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67.
The valuepacked, allinclusive sightseeing
package
that combines the best of Sydney's harbour, city, bay and beach highlights.
A SydneyPass gives you unlimited and flexible travel on the Explorer Buses: the ‘red’ Sydney Explorer shows you around our exciting city sights while the ‘blue’ Bondi Explorer visits Sydney Harbour bays and famous beaches. Take to the water on one of three magnificent daily harbour cruises(游船). You can also travel free on regular Sydney Buses, Sydney Ferries or CityRail services (limited area), so you can go to every corner of this beautiful city.
Imagine browsing at Darling Harbour, sampling the famous seafood at Watsons Bay or enjoying the city lights on an evening ferry cruise. The possibilities and plans are endless with a SydneyPass. Wherever you decide to go, remember that bookings are not required on any of our services so tickets are treated on a first in, first seated basis.
SydneyPasses are available for 3, 5 or 7 days for use over a 7 calendar day period. With a 3 or 5 day pass you choose on which days out of the 7 you want to use it. All SydneyPasses include a free Airport Express inward trip before starting your 3, 5 or 7 days, and the return trip is valid (有效的) for 2 months from the first day your ticket was used.
SydneyPass Fares
Adult Child* Family**
3 day ticket $90 $45 $225
5 day ticket $120 $60 $300
7 day ticket $140 $70 $350
*A child is defined as anyone from the ages of 4 years to under 16 years. Children under 4 years travel free.
**A family is defined as 2 adults and any number of children from 4 to under 16 years of age from the same family.
69. A SydneyPass doesn't offer unlimited rides on ________.
A. the Explorer Buses
B. the harbour cruises
C. regular Sydney Buses
D. CityRail services
70. With a SydneyPass, a traveller can ________.
A. save fares from and to the airport
B. take the Sydney Explorer to beaches
C. enjoy the famous seafood for free
D. reserve seats easily in a restaurant
71. If 5day tickets were to be recommended to a mother who travelled with her colleague and her children, aged 3, 6 and 10, what would the lowest cost be?
A. $225.B. $300.
C. $360.
D. $420.
【要点综述】本文介绍了SydneyPass提供3,5,7天不等的到悉尼的海港城市、海湾和海滩等地旅游的路线、费用情况。
69. D 细节理解题。根据第一段中…CityRail services (limited area), so you can go to every corner of this beautiful city.可判断。
70. A 细节理解题。根据第三段中All SydneyPasses include a free Airport Express inward trip…可知应该选A。
71. C 推理判断题。由Children under 4 years travel free可知三岁的孩子免费，所以两个成年人是240元，加上两个小孩120元，共360元。
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。Mini Book Excerpts(节选)
Biography
When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middleaged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it… The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor.
J．D.Salinger：A Life
by Kenneth Slawenski(Random House, $27)
Mystery(疑案小说)
“You're a smart boy. Benny's death was no accident, and you're the only one who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it？”The boy was staring stubbornly at his lap again.
A thought suddenly occurred to Annika.“Did you…You recognized the man in the car, didn't you？”
The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers.“Maybe，”he said quietly.
Red Wolf by Liza Marklund(Atria Books, $25.99)
Short Stories
She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class: Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be from their mothers, some who they don't want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters won't.Some mothers love so their daughters won't.
You Are Free by Danzy Senna(Riverhead Books, $15)
Humor
Do your kids like to have fun? Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun? Bring them to Fun Times! Fun Times！'s “amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have, legally, in the United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half of that within a day's drive of most cities?
Happy：And Other Bad Thoughts
by Larry Doyle (Ecco, $14.99)
56．If the readers want to know about the life of Salinger, they should buy the book published by ________.
A．Ecco
B．Atria Books
C．Riverhead Books
D．Random House
57．The book Happy: And Other Bad Thoughts is intended for ________.
A．young children
B．Disney World workers
C．middle school teachers
D．parents with young children
58．Which book describes women with characters of their own?
A．Happy：And Other Bad Thoughts
B．J.D.Salinger：A Life
C．You Are Free
D．Red Wolf
59．After finishing the book Red Wolf, the readers would learn that ________.
