Rafting the GRAND CANYON Welcomes You!
If you are looking for an exciting, fun and challenging white water tour, Rafting(筏运) the GRAND CANYON is here to help you plan the right tour for you. Whether you want to travel for two days or ten, hike in or not, go on an oar(船桨) boat or motorboat, through Class 3 or 6 water, we will help you find the trip that meets your needs.
For those who will be vacationing in the off-season, a rafting trip on the Native American Red River is available or a one-day trip is available on the Colorado River from Diamond Creek to Pierce Ferry.
Most of the trips depart from Lees Ferry, Arizona. We offer partial trips which allow you to get on or off at Phantom Ranch located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon National Park South Rim. You can have a hike, and with proper planning the mule(骡子) ride up or down is also an option. Most trips occur between April and October.
Since all rafting on the Colorado requires a permit, planning and reserving your trip requires reservations well in advance. Please let us know when you would like to go and we will contact all the river concessionaires(特许权获得者) to help you find the best trip for you.
To talk to us or to make a reservation, call us toll free:
1-800-222-6966
or 702-655-6060
If you have any questions regarding a trip, please CLICK HERE to fill out our form. This will speed up the process of getting you accurate information regarding that trip.
If you would like to send us an email about something other than an upcoming trip you can contact us at info@raftingthegrandcanyon.com.
We look forward to helping you plan your trip!
(Please NO Travel Agents.)If you want to enjoy rafting, you can travel .
| A．both in the off-season and the busy season |
| B．only in the off-season |
| C．only in the busy season |
| D．only between April and October |
All the following activities are recommended EXCEPT .
| A．hiking | B．swimming | C．rowing a boat | D．animal riding |
Which of the following is most likely to be a customer of Rafting the Grand Canyon?
| A．Travel agents. |
| B．River concessionaires. |
| C．A couple who are planning their honeymoon. |
| D．An athlete who wants to have a rest after an injury. |
阅读短文，根据短文的内容判断正误，正确的涂A，错误的涂B。
When my grandmother was raising me in Stamps，Arkansas，she had a particular routine(惯例)when people who were known to be whiners entered her store. My grandmother would ask the customer，“How are you doing today，Thomas？” The person would reply，“Not so good today, Henderson.You see，it’s this summer heat.I just hate it.It just makes me tired.It’s almost killing me.”Then my grandmother would stand calmly，her arms folded，and say，“Uh-huh，uh huh.”
As soon as the complainer was out of the store，my grandmother would call me to stand in front of her.Then she would say the same thing she had said at least a thousand times，it seemed to me.“Jane，did you hear what so-and-so complained about？”And I would nod.Grandmother would continue，“Jane，there are people who went to sleep all over the world last night，poor and rich and black and white，but they will never wake again.Those dead people would give anything，anything at all for just five minutes of this weather that person was complaining about.So you watch yourself about complaining，Jane.What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it.If you can’t change it，change the way you think about it.Don’t complain.”
I have learned a lot from my grandmother.Her opinions always hit the nail on the head.Whining is not only impolite, but can be dangerous.The underlined word “whiners” in Paragraph 1 refers to those people who enter a store regularly.
From what the author’s grandmother said we can infer that she was against whining.
The author’s grandmother told her to treasure every moment of her life.
The author was told different things after the whiners left Grandmother’s store.
The purpose of the author in writing the passage is to show that complaining is not only rude but harmful.
We’ve all been hurt by another person at one time or another. This pain causes problems. It not only causes us to be unhappy, but can ruin relationships, distract(使分心) us from work and family and other important things, make us unwilling to open up new things.
We need to learn to let go. We need to be able to forgive, so we can move on and be happy. Forgiveness does not mean you erase（忘却；抹去）the past, or forget what has happened. All it means is that you are letting go of the anger and pain, and moving on to a better place.
It’s not easy, but you can learn to do it.
Think about the advantages and disadvantages. Think of all the problems this pain causes you, and realize you need to change. Then think of the benefits of forgiveness—— how it will make you happier, free you from the past and the pain, and improve your relationships and life in general.
Try to put yourself in that person’s situation. Try to understand why the person did what he did. What could he have felt as he did it, and what did he feel afterward? How does he feel now? You aren’t saying what he did is right, but are trying to understand instead.
