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13．The rising admission prices of scenic attractions may cast a __________ over your plans for the coming holiday．（　　）
A．shameB．shelterC．shadowD．shade

分析 景区门票价格的上涨可能会给你接下来的假期计划蒙上阴影．

解答 答案C．shame"羞耻"；shelter"庇护所"；shadow"阴影"；shade"阴凉处，树荫"．"cast a shadow over…"是固定搭配，意思是"给…蒙上阴影"，再联系句子所表达的意思可知，答案选C．

点评 本题考查名词的词义辨析．名词词义辨析题一直都是高考考查的一个热点，它注重考查考生结合语境准确选用词语的能力．由于英语词汇丰富，且用法多变，考生掌握起来有较大难度，因此在平时应注意词汇的积累，理解词语的含义及其常见的习惯搭配，再联系句子所表述的意义和语境，选出正确的答案．本题要注意shadow和shade的语义辨析．shadow 表示物体在光线下的"影子、阴影"，而shade 表示"阴凉、阴凉处；荫"．如：Shadows are longer when the sun is low．（影子长）Stay in the shade．（呆在阴凉处）

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4．When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation（基金会），nobody understood what she was talking about．But Sophia knew just how important Make-A-Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends．We were interested in finding out more，so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say．
Sophia told us that Make-A-Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980．"It's a charity（慈善机构） that helps children who have got very serious illnesses．Make-A-Wish helps children feel happy even though they are sick，by making their wishes and dreams come true，"Sophia explained．
We asked Sophia how Make-A-wish had first started．She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris，who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman．Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris's dream come true-so，with everybody's help，Chris，only seven years old at the time，had been a"policeman"for a day．"When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true，they decided to try and help other sick children too，and that was the beginning of Make-A-Wish，"explained Sophia．
Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special，happy time．A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world．Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true．They do this either by providing things that are necessary，or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can．

31．Sophia found out about Make-A-Wish because her best friend hadA．
A．benefited from it           
B．volunteered to help it
C．dreamed about it           
D．told the author about it
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A．is an international charity     
B．was understood by nobody at first
C．raises money for very poor families
D．started by drawing the interest of the public
33．What is said about Chris in Paragraph 3？B
A．he has been a policeman since he was seven．
B．He gave people the idea of starting Make-A-Wish．
C．He wanted people to help make his dream come true．
D．he was the first child Make-A-Wish helped after it had been set up．
34．Which of the following is true about Make-A-Wish volunteers？A
A．They are important for making wishes come true．
B．They try to help children get over their illnesses．
C．They visit sick children to make them feel special．
D．They provide what is necessary to make Make-A-Wish popular．
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3．Human beings are born with the ability to recognize a change in number．____________，experiments show that many animals are，too．（　　）
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       If you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoid-or you're looking for a big event to pass your time-check out sites such as Whatsonwhen．com，which allow you to search for events in the UK by city，date and category．
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LOOK AFTER YOURSELF Really central hotels in cities such as London，Edinburgh and Cardiff can cost a fortune，especially at weekends and during big events．As an alternative consider checking into a self-catering flat with its own kitchen．Often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of city centre buildings．A great example is the historic O'Neill Flat on Edinburgh's Royal Mile，available for£420 for five days in late September，with room for four adults．
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56．The Brighton Comedy Festival is mentioned mainly to show big events mayD
A．help travelers pass time                                 
B．attract lots of travelers to the UK
C．allow travelers to make flexible plans              
D．cause travelers to pay more for accommodation
57．"Farringdon"in Paragraph 5 is most probablyA
A．a hotel away from the train station                  
B．the tube line to Covent Garden
C．an ideal holiday destination                            
D．the name of a travel agency
58．The passage shows that the O'Neill FlatC
A．lies on the ground floor                                 
B．is located in central London
C．provides cooking facilities for tourists                    
D．costs over£100 on average per day in late September
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A．half an hour          B．one hour       C．one hour and a half      D．two hours
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A．to tell visitors how to book in advance            
B．to supply visitors with hotel information
C．to show visitors the importance of self-help     
D．to offer visitors some money-saving tips．
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　　The paper，published this March in Psychology and Aging，examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40，000 Germans between ages 18 and 96．The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003．
　　Survey respondents （受访者） were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10，among other questions．
　　The researchers found that young adults （age 18 to 39）routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction，while middle-aged adults （age 40 to 64）more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future．Adults of 65 and older，however，were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction．Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would，the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio （比率） of disability and death for the study period．
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"Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions （预防措施），"the authors wrote．
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67．According to the study，who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction？B
A．Optimistic adults．
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C．Adults in poor health．
D．Adults of lower income．
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B．to estimate their contribution accurately
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69．How do people of higher income see their future？A
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B．They will become pessimistic．
C．They will suffer mental illness．
D．They will have less time to enjoy life．
70．What is the clear conclusion of the study？D
A．Pessimism guarantees chances of survival．
B．Good financial condition leads to good health．
C．Medical treatment determines health outcomes．
D．Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age．

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