Winter Travel Adventures

“Let it snow, let it snow!” You have found your home for all adventures, icy, snowy and white! Discover breathtaking sights while cross-country skiing and snow mobiling, or uncover new lands for skiing, and find the hottest spots to snowboard. Informative links below will get you on your way to a winter wonderland journey.

Seniors Head South for Winter

A feature article on the annual（一年一次的）migration of Winter Texans and Snow Birds heading to warmer places for the winter. Resources for Texas, Florida, Southern U.S and international destinations are included.

Skiing and Snowboarding adventures

You either love it or hate it, strapping（用帶子系）a pair of boards to your feet and thrusting yourself down a snow-covered mountain at a speed of 60 miles per hour. If downhill running is your adventure game, connect with the best resources for adventures, vacations, ski trips and destinations.

Cross-country Skiing Adventures

All ages can find pleasure and exercise on a good pair of cross-country skis. Discover the winter back-country on your next adventure. Connect with adventure opportunities, outfitters, equipment sources, destinations and more.

Snowmobile Adventures

Take to the snow-covered backcountry and discover white adventures where only snowmobiles can take you. You can find information from a resource center about adventure tours, group tours, clubs, equipment, destinations, best trails and more.

Snowshoe Adventures

Foot power proves to be the ultimate （首要）dependable transportation, and that applies to winter trekking (艱苦跋涉)through the backcountry. A good pair of snowshoes can get you to places when nothing else can.

1.The purpose of this text is to _______.

A. introduce some of the famous scenic spots

B. introduce the hottest spots to snowboard

C. provide readers with several choices of traveling.

D. provide information of different travel agencies

2.The underlined words “hottest spots” (in paragraph 1) mean _______.

A. places with the highest temperature

B. the most popular places for travelers.

C. places with hot springs

D. the most popular winter games

3.If you wish to spend your winter abroad, which group would you join?

A. Seniors Head South For Winter

B. Snowmobile Adventures

C. Skiing and Snowboarding Adventures

D. Cross-Country Skiing Adventures

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A lot of people have difficulty "switching off" in the evening． About half of the women in Germany and a quarter of the men sleep poorly．

Environmental factors are only one of the possible causes． Job stress as well as personal and health concerns are also the main reasons for their sleep problems．

In addition， electronic objects' standby lights and indicator lamps can be annoying in the dark and affect sleep．"Sound scientific evidence is still lacking on this matter，" Kunz notes．

According to Kunz， those who cannot go without their computer in the evening should turn down the blue content if possible and lower the brightness somewhat．"But nobody does that because， after all， you want to concentrate while working at the computer and the light helps the brain．"

1.The passage is mainly about ____________．

A． natural wake-up cycles

B． the effect of light on sleep

C． personal and health concerns

D． functions of computer monitors

2.The underlined word “which” in Paragraph 2 refers to_____．

A． normal bathroom lighting

B． 10-minute exposure to lighting

C． the release process of a chemical

D． a chemical affecting one’s sleep cycle

3.We can learn from the passage that ______．

A． the blue light has a calming effect．

B． the photo-pigment tells people day or night

C． women in Germany use computers more often than men

D． it has been proved that standby lights affect people’s sleep

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We offer five kinds of courses. Each course has been designed to help students according to their needs.

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Course 4: Night Classes

Do you want to improve your English and get the best possible results in your GRE test? We have two night classes each week designed to meet your needs. Tuesday and Thursday evenings: 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm, $ 60 per day.

Course 5: One on One

If you are interested in some One on One lessons with TIES teachers, we can design a course to meet your needs. One on One lessons can improve your English language skills more quickly and help students who want to take TOEFL. Tuesday to Friday: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, $ 80 per hour.

1. If you are an English beginner, you’d better choose________.

A. General English B. High School ESL

C. Night Classes D. Academic English

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A. Course 1. B. Course 2.

C. Course 3. D. Course 4.

3.How much will you pay if you spend two weeks taking the High School ESL course?

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A. Its lessons are given in the morning.

B. It’s especially designed for English beginners.

C. It’s more expensive than the other courses.

D. Its lessons are designed to only improve writing skills.

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A. Course 1 or Course 5 B. Course 3 or Course 4

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短文改錯

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號(∧)，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(＼)劃掉。

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2．只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計分。

Ladies and gentlemen，

It’s my honor to give a speech here．After-class activities play a important part in our school life．Proper activities help enrich our lives，broaden our horizons or develop our personalities.

