A couple in their 60s has travelled 12,000 miles across 16 countries from Britain to China - riding their bikes all the way. Grandparents Peter and Chris stepped on the long journey after deciding to “do something a bit different”. They traversed (横穿) cities, deserts, mountains and everything in between across Europe, the Middle East and the East Asia.
Peter, 66, said the moment they finally had a look at the famous Great Wall after a year and a half of cycling 30 miles a day was “really exciting”. At the end of their journey, the special pair didn’t fly home but instead choose to book a cabin (舱) inside a 400m-long ship.
“You never know what the day is going to bring. All you know is that you are going to get on your bike and cycle. Every day is an adventure and every day is new. Overall, the experience is unbelievable, “ Peter said.
At first Peter and Chris set out to cycle from Britain in January 2017 but were forced home. They had cycled all the way to Hungary when Peter slipped and broke his leg. After seven months of recovery, the couple set out again in Britain. They finally arrived in China in November 2018.
Both Peter and Chris agreed that the best part of the entire trip was coming across the kindness of strangers along the way, many of whom invited the couple for food and drink. Chris, 64, said, “It was a wonderful experience, particularly wonderful because of the amazing people we met along the way.”
1.What’s the couple’s purpose of taking the long journey?
A.To try something new.
B.To break the world record.
C.To go across 16 countries by bike.
D.To celebrate their 37-year marriage.
2.How did the couple go back to their home after the trip to China?
A.By cycling.
B.By train.
C.By plane.
D.By sea.
3.Why did the couple put off their trip in 2017?
A.Peter had an accident.
B.They ran out of their money.
C.They met with a heavy snow.
D.Peter fell ill suddenly in Hungary.
4.What’s the best part of the trip for the couple?
A.The beautiful scenes.
B.The help from others.
C.The delicious food and drink.
D.The kindness from other cyclists.
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A couple in their 60s has travelled 12,000 miles across 16 countries from Britain to China — riding their bikes the entire way. Grandparents Peter and Chris stepped on the long journey after deciding to ''do something a bit different''. They travelled across cities, deserts, mountains and everything in between across Europe, the Middle East and the East Asia. The married couple of 37 years enjoyed themselves with delicious local food and spent most nights inside a tiny tent put up wherever they could find shelter.
Peter, 66, said the moment they finally had a look at the famous Great Wall after a year and a half of cycling 30 miles a day was ''really exciting''. At the end of their journey, the special pair didn’t fly home but instead choose to book a cabin inside a 400m-Iong container ship. The final part was a three-week voyage from Singapore across the Indian Ocean and into the Mediterranean Sea before arriving at Southampton.
''You never know what the day is going to bring. All you know is that you are going to get on your bike and cycle. Every day is an adventure and every day is new. Overall, the experience is absolutely unbelievable, '' Peter said.
Peter and Chris initially set out to cycle from Britain in January 2017 but were forced home. They had cycled all the way to Hungary when Peter slipped on tiles and broke his leg. After even nonths of recovery, the couple set out again in Britain. They finally arrived in China in November 2018.
3th Peter and Chris agreed that the best part of the entire trip was coming across the kinhood of strangers along the way, many of whom invited the couple for food and drink. Chris, 64, said ''It was a wonderful experience, particularly wonderful because of the amazing people we met along the way. ''
1.What’s the couple's purpose of taking the long journey?
A.To try something new. B.To break the world record.
C.To go across 16 countries by bike. D.To celebrate their 37-year marriage.
2.How did the couple go back to their home after the trip to China?
A.By cycling. B.By train.
C.By plane. D.By sea.
3.Why did the couple put off their trip in 2017?
A.Peter had an accident. B.They ran out of their money.
C.They met with a heavy snow. D.Peter fell ill suddenly in Hungary.
4.What's the best part of the trip for the couple?
A.The beautiful scenes. B.The help from others.
C.The delicious food and drink. D.The kindness from other cyclists.
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A couple in their 60s has travelled 12,000 miles across 16 countries from Britain to China - riding their bikes all the way. Grandparents Peter and Chris stepped on the long journey after deciding to “do something a bit different”. They traversed (横穿) cities, deserts, mountains and everything in between across Europe, the Middle East and the East Asia.
Peter, 66, said the moment they finally had a look at the famous Great Wall after a year and a half of cycling 30 miles a day was “really exciting”. At the end of their journey, the special pair didn’t fly home but instead choose to book a cabin (舱) inside a 400m-long ship.
“You never know what the day is going to bring. All you know is that you are going to get on your bike and cycle. Every day is an adventure and every day is new. Overall, the experience is unbelievable, “ Peter said.
At first Peter and Chris set out to cycle from Britain in January 2017 but were forced home. They had cycled all the way to Hungary when Peter slipped and broke his leg. After seven months of recovery, the couple set out again in Britain. They finally arrived in China in November 2018.
Both Peter and Chris agreed that the best part of the entire trip was coming across the kindness of strangers along the way, many of whom invited the couple for food and drink. Chris, 64, said, “It was a wonderful experience, particularly wonderful because of the amazing people we met along the way.”
