The morning in London was wet, wet, wet. I had to check out from the 1 before noon, and then I would
have a few 2 before my conference started near Richmond Park in the 3 . I started early for a literary
London 4 with just my two feet, a guidebook and a map and a backpack with purse, camera and 5 .
My hotel was in Bayswater, and by walking through Kensington Gardens, 6 by the Peter Pan statue, I
soon 7 myself in Kensington, former home of many a great 8 .
The more I 9 into literature, the more I want to learn, the more I see 10 I don"t know, what I haven"t
11 . Like Peter Pan. Familiar title, but a book I have never read.
Among my classic favorites are several books 12 Henry James. Some years ago I had some time alone in
Roma and I spent a morning 13 for James" home there, which is now a museum.
My walk 14 . Turning a corner right here, passing a square, looking up to see signs with familiar names,
T.S. Elliot, W.M. Thackeray, Ezra Pond… Stopping for a 15 at a small French cafe, trying to 16 my wet
and cold feet, writing my diary, then out again. I 17 in paradise (天堂) river, surrounded by images of words
and famous writers.
Have you ever tried a literary walk? It is a great way of 18 . You not only see a city or a place like it is
today, you can keep on 19 you are back home, reading the books by the authors, imagining their 20 , their
places, knowing a tiny little bit more about the man or woman behind the creating hands and mind. |
( )1. A. home
( )2. A. minutes
( )3. A. dawn
( )4. A. walk
( )5. A. dictionary
( )6. A. passing
( )7. A. saw
( )8. A. writer
( )9. A. put
( )10. A. how
( )11. A. written
( )12. A. with
( )13. A. searching
( )14. A. took on
( )15. A. beer
( )16. A. wash
( )17. A. crossed
( )18. A. learning
( )19. A. when
( )20. A. families | B. park
B. hours
B. morning
B. riding
B. computer
B. flying
B. noticed
B. doctor
B. jump
B. what
B. read
B. for
B. working
B. put on
B. coffee
B. cure
B. bathed
B. reading
B. before
B. lives | C. museum
C. days
C. evening
C. sight
C. diary
C. rushing
C. looked
C. actor
C. dive
C. where
C. seen
C. of
C. asking
C. kept on
C. hamburger
C. clean
C. drank
C. traveling
C. until
C. experiences | D. hotel
D. weeks
D. midnight
D. view
D. book
D. sitting
D. found
D. worker
D. look
D. whether
D. done
D. by
D. advertising
D. got on
D. tea
D. warm
D. swam
D. visiting
D. as
D. habits |
| 1-5 DBCAC 6-10 ADACB 11-15 BDACB 16-20 DDCAB |
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| 任务形阅读。 | We all look forward to vacations. They can give our daily life colorful meaning. Moreover, in the busy
world we live in, we all need a vacation to get the rest and relaxation our bodies desire. The most important
thing in planning a vacation is where you will spend your vacation. If you want to make sure you can visit
the best vacation spot (地点), there are many factors (因素) that will influence where the best vacation spot
is for you.
The first thing to consider when choosing the best vacation spot is what you would like to do. Do you
want to ski? Do you want to surf? Are you looking for a spot that has great shopping and a beach as well?
Are you looking for something that is a little more historic or that has religious meaning to you? These are
great questions to ask.
And once you have decided on this, you may want to decide what time you are taking your vacation. It
would be difficult to have a ski trip in Colorado in the middle of July. You would want to visit in the winter.
Or if you have your heart set on skiing in July, you would need to go to South America, such as Chile, to do
your skiing at this time of year.
The next thing to consider when finding the best vacation spot for your trip is your budget (预算). You
may want to go to Italy to see the old historic buildings, such as the Sistine Chapel. But the fact is that if you
don"t have the money to back it up, you won"t be able to do this. You may find the best thing for you is to
visit some old castles in America. You can find these throughout the eastern United States, such as North
Carolina. And you will also find great shopping and many other attractions for your vacation. Perhaps you
are someone who has always wanted to go to Cancun for spring break. If you do not have the budget for
this, Miami is also a great place. There are plenty of bars there. It has plenty of attractions and even some
of the most beautiful beaches in the world. It also has South Beach, which is actually a fantastic beach.
