题目内容
CAR HIRE
Hiring a self-drive car really adds to the enjoyment of your holiday. There are so many interesting places to visit, and if you enjoy seeing more than just the city center, there’s no better way to explore than by car.
HIRE CHARGES：
| What’s included （a）Unlimited mileage. （b）Expenses on oil, maintenance and repairs, which will be repaid on production of receipts. （c）Full insurance cover but exclusive of personal accident（see below）and contents. |
| What’s not included （a）Personal accident insurance. （b）Garaging, petrol, parking and traffic fines. |
CONDITIONS OF HIRE：
| 1．The minimum rental period at these special low prices is three days. For prices for periods of one or two days only see our representative at the hotel. 2．Car hire must be booked six weeks or more before arrival in London to guarantee a car. But if you have been unable to make a booking in advance, please see our representative at the hotel who may still be able to help you. 3．The car types specified on the sheet are examples of the type of vehicles available in each price range, but a particular car cannot be guaranteed. Upon delivery the driver（s）will be asked to sign the car hire company’s Conditions of Hire. If you decide to hire a car, just fill in the Booking Form and return it to us. A booking fee of ￡ 12 as part of the car hire cost is required. Should you be forced to cancel your car hire booking after payment in full（two weeks before date of hire）, a cancellation charge of ￡12 will be made. |
1．What cost does a car hirer have to pay for?
A．Insurance against damage to the car. B．Insurance against injury to the driver.
C．The cost of maintenance of the car. D．The cost of repairs to the car.
2．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The cost of petrol has to be paid by the driver.
B．You check the list and find the car you want to hire before booking.
C．You cannot get a car without booking in advance.
D．Full payment takes place two weeks before you use the car.
3．If you hire a car for three days or more, .
A．you are guaranteed an expensive new car.
B．you are guaranteed an enjoyable holiday.
C．you are offered a specially fast car.
D．you are offered a car at a special price
4．The hire charge for a three-day period depends on .
A．the type of the car you hire. B．the distance you will cover
C．the amount of oil you put in the car D．the length of time you park the car
5．If you cancel your car hire booking, .
A．another ￡ 12 will be paid to the company
B．you cannot get back the booking fee
C．you will get back the booking fee in two weeks
D．your request must be made before the date of hire
BCDAB
Hiring a self?drive car really adds to the enjoyment of your holiday. There are so many places of interest to visit, and if you enjoy seeing more than just the city center there’s no better way to explore than by car.
| Hire Charges |
| What’s included a)Unlimited mileage(英里数) |
| b)Expenses on oil, maintenance(保养) and repairs, which will be repaid on production of invoices(发票) |
| What’s not included |
| a)Personal accident insurance. |
| b)Garaging, petrol, parking and traffic fines. |
Condition of Hire
The shortest rental period at these specially low prices is three days. For prices for periods of one or two days you only see our representative at the hotel.
Car hire must be booked six weeks or more before arrival in London to guarantee a car. But if you have been unable to make a booking in advance, please see our representative at the hotel who may still be able to help you.
The car types on the sheet are examples of the types of cars in each price range, but a particular car cannot be guaranteed.
Upon delivery the driver(s) will be asked to sign the car hire company’s Conditions of Hire.
If you decide to hire a car, just fill in the Booking Form and return it to us. A booking fee of ￡12 as part of the car hire cost is required.
Should you be forced to cancel your car hire booking after payment in full (two weeks before date of hire), a cancellation charge of ￡12 will be made.
5.From the advertisement we can see a car hirer will pay .
A.insurance against damage to the car
B.insurance against injury to the driver
C.the cost of maintenance of the car
D.the cost of repairs to the car
6.Which of the following is NOT true judging from the advertisement?
A.Such an advertisement most likely appears in a newspaper.
B.You are required to fill in a form before you hire a car.
C.You are pretty certain to hire a particular car if you’d like to.
D.You have to pay a booking fee when you hire a car from the company.
7.If car hirers change their minds after paying the whole cost of hiring, the ￡12 booking fee is .
A.partly returned
B.doubly paid
C.not returned at all
D.returned within two weeks.
The Oxford Mal, England
Most prisons are the kind of place you’d be desperate to escape from, not somewhere you’d possibly conceive of escaping to.
But this former Oxford prison has been converted into a boutique hotel by the fashionable Malmaison chain and offers the kind of luxurious living that former convicts could only have dreamed of.
