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Still seeking a destination for your weekend break?

There are some places which are probably a mere walk away from your college.

l  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 sees 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.

l  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 Dionaeamuscipula, a plant more commonly known as the Venus Fly trap 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.

l  Byron's Pool

 Many stories surround Lord Byron's time as a student of Cambridge University. Arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining 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 rooms. 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 inthe 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. lf you don't trust me, then perhaps you'll take it from Woolf-over a century after Byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in Virginia the same pool.

1. As mentioned in the passage, there is a small charge for

A. Attending the mastens' class

B. Working with local artists

C. Learning life drawing

D. Seeing an exhibition

2. "Torch Aloe" and "Venus Flytrap" are _ .

A. common insects

B. impressive plants

C. rarely-seen snakes

D. wildlife-enthusiasts

3. We can infer from the passage that Byron seemed

A. to fear pet bears

B. to like walking

C. to be a heavy drinker

D. to finish university in 1805

4. In the passage Byron's Pool is described as a lake

A. surrounded by fields

B. owned by Lord Byron

C. located in Grantchester

D. discovered by Virginia Woolf

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A.Some places for weekend break.

B. A way to become creative in art.

C. The colorful life in the countryside.

D. Unknown stories of Cambndge University.

u Vocabulary

contemporary  adj.當代的

botanic adj. 植物的，植物學的

enthusiast  n.愛好者，狂熱者

篇章導讀

你還在為假日的旅游勝地煩惱嗎？如果我們細心一點，就會發現其實我們身邊就有那些值得一游的景點，本文向讀者介紹了三大旅游勝地：國王藝術中心、植物園、拜倫潭。

英國皇家植物園Royal Botanical Garden位于倫敦西南部的泰晤士河南岸，被聯合國指定為世界文化遺產。邱園（Kew Garden）始建于1759年，原本是英皇喬治三世的皇太后奧格斯汀公主（Augustene）一所私人皇家植物園，起初只有3.6公頃，經過200多年的發展，已擴建成為有120公頃的規模宏大的皇家植物園，加上1965年在距邱園50公里的蘇沙斯（Sussex）區開辟了一個240公頃的Wakehurst衛星植物園，主園加衛星園共有360公頃，成為規模巨大的世界級植物園

拜倫潭，本是康河中的一個普通的水潭，但是因為拜倫當年在此學習的時候常常在此游泳，于是這個水潭也就在詩人的心中有了一份神秘，一份特殊的情誼——那就是拜倫是詩人詩歌創作、自由思想、感情至上等等一切的啟蒙導師，寫水潭，實際在寫拜倫。

拜倫（1788－1824）是蘇格蘭貴族。1788年1月23日出生于倫敦。1805－1808年在劍橋大學學文學及歷史，廣泛閱讀了歐洲和英國的文學、哲學和歷史著作，同時也從事射擊、賭博、飲酒、打獵、游泳等各種活動。21歲時，他作為世襲貴族進入了貴族院，他的發言都鮮明地表示了拜倫的自由主義的進步立場。

答案

1．C細節理解題。根據King’s Art Centre的最后一句可知答案選C項。

2．B細節理解題。根據The Botanic Garden的第二、三段可知是兩種植物，并不是昆蟲、蛇，更不是野生動物愛好者。

3．B推理判斷題。根據Byron's Pool的第一段最后一句可知，拜倫喜歡散步。

4．A細節理解題。根據Byron’s Pool的第二段第二句可知答案。

5．A主旨大意題。根據文章首句可知，本文主要是向讀者介紹一些周末出游的好去處。