Opened in 1971, the Magic Kingdom was the first theme park at Walt Disney World. All Disney World theme parks are open 365 days a year, although opening and closing times for each park are different from day to day. If you are traveling without kids, try to visit it on a school day to avoid the largest crowds. If you need to visit it during a school vacation, try at least to avoid the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day and the Fourth of July.
If you are not staying at a Disney World hotel, avoid visiting the Magic Kingdom on its Extra Magic Hours days. The hotel guests get into the park early on those days, increasing the waiting time for visitors who arrive at the normal opening time.
Buy your Walt Disney World tickets online at Disney World’s website. There will be some advice on picking the right ticket. See the guide to Disney World tickets. You will also need to call in advance to make lunch or dinner reservations (预订). Disney accepts reservations, through 1-407-WDW-DINE, up to 180 days in advance. Time does pass quickly, so you should call six months before your trip to get a lunch reservation in the castle. We suggest you should have your lunch at Cinderella’s Royal Table for your tour. If you can’t get the reservation, ask for the Liberty Tree Tavern instead.
Keep in mind that to reach the Magic Kingdom, you must park at Disney World’s Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) parking lot, take a tram (有轨电车), and then take a boat across the Seven Seas Lagoon to the Magic Kingdom.
小题1:We learn from the passage that ______.| A．children are not allowed to visit Disney World on New Year’s Day | | B．Disney World theme parks have the same opening and closing times | | C．a single adult had better visit the Magic Kingdom on a school day | | D．the Magic Kingdom was the earliest theme park in the world |
小题2:If you want to have dinner in the Walt Disney World, you can ______.| A．see the guide to Disney World tickets to reserve a table | | B．make a call to reserve a table for dinner in advance | | C．use 1-407-WDW-DINE to reserve about 3 months in advance | | D．go to Cinderella’s Royal Table or the Liberty Tree Tavern at any time you like |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to passage?| A．Disney World theme parks will be closed on Christmas Day. | | B．The only way to get Walt Disney World tickets is to buy them online. | | C．Visitors have to reach the Magic Kingdom by tram and then boat. | | D．The Magic Kingdom has Extra Magic Hours every day. |
小题4:What would be the best title for this passage?| A．The History of the Magic Kingdom | | B．A Brief Introduction to the Magic Kingdom | | C．Advice on Making a Trip to the Magic Kingdom | | D．The Most Important Theme Park at Walt Disney World |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
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本文主要告诉我们参观迪斯尼魔法乐园的一些注意事项。
小题1:细节题。根据If you are traveling without kids, try to visit it on a school day to avoid the largest crowds.可知答案为C.
小题2:细节题。根据You will also need to call in advance to make lunch or dinner reservations (预订).可知答案为B.
小题3:细节判断题。根据最后一段，可知答案为C。根据try at least to avoid the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day and the Fourth of July. 可知A项错误。网上订票是可以的，但不是唯一的途径，所以B错误。根据If you are not staying at a Disney World hotel, avoid visiting the Magic Kingdom on its Extra Magic Hours days.可知不是每天都有Extra Magic Hours.所以其余均错误。
小题4:概括标题。本文就是对参观迪斯尼乐园的一些简单的介绍。 |
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试题【Opened in 1971, the Magic Kingdom was the first theme park at Walt Disney World.】；主要考察你对
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Paparazzi, or "paps", are photographers who take pictures of famous people when they are not at the center of public attention. Paps are different from professional photographers or journalists because they never take ordinary photos.
The goal for paparazzi is to get pictures that no one else will get and then sell the pictures to the buyer who offers the most money —normally a small newspaper, magazine or website.
There is no law against paparazzi taking pictures in public places. However, there are laws that protect certain individuals. For example, child protection laws stop improper (不合适的) pictures of anyone under 16 from being published.
There is also no law that stops paparazzi from following celebrities (名人) and taking their pictures either. However, if paps are secretly following them and taking pictures of their faces, they could get into trouble.
