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Opened in 1971, the Magic Kingdom was the first theme park at Walt Disney World. All Disney World theme parks are open 365 days a year, although opening and closing times for each park are different from day to day. If  you are traveling without kids, try to visit it on a school day to avoid the largest crowds. If you need to visit it during a school vacation, try at least to avoid the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day and the Fourth of July.
If you are not staying at a Disney World hotel, avoid visiting the Magic Kingdom on its Extra Magic Hours days. The hotel guests get into the park early on those days, increasing the waiting time for visitors who arrive at the normal opening time.
Buy your Walt Disney World tickets online at Disney World’s website. There will be some advice on picking the right ticket. See the guide to Disney World tickets. You will also need to call in advance to make lunch or dinner reservations (预订). Disney accepts reservations, through 1-407-WDW-DINE, up to 180 days in advance. Time does pass quickly, so you should call six months before your trip to get a lunch reservation in the castle. We suggest you should have your lunch at Cinderella’s Royal Table for your tour. If you can’t get the reservation, ask for the Liberty Tree Tavern instead.
Keep in mind that to reach the Magic Kingdom, you must park at Disney World’s Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) parking lot, take a tram (有轨电车), and then take a boat across the Seven Seas Lagoon to the Magic Kingdom.
小题1:We learn from the passage that ______.
A．children are not allowed to visit Disney World on New Year’s Day
B．Disney World theme parks have the same opening and closing times
C．a single adult had better visit the Magic Kingdom on a school day
D．the Magic Kingdom was the earliest theme park in the world
小题2:If you want to have dinner in the Walt Disney World, you can ______.
A．see the guide to Disney World tickets to reserve a table
B．make a call to reserve a table for dinner in advance
C．use 1-407-WDW-DINE to reserve about 3 months in advance
D．go to Cinderella’s Royal Table or the Liberty Tree Tavern at any time you like
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to passage?
A．Disney World theme parks will be closed on Christmas Day.
B．The only way to get Walt Disney World tickets is to buy them online.
C．Visitors have to reach the Magic Kingdom by tram and then boat.
D．The Magic Kingdom has Extra Magic Hours every day.
小题4:What would be the best title for this passage?
A．The History of the Magic Kingdom
B．A Brief Introduction to the Magic Kingdom
C．Advice on Making a Trip to the Magic Kingdom
D．The Most Important Theme Park at Walt Disney World

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:C
本文主要告诉我们参观迪斯尼魔法乐园的一些注意事项。
小题1:细节题。根据If  you are traveling without kids, try to visit it on a school day to avoid the largest crowds.可知答案为C.
小题2:细节题。根据You will also need to call in advance to make lunch or dinner reservations (预订).可知答案为B.
小题3:细节判断题。根据最后一段，可知答案为C。根据try at least to avoid the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day and the Fourth of July. 可知A项错误。网上订票是可以的，但不是唯一的途径，所以B错误。根据If you are not staying at a Disney World hotel, avoid visiting the Magic Kingdom on its Extra Magic Hours days.可知不是每天都有Extra Magic Hours.所以其余均错误。
小题4:概括标题。本文就是对参观迪斯尼乐园的一些简单的介绍。
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It gives me great pleasure today to say a few words in praise of a man we will all miss very much. To be honest, I can't imagine we will do without him when he's gone.
　　Bill Masters almost single-handed built up our sales force in the Houston area and developed the market position that we enjoy today. In only six years, he has brought the firm from a very low fifth position in the area sales to the point where we now outsell all but one of our competitors. Not only have we got 37 per cent of the market under Bill's leadership; we are increasing our share with each passing month.
　　As you know, the company has moved Bill to northern California to work his sales magic in one of this company's most competitive(竞争的) areas. But we know that if anyone can do it, Bill Masters can, and I know you all join me in wishing him the best of luck in his new work.
小题1:The speech was made _______.