Rates: Double room £140 (US$233). Breakfast £12.95 per person
Jules’ Undersea Lodge, United States
Originally a research laboratory, the world’s only underwater hotel sits at the bottom of the Emerald Lagoon in Florida, and can only be reached by scuba diving down six meters.
The lodge can accommodate two couples and is kitted out with showers, a microwave and a fridge.
The real attractions are the fish; the lodge is like a goldfish bowl in reverse, where you sit and watch angelfish, parrotfish, barracuda and snappers peering in at you through the window.
Rates: From US$400
Das Park Hotel, Austria
Stay overnight in a concrete sewer pipe on the banks of the River Danube.
The drainpipes are two meters in diameter and two and a half meters long, with a porthole to look out of, a front door to close and a cozy nest to snuggle into, which includes a low-slung futon, bedside lamp, woolly blanket and light sleeping bag.
Rates: You pay as much, or as little, as you want.
Sant` Angelo Luxury Resort, Italy
“Four-star boutique cave-hotel” is the proud boast of the Sant’Angelo in the city of Matera, which is famous for its sassi-houses dug into the rock. Matera is the only place in the world where people can boast to be still living in the same houses as their ancestors did 9,000 years ago. The rooms have been fashioned from old sassi stables and workshops. There are two restaurants, a bar and an art gallery.
Rates: A three-night package costs from US$560 per person including some meals, a walking tour and car hire, but not flights.
La Balade Des Gnomes, Belgium
A truly out-of-this-world experience, this hotel makes you feel like you’re on the moon.
You can sleep in a moon buggy, bathe in a lunar capsule, and the walls and ceilings are covered in twinkling stars and planets.
Other themed rooms include a newly opened Trojan Horse, a Troll Forest, a South Seas sailing ship and a Wine Room.
Rates: From ?115 (US$170) per double
【小题1】Das Park Hotel is different from the other hotels in that __________.
| A．it is underwater | B．you decide the pay |
| C．it used to be a prison | D．it is not in Europe |
| A．Jules’ Undersea Lodge, United States | B．La Balade Des Gnomes, Belgium |
| C．Das Park Hotel, Austria | D．The Oxford Mal, England |
| A．£165.9 | B．£152.95 | C．£258.9 | D．£305.9 |
You’ve just come home, after living abroad for a few years. Since you’ve been away, has this country changed for the better—or for the worse?
If you’ve just arrived back in the UK after a fortnight’s holiday, small changes have probably surprised you—anything from a local greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a mobile-phone shop to someone in your street moving house.
So how have things changed to people coming back to Britain after seven, ten or even 15 years living abroad? What changes in society can they see that the rest of us have hardly noticed—or now take for granted? To find out, we asked some people who recently returned.
Debi: When we left, Cheltenham, my home town, was a town of white, middle-class families—all very conservative (保守的). The town is now home to many eastern Europeans and lots of Australians, who come here mainly to work in hotels and tourism. There are even several shops only for foreigners.
Having been an immigrant (移民) myself, I admire people who go overseas to find a job. Maybe if I lived in an inner city where unemployment was high, I’d think differently, but I believe foreign settlers have improved this country because they’re more open-minded and often work harder than the natives.
Christine: As we flew home over Britain, both of us remarked how green everything looked. But the differences between the place we’d left behind and the one we returned to were brought sharply into focus as soon as we landed.
To see policemen with guns in the airport for the first time was frightening—in Cyprus, they’re very relaxed—and I got pulled over by customs officers just for taking a woolen sweater with some metal-made buttons out of my case in the arrivals hall. Everyone seemed to be on guard. Even the airport car-hire firm wanted a credit card rather than cash because they said their vehicles had been used by bank robbers.
But anyway, this is still a green, beautiful country. I just wish more people would appreciate what they’ve got.
1.After a short overseas holiday, people tend to _______.
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A．expect small changes |
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B．notice small changes |
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C．welcome small changes |
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D．exaggerate small changes |
2.How does Debi look at the foreign settlers?
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A．Cautiously. |
B．Sceptically. |
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C．Positively. |
D．Critically. |
3.When arriving at the airport in Britain, Christine was shocked by _______.
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A．the relaxed policemen |
B．the messy arrivals hall |
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C．the bank robbers |
D．the tight security |
4.Which might be the best title for the passage?
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A．Back in Britain. |
B．Life in Britain. |
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C．Britain in Future. |
D．Britain in Memory. |