(C)
Most American students said goodbye to expensive fruits these days. In school canteens across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges heave replaced them. “People are afraid to spend now” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. “They basically don’t know what the future will bring and keep waiting till after the Presidential Election.”
The current financial crisis(金融危机), during which several of the country’s biggest banks have been forced to sell or close, has made lots of Americans unwilling to buy expensive goods.
Samira Martino, a restaurant owner in Miami, found everyone is ordering water instead of juice and more people are sharing meals. In more than two dozen interviews with the Associated Press across the country last month, American talked about their concerns, from worries about small businesses to doubts about simply making ends meet.
The crisis began last year. Experts blame it on U.S. banks lending money too easily. A lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, have found themselves unable to pay it back. This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money. Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders, the whole world’s financial markets were involved.
This month the U.S. government agreed on a $ 700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But a turn-around(转机) is not sure. President George W. Bush has warned it will take some time for the full effects of the plan to take hold in an economy that has had a world of trouble.
Last week top finance officials from 20 major economies promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble. They believe the current crisis is the worst since the Great Depression in 1929. And they all think international cooperation is the key to solve it.
51. From the first paragraph, we can infer that______
A. apples and oranges become more expensive
B. people are worrying about the Election
C. people are expecting a turn-around after the Election
D. expensive fruits are in short supply in American markets
52. Samira Martino’s restaurant is mentioned in the passage in order to ______
A. show that people cut down their expenses.
B. attract more people to come to his restaurant
C. show how hard he is trying to run his business
D. encourage people to start businesses like him
53. What is the cause of the current financial crisis of America?
A. The Presidential Election
B. U.S. banks lending money too easily.
C. The decreasing economy.
D. America’s rapid development.
54. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Many students can not eat expensive fruits in school canteens.
B. Americans are very worried about their lives.
C. The international cooperation is most needed.
D. The current financial crisis is the worst in American history.
55. This passage mainly talks about______
A. the terrible life of Americans
B. the situation of the financial crisis
C. the way to go through the crisis
D. the world financial market

Museums in Texas

Depot Museum And Children’s Discovery Center

The museum is in the depot’s waiting room and office. The warehouse is a hands-on learning center. See the 1908 “Arnold Outhouse”, log cabin, doctor’s office, dogtrot cabin, oil derrick, cotton gin, print shop, and syrup mill.

Open 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Mon.–Fri. and 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Sat.

Admission charge.

Address: 514 N. High St. in the restored 1901 Missouri Pacific Railroad depot, Henderson

Phone: 903/657-4303

Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum

It is designed to preserve, collect, operate and interpret a collection of autos and auto transportation equipment. Library and archive collection available.

Open 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat. and 1–5 p.m. Sun.

Admission charge.

Address: 217 Laurel St., Texarkana

Phone: 903/938-9201

Jefferson Historical Society Museum

Find four floors of documents and antiques, including mementos of pioneer days, early steamboat commerce and antebellum society. See paintings and sculpture from the D.D. Feldman collection. It also has an outstanding doll collection.

Open 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. daily.

Admission charge.

Address: Old Federal Building, Austin and Market streets, Jefferson

Phone: 903/665-2775

The Woodlands Children’s Museum

The museum provides hands-on, interactive exhibits designed to immerse children and adults in play that stimulates curiosity and provides opportunities for learning in a nurturing environment.

Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tue.–Sat. and noon–5 p.m. Sun.

Admission charge.

Address: 4775 W. Panther Creek Drive, the Woodlands

Phone: 281/465-0955

1.What do the four museums have in common?

A. They all have a long history.  B. They all charge for admission.

C. They all provide hands-on programmes.         D. They are all in the same city.

2.If you are free on Sunday afternoons, you may visit the following museums except _______.

A. Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum

B. The Woodlands Children’s Museum

C. Jefferson Historical Society Museum

D. Depot Museum And Children’s Discovery Center

3.Which of the following is not true according to the advertisement?

A. Interactive exhibits are offered in the Woodlands Children’s Museum.

B. Dolls are on display in Depot Museum And Children’s Discovery Center.

C. Paintings and sculpture can be seen in Jefferson Historical Society Museum.

D. You can read and borrow books in Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum.

 

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网