A．at a welcome meeting
B．at the opening of a new school term
C．when somebody was leaving
D．when they had a new manager
小题2: How long did Masters worked there?
A．37 yearsB．less than 5 years
C．about six yearsD．since he began to work
小题3:When Bill started to work in Houston area, he had _______to help him.
A．many peopleB．nobody
C．about 37 peopleD．very few people
小题4:Bill increased the company's sale _______.
A．by 37 per cent every month
B．to the second largest in the area
C．to be the fifth largest in the area
D．five times as much as before
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Ludgate Hill, EC4
Underground: St. Paul’s; Bus: 6, 8, 11, 15, 22, 25
Open: Daily 8:00-19:00 (17:00 from Oct. to Mar.)
Entrance free
Designed by the great architect, Sir Christopher Wren, St. Paul’s Cathedral was built following the Great Fire of London of 1666, which destroyed the gothic cathedral on the site at that time. It is an inescapable attraction for all travellers to this great city and the most recognisable gothic cathedral in England. Its choir（唱诗班）is internationally famous. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married here in 1981.
Buckingham Palace
South end of the Mall (SW1)
Underground: St. James’s Park, Victoria, Hyde Park Corner, Green Park; Bus: 2, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24, 29, 30, 38, 52, 73, 74, 137
Buckingham Palace is Queen Elisabeth II’s official residence（住所）, and has been the official residence of Britain’s monarch（君主）since 1837. The State Rooms at Buckingham Palace have been opening to the public for the Annual Summer Opening, in August and September, since 1993. The Queen is not at Buckingham Palace when it is open to the public; she goes to one of her country residences. The State Rooms are extremely grand. You can see many of the treasures of the Royal Collection: paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens and Canaletto; and beautiful examples of English and French furniture.
The Tower of London
Tower Hill, EC3
Underground: Tower Hill; Bus: 42, 78
Open: Mon.— Sat.9:00-18:00; Sun.8:00-19:00
Parts of the Tower of London are over nine centuries old, as building began under William the Conqueror in 1078. Famous as a prison in the distant past, the Tower has also been a royal residence, a zoo and an observatory（瞭望台）. It is now a museum and many thousands of people visit it every year in particular to see the Crown Jewels. Only by going inside can you experience nearly a thousand years of history and hear the myths and legends that make it “a day out to die for”.
Westminster Abbey
Broad Sanctuary, SW1
Underground: Westminster, St James’s Park; Bus: 3, 11, 12, 24, 29, 39, 53, 59, 76, 77, 88, 109, 155, 168, 170, 172, 184, 503
Open: Daily 8:00-18:00 (Mar. — Dec., Tuesday till 20:00)
Entrance free
Located next to the Houses of Parliament in the heart of London, Westminster Abbey is a gothic church and place of worship. The building of the present Abbey was started by King Henry III in 1245. The oldest parts of the building date back to 1050. Westminster Abbey has hosted many royal weddings including the wedding of The Queen and Prince Philip in 1947 and the wedding of Prince William and Kate in 2011. It is a traditional place of coronation（加冕礼）and burial for English monarchs—38 monarchs have been crowned at the Abbey. There are many tombs there, including those of Queen Elizabeth I, “Bloody” Queen Mary, naturalist Charles Darwin, many poets and writers.
小题1:You can see the inside of all the buildings all the year around except ______.
A．St. Paul’s CathedralB．the Tower of London
C．Westminster AbbeyD．Buckingham Palace
小题2:The two places you can visit by getting off at the same underground station are ______.
A．Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey
B．Buckingham Palace and St. Paul’s Cathedral
C．Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London
D．the Tower of London and St. Paul’s Cathedral
小题3:Where is the text most probably taken from?
A．A history book about London.
B．A guidebook for visitors to London.
C．A book about London’s development.
D．A book about London’s churches.
When newspapers and radio describe the damage caused by a hurricane（飓风） named Hazel, girls named Hazel are probably teased（取笑） by their friends. To keep out of trouble, the Weather Bureau says,“Any resemblance between hurricane names and the names of particular girls is purely accidental.”
