In 1886 explorer Robert Peary traveled to Gre...

In 1886 explorer Robert Peary traveled to Greenland for the U.S. Navy. Before his journey, no one knew Greenland’s size or shape. On Peary’s first trips, he explored Greenland, mapping parts of it.

When Peary returned to the United States, he went to a businessman to sell some furs. There he met Matthew Henson, an African American mechanic, builder and navigator. When Peary went to Nicaragua on a Navy mission(任务),Henson went with him. When that job was over, the two headed to the Arctic.

Henson and Peary set sail for Greenland. When they landed, Henson built a house for their base camp. Peary and his men set out to explore the land by dog sledge(雪橇). Henson was injured and had to stay at the base. While there, he made friends with the Inuit, the native people.

In 1895 Henson, Peary and Hugh Lee went out on another dog sledge journey. This time, they found Greenland’s northernmost point. They now knew that the North Pole lay under the frozen Arctic Ocean. Peary had hoped to cross the ice. but the group ran out of food and returned to base camp. In the years that followed, Peary and Henson tried several times to reach the North Pole, but each time they failed. On one trip, Peary’s feet froze, and he lost his toes（脚趾）.

Peary and Henson planned last trip when Peary was 53 years old. They started across the sea ice from Ellesmere Island, which is located（位于） north of Canada. The temperature dropped as low as—51 degrees Celsius. The explores’ cheeks froze , and they suffered snow blindness from the sun’s glare. They experienced high winds and storms, and they also faced a hidden danger. Under the frozen ocean were powerful currents（潮流）. The ice moved and broke apart leaving open water, called leads. Twice Peary fell into leads. But eventually he and Henson became the first persons to reach the North Pole.

1. What did Peary and Henson find in 1895?

2. Which of the following words can be used to describe Peary?

3.What was the potential danger that Peary and Henson faced on their last trip?

4.The best title for the passage might be “____”.

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A. United Planet.　　 B. Cross-Cultural Solutions.

C. Global Vision International.　　 D. Broadreach Summer Adventures.

2.Those who want to work with local people should go to　　　　 .

A. France　　 B. Ecuador

C. Guatemala　　 D. Romania

3.Teenagers who would like to travel with their family can send an e-mail to　　　　 .

A. info@gviworld.com　　 B. quest@unitedplanet.org

C. info@gobroadreach.org　　 D. info@crossculturalsolutions.org

4.What's the text mainly about?

A. Job-training programs.　　 B. Some travel destinations.

C. Exciting outdoor adventures.　　 D. Some volunteer programs abroad.

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阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

A、The Travel Pavilion. Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different way of life. Visit the Amazon jungle village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing…

B、The Future Tower. This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allow us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some times in our spaces station and climb into our simulator for the Journey to Mars.

C、The Nature Park. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers：see lions , giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Monkey Park to watch the monkeys. And then there is still the Aviary to see.

D、The Pyramid. This is the centre of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps？For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping centre. Come here for information and ideas too.

E、 The Ancient Village. In the village you will find people live in a simple life just as the ancient people did. They wore ancient clothes and were selling the old goods and food. You can even watch an old dance performed by some actors and actresses.

F、 The Underwater World. Here you will find a variety of fish and even some kind of sharks. You will think you are in the water but of course this is not true. If you are interested in fish I suggest that you pay a visit to it.

请阅读以下个人信息，然后匹配他/她的最佳选项：

Michael： I am interested in science and I hope very much to know what our life will be like in the days to come.

Harry： After visiting the Adventureland I want to buy my friends and parents some souvenirs.

Maria： I am Nostalgia and I often recall the past days. I think people used to live more happily than us.

Dick： I am tired of the unchanged and dull life now and what I look forward to is a completely new life.

Alice： I read a lot about the whales but I haven’t seen them for myself. I hope this dream can come true.

Adventureland

1. Michael            A. The Travel Pavilion

2.Harry              B. The Future Tower

3. Maria              C. The Nature Park

4.Dick                D. The Pyramid

5.Alice                E. The Ancient Village

F. The Underwater World

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An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for him to go back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn't go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

The next morning he still didn't have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel (争执).