A．the boy helped arrest the murderer
B．Benny died of an accident
C．the murderer got away with the crime
D．Annika carried out the crime
【要点综述】本文是广告阅读。全文是四本书里面精彩部分的节选，每本书后面都标明了价格，目的是推销这些书。
56. D 细节理解题。这是针对第一则广告设计的问题。从第一则广告的When Salinger learned that…我们知道，如果读者想知道Salinger的生活，就要买Random House出版的这本自传。本题中，题干部分的Salinger是关键。其他广告都没有提到Salinger这个人，因此可以排除。
57. D 推理判断题。本题是针对第四则广告设计的问题。从Do you like to watch your kids having fun？我们知道，这是写给父母的。再结合里面的Disney World我们更能确定答案。
58. C 细节理解题。这是针对第三则广告设计的问题。这一部分提出了妇女的性格各异。
59. A 推理判断题。这是针对第二则广告设计的问题。从文章中的 “Maybe，” he said quietly我们知道，他会帮助抓住杀人犯的。Annika是分析案情的人，不是凶手，故排除D项。从文章中分析，杀人犯不会逍遥法外，他们会把他抓住的，因此排除C；从Benny’s death was no accident我们可以排除B。
69.
Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to? Try some of these places：
·Visit art museums. They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids' interest. Many offer workshops for making handmade pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings(签名) by children's favorite writers, and even musical performances and other arts.
·Head to a
natural history museum. This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky. Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.
·Go to a Youtheater. Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors. Preshow play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts. Puppet (木偶) making and stage makeup are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.
·Try handson_science. Visit one of the many handson science museums around the country. These science playlands are great fun for kids and grownups alike. They'll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building. When everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science show, commonly found in these museums.
56．If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit ________.
A．a Youtheater
B．an art museum
C．a natural history museum
D．a handson science museum
57．What can kids do at a Youtheater?
A．Look at rock collections.
B．See dinosaur models.
C．Watch puppet making.
D．Give performances.
58．What does “handson science” mean in the last paragraph?
A．Science games designed by kids.
B．Learning science by doing things.
C．A show of kids' science work.
D．Reading science books.
59．Where does this text probably come from?
A．A science textbook.
B．A tourist map.
C．A museum guide.
D．A news report.
【要点综述】这是一篇应用文。本文介绍了4则关于博物馆信息的广告。第一则：艺术博物馆；第二则：自然历史博物馆；第三则：木偶剧院；第四则：自己动手科学博物馆。
56．C 细节理解题。如果孩子对宇宙感兴趣，那你就得带孩子去“自然历史博物馆”。宇宙的内容是自然历史博物馆的一部分。根据第二则广告中的“This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky.”可知C正确。
57. C 细节理解题。根据第三则广告中的“Puppet(木偶)making and stage makeup are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.”可知C正确。
58. B 词义猜测题。根据文章中最后一则广告中的“They'll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building.”可知在这种博物馆中，孩子们通过按按钮、做实验和建东西去体验。所以B正确。
59. C 推理判断题。根据文章的第一句话“Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids
to? Try some of these places：”和四则广告全是有关博物馆的内容可知，这是一则博物馆广告介绍，所以这取材于博物馆指南。
A Book Review — The SnakeStone
by Berlie Doherty
The setting: Urban England (the cities), but also rural England (the countryside) including remote English villages.
The theme: The main theme is a teenage search of selfdiscovery, in this case the search for a mother from whom the hero was separated at an early age. Its other concerns are love, getting on with others ，being persistent and courageous and trying to deal with doubts, troubles and worries. As the book moves to a close, James' swimming coach says to him: ‘You are not like a kid obeying instructions any more. You are diving like a young man who knows where he is going.’
The characters: James is the hero of the story. He is a championship diver, and has a comfortable life with his foster parents(养父母)．Yet he also has the qualities to take him on a long journey to find his birth mother. The other characters in The SnakeStone, James' parents, his diving instructor, best friend, the villagers, people he meets on his journey, are pictured realistically.
The turning point：The turning point in the story comes while James' foster parents are away in London, and he wonders about the identity of his birth mother. The only clue he has is a fossil, ‘the snake stone’ which she left behind along with a note on which she had written，‘Take good care of Sammie.’ It was written on a torn envelope with parts of an address still there.
