There are several ways you can find out about the countries and places you wish to visit. You can talk to friends who have travelled to the places. Or you can go and see a colour film. Or you can read travel books.
It would seem that there are three kinds of travel books. The first are those that give a personal, subjective(主观的) account of travels which the author has actually made himself. if they are informative and have a good index(索引), then they can be useful to you when you are planning your travels. The second kind are those books whose purpose is to give a purely objective(客观的) description of things to be done and seen. If a well-read, cultured person has written such a book, then it is even more useful. It can be sorted as a selected guide book. The third kind are those books which are called “a guide” to some place or other. If they are good, they will, in addition to their factual information, give an analysis or an explanation. Like the first kind they can be inspiring and interesting. But their basic purpose is to help the reader who wishes to plan in the most practical way.
Whatever kind of travel book you choose you must make sure that it does not describe everything as “wonderful”, “excellent” or “magical”. You must also note its date of publication because travel is a very practical affair and many things change quickly in the twenty-first century. Finally, you should make sure that the contents are well presented and easy to find.This passage is about _______.
| A．how to travel | B．how to buy travel books |
| C．how to read a travel book | D．travel books |
The following travel books may be of use when you plan your travels except _______.
| A．the book written by some people who have had the same travel experience themselves |
| B．the book which tells you what is worth doing and seeing based on the facts |
| C．the book in which a lot of big adjectives are used to draw your attention |
| D．the book which offers you a lot of useful information like a tour guide |
The date of the publication must be noticed because _______.
| A．the world is changing and so are the places you are going to visit |
| B．the price of the book is always changing |
| C．the author of the book may be different |
| D．the contents of the book are always the same |
In a moment of personal crisis (危机), how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and found the answers interesting.
One morning I got into three different taxis and announced: “Well, it’s my first day back in New York in seven years. I’ve been in prison.” Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. “Yeah, I shot a man in Reno,” I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, so I could say casually, “Just to watch him die.” But nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver: “Reno? That is in Nevada?”
Taxi drivers were uniformly (一致地) sympathetic when I said I’d just been fired. “This is America,” a Haitian driver said. “One door is closed. Another is open.” He argued against my plan to burn down my boss’s house: “If you do something silly and they put you away, you cannot look for another job.” A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope: He refused to take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge, a $20 trip. “Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don’t worry. Take a new job.”
One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask (面具) and holding a stuffed (塞满的) pillowcase with the word “BANK” on it, I tried hailing (招呼) a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with Guy Caaude Theve – nain, a Haitian driver, was typical of the superb (一流的) assistance I received.
“Is anyone following us?”
“No.” said the driver, looking in his rearview mirror at traffic and me.
“Let’s go across the park,” I said. “I just robbed the bank there. I got $ 25,000.”
“$ 25,000?” he asked.
“Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?”
“No, man. I work 8 hours and I earn just $ 70. If I can do that, I do it too.”
As we approached 86, Lexington Street, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.
“Hey, there’s another bank.” I said. “Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?”
“No, I can’t wait. Pay me now.” His reluctance may have something to do with money – taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low, but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can’t expect unconditional support.
1．From the Ghanaian driver’s response, we can infer that .
A．he was not caring about the killing
B．he was frightened to hear what the writer said
C．he thought the writer was a criminal
D．he thought the writer was crazy
2．Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to give the writer a ride?
A．He didn’t want to help the writer get over his career crisis.
B．He was in a hurry to go home and relax.
C．The place was far away.
D．He thought the writer was going to kill himself.
3．The underlined word “reluctance” in the last paragraph most probably means .
A．anger B．unwillingness C．opportunity D．eagerness
4．What does the passage mainly discuss?
A．Honesty of taxi drivers in New York.
B．Taxi riders’ awareness of possible dangers.
C．Taxi drivers’ attitudes towards riders.
Once home to the world’s largest trading port , East London is a lovely and cultural place to visit . Here are some of the places of interest there .
Aquarium (水族馆)
Beachfront , Esplanade , East London
Tel : 705 2637
Open daily ：9 a. m.— 5 p.m.
