Vancouver (温哥华) is a cosmopolitan (世界性的) city of stunning beauty.Set between the waters of the Strait of Georgia and the Coast Mountains, Vancouver is a place of tremendous physical beauty. Few other places in North America offer the attractions of a truly cosmopolitan city so close to such a wide range of natural wonders.You can take advantage of the city’s pleasing mid-70s summer weather with a walk or bike ride through the city’s 1,000 - acre Stanley Park, located on a peninsula just off the downtown business district. A mere 15-minute drive from downtown gets you to Grouse Mountain, which you can climb by foot or aerial tram for a spectacular one-mile-high view of the city and its surroundings. Another worthwhile day trip is the 1.5 hours ferry ride to the seaside town of Victoria, on Vancouver Island, with its lush gardens and 19th century architecture. July and August are the best months to catch a close up view of orcas migrating north through the gulf waters off Vancouver. And two hours from the city is the Whistler-Backcomb ski resort, North America’s largest, which has great off-season prices, a full range of outdoor activities and even summer glacier skiing.Vancouver is home to North America’s third largest Chinatown. The city’s rich Asian culture also lets you take in sights that you can’t find elsewhere on this continent, like the not-to-be-missed Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden, which is the only Ming Dynasty style garden outside China. Which of the following could probably be the title of this passage()
A. Vancouver, a Cosmopolitan City of Great Natural Beauty
B. Vancouver, a Cosmopolitan City of Rich Asian Culture
C. A Trip to Vancouver
D. Going to the Chinatown in Vancouver
Jane always enjoys () to popular music at home on Friday evenings.
A. listening
B. to be listening
C. being listening
D. to listen
We all make plans for the future all the time. Some of them are big plans, which affect our future lives. Some are small, unimportant plans, such as how we’re going to spend the evening. Making plans is natural, but how many of the plans we are making today will come trueEveryone wants to know what the future holds. What will happen to me Will my hopes and plans come true For thousands of years people have wanted to know the answers to questions like these, and they have turned to fortune tellers for the answers.Fortune tellers use many position of the stars and planets at our birth can ’affect our character and future. Some people use cards (纸牌) to tell the future, while others say they can read our futures in the pattern of the tea leaves left in the bottom of our cup. One of the most popular forms of fortune telling is palmistry, the study of the lines on the palm of your hand.Many people believe strongly in some form of fortune telling, including some rich and famous people. When Ronalds Reagan was President of the United States for example, his wife, Nancy, organized his schedule to fit in with the predictions of her astrologer. Important journeys and meetings had to wait for a good day.But most people believe that fortune telling is no better than leading the way by the blind. The example about Ronald Reagan cited in the last paragraph implies that().
A. it is desirable to arrange one's activities with the help of an astrologer
B. all Americans believe in astrology including their Presidents
C. the arrangement of American Presidents' activities is very complicated
D. nobody can control his or her futur
This time next week I'll be on vacation. Probably I () on a beautiful beach.
A. am lying
B. have lain
C. will have lain
D. will be lying