Most paparazzi hang out on streets and hot spots for celebrities, waiting for the opportunity to take a picture of a star. Many stay on the streets until the early hours of the morning when celebrities are leaving nightclubs and looking a little worse for wear. However, some have other ways to make sure they get pictures. Many paps are in contact with "informers" who know the locations of celebrities at any given time. They then pass the information on to paparazzi. An informer could be anyone —from a restaurant waiter to a salesman.
Most of the time, paparazzi get a bad reputation for following celebrities. But sometimes stars or their managers will contact paps themselves and tell them exactly where and when they will go.
What a love-hate relationship between paparazzi and celebrities!
小题1:Which of the following things paparazzi might do would be against the law?| A．Taking pictures of famous people in public places. | | B．Getting unsuitable pictures of a 10-year-old actress published. | | C．Following a famous woman singer secretly and taking her pictures. | | D．Hanging out at the places where celebrities often appear. |
小题2:In order to earn big money a pap has to ________.| A．get the only first-hand pictures | | B．sell the pictures to a big newspaper | | C．make friends with famous people | | D．know the locations of celebrities |
小题3:The fifth paragraph mainly tells us ________.| A．how paparazzi get the pictures | | B．how dangerous paparazzi’s job is | | C．how much paparazzi pay for the pictures | | D．how paparazzi contact informers |
小题4:What can we infer from the passage?| A．Paparazzi always take pictures when famous people are tired. | | B．Stars hate paparazzi and don’t want to be followed. | | C．Paparazzi and famous people rely on each other sometimes. | | D．Informers might get paparazzi into trouble. |
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For many years, Hawaii has been a magic name to people who like to travel. People on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, in Japan and in America, dream of seeing these beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean. Their dreams always include at least one scene of a sunset over the ocean. In the tropical(热带的) lands, the sun drops, like a ball of golden fire, into the sea, and it droops so quickly that you can almost see it move. The sun leaves behind a glow that lights the skies and shines in the quiet water.
People often have a quiet, peaceful time ---perfect for a leisurely(悠闲的) walk along the water. This scene is not too different from the dramatic(令人神往的) beauty that greeted the first strangers to these islands centuries ago. They were Polynesian people who came from Tahiti in canoes not much bigger than small boats.
They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees, but there were no giant hotels like the ones we see nowadays. The first people came to Hawaii nearly two thousand years ago, but skyscraper hotels were only built in the last 25 years. Now jet planes make it possible to fly to for a weekend from Tokyo. Wherever the people come from, they really want to see the original beauty of Hawaii. They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountain called Diamond Head which is almost hidden by the tall hotels.
小题1:Hawaii is a name _____.| A．given by people who like to travel | | B．attracting a lot of travelers | | C．with a magic story behind it | | D．liked by both the Japanese and Americans |
小题2:On these beautiful islands, one thing that every traveler won"t miss is_____.| A．to swim in the quiet water | | B．to see the tropical plants | | C．to see the sunset | | D．a leisurely walk along the beach |
小题3:Which of the following does not belong to "the original beauty of Hawaii"?| A．White sand beaches. | | B．Waving palm trees. | | C．Tall hotels. | | D．The Diamond Head Mountain. |
小题4:The last paragraph suggests_______| A．the scenery nowadays is not too different from the original beauty. | | B．it"s not quite easy to see the original beauty, because some of the scenery is almost hidden by tall hotels. | | C．it is easy to see the original beauty, but only by taking jet airplanes. | | D．it is not easy to see the original beauty because things have completely changed in the last 25 years. |
小题5:The best title of the passage is _______| A．Islands Scenery. | | B．Hawaii A Magic Name. | | C．Traveling In Hawaii. | | D．The Dramatic Beauty. |
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The Best Holiday
I was unbelievably proud of my nine-year-old daughter, Emily. 36 to buy a mountain bike, she’d been saving her pocket money all year, as well as doing small jobs to earn extra money.
