Sri Lanka is known as the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean”, and it is easy to see why. This little country never fails to please visitors.
Arrive
The national airline is Sri Lankan Airlines, which flies from Colombo to London and a couple of other European cities. The country’s main airport is Colombo Bandaranaike, located 29km north of the capital city.
Why now?
The best time to visit Sri Lanka’s southern beaches is from November to April. So by going early in the season, you’ll get the best weather. Also in November, Deepavali, known as “Diwali” or the “Festival of Lights”, is Sri Lanka’s main religious festival, celebrated throughout the country.
See
There is plenty to see in Sri Lanka. The ancient capital cities of Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura are worth seeing, and so are many outstanding ruins. Other must-sees are the rock fortress (要塞) of Sigiriya, towering over the jungle as far as the eye can see, and Dambulla’s cave temple, the country’s largest and best preserved. Both are UNESCO World Heritage (遗产) Sites. Kandy is a picture-like town, which was the last stronghold of the Kandyan Kings. Today it is a cultural relic centre where age-old customs, arts, and crafts remain.
Do
Sri Lanka owns about 1,600km of beautiful palm-shaded beaches as well as warm, pure seas and colourful coral reefs. You can explore the underwater world, and surfing and diving are available too. Away from the shore, wildlife is a big draw for Sri Lanka, and Yala National Park is one of the best places in the world to see wild animals including leopards (豹) and elephants.
Taste
Sri Lanka is celebrated for its excellent food, with a particular emphasis on fresh fruit and vegetables on menus everywhere. Fish and seafood are a big part of the local diet.
Did you know?
Sri Lanka is known for its tea, but it is also the world’s largest producer and exporter of cinnamon(肉桂).
1.Which of the following is a cultural relic centre of Sri Lanka?
A. Kandy.B. Anuradhapura.C. Polonnaruwa.D. Colombo.
2.If you want to know something about “Diwali”, you’d better go there in ________.
A. September.B. October.C. November.D. May.
3.We learn from the passage that Sri Lanka ________.
A. is in the Pacific Ocean
B. is famous for its excellent food
C. is the world’s largest producer of tea
D. has only flights to London
书面表达
请写一篇吸烟危害的短文。
内容要点：吸烟会导致许多疾病，甚至一些危及生命的疾病。
吸烟不但对吸烟者自己有害，也严重影响不吸烟者的健康。
据报道，美国每年至少有32万人因吸烟而丧生。目前约有四千万人仍在吸烟。
可喜的是，越来越多的人已认识到其危害，开始戒烟。
青年学生不应该养成这一恶习，如有这一习惯，应尽早戒除。
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My uncle is the owner of a restaurant close to that I live. Though not very big, but the restaurant is popular in our area. It is always crowded with customers at meal times. Some people even had to wait outside. My uncle tells me that the key to his success is honest. Every day he makes sure that fresh vegetables or high quality oil are using for cooking. My uncle says that he never dreams becoming rich in the short period of time. Instead, he hopes that our business will grow steady.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
From the start of Growing Pains, Mike was always getting 1. trouble. He 2. (catch) by the police for driving a car too fast. He promised his parents that he would never ride a motorcycle, but then he hunt 3. (he) riding one. However, in the last year of the program, he helped a young boy who had no home, and asked his family to help him care for and support the boy. 4. his parents were upset because he often broke his promises, the way he cared for this boy made them 5. (pride) to have him as their son. These stories are good examples of the two sides of Mike’s 6. (natural). He sometimes did wrong things, but also cared for others and was a warm person. Mike became very popular. His face was in every magazine for teenagers, and young girls bought photos of him 7. (hang) on their bedroom walls.
Perhaps another reason 8. the program was popular in America is that most of its stories were about normal family programs. Many people watching it had the same problems. 9. Mike’s parents, many working parents worry about their children and have difficult 10. (decide) to make about them.
Of all the men who ever liked fresh air, no one liked it more than James Wilson did. He ________ slept with his window open even when snow was falling outside.
One winter, he went to Finland on business. When he ________ his room in the hotel, he found that the windows were closed to ________ the icy air out. He did his best to open one but failed. The bed was really ________, but Wilson couldn’t sleep. He wasn’t able to ________ the closed windows. No fresh air! It was ________ to think of.
At about one o’clock in the morning, he was ________ awake. Worrying about the air in the room, he became very angry. Where was the ________? He could see something that looked like ________ over there. He threw a shoe at it through the darkness with all the force of his strong right arm. A terrible sound of breaking glass ________ the room, but to Wilson’s sad heart, it seemed like the sound of ________ music.
When daylight came through the window, he ________ and lay with his eyes close. There was ________ to worry about. ________ was it? Oh, the broken window! Yes, indeed. He would have to pay ________ that. He opened his eyes to look. Suddenly he sat up in ________. The window was not broken at all. The ________ was all in one piece, just as good as it had been the night before. ________ fresh air was entering the room through the window!
He then turned his eyes to the ________ and saw a broken picture ________ on the all. There was a shoe on the floor below it, and a lot of broken glasses around the shoe.
1.A. seldomB. oftenC. sometimesD. always
2.A. leftB. cleanedC. enteredD. examined
3.A. preventB. keepC. stopD. send
4.A. coldB. comfortableC. badD. terrible
5.A. rememberB. forgetC. remindD. think
6.A. unluckyB. anxiousC. difficultD. terrible
7.A. alreadyB. nearlyC. hardlyD. still
8.A. waiterB. managerC. windowD. light
9.A. paperB. glassC. pictureD. man
10.A. destroyedB. coveredC. filledD. entered
11.A. funnyB. strangeC. beautifulD. famous
12.A. got upB. woke upC. came intoD. came down
13.A. nothingB. anyoneC. somethingD. someone
14.A. WhatB. HowC. WhereD. Who
15.A. toB. withC. fromD. for
16.A. silenceB. surpriseC. troubleD. pain
17.A. windowB. pictureC. glassD. shoe
18.A. MuchB. NoC. StillD. Yet
19.A. outsideB. topC. sideD. bottom
20.A. lyingB. hangingC. fallingD. standing
阅读短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Many kids and teenagers have cell phones in their hands. However, is it really necessary for them to have phones at school? Here are the pros and cons.
Pros
They can get in touch when necessary. The main benefit of having a phone is that your children can get in touch with you whenever they need to. 1. They can call the emergency services if necessary. If your children are in immediate danger, they can use their phones to call not only you but the emergency services. This is of great benefit and could potentially save your children’s lives.
2. As long as your children remember to do this , their phones won’t cause distraction(分心) in class. Giving them a standard instead of a smart-phone will also reduce the risk of distraction.
Cons
The latest smart-phones can almost double as a computer. It means they offer far more of a distraction to kids than they used to. 3. All these characteristics could disturb your children’s concentration (注意力) if they play with them in class.
Cellphones could interrupt lessons. Many children, even though they are asked to do so, forget to turn off their phones during lessons and their phones may make sounds. 4. Besides the distraction problem, cellphones can also be used to look up answers on the Internet. 5. The possibility of children having access to these during exams could be too attractive for them not to take advantage of.
A. Cellphones can be turned off or put on mute.
B. Children use ordinary phones instead of smart-phones.
C. This allows you to feel they are safe and easy to reach.
D. Without cellphones, campus life would be less colorful.
E. They have some other functions — a calculator and the ability to save notes.
F. This not only annoys other pupils, but also prevents them from learning well.
G. Nowadays, children can not only text and make calls with their phones, but also play games, surf the Internet and listen to music.
