【题目】Tourism Problems

Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants(居民)of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country's economy(经济). It is important to think about the people of a destination(目的地)country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the wellbeing of local inhabitants.

Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country's economy can suffer.

On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people will lose jobs. Businesses will also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build a large hotels, airports, air terminals, firstclass roads, and other support facilities(设施)needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major internationalclass tourism hotel needs as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money.

Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.

【1】Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT________.

A．a bad effect on other industries

B．a change of tourists' customs

C．overcrowding of places of interest

D．pressure on traffic

【2】Not enough tourism can lead to________.

A．an increase of unemployment

B．a decrease in tourist attractions

C．the higher cost of support facilities

D．a rise in price and a fall in pay

【3】The word“handle”in the last paragraph most probably means“________”．

A．carry away

B．pick up

C．get in

D．take down

【题目】《学英语》报要招聘校园小记者。假如你是李华，请根据广告内容的要求以及你自己的简要情况，写一封120～150词的英文求职信。

广告对应聘者的要求如下：

1．待人礼貌友好，容易相处；

2．性格外向，头脑灵活，善于与人交流；

3．英语水平高并善于英语写作。

注意：

1．开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3．不要逐句翻译。

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Yours faithfully,

Li Hua

【题目】(2010·辽宁卷)根据短文内容，从短文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。

I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier(收银台)in her general store._ 【1】___I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying“thank you”．

At first I was paid in candy.__ 【2】__I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a．m. to 7 p．m. My father helped me set up a bank account._ 【3】___

By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics(化妆品). I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “What color do you think I should wear？”I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup(化妆)ideas.__ 【4】__

The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn't need to be a rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener._ 【5】___Except they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed.

A．Later I received 50 cents an hour.

B．Before long, she let me sit there by myself.

C．I ended up selling a record amount of cosmetics.

D．Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.

E．My grandma's trust taught me how to handle responsibility.

F．Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.

G．Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought.

【题目】The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only __________，but students became more interested in the lessons.

A. saved was teachers' energy

B. was teachers' energy saved

C. teachers' energy was saved

D. was saved teachers' energy

【题目】阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。

I was 13 years old. My family had moved to Southern California from North Florida a year before. I hit adolescence with a vengeance. I was angry and rebellious, with little regard for anything my parents had to say, particularly if it had to do with me. Like so many teenagers, I struggled to escape from anything that didn't agree with my picture of the world. A “brilliant without need of guidance” kid, I rejected any overt offering of love. In fact, I got angry at the mention of the word love.

One night, after a particularly difficult day, I___________， shut the door and got into bed. As I lay down in the privacy of my bed, my hands slipped under my pillow. There was an envelope. I pulled it out and on the envelope it said, “To read when you're alone.”

Since I was alone, no one would know whether I read it or not, so I opened it. It said Mike, I know life is hard right now, I know you are frustrated and I know we don't do everything right. I also know that I love you completely and nothing you do or say will ever change that. I am here for you if you ever need to talk, and if you don't, that's okay. Just know that no matter where you go or what you do in your life, I will always love you and be proud that you are my son. I'm here for you and I love youthat will never change. Love, Mom. That was the first of several “To read when you're alone” letters. They were never mentioned until I was an adult.

Today I travel the world helping people. I was in Sarasota, Florida, teaching a seminar when, at the end of the day, a lady came up to me and shared the difficulty she was having with her son. We walked out to the beach, and I told her of my mom's undying love and about the “To read when you're alone” letters. Several weeks later, I got a card that said she had written her first letter and left it for her son.

That night as I went to bed, I put my hands under my pillow and remembered the relief I felt every time I got a letter. In the midst of my turbulent teen years, the letters were the calm assurance that I could be loved in spite of me, not because of me. Just before I fell asleep I thanked God that my mom knew what I, an angry teenager, needed. Today when these as of life get stormy, I know that just under my pillow there is that calm assurance that loveconsistent, abiding, unconditional lovechanges lives.