By Thanksgiving , she had collected only $49. I said, “ You 37 have your pick from my bicycle 38 ”. “Thanks, Daddy. But your bikes are so old. ” She was right. All my girls’ bikes were 1950s models, not the kind a kid today would 39 choose.
As Christmas 40 near, Emily and I went bike shopping . As we left one store, she 41 a Salvation Army volunteer standing next to a big pot. “Can we give something, Daddy?” She asked. “Sorry, Em, I’m out of 42 . ”
Throughout December, Emily continued to work hard. Then one day, she made a 43 announcement. “You know all the money I’ve been saving?” she said hesitantly. “I’m going to give it to the poor people.” So one cold morning before Christmas, Emily handed her total savings of $58 to a volunteer who was really very 44 .
45 by Emily’s selflessness, I decided to contribute 46 of my old bicycles to a car dealer who was collecting used bikes for poor children. 47 I selected a shiny model from my collection, however, it seemed as if a second bike took on a glow. Should I contribute two? No, one would be enough. But I couldn’t 48 the feeling that I should give a second bike. When I later 49 the bikes, the car dealer said, “You’re making two kids very 50 , sir . Here are your tickets. For each bicycle contributed, we’re 51 away one chance to win a girl’s mountain bike. ”
Why wasn’t I surprised when that second ticket proved to be the 52 ? I like to think it was God’s way of 53 a little girl for a sacrifice 54 her year--while giving her dad a lesson in the 55 .
| 小题1: | | A．Promised | B．Amazed | C．Determined | D．Organized |
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| 小题2: | | A．need | B．should | C．must | D．can |
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| 小题3: | | A．collection | B．contribution | C．shop | D．club |
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| 小题4: | | A．seldom | B．likely | C．slightly | D．merely |
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| 小题5: | | A．drew | B．became | C．went | D．pulled |
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| 小题6: | | A．observed | B．sensed | C．watched | D．noticed |
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| 小题7: | | A．work | B．charge | C．time | D．change |
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| 小题8: | | A．disappointing | B．surprising | C．formal | D．public |
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| 小题9: | | A．agreeable | B．hopeful | C．thankful | D．pitiful |
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| 小题10: | | A．Moved | B．Shocked | C．Persuaded | D．Demanded |
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| 小题12: | | A．While | B．As | C．Because | D．Though |
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| 小题13: | | A．express | B．describe | C．explain | D．shake |
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| 小题14: | | A．returned | B．delivered | C．chose | D．shared |
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| 小题15: | | A．sweet | B．healthy | C．happy | D．fair |
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| 小题16: | | A．putting | B．giving | C．storing | D．signing |
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| 小题17: | | A．present | B．harvest | C．winner | D．chance |
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| 小题18: | | A．greeting | B．praising | C．sheltering | D．rewarding |
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| 小题19: | | A．under | B．before | C．beyond | D．within |
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| 小题20: | | A．process | B．project | C．struggle | D．communication |
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They may be small and not able to speak, but babies are proving their amazing cleverness. Scientists began finding infants’ skills are more than they are supposed to be.
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Speaking of music, babies can’t seem to resist it. Not only are their ears turned to the beats, babies can actually dance to the music.
To test babies’ dancing ability, the researchers played recordings of classical music, rhythmic beats and speech to infants, and recorded the results. They also invited professional dancers to analyze how well the babies matched their movements to the music. The babies moved their arms, hands, legs feet and heads in response to the music, much more than to the speech. The finding suggests this dancing ability is innate(与生俱来的) in humans, though the researchers aren’t sure why it becomes weaker later in their life.
Learning Quickly while Sleeping
Babies can learn even while asleep, according to a 2011 study. In experiments with 26 sleeping infants, each just 1 to 2 days old, scientists played a musical tone followed by a puff of air to their eyes 200 times over the course of a half-hour. 124 electrodes(电极) stuck on the head and face of each baby recorded brain activity during the experiments. The babies rapidly learned to foretell a puff of air upon hearing the tone, showing a four-time increase on average in the chances of tightening their eyelids in response to the sound by the end of the experiments.
