Visiting London? Start planning your trip right here. This guide tells you the must-see events that take place in London throughout the year.
| 1. Change the Guard at Buckingham Palace |
2. British Summer Time Music Festival |
| Changing the Guard or Guard Mounting includes an exchange of guard duties(换岗) at Buckingham Palace. Watch the ceremony as each set of guards dressed in traditional coats and hats takes over from their brothers-in-arms. Address: Buckingham Palace, London SWIA1AA Public Transport: Green Park Tube Station Opening Hours: 11.30 am daily at Buckingham Palace, 11.00 am(10.00 am on Sundays) daily at Horse Guards Parade. Tickets: Free to enter Internet:www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/event-8725947-changing-the guard |
The Barclaycard British Summer Time Music Festival take place every year in Central London’s Hyde Park. The week-long event covers many musical tastes, from pop to rock to dance. The acts so far confirmed(确认) for 2015 include Taylor Swift, The Who, Paul Weller, Ellie Goulding, Kaiser Chiefs and John Newman. Address: Hyde Park, London, W2 2UH Public Transport: Marble Arch, Hyde Park Corner, or Green Park Opening Hours: 26-27 June 2015 Internet:www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/whats-on/music/music-festival |
| 3. Totally Thames Festival |
4. NFL American Football |
| In September, London’s Totally Thames Festival celebrates the city’s famous river over 30 days, spreading 42 miles, and more than 100 separate arts and cultural events. In 2014 the festival was filled with walks, tours, rowing-boat races, theatre, cinema, the many other exciting ways to enjoy London, all taking place on or next to the River Thames. Address: Different locations along the river Opening Hours: Throughout September Internet: totallythames.org |
London’s Wembley Stadium, seating 90,000, will host three games in the NFL International Series. In 2015 the teams that will be visiting London from the USA include the Buffalo Bills, the Jacksoville Jaguars, the Detroit Lions, the Kansas City Chiefs, the New Yorks Jets an the Miami Dolphins. Address: Wembley Stadium, Empire Way, Wembley, London, HA9 OWS Public Transport: Wembley Park Opening Hours: 4 Oct, 25 Oct and 1 Nov 2015 Internet:www.visitlondon.com/tag/nfl-london |
You can enjoy the ceremony of Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace at ____.
A. 11.30 am every day
B. 11.00 am every day
C. 10.00 am on SundaysIn the late June, a music fan would probably go to London to watch ____.
A. British Summer Time Music Festival
B. London’s Totally Thames Festival
C. NFL American FootballThe opening hours for Totally Thames Festival is ____ NFL American Football.
A. as long as B. longer than C. shorter thanThe 2015 NFL American Football will be held in ____.
A. Hyde B. Wembley Park C. Wembley StadiumThe passage is probably taken from a ____.
A. diary B. geography book C. guidebook
请仔细阅读第1至5题中的个人情况说明，然后从A到F六个选项中选出最适合每个人的城市，其中有一项多余。Sarah, a college student in Beijing, likes skiing very much. She’s planning to go somewhere for skiing during the winter holidays.
Chen Lin is a big fan of Yao Ming. He hopes to see the famous basketball player in his restaurant.
Jennifer is a dancer. She dislikes cold days. In winter, she likes to go to somewhere warm and relaxing. Also she likes to swim in the sea.
Tracy is designer of a clothes designing company in Hangzhou. She likes to go to different exhibitions to look for new kinds of clothes materials.（材料）
Bill is an exchange student of Texas University. He will have a one-work holiday in October. He would like to know more about Chinese history.
| A．Beijing is the capital of China. It has many tourist attractions, such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and so on. Many of foreigners want to be there to learn more about Chinese history. |
| B．Jinan is a beautiful city. And it’s famous for spring. The Baotu Spring, letting out water all day long, is the largest of them, and is called the first spring in the world. |
| C．It’s very cold in Harbin in winter. There is more snow in Harbin than in Beijing. People often go there to ski or watch the ice statuary show. |
| D．Shanghai , one of the biggest cities in China, has developed into a modern city. Yao Ming, the great player was born in Shanghai, and he opened his restaurant there. |
E. Hainan Island is in the south of China. It’s warm and sunny all year round. It’s a good place to travel.
F. Yiwu is a small city in Zhejiang Province. But it has the biggest cotton market. And it’s also famous for the most exhibitions.
Why do earthquakes happen? Scientists explain that the outside of the earth is made of a number of different plates(极块). For example, at San Francisco the Pacific（太平洋的） Plate which is moving towards the northwest meets the North American Plate. The Pacific Plate is moving very slowly-at 5. 3 centimetres a year. Sometimes these two plates stop and do not move for years. Then suddenly, they jump and an earthquake is felt. As the movement of these plates, West America near the sea has always been a bad place for earthquakes. When the 1906 earthquake happened, the Pacific Plate jumped 5-6 metres to the north.
