Peyto Lake, Canada
Located in Banff National Park, Canada’s first national park Peyto Lake is one of the most wonderful lakes in the world. What makes it truly beautiful is its unique greenish-blue color, and placement in the Canadian Rockies. Named after trail guide Bill Peyto, this lake is located at a height of 1,860m.
Entry Details: $9.80 adult, $8.30 senior, $4.90 youth, and $19.60 family
Best Time to Visit: July, August, and September
Lake Argentino, Argentina
Located in the Patagonian province in Argentina, the lake is truly beautiful. Surrounded by glaciers and snow-covered mountains, the lake presents visual delights like none other. With a maximum depth of 500 meters, it’s the biggest freshwater lake in Argentina. The lake is famous for fishing.
Entry Details: $15~$20, changes as per season, but entry for tourists above 70 years of age is always free.
Best Time to Visit: December to March, and late November
Lake Baikal, Russia
Being the world’s oldest and deepest lake, Baikal is about 395 meters long, 49 meters wide and 1,637 meters deep. It holds more water than the Five Great Lakes of America combined, and is thus the largest freshwater lake globally. Located in the south Russian region of Siberia, a trip to view this lake is a trip of a lifetime!
Entry Details: No Entrance fee here
Best Time to Visit: March to April
Lake Como, Italy
Considered one of the most beautiful lakes in Europe, Lake Como has attracted tourists since Roman times. Located in Lombardy, Como is one of the deepest lakes in Europe. Surrounded by villas and palaces, this lake has attracted some of the wealthiest. Today, many celebrities(名人) have houses here. Here you can enjoy water sports, take a flight over the lake, or try skiing during the winters-every tourist has something he’s going to like!
Entry Details: Free
Best Time to Visit: July and September
1.Why is the passage presented?
A. To call on people to travel around the world
B. To introduce some beautiful lakes around the world
C. To explain how some world-famous lakes formed
D. To tell us what tourist can do around the world-famous lakes
2.Which place has to be paid for a visit of an 80-years-old man?
A. Lake Como, Italy B. Lake Baikal, Russia
C. Peyto Lake, Canada D. Lake Argentino, Argentina
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The world’s second largest freshwater lake is in Russia
B. A trail guide gave the name to Peyto Lake of Canada
C. Lake Como is well known for its color and location
D. Lake Argentino is surrounded by glaciers and snow-covered mountains
王明是红星中学高一年级的学生。进入高中后，不知怎样适应高中生活。请你以他好友的身份给他写一封建议信。
内容包括以下要点：
1.多与老师沟通交流；
2.积极参与班级活动，尽快融入集体中；
3.与志趣相投的同学交朋友；
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要求：1.词数80~100次；
2.可适当发挥；
3.书写要规范。
Dear Wang Ming,
I’m sorry you are having trouble with your high school life.
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I hope you will find my advice useful.
Yours,
Zhang Jian
1.He was remained in poor health all those years.
2.Play football in the street is very dangerous.
3.What he wants to tell us are not clear.
4.I am concerned about Anne now because she came to school very upsetting just now.
5.Anne wanted to see a film with me yesterday, but I was busy cleaning my bicycle, so I planned to go with her other time.
6.Ten minutes has been made full use to study the problem.
7.So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wide vocabulary than ever before.
8.Now English is also speaking as a foreign or second language in South Asia.
9.Since the suggestion comes up, it has been under discussion.
10.At the end of 16th century about five to seven million people spoke English.
1.I am very g_____to him for his help and his being kind to me.
2.He_____(不理睬) the doctor’s advice and continued smoking.
3.He was tired but still had a_____(系列) of meetings to go to.
4.It is not easy for a Chinese person to speak English as_____(流畅) as a native English speaker.
5.The father_____(恢复) from the death of his loved son at last.
1.His coming late made his teacher_____(happy).
2._____there is a will, there is a way.
3.He had everything in his room_____(steal) last night.
4.The place_____interested me most was the Children’s Palace.
5.I’ll never forget the days_____I spent in the countryside.
6.It was the third time that she_____(come) to this mountain to see the children.
7.She and her family hid away for two years_____they were discovered.
8.It is no good_____(eat) this kind of food containing too much fat.
9.We can’t do it best if we don’t_____(entire) pit our heats into the thing we are doing.
10.Do you want a friend_____whom you could tell everything, like your deepest feelings and thoughts?
11.You can’t imagine what difficulty we had_____(walk) home in the snowstorm.
12.It was_____he acted so badly that he was punished by his teacher.
13.The company is based_____Shanghai.
14.Actually all languages change and develop_____time when cultures meet and communicate with each other.
15.With your partner, list the countries that use English as an_____(office) language.
As a child, I was afraid of everything. At the age of 8. I even became______of getting Halloween candy.______, on October 31, my twin brother and I went out and______to every house in the neighborhood. Most of the houses only had a few steps to the door. It was easy. However, when we______one of the bigger houses with 10 tall steps______to the front door, which were known to have the best candy, my fear______me. My brother was already up the stairs, while I stood______at the bottom.
It was______that I’d be able to climb all that way. I was afraid that I might fall over in the dark and______my bag of candy. I might______my clothes on something, and not be able to get away. I wanted the candy, but there was no______I would go up those stairs to get it. I failed. I lost more than just candy. I lost my______.
Fear of the unknown______me for a long time. After six years in nursing, I was______with the career I had chosen. I faced a______: step out into the unknown or______the rest of my life at the bottom of those steps, never______the best candy.
Finally, with only $100 in my savings account, I started my own business. Whenever I would lose a client, the old fears______. However, I’d tasted the candy, and now I don’t keep______when I face difficulties. I believe that, though______things can happen when we step out, worse things happen when we don’t.
1.A. afraid B. disturbed C. fond D. tired
2.A. Naturally B. Normally C. Certainly D. Normally
3.A. pointed B. rushed C. moved D. traveled
4.A. surrounded B. measured C. approached D. entered
5.A. pointing B. belonging C. opening D. leading
6.A. encouraged B. spread C. prevented D. attracted
7.A. slightly B. frozen C. calmly D. happily
8.A. unlikely B. unlucky C. possible D. pitiful
9.A. fall B. drop C. forget D. lose
10.A. bury B. break C. tear D. catch
11.A. way B. need C. doubt D. wonder
12.A. bag B. life C. way D. confidence
13.A. amused B. controlled C. surprised D. ruined
14.A. excited B. concerned C. impressive D. unsatisfied
15.A. difficulty B. cause C. fear D. choice
16.A. preserve B. spend C. change D. escape
17.A. presenting B. buying C. making D. tasting
18.A. disappeared B. warned C. returned D. reminded
19.A. calm B. awake C. bored D. modest
20.A. different B. fortunate C. bad D. unique
