The Quest Centre
Set in the wild Welsh countryside, the Quest Centre offers a wide range of activities for teenagers, from archery to rope climbing. Want to try something new? Why not take part in one of our special adventure activities?
MOUNTAIN BIKING
25th March—8th April, 10:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m.
Want to put your mountain bike to the test? Join our guide for a ride on the wild side. Cost: £15 per ride.
CLIMBING
1st—30th April, 10:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m.
Try out your mountain-climbing skills in the local countryside. Don’t worry! We won’t be doing anything dangerous: just short, safe climbs. Cost: £130 per person.
SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES
Daily, all year round, 10:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.
Equip yourself with basic survival skills by taking part in this special 1-day course absolutely free of charge. Learn survival techniques like how to light a fire, build a shelter, find food and water, and cook over a campfire.
ABSEILING AND ROPE CLIMBING
27th August, 10:00 a.m.—8:00 p.m.
If you’ve been dying to learn about abseiling and rope climbing, now is your chance! Ken Wallace, our professional coach, will teach you everything you need to know on this special 1-day course. Cost: £150 per person.
Please note:
Phone the number at the bottom of the page for an application form.
All activities are suitable for beginners.
20% DISCOUNT (折扣) for groups of 6 or more.
The Quest Centre: St Davids, Wales Telephone: (0800)34655
Kate and her family want to choose an activity during the May Day holiday, they can choose .
| A．climbing | B．survival techniques |
| C．mountain biking | D．abseiling and rope climbing |
If a group of 20 students go to the centre, ten of them want to take part in abseiling and rope climbing and the rest choose survival techniques, they have to pay .
| A．£3000 | B．£1500 | C．£2400 | D．£1200 |
“If you’ve been dying to learn about ….” Here “dying” perhaps means “ ”.
| A．冒险 | B．避免 | C．渴望 | D．同意 |
How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?
The sun is probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos(爱斯基摩人) live. There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun as a clock. Even today, if you don’t have a clock, you can still know that when the sun shines, it’s day and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can also tell you if it’s morning, noon, or afternoon.
Some people live near the sea from the tides. In the daytime, for about six hours, water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours. Seamen on the ship learn how to tell time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is their clock.
In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.
A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom in exactly one hour. When the hourglass is turned over, the sand will take another hour to go back again From the passage we can know there are _______ways to tell time besides the clock and watch.
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．7 |
. The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because________
| A．they know very little about the sun |
| B．the sun there never goes down in winter |
| C．it’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun |
| D．it has long dark winters and long light summers |
. What does the underlined word “tides” mean in the passage?
| A．洋流 | B．潮汐 | C．海啸 | D．波浪 |
In which page of newspaper can you probably read this passage?
| A．News | B．Science | C．Advertisement | D．Sports |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．Different Ways to Tell Time | B．How the Clock Was Invented |
| C．The Development of the Clock | D．A Useful Machine to Tell Time |
阅读某网站上学生的留言和老师的回复，并将它们配对，请把序号A——E填入66和70题。答案均写在对应的括号内。Mary: I have been taking piano lessons for a whole year. I practice playing the piano for two hours every day. I have tried my best but I still can’t play it well.
Jane: I’m in the school art club. But I don’t like drawing at all. I really want to learn dancing.
Tom: My parents never allow me to play computer games at all. They want me to study all day.
William: I fight with my friends about just anything. We have arguments over sports, cars, games that we play, and much more.
Jack: I want to take part in some after-school activities, but my parents think they are too dangerous.
You should give your friends and yourself some time to calm down in order to solve the problem.
Don’t worry. Even great piano players have to practice a lot. Hard work and lots of practice are the only ways of becoming a good piano player.
Tell your parents that many kids play computer games but they do well at school. Ask them to let you play computer games for a short time on weekends.
Some after-school activities are good for your studied and health. You can talk to your parents about the advantages of the activities.
At 8:30 pm on may 1st, dance lovers will enjoy their favorite dance music and show their beautiful dance to everyone at the Central Square. Great dance teachers will teach you.
