Amazing Rafting Adventures
White water rafting is one of the classic, wild, activities in the outdoors. It is also an opportunity for an unbelievable family adventure. Around the country, there are several rivers—and rafting outfitters—that are perfectly suited to the entire family.
Here are three of the best:
New River Gorge, West Virginia
Rafting in West Virginia is renowned for its established infrastructure, reliability, and easy access. These things make it an obvious choice for a family vacation. Famous areas, including the New River Gorge, offer everything from lazy floats to intense Class IV runs.
READ MORE: Water Water Rafting: Top 5 U.S. Locations
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Jackson Hole provides a full range of opportunities in the outdoors—and white water rafting is certainly one of them. Popular trips include the rough rapids of the Snake River and gentle floats in nearby Yellowstone National Park.
READ MORE: What You Need to Know Before Visiting Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon, Arizona
For really bold families, a multi-day trip down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon is the penultimate adventure. Guided trips typically pack in boats-worth of supplies so the overnight adventures are far from “roughing it.” Instead, evenings are catered in a rugged luxury style, allowing everyone to rest up for the next day’s activities.
Whether looking for a casual float or a challenging adventure, white water rafting is a great option for any active family vacation.
1.What is the common feature of the three rafting adventures?
A. All three rafting rivers are suitable for the whole family.
B. All three rafting rivers are boring to access and reliable
C. All three rafting rivers are suitable for active families
D. All three rafting rivers offer overnight adventures
2.Which of the following about Grand Canyon, Arizona is NOT true?
A. A multi-day trip down the Colorado River is really challenging.
B. Really brave families will like to have a multi-day trip down the river
C. Everyone can rest for the next day’s activities.
D. People can only enjoy the rough rapids down the river
3.What is the author’s attitude to white water rafting?
A. Passive B. Encouraging C. Discouraging D. Negative
There are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is undue absorption in the past. It does not do to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in sadness about friends who are dead. One’s thoughts must be directed to the future and to things about which there is something to be done.
It is unwise to be too attached to the youth in the hope of sucking vigor from its vitality. When your children are grown up they want to live their own lives, and if you continue to be as interested in them as you were when they were young, you are likely to become a burden to them, unless they are cold to you.
I think that a successful old age is easiest for those who have strong impersonal interests involving appropriate activities. It is in this sphere that long experience is really fruitful, and it is in this sphere that the wisdom born of experience can be exercised without being oppressive. It is no use telling grown-up children not to make mistakes, both because they will not believe you, and because mistakes are an essential part of education. But if you are one of those who are incapable of impersonal interests, you may find that your life will be empty unless you concern yourself with you children and grandchildren. In that case you must realize that while you can still render them material services, such as making them an allowance or knitting them jumpers, you must not expect that they will enjoy your company.
Some old people are afraid of death. But in fact the best way is to make your interests gradually wider and ore impersonal. An individual human existence should be like a river-small at fist, rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider and the banks move back and in the end they become mixed in the sea without any visible break.
The old man who can see life in this way will not suffer from the fear of growing old and death.
1.The author suggests that old people should_______.
A. develop impersonal interests with proper activities.
B. tell their children not to make mistakes
C. concern themselves with their children
D. not give their children an allowance
2.The underlined word “render” in Paragraph 3 is close to the meaning of “_____”.
A. return B. reward C. offer D. demand
3.The author compares an individual human existence to a river because _____.
A. Life is like a river, first small, and then it becomes wide
B. life is like a river finally flowing into the sea
C. old age and death are both natural just like a river
D. old people will be mixed in the crowd like a river mixed in the sea
4.What’s the best title of this passage?
A. Setting Sun Is Beautiful B. Growing Old Successfully
C. Why Fear Getting Old D. Caring for Olds More
I’m not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them-to be honest. We’d have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange emails, and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Face Book, and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.
Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via FaceBook. No longer hidden, they’re thrown in my face like TV commercials -unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.
Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him, you’d find him warm, and self-effacing（谦逊的）.Read his FaceBook and you’ll realize he’s an unbearable, food-obsessed boring man. He’d pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man-and then write about it.
Take Andy. You won’t find a smarter CEO anywhere, but now he’s a CEO without a company to run. So he plays Mafia Wars on FaceBook. He’s doing well-level 731. Thanks to FaceBook, I know he’s playing about 18 hours a day. Andy, you’ve run four companies-and this is how you spend your downtime? What happned to golf?What happened to getting another job?
Take Liz. She is positive that the flu vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find, so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on FaceBook and once on Twitter.
In real life, I don’t see these sides of people. Face to face, my friends show me their best. They’re nice, smart people. But face to FaceBook, my friends is like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.
I’m left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend?Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine madman on FaceBook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he’s at a party and the wine isn’t up to his standard?
1. Who is opposed to the flu vaccine in the text?
A. Fred B. Andy C. Liz D. Chris
2.What’s Andy probably busy in doing now?
A. He’s running his company
B. He’s playing golf all day
C. He’s looking for another job
D. He’s playing computer games
3.According to the text, FaceBook tends to _______.
A. present another side of people
B. offer some foods for free
C. show endless advertisements
D. get you to more parties
4.The text is developed mainly by _____.
A. giving examples B. following the time order
C. listing figures D. raising questions
My name is Nick Vujicic, an Australian who was born without any limbs（四肢）. In recent years one of my most 36 videos on YouTube shows my skateboarding, surfing, playing music, and best of all, 37 hugs from all fields of great people.
All in all, those are pretty ordinary 38 that just about anyone can do, right? So 39 do you think that video has been viewed millions of times? My theory is that people are 40 to watch it because in spite of my physical limitations, I’m living 41 I had no limits.
People often think someone 42 a severe disability to be inactive, upset, maybe even crazy. But I’d like to 43 them by showing that I lead a very adventurous and fruitful life
Among the hundreds of 44 on that video, here’s one typical remark:” seeing a guy like this being happy makes me wonder why I feel 45 for myself sometimes －or feel not funny enough, or whatever. How can I 46 think thoughts like that when this guy is living without limbs and still being happy!?”
I found happiness when I realized that imperfect 47 I may be, I am the perfect Nick Vujicic. I’m designed 48 God’s plan. That’s not to say that there isn’t 49 for improvement. I’m always trying to be better so I can better 50 the world!
I do believe my life has no 51 . I want you all to feel the same way about your life, no matter what your challenges may be. As we 52 our journey together, please take a moment to 53 about any limitations you’ve placed on your life. Now think about what 54 would be like to be 55 of those limitations. What would your life be if anything were possible?
1.A. disappointing B. unforgettable C. popular D. useful
2.A. receiving B. collecting C. returning D. gathering
3.A. sports B. activities C. affairs D. wonders
4.A. how B. what C. when D. why
5.A. drawn B. expected C. required D. ordered
6.A. even though B. in case C. as though D. if only
7.A. of B. from C. in D. with
8.A. advise B. greet C. surprise D. please
9.A. comments B. pictures C. replies D. statements
10.A. nervous B. sorry C. eager D. desperate
11.A. still B. ever C. also D. even
12.A. if B. as C. while D. although
13.A. according to B. thanks to C. owing to D. up to
14.A. stage B. area C. place D. room
15.A. protect B. rescue C. serve D. reserve
16.A .challenges B. limits C. doubts D. endings
17.A. finish B. continue C. start D. stop
18.A. worry B. think C. care D. talk
19.A. we B. one C. it D. you
20.A. free B. short C. aware D. fond
A government spokesman represents the local government’s attitude so he has to ____ his words before responding to reporters.
A. pass B. express C. cover D. weigh
On the contrary, I think it is Truman, ___you, ___ to blame.
A. more than; are B. less than; who are
C. rather than; that is D. other than; is
