Parking has long been a major headache for drivers in Shanghai. The Transportation Department is mapping out a new plan for the city’s parking system. There are one million cars on the road in Shanghai but only enough public parking space to provide room for 15 percent of these vehicles. It is no wonder that local drivers get so worried trying to find a place to park.

The city is seeing a rise in private car owners. In March, the city sent out 2,000 private car licenses, the highest number of licenses ever sent out in a month. And prices rose to 14,600 yuan, 500 more than in February. Industry experts say this suggests that local people have a strong, active interest in buying cars.

By the year 2020, the number of automobiles in Shanghai will probably reach two million. If one parking lot is for each car, then a lot of parking space should be built for these vehicles.

Downtown Shanghai is most short of parking space. However, experts point out that simply building more parking lots in downtown areas is not practical and doesn’t provide an ideal solution. The idea of “ Park & Ride” system has been suggested. This means that drivers can leave their vehicles in car parks nearby subway or bus stations and ride public transport to go downtown. Based on this idea, the city will limit the number of parking lots in downtown areas and demand higher parking fees but build more parking areas near main subway and bus stops.

The underlined phrase “mapping out” in the first paragraph means __________.

A. making       B. arguing              C. commanding           D. requesting

About __________ drivers can find places to park their cars in Shanghai now.

A. 850,000      B. 1,000,000            C. 150,000          D. 2,000,000

What can we infer from the second paragraph?

A. The city sent out more private licenses in February.

B. Less and less people bought cars in March.

C. The city sent out less private licenses in March.

D. More and more people are going to buy cars.

According to the idea of a “ Park & Ride ” system, the city will __________.

A. send out more private car licenses

B. build more parking lots near bus stops

C. encourage people to buy more cars

D. build more parking areas downtown

Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was bom at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously（匿名）.

But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath’s many famous local people and visitors. She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels. Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen's Bath can be enhanced （增强）by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen's time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.

The Centre has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After your visit to the Centre, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.

    You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen's Bath, which is a great way to find out more

about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and

shopped.

56．Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath________.

    A．in her early twenties                        B．in her early teens

    C．in her late twenties                   D．in her late teens

57．What can we learn about Bath from the passage?

    A．Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen's death.

    B．The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.

    C．Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen's time.

    D．No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen's time.

58．The author writes this passage in order to________.

A．attract readers to visit the city of Bath

B．ask readers to buy Austen's books

C．tell readers about Jane Austen's experience

D．give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society

59．It takes you about one and a half hours________.

    A．to get to the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street

     B．to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and gifts

     C．to find a guide to take you to the Centre

       D．to look around the city of Bath on foot

Morocco is located at the northwest of Africa and is bordered in the north by the strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea. The Atlantic Ocean keeps the west and the north of the country more temperate(温和的). The country also offers the broadest plains some of which run along the Atlantic Ocean and the highest mountains in North Africa including the Atlas Mountains.

Starting with the symbol of Morocco, Marrakech is a beautiful city that has remained unspoiled by the volume of tourists that flock there each year. One of the finest monuments in Morocco is greatly benefited by this amount of tourism. Actually their high volume contributes in a positive way to preserve one of the greatest monuments of Morocco.

Fes is the third largest city in Morocco and is the capital of the Fes-Boulemane Region. It is separated into three parts, Fes el Bali more commonly known as the old walled city, now classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fes-Jdid and the Ville Nouvelle. Fes el Bali is believed to be the largest car-free urban area in the world. Fes is a splendid place to visit to heighten the senses with the colours, smells and sounds.

Casablanca is an enormous city which is near the capital of Morocco and a place where any European would feel at home. Casablanca was made famous by the movie and gives the impression of being a romantic place. Unfortunately like many other popular cities around the world, it is crowded, noisy, and polluted, a far cry from the romantic ideal of the film. Because it has the biggest port, Casablanca being the important city of Morocco, has everything that the tourists need.

