People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or other historic remains. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken in front of famous places. Most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.
Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money for the sun because they have so little of it. People in cities like London, Copenhagen and Amsterdam spend much of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the year it rains. This is the reason why the Mediterranean has always attracted them. Every summer many people travel to Mediterranean resorts (度假胜地) and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason. Sun!
The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italy's 30,000 hotels are booked without a break every summer. And 13 million people visited French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain's long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit there yearly, or one tourist for each person living in Spain.
But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism that it can deal with. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on earth. None of this, however, is ruining anyone's fun. Obviously, visitors don't go there for clean water. They allow traffic jams and endure crowded beaches. They don't even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is , the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as the sun shines, it's still better than sitting in cold Berlin, London, or anywhere else.
1. The writer seems to imply that Europeans travel mostly for the reason that _____.
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A．they want to see historic remains |
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B．they wish to escape from cold, dark and rainy days |
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C．they would like to take pictures in front of famous places |
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D．they are interested in different cultural and social customs |
2. According to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than the others?
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A．Italy. |
B．Greece. |
C．France. |
D．Spain. |
3.The underlined part in Passage 3, "one tourist for each person living in Spain" means _____.
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A．all the 37 million people living in Spain are tourists |
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B．every person living in Spain has to take care of a tourist |
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C．every year almost as many tourists visit Spain as there are people living in that country |
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D．every family in Spain is visited by a tourist every year |
4. What does the underlined phrase "without a break" mean?
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A．不休息 |
B．不绝交 |
C．不间断 |
D．不打碎 |
5. According to the passage, which of the following might ruin the tourists' fun at Mediterranean resorts and beaches?
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A．Polluted water |
B．Crowded buses |
C．Rainy weather |
D．Traffic jams |
Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2)citrus （柑橘）fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables ; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal (谷物), rice is also in this kind of foods; (7) Butter or something like butter.
People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.
There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first thin g is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kind of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
1. According to the scientists, which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch?
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A．chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages. |
B．potatoes, carrots, rice, bread. |
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C．oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes. |
D．beef, pork, fish, milk |
2. It is important for people to eat __________.
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A．three times a day |
B．dinner at twelve o’clock |
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C．cooked food all the day |
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D．something from each of the seven kinds of food every day. |
3.People in different countries and different places of the world________________.
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A．have the right kinds of food to eat |
B．cook their food in the same way |
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C．have their meals at the same time |
D．eat food in different ways. |
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
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A．People in some places don’t have enough to eat. |
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B．There are too many people in the world. |
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C．One of the problems is that no one is hungry. |
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D．The scientists are trying to make people e grow to be strong and healthy. |
5.If there is paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?
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A．When people eat their lunch. |
B．What to do with the two problems. |
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C．How to cook food in different ways. |
D．Why people eat different kinds of food. |
完型填空（每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Charlie and Jackie joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. Both worked very hard. After several years, the bosses promote Jackie to sales executive but Charlie_46_ a salesman. One day Charlie could not __47_ it anymore, tendered his resignation(辞职书) to the boss and complained the boss did not __48__ hard working staff, but only promoted those who flattered him. He thought it was really __49__.
The boss knew that Charlie had spared no _50___ for the company all these years, but in order to help Charlie realize the __51__ between him and Jackie, the boss ask Charlie to do the _52___: “go and find out if anyone is selling watermelon in the market.” Charlie returned and __53__ said yes. the boss asked.“how much per kg?” Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to ___54__ ＄12 per kg.
The boss told Charlie that we would ask Jackie the _55___ question. Jackie went, returned and said,“boss, only one person is selling watermelon, ＄12 per kg, ＄100 for 10kg.he has a _56___ of 340 melons. on the table 58 melons and every melon weighs about 15kg,_57____ from the South two days ago. they are fresh, red and of good __58__ .” Charlie was _59____ and realized the difference between himself and Jackie. he decided not to __60___ but to learn from Jackie.
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B．turned down |
C．turned off |
D．turned on |
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B．speaking |
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