Why not an island get-away?

Newfoundland

Price

From £1080 per person in June 2005

We went with:

Frontier Canada frontier-travel. Co. uk/Canada

About this trip

John Cabot had set sail looking for a new trade route for Asia, when he landed in Cape Bonavista. Clearly he felt this barren desolate landscape could provide this, so he claimed it for its potential and so began the rise of the British Empire.

Newfoundland is the most easterly point in North America and was Britain’s first overseas colony until 1949, when it became part of Canada. It’s roughly the size of England and Craig’s journey by camper van or RV (recreational vehicle) took in just a small part of the island called the Bonavista Peninsula.

First stop was the tiny fishing port of Keels to stock up for the journey ahead. There’s a long standing love affair between Newfoundlanders and cod. The seas off the Newfoundland coast were once the richest cod fishing grounds in the world, attracting fishermen from all over Europe. Many settled, establishing these coastal villages known locally as outports.

An hour’s drive down the coast is the town of Bonavista, where Craig met up with retired fisherman, Wilson Hayward. He told Craig how the landscape used to lie, and described the peculiarities of the language and accents in the area. There’s a different language in every bay.

1.The title “Why not an island get-away?” _________.

2.From the context we can conclude that “Frontier Canada” is the name of _________.

3.When John Cabot first discovered Cape Bonavista he was actually on a voyage to find ____.

4.According to the passage Newfoundland is now part of _________.

5.In the past the Newfoundlanders mainly lived by _________.

In the morning, Slim got up and prepared breakfast for his wife as usual. Nicole, his wife, was listening to music in the bedroom. Suddenly, he felt that his body was shaking. Slim had the rapid response that there was an earthquake! He shouted quickly, "Dear, earthquake! Go to the toilet!" Nicole heard the shouting, took the first-aid box quickly and ran into the toilet. The house was shaking even more dramatically (剧烈地).

Bathroom was the next door to the kitchen. Slim picked up a kitchen knife and two pieces of bread outside the kitchen. Slim tried to run along the wall to help Nicole. However, there was a dark suddenly with an explosion. The house crashed down and many things fell from above. Nicole was quickly buried in ruins. She felt it very difficult to breathe and tried to stand up, but impossible.

    A few minutes later, the land was silent. Nicole heard the sound of short breath and thought it was Slim! She shouted to him but ___________! He probably fainted. Nicole kept calling his name and she finally heard a response. Two people encouraged and calmed each other. They knew that there must be a way to escape.

    Slim found that they were close and were separated by the fallen stones and some powder. He started to dig with the kitchen knife. He felt pain in his fingers. Finally, he removed the last piece of larger stones. Slim touched Nicole's one hand, then dug the surrounding stones of her body. Finally, Nicole was able to move slowly. Two people sat on the ground and hugged together.

1.What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 5 words)       

_________________________________________________________________________

2. Why did Nicole feel it very difficult to breathe? (Please answer within 7 words)

_________________________________________________________________________

3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (Please answer within 4 words)

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4.List three main things the couple did after the house crashed down. (Within 15 words) .

①                               ②                            

③                            

5.What’s the most important three reasons do you think for their survival? (Please answer within 10 words)___________________________________________________ ______________

单词拼写：用所学的单词完成句子意思，单词首字母或中文意思已给出（10分）。
【小题1】F_________ is the mother of success.
【小题2】They are w_________ to each other; obviously they don’t want to be heard by others.
【小题3】It has been reported that in the United States that many environment— protecting              (协会) have been formed.
【小题4】The doctor d_________ three babies every day on average at that time
【小题5】China’s sending a person into space is a great a_____________.
【小题6】The bar seemed to him to be full of people and he felt that the people were observing him                .(好奇地)
【小题7】If you want to learn a foreign language well, you should o__________ many difficulties.
【小题8】You can e___________ your ideas with your classmates when you’re discussing.
【小题9】They go into the church,            (打招呼) everyone they meet.
【小题10】I was filled with              (怒火) when I saw him kicking the dog.

 My best friend is Cocoa, and I live in a senior-citizen apartment. Cocoa is a ten-year-old dog and I am a sixty-nine-year-old lady, so you can see we both qualify as   1   citizens.

    He is a   2   companion. He does many amusing things that make me   3  , and when that happens, he is so delighted   4   he just keeps it up.

    But one afternoon, Cocoa started acting strangely. I was sitting on the floor playing with him,   5   he started pawing and smelling at the right side of my   6  . He had never done anything like this ever before, and I told him, “No.” To Cocoa, one “no” is usually   7  , but not that day. He stopped briefly, and then   8   ran toward me, throwing his entire weight at the right side of my chest. He crashed into me and I cried in   9  , falling down to the floor. Soon after this, I felt a lump (肿块). I went to my doctors, and after X-rays  10   and lab work were done, they told me I had cancer.

   When cancer starts, a  11   of calcium (钙) builds. Then the lump or cancer attaches itself to this wall. When Cocoa jumped on me, the force of the impact broke the lump away from the wall. This made it possible for me to  12   the lump.

I had a complete mastectomy (乳房切除术) and the cancer has not   13   to any other part of my body. The doctors told me if the cancer had gone undetected even six more months, it would have been too   14  .

    Was Cocoa  15   of just what he was doing? I’ll never really know. What I do know is that Cocoa not only shares his life with me, he has also made sure that I will be around to share my life with him!

1.A. good               B. standard     C. senior           D. great

2. A. wonderful     B. tiring           C. hungry       D. bad

3. A. leave         B. cry          C. laugh            D. jump

4.A. as             B. when             C. and          D. that

5.A. when           B. then         C. though           D. as

6. A. chest         B. body         C. shoulder     D. arm

7. A. right         B. good         C. enough       D. unexpected

8. A. hurriedly         B. rudely           C. slowly   D.suddenly

9. A. pain              B. surprise     C. trouble  D.danger

10. A. experiments      B. researches       C. tests    D.papers

11. A. wall         B. cancer           C. body         D. number

12. A. watch            B. have         C. get          D. notice

13. A. ran              B. kept         C. entered      D. spread

14. A. common       B. late         C. much         D. early

15. A. ashamed      B. aware            C. afraid           D. tired

When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P. T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles’ parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.
He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a name, General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.
During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall. Tom’s act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty five.
Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a schoolteacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.
The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about 2000 guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding marriage. The couple even met with President on their honeymoon just before going to live in Tom’s house in Connecticut.
Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored (发起) “Tom Thumb” weddings. In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.
56. Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Charles’ parents supported him and performed together with him.
B. Charles was found and hired by the famous showman.
C. Charles put lots of advertisements to arouse interest.
D. Charles’ success was largely due to Mr. Barnum’s help.
57. Tom would dance on a wooden plate held by an eight-foot-tall person probably because ______________.
A. the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom was dancing
B. it made Tom look taller
C. the eight–foot–tall man was the only tall person Tom trusted
D. the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller
58. The underlined words “talk of the town” in the second paragraph from the bottom means ______________.
A. it was in the newspaper                       B. people spread bad rumors about it
C. it was the most popular topic                    D. it was discussed in a city meeting
59. What does the author think about Tom’s wedding?
A. It helped people cheer up in a dark time.              B. People gave it too much of their attention.
C. It was funny and ridiculous.                         D. Tom and Lavinia were stupid.