Understand your responsibility. Try to figure out how you could have been partly responsible for what happened. This isn’t to say you’re taking all the blame, or taking responsibility away from the other person, but to realize that we are not victims(受害者) but participants in life.
Allow peace to enter your life. As you focus on the present, try focusing on your breathing. Imagine each breath going out is the pain and the past, and imagine each breath coming in is peace, entering you and filling you up.
Title: How to let go and forgive
| Making us unhappy; distracting from daily life; Ruining relationships; making us close to new things. |
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| Definition of forgiveness |
●Letting go of the ●Moving on to a better place. |
| Benefits of forgiveness |
●Making you happier; ● ●Improving your relationships and life in general |
| ●Thinking about the advantages and disadvantages; ●Trying to understand the other person as if you were in the same situation； ●Figuring out ●Allowing peace to enter your life. |
The Local Ness Monster is said to be a creature or a group of creatures living in the Loch Ness , a lake near the city of Inverness in northern Scotland.
The first modern sighting occurred on May 2,1993. The newspaper Inverness Courier reported a story of Mr. and Mrs John Mackay, who saw a very large animal rolling and plunging (跳入) into the water. The report attracted thousands of readers, of whom some were brave enough to see and even try to capture the animal.
A photograph taken by surgeon R.K Wilson on April 19,1934 seemed to show a large creature with a long neck gliding through the water. However ,decades later the photo was said to have been faked by Marmaduke Wetherell after he was hired by the Daily Mail.
In 1962, the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau was formed to act as a research organization .Whatever the result of their research is, the Loch Ness has become a real place which attracts millions of tourists every year.Where is the lake Loch Ness?
When was the first modern sighting?
The underlined word “capture” can be replaced by________?
Canada is a very large country. It is bigger than China. China is the third largest country in the world. Canada is the second largest . It has an area of nearly 10 million. Canada has a very long coastline. To the west is the Pacific Ocean. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean. The Arctic Ocean is in the north. There are many islands off the Pacific coast and off the Arctic coast. The biggest one in the west is Vancouver Island. In the east there is New Foundland, and in the Arctic Ocean the biggest islands are Baffin Island and Victoria Island.(Greenland is not part of Canada. It is a part of Denmark, a country in northern Europe.)
Canada has a long border with the USA in the south. In the northwest Canada borders on the American “State of Alaska”. Canada is a northern country. The Arctic Circle (Latitude 16°N) passes through the northern part . in the south, half of the border with the USA follows line of latitude 49°NWhich of the following statements is true?
| A．USA is the second largest country in the world. |
| B．Canada has nearly 10 million sq. km. So it is the second largest country on the world. |
| C．China is as large as Canada and the secong largest country in the world. |
| D．Russia is the second largest country in the world. |
What ocean is in the north of Canada?
| A．The Pacific Ocean | B．The Atlantic Ocean |
| C．The Indian Ocean | D．The Arctic Ocean |
There are many islands in Canada, and Vancouver Island is_______.
| A．in the west | B．in the east | C．in the north | D．in the south |
Alaska is one of the states of America. It is on the___ of Cananda.
| A．northeast | B．southeast | C．northwest | D．southwest |
Most British telephone cards are just plain green, but card collecting is becoming a popular hobby in Britain and collectors even have their own magazine, International Telephone Cards. One reason for their interest is that cards from around the world come in a wide variety of different and often very attractive designs. There are 100, 000 different cards in Japan alone, and there you can put your own design onto a blank card simply by using a photograph or a business card.
The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are attractive, small and light , and they do not need much space. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can buy only telephone cards, and some French cards cost up to 4, 000 pounds. The first Japanese card has a value of about 28, 000 pounds. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors magazine.The text is mainly about ________ .
| A．the history of phone cards | B．phone card collecting as a hobby |
| C．reason for phone card collecting | D．the great variety of phone cards |
When did people in Britain begin to use phone cards?
| A．In 1971. | B．In 1975. | C．In 1976. | D．In 1981. |
The main reason for most people to collect phone cards is that ________ .
| A．they find the cards beautiful and easy to keep |
| B．they like to have something from different countries |
| C．they want to make money with cards |
| D．they think the cards are convenient to use |
The writer mentions a market in Paris in order to show that ________
| A．card collecting is popular among young people |
| B．French and Japanese cards are the most valuable |
| C．people can make money out of card collecting |
| D．card collectors magazines are very useful |