Do you want to visit Warwick Castle in Britain?  Warwick is a friendly and a memorable experience with something for all ages. Easily accessible by car, bus, train, cycling or on foot it is surrounded by historic buildings and numerous attractions.

Ticket Prices&Offers

Look at our online offers, Warwick-Castle. com is the only place to purchase the Ultimate Castle and The Castle Dungeon Ticket at the best price.

Online bookings must be made 24 hours before you visit. Please note that Admission to The Castle Dungeon is NOT included with Standard online or on the day tickets. There are limited Dungeon tickets available, and only from Warwick-Castle. com. Please book in advance to guarantee your Castle Dungeon experience.

One Day Tickets

Booking online is the best way to get your tickets for Britain’s Ultimate Castle. Save 20% and skip the ticket queue when you arrive—it couldn’t be easier! 

If you’re not sure when you want to visit then don’t worry—you can still book a Flexi Ticket—valid（有效的）for any day that the castle is open during 2012.

Buy tickets online now! 

Important notes on ticketing

Please note that if you wish to visit the Castle using an on-the-day promotional voucher（票券），your Dungeon experience can be prebooked by calling 0870 442 2375.

 A ￡1. 50 fee applies to all bookings made online and via telephone—one fee per booking. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Group rates are available for groups of more than 10 people. Group tickets can be booked by calling 0870 442 2371 or online.

 Online bookings must be made 24 hours before you visit.

36. If you hope to visit Castle Dungeon, you should ________.

A. buy the ticket in person

B. dial 0870 442 2371

C. book the ticket from Warwick-Castle. com

D. book the ticket two days in advance

37. What is the advantage of booking tickets online?

A. You don’t have to wait in queue.

B. You can save ￡20 in total.

C. The ticket includes the Castle Dungeon.

D. The ticket is available at any time.

38. In order to buy group tickets, ________.

A. you should dial 0870 442 2375

B. bookings can be made by emails

C. there should be at least 20 people

D. you should dial 0870 442 2371

39. If you want to book the Ultimate Family Ticket online, you should pay _______.

A.￡55. 00                  B.￡48. 50 

C.￡47. 00                          D.￡37. 60

40. The text probably is taken from _______.

A. a newspaper                 B. a magazine

C. a geography book             D. a website

第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended, but I can still remember something about the   36   celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not   37   much from the war where, though, like most children of my age, I often saw   38   houses in the streets and the very big   39   lorries(卡车) passing through. But both at home and at school I had become   40   to the phrases “before the war” and “when the war is over”. “Before the war”, obviously,   41   had been better, though I was too young to understand why,   42   there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice cream and bananas, which I had  43   heard of. When the war was over we would go back to London, but this meant very  44   to me. I did not remember what London was like.
What I remember now  45   V-Day(victory day) was the afternoon and the evening. Some boys and girls were collecting   46  and building an enormous bonfire(篝火). We stood and watched them for a time, and then I went home and   47   myself in with my key and waited for my parents to come back from work.
It was May and still broad   48  when my mother arrived, and my father came in about an hour later. After dinner I said I wanted to   49   the bonfire, so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very   50  , and somehow people had collected some old clothes to   51   “Hitler” with the moustache(胡子) they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames   52   soon. Everyone was cheering and shouting.
I stood beside my father until the   53   started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing, either. He had   54   in the First World War and remembered everything he had experienced. At last he said, “Well, that’s it, son. Let’s hope that this time it really will be the   55   one.”
36. A. war                    B. victory                        C. Christmas                 D. birthday
37. A. suffered                 B. learnt                       C. heard                      D. read
38. A. crowded             B. rebuilt                  C. bombed                    D. enlarged
39. A. modern           B. old                          C. railway                    D. army
40. A. used                   B. devoted                    C. engaged                   D. related
41. A. food                   B. things                  C. houses                  D. news  
42. A. except that      B. now that                   C. for fear that                 D. in order that
43. A. never                  B. hardly                  C. only                         D. already
44. A. much                  B .little                        C. great                        D. important
45. A. about                  B. on                           C. for                           D. during
46. A. money            B. wood                       C. information                 D. clothes
47. A. showed           B. allowed                    C. let                           D. called
48. A. early                  B. daylight                   C. dark                         D. warm
49. A. see                        B. light                        C. find                         D. put out
50. A. high                   B. hot                          C. dangerous             D. far
51. A. draw                  B. paint                        C. write                        D. dress
52. A. disappeared     B. happened                  C. rose                         D. came
53. A. sun                     B. moon                       C. fire                          D. noise
54. A. fought            B. worked                    C. grown                  D. changed
55. A. best                    B. worst                       C. first                         D. last