Some women became angry because hurricanes are given their names, but many other women are proud to see their names make headlines. They don’t even care that they are the names of destructive storms. Because more women seem to like it than dislike it, the Weather Bureau has decided to continue using girl’s names for hurricanes.
In some ways a hurricane is like a person. After it is born, it grows and develops, then becomes old and dies. Each hurricane has a character of its own. Each follows its own path through the world, and people remember it long after it gone. So it is natural to give hurricanes’ names, and to talk about them almost if they were alive.
小题1:What happens to girls named Hazel according to the passage?
A．They suffer from hurricanes.
B．The Weather Bureau look for them.
C．Others often make fun of them.
D．They can’t find boyfriend.
小题2:The underlined word“resemblance”probably means ______.
A．troubleB．differenceC．samenessD．success
小题3:Public opinions make the Weather Bureau ______.
A．consider the disagreement of some women
B．go on naming hurricanes after women
C．name hurricanes after men
D．look for a new method to name hurricanes
We might like to think we're not influenced by other people, but a new study into the group-buying mechanisms（机制） - like those used on coupon（优惠券） sites such as Groupon and LivingSocial - reveals that telling buyers who come later to the offer how many have already signed up increases the number of purchasers.
Researchers at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management wanted to understand why group buying sites that have entered the market recently have enjoyed greater success than those operating a decade ago, such as Mercata and MobShop.
Earlier attempts typically left potential buyers waiting for days before confirming whether or not they had got the offer they had signed up for.
“We think one of the reasons group-buying has been successful recently is because of the short time horizon,” says Rotman Professor Ming Hu, who co-wrote the study with Professor Mengze Shi and PhD student Jiahua Wu. “It allows for a herding effect.”
Another reason is the use of an information structure that discloses to later arrivals how many have already signed onto the deal.
Researchers looked at two ways of designing the purchasing mechanism for a group buy:a simultaneous mechanism, where no one knows how many buyers have come before them, and asequential（连续的） mechanism, where a second group of buyers has the advantage of knowing the size of the first group.
The researchers' analytical（分析的） model shows the most successful mechanism is the sequential one because it eliminates uncertainty for those coming later to the deal, and improves the confidence of those who sign on early, as they're able to track the numbers of those who come after them.
“That boosts confidence,” says Professor Hu, who teaches operations management. Deals for "luxury" services, versus everyday items, work better in a group buy scenario（方案） because they offer consumers a greater benefit.
小题1:It can be learned from the text that ______.
A．the short time horizon is the reason why group-buying has been successful.
B．a simultaneous mechanism is where a group of buyers has the advantage of knowing how many people have signed up.
C．a sequential mechanism allows a herding effect which boosts the confidence of the buyers.
D．researchers at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management carried out an experiment about why group buying sites entered the market successfully, such as Mercata and MobShop.
小题2:The underlined word “eliminates” in paragraph 7 probably means“______”.
A．to become or to make something greater in amount, number, value
B．to remove or get rid of something
C．to deliberately not include something in what you are doing or considering
D．to make something known to somebody
小题3:What can be the best title for the passage?
A．Secret for marketing success – boosting confidence.
B．Secret for group-buying mechanism—herding effect.
C．Comparison between a simultaneous mechanism and a sequential mechanism.
D．What others do influences our decisions.
The 2012 London Olympics had enough problems to worry about. But one more has just been added -- a communications blackout caused by solar storms.
　　After a period of calm within the Sun, scientists have detected the signs of a flesh cycle of sunspots that could peak in 2012, just in time for the arrival of the Olympic torch in London.
　　Now scientists believe that this peak could result in vast solar explosions that could throw billions of tons of charged matter towards the Earth, causing strong solar storms that could jam the telecommunications satellites and interact links sending five Olympic broadcast from London.