"Bring me the bill," he said. "The bill, sir?" said the waiter in surprise. "There isn't any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket," said the waiter.

1.The story happened _____.

A.in England

B. on a ship from Norway to England

C. in Norway

D. on a ship from England to Norway

2.The traveler didn't go to the dinning room first because _____.

A.he had no money

B. he didn't feel very well

C. he didn't want to eat anything

D. he didn't hear the sound of the bell

3.The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because _____。

A. his friend had given him some money

B. the waiter had asked him to change his mind

C. he learned that there was no bill on the ship

D. he was too hungry.

4.After the traveler finished eating, _____.

A.he had a quarrel with waiter over the bill

B. he drank a lot

C. he asked the waiter to bring him the change (零钱)

D. he came to know that travelers on the ship had free meals

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We're offering free tickets to go and see a film called A Year in Greenland. The film, which 1. (tell) you all about the plants and animals in that wonderful country, has won 2. prize at the national film festival- it's well worth 3.(see).

The film can only be seen at the new cinema that has just been completed inside the Science Museum in the city centre. It's showing this Sunday with 4. (perform) every hour from midday onwards, with the last showing at 5 o’clock, two hours before the museum closes. So there are six times to choose 5. .

So why not take the whole family to the cinema this Sunday. Children will want to head straight down to the basement 6. the computers are kept. I promise you they’ll come away with all sorts of 7.(excite) pictures they’ve created.

Entrance to the museum is free on Sundays, but it would 8. (normal) cost ﹩3.25 to go and see the film. 9. (get）your free tickets, you should e-mail this program by midday on Friday. We've only got a limited number of tickets, so the 10. (early) you e-mail us, the more likely you are to get one.

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We're offering free tickets to go and see a film called A Year in Greenland. The film，which1.(tell) you all about the plants and animals in that wonderful country，has won2.prize at the national film festival﹣it's well worth 3.(see).

The film can only be seen at the new cinema that has just been completed inside the Science Museum in the city centre. It's showing this Sunday with 4.(perform) every hour from midday onwards, with the last showing at 5 o'clock，two hours before the museum closes. So there are six times to choose 5..

So why not take the whole family to the cinema this Sunday. Children will want to head straight down to the basement 6.the computers are kept. I promise you they'll come away with all sorts of 7.(excite) pictures they've created.

Entrance to the museum is free on Sundays，but it would 8.(normal) cost $3.25 to go and see the film. 9.(get)your free tickets，you should e﹣mail this program by midday on Friday. We've only got a limited number of tickets，so the 10.(early) you e﹣mail us，the more likely you are to get one.

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I had been in the city for some time and was coming home. I missed my boat and decided to travel on an old ship. I knew that it would not be a comfortable journey but I had no time to wait for another boat.

Hardly had we left the port when I saw the dog Gulliver, the captain’s favourite dog, for the first time. What a big dog it was! I had never seen one that could frighten me so much!

On the third day the ship caught fire. Nobody tried to put it out. The ship began sinking and all the men rushed to the life-boats. I saw no chance of getting away in a boat. Suddenly I remembered there was a life-raft on the ship. I had no time to lose, so I immediately rushed towards the raft and pushed it overboard.

In jumping down onto the raft I hurt myself badly and was unconscious for some time. When I came to, I found there was no sign of a life-boat. Every man who had been on board the ship must have gone down with her. I was the only one who was saved.

Then I saw Gulliver was coming fast towards the raft. He struggled a long time before he managed to get onto it. I wanted to push him back into the water but did not dare to move. The dog shook himself, went to the other end of the raft and lay down. I didn’t dare to sleep that night. I must watch him. In the moonlight I could see his eyes were open. He was watching, too.

1.In what situation did the author first meet the dog?

A. While waiting for the boat.　　 B. While travelling in the city.

C. Upon leaving the port.　　 D. Upon getting onto the ship.

2.What did the author manage to do when the ship was going down?

A. Get away with a raft.　　 B. Board a life boat.

C. Jump into the water.　　 D. Put out the fire.

3.What is implied about the dog in the last Paragraph?

