Three Gorges Cruises(游程)
Day 1 Home → Beijing
We will meet you at the airport in Beijing and take you to the hotel in the downtown area.
Day 2 Beijing
After breakfast, you’ll visit Tiananmen Square. Then you will go to the Forbidden City, the home of Chinese emperors for more than 500 years. In the evening you will attend a welcome party and have a chance to enjoy Beijing Roast Duck!
Day 3 Beijing → Chongqing
After breakfast, you will fly to Chongqing and visit the Chongqing Museum. Then your cruise down the Yangtze River will begin on the five-star cruise ship, Regal China. You will spend the night on the ship.
Day 4 Chongqing → Fengdu
At 8:00 a.m., the cruise will leave Chongqing. Relax on the deck, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the river. In the afternoon, we will arrive at Ghost City — Fengdu for an excursion (短途游览) on the shore. Overnight on the ship.
Day 5 Three Gorges
You will sail through the Qutang Gorge and the Wu Gorge, and take a small boat down the Shennong Stream to enjoy the scenery.
Day 6 Three Gorges
After passing the Xiling Gorge, you will go on a morning shore excursion to the Three Gorges Dam.
Day 7 Three Gorges → Wuhan →Shanghai
At 2:30 p.m., the cruise ship will arrive in Wuhan and the cruise tour will end. You will have a chance to visit the Yellow Crane Tower（黄鹤楼）, and then you will fly to Shanghai.
Day 8 Shanghai → Home
You will visit the Shanghai Museum in the morning. After lunch, you will visit the Bund （外滩）, which is said to be a landmark of Shanghai. Then you will be seen off at Shanghai airport.
1. How many nights will you spend on the cruise ship?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5.
2.On which day will you have an afternoon shore excursion?
A. Day 4. B. Day 5. C. Day 6. D. Day 7.
3.What is the order of the journey?
① the Wu Gorge ② the Yellow Crane Tower
③ the Xiling Gorge ④ the Bund
⑤ Chongqing Museum ⑥ Fengdu
⑦ the Three Gorges Dam ⑧ the Forbidden City
A. ⑧⑤⑥③①②⑦④ B. ⑧⑤⑥①③⑦②④
C. ⑧⑥③⑤②①⑦④ D. ④⑤⑥①②③⑦⑧
4. How much will a family with 2 adults and a 3-year-old child pay for the visit?
A. US$4375. B. US$4905. C. US$3950. D. US$4537.5.
Their grandmothers fought for the vote, and their mothers have battled to have it all. Now the upcoming generation of girls have decided to turn the clock back and stay at home with their babies.
According to a survey of more than 5,000 teenage girls in Britain, their main ambition (追求的目标) is to complete university then stay at home. More than nine out of ten of the girls believe it should be up to their husbands to provide for them. And although 43 percent of those questioned believe they should continue with their education until they have achieved a university degree, one in four say getting married is the most important thing for them.
The supposedly super-modern, “fun comes first” teenage generation has proved to be very traditional in every area of their beliefs, with over 50 percent saying they would not dream of having children before seeing a ring on their finger.
The desire to have children is beginning earlier too. On average, teenage girls plan to have their first child at 26, and most plan to have one or two more children over the following four years. The national average now is 1.64 children per couple.
“This survey doesn’t show that the battles of feminism (女权运动) have been lost,” said author Claire Rayner, “Feminism was never opposed (反对) to marriage or children. On the contrary, feminism was about to equal opportunities for women to do what they wanted to do, when they wanted to do it, and this is exactly what these girls are choosing to do.”
1.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. the result of the battles of feminism
B. women’s struggle for independence in the society
C. the girls’ desire to stay at home after they graduate
D. women’s social status in the modern society
2.Girls prefer to be housewives rather than independent women because _______.
A. it’s hard for women to find jobs
B. men would rather their wives look after babies at home
C. girls want to live a more comfortable life
D. women have a low salary
3.. From the last paragraph we can see that Rayner thinks ________.
