Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

	A. carried       B. unpleasantly    C. scenic         D. compared      E. remaining F. witnessed     G. heavy       H. totaled         I. crowd        J. destination

 

The longest-ever “Golden Week” holiday lived up to its name as China’s tourism industry saw records set and a surge in revenue, National Tourism Administration statistics revealed.

The country’s 119 major ____41____ spots received a total of 34.25 million visitors during the eight-day holiday bridging the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holiday, up 20.96 percent from the same period last year. Tourism income went up by nearly a quarter from 2011 to 1.77 billion yuan, the NTA said.

Some major scenic spots, including the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, attracted record numbers of visitors during the holiday, with Beijing ___42___ the most popular tourist ___43___ in the country.

The capital received 13 million tourists over the holiday, a year-on-year increase of 22.7 percent. The city’s tourism revenue ___44___ 8.8 billion yuan, 29.4 percent higher than that of the same period of last year.

On October 2, 186,000 people visited the Forbidden City at the heart of Beijing ---- the largest single-day number of visitors the imperial palace has ever had.

While the Golden Week turned out to be golden for the tourism industry, the holiday tour craze gave rise to complaints among the public about ___45___ crowded scenic spots and restaurants as well as traffic congestion.

The week ___46___ a significant increase in the number of individual road travelers because of the government’s policy that exempts passenger cars from road tolls during the holiday. The policy resulted in unprecedented traffic and caused heavy congestion on major expressways.

According to statistics form the Ministry of Transport, a record of 80.87 million people traveled by road each day during the holiday. Meanwhile, the country’s trains ___47___ 60.95 million passengers, up 9.4 percent year on year, while the number of airway travelers hit 7.61 million from Sept. 29 to Oct. 6.

A decrease in road accidents was the silver lining of the ___48___ traffic. During the holiday, 68.422 accidents occurred, a 46.4 percent decrease ___49___ with last year’s National Day holiday.

If your boss asks you to work in Moscow this year, he’d better offer you more money to do so — or even double that depending on where you live now．That’s because Moscow has just been found to be the world’s most expensive city for the second year in a row by Mercer Human Resources Consulting．
Using the cost of living in New York as a base, Mercer determined Moscow is 34．4 percent more expensive including the cost of housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment．
A two-bedroom flat in Moscow now costs $4,000 a month; a CD $24．83, and an international newspaper $6．30, according to Mercer．By comparison, a fast food meal with a hamburger （汉堡包） is a steal at $4．80．
London takes the No．2 place, up from No．5 a year ago, thanks to higher cost of housing and a stronger British pound relative to the dollar．Mercer estimates （估算） London is 26 percent more expensive than New York these days．Following London closely are Seoul and Tokyo, both of which are 22 percent more expensive than New York, while No．5 Hong Kong is 19 percent more costly．
Among North American cities, New York and Los Angeles are the most expensive and are the only two listed in the top 50 of the world’s most expensive cities．But both have fallen since last year’s study — New York came in 15th, down from 10th place, while Los Angeles fell to 42nd from 29th place a year ago．San Francisco came in a distant third at No．54, down 20 places from a year earlier．
Toronto, meanwhile, is Canada’s most expensive city but fell 35 places to take 82nd place worldwide．In Australia, Sydney is the priciest place to live in and No．21 worldwide．
【小题1】What do the underlined words “a steal” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．an act of stealing	B．something delicious
C．something very cheap	D．an act of buying

【小题2】London has become the second most expensive city because of ______．

A．the high cost of clothing

B．the stronger pound against the dollar

C．its expensive transportation

D．the high prices of fast food meals

【小题3】Which city is the third most expensive on the list?

A．Tokyo．

B．Hong Kong．

C．Moscow．

D．Sydney．

【小题4】Which city has dropped most on the list in North America?

A．New York．

B．Los Angeles．

C．San Francisco．

D．Toronto．

To many basketball fans in Taiwan, the William Jones Cup or the Basketball Association may be their sweetest memory. But if you ask them, “What’s the hottest basketball event now?” There is the only answer: HBL, the High School Basketball League.
Founded in 1988, the HBLwas at first just a high school basketball tournament. After the Taipei School Sport Federation took charge in 1996 and renamed it HBL, everything changed. The Federation decided to co-operated with Nike, the well-known sportswear manufacturer, and use its experience in marketing to promote the game.
The HBL started with 129 teams; today there are more than 250. no longer just of interest to the players, it’s now Taiwan’s biggest basketball event. Fellow students, alumni (男毕业生，男校友), and sports fans all over Taiwan cheer for their favorite teams. At last year’s finals, Taipei and Kaohsiung mayors came to cheer for their teams.
The HBL starts in September with qualifying and preliminary(预备的，初步的) rounds and continues through April of the following year, when the finals are held. Broadcasting the games on television has helped make the HBL a wildly popular event. It’s become the place to spot young basketball talent. Today’s HBL players are tomorrow’s professionals.
Recent HBL tournaments have been very competitive, with no one school taking the advantage. This wide-open quality of the tournament makes it more exciting. Everyone wants to see how this year’s games will come out. HBL fever just keeps getting hotter.
【小题1】What is the hottest event in the eyes of most basketball fans in Taiwan?

A．HBL	B．The William Jones Cup
C．The Basketball Association	D．NBA

【小题2】What was it that helped to make the High School Basketball League wildly popular to the public?

A．The co-operation with Nike, the well-known sportswear manufacturer.

B．Broadcasting the games on television.

C．Taipei and Kaohsiung mayors’ coming to cheer for their teams at last year’s finals.

D．Many tomorrow’s professionals’ joining.

【小题3】Why does the writer say“Recent HBL tournaments have been very competitive”?

