San Francisco Fire Engine Tours
San Francisco Winery Tour
Running: February 1st through April 30th
This delicious tour goes through the city on its way to Treasure Island where we will stop at the famous Winery SF. Here you can enjoy 4 pours of some of the best wine San Francisco has to offer.(Included in tickets price)
Departing from the Cannery: Tell time upon request.
Duration(时长)：2 hours
Price: $90
Back to the Fifties Tour
Running: August 16th through August 31st
This tour transports you back in time to one of San Francisco’s most fantastic periods, the 1950s! Enjoy fun history as we take you through San Francisco for a free taste of ice cream.
Departing from the Cannery 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Duration:2 hours
Price:$90
Spooky Halloween Tour
Running: October 10th through October 31st
Join us for a ride through the historical Presidio district .Authentic fire gear （服装）is provided for your warmth as our entertainers take you to some of the most thrilling parts of San Francisco
Departing from the Cannery:6:30 pm and 8:30 pm
Duration :1 hour and 30 minutes
Price: Available upon request
Holiday Lights Tour
Running: December 6th through December 23nd
This tractive four takes you to some of San Francis’s most cheerful holiday scenes. Authentic fire gear is provided for your warmth as you get into the holiday spirit.
Departing from the Cannery 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm
Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Advance reservations required.
1.Which of the tours is available in March?
A. Back to the Fifties Tour. B. San Francisco Winery Tour.
C. Spooky Hallowen Tour. D. Holiday Lights Tour.
2.What can tourists do on Back to the Fifties Tours?
A. Go to Treasure Island B. Enjoy the holiday scenes.
C. Have free ice cream. D. Visit the Presidio district.
3.What are tourists required to do to go on Holiday Lights Tour?
A. Take some drinks. B. Make reservations in advance.
C. Set off early in the morning. D. Wear warm clothes.
难度: 简单查看答案及解析
Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic(全景的) of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.
Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view.
Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.
Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.
This photo, with the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured and frozen on some stranger’s bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized. In some ways, she lives in my house.
Perhaps we all live in each other’s spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.
That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.
1.What happened when the author was about to take a photo?
A.Her camera stopped working. B.A woman blocked her view.
C.Someone asked her to leave. D.A friend approached from behind.
2.In the author’s opinion, what makes the photo so alive?
A.The rich color of the landscape. B.The perfect positioning of the camera.
C.The woman’s existence in the photo. D.The soft sunlight that summer day.
3.The passage can be seen as the author’s reflections upon ________.
A.a particular life experience B.the pleasure of traveling
C.the art of photography D.a lost friendship
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
A meteorite（陨石）moved quickly across the sky and exploded(爆炸）over central Russia on Feb. 15, raining fireballs over a vast area and causing a shock wave that smashed windows, damaged buildings and injured 1,200 people.
People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt the shock wave, according to a Reuters journalist in the industrial city 1 , 500 km east of Moscow.
The fireball, travelling at a speed of 30 km per second according to Russian Federal Space Agency （Roscosmos） , had blazed（熊熊燃烧）across the horizon（地平 线），leaving a long white trail that could be seen as far as 200 km away.
Car alarms went off, thousands of windows were broken and mobile phone networks were interrupted for a short time. The Interior Ministry said the meteorite explosion, a very rare sight, also released a great explosive sound.
“I was driving to work. It was quite dark, but it suddenly became bright as if it were day," said Viktor Prokofiev, 36, a resident（居民）of Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains. felt like I was blinded by headlights（车前灯）.”
The meteorite, which weighed about 10 tonnes and may have been made of iron, entered Earth's atmosphere and broke apart 30 km—50 km above ground, according to Russia's Academy of Sciences.
“The energy released（(释放）when it entered the Earth's atmosphere was equal to a few kilo tonnes," the academy said, “the power of a small atomic weapon exploding. ”
No deaths were reported but the Emergencies Ministry said 20, 000 rescue and clean-up workers were sent to Ural Region after President Vladimir Putin told Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov to ease and help the victims.
The Interior Ministry said about 1,200 people had been injured, at least 200 of them were children, and most from broken pieces of glass.
1.What do we learn about the meteorite from the passage?
A.It is a very huge ball made of iron.
B.It quickly broke apart on the ground.
C.It exploded over Russia's Ural Region.
D.It's similar to an A-bomb in weight.
2.The underlined word “smashed" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “_____”.
A.broke B.melted
C.burned D.cleared
3.We can know from the passage that _____.
A.Moscow is 1,500 kilometers away from the east of Chelyabinsk
B.many houses were destroyed, with lots of people reported missing
C.Viktor Prokofiev became blind after seeing the rare sight
D.the shock wave briefly influenced mobile phone networks
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A."Meteorite Rush” Begins in Russia
B.President Putin Orders Assistance
C.Meteorite Hits Russia, 1,200 People Hurt
D.Meteorite Flies Quickly Across Russia
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
I recently received an e-mail from a wise speaker. In his e-mail, he pointed out some obstacles that lie ahead on the way to success. 1.
Laziness. Even with a right goal and the courage to pursue it, your efforts will be in vain unless you're willing to take actions. 2. Post your visions and plans in your bedroom, bathroom and office. Share them with others. In that case, everyone could be your supervisor. Make yourself responsible and become the master of your destiny.
