With the US as a new destination for Chinese group tours, American tourism companies are   41   “cautious optimism” （谨慎的乐观） on their future prospects.  While most in the tourist industry look forward to growth in the number of Chinese tourists, they are also   42  about the high cost of holidays.  Compared with visits to Europe, travel to the US   43   a longer trip and results in higher costs---   44  with oil prices continuing to rise rapidly.  Many tourism insiders believe different tours should be  45  for different types of Chinese tourists.

       On June17 more than 200 Chinese tourists took off from airports in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong in the first group tour of the US.  Yang Wei, a Beijing girl  46  from college, said she expects to see famous landmarks such as the US Capitol, the White House, the Pentagon and the Statue of Liberty.  “The group tour to the US has brought much convenience to the  47  Chinese people,” she said. “Otherwise I cannot imagine a young girl like me can get a visa to America so easily.”  The US  48  only student and business visas to Chinese in the past.  Shao Qiwei, director of China’s National Tourism Administration, said tourism promotes friendship and mutual understanding between the Chinese and American people.  “Not many Chinese people have been to the United States and vice versa,” he said. “Group tours connect the two nations to bring about mutual benefits,” Shao said.

       China’s first group received a warm welcome from the US government and tourism industry.  The Capitol in Washington, D.C．opened a special  49  for Chinese guests.  The US Department of Commerce invited them to visit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which prints US currency.  Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez gave a dinner in their honor on a passenger ship.

二．语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分60分)
第一节完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11—25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice.
The book    11   many types of selections on a wide variety of topics. These selections provide practice on    12    different reading skills to get the  13   of the writer. They also give students   14   in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for   15   comprehension, and critical reading. E:\Zujuan\WCFUpload\Upload\2010-05\06\Local Settings\Temp\Rar$DI00.140\www.canpoint.cn\
Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of rapid reading is   16  when you are trying to decide if careful reading is desirable or when there is not    17    to read something carefully.
Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading. However, in this case the search is more    18    .To scan is to read quickly in order to find out specific information. When you read to find a    19   date, or number you are scanning. E:\Zujuan\WCFUpload\Upload\2010-05\06\Local Settings\Temp\Rar$DI00.140\www.canpoint.cn\
Reading for thorough comprehension is   20    reading in order to understand the total   21   of the passage. At  this level of comprehension the reader is    22    to summarize the author’s ideas but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas. E:\Zujuan\WCFUpload\Upload\2010-05\06\Local Settings\Temp\Rar$DI00.140\www.canpoint.cn\
Critical reading demands (需要)that a reader   23   judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reeding    24    posting and answering questions such as “Does my own experience support that of the author?”, “Do I    25    the author’s point of view?” And “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence?
11.A.contains                B.uses                   C.put                    D.writes
12.A.making                 B.understanding     C.speaking             D.employing
13.A.message                B.secret                 C.content               D.nature
14.A.power                  B.point                  C.practice              D.opinion
15.A.better                   B.basic                  C.general               D.thorough(彻底的)
16.A.suitable                B.interesting          C.wrong                D.true
17.A.interest                 B.habit                  C.time                   D.desire
18.A.funny                   B.concentrated(专心的) C.perfect     D.important
19.A.common               B.different             C.fine                   D.particular
20.A.carefully               B.slowly                C.quickly                     D.perfectly
21.A.design                  B.explanation         C.meaning             D.feeling
22.A.impossible            B.able                   C.difficult             D.simple
23.A.makes                  B.findsE:\Zujuan\WCFUpload\Upload\2010-05\06\Local Settings\Temp\Rar$DI00.140\www.canpoint.cn\                 C.puts                   D.offers
24.A.lacksE:\Zujuan\WCFUpload\Upload\2010-05\06\Local Settings\Temp\Rar$DI00.140\www.canpoint.cn\                 B.requires              C.demands      D.affords(提供)
25.A.tell                      B.express               C.share                  D.argue

四．阅读理解：
A
Professor Reason recently persuaded 35 people to keep a diary of all their absent-minded actions for two weeks. When he came to analyze(分析) their embarrassing errors , he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groups .
One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her pet dog her ear-rings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “ The explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer, ” explains the professor, “ People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was the woman’s custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then put on her ear-rings. But somehow the action got reversed(颠倒) in the programme .” About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these “ programme assembly failures.”
Twenty per cent of all errors were “ test failures ”—primarily due to not verifying the progress of what the body was doing . A man about to get his car out of the garage passed through the back yard where his garden jacket and boots were kept , put them on —much to his surprise . A woman victim reported : “ I got into the bath with my socks on .”
The commonest problem was information “ storage failures”. People forgot the names of people whose faces they knew, went into a room and forgot why they were there, mislaid something, or smoked a cigarette without realizing it.
The research so far suggests that while the “ central processor” of the brain is liberated from second-to-second control of a well-practiced routine, it must repeatedly switch back its attention at important decision points to check that the action goes on as intended. Otherwise the activity may be “ captured ” by another frequently and recently used programme, resulting in embarrassing errors.
1. The purpose of Professor Reason’s research is     .
A. to show the difference between men and women in their reasoning
B. to classify and explain some errors in human actions
C. to find the causes which lead to computer failures
D. to compare computer functions with brain workings .
2. Which of the following might be grouped under “ programme assembly failures ”?
A. A woman went into a shop and forgot what to buy.
B. A man returning home after work left his key in the lock.
C. A lady fell as she was concentrating on each step her feet were taking.
D. An old man, with his shoes on, was trying to put on his socks.
3. The word “ verifying ” in paragraph 3 can be replaced by      .
A. improving    B. changing   C. checking  D. stopping
4. According to the passage, the information “ storage failures ” refer to     .
A. the destruction of information collecting system
B. the elimination of one’s total memory
C. the temporary loss of part of one’s memory
D. the separation of one’s action from consciousness

二． 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分60分)

第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11—25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice.

