wheel caused by mobile phones

  B. the correct message of getting rid of hand-held phones sent out by the government

  C. the increase of chances of accidents

  D. the advice given by some road safety experts

2.Which of the following is not included in his book?

  A. Hand-free phones are safer than hand-held phones.

  B. What drivers have to attend to while driving.

  C. Whether older age and slower reaction is related.

  D. Bad eyesight is one of the factors of causing an accident.

3.Which of the following is true?  

  A. Older people are better at preventing accidents.

  B. younger drivers’ reaction time is relatively shorter.

  C. It is a myth that some old people can still drive.

  D. A driver’s expectations are not covered in the book.

4.What can we know from the underlined sentence?

  A. What is going on outside is of equal importance to what inside.

  B. Modern developments call for drivers’ attention behind the wheel.

  C. Satellite navigation systems require more cars as mobile offices.

  D. Modern technology is responsible for the distraction（分心）of one’s attention while driving.

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在本题下面的横线上。选项中有两项多余选项。  

—Did you watch TV last night?

—（1.）            

—The football game between Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears was really wonderful, wasn’t it?

—（2.）          I wanted to, but my wife preferred to watch the old film.

—What a pity! It was quite exciting. （3.）             

—How did it finish?

—It finished in a draw.（4.）           

—It was quite good, but I missed the beginning of it because I had to eat first.

—（5.）              

—No. After half an hour she stopped watching and started to read a book.  

A. Both teams played very well.

B. I would like to watch a basketball match.

C. Did you wife enjoy it?

D. Yes, I did

E. How funny it was!

F. What was the film like?

G. Oh, I didn’t watch the football match.

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每一行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Recently we had a heated discussion on whether people           1.

should keep pets at home in cities. Some students think it              2.

a good idea to keep pets, so lots of old people who live                3.

alone at home can get some comforts from pets. Besides,             4.

get along well with animals will make our life interesting.             5.

On the other hand, the other students against the idea.             6.

In our opinion, if too many people keep pets at home, it                7.

will do harm to environment. What’s worse, pets may                    8.

make too much noise and even attack to people.                      9.

I like animals, so I don’t think it’s not bad to keep pets                10.

at home. But we must take some measures to prevent them

Polluting our environment.

假如你是李华，女，17岁。请根据所给中、英文提示，用英文邮件形式向学生会写申请。

注意：1.词数：100左右。2.邮件开关和结尾已为你写好。3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。4.参考词汇：tutor vi. & n.家教  

Dear Student union,  

I am Li Hua, a girl of 17. I have just read the ad on the school bulletin and

I’m looking forward to your early reply and please email me at lihua@ yahoo.com.cn.  

                                                                 Yours sincerely,

                                                                     Li Hua

 Having _____ no-meat day would be a good way of encouraging _____ low carbon life-style.?

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

 —Can you give some advice on what I said just now? ?

 —Sorry. My mind______.?

  A. is wandering       B. was wandering? C. has wandered     D. had wandered

 Mr Jones, a new teacher, stood in front of the students, his body ________ with fear. ?

  A.trembling           B. trembled             C.was trembling    D. was trembled