III 阅读(共两节,满分40分)

第一节 阅读理解(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41~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

  Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country, keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitants.

  Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.

  On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first- class roads, and other support facilities(配套设施)needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel lose money.

  Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.

  41.Which of the following do you think has been discussed in the part before this selection?

  A. It is extremely important to develop tourism.  B. Building roads and hotels is essential.

  C. Support facilities are highly necessary.   D. Planning is of great importance to tourism.

  42.The underlined word“ inhabitants” (in Paragraph 1 ) probably means____________.

  A. tourists                B. passengers

  C. population              D. citizens

  43.Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT ____________ .

A. a bad effect on other industries        

B. a change of tourists’ customs

C. over-crowdedness of places of interest  

D. pressure on traffic

  44.It can be inferred from the text that _____________ .

  A. the author doesn’t like tourism developing so fast

  B. local people will benefit from tourist attraction

  C. other parts of a country’s economy won’t benefit from tourism much

  D. we can't build too many support facilities

  45.The author thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will ____________ .

  A. waste a lot of money                    B. weaken their economy

  C. help establish their customs              D. help improve their life

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每题2分,满分40分)

请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The story is about a 92-year-old lady. She is fully dressed each morning by eight, with her hair fashionably done and makeup perfectly applied. She is moving to a nursing home today. Her husband recently passed away, making the move necessary.

      After waiting for many hours patiently in the lobby(大厅) of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered(操作) her walker to the elevator, I provided a description of her tiny room. “I love it,” she stated with childlike enjoyment.

      “Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet. Just wait,” I said.

      “That doesn’t have anything to do with it,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged. It depends on how I arrange my mind, I have already decided to love it before I see it. It’s a kind of decision I make every morning when I wake up.”

      “I have a choice: I can spend the day in bed counting the difficulties I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve shored away.”

      “Life is like a bank account from which you withdraw(提取) what you’ve put in. so, my advice to you would be to deposit(存) a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories. Thank you for your part in filling my memory bank. I am still depositing.”

   56. Mrs. Jones has to move to a nursing home probably because _______.

   A. she needs others to do her hair           B. she wants to visit a friend there

   C. she is not willing to become homeless     D. she has no family to take care of her

   57. What makes Mrs. Jones satisfied with her new room?

   A. Her own decision.                     B. The size of the room

   C. The author’s description                D. The arrangement of the furniture

   58. According to the passage, the old lady _______.

   A. has a positive attitude towards life         B. has a lot of money in her bank account

   C. is very lonely and in fact not happy at all D. is self-centered and never takes others’ advice

   59. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

   A. How to Live Economically.               B. Life Like a Bank Account

   C. Always Smile to Others.                  D. New Life in the Nursing Home

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