1.What’s the couple’s purpose of taking the long journey?
A.To try something new.
B.To break the world record.
C.To go across 16 countries by bike.
D.To celebrate their 37-year marriage.
2.How did the couple go back to their home after the trip to China?
A.By cycling.
B.By train.
C.By plane.
D.By sea.
3.Why did the couple put off their trip in 2017?
A.Peter had an accident.
B.They ran out of their money.
C.They met with a heavy snow.
D.Peter fell ill suddenly in Hungary.
4.What’s the best part of the trip for the couple?
A.The beautiful scenes.
B.The help from others.
C.The delicious food and drink.
D.The kindness from other cyclists.
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The old couple has ____ a lot since their only son was killed in an accident two years ago.
| A．looked through | B．gone through | C．got through | D．passed through |
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Three men were travelling across the desert when their car broke down. There were no other traffics, so their only hope was to walk.
Before they set off, they looked around in the car for useful things to take with them. One of the men took a bottle of whisky. Another took an umbrella. The third unscrewed a door from the car and carried that.
After they had been walking for almost a day, they came across a camel caravan travelling towards them.
“Let’s try to join the caravan,” one of the men said. “It’s going the wrong way but we’ll be safer than if we keep on alone across the desert.”
The other s agreed, so they asked the leader of the caravan for permission to join it.
“You can join the caravan only if you answer three questions,” he said. He pointed to the first man’s bottle. “What is that and why are you carrying it?” he asked.
“It’s a bottle of whisky. I decided to carry it with me so that if I feel miserable and want to give up, I can get drunk, cheer myself up and then keep on walking.”
“Very sensible,” the leader of the caravan said. Then he pointed to the next man and his umbrella.
“It hasn’t rained in the desert for many years,” he said. “Why are you carrying an umbrella?”
“I don’t want to get heat exhaustion,” he replied. “The umbrella will give me shade from the sun.”
“Very sensible,” the leader of the caravan said. He pointed to the third man and his car door. “And why are you carrying a car door?” he asked him.
“I thought that if I got too hot I could open the window and let some air in,” he explained.
1.What happened to the three men’s car?
A. It fell over a cliff.
B. It had an accident.
C. It stopped and wouldn’t start again.
D. They exchanged it for another one.
2.Each of the men took ________.
A. something to eat
B. something to drink
C. something to keep the rain off
D. something to use on their walk
3.They decided to ________.
A. travel with the caravan
B. buy a caravan
C. rent the caravan
D. put the caravan together
4.They asked the leader of the caravan ______ __.
A. if they could join the caravan
B. how to get out of the desert
C. how to avoid heat exhaustion
D. where he kept his umbrella
5.The third man’s reason for carrying a car door was ________.
A. long-winded B. clever C. silly D. sensible
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The young couple offered a ________ of $5,000 for information about their missing son.
A. present B. reward
C. price D. pay
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Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle trip. White had two reasons for making this epic journey. First of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did. He raised ￡70,000 for the British charity, Oxfam. White's second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world. He is still waiting to find out if he has broken the record or not.
White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June 2004 and was back 299 days later. He spent more than l,300 hours in the saddle（车座） and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chains. He had the adventure of his life crossing Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. Amazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support team. No jeep carrying food, water and medicine. No doctor. Nothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.
The journey was lonely and desperate at times. He also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountains. He cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in need. There were other dangers along the road. In Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to escape with his life and the little money he had. The worst thing that happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of Australia. For l,000 kilometers he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him. This part of the trip was slow, hard work and depressing, but he made it in the end. Now Mr. White is back and intends to write a book about his adventures.
1.When Phil White returned from his trip, he________.
A. broke the world record B. collected money for Oxfam
C. destroyed several bikes D. travelled about 1 300 hours
2.What does the word "epic" in Paragraph l most probably mean?
A. Very slow but exciting. B. Very long and difficult.
C. Very smooth but tiring. D. Very lonely and depressing.
3.During his journey around the world, Phil White _______.
A. fought heroically against robbers in Iran
B. experienced the extremes of heat and cold
C. managed to ride against the wind in Australia
D. had a team of people who travelled with him
4.Which of the following words can best describe Phil White?
A. Imaginative. B. Independent.
C. Modest. D. Determined.
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The couple look very excited，because their only son has been _______to Hong Kong University.
A．entered B．permitted C．agreed D．admitted
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Many years ago, I went abroad traveling to the Giant Mountains in Czech Republic with a couple of people. We were ___in the mountains and ___it started to rain very hard. We had to take____under the roof of some ski lifts. The elderly man who worked there said we could ____the night in the loft (阁楼) there, and so we did, in our sleeping bags, after he____some drinks with us. Maybe the man felt sorry for us or was simply being____, and anyway, to our joy, he ___to guide us the next day.By drawing pictures and in languages we were not familiar, he____that we could come for dinner and spend the night at his____that night.