There are amazing vacation destinations all over the world. The choice is really up to you. It truly depends
on your taste, budget and what you want to do on your vacation. There are many websites to help you find
the best price no matter what your budget is. Keep the advice in mind and you will be on your way to having
a wonderful vacation that you will be talking about for the rest of your life. |  | | 阅读理解。 | Anybody running a company knows that a well-planned conference can greatly improve performance of
that business. The main reason for this is that it takes your employees away from the daily workplace and
offers them somewhere fresh for a short time. However, unless the conference is well thought out it will not
have the best results and you will have wasted a great deal of money. Here are some tips for you.
The first step is to find the right place. Can your employees easily reach the conference center? Is it near
a railway station? Is it close to a good, fast road? Has it plenty of suitable parking space? If you are going to
choose a hotel, then perhaps the hotel has cheaper rates at weekends or, if it is in a popular tourist area,
midweek rates may be cheaper. Furthermore, you need to think whether there is a bathroom. After a day"s
meeting, maybe your employees would like to have a hot water bath. Or maybe there are other needs to satisfy
depending on your employees" taste.
Another important requirement is food and drink. Breakfast is a time when people can relax before work
begins,but you may not want a long break for lunch in the middle of the day. Buffet (自助餐) lunches are very
popular for this reason. Then there is dinner, which most employees consider a reward for a day"s hard work!
Whatever your needs are, it is essential (基本的) to think ahead if you want a successful conference. | | 1. In the text the writer is trying to _____. | | [ ] | A. complain about a conference center
B. describe a good conference center he has been to
C. persuade employers to choose a suitable place for a conference
D. advise employees where to stay for a conference | | 2. Readers read the text in order to _____. | | [ ] | A. find out about organizing conferences
B. learn how to reward good employees
C. find out about running a business
D. 1earn some details about conference centers | | 3. What is very important when choosing a conference center? | | [ ] | A. Cheap food and drink.
B. Free car parking.
C. Good transport connections.
D. Popular tour areas. | | 4. Which center would the writer recommend to an employer? | | [ ] | | A. | ★STAR★
CONFERENCE
CENTRE
●Close to airport and golf course.
●Choice of conference rooms.
●Swimming pool and sauna.
●3 full meals a day included in price. | | 阅读理解。 | Brian arrived at the San Francisco airport two hours before the flight to Paris. He was wearing three shirts,
a jacket, two pairs of socks, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. He was carrying one small backpack,
which was very full, but he didn"t have any other luggage. Brian needed to meet a man named Tony before he
checked in for his flight. He found Tony near the Air France counter. Tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a
small package.
"Give this package to Jean Paul at the airport in Paris. He will have a sign with your name on it. I think you
can find him easily," Tony said, "You don"t have any luggage, right?"
"Only this backpack," Brian answered. "You said I could bring one carry-on bag."
"That"s right. One carry-on bag is fine. Have a good trip."
"Thanks."
Is Brian a criminal (罪犯)? Not at all. He is an air-courier. And he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket
to Paris. Air-couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign
countries. Businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next
day. Often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. It is not cheap for a business to
send a package with an air-courier, but it is quick.
Every year about 80,000 people worldwide travel as air-couriers. The number of tickets for the air-courier
travel is growing by about 10 percent a year. However, air-courier travel isn"t for everyone. But if you have
very little money, you can be flexible (灵活的) about your travel plans, and don"t mind wearing the same clothes
for a week, it can be a great way to take a vacation! | | 1. Why was Brian wearing so many clothes for his travel? | | [ ] | A. Because they were the uniforms for air-couriers.
B. Because that made him easier to be recognized.
C. Because his backpack had no room for his clothes.
D. Because he did not have any luggage with him. | | 2. An air-courier is a person who _____. | | [ ] | A. manages a business company in foreign countries
B. organizes international flights for tourists
C. travels around the world with cheap tickets
D. delivers papers and packages to foreign countries | | 3. Businesses choose the air-courier service because _____. | | [ ] | A. it costs less
B. it is flexible
C. it saves time
D. it grows fast | | 4. One of the disadvantages of traveling as an air-courier is that he _____. | | [ ] | A. cannot decide when and where to travel
B. cannot take any luggage with him
C. has to wear two pairs of jeans
D. saves little money from the travel | | 5. The author of the text mainly _____. | | [ ] | A. describes the activities of a law-breaker
B. suggests an ideal way to travel
C. argues against the air-courier travel
D. tells us about a developing business | | 阅读理解。 | In the past, American families tended to be quite large. Parents raising five or more children were
common. Over the years, the size of the family has decreased. One reason for this is an increase in the
cost of living. On the average, children attend schools for more years than they used to, making them
financially dependent on their families longer. Moreover, children nowadays are better dressed and have
more money to spend on entertainment. The parents usually take the responsibility for all the expenses.
