Welcome to Adventure land!

Everyone loves Adventure land! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore, enjoy, and admire their wonders. Every visit will be an unforgettable experience.

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 you can even take a "journey" to Mars!

The Nature Park

    This is not really one park but several parks.

    In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals and see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales.

The Pyramid

    This is the center of Adventure land. Need some postcards, stamps or even toys? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center.

1.The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors _____.

A. realize the importance of travelling

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.

If Confucius(孔子）were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be many candles. He’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.

  While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought.  It’s nothing personal.  Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.

  But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius.  In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.

  In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities.  More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries.  These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually include Chinese art, history and philosophy（哲学）.  Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy.  Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese.  So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States.  Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers. 

  So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well.

  Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

  As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.

1.The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________.

A. provide some key facts about Confucius

B. attract the readers’ interest in the subject

C. show great respect for the ancient thinker

D. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations

2.We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students______.

A. have a great interest in studying Chinese

B. take an active part in Chinese competitions

C. try to get high scores in Chinese exams

D. fight for a chance to learn Chinese

3.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Forgotten Wisdom in America

B. Huge Fans of the Chinese Language

C. Chinese Culture for Westerners

D. Old Thinker with a Big Future

4.The passage is likely to appear in ___________.

A. a biography        B. a history paper

C. a newspaper        D. a philosophy textbook

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词，并将该单词的标号(A、B、C、D、E…)填写在文章下面对应题号的横线上。注意：方框中有多余的单词。

A. began   B.after   C. picked   D.heard  E.only   F.if G.and

H.carry    I.first.   J.countries  K. held   L. before M. listened

Maybe the word "hello" is used more often than any other one in the English language. Every one in the United States and other  1.  uses the word, again  2.  again, every day of the week. The American inventor Thomas Edison is believed to be the   3.    person to use "hello" on the telephone soon   4.  the invention of it. At first, people  5.  their words on the telephone with "Are you there?" They were not sure the small machine could really  6.  voices. Edison was a man of few words. He wasted no time. The first time he   7.  up the telephone, he did not ask  8.   anyone was there. He was sure someone was there and   9.   said "hello". From then on, "hello" is often   10.   when you picked up the telephone.

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）

How do you get to school every day? By bike, bus or car? In Chongqing, there will be 3,000 new school buses on the street by the end of this year. These school buses look just like tlic American school buses: yellow with a big nose.

In February 2010, the Chinese government announced the first standards (标淮）for school bus safety. Since then, more yellow school buses can be seen on the street.

In China, besides the bus driver, there should be an adult on the school bus to watch the students. If there are more than 40 students, two adults are needed. The students usually rest or read books on the school bus.

In America, yellow school buses are very popular. There are about 480,000 school buses in the country. The older kids sit in the back of the bus. The younger kids sit in the front. They usually listen to music, talk on their phones or just sleep. The only adult on the bus is the driver.

The school bus is important in students’ everyday lives. It can keep children safe. Usually a child is much safer going to school by school bus than any other way. It can also help the environment. A school bus saves a lot of gas (汽油）because it can carry a lot of people.

1.What color are the new school buses in Chongqing? (Please answer within 3 words.) 

________________________________________________________________

2.When did the Chinese government announce the first standards for school bus safety? (Please answer within 3 words.)

________________________________________________________________

3.How many adults are needed on a Chinese school bus if 45 kids are on it besides the driver? (Please answer within 4 words.)

________________________________________________________________

4.What do American kids usually do on their school buses? (Please answer within 12 words.)

_________________________________________________________ ______

5.Why is the school bus important in students’ everyday lives? (Please answer within 12 words.)

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假如你是李华，育才中学高二在读。五月份美国一中学，组织部分学生到你校参观交流。Karl将在你家居住15天，作为东道主，你给Karl发一封Email，内容如下：

1. 你的基本情况；

2. 你的计划打算；

3. 征求对方意见。

注意：1. 词数80-100；

2. 可适当增加细节。

It’s _______ thrill to have ______ ten-year research project completed with the desired result.

A. / ; the       B. a; the       C. the; a         D. a; a

--Would you mind if I opened the window?

   -- ________. In fact, I was going to suggest you _______ it.

A. Yes; not did      B. Not at all; do    

C. More or less; did      D. of course; do

 My father is always strict _______ me, so he was very angry _______ my fault on this matter.

A. with; with        B. in; for         C. with; at        D. in; about

 It’s very dangerous to _______ these viruses without any protection.

A. be exposed to    B. expose to     C. expose      D. be exposing to

 ______ money, his parents couldn’t send him to university.

A. Lacked      B. Lacking of       C. Lacked in    D. Lacking