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Paris in the springtime was, is and always will be, something rather special. Why not experience it for yourself with this excellent break for four days? This attractive city has something to offer to everyone and with prices at just £129.
Your break begins with comfortable bus transfer (运送) from local pick-up points and travel to Paris is via cross-channel ferry, arriving at your hotel in the evening. The Ibis is an excellent quality hotel with private equipments in all rooms: satellite TV, radio, telephone and alarm clock. It has a bar and restaurant and is situated about two miles south of Notre Dame , enabling you to explore Paris with ease.
The following day, after continental breakfast (included), the bus takes you on a comprehensive sightseeing tour of the city, during which you will see the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees, L’Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, in fact almost every famous landmark you have ever heard of. You then leave Paris and take a short drive to the magnificent Palace of Versailles, the home of Louis XIV. The tour ends mid-afternoon back in Paris where you will have the remainder of the day at your leisure. In the evening there is a “Paris by Night” tour showing you the beautiful buildings with bright lights.
Day three takes you to Montmarter, perhaps the most attractive quarter. In the afternoon you are free to explore this beautiful city as you wish, perhaps a pleasure voyage on the River Seine, wander around the beautiful gardens or look among the antique shops（古董店）. In the evening you will have the opportunity to visit the best nightclub in the city, the splendid Paradis Latain. On the final day it’s back to the UK via channel ferry.
Included in the price of £129 per person :
●Return comfortable bus travel to Paris
●Return ferry crossings
●3 nights housing in a twin bedded room in a Central Paris hotel with private facilities
●Continental breakfast during your stay
●Guided sightseeing tour of “Paris by Day” and “Paris by Night”
●Visit to the Chateau of Versailles (admission not included )
●Tour around Montmartre
What is the purpose of this passage?

A．To show the price of traveling to Paris .

B．To tell tourists the routes to Paris.

C．To introduce the city of Paris.

D．To attract tourists to Paris.

During the stay in Paris, the tourists will _________.

A．have a “Paris by Night” tour on the first evening

B．live in a hotel two miles away from Paris

C．have free time for half a day

D．have a pleasure voyage on the River Seine together

What does the underlined word “quarter” mean in the passage?

A．An area.

B．A period of time.

C．A coin worth 25 cents.

D．One of four equal parts.

According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．The Palace of Versailles is not in the center of Paris.

B．The tourists can telephone in the Ibis without paying.

C．It will take you a long time to get to Montmartre from Paris.

D．The tourists will spend the night in the antique shops on the third day.

Raymond Schneider politely elbowed his way through crowds of customers as he made for the candy bins at Dylan’s Candy Bar in Manhattan. Since he was laid off in December, Mr. Schneider, a 33-year-old designer, says he has become a “gummy junkie,” buying a lot of sweets every time he shops for groceries.
“Sugar is comforting,” he said. “There’s nothing more stressful than growing financial insecurity everywhere.”
The recession (经济衰退) seems to have a sweet tooth. As unemployment has risen, Americans, particularly adults, have been consuming growing amounts of candy, say candy makers, store owners and industry experts.
Theories vary on exactly why. For many, sugar lifts spirits dragged low by the economy. For others, candy also provides a reminder of better times. And not insignificantly, it is relatively cheap.
At Candyality, a store in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, business has jumped by nearly 80 percent compared with this time last year, and the owner, Terese McDonald, said she was struggling to keep up with the demand for Bit-O-Honeys, Swedish Fish and Sour Balls.
“They put candy in their actual budget,” she said.
Many big candy makers are also reporting rising sales and surprising profits.
“Candy companies are relatively recession-proof,” said Peter Liebhold, chairman of the Smithsonian Institution’s work and industry division. “During the Great Depression, candy companies stayed in business.”
Raymond Schneider was set as an example to show ________.

A．many Americans were laid off in the recession

B．lots of Americans like candies

C．many Americans in the recession like sweets which are comforting

D．Americans are suffering much in the recession.

What does the underlined sentence “The recession seems to have a sweet tooth” mean?

A．Candy consuming rises while people are suffering bad effects of the recession.

B．The recession doesn’t have any bad effect on Americans.

C．Americans are optimistic even though they are out of employment.

D．Candy companies stayed in business during the Great Depression.

Which is NOT the reason why people in the recession like sugar?

A．It is relatively cheap.

B．It is comforting and can make a lot of profits.

C．It raises people’s spirits up.

D．It calls up people’s good memories.

The best title of the passage is ________.

A．Sugar Is Comforting

B．Candy Companies Stay In Business

C．Americans Have A Sweet Tooth

D．Sugar Sales Rise In The Recession

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Robby was 11 when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer students to begin at an earlier age. Robby said that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano, so I took him on as a student.
Robby tried and tried while I listened and encouraged him and gave him more instructions. But he just did not have any inborn ability.
I only saw his mother from a distance. She always waved and smiled but never came in. Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. I thought about calling him but I guessed he had decided to try something else.
I was also glad that he stopped coming for the sake of my career. However, several weeks before the recital (演奏会) of my students, Robby came，telling me that he never stopped practicing and begged me to allow him to take part in it. I agreed, but I made him perform last in the program, so I could save his poor performance through my “curtain closer”.
I was surprised when he announced that he had chosen one piece of Mozart’s. Never had I heard a piece of Mozart’s played so well by someone at his age. When he finished, everyone was cheering.
I ran up and put my arms around Robby in joy. “I’ve never heard you play like that, Robby! How could you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf. Do you remember I told you my mom was sick? Actually she died this morning. She was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she could hear me play. I wanted to make it special. I knew I could.”
That night, Robby was the teacher and I was the student. He taught me so many important things about life.
Why might Robby have stopped coming to piano lessons suddenly?

