Every time you visit Disney World, there's something new to see. Each time the park ex?pands ,so do your chances to spend money. How can you save? As a family guide to Disney World, I've been to the park more than 25 times with my kids,and I've developed a few money-saving tips.

  Buy the five-day All-in-One Pass even if you're visiting for fewer days,it's a deal (the pass costs $299 for visitors ages 10 and up, $183 for kids ages three to nine and is free for kids under age three). Without the pass,you'll have to pay separately for Pleasure Island and the water parks. A single trip to Blizzard Beach, for example, would cost a family of four $100.

  Dine out at lunch. The prices at some of the nicer restaurants, especially those in Epcot's World Showcase, are much lower at noontime than at dinner. It's wise to make reservations(预定)before you leave home.

  Become a Gold Card Member. For $65 ,you can get a Magic Kingdom Club Gold Card (call 1 -800-56-DISNEY). Cardholders get up to 20 percent off Disney hotel rooms, plus price breaks on character breakfasts, theme park tickets and goods from Disney stores.

   Don't pay extra to see a character. Character theme dinner shows are expensive, costing a family of four about $140, and even a character breakfast, where Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck joins you for cakes,can set you back $50. If your budget(预算)is tight, try to meet the characters inside the theme parks and at free in-park shows. You can watch the Diamond Horse?shoe show,for example, in the Magic Kingdom for no additional cost,while the similarly themed Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue needs expensive tickets.

  Wait until the end of your trip to buy souvenirs(纪念品).By then,the kids will really know what they want,and you won't waste money on expensive things. 

(   ) 1. What is the passage mainly about?

A.     How to save money when visiting Disney World.

B.     How to find good restaurants in Disney World.

C.     How to see a character in Disney world.

D.     How to buy souvenirs for children in Disney World.

(   ) 2. Which of the following can be used in place of "set you back"?

A. Offer you much. B. Save you much.

C. Cost you much. D. Pay you much.

(   ) 3. You should pay more money      

A.     if you have a five-day All-in-One Pass while you're visiting for four days

B.     if you do not make a reservation for hotel rooms in advance

C.     if you are not a Magic Kingdom Club Gold Card holder

D.     if you watch the Diamond Horseshoe Show in the Magic Kingdom.
(   ) 4. The economical way of meeting the Disney characters is      

A.     to have a character breakfast

B.     to watch the Diamond Horseshoe show

C.     to pay separately for Pleasure Island and the water parks

D.     to attend the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue

 No one can believe that the over 6,300 kilometer Great Wall might disappear some day. Believe it or not,the Great Wall is being destroyed by people. Less than 20 percent of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty is still perfect,but about 80 percent is in danger.

  The Great Wall can be called "great" mostly because of its amazing length. But we should realize that the length was made up of one brick at a time. If we do nothing to save the Great Wall,it will become a series of separate wasteland rather than a historic site. The Great Wall is actually a series of walls built and rebuilt by different dynasties over the past 2 , 000 years. It began in the rule of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC―206 BC) ,and lasted into the Ming Dynasty. The parts built before the Ming Dynasty have nearly disappeared. People are familiar with sections such as Badaling in Beijing and Jiayuguan Pass in Gansu, because they have been open to tourists for many years. But those sections far away from the public eyes have been almost forgotten.

  Few local people knew the 3-meter-high walls made of earth and stones beside them are part of the Great Wall. The lack of knowledge is considered as one of the main reasons behind man-made destroy. The bricks on the Great Wall are carried off by countryside people to build their houses, sheep corrals and pigsties. Some were taken away to build roads. Bricks carved with people's names are put away as remembrances. Rubbish is spread over the battlements. The bricks can be sold for 15 yuan per tractor-load. Those who destroyed and are destroying the Wall know its name,but are not clear about its cultural meaning. It will take a long time to let them know this. The local farmers not only carried off the body of the Wall but also dug out the entire base.

  It is necessary to protect the Great Wall. First of all,the officials should be aware of the importance of the Great Wall. Young Chinese should know more about the nation's great civilization and learn to love it.

(   ) 1. Why does the writer say the Great Wall might disappear?

A.     All parts of it are in danger now.

B.     Too many tourists have been there, leaving too much rubbish.

C.     Some parts of it are being destroyed.

D.     It is too old to be used again.

(   ) 2. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A.     The Great Wall was completed in the Ming Dynasty.

B.     Not all the foreign tourists like the Great Wall.

C.     The first part of the Great Wall was built in 221 BC.

D.     The Qin Great Wall was protected well.

(   ) 3. The underlined part "those sections far away from the public eyes" (in Paragraph 2)
refers to the parts of the Great Wall      

A.     that are too difficult to find

B.     that nobody can watch

C.     that are too far to be seen

D.     that are not well-known to the public

(   ) 4. What's the main reason of the Great Wall's being destroyed?

A.     The local people are short of culture knowledge.

B.     The local people need bricks and stones to build houses.

C.     The local people think that the Great Wall is not important.

D.     The local people sell the bricks for a living.

 Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago,we've both always 1 the few times a year when we can see each other.

  Over the 2 ,we spent hours and hours,staying up late into the night,talking about the people she was 3 around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with 4 and was into other 5 behavior. I was blown away! She told me how she had been 6 to her parents about where she was going and even sneak?ing out to see this guy because they didn't want her 7 him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she 8 better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disap?peared.

  I tried toher that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. I felt like I was getting 10 . I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was 11 to hang with a bunch of losers,especially her boyfriend.

By the time she left,I was really worried about.her and 12 by the experience. It had been so frustrating,I had come 13 to telling her several times during the weekend that may?be we had just grown too far apart to 14 our friendship―but I didn't. I put the power of 15 to the ultimate test. We'd been friends for far too long. The chance was that she 16 me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could 17 anything.

  A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our 18, and then she told me that she had 19 with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly 20 moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.

(   ) 1. A. worried about B. looked forward to C. paid attention to D. thought of
(   ) 2. A. weekend    B. months C. years    D. days

(   ) 3. A. working    B. falling in love

       C. hanging    D. keeping in touch

(   ) 4. A. books    B. girls     C. friends    D. drugs

(   ) 5. A. self-destructive    B. self-respecting

       C. self-confident     D. self-defensive

(   ) 6. A. explaining    B. reasoning    C. declaring    D. lying

(   ) 7. A. on    B. beside     C. around    D. to

(   ) 8. A. did    B. deserved    C. had    D. got

(   ) 9. A. tell    B. convince    C. force    D. warn
(   ) 10. A. somewhere    B. everywhere    C. nowhere    D. anywhere

(   ) 11. A. acceptable    B. believable C. reliable    D. admirable

(   ) 12. A. exhausted    B. surprised    C. satisfied    D. terrified

(   ) 13. A. almost    B. nearly     C. close    D. over

(   ) 14. A. stop    B. continue    C. start    D. make

(   ) 15. A. love    B. friendship    C. truth    D. justice

(   ) 16. A. thought    B. remembered    C. valued    D. hated

(   ) 17. A. mean     B. conquer     C. tell    D. prove

(   ) 18. A. friendship    B. relationship

        C. quarrel    D. conversation

(   ) 19. A. broken away    B. broken down    C. broken up    D. broken out

(   ) 20. A. demanding    B. challenging     C. frustrating    D. rewarding


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