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About Convention Tours in New York
Convention Tours Unlimited, Inc. is a New York City tour operator and destination management company(dmc) that has been providing high-quality Group Tours & Event Services in New York since 1984. Our group services include:
Full Day Tours
A day on the Bay: An easy one-hour drive from Manhattan to Bay Shore, Long Island for a delight voyage on the Great South Bay and lunch abroad a boat.
West Point Tour & Lunch at Hotel Thayer: A visit to the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York includes a docent-led tour including the military museum, monuments and landmarks at this historic site. Enjoy a buffet lunch at Hotel Thayer, a hotel overlooking the beautiful Hudson River.
A Visit to the Rocketfeller house in Historic Hudson River Valley: Kykuit is the wonderful country estate(庄园) of John D.Rockeyfeller with a six story stone house surrounded by terraced gardens and sculpture. Tour through the house filled with antiques and art; the barn housing automobiles and carriages; and the gardens including sculpture by Henry Moore, Alexander Calder and Picasso.
Hyde Park: A visit To The FDR Home & Museum & Lunch At The Culinary Institute of America: Enjoy the scenic ride to the Hudson River Valley home of Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt. A national historic site, this wonderful home holds memorabilia of the late president and his family. Visit the Eleanor Roosevelt Library and Museum. Enjoy a lunch at the Culinary Institute of America.
Please keep in mind:
Custom-Built: Tours designed to match interests; schedules, budgets.
Language Facile: Bi-lingual(双语) and multi-lingual Tour Guides available.
Picture-Perfect: Photography services available to preserve memories.
65. What is Convention Tours?
A. A tour management company engaged in high-quality group tours services.
B. A common travel agency
C. A special travel site.
D. A channel of a TV programme about travel.
66. These are the characters of full day tours below EXCEPT_______
A. the place you want to is most suitable for your interest
B. you can ask tour guides to take photos for you
C. more than one language can be available
D. if you don’t have enough money, you can borrow from the tour guides
67. Where could the above passage come from?
A From a New York newspaper B. From a government report
C. From a travel guidance D. From a pictorial magazine. |
答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C |
解析
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举一反三
Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in. Here are two of the cities listed as “the world’s best.”
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA The city has comfortable weather all year round (15°C to 26°C ). Housing is not very expensive in San Jose. Also, many of the city’s older neighborhoods are very beautiful and have small hotels and cafés(咖啡馆). Beautiful mountains are around the city. You can visit them easily from San Jose. So lots of people go sightseeing there every year. But air pollution is a problem in the city center.
HONG KONG, CHINA This lively city—once a small fishing village—is today an international business center. It is an interesting mix of East and West, old and new. Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (庙宇). Popular nightclubs are close to traditional teahouses. Busy people fill the streets at all hours of the day. But outside the city, there are parks for walking or relaxing. Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes. There’s also food from Europe, North America, and other parts of Asia. However, this small city has a large population. Nearly seven million people live in Hong Kong! That’s why housing is often very expensive. Traffic and air pollution are also a problem.
56. Which of the following is not mentioned about San Jose?
A. The weather. B. The mountains. C. The air. D. The traffic.
57. What makes Hong Kong the world’s best according to this passage?
A. The lively city and the wonderful dishes. B. The beautiful mountains and the lively city.
C. The expensive housing and the food. D. The city and the people.
58. The writer thinks housing in Hong Kong is expensive because .
A. it was a small fishing village B. it is a mix of East and West
C. it is famous for its wonderful food D. there are too many people in the city
59. What do the two cities have in common?
A. They both have beautiful mountains. B. They both have a large population.
C. Air pollution is a problem in both. D. They are both crowded.
60. From the passage, we can know that .
A. San Jose and Hong Kong are the only two cities of the world’s best
B. San Jose has more natural sights than Hong Kong does
C. the weather in both cities is fine
D. Hong Kong is the more popular city of the two |
第三部分 阅读理解（共20 小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Amanda took whatever pills she could get, largely because she was finding life hard to take. “There were a lot of problems,” she says. She had just found out that her parents were splitting(分开). It took her by surprise—and she was shocked. “I woke up one morning, and they told me.”