The journey：Instead of going to London, James decides to find his birth mother. With help from his geography teacher, James sets out for the remote country village where his mother might be found. James has painful, challenging, but also humorous and happy travels. The mother he finally meets, Anne, has a minor yet powerful voice in the novel. He comes to understand why she left him at a stranger's door fifteen years before. Although the meeting is not long, it leaves him with a feeling of completeness. As a journey of selfdiscovery The SnakeStone also provides its readers with a happy ending. Its hero says, on returning to his foster parents, ‘I was home.’
61. What is the main theme of the novel?
A. Life with foster parents.
B. Life in the world of diving.
C. A journey of selfdiscovery.
D. A travel around the country.
62. What do the coach's words in Paragraph 2 suggest?
A. James is a successful diver.
B. James is a hopeful swimmer.
C. James is an outgoing young man.
D. James is an independent young man.
63. The snake stone in the novel is________.
A. a stone with an address on it
B. a clue left by the birth mother
C. a gift from the swimming coach
D. a fossil left by the foster parents
64. Which of the following is true about the novel?
A. The story has a sad ending.
B. The story takes place in the city of London.
C. The characters are vividly described.
D. The turning point comes after the hero meets his birth mother.
65. It can be concluded that James' journey is ________.
A. worthwhile
B. boring
C. comfortable
D. disappointing
【要点综述】本文为一篇应用文，主要介绍了一本书的背景、主题、人物、故事的转折点以及人物的旅途等信息。
61. C 细节理解题。由第二段第一句“The main theme is a teenage search of selfdiscovery…”可知本书的主题是自我发现的旅程。
62. D 推理判断题。由第二段教练的话“You are not like a kid obeying instructions any more. You are diving like a young man who knows where he is going.”可知詹姆斯不像小孩，而是像一个知道自己方向的年轻人，由此可推断出他是一个独立的年轻人。
63. B 细节理解题。由第四段“The only clue he has is a fossil, ‘the snake stone’ which she left behind along with a note on…with parts of an address still there.”的叙述可知这块石头是他亲生母亲留下的线索。64. C 细节理解题。由第三段最后一句“…are pictured realistically.”可知故事逼真地介绍了里面的角色。vividly与realistically意思一致。
65. A 推理判断题。由最后一段第三句“James has painful, challenging, but also humorous and happy travels.”及全文叙述可知詹姆斯的旅途是值得的。
71.
Normally a student must attend a certain number of courses in order to graduate, and each course which he attends gives him a credit which he may count towards a degree.In many American universities the total work for a degree consists of thirtysix courses, each lasting for one semester.A typical course consists of three classes per week for fifteen weeks; while attending a university a student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester.Normally a student would expect to take four years attending two semesters each year.It is possible to spread the period of work for the degree over a longer period.It is also possible for a student to move between one university and another during his degree course, though this is not in fact done as a regular practice.
For every course that he follows a student is given a grade, which is recorded, and the record is available for the student to show to future employers.All this imposes a constant pressure and stress of work, but in spite of this some students still find time for great activity in student affairs.Elections to positions in student organizations arouse much enthusiasm.The effective work of maintaining discipline is usually performed by students who advise the academic authorities.Any student who is thought to have broken the rules, for example, by cheating has to appear before a student court.With the enormous numbers of students, the operation of the system does involve a certain amount of activity.A student who has held one of these positions of authority is much respected and will be of benefit to him later in his career.
21．Normally a student would at least attend ________ classes each week.
A．36B．12C．20D．15
22．According to the first paragraph an American student is allowed to ________.
A.live in a different university
B.take a particular course in a different university
C.live at home and drive to school
D.get two degrees from two different universities
23．American university students are usually under pressure of work because ________.
A.their academic performance will affect their future careers
B.they are heavily involved in student affairs
C.they have to obey university discipline
D.they want to run for positions of authority
24．Some students are enthusiastic for position in student organizations probably because ________.
