One day Walt Disney had a vision. It was a vision of a place where children and parents could have fun together. The more Walt dreamed of a "magical park," the more imaginative and elaborate it became.

The original plans for the park were on 8 acres next to the Burbank studios where his employees and families could go to relax. Although, World War II put those plans on hold. During the war, Disney had time to come up with new ideas, and creations for his magical park. It was soon clear that 8 acres wouldn't be enough.

Finally in 1953, he had the Stanford Research Institute conduct a survey for a 100-acre site, outside of Los Angeles. He needed space to build rivers, waterfalls, and mountains; he would have flying elephants and giant teacups; a fairy-tale castle, moon rockets, and a scenic railway; all inside a magic kingdom he called "Disneyland."

The search for the best venue for the park ended in the rural Anaheim, California with a purchase of a 160-acre orange grove near the junction of the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) and Harbor Boulevard.

Construction for Disneyland began on July 21, 1954, 12 months before the park was scheduled to open.

Some 160-acres of citrus trees had been cleared and 15 houses moved to make room for the park. However, when the real designing came around, Disney met with inevitable questions. How do you make believable wild animals, that aren't real? How do you make a Mississippi paddle ship? How do you go about building a huge castle in the middle of Anaheim, California? Disney asked his movie studio staff for answers. The design of Disneyland was something never done before.   There would be four uniquely different theme parts: Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland Tomorrow land. Bit by bit, Disneyland got ready for Opening Day. The staff worked around the clock to get ready.

But opening day was a terrible disaster. Beside the terrible opening day conditions, the park did eventually pick up. By 1965, ten years after opening day, 50 Million visitors had come through the gates.

1. The passage is mainly about___________.

What visitors can enjoy in Disneyland.

The difficulties Disney met in building Disneyland

How Disneyland came into being

A brief introduction to Disneyland

2. Which of the following dates would probably be the opening date of Disneyland?

A. 1953     B. 1954       C. 1955       D. 1965

3. Which of the following statements is Not True?

World War II had some influence on the building plan of the Disneyland.

Disney must have met many difficulties in building Disneyland.

About 50 million visitors have visited Disneyland so far.

Disney was a great man with great imagination and creativity.

4. You could see all the following things except_________ in Disney.

A. rivers, waterfalls, and mountains    B. flying elephants and giant teacups

C. a huge castle                    D. wild animals

5. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph probably means _________.

A. collect      B. improve     C. find       D. open

阅读下面短文，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。
Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If               16 , you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” written by an Australian writer, Andrew Matthews,  17 .In his book, Matthews  18 us how to have a happy life and answers the  19  of teenagers.
　　 Many people may    20    teenagers’ life, such as parents and friends, and the book    21  that we should stop being angry and forgive. The book tells us of useful skills,    22  how to change what you have learned into pictures of your mind to   23 your memory better.
　　 Many teenagers think    24  happiness comes from either a good exam result   25 praise (赞扬) from other people. But you can   26  be happy when there are no such “good” things.
　　 Success also comes from a   27  attitude. If you   28  from problems, you will have success in the future. Some students may often feel    29    when they are too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that   30  comes from thinking about things in a positive   31  . If you are   32  , people notice you and you can get a   33  view(视线) of what is around you; if you are short, your clothes and shoes   34 less space in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important   35  : you choose to be happy!

A poor boy Howard Kelly was trying to make some money for school by selling goods. He found that he had only one coin left. He was so  16  that he decided to beg for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his courage when a lovely young  17 opened the door. Instead of asking for a meal, he asked for a drink of  18 . She smiled understandingly and brought him a  19  glass of milk. He drank it slowly and then asked, “How much is it?”

“You need pay nothing.” she replied. “Mother has  20 me never to accept pay for a  21 .” As Howard  22  that house, he not only felt stronger 23  , but it also made him believe in God and the human beings more. He was about to give up before this.

24  later, the young woman became very ill. She was sent to the big city,  25  Dr Howard Kelly, now famous, was called in for the treatment. When he heard the name of the  26  she came from, a  27  light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room. He  28  her at once. From that day on, he gave   29  attention to her case and  30   to do his best to save her life.

After a long time, she recovered. The bill was sent to her room. She was  31  to open it because she knew it would  32  the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked at the bill and saw these words on one side of it,

"Paid in full with  33 ."

                    Dr Howard Kelly

Tears of  34  ran out of her eyes as she cried, "Thank you,  35  . Your love has got around through human hearts and hands. "

1.A. worried                B. upset         C. ill          D. hungry

2.A. gentleman          B. lady             C. doctor           D. mother

3.A. soup               B. milk             C. water           D. wine

4.A. large              B. small                C. hot              D. cold

5.A. said               B. ordered          C. taught        D. allowed

6.A. kindness           B. happiness            C. food         D. milk

7.A. went in                B. left         C. stayed in            D. ran from

8.A. in health          B. in mind          C. in hand          D. in body

9.A. Days               B. Weeks                C. Months           D. Years

10.A. when              B. where                C. then             D. that

11.A. town              B. city             C. room             D. house

12.A. silent                B. angry       C. strange          D. familiar

13.A. treated               B. realized         C. recognized       D. saved

14.A. special               B. small                C. little      D. large

15.A. wished                B. ordered           C. made          D. decided

16.A. afraid                B. excited          C. unable           D. certain

17.A. pay               B. take             C. spend           D. cost

18.A. all her money     B. my pay         C.    love       D. a glass of milk

19.A. comfort               B. joy              C. surprise         D. sadness

20.A. Doctor                B. Mother           C. Boy              D. God