Asilah is a city situated on the Atlantic Ocean and is one of the most stunning(出色的) old cities of Morocco. The city is set along the cliffs which make it beautifully presented and an ideal place to continue adding to its economy by the fishermen. The economy is also reliant on the trading of cattle, sheep and cereal. If you are having a holiday in Morocco during August then you will be fortunate enough to experience one of Asilah’s cultural festivals where you can enjoy the lively music and wonderful paintings.

1.How many cities in Morocco are introduced in the passage?

2.If you want to live conveniently while you are on vacation, which city in Morocco could you choose?

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

4.The passage most probably appears      .

Angry survivors（幸存者）demanded answers on Sunday after a terrible accident at “Love Parade 2010”, a music festival in Germany, killed 19 people and left hundreds hurt.

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her shock over Saturday’s tragedy in the western city of Duisburg., “This was a very sad day,” Merkel said.

Witnesses（目击者）said that people pushed into the narrow tunnel, the only entrance to the Love Parade festival, from both sides until it was dangerously overcrowded. The panic began as festival-goers began to lose consciousness（意识）as they were crushed against the walls and each other. The dead included eight foreigners, from Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Bosnia and Spain. More than 340 people were injured.

After the panic, a lot of emergency vehicles（救援交通工具）, including helicopters, could be seen carrying away the injured people. The festival itself, however, went on. Police were afraid that ending the music altogether could cause further unrest among the crowd.

“The event was a real mess,” Patrick Guenter, a 22-year-old baker, said. “Although the festival was full, they kept letting people in,” he added. “It seems the organizers didn’t plan the route. And no one knew what was going on.” said Taggart Bowen-Gaddy, 20, an American from Philadelphia.

Officials said 4,000 police officers and 1,000 security guards provided security for the event, which attracted up to 1.4 million people.

 “I warned one year ago that Duisburg was not a suitable place for the Love Parade. The city is too small and narrow for such events. It is a pity that…” German police union chief Rainer Wendt said.

 The chief organizer, Rainer Schaller, said the popular event would never be held again, “out of respect for the victims and their families”.

1.How many Germans were killed in the stampede at “Love Parade 2010”?

   A. 19        B. 8        C. 11         D. 15

2. How did the German Chancellor Angela Merkel feel about the tragedy?

   A. She was very disappointed.        B. She was very surprised.

   C. She was very puzzled.             D. She was very touched.

3. According to Patrick Guenter and Taggart Bowen-Gaddy, _______.

   A. the event was well-organized                

B. the performance was wonderful

   C. Duisburg was suitable for the Love Parade    

 D. the organization was very bad

4. We can infer from the passage that _____.

   A. Rainer Wendt’s warning went unnoticed 

B. Rainer Wendt was a chief organizer of “Love Parade 2010”

C. the popular event would be held in the next year

D. Duisburg is a suitable place for the Love Parade

5. According to the passage, we learn that ______.

     A. the Love Parade has been canceled forever     

B. the Love Parade is a very popular sport event

     C. the festival was ended after the panic          

D. there are many entrances to the Love Parade

Valencia is in the east part of Spain. It has a port on the sea, two miles away on the coast. It is the capital of a province that is also named Valencia.

The city is a market center for what is produced by the land round the city. Most of the city’s money is made from farming. It is also a busy business city, with ships, railways, clothes and machine factories.

Valencia has an old part with white old buildings, colored roofs, and narrow streets. The modern part has long, wide streets and new buildings. Valencia is well known for its parks and gardens. It has many old churches and museums. The university in the center of the city was built in the 13^th century.

The city of Valencia has been known since the 2^nd century. In the 8^th century it was the capital of Spain. There is also an important city in Venezuela named Valencia.

1. From the text, how many places have the name Valencia?

2. What is the main difference between the two parts of the city?

3. When was Valencia the most important city in Spain?

4. What is Valencia famous for?

5. The main income of the city of Valencia is from its _____.