26．The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means __________．

A．discouraging　　 B．interesting　 　 C．creative　　 　 D．unbearable

25．The author thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will ________ .

　A. waste a lot of money　　　　　　 B. weaken their economy

　C. help establish their customs　　　 　D. help improve their life

B

　When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers．

For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named national teacher of the year．

Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before．”

Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music．

When students were reading S．E．Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book．Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book．Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book．

The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils．It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns even win national honors．

As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the more years outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education．

Not surprisingly, she is a big believer in the value of arts education. She said it’s essential for schools to offer classes such as art or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that attracts them to come back to school day after day．

24．It can be inferred from the text that ________ .

　A. the author doesn’t like tourism developing so fast

　B. local people will benefit from tourist attraction

　C. other parts of a country’s economy won’t benefit from tourism much

　D. we can't build too many support facilities

23．Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT ________ .

　A. a bad effect on other industries

　B. a change of tourists’ customs

　C. over - crowdedness of places of interest

　D. pressure on traffic

22．The underlined word“ inhabitants” (in Paragraph 1 ) probably means________.

　A. tourists　　 B. passengers　　 C. population　　D. citizens

21．Which of the following do you think has been discussed in the part before this selection？

　A. It is extremely important to develop tourism.

　B. Building roads and hotels is essential.

　C. Support facilities are highly necessary.

　D. Planning is of great importance to tourism.

15．Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?

A．An introduction of famous film festivals and film awards

B．An advertisement for films and TV programmes．

C．Introduce the nicknames of famous film awards．

D．A guide of how to spend famous film festivals

14．Why is the Award for Berlin Film Festival called “Golden and Silver Bear”?

A．It looks like a bear

B．It is made up of bear fur

C．The bear is the symbol of Berlin

D．Bear is rare in Berlin

13．Which Award has the shortest history?

A．Golden Lion　　　　 B．Golden Palm

C．Academy Awards　　 D．San Marco Award

12．Which of the following statements about “Oscars” is not true?

A．It’s the nickname of Academy Awards

B．It’s also the nickname of the statuette．

C．It got its name because Margaret said the statuette looked like his uncle．

D．It’s an award in France．