Many people enjoy taking trips by themselves. Unluckily,they do not always have the best 41 . Instead,people should consider gfoup tours. Taking a group tour is a wise choice for people to

42 themselves.

      First,group tours plan travelers’ routes,so people don't have to 43 where they are going next or how they are getting there. They can just 44 and enjoy their trip. 45,my family once took a group tour to China. The travel agency 46 everything for us. We just looked at the . schedule the travel agency had. 47 and followed it. Thanks to the travel agency,we had a 48 trip. This made things 49 on my father since he didn’ t have to worry about where we would go next and 50 at night.

    Another 51 of group tours is that they allow .people to communicate with one another while traveling. Travelers are able to develop 52 with people they would never have met 53 they are traveling together for a number of days. As I know,my parents 54 Russia on a group tour for their honeymoon (蜜月) . They 55 another couple on that trip,and everyone had a great time together. Even after many years,they still 56 together from time to time. If my parents had traveled by themselves,it would have been 57 for them to get to know this couple.

    In short,there is 58 better than a group tour when traveling. Group tours schedule everything on the trip,and they give us the 59 to meet others and make friends with them. Group tours are the 60 way to travel when taking a trip.

41 A. maps    B. cars   C. places   D. vacations

42. A. help   B. enjoy   C. praise   D. encourage

43. A. guess   B. prove   C. worry about   D. talk about

44. A. relax   B. stop   C. walk   D. show

45. A. In all   B. So far   C. As usual   D. For example

46. A. made use of   B. took care of    C. ran out of   D. caught sight of

47. A. provided   B. found   C. changed   D. bought

48. A. short   B. strange   C. pleasant   D. terrible

49. A. earlier   B. easier   C. slower   D. worse

50. A. work   B. practice    C. stay   D. perform

51. A. rule   B. question   C. purpose   D. advantage

52. A. skills   B. programs    C. friendships   D. treatments

53. A. because   B. unless   C. while   D. although

54. A. left   B. visited   C. forgot   D. missed

55. A. met   B. invited    C. followed   D. recognized

56. A. dance   B. learn   C. cook   D. travel

57. A. certain   B. important   C. impossible   D. unnecessary

58. A. something   B. nothing   C. somebody   D. nobody

59. A. gift   B. hope   C. method   D. chance

60. A. best   B. last   C. only   D. new


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     EDMONTON,CANADA — The Etzio is one of the oldest buildings in one of the city5 s oldest neighbourhoods,butit'ssettobeknockeddown. Edmontonians are hoping more can be done to preserve(保留) more of the city's history.

     “The reason the area is popular in the first place is because it's a historic neighbourhood. And I think it's important that we preserve history,” said Mark        Wilson,owner of Vivid Print ,shop on Whyte Avenue at 103 Street.Wilson's business is located in a building two doors down from the Etzio,a building that is more than a century old. But after 117 years on Whyte Avenue,the building is coming down to make way for a new three-floor development.

     “It has become acceptable to simply pull down old buildings and put up new buildings that look old ,” said Wilson. “The words on the sidewalks here say historic area. Well's not historic if all the buildings are 10 years old."

     It's a move that disappoints Wilson and others on the street who believe more should be done to keep the character of Edmonton.

     “I think in this area it's important because it keeps the flavour of Edmonton,and Edmonton is known for Whyte Ave.,” said a woman on Saturday afternoon.

     “Some of the old culture should still be there ,I think added a man who was walking along the street. “It makes Edmonton unique(独一无二的) .Without it,it just becomes another mall or it could be any other city in the world."

    Wilson 一 looking fondly at the old building 一 believes a little piece of history is lost with every building that's tom down.

       After the Etzio building is tom down,the Old Strathcona Hotel and the Ross building will be the only two buildings left from the 1800s.

25. Why does Wilson consider the Etzio important?

   A. It helps him develop his business.

   B. His neighbours live there.

   C. It's a symbol of history.

   D. His shop is inside it.

26. In Wilson's eyes,what will be done to the city

is.

   A. acceptable   B. popular

   C. unpleasant   D. strange

27. What does the underlined word “it” in the text refer to?

   A. The Etzio building.

   B. The old culture.

   C. Edmonton.

   D. The street.

28. What can be the best title for the text?

   A. 117-year-old building to be tom down

   B. New development being met with disagreements

   C. Edmonton business owner makes a move

   D. Old buildings in Edmonton face an uncertain future

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