3． When is the best time to take the journey? 中学生标准学术能力诊断性测试 2021 年 1 月测试 A． January. B． May. C． July. D． October. 英语 试卷 B We never knew why my father took over storytelling for his three little girls, but we always suspected it 本试卷共 150分，考试时间 100分钟。 was to save us from Sleeping Beauty. Walt Disney’s masterwork hit the big suburban screens in 1959 with a 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 60分） message for girls as vivid as its widescreen Technirama: If you’re pretty enough, a prince will rescue you. 第一节 （共 15小题；每小题 3分，满分 45分） My father invented a series of bedtime stories featuring three princesses who happened to be just our A ages and even looked like us. For some reason, the grownups were never around when danger struck. So, We’re all familiar with the “hop on hop off” buses that tour around big cities. It seems there’s now a night after night, it was up to the three sisters to save the village, which they always managed to do just about new option coming that’s bigger and better than those that have gone before. Next year, expedition company the time that one of us fell asleep. Adventures Overland is set to launch a new “hop on hop off” bus service that will travel 20,000km from India It did occur to us that this village was either highly unfortunate or its adults incredibly clumsy that so to England. The vehicle, which will have space for 20 people, is set to cross 18 countries in 70 days and much fell to these little girls. We also saw that our parents wanted us to be strong. These girls didn’t need to passengers will be able to stop off in cities along the way. be rescued. They were alert, wise, and bold. That was enough. People looking to book the trip will be able to choose if they want to take the entire journey, or one of But how to carry this storyline into life was not obvious. In my early experience, women were just the four legs (Southeast Asia, China, Central Asia, Europe). If you take the route that begins in Delhi, the bus beginning to be admitted to what had been men-only colleges, and teaching jobs followed. I loved to tell my will travel to Thailand, before going up to China, then onto Russia and European cities such as Warsaw, network about the welcome dinner for new graduate students in vast, candlelit Gothic hall. I sat next to the Prague and Brussels — before finishing in London. dean of the graduate school, whose first words to me were: “I don’t know why the graduate school is now Adventure Overland’s bus route was partly inspired by the Hippie Trail buses that crossed the world in admitting women. You’ll all just get married, have babies, and your education will be wasted.” After a few the 50s and 60s. Despite being the “longest bus journey in the world”, guests are bound to be comfortable days to recover, I began telling friends this story and found their laughter and support encouraging. Soon, I with features such as business class seats, Wi-Fi, ... ...
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