Mine own experience can serve as a case in point. When I was in Senior one，I become a member of our drama club，that I used to visit on weekends．Since my participation in various activities organizing by the club，I achieved a lot．

These activities bring me a lot of funs，provide me with good opportunities to develop new friend-ships and open a window through which I have a brand-new outlook．With so much advantages shown above，why not to join us at once？

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Victoria Avenue School supports the Walking School Bus initiative（倡議） a safe, healthy and fun way for children to walk to and from school, guided by a registered group of parents. If you and your child would be interested in joining one of our buses we would love to hear from you.

Bell Road route

This is a morning bus with over 30 walkers! The route is as follows: Starts at 14 Bell Road, down Scherf Road, crosses Portland Road into Ingram Street, left into Spencer Street then to school. Please call Vanessa McNaught at 5234529.

Lingarth / Mahoe route

This bus runs morning and afternoon. It departs from the corner of Combes Road and Lingarth Street at 8:10 am. There are two routes-one goes along Lingarth Street and the other along Mahoe Avenue and Manawa Road at 8:25 am. The bus continues up Manawa Road, turns right into Victoria Avenue, and goes down Dragon Drive. At the end of the school day all walkers meet at the bottom of Dragon Drive, leaving school at approximately 3:10 pm. Please contact Toko Kofoed tokofoed@gmail. com.

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1.Part of Bell Road route is similar to .

A. Lingarth/Mahoe route

B. Shera Road route

C. Shore Road route

D. Spencer Street starwalkers

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A. Combes Road Lingarth Street Mahoe Avenue Manawa Road

B. Combes Road- Mahoe Avenue Manawa Road Dragon Drive

C. Dragon Drive Victoria Avenue Manawa Road Mahoe Avenue

D. Dragon Drive Manawa Road Victoria Avenue Lingarth Street

3.Who might be most interested in the text?

A. Bus drivers. B. Local walkers.

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Many Americans are turning to Japan, they think, a country of high academic(學術(shù)的) achievement and economic success, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction. In one survey, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents(答問卷者)listed “to give children a good start academically” as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for successful careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as determination, concentration, and the ability to work as a member of a group. The huge majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents.

Like in America, there is diversity(多樣性) in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential(潛力的) development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools. Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children’s chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens.

1.We learn from the first paragraph that many Americans believe ________.

A. Japanese preschool education emphasizes academic instruction

B. Japanese parents are more involved in preschool education than American parents

C. Japan’s economic success is a result of its scientific achievements

D. Japan’s higher education is superior to theirs

2.In Japan’s preschool education, the focus is on ________.

A. preparing children academically

B. shaping children’s character

C. teaching children mathematics

D. developing children’s artistic interests

3.Why do some Japanese parents send their children to university-based kindergartens?

A. They can do better in their future studies.

B. They can make more group experience grow there.

C. They can be individually oriented when they grow up.

D. They can have better chances of getting a first-rate education.

4.Free play has been introduced in some Japanese kindergartens in order to ________.

A. broaden children’s knowledge

B. train children’s creativity

C. lighten children’s study load

D. enrich children’s experience

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Around 1816 Baron Karl Drais de Sauerbrun in Germany added a moveable steering（操縱）handle. These early machines were often known as dandy horses or hobby horses, but weren’t very popular.

The improvement that made them popular was added by a Scottish blacksmith around 1839. Kirkpatrick Macmillan added pedals to enable it to get up hills. It was this improvement that made the bicycle a serious form of transportation.

Bike were called velocipedes（腳踏兩輪車）or bone-shakers, because of the lack of the proper tires made for a rough ride! It wasn’t until around 1869 that they began to be called bicycles (“two-wheels”). Carriage makers in Paris (either Pierre and Ernest Michaux, or their employee Pierre Lallement) switched the pedal to the front wheel. That’s why it is usually either Lallement or the Michauxs, not Macmillan, who are considered as the inventor of the bicycle.

In 1869 the penny-farthing or high-wheeler was invented. With the large wheel the rider could go much farther with each push of the pedal, but caused many accidents because the seat was so far off the ground.

In the mid-1880s Englishman James Starley manufactured what he called the “safety bicycle” , which had two similarly-sized wheels and a major improvement--- a chain（鏈條）and sprocket（鏈輪齒） driven rear wheel, with the pedals between the two wheels like modern bicycles.

One more historical note---it’s possible that the idea of the bicycle was thought of almost 400 years before it was actually invented. There is a drawing of a bicycle-like machine in one of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, which dates back to about 1493.

1.Who is recognized as the inventor of the bicycle?

A. The Michauxs.

B. Macmillan.

C. Comte Mede de Sivac.

D. Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun.

2. Why was the bicycle not popular in the early 1800’s?

A. It was too expensive.

B. The seat was too high.

C. There were no pedals.

D. It had no tires.

3.Which of the following statements can NOT be inferred from the passage?