Some people think only school children do not agree with their parents, however, it is not true. Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it’s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don’t worry about it. Here is some advice for you to bridge the generation gap(消除代沟)。
Don’t argue with your parents. Don’t get to your parents when you are angry. Your parents probably won’t consider(认同) your ideas if you are shouting at them. And you can’t express yourself well if you are angry. Go someplace to cool off（冷静）. Make sure you understand why you are unhappy. Then think about what you want to say to your parents. If you don’t think you can speak to them at the moment, try writing a letter.
Try to reach a compromise (和解). Perhaps you and your parents disagree on something. You can keep your disagreement and try your best to accept each other. Michael’s mother didn’t agree with him about buying a motorcycle. They argued over it. But they finally came to a compromise. Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days.
Of course, your parents might refuse to compromise on something. In these situations, it is especially important to show love and respect to them. Showing respect will keep your relationship strong.
Talk about your values(看法). The values of your parents are probably different from those of your own. Tell your parents what you care about, and why. Understanding your values might help them see your purposes in life.
A good relationship with your parents can make you a better and happier person. It is worth having a try! The passage tells us ______ have a communication problem.
| A．parents and other people | B．school kids and their parents |
| C．teachers and their students | D．parents and children of all ages |
Your parents probably won’t consider your ideas if you ________.
| A．don’t get to them often |
| B．write a letter to them |
| C．don’t speak to them politely（礼貌地） |
| D．express yourself well |
If there’s a generation gap between you and your parents, you’d better_______.
| A．have a talk with them often | B．keep away from them |
| C．agree with them all the time | D．know about their values |
It can be learn from the passage that ___________.
| A．parents and children should not have a generation gap |
| B．parents should show love and respect to their children |
| C．there are some good ways to bridge the generation gap |
| D．there are so many serious problems in families today |
School education(教育) is very important and useful. Yet, no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula（公式）. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in math. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a math problem.
Great scientists didn’t get everything from school. For example, Edison didn’t even finish primary school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things . The reason for their success was that they knew how to study. They read books that were not taught at school. They would ask many questions as they read. They did thousands of experiments. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. Above all, they knew how to use their brain. According to the passage, the most important thing a teacher should do is _______.
| A．to teach his students everything he knows |
| B．to teach the students how to think |
| C．to know everything they want to know |
| D．to teach the students how to work out a math problem |
To work out a math problem, you need to know _________.
| A．a certain formula | B．a certain fact |
| C．some facts | D．the way to solve it |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Great scientists read a lot of books and asked many questions while reading. |
| B．Great scientists did thousands of experiments. |
| C．Great scientists always worked hard and never wasted time. |
| D．Great scientists got everything from school. |
The passage is written mainly to tell us .
| A．how to memorize some facts or a formula（公式） |
| B．who the great scientists are |
| C．How to study |
| D．why Edison didn’t finish primary school |
When you are ill, you should go to see a doctor. After the doctor looks you over, he will give you a note to take to the chemist for some medicine. Chemists are usually good at reading doctors’ notes. But sometimes doctors write too badly and even the chemist can not read them.
One day a woman wrote to a doctor to invite him to have dinner with her family . The doctor wrote an answer, but he wrote too badly and the woman could not read it. She asked her husband, “I don’t know whether he is going come or not. I don’t want to call and say that I don’t understand him. ”
Her husband thought for a few minutes and then he had a good idea. “Take it to the chemist,” he said , “He will be able to read it for us.”
“That’s a good idea.” said the woman. She went to the chemist’s shop and gave the doctor’s note to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time. “Could you wait a moment, Miss?” he said . Then he went to the back of the shop. After a few minutes he came back, carrying a large bottle. He gave the bottle to the woman.
“Take a teaspoon every day.” said the chemist to the woman. The woman couldn’t understand the “note”. Because .
| A．the woman never went to school |
| B．the doctor wrote badly |
| C．the doctor didn’t like to go |
| D．the woman didn’t know much about medicine |
The husband wanted his wife to .
| A．go to the chemist to get some medicine |
| B．call the doctor have dinner with them |
| C．read the note again |
| D．take the reply to the chemist for help |
In the story, the word “chemist” means “ ” in Chinese.
| A．护士 | B．化验师 | C．药剂师 | D．药房 |
The best title for this passage might be .
| A．A Piece of Good Advice | B．A Clever Chemist |
| C．An Invitation to the Doctor | D．A Bad Doctor |
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