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A. Sesame Place.

C. The Parx Liberty Carousel.

B. Blue Cross RiverRink. D. Spruce Street Harbor Park.

26. What can we know about Philadelphia Storytelling Benches? A. It can be visited all year round. C. It is available at a small charge. public.

27. What is the text aimed at?

A. Telling what we can do in some places. Philadelphia.

C. Introducing some places for family fun. Philadelphia.

C

Your next car could have two seats, three wheels — two in front and one in the back and a top speed of more than 100 miles per hour. Elio Motors plans to make such a tiny car named the Elio. Its two seats sit front and back instead of side by side. The driver is positioned in the center with the passenger directly behind.

The starting price for the car is just $6800. It has only one door, on the left side, which cuts a few hundred dollars off the manufacturing costs. Having three wheels also makes it cheaper. It has air conditioning, power windows and door locks and an AM/FM radio. More features can be ordered through Elio's long list of suppliers. Elio will also sell the cars directly through its own stores and not through franchised dealers (特约经销商).

Paul Elio dreamed as a kid that he would one day own a car company called Elio Motors. In 2008, tired of high gas prices, he started working on a car that burns gas in a more effective way. Equally important to him was creating U.S. manufacturing jobs and making the car inexpensive enough to attract buyers who might otherwise be stuck in their old, unreliable cars. “Whatever matters to you, this can move the needle on it,” he said.

Already, more than 27,000 people have reserved (预订) one. Paul hopes to make 250,000 cars a year by 2016. So far, reservation holders are those who will use the

D. Comparing some attractions in B. Encouraging people to visit B. It has educational importance. D. It is aimed at serving the

Elio as a second or third car for work. Finally, though, he believes the car will interest high school and college students as well as used-car drivers who want something newer and more reliable.

28. Which of the following shows the design of the Elio?

(○ = wheel, □ = seat)

A. B.

B. C. D.

29. Paragraph 2 shows that the Elio ________. A. will be available in most stores C. has a fixed temperature

B. is sold at affordable prices D. does no harm to the environment

30. The underlined words “move the needle” in Paragraph 3 probably mean “________”.

A. take a chance B. stand in the way C. break into pieces D. make a difference 31. What would be the best title for the text? A. The history of Elio Motors C. Paul Elio: a kid with big dreams

D

I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”

Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks（地标）in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”

In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions

B. Cool car or stupid vehicle? D. What car to choose: new or used?

and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”

People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.

It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.” People in Yucatan believe that “I don’t know” is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!

32. When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place they usually _________.

A. describe the place carefully and places

C. show him a map of the place

D. tell him the names of the streets B. refer to recognizable buildings

33. Which is the place where people measure distance in time? A. New York.

B. Kansas.

C. Los Angeles.

D. Iowa.

34. People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ________. A. in order to save time

D. so as to be polite

B. as a test

C. for fun

35. What can we infer from the text?

A. It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly. B People have similar understandings of politeness.

C. It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences. D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.

第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

English can be a difficult language to learn, but there are certain things you can do to learn the language a lot faster. People can master English as long as they

take the time to practice speaking, reading and writing in English.___36___ Start by taking a class that teaches beginning English. These classes are often named as “ESL” classes, or “English as a Second Language.”___37___

Buy an English audio(音频的) course. You can go over these classes in your spare time and learn quite a bit. Buy an audio course and listen to it in the car or while working, if possible. The higher the quality of the course, the quicker you’ll learn.

Practice speaking English with other people, especially with native English speakers.___38___And make sure they are willing to help you learn English by having simple conversations with you. You will probably be surprised at how quickly you can start having a conversation in English.

___39___Pay attention to the dialogue and try to figure out what the actors are saying Congratulate yourself when you are able to pick out certain words and phrases that you understand.

Read newspapers, books and magazines that are printed in English. At first they maybe very difficult, but as your knowledge grows so will your understanding of written English.___40___It will help you a lot in learning to speak the language much faster. A．Try to understand written English.

B．Watch television shows or movies that are in English. C．Read and remember as many English words as possible. D．Here we will show you how to learn to speak English quickly. E. Every morning you should get up very early and read English. F. Make friends with people speaking English as their native language. G. The teachers of these classes have the experience to teach the students. 第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In terms of the original data in every way, the Chinese New Year — Spring Festival is the largest human event on the planet. In the seven 1 of the Lunar

New Year, Chinese are expected to 2 more than $100 billion on eating and shopping — almost twice as much as Americans spend on Thanksgiving. 3 , Chinese predictably buy railway tickets online 4 a rate of more than 1 000 per second.

But it’s 5 millions of Chinese people go home for the Spring Festival during ＂chunyun＂. All these 6 take place at this time.

Transport networks have set 7 highs for ＂chunyun＂ numbers almost every year for the past decade, the council(国务院) said.

Authorities expect travelers to make 356 million trips by 8 during this year’s ＂chunyun＂ period. Taking the strain for the transportation is 9 China’s high-speed railway network, now 10 to 20 000 kilometers — the world’s longest. China’s total rail network 11 more than 121 000 kilometers, the second largest in the world after the United States.

The ＂chunyun＂ 12 isn’t just a wonder of logistics(组织工作); it also shows how modern China is 13 .

Trains are packed with thousands of snoozing(打盹) 14 , reflecting education reforms that have greatly 15 the number of university places over the past decade.

16 dressed office girls in high heels can be seen picking their way through 17 on their way home, which is a product of the mass migration of rural people to China’s coastal cities in search of 18 jobs in service industries and factories.

Many of China’s new middle classes will opt to drive private cars and traffic jam is now a(n) 19 feature of the holiday period.

Many others, however, will choose to 20 the confusion altogether and take a vacation abroad — increasingly an option for the new generation in China. 1. A. days 2. A. cost 3. A. Moreover However 4. A. for at

B. on

C.to

D.

B. weeks B. spend B. Therefore

C. months C. take

D. years D. pay D.

C. Otherwise