A. The “safety bicycle” was much like the modern bicycle.

B. Leonardo da Vinci once drew a machine similar to the bicycle.

C. The penny-farthing did not last long because it was a bit too dangerous.

D. Comte Mede De Sivrac’s invention had both a steering handle and pedals.

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. The Inventor of the Bicycle

B. Modern Bicycles

C. The History of the Bicycle

D. Leonardo da Vinci and the Bicycle

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完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

I am anything but adventurous. So, when I actually ____ the courage to learn driving and, even more ____, passed the test, I fancied being a free spirit at last.

I mistakenly thought I would ____new roads and drive to the farthest horizons. But, trying new highways was next to ____ for me. The time I tried, I got hopelessly ____ and found myself going around in circles. When I eventually found the way home, I ____ this was the end of the adventurous life. I _____ the known routes. When a friend ____ me to make the most of weekend when the traffic was ____ to make new discoveries, I ___ at her with horror. Was I going to ____ a perfectly good weekend raising my blood pressure or was I going to spend it doing as little as possible? _____, I chose the latter option.

After some years of battling the Sharjah-Dubai ___ , I told myself it wasn’t worth ____ my peace of mind. Now I had the Metro, buses and ____ to choose from. Taking taxi was one of the best ____ I have made from a traffic point of view. There was an unbelievable sense of lightness _____ I jumped into a taxi, taken to my destination without being worried.

All one has to do is give directions. I am good at that. Giving directions, I mean. And I am very __ ___ when I issue these, with no effect on the part of the person driving. As soon as I sit inside, I start the description of the _____ to be taken in great detail so as to _____ the possibility of being taken for a ride.

1.A．covered B．delivered C．gathering D．removing

2.A．enthusiastically B．surprisingly C．importantly D．typically

3.A．discover B．get C．invent D．purchase

4.A．invisible B．useful C．practical D．impossible

5.A．lost B．a(chǎn)mazed C．puzzled D．moved

6.A．refused B．hoped C．replied D. swore

7.A．a(chǎn)dded to B．stuck to C．got to D．referred to

8.A．suggested B．ordered C．a(chǎn)dvised D．persuaded

9.A．light B．heavy C．slow D．safe

10.A．glared B．stared C．glanced D．viewed

11.A．use B．spare C．waste D．devote

12.A．Of course B．In short C．In case D．Of all

13.A．system B．a(chǎn)tmosphere C．society D．traffic

14.A．weighing B．disturbing C．conducting D. carrying

15.A．cars B．trains C．trucks D．cabs

16.A．dreams B．discoveries C．choices D．challenges

17.A．while B．when C．until D．before

18.A．considerate B．ignorant C．stubborn D．a(chǎn)ccurate

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Most nights I lie in bed, ready for an escape from myself, yet a streaming video of everything I ate, how I exercised, the activities of the day won’t stop playing in my mind.

I pause. I breathe. I try to relax once again, but it doesn’t work.

When I’m not exercising — even if I’ve already exercised that day — I’m consumed with anxiety about my next workout. Will something come up and make me miss the gym? What about holidays when the gym is closed?

Exercise has become a disease; it even disguises (偽裝，假裝) itself as the cure. If I don’t have it as an escape, then what’s left to hold me together? Working out feels like the only way to calm myself, but as soon as I leave the gym or finish a walk, the whole cycle starts over again.

As you might have guessed by now, I suffer from depression and OCD (強迫癥). I’m a highly-educated adult woman who knows the risks of this behavior, and yet I can’t stop.

As a society, we’re told over and over that it’s important to exercise. That’s what makes it so easy to keep this addiction a secret; it’s not as obvious as lighting up a cigarette. You can continue to feed your addiction under the guise that you’re just being “healthy”. I not only have to fight the nonstop thoughts in my head but also the “more exercise is better” messages I receive from the media every day.

For me, exercise has become a drug, which is a way to numb the pain I might feel. I wonder what it would be like to “have the problem” of not wanting to go to the gym. It still feels very far away.

Yet I know I can be stronger than this. I can break the cycle I’m in. I can tell my story so as to give up a piece of the secrecy that keeps me sick.

Because no, you don’t want my problem. And finally, neither do I.

1.When the author goes to bed, she___________.

A. can’t breathe normally B. can’t fall asleep

C. always feels hungry D. always feels tired

2.The underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 probably refers to ___________.

A. the gym B. disease C. exercise D. the cure

3. What is special about the addition to exercise?

A. It is popular among highly-educated people.

B. It is widely reported by the mass media.

C. It does little harm to health.

D. it is not easily discovered.

4.We know from the text that the author ____________.

A. is emotionless

B. lives far away from the gym

C. is seriously ill

D. has difficulty in keeping secrets

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