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Deal With spring officially here，we can look forward to fresh flowers and cherry blossoms.While you could stay home and admire the change in season，why not celebrate the end of winter with a fun spring time holiday？We’ve found a handful of terrific packages at home and abroad，good for departures through midMay. |
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London’s Chelsea Flower Show for $849 Every May，London hosts the worldfamous Chelsea Flower Show，showcasing astonishing gardens，and lively horticultural(园艺) displays that set the latest in garden design trends.This year，Virgin Vacations offers a sixnight airland packages priced at a sweet $849.Good for departures May 21—23，this deal covers the following costs：accommodations；airfare from New York；daily continental breakfast；and one fullday entrance to the Flower Show (May 24,25 or 26)． |
Spring Flowers of Amsterdam for $739 Want to catch the spring flowers blooming in the lowlands of Holland？Amsterdam is a treat to visit at this time of year，as its numerous gardens explode with color.You can go Dutch and save some serious dollars to boot！At just $739 for a fournight stay with airfare，at this spring escape is priced to go！Good for travel between April 1 and May 17，the deal includes air from New York；accommodation at a budget hotel；daily breakfast；and a local map and guide. |
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Cherry Blossoms in Washington D．C.from $319/nt You don’t need to travel far for an impressive flower show！From March 31 through April 15，Washington D．C.is hosting its yearly Cherry Blossoms Festival，marking the 95th celebration of the original gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo to the people of D．C..Several hotels are honoring the occasion with special deals：for example，HayAdams offers a Cherry Blossom Package from $319/night with lodging (twonight minimum stay)，free parking，and a special amenity. |
Tokyo Spring Fun for $949 To spot the cherry blossoms right at the source，we recommend a spring venture to Tokyo.Now you can visit on the cheap with the Asian Affair Holidays special we found：a Tokyo spring special starts at just $949！This deal covers airport transfers；five nights’ lodging at Tokyo Hilton International；and a halfday city tour.This particular price is valid for departures between April 1 and April 30，perfectly timed for the best of cherryblossom season. |
1.If you are not free until late May，you may travel to________.
A．London B．Amsterdam
C．Washington D．C. D．Tokyo
2.If you want a guide，you may choose________.
A．London’s Chelsea Flower Show
B．Spring Flowers of Amsterdam
C．Cherry Blossoms in D．C.
D．Tokyo Spring Fun
3.The minimum cost for the closest show is________.
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A．$ 849 |
B．$739 |
C．$319 |
D．$638 |
The organizers of the Beijing Olympics have predicted every aspect of the preparatory work and are making every effort to fulfill their task for 2007.
Competition schedule finalized
The competition schedule for the 28 sports and 302 events has been settled already.The detailed daily schedule will be made in the final three months before the Olympics，due to the arrangements to be made for TV broadcasters.
1,000 cultural events expected
Beijing is expected to hold as many as 1,000 Olympicsrelated cultural activities，including highlevel exhibitions and art performances，presentations of foreign art troops，community cultural squares，and promotions by sponsors and cohost cities.
30,000 journalists to cover the Olympics
More than 30,000 journalists are expected to come to Beijing during the Games.They pose a great challenge to the organizers in terms of how to meet their specific news coverage demands.
Two million visitors to test Beijing’s services
At least two million Chinese and half a million foreign tourists are expected to visit Beijing during the Olympics.Taking into account another 50,000 athletes and media，accommodation is a big challenge，too.122 Beijingbased starclass hotels were signed for the purpose in 2006.But how can they make 10,000 rooms available for domestic_visitors and 160,000—180,000 rooms for overseas visitors？The organizers are trying to find solutions to the problem in 2007.
Hot tickets，low prices
In previous Olympics，onethird of the tickets were hot，another one third were breakeven and the remaining one third were unwillingly received.In contrast，most of the Beijing Olympic tickets have been hot，according to the ticketing program so far.The most expensive ticket for the opening ceremony stands only at 5,000 yuan—the lowest prices seen in recent editions of the Olympics.
1.This passage aims to tell the readers________.
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A．the challenges the Beijing Olympics are facing |
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B．the preparatory work that the organizers are doing |
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C．the difficulties of organizing the Olympics |
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D．the information about the Beijing Olympics |
2.Which of the following may not be considered when making the daily schedule?
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A．The TV broadcasting. |
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B．The audience’s presentation. |
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C．The weather condition. |
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D．The athletes’ competing habits. |
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
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A．The cultural activities will be held shortly after the Olympic Games. |
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B．Some foreign art communities will also give performances in Beijing. |
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C．The number of journalists coming to the Games will be largest. |
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D．Cultural activities won’t be held in cohost cities. |
4.The underlined word “domestic visitors” (in Paragraph 5) refers to________.
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A．visitors with important posts |
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B．visitors with special purposes |
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C．visitors from the host country |
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D．visitors from advanced countries |
The laptop is a machine which can be a mobile office；it can be used to entertain us and people can play computer games on them.One machine can perform many tasks at the same time.As technology grows，the size of the new laptop machines is decreasing.Now laptops are lighter，have smaller screen sizes，and perform better.Smaller screen laptops，which are more convenient to take along with，have been specially designed for professionals.Huge display screen laptops are still used by graphic(绘画的)designers and those who like playing computer games.
