Modern life is impossible without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by plane. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to hundred years ago.
Travelling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages(便利). You can see the country you are travelling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish where there is something interesting to see, at good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why travelling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they are travelling on business.
【小题1】From the passage, we know the fastest way of travelling is          .

A.by trainB.by seaC.by planeD.by car
【小题2】If we travel by car, we can           .
A.make the longest journey enjoyableB.travel to a very far place in several minutes
C.make our own timetableD.travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day
【小题3】When people travel on business, they usually take               .
A.a plane or a carB.a car or a boatC.a boat or a trainD.a train or a plane
【小题4】How many ways of travelling are mentioned in the passage?
A.FourB.ThreeC.TwoD.Six

Camping wild is a wonderful way to experience the natural world and, at its best, it makes little environmental influence. But with increasing numbers of people wanting to escape into the wildness, it is becoming more and more important to camp unobtrusively(不引人注目的) and leave no mark.
Wild camping is not permitted in many places, particularly in crowed lowland England. Wherever you are, find out about organizations responsible for managing wild spaces, and contact them to find out their policy about camping and shelter building. For example, it is fine to camp wild in remote parts of Scotland, but in England you must ask the landowner’s permission, except in national parks
Camping is about having relaxation, sleeping outdoors, experiencing bad weather, and making do without modern conveniences. A busy, full-equipped campsite seems to go against this, so seek out smaller, more remote places with easy access to open spaces and perhaps beaches. Better still, find a campsite with no road access: walking in makes a real adventure.
Finding the right spot to camp is first step to guaranteeing a good night’s sleep. Choose a campsite with privacy and minimum influence on others and environment. Try to use an area where people have obviously camped before rather than creating a new spot. When camping in woodland, avoid standing dead trees, which may fall on a windy night. Avoid animal runs and caves and possible homes of biting insects. Make sure you have most protection on the windward side. If you make a fire, do so downwind of your shelter. Always consider what influence you might have on the natural world. Avoid damaging plants. A good campsite found, not made-changing it should be unnecessary.
【小题1】You needn’t ask for permission when camping in____.

A.national parks in England
B.most parts of Scotland
C.crowded lowland Britain
D.most parts of England
【小题2】The author thinks that a good campsite is one_____.
A.with easy access
B.used previously
C.with modern convenience
D.far away from beaches
【小题3】The last paragraph mainly deals with____.
A.protecting animals
B.building a campfire
C.camping in woodland
D.finding a campsite with privacy
【小题4】The passage is manly about____.
A.the protection of campsites
B.the importance of wild camping
C.the human influence on campsites
D.the dos and don’ts of wild camping


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Camping wild is a wonderful way to experience the natural world and, at its best, it makes little environmental influence. But with increasing numbers of people wanting to escape into the wilderness, it is becoming more and more important to camp unobtrusively(不引人注意地)and leave no mark.
Wild camping is not permitted in many places, particularly in crowded lowland Britain. Wherever you are, find out about organizations responsible for managing wild spaces, and contact them to find out their policy on camping and shelter building. For example, it is fine to camp wild in remote parts of Scotland, but in England you must ask the landowner’s permission, except in national parks.
Camping is about having relaxation, sleeping out door, experiencing bad weather, and making do without modern conveniences. A busy, fully-equipped campsite(野营地)seems to go against this, so seek out smaller, more remote places with easy access to open spaces and perhaps beaches. Better still, find a campsite with no road access: walking in makes a real adventure.
Finding the right spot to camp is the first step to guaranteeing a good night’s sleep. Choose a campsite with privacy and minimum influence on others and the environment. Try to use an area where people have obviously camped before rather than creating a new spot. When camping in woodland, avoid standing dead trees, which may fall on a windy night. Avoid animal runs and caves, and possible homes of biting insects. Make sure you have most protection on the windward side. If you make a fire, do so downwind of your shelter. Always consider what influence you might have on the natural world. Avoid damaging plants. A good campsite is found, not made—changing it should be unnecessary.
57. You needn’t ask for permission when camping in ________.
A. most parts of Scotland                B. national parks in England
C. crowded lowland Britain          D. most parts of England
58. The author thinks that a good campsite is one ________.
A. used previously                    B. with easy access
C, with modem conveniences           D. far away from beaches
59. The last paragraph mainly deals with ________.
A. protecting animals                          B. building a campfire
C. camping in woodland                            D. finding a campsite with privacy
60. The passage is mainly about ________.
A. the protection of campsites                 B. the human influence on campsites
C. the importance of wild camping      D. the dos and don’ts of wild camping

In the eighteenth—century one of the first modern economists, Adam Smith, thought that the “whole annual produce of the land and labour of every country” provided revenue to “three different orders of people: those who live by rent, those who live by wages, and those who live by profit”. Each successive stage of the industrial revolution, however, made the social structure more complicated.?
Many intermediate groups grew up during the nineteenth century between the upper middle class and the working class. There were small—scale industrialists as well as large ones, small shopkeepers and tradesmen, officials and salaried employees, skilled and unskilled workers, and professional men such as doctors and teachers. Farmers and peasants continued in all countries as independent groups.?
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the possession of wealth inevitably affected a person’s social position. Intelligent industrialists with initiative made fortunes by their wits which lifted them into an economic group far higher than that of their working—class parents. But they lacked social training of the upper class, who despised them as the “new rich.”?
They often sent their sons and daughters to special school to acquire social training. Here their children, mixed with the children of the upper classes, were accepted by them, and very often found marriage partners from among them. In the same way, a thrifty, hardworking labourer, though not clever himself, might save for his son enough to pay for an extended secondary school education in the hope that he would move in a “white collar” occupation, carrying with it a higher salary and a move up in the social scale.?
In the twentieth century the increased taxation of higher incomes, the growth of the social services, and the wider development of educational opportunity have considerably altered the social outlook. The upper classes no longer are the sole, or even the main possessors of wealth, power and education, though inherited social position still carries considerable prestige.
60.If you compare the first and second paragraph, what groups of people did Adam Smith leave out in his classification?
A.Officials and employees.   B.Peasants and farmers.
C.Doctors and teachers.       D.Tradesmen and landlords.
61.Who were the ‘new rich’ during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?
A.They were still the upper class people.
B.They were owners of large factories.
C.They were intelligent industrialists.
D.They were skilled workers who made their fortune.
62.According to the passage, what did those people do who intended to make their children move up in the social ladder?
A.They saved a lot of money for their children to receive higher education.
B.They tried to find marriage partners from the children of the upper class.
C.They made greater fortunes by their wits.
D.They worked even harder to acquire social training.
63.In the twentieth century class differences have been partly smoothed out by ____.
A.increased income and decreased taxation
B.taxation, social services and educational opportunities
C.education, the increase of income and industrial development
D.the decrease of the upper class population
C  61—65 DBC

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