Wilderness activity week, Finland
Set off on a really wild adventure to Finland, where night is a distant memory during the endless days of summer.
From your cottage, set high in the hills above Koli National Park, you can explore a perfect wilderness, and pull over at a lakeside beach whenever you like a dip(游泳).
Seven-night breaks cost from £899 per adult, £699 per child, including flights, accommodation, some meals and a guide. The Adventure Company (0845 450 5311; www.adventurecompany. co. uk).
Horseriding in the Tarn France
Learn to ride, or perfect your horse-riding skills at Les Juliannes in the Tarn Valley. Activities include everything from show-jumping to hacking(骑马)through the rolling hills and medieval(中世纪的)villages. Between sessions, you can relax by the pool, cycle along the country lanes or roam the grounds. Guests stay at a rural 17th-century farmhouse.
Seven-night breaks cost from £658 per adult, £628 per child aged 12-15 years. £553 for 10 to 11-year-olds and £423 for under-nines. Price includes return flights, transfers, half-board accommodation and ten hours’ riding, Inntravel(01653 617906;www. inntravel. co. uk).
Learn to sail in Greece
Sunvil Sailing has live-aboard learn-to-sail breaks off the island of Lefkas that are designed for both the complete novice(新手)as well as those with a degree of sailing.
Seven-night breaks cost from £721pp in peak season, including return flights, transfers, live-aboard accommodation and tuition. Meals and dinner ashore are not included. Sunvil Sailing (020 8758 4780; www. sunvil. co. uk). If you want to have some experiences of country life in the past, you’d better go to .
A.explore a perfect wilderness |
B.stay for a few days in Finland |
C.Horseriding in the Tarn, France |
D. Learn to sail in Greece |
How much would a family of two adults and a ten-year-old boy pay altogether if they join in Horseriding in the Tarn, France?
A.£2030 | B.£1316 | C.£1869 | D.£1211 |
If you join in Wilderness activity week, Finland, the most unusual thing you will see is .
A.a national park |
B.a cottage high in the hills |
C.a perfect wilderness |
D. summer days without night |
If you want to learn to sail in Greece, you can log on to to find more information.
A.www. activitiesabroad. com |
B.www. adventurecompany. co. uk |
C.www. inntravel. co. uk |
D.www. sunvil. co. uk |
The parents of a troubled teen may feel unsure as to whom to turn to in order to find help for their child. They may feel as if they have exhausted all of their options, and sometimes they are on the verge of giving up. But there is hope. Schools for troubled teens offer discipline and in some cases, drug treatment programs that can provide important life skills, and more importantly, a fresh start.
The following is a list of the most effective types of schools for troubled teens. Not every facility is a match for every child, but by knowing the differences between them, parents can make a better educated decision about where to send their teenager.
Boarding Schools
When a child is unable to deal with the relative freedom of a standard school day, boarding schools might be a good choice. At boarding schools, the child lives in a dorm setting, where almost every minute of the day is scheduled by school administrators.
Treatment Centers
When a teenager has an addiction to drugs or alcohol, a residential center that specializes in young people is an outstanding way to help them break the cycle of addiction. Treatment centers feature individual and group counseling to help identify the root causes of the drug problem and help develop the life skills needed to stay clean when the program is over.
Wilderness Programs
Designed to help improve the discipline and self-reliance of the child, wilderness programs send kids back to nature. By placing them in a foreign and sometimes uncomfortable setting, wilderness programs hope to improve children’s behavior. Programs generally include hikes, exercise programs and team building exercises.
Boot Camps
Boot camps are the most extreme style of school for troubled teens. These facilities are modeled after actual military boot camps, where the individual must get into shape, work as part of a team, and follow a long, hard set of rules and regulations. However, boot camps might not be the best choice for a teen with a drug addiction.Who would be the intended readers of the passage?
A.Teachers. | B.Parents. |
C.Students. | D.Experts. |
As the author suggests, schools for troubled teens______.
A.can be a good choice for some desperate parents |
B.can completely help and change troubled teens |
C.are becoming popular with teens in trouble |
D.care more about discipline than life skills |
According to the passage, boarding schools_____.
A.provide children with more freedom |
B.have their students’ time managed carefully |
C.pay much attention to team building exercises |
D.can make children feel safer |
A new research of 8,000 young people in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior shows that although love can make adults live healthily and happily, it is a bad thing for young people. Puppy love (早恋) may bring stress for young people and can lead to depression .The study shows that girls become more depressed than boys, and younger girls are the worst of all.
The possible reason for the connection between love and higher risk of depression for girls is “loss of self”. According to the study, even though boys would say “lose themselves in a romantic relationship”, this “loss of self” is much more likely to lead to depression when it happens to girls. Young girls who have romantic relationships usually like hiding their feelings and opinions. They won’t tell that to their parents.