Laptops are advanced machines，and they can be very expensive.When we spend much money on something，we should take good care of it.I know some people who buy a new laptop every year.The reason they do this is that the old one either is broken or has some problems which cannot be fixed.Common problems are the breaking of the screen，the breaking of joints of the laptop，display problems，and keyboard problems.
Different problems will always come up with machines，and they cannot be avoided(避免)．Old machines will always have to be replaced by new ones.However，if we are more careful and handle our laptops with care，they will last for a longer period of time，and they will perform better.This is not a hard thing to do，but it will greatly increase the life and performance of laptops.
1.According to the first paragraph，the laptop is a machine which________.
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A．is being used by more and more people in the office |
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B．will take the place of desktops sooner or later |
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C．is specially designed for people who like playing computer games |
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D．can be used for both work and entertainment purposes |
2.The underlined word in the first paragraph means “________”．
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A．becoming smaller |
B．becoming more important |
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C．becoming more popular |
D．becoming better |
3.We infer that graphic designers still use huge display screen laptops most probably because________.
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A．huge display screen laptops are very cheap |
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B．small display screen laptops are not on sale yet |
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C．they can see their drawings more clearly |
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D．they also want to play computer games |
4.What can we learn from the second paragraph?
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A．That laptops can only be used for one year. |
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B．That laptops are not as good as desktops. |
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C．That the prices for laptops are too high. |
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D．That laptops may have problems which cannot be fixed. |
Kate Anderson became an accidental car thief when she went to pick up her daughter’s car near an Ohio University building last week.Anderson saw the nickelgray Toyota Camry and used her daughter’s key to unlock the car，start the engine and drive home.
When Charlie Vansant left class a short time later，he found only an empty parking spot.He first assumed the car had been towed，but when the police couldn’t find a record of it，they took a theft report.
The morning after Anderson took back the car，her daughter discovered the Camry in the driveway wasn’t hers.She found Vansant’s name on paperwork in the glove compartment and looked up his phone number on the Website for the university.
When she told Vansant the car was in her driveway，“It sounded real fishy at first，like maybe she wanted to hold the thing for ransom，”Vansant said!
He eventually went to the house with a police officer，where he was reunited with his car.According to a police report，the case was closed “because of the mistaken car identity.”Anderson wasn’t charged.
Vansant seemed to blame the car company more than the “thief”．“Her key fit not only my lock，but my ignition as well—so highfive for Toyota，I guess，”he said.
Toyota spokesman Bill Kwong said key technology wasn’t as sophisticated as two decades ago，and there were so many ways to cut a key，making it possible for such a mixup to occur.He said the company now has a microchip embedded(嵌入)in the keys for 90 percent of its vehicles that allows them to start only with the correct key.
1.We can learn from the story that Kate Anderson____。
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A．was an experienced but unlucky thief |
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B．took Vansant’s car away by chance |
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C．fould unlock any car with her special key |
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D．was accused of theft and put into prison |
2.When Charlie Vansant received the phone call，he___。
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A．ran as fast as he could to the police station |
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B．felt someone was playing a joke on him |
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C．suspected he would be forced to pay for the car |
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D．went directly to Anderson and collected his car |
3.Who should be responsible for the accident?——
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A．Toyota Camry. |
B．Charlie Vansant. |
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C．Toyota Company. |
D．The police. |
4.According to the passage，it can be learned that____
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A．the daughter is more honest than her mother |
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B．many thefts occurred because the same keys were used |
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C．Toyota Camry is a kind of car，which is easier to unlock |
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D．the car producers should pay more attention to car identity |
Making an advertisement for television often costs more than a movie. For example, a two-hour movie costs $6 million to make. A TV commercial can cost more than $ 600 a second. 54 Which is more valuable, the program or the ad? In terms of money---and making money is what television is all about—the commercial is by far the most important.
Research, market testing, talent, and money—all come together to make us want to buy a product. 55 The sales of charm went up once the ads began. TV commercials actually buy their way into our head. 56
And the ads work because so much time and attention are given to them. 57 If you want to get a lower-middle-class buyer, make sure the announcer has a tough, manly voice. Put some people in the ad who work with their hands. If you want to sell the products to an upper-class audience, make sure that the house, the furniture, and the hairstyles are the types that the group agree with . if you want the buyer to feel superior to the character selling the product, then make that person so stupid or silly that everyone will feel great about himself or herself.
We laugh at commercials. We don’t think we pay much attention to them. 58 The making of a TV commercial that costs so much money is not a kid stuff. It’s a big,big business. And it’s telling us what to think, what we need, and what to buy. To put it simple, the TV commercial is a form of brainwashing.
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A．No matter how bad we think a commercial is, it works. |
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B．And this does not include the cost of paying for air time. |
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C．We, in return, buy the product. |
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D．The purpose of all the efforts made in producing TV commercials is to show how valuable the product is. |
E. Here are some rules of commercial ad making.
F. TV commercials are a good guide to buyers.
G. But evidence shows we are kidding ourselves.