Meanwhile, families are less close than they used to be. More and more American mothers work away
from home. The break up of the family occurs when the parents divorce. A lot of children in the U. S.
live part of their young lives with only one parent. Broken families usually result in problems for children
and parents alike. Children blame themselves when their parents separate. They grow up feeling unsettled
as they are moved back and forth between parents. Usually one parent is responsible for raising the children.
These single parents must care for the children"s emotional and psychological needs while also supporting
them financially. This is very demanding and leaves very little time for the parent"s own personal interests.
Single parents often marry other single parents. In this type of family, unrelated children are forced to
develop brother or sister relationship. The situations of many American families today are not good.
However, recent signs indicate that things are getting better. The divorce rate is declining. The rate of
childbirth is rising. Perhaps Americans have learned how important families are. | | 1. In the past, American families tended to be _____. | | [ ] | A. quite small
B. medium sized
C. quite large
D. small | | 2. To parents who take the responsibility for children"s expenses, the cost of living increases because _____. | | [ ] | A. children attend school for more years
B. children are better dressed
C. children spend more money on entertainment
D. all of the above | | 3. According to the author, the situations of American families in the future may _____. | | [ ] | A. become worse
B. remain the same
C. get better
D. keep unchanged | | 4. The title of the article might be _____. | | [ ] | A. American Children
B. American Families
C. American Mother
D. American Parents | | 阅读理解。 | I"m lying on my back in my grandfather"s orchard (果园), looking up at the branches above me. It is one
of the last days of summer. Already the days are shorter and the nights are cooler. Some kinds of apples are
already ripe (成熟的). Others will be ready to pick soon. I think of my grandmother"s apple pie (苹果馅饼),
and how I used to make it with her. She died last year, before the apple harvest, and I have not had her pie
since. I really miss her. I hear bees busily humming about, visiting the late summer flowers. The gentle hum
of their wings nearly sends me to sleep.
The sky is as blue as my grandfather"s eyes. Above me, big white clouds race across the sky like pieces
of cotton blowing in the wind. School starts in another week, and time seems to have slowed down.
"Sophie!" calls my grandfather. "Is that you?" I stand up, take his hand, and tell him all about my day as
we walk through the orchard. We talk about apples, and bees, and Grandma. He tells me that he misses her
too.
He puts his rough, brown farmer"s hand around my shoulder and pulls me close. "You know, Sophie," he
says, "I spent the morning in the attic (阁楼), and you"ll never guess what I found. It"s the recipe (烹饪法)
for Grandma"s apple pie. I used to help her make it sometimes. I can"t do it all alone, but you used to help her
too. Maybe between the two of us, we can work it out. Want to try?"
"But it won"t be the same without Grandma," I tell him.
"That"s true," he says, "but nothing is the same without Grandma. Still, I don"t think that she would want
us never to have another apple pie. What do you say?" I nod yes, and we walk towards home… towards an
afternoon in the farmhouse kitchen, making Grandma"s famous apple pie. | | 1. We learn from the passage that Sophie _____. | | [ ] | A. likes to watch clouds in the attic
B. comes to the orchard after school
C. enjoys Grandma"s apple pie very much
D. picks many apples in the orchard | | 2. Both Sophie and her grandfather used to _____. | | [ ] | A. help Grandma make apple pies
B. spend summer afternoons in the orchard
C. enjoy fresh fruit in the farmhouse kitchen
D. walk alone among the apple trees | | 3. The underlined part in the last paragraph shows _____. | | [ ] | A. how much Sophie"s grandmother loved Sophie
B. how much Sophie"s grandfather likes apple pies
C. how much Sophie loves her grandfather"s orchard
D. how much Sophie"s grandfather misses Grandma | | 4. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? | | [ ] | A. My grandfather"s orchard
B. My grandmother"s apple pie
C. A morning in the attic
D. The last days of summer |
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