A．He lost heart and believed that he would never make it.

B．His mother might have been seriously ill.

C．He thought that his teacher disliked him.

D．His mother died and he didn’t need to play any longer.

We can know from the passage that __________.

A．the writer thought students shouldn’t begin playing the piano too early

B．the writer thought that Robby had given up his piano lessons

C．only by practicing at home did Robby learn to play well

D．no one else could play the piece of Mozart’s as well as Robby

From the underlined sentence, we can infer that _________.

A．the writer looked down upon Robby and disliked him

B．the writer thought Robby was a bad advertisement for her teaching

C．with Robby in the recital, the other children couldn’t play well

D．the writer couldn’t teach so many students at a time

The writer made Robby perform last because _________.

A．the one who performs last always performs very well

B．Robby asked the writer to do so

C．she wanted to do something to save a poor performance

D．Robby thought his mother would come at last

The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like ‘Palaeolithic Man’, ‘Neolithic Man’, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label ‘Legless Man’. Histories of the time will go something like this: ‘in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers of that time because of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn’t use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were ruined by the presence of large car parks.’
The future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world—or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred (="not" clear) image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure (引诱；诱惑) of the great motorways, or what? And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: ‘I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea.’ The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says ‘I’ve been there. ’You mention the remotest, most evocative (引起记忆的) place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say ‘I’ve been there’—meaning, ‘I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else.’
When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers.
Anthropologists label nowadays’ men ‘Legless’ because _________.

A．people forget how to use his legs.

B．people prefer cars, buses and trains.

C．lifts and escalators prevent people from walking.

D．there are a lot of transportation devices.

Travelling at high speed means _________.

A．people’s focus on the future	B．a pleasure
C．satisfying drivers’ great thrill	D．a necessity of life

Why does the author say ‘we are deprived of the use of our eyes’?

A．People won’t use their eyes.

B．In traveling at high speeds, eyes become u

seless.

C．People can’t see anything on his way of travel.

D．People want to sleep during travelling.

What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?

A．Legs become weaker.
B．Modern means of transportation make the world a small place.
C．There is no need to use eyes.	D．The best way to travel is on foot.

What does ‘a bird’s-eye view’ mean?

A．See view with bird’s eyes.	B．A bird looks at a beautiful view.
C．It is a general view from a high position looking down.
D．A scenic place.

Nickname: Hawaii’s Island of Adventure
Size: 4,028 square miles
Population: 148,677. The most heavily populated areas are Hilo on the east side and Kailua-Kona on the west.
Temperature: Averages between 71℉and 77℉year around (expect the mercury(水银柱) to drop at higher heights).
Beaches: 47 Golf Courts: 20 Highest Peak: Mauna Kea, 13,796 feet.
Agriculture: The bulk of Hawaii’s farming products are grown and processed on the Big Island, including coffee, macadamia nuts and papaya.
Lodging: 9,655 rooms total; nightly rates range from $35—$5,000.
Airports: Hilo International Airport on the east side and Kona International Airport on the west side.
Rental Cars: All of the nationally known rental car companies have locations at Hilo International and Kona International Airports as well as many resorts. In addition, Hilo, Kona and the major resort areas are serviced by taxis.
Resources: Call (800) 648-2441 to order a video, poster, brochures and maps from the Big Island Visitors Bureau. See www.bigisland.org for updated information.
Shopping: The largest shopping centers are in Hilo, Kona, Waimea and the Kona Coast.
_________ are mostly interested in reading the passage.

A．Students

B．Businessmen

C．Tourists

D．Immigrants

The average population per square mile on the island is about _________.

A．28

B．32

C．37

D．44

The underlined part “expect the mercury(水银柱) to drop at higher heights” means _________.

A．Things are easy to lose weight at higher places

B．Dropping things from higher places is expected

C．Temperature is expected to be lower at higher places

D．Temperature is expected to be higher at higher places

__________ are not mentioned as a traffic means to get around the Big Island.

A．Trains

B．Planes

C．Rental cars

D．Taxis

What can we infer from the passage?

A．You can see www.bigisland.org for updated information.

B．You can call (800) 648-2441 to order some food.

C．You can find some courts to play tennis on

the island.

D．You may pay a high price for spending one night on the island.

A．course selection	B．how to study elective courses
C．regulations of learning Chinese	D．Learning arrangements for elective courses

A．Chinese Culture	B．Advanced Chinese
C．Elementary Chinese	D．Intermediate Chinese

A．Doctor students	B．Master students
C．Undergraduate students	D．International students