How would we travel without maps? It would be a bit adventurous (冒险的) to set off from Oxford University to go to London Bridge if there wasn't a map of the London Underground at each station. In fact, a lot of the early map-makers were adventurers and explorers, especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.
So what did people do before there were maps? Well, it was quite easy to use natural signs like mountains and rivers if you were travelling on foot or riding a horse. People took small boats down rivers and followed coastlines. And it was much more logical (合理的) to use time, not distance, to measure (计量) journeys: the next village is a three-hour ride, for example.
In fact, in the earliest maps, people didn't draw landmarks. They drew the stars. It was very easy to see the night sky and use it for navigation (航行). The sky was a lot clearer before the light pollution from cities that we have today. When towns and cities were built, people drew road maps which gave correct distances and directions.
The London Underground was opened in 1863 and it also used a road map style. But a man called Henry Beck realized that travelling by train wasn't the same as driving your car across London. Passengers only needed to know which stations to change at. His new design (设计) for the Underground map wasn't very popular with the train companies at first. But the passengers loved it and in 1933, 700,000 copies were printed.
These days, of course, you can ride a bike, drive a car or go through a forest and know where you are exactly, using a GPS. It's really difficult to get lost!
【小题1】What was drawn in the earliest maps?

Beautiful pictures of mountains and forests, clear skies, flying birds, wild animals, silly faces — you can find them all in one place. 46  ? On a postcard! Have people always sent postcards? No! Before postcards, people  47 sealed (密封的) letters.
The 48  for the first decorated (装饰的) postcard came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card  49 a border would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, postcards which had pictures on them 50  . By law, people had to write their note on the front—on the picture! The back was 51 for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back (背面隔开的) postcard. Then people could write their 52  on the back left side. And they put the address 53 . During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, people around the world were more and more 54  picture postcards. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million postcards.
Today, postcards are the 55  most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. You can always see or get a lot of newly-designed postcards, especially on New Year's Day.

【小题2】

A．liked B．hated C．found D．lost

【小题9】

A．surprised at B．interested in C．expected by D．worried about

Come to Austria (奥地利)
Soll is a village in the mountains western Austria. And the Post Hotel is clean and not expensive. It is opened by a local family. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forests and the mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually 20 °Cto 25 °Cin the daytime, but much cooler by evening.
Enjoy Thailand!
When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, don’t miss the early morning river boat trip to the Floating just outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. And you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat: the sun can be strong and it may be as hot as 40℃ at noon.
Visit Hawaii!
Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but don’t be surprised if it rains in the centre of the island. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24°C to 26°C by the sea, and only a little cooler by late evening.
【小题1】If you go to Bangkok, you can ______.

Suzhou is a famous city in China. You can see beautiful mountains and trees in the city.

Travel time:

How to book (预订)：

☆ you must book by email. Tell us which hotel you are staying at and wait for our confirmation (确认) email.

☆ Our tour guide will call you the night before the tour and tell you when we will meet the next morning.

1. The writer must be a _______.

A. visitor     B. waiter    C. a tour guide     D. travel agent (代理人)

2.The tourist will visit ______ places in Suzhou.

A. six        B. five      C. four           D. three

3.What will they visit at 13:00?

A. The No.1 Silk Factory.       B. Hanshan Temple.   

C. The Tiger Hill.              D. The Humble Administrator’s Garden.

4. If you want to book, you must________.

A. go to their office            B. call the tour guide 

C. send them a letter           D. send them an email

5. The best title for this passage is “________”.

A. A Famous City, Suzhou      B. Suzhou Silk  

C. A one-day Suzhou Tour      D. Main sights in Suzhou

During winter holiday,Wei Ming with his family would like to travel to another country, Before that, he surfed the Internet for some information.

Come to Austria

Soll is a village in the mountains in western Austria. And the Post Hotel is clean

and inexpensive. It is opened by a local family. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forests and the mountains. Temperatures in winter are usually5℃ to 15℃ in the daytime, but much cooler by evening.

 Enjoy Thailand!

When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, don’t miss the early morning river boat

trip to the Floating(漂浮) Market just outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. And you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat: the sun can be strong and it may be as hot as 30℃ at noon.

Visit Hawaii!

 ? Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but don’t be surprised if

it rains in the centre of the island. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24℃ to 26

℃by the sea, and only a little cooler by late evening.

1.The advertisements above are about _______.

A.shopping B.food. C.travel D.hotels

2.If you go to Bangkok,you can __________.

A.climb mountains

B. enjoy the scenery of forests?

C.live in the Post Hotel

D.buy fruits while sitting in your boat.

3.According to the advertisements,we know that______.

A.the hottest travel place is Soll

B.maybe it often rains in the centre of Kauai’

C.the Floating Market is in the middle of Bangkok.

D.the Post Hotel in Austria is clean but the price is high.