—_________was my cousin.
—Yes, but it needs to go_______ the clouds for hours.
A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city.
Venice is 1 the northeast of Italy. It wasn't built 2 , like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is 3 around the city.
Even so, travel isn't difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges 4 can guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move 5 by boat. They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights while 6 boat trips. They can talk to other people as they go along.
Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians 7 from a war over 1,500 years ago, and built homes there.
Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange8. One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there's 9 . Butwhen they come back to the bridge an hour later, it's underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes.
Once, people used 10 underground water. This made the city get lower 11 .Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is the 12 seawater.The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean(北冰洋) melt.
Every year, high waters hit the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water 13 , more than half of the city is underwater.
Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting 14 lower. The Italian government has asked some of Italy's biggest companies to build the MOST project, which was planned 15 under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey（新泽西）in the past，staying in a small inn (旅店) at the foot of a hill. One year，however，Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business，so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around that famous city.
They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They had expected that they would have to go to bed hungry，because in that small inn in New Jersey，no meals were served after seven. They were surprised when the waiter asked whether they would take dinner there that night. “Are you still serving dinner？” asked Mr. Smith. “Yes，certainly，sir，” answered the waiter. “We serve it until half past nine.”
“What are the times of meals then？”asked Mr. Smith. “Well，sir，”answered the waiter. “We serve breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning，lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon，tea from four to five，and dinner from six to half past nine.”
“But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London，”said Mr. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their holidays in _______.
When Mr. and Mrs. Smith had a lot of money，they decided to go to _______.
They went to London by _______.
From the story we know that this was the ___ time for Mr. and Mrs. Smith to go to London.
What does the sentence “But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London” mean？
There are several ways you can find out about the countries and places you wish to visit. You can talk to friends who have traveled to the places, you can go and see a colour film about them, or you can read travel books.
It seems that there are three kinds of travel books. The first are those that give a personal, subjective(主观的) idea of travels which the writer has got himself. These books can be useful if the writers share their traveling experiences with others. The second kind are those books which give objective( 客观的) information of things to be done and seen. If a cultured person has written such a book about the facts of a place, then it is more useful. The third kind are those books which are called "a guide" to some place or other. If they are good, they will describe and explain the place in detail. Like the first kind, they can be interesting and exciting, but their main purpose is to help the reader plan his travel in the most practical way.
Whatever kind of travel book you choose, you must make sure that the book does not describe everything as interesting, exciting or fantastic. You must also keep an open eye on its date of publication(出版）because travel is a very practical matter and many things change quickly in the 21st century. Finally, you should make sure that it's easy to find the useful information for your travel.
This passage was written to introduce________.
The writer of the first kind of travel books gave his ideas after he______.
The underlined phrase "a cultured person" means a person with ________.
The date of publication must be noticed because
According to the passage, it is best to read ______before traveling to a place of interest.
The Sydney Opera House is a very famous building in the world. It has become Sydney's best-known landmark and international symbol. The Opera House with a “sailing roof” was designed by a famous Danish architect (丹麦建筑师), Utzon. The base for the building was started in 1959, years before the designs were finished. Utzon spent four years designing the Opera House. In 1962, the designs were finalized(定稿) and the construction began. In 1967，they started the decoration inside. It took 14 years in total to build the Opera House. Queen Elizabeth II officially opened it on October 20th,1973.
The Sydney Opera House cost around ＄100 million and was paid for by the public. 6,225 square meters of glass was used to build it. The Opera House includes 1,000 rooms. It is 185 meters long and 120 meters wide. The building's roof sections weigh about 15 tons. Each year, this fantastic building attracts 200,000 tourists to come for a visit or enjoy events in it.
The Opera House reaches out into the harbor(港湾). It is amazing and unforgettable, offering people a strong sense of beauty.
The designer of the Sydney Opera House was from _______.
Building the Sydney Opera House lasted _______.
The underlined word “construction” means _______in Chinese.
_______ paid for the cost of the building of the Sydney Opera House.
Which is the best title for the passage?
In order to pass the exam，Amy worked as hard as she could.
Amy worked as hard as she could _________ _________ she could pass the exam.
How do you like this book?
_________ do you _________ _________ this book?
The room is too small for ten people to live in.
The room is _________ small _________ ten people can't live in it.
Simon tried his best，but he failed again.
Simon failed again _________ he tried his best.
Tom was late for school because of the bad traffic.
The traffic was bad, _________ Tom was late for school.
During the National Day holidays last year, my parents and I had a trip abroad. My father is i________ in old countries so he chose to visit India. India is in the south of A________. It has a long h________ and the most famous s________ is Taj Mahal( 泰姬陵).
We f________to India from Shanghai. It took us just a few hours to get there. I c________a camera with me so that I could take photos of the beautiful views. There are many elephants in India. The guide a________me to ride on an elephant. Though my heart was f________ with fear, I rode on it at last. I rode on the elephant for half an hour and it was an exciting e________. My father took some photos of me. We e ________ ourselves in India. What's more, we learned more about this old country.
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| Chinese Paper-cutting | |
| long history | over 2,000 years |
| very popular | in different parts of China，young or old，be fond of，do well in... |
| different shapes | birds，fish，flowers... |
| Where do people put Chinese paper-cutting?... | |
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