【1】What's the best title of the passage?

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【2】Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

I reached out my hands for the letter under the pillow that night when I went to bed ，and I always felt relief with the letter under my pillow.

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【3】Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.(within ten words)

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【4】What do you learn after reading the passage？(within 30 words)

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【5】Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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【题目】______ of danger on the road at night ,the girl had to go home with a friend _______ her.

A. Being warned; accompanied B. Having warned; accompanying

C. Warning; accompanying D. Having been warned; accompanying

【题目】Old age may not sound【1】_______ (excite).But recent findings provide good news for older people and for people 【2】_______ (worry) about getting older.

The findings came from 【3】______ survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned 【4】______ by telephone in 2008.At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.

The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, 【5】________(sad) and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress. The research team found that levels of stress were 【6】________ (high) among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped【7】_______ (sharp) after people reached their fifties.

Happiness【8】_______ highest among the youngest adults and those【9】_______ their early seventies. The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. 【10】______ , woman at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.

【题目】 (2010·全国卷Ⅱ)When you're lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses(压力)of the world seem a million miles away. Hey, stop! This is no vacation—you have to finish something!

Here lies the problem for travel writer and food critic(评论家)Edie Jarolim. “I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things，” Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere—in Arts and Antiques, in Brides, or in one of her three books. The Complete ldiot't Travel Guide Medco' Beach Recarts.

Her job in travel writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada, she took a test for Frommer's travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer's, Jarolim worked for a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor's, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U．S. that she moved there.

Now as a travel writer, she spends onethird of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arizona.

As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is factchecking all the information. Sure, it's great to write about a tourist attraction, but you'd better get the local(当地的)museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone's vacation.

【1】Which country does Jarolim live in now?

A．Mexico.

B．The U．S.

C．The U．K.

D．Canada

【2】What is most difficult for Jarolim?

A．Working in different places to collect information.

B．Checking all the facts to be written in the guides.

C．Finishing her work as soon as possible.

D．Passing a test to write travel guides.

【3】What do we know about Jarolim from the text?

A．She is successful in her job.

B．She finds her life full of stresses.

C．She spends half of her time traveling.

D．She is especially interested in museums.

【4】What would be the best title for the text?

A．Adventures in Travel Writing

B．Working as a Food Critic

C．Travel Guides on the Market

D．Vacationing for a living

【题目】I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled A Real Test in My Life before the whole class at the age of 9 ! You can imagine how 【1】 (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that--- with so many eyes 【2】 (fix) upon me. I had no 【3】 (choose) but to prepare for it, though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part 【4】 (lie) in my oral presentation from my memory, for to read from the paper was not allowed. The real moment began _ 【5】 I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my 【6】 (listen) were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back, giving out my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding---I made 【7】 ! From then on, my fear of talking before a big audience 【8】 (appear). Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way 【9】 success is our fear. Overcome it, _【10】 we will be able to achieve our goals.

【题目】From the beginning rivers have played an important part in life of man. Man of the earliest times used the rivers as a means of travel. Today rivers still serve as a great waterway for the transport and people.

In ancient times, man settled near rivers or on river banks and built up large empires.

Water is nature’s most valuable gift to man. Man needs water to irrigate his crops, to cook and to wash. In nations all over the world, rivers mean life and wealth. They feed and clothe nations around them.

Water is also a source of energy and power. Man builds huge dams across the rivers to control the water for irrigation and get the energy needed to drive generators. The electrical power is then directed to homes, cities, factories and television stations.

Man uses water each day. In a small way rivers help to keep man in good health and provide for his amusements. Various forms of water sports keep man strong and healthy.

【1】Rivers have been important to man______.

A. since the last century B. since they came into being

C. since a few hundred years ago D. since the beginning of BC

【2】Man in old times traveled from one continent to another_______.

A. by sea B. by air C. by train D. by bus

【3Generators are machines that are used_________.

A. to direct electrical B. to control

C. to build dams D. to produce electricity