47．A．made
B．founded C．built
D．established
SECTION C (12 points)
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits
the context.
On the first day of classes at a Los Angeles high school, several American
boys came up to a Chinese boy and said: “Hi, what’s up?” 48 hearing their greeting, the boy, 49 had just moved to the US with his parents, raised his
head and looked at the sky.
This is a story told by David Chen, 50 31-year-old actor in Taiwan who recently launched a Sina
mini-blog, on which he teaches easy English expressions.
“ 51 me, the mini-blog is like a mirror．When I read the comments, I see myself more clearly.”
Chen made a breakthrough last year 52 he had a double-eyelid surgery．“I like making changes and I think it’s necessary,” he said．“I know many fans like my pretty boy image．But now I’m growing up, I want to look rougher and 53
mature.”
“When you have a new haircut, you do not need to explain it．__54___ is just like changing your mood
to do so–if you feel happy, that’s great,” said Chen．“Young people should realize
that sometimes you can just do what you want to do．You will eventually get support from others if you dare to be 55 .”
PART THREE READING
COMPREHENSION
Directions: read the
following three passages．Each passages is followed by several questions or unfinished
statements．For each of them there are four choices marked with A, B, C and D．choose the one
that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
A
Tayka Hotel De Sal
Where: Tahua, Bolivia
How much: About $95 a night
Why it’s cool: You’ve stayed at hotels
made of brick or wood, but salt? That’s something few can claim．Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt-including the beds
(though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses (床垫) and blankets)．The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake
that’s the world’s biggest salt flat．Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the
bricks, and glue them together with a paste of wet salt that hardens when it
dries．When rain starts to
dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the
bricks.
Green Magic Nature Resort
Where: Vythiri, India
How much: About $240 a night
Why it’s cool: Ridding a pulley(滑轮)-operated lift 86 feet to
your treetop room is just the start of your adventure．As you look out of your open window-there is no glass!-you watch
monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy．Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade
rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and
read．You don’t even have to
come down for breakfast-the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator”.
Dog Bark
Park Inn
B&B
Where: Cottonwood, Idaho
How much: $92 a night
Why it’s cool: This doghouse isn’t just
for the family pet．Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly．Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his
side．You can relax in the
main bedroom, go up a ffew steps ot the loft in Willy’s head, or hang out
inside his nose．Cotta “go”(想要方便一下)? Although you have a
full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the
12-foot-tall fire hydrant outside.
Gamirasu Cave Hotel
Where: Ayvali, Turkey
How much: Between $130 and $475 a night.
Why it’s cool: This is caveman cool! Experience
what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves
formed by volcanic ash．But your stay
will be much more modern．Bathrooms and
electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic
ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool, about 65℉in summer．(Don’t worry-there is heat in winter.)