A. women should stay at home with their babies
B. women should find jobs and support the family
C. women should be offered more job opportunities
D. women should live the life they like
第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
Richard Charles Rodgers was born in New York City on June 28th, 1902. Both his parents enjoyed singing and playing the piano. His grandparents loved opera and took their grandson to many productions. Richard attended many Broadway (百老汇) shows as a child. Richard began playing the piano by the age of three. At the age of fifteen, he decided that he would work in the musical theater. In the same year, he wrote the music for a stage show presented by a local group of young people. Then, he wrote music for a production of the students at Columbia University.
Richard and his wife Dorothy had two daughters and six grandchildren. One daughter and two grandsons also write music. Richard died in 1979. Books written about his life describe him as a cold man who was often depressed (消沉的). Family members say he was only able to express himself through music.
Other future show business leaders were also involved in the Columbia productions. Two of these men would be very important in Richard’s life — Oscar Hammerstein and Lorenz Hart. Richard once said the show he liked the best was Carousel, the second musical (音乐剧) he wrote with Oscar Hammerstein. Music experts say that a Richard show is always playing somewhere in the world — on Broadway, in theaters in different countries, and in local school productions. And people all over the world still enjoy the movies linked to Richard, such as State Fair, South Pacific, Pal Joey, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma and Carousel.
1.When did Richard Charles Rodgers decide that he would work in the musical theater?
A. In 1967. B. In 1917. C. In 1907. D. In 1905.
2.Which musical is the one that he likes most?
A. Oklahoma. B. The Sound of Music.
C. State Fair. D. Carousel.
3.Which is the first musical he wrote with Oscar Hammerstein?
A. Carousel. B. South Pacific. C. Not mentioned. D. State Fair.
4. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. All the life of Richard Charles Rodgers B. Richard Charles Rodgers’ Family
C. Richard Charles Rodgers’ Music D. Richard Charles Rodgers’ Stage
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My 1. began when I was just a kid. I 2. becoming a doctor. My mother was a worker. Through her work, she observed that 3. people spent a lot more time reading than they 4. watching television. She announced that my brother and I
5.watch two to three TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and then 6. her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a 7. . My mother was illiterate (文盲的).
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I 8. the fashionable clothes. I wanted to 9. the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after 10. at one of her several jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing (擦洗) floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy 11. food and pay the bills. With the money that is 12. , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very 13. with that plan, but once I had finished paying for all of the important things, there was 14. left. I realized that my mother was always dealing with money well to be able to 15. a roof over our heads and to put food on the table. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. _16.__ required intellectual (智力的) preparation. I went back to my 17. and became an A-student again. Finally, I 18. my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mother’s story — a woman with 19. formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. Now I believe that there is no job more 20. than parenting.
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. A. belief B. work C. education D. promise
22.
A. kept up with B. got used to C. dreamed of D. got tired of
23.
A. lazy B. easy-going C. successful D. reliable
24.
A. cost B. paid C. took D. did
25.
A. could only B. could not C. must not D. should often
26.
A. read B. give C. hold D. explain
27.
A.mystery B. risk C. fool D. trick
28.
A. wanted B. attracted C. recognised D. accepted
29.
A. get rid of B. hang out with C. test on D. keep in touch with
30.
A. serving B. looking C. working D. getting
31.
A. your brother B. yourself C. me D. the family
32.
A. left over B. paid off C. used up D. carried out
33.
A. angry B. pleased C. disappointed D. bored
34.
A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing
35.
A. buy B. operate C. keep D. send
36.
A. Success B.Failure C. Faith D. Comfort
37.
A. guys B. mother C. studies D. clothes
38.
A. made B. realised C. changed D. tried
39.
A. little B. much C. some D. high
40.
A. interesting B. gentle C. important D. bitter
This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can ____my father.
A. find out B. pick out C. look out D .speak out
_______ is no doubt that the meeting will be called off.
A. It B. There C.That D. As