Dr Marian Kaufman, an expert on young people problems, says 15% to 20% young people will have depression during their growing. Trying romance often causes the depression. She advises kids not to jump into romance too early. During growing up, it is important for young people to build strong friendships and a strong sense of self. She also suggests the parents should encourage their kids to keep close to their friends, attend more interesting school activities and spend enough time with family.
Parents should watch for signs of depression—eating or mood changes —and if they see signs from their daughters or sons, they need to give help. The good news is that the connection between romance and depression seems to become weak with age. Love will always make us feel young, but only maturity gives us a chance to avoid its bad side effects.Which of the following is more likely to have depression?
A.Young people who have a strong sense of selfishness. |
B.Young boys whose parents watch for their behavior. |
C.Young girls who always hide their feelings and opinions. |
D.Careless parents whose children are deep in love. |
What can be inferred from the passage?
A.Lacking love can lead young people to grow up more quickly. |
B.The older a woman is,the less likely she seems to lose herself in romance. |
C.Early love makes young people keep close to their friends and parents. |
D.Parents should help their children to be aware of the signs of depression. |
What’s the author’s attitude towards puppy love?
A.Confused. |
B.Disinterested. |
C.Scared. |
D.Disapproving. |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.Parents should forbid their children’s love. |
B.Puppy love may bring young people depression. |
C.Romance is a two edged sword for adults. |
D.Romance is good for young people. |
To most people, noise pollution is a jet flying over their head. For one Spanish woman, it is a neighbor playing the piano. The woman has taken her neighbor to court. Now she wants to send her neighbor to prison for over seven years on the charges of psychological damage and noise pollution.
In a country known for its noisiness, the case has raised eyebrows Neighbors often complain about street noise in Spain, but people seeking prison time for someone practicing the piano is unheard of. At the trial, Sonia Bosom says she has been suffering noise pollution up to now due to the practice sessions of Laia Martin, who lives below her. Martin, 27, didn’t admit that she played at home that often, saying she took regular classes in other towns and mostly practiced at home on the weekends.
On the first day of the trial, the newspaper reported that Bosom told the court she now hated pianos so much that she couldn’t even stand seeing them in a film.
Bosom says years of hearing constant playing has caused her “psychological injury”. Medical reports show she has suffered from a variety of problems, including insomnia (失眠), anxiety, and panic attacks.
She says tests by local authorities have found that the sound levels made by the piano are up to 10 decibels (分贝) higher than the limit. City authorities have asked the family several times to either stop the piano playing or soundproof (隔音) the room. The family told the court they carried out soundproofing work twice but the complaints continued.
The court hasn’t made a final decision.A spokeswoman says the trial will end before May.Bosom wants to send Martin to prison because _______.
A.Martin’s playing the piano damaged her health |
B.Bosom suffered from heart attack |
C.Martin refused to take regular classes in other towns |
D.Martin flew a jet over her head |
How did Laia Martin respond to the complaints?
A.She stopped playing the piano. |
B.She soundproofed the room. |
C.She didn’t admit she played at home. |
D.She took her neighbor to court. |
Which of the following may probably be the best title for the passage?
A.A 7-year Sentence Caused by the Piano |
B.Pianist Charged with Noise Pollution |
C.Health Problems of a Spanish Woman |
D.Actions Against Noise by Local Authority |
The thing is,my luck’s always been ruined. Just look at my name: Jean.Not Jean Marie,or Jeanine,or Jeanette,or even Jeanne.Just Jean.Did you know in France,they name boys Jean? It’s French for John.And okay,I don’t live in France.But still,I’m basically a girl named John.If I lived in France,anyway.
This is the kind of luck I’ve had since before Mom even filled out my birth certificate.So it wasn’t any big surprise to me when the cab driver didn’t help me with my suitcase.I’d already had to tolerate arriving at the airport to find no one there to greet me,and then got no answer to my many phone calls,asking where my aunt and uncle were.Did they not want me after all? Had they changed their minds? Had they heard about my bad luck—all the way from Iowa—and decided they didn’t want any of it to rub off on them?
So when the cab driver,instead of getting out and helping me with my bags,just pushed a little button so that the trunk (汽车后备箱) popped open a few inches,it wasn’t the worst thing that had ever happened to me.It wasn’t even the worst thing that had happened to me that day.
According to my mom,most brownstones in New York City were originally single-family homes when they were built way back in the 1800s.But now they’ve been divided up into apartments,so that there’s one—or sometimes even two or more families—per floor.
Not Mom’s sister Evelyn’s brownstone,though.Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted Gardiner own all four floors of their brownstone.That’s practically one floor per person,since Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted only have three kids,my cousins Tory,Teddy,and Alice.
