Sonoma Bike Tour Start and end in San Francis...

1.Which tour offers the least destinations?

A.Sonoma Bike Tour.

B.Death Valley Bike Tour.

C.California Cruzin’ Hub Tour.

D.Sonoma & Napa Valley Bike Tour.

2.What is special about the Death Valley Bike Tour?

A.It starts and ends in San Francisco.

B.It provides accommodation and meals.

C.You can travel to at most 7 destinations.

D.Anyone aged 10 to 80 can take part in the tour.

3.In which aspect do the four tours have in common?

A.Destinations. B.Transportation.

C.Group size. D.Time length.

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The following are the best restaurants to dine out with your parents in San Francisco.

Maybeck’s

Marina

3213 Scott St.

Telephone(415) 400-8500

What do you get when you mix amazing foods with a pleasant atmosphere? The perfect place for family dinner. Maybeck’s homemade pastas will transport you to the Italian countryside but the fried chicken brings you right back down to earth. It’s a great meal in a peaceful setting that everyone will be sure to remember.

Liholiho Yacht Club

Nob Hill

871 Sutter St.

Telephone: (415)440-5446

Sometimes, dinner with the parents can be a little bit self-serving. Like making a reservation (预约) at the place you’ve been dying to go to for months. They’ll enjoy Liholiho’s fine design and the creative dishes like togarashi popcorn and roasted octopus. You’ll have a delicious dinner and catch up with your parents—two birds, one stone.

Mason Pacific

Nob Hill

1358 Mason St.

Telephone(415)374-7185

If your parents enjoy a classic dining experience, this tiny American restaurant is a bit fancy, but the food is just as good as the atmosphere. And they’ve got great wine.

Heirloom Café

Mission

2500 Folsom St.

Telephone: (415) 821-2500

One good tip for deciding on the place to take your parents to dinner: listen to their opinions. If they love a restaurant and keep telling you to go to it, chances are you should book a table for all of you. For yours truly, that is Heirloom Café. The food is always fresh, the atmosphere is clean but relaxed and the service is always friendly.

1.What can you enjoy at Maybeck’s?

A. Some creative dishes.　　 B. Delicious fried chicken.

C. Different homemade foods.　　 D. Foods from the Italian countryside.

2.What do the “two birds” refer to?

A. The food and the atmosphere.

B. Liholiho’s fine design and parents.

C. Togarashi popcorn and roasted octopus.

D. Delicious foods and the time spent with parents.

3.Where should you go if you want to have some good wine?

A. Maybeck’s.　　 B. Mason Pacific.

C. Heirloom Café.　　 D. Liholiho Yacht Club.

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The Chinatown in San Francisco is the biggest in America, and also the oldest. It is a very popular tourist draw that1. (receive)more visitors each year than even the Golden Gate Bridge. The climate is mild all year round, meaning it is always a good time 2.(visit).

Historically, Chinese immigrants settled in the area during the railroad 3.(construct) and gold rush period. What started as a residential area for Chinese immigrants then turned into a centre for Chinese culture.4.majority of residents in Chinatown are still ethnic Chinese, many of whom do not speak English5. (fluent). This allows visitors to experience a real taste of China.

Most of Chinatown 6. (destroy) in the 1906 earthquake, but the city and residents rebuilt it, taking care to include lots of Chinese architecture. Usually, visitors enter China town through the legendary Dragon Gate,7. was built using materials donated from China. Other famous sites include the Tin How Temple and Bank of Canton, to name 8.a few. Visitors can also spend hours just 9. (explore) the interesting sights, smells, and sounds of China.

Chinatowns are an important part of the diverse culture of the USA. They allow visitors who have never been to China to experience 10. (tradition) Chinese culture first hand.

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When I was twenty-seven years old, I was a clerk in San Francisco. I was alone in the world, and had nothing to depend on but my brain and a clean reputation.

My time was my own after the afternoon board on Saturdays, and I would spend the time on a little sailboat on the bay. One day I sailed too far, and was carried out to sea. At nightfall, when hope was almost lost, I was picked up by a small boat, which headed for London. It was a long and stormy journey, and they made me earn my passage as a common sailor. When I stepped on land in London, my clothes were ragged and shabby, and I only had a dollar in my pocket. This money fed and sheltered me for 24 hours. During the next 24 hours I went without food and shelter.

About ten o’clock on the following morning, tired and hungry, I was walking along Portland Place, when a passing child, threw a big pear into the rubbish can. I stopped, of course, and stared at that muddy treasure. My mouth watered for it. My whole body begged for it. But every time I made a move to get it, some passing eyes noticed my purpose, and of course I straightened up, looked calm, and pretended that I hadn’t been thinking about the pear at all. The same thing kept happening and happening, and I couldn’t get the pear. I was just getting desperate enough to face all the shame and get the pear, when a window behind me was opened, and a gentleman said, “Step in here, please.”

