Still seeking a destination for your weekend break? There are some places which are probably a mere walk away from your college.
King's Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere. This weekend tees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists.
You could attend a class teaching you how to 'learn from the masters' or get more creative with paint ---- free of charge.
The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.
The Botanic Garden
The Garden has over 8,000 plant species; it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University.
The multi-branched Torch Aloe here is impressive. The African plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss.
Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula, a plant more monly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.
The Garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts. Look for grass snakes in the lake. A snake called 'Hissing Sid' is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.
Byron's Pool
Many stories surround Lord Byron's time as a student of Cambridge University, Arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter plaining that it was a place of mess and drunkenness. However, it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough. I'm not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his roans. He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.
It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake, which is now known as Byron's Pool. A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the fields. The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea. If you don't trust me, then perhaps you’ll take it from Virginia Woolf- ----over a century after Byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.
【小题1】As mentioned in the passage, there is a small charge for .A．attending the masters' classB．working with local artistsC．learning life drawingD．seeing an exhibition【小题2】Torch Aloe and Venus Flytrap are .A．mon insectsB．impressive plantsC．rarely-seen snakesD．wildlife-enthusiasts【小题3】We can infer from the passage that Byron seemed .A．to fear pet bearsB．to like walkingC．to be a heavy drinkerD．to finish university in 1805【小题4】In the passage Byron's Pool is described as a lake .A．surrounded by fieldsB．owned by Lord ByronC．located in GrantchesterD．discovered by Virginia Woolf【小题5】What is the passage mainly about?A．Some places for weekend breakB．A way to bee creative in art.C．The colourful life in the countryside.D．Unknown stories of Cambridge University.C
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(答案→)C
解析：由文章开头的引子可知，本篇是广告，介绍的是几处周末度假去处。
【小题1】细节考查题。根据第一则广告的第三段，可知之。
【小题2】细节考查题。根据第二则广告的第二段第一句话，可知之。本题易误选A，原文说Dionaea muscipula更常见被称为venus flytrap（捕蝇草），mon insects明显不对。
【小题3】推理判断题。由He spent a great deal of time walking in the village一句可知之。
【小题4】细节考查题。由文章最后一段第二句中的…the pool is surrounded by beautiful circular paths around the field可知之。
【小题5】主旨大意题。由文章开头的引子及全文内容可知本篇介绍的是几处周末度假去处。