Weekend one –day out

A walk along the Great Wall

Beijing Hikers is organizing a hike in a village along the Great Wall in Changping District, north of downtown Beijing. The walk will take around three hours covering a distance of 10 kilometres.

Time:8:30 a.m~4:30 p.m,Dec,4

Cost:200 yuan(US$25) per adult, 150 yuan ((US$18.5)for under~12s.

Meeting place:8:30 a.m. in front of Satarbucks at Lido Holiday Inn, Jiangtai Lu

To sign-up(one day before the hike)and more information ,contact Huijie at 139 100 5516.

Skiing and hot springs

Cycle China plans a day’s skiing fun at a resort around Beijing followed by an outdoor hot spring bath for your sore body.

Cost:.50 yuan (US$43.40)

Time :8:30 a.m~6:30p.m, Dec.4

Location: Meet at the office of Cycle China, opposite the east gate of Jinshan Park, Xicheng District.

For more information and reservation, email reserve@ cyclechina. Com or call 139 1188 6524.

Horse riding

This is a trip to a professional horse- riding club with well- trained bilingual instructors, offering lessons to people who love riding and those willing to learn more. The club is located in Hebei Province next to the Kangxi Grassland.

Time:1:30a.m~4:30p.m,Dec.4

Cost:3320 yuan (US$40.74)including one hour’s riding, transportation, guide ,lunch

To sign-up and more information, contact Lucy at 8580 5080 or 130 1117 1326.

1. This passage is written mainly for ______. 

A. tourists       B. holiday-makers      C. guides        D. sportsmen

2. If Mary, who is ten years old, wants to hike along the Great Wall with her parents, they will pay______dollars.

A. 400         B. 450         C. 68.50          D. 65

3. If you are interested in the knowledge about horse riding, you’ll contact______ .

A. 139 1188 6515                    B. 139 1188 6524     

C. 130 1117 1326                    D. 139 1002 5516

4. Cycle China is______

A. a website which offers traveling information     B. a traveling agency

C. a trainer for skiing                          D. a resort which offers hot spring bath

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

A

Beijing Highlights

Luxury : 4 Days       $269 Up

Standard : 4 Days      $249 Up

Super Deluxe : 4 Days   $519 Up

Budget : 5 Days        $189 Up

Beijing boasting a history of over a thousand years is rich in cultural relics．Our four-day itinerary will take you to the most popular sites around the city．You will see the magnificent Great Wall; sacred Tiananmmen Square; majestic Forbidden City as well as the verdant gardens of the Summer Palace．

B

Beijing Hutong Tour

Luxury & Standard : 5 Days  $299 Up

Super Deluxe : 5 Days      $669 Up

Budget : 6 Days           $239 Up

Beijing, one of the six ancient capital cities of China still has a rich history, and a diverse and colorful culture．Take a special rickshaw ride through an old Hutong neighborhood to experience the different life styles of Beijing residents．A visit to the Lama Temple will expose you to the local people’s religious beliefs．

C

Short Beijing Travel

Luxury & Standard : 3 Days   $159 Up

Are you annoyed by your tight time schedule but interested in visiting Beijing? Here we provide an elaborately（精心地） designed 3-day Beijing tour itinerary taking you to explore the highlights of Beijing．Hence, you can make full use of your time to visit the most aspects of Beijing．

D

Beijing Group Tour

Luxury : 5 Days    $279 Up

Explore the highlights of Beijing on a tight budget, why not join our Beijing group tour with only 6-18 people to each group, you will not only make new friends from different countries but also experience all of the comfort and flexibility at a lower price．

E

Beijing Essence Tour

Luxury : 2 Days    $75 Up

To guide you to catch all the highlight sites of Beijing in short time schedule, we carefully design these two 2-day refined Beijing tours．Take the tour and make full use of your precious time to see as much as possible of Beijing．

F                                   

Beijing One-Day Tours - 17 options here for you!

Luxury : 1 Day   $29 Up

Beijing is such a large city with numerous places of interest to visit．17 one-day package tours offered here are all made up of the essence of Beijing．You can choose any of your preferred according to your interest．

1.Dick is a newcomer to Beijing where he is going to stay for 5 days．Since he has to attend a very important conference on the third day, he has very limited time to spare．But he wishes to spend two days visiting a few of the scenic spots in Beijing so that he could have some basic idea of what Beijing is like．

2.Coming from Los Angeles, as an exchange student, John is eager to know about Beijing which he believes is a great city with a lot of things to explore．So he plans to go around on Sundays．Since he is not familiar with the city, he decides to join one of the local tour agencies．But he prefers things to be different every week．

3.Mary is a mother with a 9-year-old daughter．She wants to travel around Beijing this summer holiday with her daughter．She would like her daughter to make some friends while opening her eyes during the trip．

4.Li Xue has a very long holiday this year．She wants to go on a guided tour round the most popular sites of Beijing．She does not believe in those so called “cheap and good” offer, so she does not care much about money．So long as the tour is comfortable and enjoyable, she will not hesitate to join in．

5.Professor Zhou is interested more in culture and the way of life of the local people than simply taking a city sightseeing tour．Instead of going to museums and popular sites, he likes to explore how the local people lived in the old times．

Indians Refuse Higher Education

On June 17,1744, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations． The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College． In letter the next day they refused the offer as follows:

We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you． We are certain that you mean to do us good by your suggestion; and we thank you heartily． But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be displeased if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours． We have had some experience of it． Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces:

They were taught all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad manners, and they knew little of every means of living in the woods．．． they were totally good for nothing．

We are, however, not the less obliged for your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them in all we know, and make men of them．

59．The passage is about _______．

A．the talk between the Indians and the officials

B．the colleges of the northern provinces

C．the educational values of the Indians

D．the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteenth century

60．The Indians’ chief purpose in writing the letter seems to be to______．

A．politely refuse a friendly offer

B．express their opinions on equal treatment

C．show their pride

D．describe Indian customs

61．Different from the officials’ view of education, the Indians thought______．

A．young women should also be educated

B．they had different objects of education

C．they taught different branches of science

D．they should teach the sons of the officials first

62．The mood of the letter as a whole is best described as ______．

A．angry      B．polite      C．pleasant       D．inquiring

根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确、完整形式，每空只写一词。

1.Maggie is always so ____________(有吸引力的) that he has a lot of fans in the world.  

2.Luckily, the little boy ___________(幸存)the earthquke though he was badly hurt.. 

3." We will fulfill the task in advance ." Tom replied ___________(自信地).

4.They invited a number of ____ (音乐家) to give performance at the concert, but several of them didn't turn up.

5.Joan and Mary are sisters. The _______ (前者) is a pianist; the latter is a singer..

6.He is one of the gifted _________ (运动员)who will take part in the Olympic Games on behalf of our country.

7.They accepted my __________(申请) to join the club.

8.Bob’s work hasn’t been finished, so he had to work_________(额外的) hours while others went home.

9.China _________(主办) the 29th Olympic Games successfully in 2008.

10.When his mother came in, he ______________(假装) to be sleeping.

改错(共5小题，每小题2分，共10分)

1.That is amazing that such an old man can climb a 1000-meter-high mountain.

2.On the another hand, the Chinese paintings will take a longer time to learn than oil paintings.

3.If I am you, I would work in a small mountain village.

4.Once you get into trouble, don't be nervous; that is, take easy.

5. After being ill for 10 days, Mary is finally back on her foot again.