1. According to the passage, the young man _______.

A. had a great reputation for his good work

B. worked as a common sailor during the journey

C. was carried out to sea on purpose by a small boat

D. had nothing left in his pocket after landing in London

2. Why didn’t the man pick up the pear at once?

A. Because a gentleman stopped him and let him in.

B. Because he was not so hungry that he could wait.

C. Because the child was watching the pear.

D. Because he didn’t want others to take him as a beggar.

3. The underlined word “desperate” means “_______”.

A. driven by great need or pain to do something

B. being afraid of doing something for a certain reason

C. enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure or joy

D. feeling sorry or sad about something

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A businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow ＄5000 . The bank officer says the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls Royce into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the ＄5000 and the interest, which comes to ＄15.41.

The loan officer says, “ We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction  has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is that why would you bother to borrow＄5000?”

Laughing, the businessman replies, “ Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for ＄15?”

1.The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of ________.

A. borrowing＄5000                         B. meeting the loan officer

 finding a place to park his car             D. showing how rich he is

2.The loan officer is puzzled because ________.

A. he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank

B. he thinks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank

 he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce

D. he thinks＄5000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman

3.The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means“ ________”.

A. security     B. payment       reward      D. deal

4.Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story?

A. Honest   B. Clever    Rich   D. Kind

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From Japantown to Union Square in San Francisco, here are four fantastic hotels with atmosphere to spare.

1.George, an environmentalist, is now at San Francisco to attend a meeting, he would prefer to live in _______

A. Galleria Park Hotel　　　　　　 B.Hotel Beresford　　

C. Sir Francis Drake Hotel　　　　 D.Orchard Garden Hotel

2.About Sir Francis Drake Hotel, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The hotel lies in the district where tourist goods are sold.

B. The restaurant of the hotel is being built at present.

C. On Sunday tourists can have a chance to watch a show .

D. The hotel has kept its own attractive style for many years.

3. Suppose you are a play lover and will travel to San Francisco in a few days, which number will you call to book a hotel?

A. 800/795-7129        B. 800/533-6533　　　　　 C. 888/717-2881    　　 D. 800/792-9639

4.What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To teach us how to choose the best hotel in San Francisco

B. To compare the differences of four hotels in San Francisco

C. To introduce four hot hotels in San Francisco

D. To tell us the advantages of four hotels in San Francisco

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With a growing number of people in San Francisco choosing not to own a car, German carmaking company BMW has decided to branch out into car-sharing services with 70 cars spread around the city, first in 14 locations, with a further 100 being added gradually.

“This is not an A-to-A service — it is A-to-B,” says Richard Steinberg, chief executive of the DriveNow scheme (方案), pointing out that members can pick up a car downtown for the half-hour drive to the airport for only $12, compared with about $40-50 for a taxi.

Whether that is possible in real life depends on traffic, of course. A midmorning drive from Union Square down Highway 101 to the airport takes just 22 minutes; however, driving back during the rush hour takes twice as long.

Most of the cars that are stuck in San Francisco's traffic jams (交通阻塞) are giving off all sorts of harmful gas. But not DriveNow's BMW ActiveE cars.

“All the cars in San Francisco are electric,” Mr Steinberg says.

In San Francisco, handing back the car to DriveNow is easy — just pick one of its drop-off points, park and walk away. There are no forms to fill in, no time-consuming (耗时的) rules.

Several other carmakers and other players within the motor industry are experimenting with similar schemes, for example Daimler's Car2go scheme, which is operated in many cities around the world.

“We picture a future where car-sharing members outnumber car owners in big cities around the world,” says Car2go spokesman Andreas Leo.

Franck Leveque, from company Frost & Sullivan, agrees.

“Car sharing is growing at a pace we have not seen before,” he says. “By 2020 we believe there will be 15 million members of car-sharing schemes in Europe alone, with 140,000 vehicles in operation.”

1.What does the underlined part “branch out into” probably mean?

A. Start offering.　　 B. Stop improving.

C. Make use of.　　 D. Take control of.

2.The DriveNow scheme _____.

A. works better in rush-hour traffic

B. makes city driving less dangerous

C. encourages people to buy a cheap car

D. allows drivers to pay money to use a car

3.What's special about BMW ActiveE cars?

A. They drive much faster than other cars.

B. They never get stuck in heavy traffic.

C. They don't harm the environment.

D. They need less gas to run.

4.What does Franck think of the future of car sharing?

A. Worrying.　　 B. Hopeful.

C. Uncertain.　　 D. Disappointing.

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Coit Tower

Coit Tower provides 360-degree views of San Francisco and the bay, including the Golden Gate Bridge. The most fantastic views can be seen from the observation deck, which is reached by an elevator. It costs $7 to get on the elevator. It is 4. 9 miles from Coit Tower to Golden Gate Bridge.

Crissy Field

Crissy Field, a former army airport located south of the Golden Gate Bridge in the Presidio, was rebuilt in 2001 and offers wide walking and cycling trails between the Marina Green and Fort Point. It offers wonderful views of the Golden Gate Bridge, picnic areas and a small sandy beach which is popular with families. Along Crissy Field, visitors can stop for lunch at the Warming Hut, the Beach Hut Cafe or the House of Air. Distance from Golden Gate Bridge: 2. 4 miles from the Marina Green.