　　"The Sun's activity has a strong influence on the Earth. The Olympics could be in the middle of the next solar maximum which could affect the functions of communications satellites," said Professor Richard Harrison, head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.
　　At the peak of the cycle, violent outbursts called coronal mass ejections (日冕物质抛射) occur in the Sun's atmosphere, throwing out great quantities of electrically-charged matter. "A coronal mass ejection can carry a billion tons of solar material into space at over a million kilometres per hour. Such events can expose astronauts to a deadly amount, can disable satellites, cause power failures on Earth and disturb communications," Professor Harrison added. The risk is the greatest during a solar maximum when there is the greatest number of sunspots.
　　Next week in America, NASA is scheduled to launch a satellite for monitoring solar activity called the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which will take images of the Sun that are 10 times clearer than the most advanced televisions available.
　　The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory helped to make the high-tech cameras that will capture images of the solar flares (太阳耀斑) and explosions as they occur.
　　Professor Richard Harrison, the lab's director, said that the SDO should be able to provide early warning of a solar flare or explosion big enough to affect satellite communications on Earth "If we have advanced warning, we'll be able to reduce the damage. What you don't want is things switching off for a week with no idea of what's caused the problem," he said.
小题1:The phrase "communications blackout" in paragraph 1 most probably refers to____________ during the 2012 Olympics.
A．the extinguishing of the Olympic torch
B．the collapse of broadcasting systems
C．the transportation breakdown in London
D．the destruction of weather satellites
小题2:According to the passage, scientists are convinced that __________.
A．the sun’s activities have little to do with the earth
B．the London Olympic broadcasting will be possibly influenced by the 2012 peak of sunspots
C．the 2012 Olympic Games are during the solar maximum of throwing out greatest number of sunspots
D．solar explosion will cause strong storms on the earth
小题3:What can be inferred about the solar activity described in the passage?
A．The most fatal matter from the corona falls onto Earth.
B．The solar storm peak occurs in the middle of each cycle.
C．It takes several seconds for the charged matter to reach Earth.
D．The number of sunspots declines after coronal mass ejections.
小题4:According to the passage, NASA will launch a satellite to _________.
A．take images of the solar system
B．provide early warning of thunderstorms
C．keep track of solar activities
D．improve the communications on Earth
小题5:Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A．Solar Storms: An Invisible Killer
B．Solar Storms: Earth Environment in Danger
C．Solar Storms: Threatening the Human Race
D．Solar Storms: Human Activities to Be Troubled
How often do you change your hairstyle or ask for new dresses? You may try to follow trends in Western countries，but your peers(同龄人)in the United States don't care as much about fashion(时尚)as you do．
A recent survey among high school students in China，Japan，South Korea and the US found that Asian teenagers care more about their looks than young people in the US．
This survey was held in 156 high schools in the four countries. More than 7,000 teenagers were questioned about their view on life and the world.
South Koreans, at 83 percent, cared most about their appearance. They were followed by the Chinese and Japanese while US students showed the least interest in fashion at only 33 percent.
“The different results show differences of cultural background,” said Sun Yunxiao from the China Youth and Children Research Centre.
He explained that in the US there are many different standards of beauty, so teens are more likely to be confident about their appearance.
US teenagers’ high self-confidence is showed in survey. About 85 percent are happy with themselves. The percentage of self-confident Chinese students stands at only 30 percent.
Strong ambition( 雄心) is seen in Chinese high schools. Only two in five high school students are satisfied with “an average living”. Koreans are next at 48 percent，Japanese come in at 66 percent and Americans are at 71．
“According to the survey，Chinese students are happy. But Chinese students need to be more independent and learn how to relax．”said Sun．
小题1:According to the survey，_________ cared little about their appearance．
A．the Chinese teenagers
B．the American teenagers．
C．the Korean teenagers
D．the Japanese teenagers
小题2:Sun Yunxiao’s words means ___________.
