Adventure Vacations
People like different kinds of vacations. Some go camping. They swim, fish, cook over a fire and sleep outside. Others like to stay at a hotel in an exciting city. They go shopping all day and go dancing all night. Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahan or the Louver.
Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They don’t want to be “tourists”. They want to have an adventure--a surprising and exciting trip. They want to learn something and maybe help people too. How can they do this? Some travel panies and environmental groups are planning special adventures. Sometimes these trips are difficult and full of hardships, but they’re a lot of fun. One organization, Earth watch, sends small groups of volunteers to different parts of the world. Some volunteers spend two weeks and study the environment. Others work with animals. Others learn about people of the past.
Would you like an adventure in the Far North? A team of volunteers is leaving from Mormons, Russia. The leader of this trip is a professor from Alaska. He’s worried about chemicals from factories. He and the volunteers will study this pollution in the environment. If you like exercise and cold weather, this is a good trip for you. Volunteers need ski sixteen kilometers every day.
Do you enjoy ocean animals? You can spend two to four weeks in Hawaii. There, you can teach language to dolphins. Dolphins can follow orders such as “Bring me the large ball.” They also understand opposites. How much more can they understand? It will be exciting to learn about these intelligent animals. Another study trip goes to Washington State and follows orcas. We call orcas “killer Whale”, but they’re really dolphins—the largest kind of dolphin. This beautiful animal travels together in family groups. They move through the ocean with their mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Ocean pollution is chasing their lives. Earth watch is studying how this happens.
Are you interested in history? Then Greece is the place for your adventure. Thirty-five hundred years ago a volcano exploded there, on Santorum. This explosion was more terrible than Karate or Mount Saint Helens. But today we know a lot about the way of life of the people from that time. There are houses, kitchens, and paintings as interesting as those in Pompeii. Today teams of volunteers are learning more about people from the past.
Do you want a very different vacation? Do you want to travel far, work hard and learn a lot? Then an Earth watch vacation is for you.
【小题1】The Tai Mahan may be .A．a shopping centerB．a hotel C．a dancing hallD．a place of interest【小题2】From the passage, on an adventure trip, people .A．may not spend much time on sightseeingB．won’t meet some difficulties or hardshipsC．can’t enjoy themD．can’t learn something【小题3】If you want to learn something about people of the past, you can .A．join the team to HawaiiB．join the team to the Far NorthC．join the team to WashingtonD．join the team to Greece【小题4】Which of the following is false?A．Some people find sightseeing trips boring.B．Earth watch is planning all these special adventures.C．The number of orcas is decreasing.D．3 volcano explosions in all broke out 3, 500 years ago in Greece.D
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【小题1】D 推理题。根据第一段最后一句Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahan or the Louver.说明the Tai Mahan是和卢浮宫一样的名胜，故D项正确。
【小题2】A 细节题。根据第二段1,2行Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They don’t want to be “tourists”. They want to have an adventure--a surprising and exciting trip.说明参加Adventure Vacation的人也许不能看到很多的风景，故A正确。
【小题3】D 细节题。根据倒数第8行Are you interested in history? Then Greece is the place for your adventure.说明如果你想参观古老的地方，那么去希腊。故D正确。
【小题4】D 细节题。根据Thirty-five hundred years ago a volcano exploded there, on Santorum. This explosion was more terrible than Karate or Mount Saint Helens说明在希腊只有一座火山爆发，故D项正确。