Back home,we just have two floors,but there are seven people living on them.And only one bathroom.Not that I’m complaining.Still,ever since my sister Courtney discovered blow-outs,it’s been pretty frightful at home.
But as tall as my aunt and uncle’s house was,it was really narrow—just three windows across.Still,it was a very pretty townhouse,painted gray.The door was a bright,cheerful yellow.There were yellow flower boxes along the base of each window,flower boxes from which bright red—and obviously newly planted,since it was only the middle of April,and not quite warm enough for them.
It was nice to know that,even in a sophisticated (世故的) city like New York,people still realized how homey and welcoming a box of flowers could be.The sight of those flowers cheered me up a little.
Like maybe Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted just forgot I was arriving today,and hadn’t deliberately failed to meet me at the airport because they’d changed their minds about letting me come to stay.
Like everything was going to be all right,after all.
Yeah.With my luck,probably not.
I started up the steps to the front door of 326 East Sixty-Ninth Street,then realized I couldn’t make it with both bags and my violin.Leaving one bag on the sidewalk,I dragged the other up the steps with me.Maybe I took the steps a little too fast,since I nearly tripped and fell flat on my face on the sidewalk.I managed to catch myself at the last moment by grabbing some of the fence the gardeners had put up…Why did the author go to New York?
A.She intended to go sightseeing there. |
B.She meant to stay with her aunt’s family. |
C.She was homeless and adopted by her aunt. |
D.She wanted to try her luck and find a job there. |
According to the author,some facts account for her bad luck EXCEPT that ________.
A.she was given a boy’s name in French |
B.the cab driver didn’t help her with her bags |
C.her sister Courtney discovered blow-outs |
D.nobody had come to meet her at the airport |
The underlined phrase “rub off on” in Paragraph 3 probably means _________.
A.have an effect on |
B.play tricks on |
C.put pressure on |
D.throw doubt on |
From the passage,we can know that _________.
A.the author left home without informing her mother |
B.the author arrived in New York in a very warm season |
C.her aunt’s family lived a much better life than her own |
D.her aunt and uncle were likely to forget about her arrival |
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The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC has thousands of objects on display, including the 1903 Wright Flyer, Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, and a lunar rock you can touch. In addition to our exhibition galleries, you may want to visit the Albert Einstein Planetarium, Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater, and the Public Observatory on the east end. There are many things to do at the Museum in DC. We offer daily tours and educational activities for both children and adults. We also have scheduled lectures and events throughout the year.
Hours & Admission: Open every day except December 25.Admission is free.
Regular Hours: 10: 00 am to 5: 30 pm
Extended Hours: 10: 00 am to 7: 30 pm
December 26—30, 2014.
March 30—April 20, 2015.
Fridays and Saturdays, April 24—May 16, 2015.
May 17—September 7, 2015.
VISITING TIPS:
Limit the Number of Bags: All visitors are screened through metal detectors upon entry.The fewer items you bring inside the Museum, the faster your entry. Before you visit, please review the list of prohibited items, which include pocket knives and tripods (三脚架).Visitors carrying prohibited items will not be allowed inside the Museum, so please leave them at home or in your car.
No Food and Drink: Only bottled water is permitted in the Museum. You may only consume food and other drinks in the Food Court, not in the Museum. Groups who bring food are encouraged to picnic on the National Mall.
Please Take Photos: You are welcome to take photos for personal use. However, tripods and monopods (单脚架) are not permitted without approval.
First Aid: The Museum has a First Aid office and a nurse on duty. Please contact the nearest security officer or the Welcome Center for assistance.
Visit the Welcome Center:
At our Welcome Center in the South Lobby, staff and volunteers can answer any questions you have during your visit.
Open 10: 00 am to 5: 30 pm
Phone: 202-633-2214
E-mail: NASM-VisitorServices@ si.eduAccording to the passage, the National Air and Space Museum is a museum __.
A.where only adults can take part in some educational activities |
B.everyone can pay a visit to without buying tickets |
C.where one can touch anything he likes |
D.everyone can visit without time limits all the year round |
If the Greens plan to visit the Museum at 6: 00 pm, it is accessible on _______.
A.December 24, 2014 (Wednesday) |
B.March 1, 2015 (Sunday) |
C.July 6, 2015 (Monday) |
D.September 15, 2015 (Tuesday) |
A visitor to the museum can _______.
A.eat and drink in the Museum or in the Food Court |
B.take photos with tripods for personal use |
C.bring fewer bags to go through metal detectors |
D.get some medical treatment if he suddenly falls ill |
The purpose of this passage is to _______.
A.make an advertisement for the museum |
B.attract people to explore the universe |
C.encourage adults to bring their children there |
D.show what is on display in the museum |