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Affordable Boutique Hotels in New York City

By STEPHEN HEYMAN    June 20, 2010

A new breed of hotels is trying to stand out from the masses with designer details, memorable allowances and prices around $250 a night.

Welcome to Boutique Hotel.

To Get Those Summer Tickets in New York, Strategize

By FELICIA R. LEE        May 28, 2010

“The Merchant of Venice” is on show. Tickets can now be requested online, Most New Yorkers know the drill: on the day of the show, line up outside the Theater in Central Park several hours before 1 p.m., when free tickets start being handed out.

Climbing the Walls in Brooklyn

By LOUISE STORY         May 28, 2010

Since opening last fall, Brooklyn Boulders, an 18,000-square-foot gym, has become a destination for New York rock climbers of all levels.

Hotel Review: Ace Hotel, New York

By FRED A. BERNSTEIN    September 27, 2009

The owners are hoping that guests will enjoy the spacious accommodations, but that depends on whether they find the hotel’s oddities off-putting or endearing.

Tent City: A Child’s Urban Adventure

By ERIC KONIGSBERG     July 24, 2009

One of the better-kept secrets of the city is the series of one-night family campouts that the Parks & Recreation Department has every summer weekend.

60. If you want to stay in a hotel in New York City for a week and enjoy designer details, memorable allowances, you need to get prepared for at least____________.

A. $ 1550                       B. $ 1650                          C. $ 1750                     D. $ 1850

61. ___________ is a good destination for New York rock climbers of all levels.

A. the Parks & Recreation Department                 B. Brooklyn Boulders

C. Lower Manhattan                                        D. Tent City

62. Suppose you are interested in Shakespeare’s plays, you may pay attention to more details written by _________.

A. ERIC KONIGSBERG                                   B. LOUISE STORY     

C. FRED A. BERNSTEIN                                 D. FELICIA R. LEE

C         BD

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  Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.

  “I have two kids in college, and I want to say ‘come home,’ but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Jacobs.

The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.

    With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.

    At the same time, tuition（学费）continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade,

    “If we go on this way for another 25years, we won’t have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt.”

    Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.

67. How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem?

    A. They asked their kids to come home.

    B. They borrowed $20,000 from the school.

    C. They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.

    D. They got help from the school and the federal government.

68. Financial aid administrators believe that _______.

    A. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses

    B. the government will receive more letters of complaint

    C. college tuition fees will double soon

    D. America’s unemployment will fall

69.What can we learn about the middle class families from the text?

A. They blamed the government for the tuition increase.

B. Their income remained steady in the last decade.

C. They will try their best to send kids to college.

D. Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.

70.According to the last paragraph, the government will       .

A. provide most students will scholarships

B. dismiss some financial aid administrators

C. stop the companies from making student loans

D. go on providing financial support for college students

For thousands of years, the most important two buildings in any British village have been the church and the pub. Traditionally, the church and the pub are at the heart of any village or town, where the people gather together to socialize and exchange news.

? As a result, British pubs are often old and well preserved. Many of them have become historic sites. The most famous example is the pub in the city of Nottingham called “Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem”, which dates back to the year 1189 AD and is probably the oldest pub in England.

? However, British pubs are not just for kings and queens; they welcome people from all classes and parts of society. On a cold night, the pub’s landlord or landlady can always find a warm place for you by the fire. There is always honest and hearty food and plenty of drink available at an affordable price.

That’s how things used to be. Things are beginning to change. It is said that the credit crunch(信贷紧缩) is causing 39 British pubs a week to go out of business. People do not have enough spare money to spend on beer. Recently, the UK government banned smoking in all pubs, and that may also have affected the number of customers going to pubs.

This decline is happening despite the fact that in 2005 the UK government started to allow pubs to stay open after 1l pm. Previously, with 1l pm as closing time, customers would have to drink quite quickly, meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed to drink slowly. The British habit of drinking a lot very quickly is known as “binge drinking”, and it causes long-term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for communities.

In order to save their businesses, pubs are trying to change with the market. British pubs now offer something for everyone. A lot of pubs used to be “Working Men's Clubs”, meaning that women could not usually enter. Today, however, women can freely enter 99% of pubs without experiencing any problems. Perhaps things are changing for the better after all.

1.The passage mainly tells us something about???????

A. the past and present of British pubs????

B. the decline of British pubs

C. the long history of British pubs????????

D. the importance of British pubs

2.Which may not be the cause of the decline of British pubs?

A. The credit crunch.??????????

B. The ban of smoking.??

C. The present closing time?????

D. Having no spare money.

3.We can infer from the passage that???????

A. British people used to like drinking slowly

B. closing the pubs early will reduce social problems

C. binge drinking means drinking less beer

D. British government aims to discourage people from binge drinking

4.We can see from the last paragraph that the author ________

A. is against the admission of too many women to the pubs

B. holds an optimistic attitude towards the British pubs

C. thinks that women in the pubs will cause less social problems

D. thinks that British pubs should offer everything you need

 

The Coalition for the Homeless is an organization that seeks to address the needs of the homeless population in the United States. It is a network of offices, some of which provide food and houses for the homeless population, and some of which fight for the passing of laws that of over two hundred million people living in the United States,up to three million are homeless—and the number is still growing. Since the late 1970s,fast rising house prices,large cuts in government supported housing programs, and economic recession(经济衰退)have made it impossbile for many Americans to meet housing costs. Sadly, this has resulted in a number of persons being forced to leave their homes and/or unable to find new affordable homes. According to another research,families with children appear to be the fastest-growing part of the homeless population, making up 39% of it.The old idea of a homeless person,that of the single man who gets drunk all the time,is no longer true. A much lager part of the population now finds itself homeless. Even worse, once a person becomes homeless, he often finds it impossible to find a job,since most employers require anyone who wants a job from them to provide a home address on a job applicaton.