Fort (堡垄) Point

For a close view of the bridge, visit Fort Point, which is a Civil War time brick fort which can be entered through the Marine Drive park at Crissy Field. Although Fort Point never had any military(军事的) action, the Golden Gate Bridge’s chief engineer, Joseph Strauss, redesigned the bridge to preserve the fort as a “fine example of some kind of art.” Distance from Golden Gate Bridge: 1. 2 miles.

Lands End

Lands End near Lincoln Park offers a perfect view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Visitors can walk along a paved sidewalk near the 17th hole of the Lincoln Park Municipal Golf Course. Here, there are several benches and photo opportunities to picture the beauty of the bridge. Distance from Golden Gate Bridge: 3. 0 miles.

1.Where can visitors have a picnic?

A. At Coit Tower. B. At Crissy Field.

C. At Fort Point. D. At Lands End.

2.Why did Joseph redesign the bridge?

A. To offer wide walking and cycling.

B. To picture the beauty of the bridge.

C. To take a close view of the bridge.

D. To save the fort as an art.

3.What is the purpose of the text?

A. To introduce some places to view Golden Gate Bridge.

B. To introduce some great places in Golden Gate Bridge.

C. To compare the four famous places in San Francisco.

D. To introduce the history of Golden Gate Bridge.

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Last month, Justin Valdez, a college student, was shot in a subway station in San Francisco. The surveillance video(监控录像) showed that before Justin was killed, the killer pulled out his gun several times, and even wiped his nose with it. However, nobody noticed the killer. The surrounding passengers all focused on their cell phones.

We may see the same scene everywhere in our life: in subway stations, restaurants, elevators and so on, people are watching their cell phones. From a family reunion to a date with a friend, people couldn’t stop checking their twitter and facebook on the cell phones and ignoring the persons in front completely, Phubbing(低头症) not only involves young people, but also the elderly and kids.

“Phubbing” is a new term which comes from the words“phone” and “snub”(冷落). It describes the habit of snubbing someone in favor of a cell phone. The word “phubbing” was included in the Australian National Dictionary in 2012. Obviously, the indifference (冷漠) and rudeness of the information age are spreading globally.

A Stop Phubbing campaign website has been set up. You can find the slogan of the website as follows: “stop twittering, stop posting photos…enjoy your food, enjoy the music and respect others.”

Phubbing appears harmless. However, it does influence our life. Jimmy, an epicure(美食家), wrote in his blog: “I can no longer focus on what I am eating since I started twittering. My skill of food photography has improved very fast, while my interest in food drops as a result.” Let us put down our cell phones and re-enjoy the real taste of our food and the warmth of interpersonal communication.

1.The case of Justin Valdez is given in the first paragraph to show ________________________________________________.

A. gun violence happens easily in the US

B. phubbing may lead to terrible disasters

C. the killer didn’t mean to kill him

D. the killer had made a careful plan

2.What will probably happen when you ask a phubbing person for help?

A. He will give you an immediate reply.

B. He will stop looking at his cell phone.

C. He will pay no attention to you.

D. He will be very angry with you.

3.Jimmy’s words suggest that ________________________________________________.

A. phubbing is actually harmless

B. phubbing stops people enjoying their life

C. phubbing affects people’s eating habits the most

D. phubbing helps people improve their photographic skills

4.What is the text mainly about?

A. The phenomenon of phubbing.

B. The popular campaign of stop phubbing.

C. The meaning of the word “phubbing”.

D. The great harm of phubbing.

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We will be traveling to the Presidio in San Francisco to visit the newly opened Walt Disney Family Museum. Your whole family will be fascinated by over 1,400 works of art featuring Disney characters. There are countless exhibits and even a model of the early Disneyland Park.

We will have a timed entry into the museum, and then each family is free to explore at their leisure. Lunch will be on your own. So bring your lunch or money for the Museum Restaurant. The Walt Disney Family Museum is a must-see for everyone who loves Disney.

Date: July 22, 2011

Time: 9:00 am to 4:00pm

Location: Presidio, San Francisco

Cost per person: $35.00 for adults,$25.00 for young people of 6-17 years old and seniors over 65 years old, and $10.00 for children under 6 years of age. Cost includes round-trip bus transportation to and from Alameda and admission into the Museum.

Pick-up location: Bayport Recreation Center(301 Jack London Avenue, near Ruby Bridges Elementary School)

It’s easy to register! You may register in person or mail the completed form and the payments to Alamede Recreation and Park Department 2226 Santa Clara Avenue,Alameda,94501.

Phone registrations begin from Monday to Friday,8:00 am to 5:00pm with MasterCard or VISA only.Have your credit card and class activity number ready just before calling (510) 7477529.Fax the completed registration form with MasterCard/VISA,(510) 5234071.Registration is not accepted for anyone under 18 years of age.

1.The cost of the trip doesn’t include____.

A. the lunch at the Museum　　 B. the transportation to Alameda

C. the transportation from Alameda　　 D. the admission into the Museum

2.The Walt Disney Family Museum is open for____.

A. three days　　 B. nine hours

C. seven hours　　 D. two days

3.If Mr and Mrs Green visit the museum with a 9-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter, they will spend____.

A. $90　　 B. 95

C. $105　　 D. $120

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