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Have you ever stood side by side with an elephant and touched its ear or its long nose? A marvelous opportunity is offered here for you to experience working with these giant animals. The daily highlight is the walk from the elephant orphanage down to the river to bathe the elephants. Imaging what an amazing fun it is to watch an entire herd splashing（溅湿） around and rolling in the river just feet in front of you!
This opportunity is available through a programme designed for visitors and volunteers to work in the world-famous government-run elephant orphanage in Pinnawela, Sri Lanka. The orphanage is regarded as one of the largest centers of its kind in the world, with one of the most successful captive breeding（人工饲养） programmes for Asian elephants.
Pinnawela Orphanage is situated in the hills of central Sri Lanka. It was established in 1975 by the Sir Lanka Wildlife Department. The orphanage’s 24 acres （英亩）are a home for the many baby elephants found in the jungle without their mothers. In most of these cases the mothers had either died or been killed. Baby elephants cared for by the orphanage are released into the wild when they reach a certain age.
The volunteers’ working hours are quite short so there is plenty of time to sightsee and explore. The volunteer work consists mainly of the day-to-day aspects of running the orphanage, rather than more specialized research-based work.
The volunteers’ main duties are cleaning the elephant homes in the morning (hard, muddy work!) and bathing some of the smaller elephants. Some elephants are overly large or have not been tamed or trained to a satisfactory level. However there are still enough opportunities to have full hands-on contact safely.
While the mahouts are bathing the larger elephants, you will have a chance to relax by the river, chat with the mahouts and watch the elephants play and interact（互动）with humans and each other. It is an absolutely beautiful sight. Being around these serene animals in such a beautiful setting can have a very calming effect!
If you are interested in such an experience, contact us for more information.
59. How many main duties does the passage list for the volunteers?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
60. The passage’s goal is to .
A. describe the elephant orphanage in Pinnawela, Sri Lanka.
B. attract more tourists to come for sightseeing
C. get volunteers for Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage
D. call on people to care for baby elephants
61. Mahouts are probably people who .
A. train elephants B. bathe elephants
C. care for elephants D. drive elephants
62. The underlined word hands-on in the fifth paragraph probably means .
A. doing something rather than talking about it
B. doing something by hand
C. letting others do it
D. a very close relationship
A C C A
I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a computer and connected me the World Wide Web.
I’ve always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook, Myspace -- I’ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on the Internet.
Some online businesses are run from one-room home offices. Others have hundreds of employees (雇员) across the world. Have you ever heard of Amazon.com, Yahoo.com?
My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good deal (交易) on Steve Madden shoes that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my “e-commerceless” Web-surfing, not knowing about all the deals I was missing out on.
That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
“Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?” I asked her one day. Strange envelopes (信封) had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know little sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!
“Oh, it’s the things I ordered online!” she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was no way our parents were letting her spend that much money- online or off!
“How much did all of this coat?”
“Oh, only about $15 in all!” She said excitedly. “Everything on eBay is on sale! It’s a way better than going to the mall.”
I felt as if there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.
1.From the first two paragraph we can conclude that the author
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A．had no experience using computers |
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B．had no idea of what e-commerce is |
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C．only used the Internet to check e-mail |
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D．thought surfing the Internet was a waste of time |
2.The writer didn’t find out about e-commerce until
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A．he stopped web-surfing |
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B．he visited a store in his backyard |
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C．his sister explained the packages she got by mail |
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D．his friends told him about the online deals they made |
3.We can infer from the last paragraph that the author .
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A．never enjoyed shopping that much |
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B．loves the big store in her backyard |
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C．feels she is a true master of the Internet |
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D．has begun to enjoy online shopping |
4.What’s the purpose of the article?
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A．To tell the readers how he begins online shopping. |
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B．To do business on the Internet. |
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C．To make an online shopping ad. |
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D．To advise people not to do online shopping |
五：补全对话（共5小题，每题1分，共5分）。
根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A: Good morning. Marketing Department.
B: Well, I’m phoning about a job you advertised in the local newspaper.
A: I’m the marketing manager. 61
B: Yes, it’s Johnson.
A: Good. 62 And you are still in college?
B: Twenty-four years old. 63
A: And what’s your major at college?
B: 64 Besides, I studied English, law, accounting, computer and ten more courses.
A: 65
B: Yes, I worked in the marketing department during the summer holidays.
A: Um, I see. Could you come for an interview at 2: 15 p.m. on Wednesday, young man?
B: Yes, madam.
A: Good. See you then.
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A．I graduated one year ago. |
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B．Could I have your name, please? |
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C．How old are you? |
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D．Who is it speaking? |
E.Are you good at English?
F.Have you any experience as salesman?
G.Business administration(管理).
任务型阅读（从六个待选项中为每短话选择一个合适的标题，不必全部使用。）
Hollywood movies are regularly filled with sex and violence. They can be exciting films but sometimes all you want is a little light-hearted entertainment.
51.________ Have you heard of Bollywood? All singing, all dancing and unrealistic, it is the perfect alternative to normal Hollywood movies. Bollywood is the Indian film industry, based in Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. Most Chinese school kids have probably never seen an Indian film. Yet Bollywood is the largest producer of films in the world. This year the Indian Filmgare Awards, Bollywood's Oscars, turn 50 years old.
52._________ The typical Bollywood movie usually has the following ingredients: a cup of romance, a tea-spoon of comedy, a dash of international sight-seeing, served with a huge slice of singing and dancing. There will also be one brave hero, one beautiful heroine and one baddie. The result is a fun-filled musical.
53._________ There is never any mention of politics, poverty or war. The actors change clothes and locations within a single song. But the audiences don’t mind. To Indian movie lovers, especially the poor, such films are a gateway to heaven and the stars are their gods. The films take them to a magical world away from their everyday troubles. The films tell them the impossible is possible and that true love conquers all.
54.__________ But, behind the beautiful scenes, Bollywood still emphasizes traditional family values. In most films, if two lovers want to break an arranged marriage, they can't just run away. They must win over their parents.
55.___________ So if you're tired of all that Hollywood actions, check out the following Bollywood films. They will take you to a brighter, cheerier and more colourful world, where it's still cool to dance around a tree and sing a love song.
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A．Bollywood pays great attention to traditional values. |
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B．Bollywood is lees famous than Hollywood, and yet it produce the most films in the world. |
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C．Bollywood films are full of ideal things and free of daily worries. |
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D．Bollywood is a decent refreshing replacement for those over-stimulating Hollywood films. |
E. Bollywood has gradually won its reputation on the world stage.
F. Bollywood films are mostly comic romances with light-hearted incidental music.