As newborns spend most of their time asleep, this newfound ability might be crucial to rapidly adapting to the world around them and help to ensure their survival, researchers said.
Judging Characters Well
Judging another person helpful or harmful is crucial when choosing friends. And that ability starts early. Kiley Hamlin of Yale University showed both 6-and 10-month-olds a puppet(木偶) show, in which one character helped another climb a hill. In another scene a third character pushed the climber down. The little ones then got to choose which character they preferred. For both age groups, most babies chose the helper character. This character-judging ability could be baby’s first step in the formation of morals, Hamlin thought.
小题1:Which of the following subtitles can fill in the underlined blank?| A．Dancing to Music | | B．Babies’ Amazing Abilities | | C．Learning to Dance Quickly | | D．Born to Dance |
小题2:The underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refers to______.| A．the finding | | B．the dancing ability | | C．the response | | D．the baby |
小题3:The experiment with 26 sleeping infants prove that_______.| A．babies can learn even while asleep | | B．babies can respond to the world around them | | C．babies can tighten their eyelids in response to the sound | | D．babies can communicate with others while asleep |
小题4:In the last experiment, most babies chose the helper character, showing that________.| A．babies can judge a person helpful or harmful | | B．babies love to see a puppet show | | C．babies were born to help others | | D．babes have learned to help others |
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We might like to think we"re not influenced by other people, but a new study into the group-buying mechanisms（机制） - like those used on coupon（优惠券） sites such as Groupon and LivingSocial - reveals that telling buyers who come later to the offer how many have already signed up increases the number of purchasers.
Researchers at the University of Toronto"s Rotman School of Management wanted to understand why group buying sites that have entered the market recently have enjoyed greater success than those operating a decade ago, such as Mercata and MobShop.
Earlier attempts typically left potential buyers waiting for days before confirming whether or not they had got the offer they had signed up for.
“We think one of the reasons group-buying has been successful recently is because of the short time horizon,” says Rotman Professor Ming Hu, who co-wrote the study with Professor Mengze Shi and PhD student Jiahua Wu. “It allows for a herding effect.”
Another reason is the use of an information structure that discloses to later arrivals how many have already signed onto the deal.
Researchers looked at two ways of designing the purchasing mechanism for a group buy:a simultaneous mechanism, where no one knows how many buyers have come before them, and asequential（连续的） mechanism, where a second group of buyers has the advantage of knowing the size of the first group.
The researchers" analytical（分析的） model shows the most successful mechanism is the sequential one because it eliminates uncertainty for those coming later to the deal, and improves the confidence of those who sign on early, as they"re able to track the numbers of those who come after them.
“That boosts confidence,” says Professor Hu, who teaches operations management. Deals for "luxury" services, versus everyday items, work better in a group buy scenario（方案） because they offer consumers a greater benefit.
小题1:It can be learned from the text that ______. | A．the short time horizon is the reason why group-buying has been successful. | | B．a simultaneous mechanism is where a group of buyers has the advantage of knowing how many people have signed up. | | C．a sequential mechanism allows a herding effect which boosts the confidence of the buyers. | | D．researchers at the University of Toronto"s Rotman School of Management carried out an experiment about why group buying sites entered the market successfully, such as Mercata and MobShop. |
小题2:The underlined word “eliminates” in paragraph 7 probably means“______”.| A．to become or to make something greater in amount, number, value | | B．to remove or get rid of something | | C．to deliberately not include something in what you are doing or considering | | D．to make something known to somebody |
小题3:What can be the best title for the passage?| A．Secret for marketing success – boosting confidence. | | B．Secret for group-buying mechanism—herding effect. | | C．Comparison between a simultaneous mechanism and a sequential mechanism. | | D．What others do influences our decisions. |
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