A．Because there isn’t a school taking the advantage.

B．Because HBL fever just keeps getting hotter.

C．Because it’s become the place to spot young basketball talent.

D．Because the Taipei School Sport Federation took charge of it.

【小题4】What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Today’s Players---Tomorrow’s Professionals

B．The High School Basketball League of Taiwan

C．The Basketball Fans in Taiwan

D．HBL Fever---Just Keeping Getting Hotter

【小题5】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．At first, the HBL was no more than a high school football ball tournament.

B．It was the successful co-operation with Nike, the well-known sportswear manufacturer that changed everything of HBL.

C．Many of the mayors came to cheer for their teams during the event.

D．Everyone wants to see how the teams will come out to take part in the games.

Star hurdler Liu Xiang returned home last night after spending about three months in the United States for foot operation and recovery.

Liu and coach Sun Haiping were followed away by officials after arriving at Shanghai Pudong airport at around 6 : 30 p. m. , and said nothing to the waiting media.

Liu went straight to the Xinzhuang training base in Shanghai, where he will start on the comeback (恢复) through rehabilitation (复职) and training.

Feng Shuyong, vice-director of China's Athletics Administrative Center, said a group of experts is on standby at the training base to help with Liu's recovery.

"The experts will give Liu a full check-up tomorrow or the day after and advise regularly on rehabilitation in the coming months," Feng was quoted by qq. com as saying.

The foot injury forced defending champion Liu to quit from the 2008 Beijing Olympics last August after "he limped out of the Bird's Nest in the first round of the men's 110m hurdles, bitterly disappointing adoring home fans.

The 25-year-old Athens Olympic and world champion had successful foot surgery in December at the Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, and had four calcium deposits (钙物质) removed from his right Achilles tendon (跟腱).

He spent the next three months in Houston for rehabilitation and basic training under the guidance of doctors there.

"His recovery is better than we expected. Doctors believe that after three months' rehabilitation and training, he has actually achieved the level of recovery that generally needs four months," Feng said.

Liu will, however, be absent from the ongoing annual Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) meeting due to the recovery process. Feng said Liu is paying close attention to the meeting through the Internet, and closely following issues such as athletes' education and life after retirement.

It is the second time Liu has asked for leave from the annual session after being elected to the CPPCC: He did not attend last year's meeting because he was at a key competition in Spain.

1.The best title for the passage is _______.

A. Fate and Challenge                                                    B. Liu Xiang Returns after Operation Success

C. No Desire to Be a Representative of CPPCC

D. Happiness and Hardships behind Success

2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The experts will give Liu a full check-up and advise regularly on recovery in the coming months.

B. Liu and his coach were followed away by officials after arriving at Pudong airport at around 6:30.

C. Liu paid close attention to the meeting through the Internet, caring graduate's further education.

D. His foot operation was successful and four calcium deposits were removed from his right Achilles tendon.

3.The underlined word "limped" most probably means _______.

A. walked nervously     B. walked quickly     C. walked bitterly     D. walked lamely

4. Liu Xiang was absent from CPPCC in the first time because of _______.

A. recovery process    B. accepting the training  C. lecture abroad   D. a key competition

 

Motown songwriter-producer Deke Richards，who was behind songs including The Jackson 5's first three US number one hits，has died aged 68．

Richards，who had oesophageal(食管的)cancer,died in a Washington state hospice(安养院)，Universal Music said．The musician，whose real name was Dennis Lussier,Was leader of the Motown songwriting，arranging and producing team—The Corporation．Their hits include The Jackson 5'S I Want You Back and ABC．

Richards also co-wrote Love Child for Diana Ross and The Supremes，as well as Ross’s solo track I’m Still Waiting.He produced and wrote for Martha Reeves and the Vamlellas and Bobby Darin．

The Corporation，which consisted of Motown label head Berry Gordy,Alphonzo Mizell，Freddie Perren and Richards，was set up in 1969 to create hit records for the label’s new act，The Jackson 5．

They also wrote，produced and arranged the band’s singles and Maybe Tomorrow and Mama's Pearl．

According to Michael Jackson biographer,J．Randy Taraborrelli，Mama’s Pearl was originally called Guess Who’S Making Whoopie(With Your Girlfriend)．

But Richards had the lyrics changed to preserve the young frontman’s innocent image．

The Hollywood Reporter said Richards' "love of music” kept him involved with a variety of projects，including last year’S production of The Jackson 5's Come and Get It：The Rare Pearls．featuring rare and unreleased(未发行的) tracks．

Richards’ final work was the mixing of eight unreleased tracks by Martha Reeves and The Vandellas for the band's 50th anniversary box set,which is to be released on 5 April．

1.Deke Richard wrote songs for the following singers EXCEPT

A．Martha Reeves  B．Joan Lussier  C．Bobby Darin   D．Jackson 5’s

2.Which of the following is true about Richards?

A．He died at the age of68 in a Washington clinic．

B．He is a musician behind many hit songs.

C．He wrote“I’m Still Waiting”for Martha Reeves．

D．His final work is to be released in May.

3.What Call we learn from the passage?

A．The Corporation has a history of more than 40 years．

B．The lyrics of Mama’S Pearl turned out to be a failure．

C．The lyrics of Mama’S Pearl Was changed by J．Randy Taraborrelli．

D．Richards said his own love of music kept him involved with many projects．

4.It is implied in the passage that______．

A．Richards hardly co-wrote songs for singers

B．the Jackson 5's Come and Get it Was left unfinished as Richards got i11．

C．The corporation Was set up to earn money．

D．Richards had deep love for music．

5.Which column can you most possibly find the passage on a website?

A. Health                     B. Business                  C.Technology                       D. Entertainment