Several factors make a good newspaper story. First，  1  ，it must be new. But since TV can react to events so quickly, this is often a problem for    2 . They usually respond    3  it in one of three ways.
One by providing   4   detail, comment or background information.
One by finding a new    5   on the day’s major stories.
One by printing completely different stories which   6  doesn’t broadcast.
What else? Well—it also has to be   7 . People don’t want to read about    8  , everyday life. Because of this,  many stories   9  some kind of conflict or danger. This is one reason why so much news seems to be   10   news, “ Plane lands safely—no-one hurt ”doesn’t sell newspapers. “Plane   11 —200 feared dead !” does .
Next, there’s human interest. People are interested in other   12  —particularly in the rich, famous and powerful. Stories about the private lives of pop singers, actors, models, politicians,   13 , all appear regularly in certain newspapers .
Finally, for many editors,   14  is an important factor, too. They prefer stories about people, places and events which their readers know. That’s   15  the stories in Tokyo’s newspapers are often very different from the stories printed in Paris, Cairo, New York or Buenos Aires.

【小题2】

A．newspapers B．publications C．reporters D．broadcasters

Attention, please．These tickets are _________ on the day of issue only．

1. A.
   convenient
2. B.
   handy
3. C.
   valuable
4. D.
   available

Do you want to visit Warwick Castle in Britain?  Warwick is a friendly and a memorable experience with something for all ages. Easily accessible by car, bus, train, cycling or on foot it is surrounded by historic buildings and numerous attractions.

Ticket Prices&Offers

Look at our online offers, Warwick-Castle. com is the only place to purchase the Ultimate Castle and The Castle Dungeon Ticket at the best price.

Online bookings must be made 24 hours before you visit. Please note that Admission to The Castle Dungeon is NOT included with Standard online or on the day tickets. There are limited Dungeon tickets available, and only from Warwick-Castle. com. Please book in advance to guarantee your Castle Dungeon experience.

One Day Tickets

Booking online is the best way to get your tickets for Britain’s Ultimate Castle. Save 20% and skip the ticket queue when you arrive—it couldn’t be easier! 

If you’re not sure when you want to visit then don’t worry—you can still book a Flexi Ticket—valid（有效的）for any day that the castle is open during 2012.

Buy tickets online now! 

Important notes on ticketing

Please note that if you wish to visit the Castle using an on-the-day promotional voucher（票券），your Dungeon experience can be prebooked by calling 0870 442 2375.

 A ￡1. 50 fee applies to all bookings made online and via telephone—one fee per booking. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Group rates are available for groups of more than 10 people. Group tickets can be booked by calling 0870 442 2371 or online.

 Online bookings must be made 24 hours before you visit.

36. If you hope to visit Castle Dungeon, you should ________.

A. buy the ticket in person

B. dial 0870 442 2371

C. book the ticket from Warwick-Castle. com

D. book the ticket two days in advance

37. What is the advantage of booking tickets online?

A. You don’t have to wait in queue.

B. You can save ￡20 in total.

C. The ticket includes the Castle Dungeon.

D. The ticket is available at any time.

38. In order to buy group tickets, ________.

A. you should dial 0870 442 2375

B. bookings can be made by emails

C. there should be at least 20 people

D. you should dial 0870 442 2371

39. If you want to book the Ultimate Family Ticket online, you should pay _______.

A.￡55. 00                  B.￡48. 50 

C.￡47. 00                          D.￡37. 60

40. The text probably is taken from _______.

A. a newspaper                 B. a magazine

C. a geography book             D. a website