We cannot stop earthquakes, but we can do things to make sure they don't destroy(毁坏) the whole of cities. First ,it is not a good idea to build houses along the lines, where two of the earth's plates join together. Second, if you think there may be an earthquake, it is better to build houses on rock not on sand. Third, you must make the houses as strong as possible. Weak buildings will fall down in an earthquake, but strong ones may stay up. Scientists explain that _____.
| A．the outside of the earth is made of a plate |
| B．the inside of the earth is made of different plates |
| C．the outside of the earth is made of lots of different plates |
| D．the earth is a plate |
An earthquake can be felt ______
| A．when two plates push each other |
| B．when one plate pulls another plate |
| C．when one plate jumps over another plate |
| D．when two plates don't move |
An earthquake shook San Francisco in the past because _____.
| A．San Francisco stands along between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate |
| B．San Francisco stands near the Pacific |
| C．San Francisco is near the sea |
| D．the city of San Francisco wasn't built very well |
We can't stop _____.
| A．earthquakes from destroying the whole of cities |
| B．earthquakes |
| C．building houses along the earthquake line |
| D．building weak houses at San Francisco |
We _____to make sure earthquakes don't destroy the whole of cities.
| A．should build houses far from the earthquake line |
| B．should build houses on rock not on sand if we think there may be an earthquake |
| C．must make the houses as strong as possible |
| D．A, B and C |
Have you been asked for money by some disabled beggars (乞丐) while you’re enjoying shopping? Do you have any pity on them who are so poor and lonely or do you just feel afraid of their terrible shapes? As one of the most special groups, disabled people’s living conditions — not only their material (物质的) conditions, but their mental (精神的) world — really need improvement.
The treatment for disabled people should go like this: First, don’t look down upon them. Don’t be afraid of looking at the terrible shapes of the disabled. Try to treat them equally. Because they are a part of the society ,we can’t discard (抛弃) them. The second is to help them as much as we could. If you can be a volunteer and do some work for the disabled people, that would be very nice. That does help not only to the disabled people but also to yourself because you will feel good after your kind action.
If every one of us gives a little love, the world will become a beautiful wonderland!From the passage, we can see that .
| A．disabled people are poor, but they are happy |
| B．all disabled people ask for money from those who are shopping |
| C．disabled people’s living conditions are not good |
| D．no one would like to help disabled beggars |
The underlined word “equally” means “ ” in Chinese.
| A．平等地 | B．确切地 | C．正确地 | D．恰当地 |
Most disabled people are begging (乞讨) along the streets because .
| A．it’s their jobs |
| B．they want to make a living in this way |
| C．more and more people love to help them |
| D．they are a part of the society |
People have pity on disabled beggars because .
| A．they are homeless |
| B．they are poor and lonely |
| C．they have terrible shapes |
| D．they are discarded |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The disabled like to beg in the street. |
| B．Disabled beggars cannot work to make a living. |
| C．Disabled beggars are not usually treated equally. |
| D．The best way to help disabled beggars is to give them lots of money. |
Once an old man went to see a doctor. The doctor looked him over carefully and said, "Medicine won't help you. You must have a good rest. Go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar (雪茄烟) a day. Go to the country place for a month."
After a month the man came to see the doctor again. "How are you?" said the doctor. "I'm glad to see you again. You look much younger." "Oh, doctor, I feel quite well now, "said the man. "I had a good rest. I went to bed early, drank a lot of milk and walked a lot. Your advice certainly helped me, but that you told me to smoke one cigar a day almost killed(杀死) me first. It's no joke to start smoking at my age."The doctor told the man _______.
| A．to go to bed early | B．to drink milk |
| C．to smoke cigars | D．both A and B |
Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
| A．The old man was younger than before after a month |
| B．After a month, the man felt better |
| C．The doctor didn't tell him what to do |
| D．The old man felt worse after a month |
The doctor's words were ______ for the man's health.
| A．bad | B．good | C．terrible | D．well |
The doctor wanted the old man _______.
| A．to go worse | B．to start smoking |
| C．to smoke less than before | D．to do nothing |
From what the old man said at last, we know________
| A．he didn't understand the doctor's advice |
| B．one cigar a day was helpful to him |
| C．smoking made him better than before |
| D．he was clever |
In Europe many people died during World WarⅡ. As a result, at the end of the war there were many orphans(孤儿) there. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted the orphans to have a home, and to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to raise some money. With the money he built the first SOS Children’s Village at Imst, in Australia. It opened in 1949. This is how the SOS Children’s Village started. The letters SOS stand for “Save Our Sols(灵魂)”. This means “please help us!” The SOS Children’s Village gives help to orphans.
Hermann Gmeiner’s idea of helping orphans soon spread all over the world. By 1983, there were 170 SOS Children’s Villages in the world. People in many countries give money to help the villages. Today the children from the first Children’s Village have grown up. Now some of them work in other SOS Children’s Villages. In SOS Villages orphans live in family groups. There are several houses in each village. The biggest villages have 40 or 50 houses! From seven to ten children live in a house. A woman lives with each group of children and looks after them. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness. She cooks for them and makes a comfortable and happy home for them.
Of course, the children don’t spend all their time in the village. They go to school, go out with their friends and also go to town. But the village gives them a home—for the first time in their lives.What do we call a child who has no parents?
What do the letters “SOS” stand for?
How many SOS Children’s Villages in the world were there by 1983?
Can the woman who lives with the orphans do some cooking for the children?
The children don’t spent all their time in the village, do they?
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