A.they hate the constant pressure and strain of their study
B.they will then be able to stay longer in the university
C.such positions help them get better jobs
D.such positions are usually well paid
25．The student organizations seem to be effective in
________.
A.dealing with the academic affairs of the university
B.ensuring that the students obey university regulations
C.evaluating students’ performance by bringing them before a court
D.keeping up the students’ enthusiasm for social activities
要点综述】 本文讲述美国大学生要毕业并拿到学位，必须学习一定数量的课程，并拿到该课程的学分。一般来说，要学习四年共36门课。但也可适当延长时间，还可到校外选课。学生成绩会被记录下来给招聘人员看，这些使学生处于长期的工作压力中，但仍有学生参加管理活动，而且进入学生社团会受到尊敬，并对将来的事业有利。
21. B 细节理解题。根据第一段可知：每门课每星期上三节，每学期要学四到五门课。因此每星期至少要上12节课。
22．B 细节理解题。文章第一段除介绍大学课程数及学制外，还提到可适当延长时间，还可到校外选课，因此B为正确答案。
23．A 推理判断题 。学生处于工作压力中是因为学业成绩会被记录下来给招聘人员看。
24．C 推理判断题 。文章最后一句话提到拥有这样的职位受人尊敬并对未来的事业有利，其他任何地方均未提到学生为何积极参与社团活动。
25．B 细节理解题。文中提到“The effective work of maintaining discipline is usually performed by students who advise the academic authorities.”，此处关键是对 maintaining discipline的理解，意为“维护纪律”，因此B为正确答案。
The singer, Mick Jagger, of the Rolling Stones sings a song that tells people they can't always get what they want but if we try sometimes we can get what we need. The past years in my life my parents have told me this saying many times. I've always complained about the quote(引语). Although over time I have told myself to learn from it.
This year my girlfriend flew off to college in West Palm, Florida. This has been a killer for me because I haven't been able to see her and she is having a rough time in school. The last two months have been hard but we are working through it. I have been trying to get my dad to buy me a plane ticket to go down there. My dad told me if I brought him some money he would help me pay for the ticket. I started to complain to him because I had no way of getting any money to give him. I spent several days and nights thinking of ways to earn money to go to see my girlfriend. I finally came to the conclusion that I would get a job and work hard to earn some money to give my dad. I applied to Safeway and I ended up getting the job.
I have been working at Safeway for about a month now and work hard to earn money to go to see my girlfriend. The other day my mom had surprised me and told me that she asked her boss if she could use their business miles(旅费) to buy me a ticket down to Florida for two weeks. I was very thankful and told her I would help pay for anything that I have to. The thought of me working hard and getting a job showed my mom that I really cared and was trying my best to be a successful person. I believe that you can't always get what you want but if you try sometimes, you get what you need.
15．The author's parents often told him the saying quoted from the song because________.
A．he liked to complain to them about his life
B．they expected him to learn from the singer
C．he always wanted to get everything he wanted
D．they tried to educate him to do things for himself
16．What does the underlined word “killer” in the second paragraph refer to?
A．Something that is quite troublesome.
B．Something that is very difficult.
C．A person who kills purposely.
D．A person who treats women very badly.
17．What can we infer from the passage?
A．The author was lazy and unwilling to work hard.
B．The author's father was too mean to give him money.
C．The author's actual action won support from his mother.
D．The author was unable to tear himself away from his girlfriend.
18．By writing the passage, the author tries to show________.
A．we can do nothing without money
B．fathers are strict while mothers are kind
C．it's hard for parents to bring up their children
D．we should try to rely on ourselves for everything
要点综述】作者的父母总是引用歌词教育作者：凡事要靠自己的努力。所以作者凭借自己的努力打动了父母，如愿以偿地拿到了去看女朋友的飞机票。
15．D 推理判断题。由作者在第一段最后的“I've always complained about the quote(引语). Although over time I have told myself to learn from it.”可知尽管作者总是抱怨，但自己也承认从中学到了东西，这正是作者父母的目的所在。
16．A 词义猜测题。由下文的解释“because I haven't been able to see her and she is having a rough time in school.”可以看出，女朋友离开去上大学了，自己感觉很孤独，再加上女友在学校“having a rough time”，由此可以看出，这正是上文所说的killer，一些使人烦恼的事情。
17．C 推理判断题。当作者提出让父母出钱买票去看女友的时候，父亲的答复是：作者得出钱，即：“if I brought him some money he would help me pay for the ticket.”后来作者找了份工作(ended up getting the job)，并努力赚钱买票(work hard to earn money to go to see my girlfriend.)，正是作者的实际行动感动了作者的妈妈，从而“asked her boss if she could use their business miles(旅费) to buy me a ticket down to Florida for two weeks.”。
18．D 写作意图题。作者开篇就引出了主题：只要努力就能得到自己所需要的。中间用自己的一次经历进行了论证，最后一段得出结论：…trying my best to be a successful person. I believe that you can't always get what you want but if you try sometimes, you get what you need. 也就是：we should try to rely on ourselves for everything。
73.