Being students ___enough money, we eagerly accepted his offer naturally, once we____that he was a kind person. At his home, his wife treated us as the most important____. For us, dinner was a _____affair of home-grown tomatoes and cucumber, bread and cheese, while he and his____just stuck to simple food, I noticed. The couple was lovely and we had a ___evening, even though communication was a bit tricky. That night we slept____in beds in a clean room.
It was lovely listening to the river outside. The next day our _____drove us through the mountains, stopping at nice places____we could take some amazing____. We visited him and his wife again about 10 years ___and they hadn't changed a bit! There is magic in the mountains.
1.A.walking B.searching C.shooting D.fighting
2.A.entirely B.suddenly C.secretly D.briefly
3.A.trouble B.action C.shelter D.place
4.A.find B.miss C.keep D.spend
5.A.shared B.lent C.bought D.charged
6.A.selfish B.honest C.kind D.cruel
7.A.asked B.offered C.begged D.admitted
8.A.signaled B.introduced C.concerned D.wondered
9.A.garden B.loft C.office D.home
10.A.with B.without C.of D.on
11.A.forgot B.doubted C.ignored D.trusted
12.A.players B.guests C.leaders D.students
13.A.wise B.mean C.generous D.terrible
14.A.wife B.worker C.son D.daughter
15.A.powerful B.dangerous C.great D.hopeless
16.A.painfully B.magically C.successfully D.comfortably
17.A.host B.owner C.coach D.driver
18.A.why B.when C.where D.which
19.A.paintings B.photos C.seats D.dinners
20.A.before B.after C.ago D.later
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In 2010 I left the United States for the first time to fly over 9,000 miles to Uganda, a country in recovery from civil war. I was going there to help the local kids learn soccer.
As I played soccer with some kids, the sun burned my skin. I took many breaks to drink from my water bottle before realizing I was the only one who did that. All the energetic children running around never stopped to get water. After looking around, I realized there was NOWHERE for them to get water, and there was no well or water pump in sight.
I asked a man who was traveling with us why the kids didn’t ever stop to drink water. He told me that they would have to walk all the way to the pump in the next village and they didn’t want to miss out on playing soccer with a real ball. The kids seemed happy but it was not fair that to get a drink of water meant they would miss out on such a rare occurrence of playing with an actual soccer ball.
When I got home, I spoke with other people about kids in Uganda. They told me to do something to help them. That sounded like a great idea, but how? I spoke with my friends about helping kids in Uganda. We decided that we could try to solve their most urgent problem—water. And we decided to organize soccer camps to collect money.
It has been three years since our first camp and we have successfully run two more and funded two water filtration (净化) systems as well as 60 water pumps for farmers. We have been able to improve the health of thousands of Ugandans.
1.The kids didn’t drink water while playing soccer, because ______.
A. they didn’t feel thirsty at all
B. they couldn’t get any nearby
C. they were too poor to afford bottled water
D. they were not allowed to drink water during the play
2.How did the author most probably respond after hearing that man’s explanation?
A. She was unwilling to stay there anymore.
B. She decided to buy water for the kids at once.
C. She felt very proud of her own life.
D. She felt very sad for the kids.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. We should fully enjoy what we have.
B. We can make a difference to others’ life.
C. We should be grateful for what we receive.
D. We can change our lives through hard work.
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Siberia is a huge territory in Russia. It is more than half of Russia and is 4,000 miles wide. Most of this area is a forest with animals and birds. In autumn, the forests in Siberia are full of mushrooms and berries(浆果). Many people like picking mushrooms, but that is not as simple as you might think. Old people who live in the villages know places where you can pick lots of mushrooms. Some mushrooms grow in colonies. If you find one, you only need to look around because nearby you'll find more of them.
However, when picking mushrooms, it is important not to choose the wrong kind. You have to be careful because some mushrooms are poisonous even though they look good. The smell can help you choose them, because good mushrooms smell very good.
Siberian people are very friendly and hospitable. If someone invites you home for dinner, you'll soon be full. You should try everything the host is having.
The climate there depends on the territory. Some places have very comfortable climates with hot summers and cold winters. In my opinion, the best season is spring, when nature wakes up after a long winter. It is the time for blossoms and love. Birds come back from other warm countries. Trees become dressed in green. The sun becomes warm and the days are longer. The mood is wonderful and people smile a lot. It is an amazing time.
In winter, you have opportunity for sports. The most popular sport in winter in Russia is cross-country skiing. During weekends, many people go into the country and ski. Noses freeze and cheeks hurt, but people continue to enjoy these times.
1.What is the best title for the passage?
A．Siberia, an interesting and beautiful place.
B．The climate in Siberia.
C．The four seasons in Siberia.
D．Collecting mushrooms in Siberia.
2.Which of the following can help to choose the right mushrooms for dinner?
A．The places. B．The colonies. C．The smell. D．The outlook.
3.Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Siberia in spring?
A．The night is longer. B．Tress turn green.
C．It is warmer. D．There are many birds.
4.What can we conclude about the climate in Siberia?
A．It's cold all the year round.
B．It's hot in summer.
C．The climate is very comfortable.
D．It depends on where your are in Siberia.
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