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　　Americans like to travel on their yearly holiday. Today, more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small houses or inns instead of hotels. They get a room for the night and the breakfast the next morning.

　　Rooms for the night in private homes with breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years. In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-break-fast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these American's bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings. Some bed-and-breakfast inns have only a few rooms, others are much larger. Some inns do not provide telephones or television in the rooms, others do.

　　Staying in a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone's home. The owners are glad to tell about the area and the interesting places to visit, Many vacationers say they enjoy the chance to meet local families.

1．Americans take a holiday trip ________.

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2．Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

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A．Some Americans now stay in a bed-and-breakfast home instead of in a hotel.

B．The bed-and-breakfast inns are private homes opened to vacation visitors.

C．the bed-and-breakfast inns have been popular in America for a long time.

D．The owners provide a morning meal for their visitors as well as a room for the night.

3．Many of these inns ________.

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A．have a long history

B．have existed in the past

C．are historical

D．are buildings important in history

4．One reason why American travelers are beginning to stay at bed-and-breakfast inn is that ________.

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A．these inns are small and quiet

B．the travelers don't have to pay for the telephone or television

C．the travelers can meet and talk with the local people

D．the owners will show the travelers around the area

完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）

     阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

“Now ,”Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions .”

The class seems to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be  _36 _. “Yes, you will all be searching for your future   37  . Each of you will have to   38  someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”

Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This _39_ I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him_40_ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”I shook my head.

“How about some   41_ ?”I shook my head again .

Finally , I thought he realized I was   42 , and I got my first big tip as a  43  : “Never,never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into. ”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from   44   in class. I got an A on the entire project.

Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I _45 _Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t __46__me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and   47   all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. _48__gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was   49 .

    For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, __50 __ stories from murders to airplane crashes and   51  choosing my strongest area.  52 _ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been __53__Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.

    I get  54  all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”

    “Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could  55 her.

1.A. good           B. mad              C. careless         D. curious

2.A. university     B. family           C. professions      D. life

3.A. interview      B. find out         C. admire       D. learn from

4.A. expressed      B. ordered      C. expected         D. meant

5.A. hardly         B. nearly       C. naturally            D. eagerly

6.A. drink          B. newspapers       C. preparations     D. paper

7.A. satisfied      B. comfortable      C. terrified        D. sorry

8.A. student        B. journalist           C. teacher          D. writer

9.A. research       B. books        C. imagination      D. memory

10.A. called            B. recognized   C. remembered       D. visited

11.A. answer            B. promise          C. stop         D. persuade

12.A. how           B. whether          C. why              D. when

13.A. It    B. Virginia DeView  C. My parents       D. My oral report

14.A. breaking in   B. getting down     C. falling off  D. going on

15.A. making up     B. listening to C. covering     D. writing

16.A. of course     B. finally      C. doubtfully   D. in all

17.A. When  B. As long as           C. Once             D. On condition

18.A. for           B. with             C. of               D. to

19.A. hurt          B. excited          C. disappointed     D. asked

20.A. respect           B. support          C. thank                D. favor       

 

Alice has a large collection of photos, ________ taken in London.

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第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A Happy Discovery

Antique shops have a special fascination to a great many people. The more expensive kind of antique shop, where rare objects are beautifully   36     in glass cases to keep them free from dust, is usually a forbidding place.    37   no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious(装腔作势的) antique shop. There is always   38   that a real rarity(珍品) will be found among the piles of assorted junk in its labyrinth(迷宫) of dirty, dark,   39   rooms.

My old friend, Frank Halliday, is just such a person. He has often   40   to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere ￡ 50. One Saturday morning, Frank visited a common    41   shop in my neighborhood. As he had never been there before, he found a great deal to    42    him. The morning passed   43   and Frank was about to leave   44   he noticed a large packing-case   45   on the floor. The dealer told him that it had just come in, but that he could not be   46   to open it. Frank    47   him to do so and the dealer reluctantly prised it open. The contents were   48  . The box was full of crockery(陶器), much of it broken. Frank gently lifted the crockery out of the box and suddenly noticed a miniature painting at the bottom of the packing-case. As its composition and line   49   him of an Italian painting he knew well, he decided to buy it. Glancing at it briefly, the dealer told him that it was    50   ￡ 50. Frank could hardly hide his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real    51  . The tiny painting    52   to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

No one discovers a rarity by chance. A truly dedicated bargain hunter must have   53   , and   54  , the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it. To do this, he must be at least as   55   as the dealer. Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be greatly rewarded.

36. A. displayed        B. got                    C. played              D. dismissed

37. A. So             B. But                   C. Unless              D. If

38. A. name           B. fame                 C. hope             D. campaign

39. A. clean           B. tidy                   C. beautiful            D. disordered

40. A. smiled           B. described              C. talked            D. laugh

41. A. paint            B. book                 C. antique           D. butcher

42. A. value           B. interest               C. fear                D. enjoy

43. A. rapidly        B. slowly                C. frankly           D. happily

44. A. until          B. after                  C. before            D. when

45. A. laying           B. walking               C. lying               D. floating

46. A. reminded        B. bothered              C. encouraged          D. interested

47. A. begged        B. demanded             C. recommended       D. forced

48. A. exciting         B. disappointing          C. satisfying           D. amazing

49. A. reflected       B. told                  C. stopped           D. reminded

50. A. worth         B. worthy                C. worthwhile        D. cost

51. A. difference      B. invention              C. discovery           D. expectation

52. A. proved          B. provided              C. purchased           D. preferred

53. A. benefit          B. reward                C. passion             D. patience

54. A. fairly           B. rarely                 C. however           D. above all

55. A. adorable       B. accessible             C. knowledgeable     D. acceptable