A. It was unfriendly.　　 B. It had a good sleep.

C. It enjoyed the moon.　　 D. It feared the author.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Rescuing a Dog　　 B. A Narrow Escape

C. A Sleepless Night　　 D. Caught in a Fire

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For some in China, the aim of travel is to create 15-second videos on a social-media app, dou yin. As a matter of fact, tourism is for recreation and leisure. The world Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for more than twenty-four hours.Nowadays, apart from the traditional forms , a variety of new types of traveling are emerging.

Experiential travel

Last year's travel trend was "experiential travel". This is where tourists look for ways to get to know local culture and interact with local people so they feel less like an outsider but more like a resident.

Transformative travel

It usually goes through three stages – you go to a place that has a very different background than where you come from, you learn wisdom from the new culture and the people you meet, and finally you return home and apply the knowledge to your own life and the lives of those around you.

This last stage is how the “transformation” is completed and what separates transformative travel from experiential travel.

Eco-friendly travel

One way to plan a low-impact trip is to travel a shorter distance, which can reduce your carbon footprint. "One trans-Atlantic flight equals a year's worth of driving, so consider planning an adventure closer to home," according to US News.

Dark travel

Chernobyl is one of the most popular examples of the phenomenon known as dark tourism — a term for visiting sites associated with death and suffering, such as Nazi concentration camps in Europe or the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York.

1.In which column can we read this passage in the newspaper?

A.Advertising B.News C.Sports. D.Entertainment

2.Choosing the Transformative travel, you can__________

A.feel less like a local resident B.reduce carbon emission

C.put what you have learned into practice D.pay a visit to the sites related to sufferings .

3.Which of the following is suitable for the environmentalists?

A.Experiential travel B.Transformative travel

C.Eco-friendly travel D.Dark travel

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Would you like to explore the oceans? Do you want to find 1.than we imagine there? For Jacques Cousteau, the answer was “yes”. His career was a lifelong dream, and he is 2. (probable) the most famous ocean scientist in recent times,

Cousteau was born in France in 1910, Even 3.a child, he loved water, Cousteau was bright, 4.he got bored with school and began to cause trouble, His parents sent him to a strict boarding school. There, Cousteau finally 5. (challenge). He studied hard and did well in all his courses. In 1933, he served as a general officer in the French Navy. He also began to explore the life under the water. He worked 6.a breathing machine to stay under water longer. It was finished in 1943.

In 1948, Cousteau became a captain, and he had new duties, Even so, he continued to explore the oceans. Two years later, he became the president of the French Oceanographic Campaigns. He also bought a ship 7. (help) with his dives. But he 8. (need) a way to get money for his trips. To do that, he produced many films and published a number of books, His films include The Silent World (1956) and World Without

Sun (1996). One of his books is The Living Sea (1963),

In 1974, he founded the Cousteau Society, 9.function was to further oceanic research and encourage people to help protect the oceans and the life within them;

Cousteau won many honors for his work, 10. (include) the Presidential Medal of Freedom and membership in the French Academy in 1989.

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Everyone loves Adventureland! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore（探索）, enjoy, and admire their wonders. Every visit will be an unforgettable experience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back. What are you going to do this time?

The Travel Pavilion

Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life.

Visit the Amazon jungle（丛林）village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing…

The Future Tower

This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator（模拟装置）for the Journey to Mars!

The Nature Park

This is not really one park but several.

In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see…

The Pyramid

This is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps. For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center. Come here for information and ideas too.

1.The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors　　　　　　　 .

A. realize the importance of traveling

B. become familiar with mountain countries

C. learn how to make things such as fishing nets

D. learn something about different places in the world

2.If you are interested in knowing about what people’s life will be, you may visit　　　　　　　 .

A. the Travel Pavilion　　 B. the Future Tower

C. the Safari Park　　　 D. the Pyramid

3.If you want to get a toy lion to take home, where will you most likely go?

A. The Pyramid. 　　　　 B. The Nature Park

C. The Future Tower.　　 D. The Travel Pavilion.

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