                                                                                       1.

 The word “address” in the first line probably means          .

A. talk about         B. deal with          C. fight for            D. write to

2.

 How many people are homeless in the U.S. according to the Coalition studies?

A. 39% of the population.                  B. 200 million people.

C. About 3 million people.                 D. About one-fifth of the population.

3.

 Homeless people often have difficulty finding a job because________.

A. they have no home addresses

B. they mostly have a drinking problem

C. they aren't supported by government programs

D. they often don't have enough work experience

4.

 What is the main cause of the rising number of the homeless in the U.S.?

A. The passing of new housing laws.

B. The fast growth of family size.                            

C. The slow construction of houses.

D. The ever-rising price of housing.

 

In the computer age, most of us take a broadband Internet connection for granted. Whether cable or mobile broadband, today’s connections are many times faster than those in the early days. Videos play smoothly, complex websites load quickly, and files download much faster than ten years ago. And the files are much bigger too.

There’s a catch, of course. You have to live near enough to a major city to get broadband Internet. If you don’t, it’s slow dial-up access for you. And for those living really far out, there may be no Internet access at all.

Technology experts often talk about the “last mile” problem, which refers to the difficulty of bringing Internet access to remote locations. In cities and suburbs, it’s relatively easy to provide access for everyone. It is much more difficult to deliver access to those living far from cities, especially in developing countries. Internet service providers, for their part, have been reluctant to provide access to sparsely(稀疏地) populated areas. The handful of Internet users they would reach wouldn’t cover the expense.

But every year, technological advancements allow of more and more Internet users. Most broadband connections today run over existing cable TV and telephone lines although these technologies aren’t available everywhere. Some companies have delivered the Internet over standard power lines. Advancements in cheaper, more efficient fiber optics cables(光纤电缆) promise to bring extremely fast Internet connections to more users.

Still, the “last mile” problem remains hard to deal with. There will always be somewhere that doesn’t have an affordable broadband connection. But someday that might not matter. If the rapid progress in cell phone technology is any indication(迹象), it may not be too long before an Internet connection simply follows you wherever you go.

1.The underlined part “ a catch” (in Paragraph 2) probably means “________”.

A. a rare challenge                         B. a desirable plan   

C. an efficient device                       D. a hidden problem

2.What can we know from the third paragraph?

A. Internet connection has not been popular in most cities.        

B. Internet service providers care about rural customers.         

C. Computer is popular in developing countries.        

D. It is hard to bring Internet access to users in remote areas.

3. Paragraph 4 mainly tells us that technological advancements ________.

A. make TV and telephone available everywhere                           

B. bring great change to people’s everyday life

C. make it possible for more people to use the Internet

D. bring faster Internet connections to users

4.What may eventually settle the “last mile” problem?

A. The broadband connection’s getting faster.

B. More and more Internet users.

C. More and more Internet connections.

D. The rapid progress in cell phone technology.

 

After more than a year of bitter political debate, President Obama sat down in the White House East Room on March 23 and signed the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law with a pen，and then another pen，and another．Obama used 22 pens to sign the $938 billion health care bill．

The practice of using different pens to sign important legislation（法规）dates at least as far back as Franklin Roosevelt．The reason is fairly simple．The pen used to sign historic legislation itself becomes a historical artifact．The more pens a President uses, the more thank-you gifts he can offer to those who helped create that piece of history．The White House often give pens to supporters of the newly signed legislation．When Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, he reportedly used more than 75 pens and gave one of the first ones to Martin Luther King Jr．And in 1996, President Clinton gave the four pens he used to sign the Line-Item Veto bill to those most likely to appreciate the bill's consequence.

    Once they're given away, some pens end up in museums; others are displayed proudly in recipients'(接受者) offices or homes．But they sometimes appear again, like in the 2008 presidential campaign（竞选活动）, when John Macain promised to use the same pen given to him by President Reagan to cut pork from the federal budget．

Not every President goes for the multipen signature, however．President George W．Bush preferred signing bills with only one pen and then offering several unused "gift" pens as souvenirs．

1.We can learn from paragraph 1 that the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act        ．

         A．has been passed easily      B．was put forward one year ago

         C．becomes law in the USA    D．is unimportant

2.How are the pens dealt with after being used by President Obama?

         A．Supporters of the newly signed legislation are likely to get some of them.

         B．Obama will keep them.

         C．They will be just set aside

         D．They will be sold to the public at a high price．

3.What can we learn about John Macain?

         A．He was ever President in the USA.

         B．He took part in the 2008 presidential campaign.

         C．He never used the pen given by Reagan.

         D．He was only concerned about his own business． 

4.What does this passage mainly tell us ?

         A．Obama signed the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act．

         B．It is a practice to use multiple pens to sign important legislation in the USA．

         C．Pens are necessary in the signature.

         D．All the presidents like the multipen signature.

 

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