Fish Feeding daily at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Seal Show : daily at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. (Performances are only 10 minutes long.)
Fees : adults-£9,, children (3—16years) —£5, schools/ groups£3 per person .
This is the oldest aquarium in the country . It is also a large office for Tourism in East London , supplying booklets an information to the public .
Border Birders Club is one of the programs here . This is a super birding club where the whole family can have a nice Saturday walk around , looking at different types of birds and talking with the friendly members along the way . For more information , look for the notice on the notice boards outside the Beacon Bay Library and at the Aquarium or call 7352195 .
Calgary Transport Museum
13km from East London on N6 to Stutterheim
Tel : 730 7244
Open daily : 9 a. m.—4 p.m.
Closed：Friday & Christmas Day
Fees ：adults—£5, children—£3
Fine collection of restored horse drawn vehicles , carts , wagons , buggies , a gypsy caravan and governess cart .
Museum—The East London Museum
Upper Oxford Street (Entrance and parking in Dawson Road )
Tel : 743 0686
Fax : 743 3127
Open : Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m. —5 p.m.；Saturday 2 p.m.—5p.m .；
Sunday & Public Holidays 11 a.m. —4 p.m.
Fees：Adults —£5 ,children—￡2, school groups & scholars in uniform are free .
Go on a wonderful adventure into the past . Best known as the home of the Coelacanth & world’s only Dodo Egg , the museum also has an excellent display about the rich and colorful culture of Xhosa , living in South Africa . There is also a Museum Cafeteria with refreshments .
1．How much would a couple with one child pay to go to the East London Museum ?
A．£7. B．£12. C．£13. D．£23.
2．If you want to have a nice Saturday walk , you can dial .
A．7430686 B．7433127C．7352195 D．7307244
3．We can learn from the passage that .
A．On Christmas Day , you cannot visit Calgary Transport Museum
B．you can enjoy the seal show at 4 p.m. every day
C．in Border Birders Club , you can see the worlds’ only Dodo Egg
D．people can go to the Beacon Bay Library in the East London Museum
4．If a person is interested in African culture , he should visit.
A．Border Birders Club B．the East London Museum
C．Aquarium D．Calgary Transport Museum
China on Saturday opened the world’s most elevated railway(高架铁路) with the first pair of passenger trains traveling across the “roof of the world”.
Two trains set off at Golmud and Lhasa, the two start-up points of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway that is dubbed an “engineering marvel” that has linked Tibet with the rest of China for the first time.
Construction of the Qinghai-Tibet railroad is a long-cherished dream of generations of the Chinese people. A passenger train coded “Qing 1” pulled out from the Golmud station at 11:05 a.m. Some 1,142 kilometers away. Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa saw off a train bound for Lanzhou, capital of northwest China’s Gansu Province, at 11:12a.m. The train, coded “Tibet 2” carries about 700 passengers in 16 compartments(车厢) and is expected to arrive in Lanzhou in 30 hours.
Norbu , a 28-year-old Tibetan farmer from Gonggar , left home before daybreak to join the celebrations at Lhasa railway station and to catch a glimpse of the train . I’ll board a train myself sometime to visit the inland areas.”
Trains traveling across the roof of the world , with extra oxygen pumped into the cabins to prevent passengers from suffering altitude sickness , will traverse (穿越) a mountain pass sitting 5.072 meters above sea level as it rises up to the Tibetan plateau , and will drive though the Hoh Xil , China’s largest area of uninhabited land .
The cars were installed (安装) with environment-friendly toilets , wastewater deposit tank and garbage treatment facilities to protect environment along the railroad . All the Chinese characters that appear on the electronic screen in each railway car have been translated into Tibetan and English .
The Qinghai-Tibet railway is 1,956 kilometers long, with 960 km of the track located 4,000 meters above the sea level and the highest point at 5,072 meters . The project is dubbed an “engineering marvel” because people used to think the long-lasting ice and snow along the route could never support tracks and trains .
1．What’s the best title for the passage ?
