While in Banff, make time for a walk around town. A special treat is to go up the mountainside on the Banff Gondola for a surprising view of the valley below. Here is The pines, whose cook has developed a special way of mixing foreign food such as caribou, wild boar, and reindeer with surprising sauces.
Best time to visit is during the off-season, from early May to mid-June, or in October. This way you can avoid sharing the high way with mobile homes which can be pulled by cars. But whatever the season, take some lunch with you from Banff, because there are only a few food stops on the road.
Forty minutes north of Banff, side by side with the Banff National Park, sits world-famous Lake Louise. This surprisingly small body of water is attractive with towering mountains around it. Glaciers, huge masses of ice, moving very slowly against rocks, produce what is called glacier rock flour, making its water dark to see. It is worth taking a walk around the grounds of the Chateau Lake Louise, another beauty, proud of its early 20th century history.
Back on the road, and it’s time to continue north past the astonishing Columbia Icefield, then turn off the highway and take the short road to the base of the Athabaska Glacier. You can rent ice cleats (夹板) and do some climbing or do a more pleasant snowmobile tour. Either way, you can enjoy endless beautiful sights.
Finally you’ll reach Jasper, the usual turning around the place for the Banff-Jasper loop (回路). It’s worth riding the Jasper Skytram, and be sure to visit the wonderful Jasper Park Lodge, also dating back to the 1920s. If you can have lunch there, do it. The restaurant has an adventurous menu and their wine list would put a smile on any visitor’s face.
1.According to the passage, The Pines is a ________.
A. place in which you can see many mobile homes
B. mountain where you can get a good view of the valley
C. town which happens to be near the Banff National park
D. restaurant where you can ask for some special kinds of food
2. What will probably happen when visitors come at the end of June?
A. They may have trouble finding a restaurant.
B. They may come across traffic jams.
C. They may travel more easily with cars.
D. They may do much more sightseeing.
3. Similar to the Chateau Lake Louise, ________.
A. the Banff National Park is to the west of Banff
B. the Columbia Icefield lies between Lake Louise and the Banff National Park
C. the Jasper Skytram has a history of more than 80 years
D. the Jasper Park Lodge was built in the 1920s
4.Besides the beautiful sights in Jasper Park Lodge, visitors to Jasper can enjoy themselves by ________.
A. taking the Jasper Skytram and eating in the restaurant
B. taking the Banff-Jasper loop and Jasper Skytram
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Perhaps you’ve attended some parties. But like New York，where a party or dinner often __36__ business with pleasure, a Washington party is a __37__ part of the business of politics, the business of making __38__ connections.
Some Washington parties have a __39__ aura (气氛) about them, depending on who gives them and who is there, but most parties are open-house __40__ in fact, with the hosts not knowing most of the __41__ who are there.
I went to a few of these parties __42__ I wanted to see the inside of some of the Washington mansions (公馆) I had __43__ so much about. Almost every time during the evening some man would come close to talk with me __44__, we didn’t know each other at all. Such a __45__ exchange clearly proves “a gathering of friends” __46__ Washington party standards. You don’t even need an __47__ to attend many Washington parties. You just have to know about them. No Washington hostess would __48__ her servants to ask you who you were. Most of the bigger parties, those with 300 or 400 guests, __49__ to impress somebody, and Washingtonians __50__.
Most members of the Congress ,for example, __51__ middle-class backgrounds in smaller communities __52__ the country. They are dazzled (眼花缭乱的) by __53__. They are dazzled by big names. They are ready to help Washington __54__ hostesses. They go along with them because they are good friends or they don’t notice that they __55__ or they don’t care if they are.
1.. A. follows B. connects C. mixes D. goes
2.. A. daily B. necessary C. chief D. cheap
3.. A. still B. cruel C. mental D. important
4. A. social B. nervous C. terrible D. simple
5. A. events B. affairs C. conferences D. games
6. A. guests B. customers C. guards D. guides
7. A. so that B. in order that C. as if D. because
8. A. found B. noticed C. heard D. wrote
9. A. since B. though C. when D. whether
10. A. common B. strict C. public D. special
11. A. including B. comparing with C. according to D. depending on
12. A. invitation B. envelope C. instrument D. acceptance
13. A. refuse B. allow C. agree D. warn
14.A. are given B. give C. are supplied D. supply
15. A. easily forget B. hardly remember C. easily impress D. are easily impressed
16.A. hear from B. write to C. come from D. call out
17. A. over B. below C. between D. across
18.A. money B. equal C. freedom D. discussion
19. A. strange B. famous C. poor D. stupid
20. A. are using B. are being used C. are obeying D. are being obeyed
I remember ________ the job, but I forget the exact amount.
A. to be paid for B. being paid for
C. to be paid back D. being paid back
Fred seems very clear. His ideas led to _________ a pay raise.
A. his awarded B. his being awarded
C. him to award D. him to be awarded
--- How did you sleep last night?
--- Like a log. Never slept ________.
A. well B. worse C. badly D. better
Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true ________ it comes to classroom tests.
A. before B. as C. since D. when