The book    11   many types of selections on a wide variety of topics. These selections provide practice on    12    different reading skills to get the  13   of the writer. They also give students   14   in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for   15   comprehension, and critical reading. E:\zujuan\upload\quesFile\gzyy\2010-05-06\Local Settings\Temp\Rar$DI00.140\www.canpoint.cn\

Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of rapid reading is   16  when you are trying to decide if careful reading is desirable or when there is not    17    to read something carefully.

Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading. However, in this case the search is more    18    .To scan is to read quickly in order to find out specific information. When you read to find a    19   date, or number you are scanning. E:\zujuan\upload\quesFile\gzyy\2010-05-06\Local Settings\Temp\Rar$DI00.140\www.canpoint.cn\

Reading for thorough comprehension is   20    reading in order to understand the total   21   of the passage. At  this level of comprehension the reader is    22    to summarize the author’s ideas but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas. E:\zujuan\upload\quesFile\gzyy\2010-05-06\Local Settings\Temp\Rar$DI00.140\www.canpoint.cn\

Critical reading demands (需要)that a reader   23   judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reeding    24    posting and answering questions such as “Does my own experience support that of the author?”, “Do I    25    the author’s point of view?” And “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence?

11.A.contains                B.uses                   C.put                    D.writes

12.A.making                 B.understanding     C.speaking             D.employing

13.A.message                B.secret                 C.content               D.nature

14.A.power                  B.point                  C.practice              D.opinion

15.A.better                   B.basic                  C.general               D.thorough(彻底的)

16.A.suitable                B.interesting          C.wrong                D.true

17.A.interest                 B.habit                  C.time                   D.desire

18.A.funny                   B.concentrated(专心的) C.perfect     D.important

19.A.common               B.different             C.fine                   D.particular

20.A.carefully               B.slowly                C.quickly                     D.perfectly

21.A.design                  B.explanation         C.meaning             D.feeling

22.A.impossible            B.able                   C.difficult             D.simple

23.A.makes                  B.findsE:\zujuan\upload\quesFile\gzyy\2010-05-06\Local Settings\Temp\Rar$DI00.140\www.canpoint.cn\                  C.puts                   D.offers

24.A.lacksE:\zujuan\upload\quesFile\gzyy\2010-05-06\Local Settings\Temp\Rar$DI00.140\www.canpoint.cn\                  B.requires              C.demands       D.affords(提供)

25.A.tell                       B.express               C.share                  D.argue

四． 阅读理解：

                         A

Professor Reason recently persuaded 35 people to keep a diary of all their absent-minded actions for two weeks. When he came to analyze(分析) their embarrassing errors , he was surprised to find that nearly all of them fell into a few groups .

   One of the women, for instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her pet dog her ear-rings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “ The explanation for this is that the brain is like a computer, ” explains the professor, “ People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was the woman’s custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then put on her ear-rings. But somehow the action got reversed(颠倒) in the programme .” About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported were these “ programme assembly failures.”

  Twenty per cent of all errors were “ test failures ”—primarily due to not verifying the progress of what the body was doing . A man about to get his car out of the garage passed through the back yard where his garden jacket and boots were kept , put them on —much to his surprise . A woman victim reported : “ I got into the bath with my socks on .”

   The commonest problem was information “ storage failures”. People forgot the names of people whose faces they knew, went into a room and forgot why they were there, mislaid something, or smoked a cigarette without realizing it.

   The research so far suggests that while the “ central processor” of the brain is liberated from second-to-second control of a well-practiced routine, it must repeatedly switch back its attention at important decision points to check that the action goes on as intended. Otherwise the activity may be “ captured ” by another frequently and recently used programme, resulting in embarrassing errors.

1. The purpose of Professor Reason’s research is     .

    A. to show the difference between men and women in their reasoning

    B. to classify and explain some errors in human actions

    C. to find the causes which lead to computer failures

    D. to compare computer functions with brain workings .

 2. Which of the following might be grouped under “ programme assembly failures ”?

    A. A woman went into a shop and forgot what to buy.

    B. A man returning home after work left his key in the lock.

    C. A lady fell as she was concentrating on each step her feet were taking.

    D. An old man, with his shoes on, was trying to put on his socks.

 3. The word “ verifying ” in paragraph 3 can be replaced by      .

     A. improving    B. changing   C. checking  D. stopping

 4. According to the passage, the information “ storage failures ” refer to     .

    A. the destruction of information collecting system

    B. the elimination of one’s total memory

    C. the temporary loss of part of one’s memory

    D. the separation of one’s action from consciousness