A．Qinghai-Tibet Rail Moves Across the “Roof of the World”
B．Construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railroad is Great
C．Trains May Affect the Environment of Tibet
D．The Roof of the World Welcomes Visitors
2．The train leaving for Lanzhou at 11:12 a.m. on July I was supposed to arrive there at .
A．11：12a.m. on July 2 B．13:12 p.m. on July 2
C．15：12p.m. on July 2 D．17:12 p.m. on July 2
3．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?
A．All passengers traveling across the “roof of the world” will suffer altitude sickness .
B．The Hoh Xil will attract more visitors soon .
C．The facilities on trains of the “roof of the world” do no pollution to the environment.
D．All the train staff can speak Tibetan .
4．The last paragraph mainly tells us .
A．Tibetan’s dream came true B．the completion of the project is great
C．the length of the project D．the natural conditions of the project
第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
For the person keeping a diary, whatever he experiences and wants to think about, he can write in down. But to get it down on paper begins another adventure. For he has to focus on what he has experienced and to be able to say what ,in fact the experience is. What of it is new? What of it is remarkable? Is it a good or bad thing to have happened? And why, specifically(特别的，具体的)? The questions add to themselves quickly. As one tries to find the words that are best for this experience, the experience becomes even more clear in its shape and meaning.
Beyond the value of the diary as a record, there is the value of the training it gives. The diary keeper begins to pay closer attention to what happens to and around himself. He develops and sharpens his skills of observation. He learns the usefulness of languages as a means of showing what he sees, and gains skill and certainty in the expression of his experiences. To have given up one’s experience to words is to have begun marking out the limits and its possible meaning. In the journal that meaning is developed and becomes clear.
1．The writer thinks of keeping a journal as .
A．an ordinary habit B．an adventure C．a discovery D．an observation
2．When one keeps a journal, he has to .
A．consider the others’ experience.
B．sharpen his ability to find the best words.
C．focus on his experience
D．write a paper
3．According to the writer, keeping a journal is good for .
A．observation and expression
B．certainly and training
C．experience and adventure
D．consideration and development
4．By keeping a journal, one can .
A．develop the usefulness of language
B．develop his memory
C．make what he thinks about clear to everyone
D．have a thorough understanding of his experience
5．The passage is mainly about .
A．how to write a journal
B．the expressions of a journal
C．the values of keeping a journal
D．how to solve the problems in a journal
Zinc (锌) is one of about 20 elements necessary for good health. It is present in the body in a very small amount, but it makes it possible for important chemical actions to be carried out in cells. Scientists are just beginning to discover how zinc and other elements work.
Researchers first studied zinc as a way to speed recovery. Dr. Waltor Powys, formerly with the United States Air Force, noted that the laboratory animals recovered faster when some matters were added to their food. One of these matters was zinc. Dr. Powys later tested the zinc treatment on an American airman recovering from medical operations. The airman who received zinc sulphate (硫酸盐) recovered in half of the usual time. Other doctors studied persons who had a number of strange disorders. The doctors learned that all of these problems were caused by lack of zinc in the body. They treated these disorders successfully by giving the patients zinc sulphate.
The amount of zinc in the body can be found by examining blood and hair. A lack of this important element is not uncommon among people in both industrial and developing countries. Zinc is found in most high protein foods, such as meat milk, fish and eggs. It is also found in whole grains. But many people do not eat enough of these foods. Food markets should add these elements so that more people could get needed amount of these necessary matters.
1. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Scientists found how zinc works a long time ago.
B. People need a large amount of zinc to be healthy.
C. Zinc allows important chemical actions to take place in cells.
D. Zinc must be used in the course of medical operation.
2. One of the results from the study of zinc is that _________.
A. there's only a little zinc in the human body
B. food rich in protein contains more zinc
C. some physical problems are caused by lack of zinc
D. any patient who receives zinc sulphate gets well immediately
3. The best title for the passage may be ________.
A. A New Discovery B. Zinc and Health
C. How Zinc Works D. Add Zinc to Your Food