“On a few occasions during my two years of going to pharming parties(品药聚会), my heart would race so fast it felt like it was going to explode. I felt weak and confused sometimes and even passed out several times,” she recalls. “But I picked up from the ground because I had a lot of pride in my drinking and drugging. I was really crazy about it and proud of the fact that I could take more than a lot of people.”
Finally, though, things got out of control. “I couldn’t go a day without taking something,” she recalls, “and after a while, the pills upset my stomach; it hurt all the time, and I hardly ate. Finally, I couldn’t take it any more. I went to my parents and told them I needed help.”
Amanda entered a treatment program and has been calm since her release last January. “Detox(戒瘾) was the worst four days of my entire life,” she says. “I was throwing up all the food and had the shakes.”
She doesn’t care about drugs. “I’m so hurt from this,” says Amanda, who has ulcers(溃疡) and damaged kidneys from the drugs and alcohol. “I have to struggle daily to stay calm. But in some ways, I feel lucky I went through it, and I’m out of it now.” Amanda wrote a song called “Goodnight to the Moonlight”. Amanda says, “It’s about how it feels to be taking drugs and alcohol, how it hurts, how it makes you feel like you’re losing yourself.”
56. The purpose of writing this passage is to tell us that _______.
A. parents have a great influence on their children
B. drugs are a danger to our health and mind
C. once determined, you will face no difficulty
D. once formed, bad habits are hard to get rid of
57. From the second paragraph we can learn that Amanda_______.
A. was bored with her behavior
B. never felt frightened or ashamed of taking pills
C. took pride in taking much more drugs
D. was so strong in body that she never felt tired
58. After taking drugs, Amanda _______.
A. found out that her parents were splitting
B. found her lungs were damaged
C. was forced to enter a treatment program
D. She felt confused and almost broke down
59. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.
A. Amanda had such a strong will that she didn’t lose herself
B. Amanda’s song expressed her thanks and delight
C. Detox was not really a success to Amanda
D. drugs and alcohol ruined Amanda’s health as well as her spirit |
Living in a foreign culture there are many times when I realize that my perspective (观点) on life is drastically different from those Koreans I interact (相互影响) with on a daily basis. This past week I have been greatly challenged to change my perspective and here is why.
My dream in life is to become a doctor, one who changes the world. But last week I opened an email from UBC that contained the words “regrets”, no interview. I didn’t get an interview to medical school, thus will not be entering school for September 2009. My immediate reaction was one of extreme disappointment and anger—mostly directed at myself for not working hard enough, for not seeking out the opportunities necessary to have a good application, for simply not being good enough. My mind was full of hopelessness and despair that left me with no desire to further seek for the dream that I’ve held for quite a time now.
During the past week two things happened. At church our pastor mentioned perspective in a section of his sermon (说教). He stated that when we take our eyes off ourselves and realize God’s greatness, our circumstances will be seen through a new perspective.
The second thing that reminded me to look at perspective was reading a book. The Mitford Series is so good if you are looking for books to read. So last night I was reading and one of the main characters (who is a priest) is trying to figure out what to say at church. His sermon ended up saying “In everything we give thanks.” It is easy to give thanks when we feel successful in life. It is easy to give thanks when we receive a blessing. But seriously, who in their right mind says thanks for the financial problems I have?
64. Where does the author probably live now?
A. In the USA. B. In Britain. C. In China. D. In Korea.
65. How did she feel when the author received the email from UBC?
A. Surprised. B. Disappointed. C. Excited. D. Pleased.
66. In the first pastor’s view, when we face disappointment or despair, we should _________.
A. turn to God for help B. say thanks to it
C. see it in another way D. praise others for it
67. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The author can’t really free from the disappointment.
B. The author thinks the second sermon is wiser.
C. The author still wants to be a doctor.
D. The author thanks God for not being admitted by the university. |
China reported blistering growth for the last three months of 2009, raising expectations of interest rate increases and other measures to head off inflation.
China has declared that it is recovering from the global economic crisis.
Ma Jiantang, of the National Bureau of Statistics, said Thursday the country"s economy grew by 10.7 percent in the last three months of 2009.
Ma says China has managed to quickly hold back what he described as “the sliding of the national economy.” He says China has become the first country, on the whole, to achieve economic recovery and stabilization.