Franz Kafka wrote that “a_book_must_be_the_ax_(斧子)_for_the_frozen_sea_inside_us. ” I once shared this sentence with a class of seventh graders, and it didn't seem to require any explanation.
We'd just finished John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men. When we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did I. “Are you crying？” one girl asked, as she got out of her chair to take a closer look. “I am，” I told her, “and the funny thing is I've read it many times. ”
But they understood. When George shoots Lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen. In my 14 years of teaching in a New York City public middle school, I' ve taught kids with imprisoned parents, abusive parents, irresponsible parents; kids who are parents themselves; kids who are homeless; kids who grew up in violent neighborhoods. They understand, more than I ever will, the novel's terrible logic—the giving way of dreams to fate (命运)．
For the last seven years, I have worked as a reading enrichment teacher, reading classic works of literature with small groups of students from grades six to eight. I originally proposed this idea to my headmaster after learning that a former excellent student of mine had transferred out of a selective high school—one that often attracts the literaryminded children of Manhattan' s upper classes—into a less competitive setting. The daughter of immigrants, with a father in prison, she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates. I thought additional “cultural capital” could help students like her develop better in high school, where they would unavoidably meet, perhaps for the first time, students who came from homes lined with bookshelves, whose parents had earned Ph. D．'s.
Along with Of Mice and Men, my groups read: Sounder, The Red Pony, Lord of the Flies, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. The students didn't always read from the expected point of view. About The Red Pony, one student said, “it's about being a man, it's about manliness.” I had never before seen the parallels between Scarface and Macbeth, nor had I heard Lady Macbeth's soliloquies (独白) read as raps (说唱), but both made sense; the interpretations were playful, but serious. Once introduced to Steinbeck's writing, one boy went on to read The Grapes of Wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it was that “all these people hate each other, and they're all white.” His historical view was broadening, his sense of his own country deepening. Year after year, former students visited and told me how prepared they had felt in their first year in college as a result of the classes.
Year after year, however, we are increasing the number of practice tests. We are trying to teach students to read increasingly complex texts, not for emotional punch (碰撞) but for text complexity. Yet, we cannot enrich (充实) the minds of our students by testing them on texts that ignore their hearts. We are teaching them that words do not amaze but confuse. We may succeed in raising test scores, but we will fail to teach them that reading can be transformative and that it belongs to them.
66. The underlined words in Paragraph 1 probably mean that a book helps to________.
A. realize our dreams
B. give support to our life
C. smooth away difficulties
D. awake our emotions
67. Why were the students able to understand the novel Of Mice and Men?
A. Because they spent much time reading it.
B. Because they had read the novel before.
C. Because they came from a public school.
D. Because they had similar life experiences.
68. The girl left the selective high school possibly because ________.
A. she was a literaryminded girl
B. her parents were immigrants
C. she couldn't fit in with her class
D. her father was then in prison
69. To the author's surprise, the students read the novels ________.
A. creatively
B. passively
C. repeatedly
D. carelessly
70. The author writes the passage mainly to ________.
A. introduce classic works of literature
B. advocate teaching literature to touch the heart
C. argue for equality among high school students
D. defend the current testing system
【要点综述】文章主要介绍了作者讲述在自己教学生涯中，教学生文学阅读的一些感受。
66. D 语意推测题。这句话运用了明喻和暗喻的表达手法，“一本书就是能融化我们冰冻着的内心的一把斧子”，这是表面意思，即指一本书能够唤醒我们内心深处的情感，引起共鸣之意，故D项正确。
67. D 信息理解题。根据第三段第一、第二句“But they understood. When George shoots Lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was always going to happen.”可知D项正确。
68. C 信息理解题。根据第四段第三句“The daughter of immigrants, with a father in prison, she perhaps felt uncomfortable with her new classmates.”可知C项正确。
69. A 推理判断题。根据第五段第四句“I had never before seen the parallels between Scarface and Macbeth, nor had I heard Lady Macbeth's soliloquies read as raps, but both made sense; the interpretations were playful, but serious.”可推断作者对孩子阅读小说的创造力感到惊讶，字里行间流露出自豪，故A项正确。
70. B 写作意图题。文章主要介绍了作者在自己教学生涯中，教学生文学阅读的感受：可以美化他们的心灵，故B项正确。