Doubt. 3. Life and work can be hard and even cruel. Remember, the race is not for the smartest but for those who don't give up. Rather than allowing doubt to stand in your path, you owe it to yourself to remain confident in your plan. 4.
Dishonesty. As you begin to be successful, you'll tend to lie, exaggerate（夸大）, and cheat in order to move your agenda forward. However, taking the easy way of dishonesty will make you become the person you hate. 5. True success comes when you are a person of your word, when you have a pure conscience（良心），and when you have not cheated others on your way to the top.
A. Only the brave can overcome this first obstacle.
B. His thoughts were so deep and insightful that I edited them.
C. Write down your goals and the action steps you'll take to pursue those goals.
D. In the end, it causes far more problems than taking the risk of telling the truth.
E. Adjust it as needed along the way, but always know that success will ultimately be yours.
F. Once you've made a decision, doubt is a worm that eats away at your ability to succeed.
G. If you can't experience gratitude, you might as well have stayed exactly where you started.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he first _______ back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an education, he was _______ against many difficulties. His family was poor. His Dad couldn't afford the _______ at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to _______ classes. Study had to be done _______his farm-work routines. He stopped taking part in many school activities because he didn't have the time or the _______. He had only one good suit. He tried for the football team, _______ the coach turned him down for being too _______. During this period Dale was slowly _______ an inferiority complex （自卑感），which his mother knew could ________ him from achieving his real potential. She suggested that Dale join the ________team, believing that ________ in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother's advice, tried desperately and after several attempts ________made it. This proved to be a ________ point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the ________ he needed. And his hard work ________. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top ________ in speech. Now other students were coming to him for coaching and later they, ________, were winning contests.
Out of this early struggle to ________ his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to ________ an idea to an audience builds a person's confidence. And, with it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.
1.A.wanted B.recognized C.supplied D.filled
2.A.dealing B.succeeding C.struggling D.trying
3.A.board B.equipment C.teaching D.training
4.A.skip B.participate C.instruct D.attend
5.A.between B.during C.over D.through
6.A.idea B.interest C.clothes D.talent
7.A.so B.which C.but D.as
8.A.outstanding B.light C.optimistic D.easygoing
9.A.gaining B.achieving C.seeking D.developing
10.A.prevent B.protect C.save D.free
11.A.singing B.debating C.running D.horse-riding
12.A.presence B.potential C.patience D.practice
13.A.hopefully B.certainly C.finally D.naturally
14.A.key B.turning C.breaking D.basic
15.A.confidence B.experience C.ability D.progress
16.A.paid in B.paid up C.paid back D.paid off
17.A.race B.work C.praise D.honor
18.A.in return B.in brief C.in turn D.in charge
19.A.convey B.overcome C.understand D.build
20.A.express B.stress C.contribute D.reply
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
When I was a little girl, my family moved to a tiny town at the bottom of a big mountain. One day after school, while 1. (explore) the green woods of this magnificent mountain, I almost 2. (fall) on a set of stairs. What could these steps lead to? 3. (curious) got the best of me as I knew it would be starting to get dark soon. I started climbing up those strangely 4.(mystery) steps.
I climbed and climbed. There was nothing 5. just green bushes and these steps. I had to reach the top! However, it was now getting really dark. My mum 6.(be) worried sick if I didn't come home soon. So I ran back home almost in the dark and tried not to get too scared.
Anxiously I went to bed dreaming about 7. I would find at the top of this magical mountain. Could there be a castle up there? Maybe I would find a monster. Maybe I was taking the risk of never coming back home. Or, maybe all I would find was 8. (absolute) nothing! But something inside me was going to climb that mountain 9. all cost. I could hardly wait 10. (try) this adventure again.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
假定你是李华,你从澳大利亚朋友Chris发给你的邮件中得知他刚从加拿大回国， 请你给他回一封邮件,咨询他一些相关事情。内容包括：
1. 与谁结伴同行？
2. 逗留时间长度和住宿地点？
3. 能否分享他的一些旅行经历趣事？
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Chris,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Many couples who already have one healthy, happy child, are facing a dilemma（困境），that is, the issue of whether to have a second child or not. They have hard jobs and limited time and money, but they want to make sure that their only child does not become a lonely child. So, what are the advantages and disadvantages of having a second child? That is what so many couples are very much concerned about and eager to understand.
One popular saying is that one child means a lonely child. That's why many single- child parents plan to have a second child. They feel guilty about their decision to have only one child, because there are no other children in the family for their only child to play with, which may make the child feel lonely at times, especially during vacations.
Another common argument against having just one child is that an only child may be more spoiled than one with brothers or sisters. If one couple have only one child, the child can't learn to share things with others and is less capable of getting along well with other children than one who grows up with brothers or sisters.
However, in many parts of the world, more and more parents are still choosing not to have a second child because they argue that there are advantages for the child as well as the parents. With just one child, they suggest, there is little chance of family arguments concerned with children. Besides, as an only child in the family, the child can receive more quality time and attention. This often leads to increased self-respect and independence, which can lead to the child being more confident.
Unluckily, there is no simple answer to the question of whether or not to have a second child. Every family is different, and what is suitable for one family may not be for another. The important thing, in the end, is to make a decision that both you and your spouse（配偶）feel confident about.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
难度: 中等查看答案及解析