According to previous estimates, Ma says China"s gross domestic product for 2009 rose 8.7 percent to nearly five trillion dollars.
This goes beyond the official growth rate target of eight percent. The government has long considered eight percent growth essential to creating enough jobs for the country"s more than one billion people.
At the same time, Ma says some problems and contradictions are natural.
Ma says the Chinese government will give more priority to economic restructuring and improving peoples’ livelihoods.
To reduce the effects of the global economic crisis that began in 2008, China loosened lending practices, cut interest rates and began massive spending programs. But the government wants to make sure those measures do not contribute to inflation, which can be politically sensitive in a country where hundreds of millions of people remain poor.
Beijing resident Ms. Wang says she is worried. She says she thinks prices are rising really fast. She points to the price of cabbage, which has increased more than 10 times in the past year.
The head of the Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission, this week said the government will step up monitoring of banks and rein in lending to prevent speculative bubbles (投机泡沫)in real estate(房地产) and other assets.
The World Bank on Thursday released a report that predicts China"s economy will grow by nine percent this year. This contrasts with forecasts of 2.5 percent growth rate for the United States and one percent growth for European economies in 2010, because of weaknesses remaining from the global financial crisis.
68. What does the underlined phrase in the first paragraph mean?
A. prevent B. begin C. continue D. reduce
69. How many measures did China take to reduce the sliding of the national economy?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
70. The global economy in 2010 will ________.
A. increase more quickly than in 2009
B. recover immediately if proper measures are taken
C. remain weak as a result of the global financial crisis
D. remain the same standard as that in 2009
71. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. jobs created for more than one billion people
B. lending practices loosened in China in the new year
C. rapid growth of Chinese economy in last months of 2009
D. fast growth in economy leading to inflation |
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered a small hotel in Philadelphia(费城). Trying to get out of the 36 , the couple went to the front desk hoping to 37 for the night.
“Could you 38 give us a room here?” the husband asked.
The waiter, a 39 man with a big smile, looked at the couple and 40 that three conventions(大会) would be held in the town and lots of visitors had come here.
“All of our 41 are taken,” the waiter said. “But I can’t send a 42 couple like you 43 into the rain at 1 o’clock in the morning , what’s more, it’s raining hard outside . Would you please be 44 to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite（套房）, but it will be good enough to make you 45 for the night.”
The couple said “ no” politely.
“Don’t 46 me. It is just fine with me,” the waiter told them. They agreed and thanked the waiter later.
The next morning, the elderly man said to the waiter, “You are so __47__ a manager that I think you should be the boss of the best hotel. Maybe someday I’ll build 48 for you….” The three of them had a good laugh and the couple then left.
Two years passed. The waiter had almost forgotten it 49 he received a letter from the old man. It recalled that stormy night and a round-trip 50 to New York was in the letter ,too, asking the young man to pay them a visit. The old man met him in New York, and 51 him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to a great new 52 there, a palace of reddish stone. “That,” said the old man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to 53 .”
“You must be 54 ,” the young man said.
“Of course not,” said the old man. In fact, the name of 55 was William Waldorf Astor, and the magnificent building was the famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The young waiter, George C. Boldt became its first manager.
36. A. rain B. sunC. snow D. hunger
37. A. leave B. work C. stay D. play
38. A. surely B. possibly C. really D. freely
39. A. lazy B. bored C. nervous D. friendly
40. A. shouted B. explained C. believed D. agreed
41. A. hotels B. desks C. streets D. rooms
42. A. nice B. famous C. rich D. poor
43. A. beyond B. out C. up D. under
44. A. kind B. willing C. good D. generous
45. A. enjoyable B. careful C. hopeful D. comfortable
46. A. worry about B. take care of C. make use of D. carry out
47. A. bad B. interesting C. kind D. confident
48. A. one B. it C. them D. those
49. A. after B. as soon as C. while D. when
50. A. ticket B. bill C. check D. picture
51. A. led B. told C. treated D. invited
52. A. building B. car C. bedroom D. place
53. A. live B. sell C. manage D. rent
54. A. lying B. joking C. dreaming D. cheating
55. A. the building B. the waiter C. the man D. the manager |
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