A．the different standards of beauty cause the different attitudes toward fashion
B．the Chinese teens should have a stronger desire to make a difference．
C．the Chinese students are satisfied with the society most
D．the Chinese students agree that they should follow their own interests rather than those of others
小题3:The underlined word “standards’’ in the sixth paragraph means __________.
A．rulesB．backgroundsC．valuesD．interests
小题4:From the 8th paragraph we may 1earn that __________．
A．Asian teenagers care more about their looks than young people in the US
B．US students showed the most individuality(个性)among the four countries
C．Chinese students need to be more independent and learn how to relax
D．American students have the least ambition among the four countries
小题5:What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．A survey about the attitudes towards the fashion．
B．How Asian teenagers care more about their looks than young people in the US．
C．Why Chinese students are happy．
D．Why Chinese students should be more independent and learn how to relax
It’s often true that jobs for students sometimes lead to employment after graduation, so it’s a good idea to think carefully before you begin working during your college years.
During my entire college life I worked as a bartender （酒吧招待）. I have to say that I really enjoyed that job, and was fond of the idea of making money without doing too much work. I also had the opportunity to socialize （ 交际） while working. I came to be known among the upper class, and gradually became popular on campus because of my job. However, working as a bartender can have the negative side that people tend to think that you enjoy drinking.
All in all, I wish I had thought more carefully before deciding to take that job. I got a Bachelor’s degree （学士学位）in English, qualifying（使···有资格） me to work as a writer, but so far I have only been able to use the skills I learned from that part-time job.
It would be different if I had searched for jobs related to writing or editing（编辑） instead of bartending. It’s commonly accepted that employment for students is only temporary （临时的），but we should never forget that it can connect to the work we get after we graduate. After all, employers not only look at the degree, but also your previous experience.
So before getting a part-time job while you’re at school, consider what you want to do for the rest of your life.
小题1:Which of the following is a benefit（好处）of working as a bartender for the author?
A．He had a good time after school.
B．He made connect with many people.
C．He satisfied his curiosity about others.
D．He had learned how to make wine.
小题2:The underline word “negative” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “ _______”.  
A．badB．sameC．wrong D．bright
小题3:The author writes the text mainly to _______.  
A．describe his part-time job during his college life
B．tell students to be careful with their part-time jobs
C．convince（使确信）students that bartender is the part-time job
D．advise students to look for their future jobs in the college
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have given $500,000 to help the town of Joplin —a town near the Mississippi River, where Pitt’s mother went to school recover from a huge tornado (龙卷风)that struck on May 22, 2011.
The couple made the donation through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation on Thursday to help rebuild the town of Joplin after about 30% of the buildings were destroyed by the tornado. Over 150 people were killed.
“The Joplin community faces great challenges ahead,” said Brad. "Having spent most of my childhood there, I know these people to be hardworking, humble and especially resilient.
“The locally based Community Foundation of the Ozarks will be working shoulder to shoulder with these Joplin citizens for long to rebuild their lives. We, too, hope to further help with these rebuilding efforts.”
“Last year 42 million people worldwide were hurt by natural disasters,” added Angelina. “So often, these disasters seem far away; but now, the need is right here at home for thousands of people. Our hearts go out to the families in Joplin who have lost so much.”
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks was founded in 1973 and has since grown to include 43 branch community foundations. The Foundation’s task is to improve the quality of life in the Missouri Ozarks area through resource development, community grant making, working together, and public leadership.
“We had a call in the first day or two afterward from an organization representing them,” said Brian Fogle, president of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. "They made several calls afterwards, but we learned that they made a donation.
小题1:Where did the disaster most probably happen?
A．in BritainB．in the USAC．in AustraliaD．in China
小题2:Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donated $500,000 after the disaster_______.
A．by postB．in the flesh
C．through a foundationD．through the local Red Cross
小题3:The best title for the passage is______.
A．A disaster by a huge tornado in Joplin
B．Rebuilding efforts after the disaster
C．The Community Foundation of the Ozarks
D．A donation from the Pitts

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