题目内容
People visit other countries for many reasons. Some travel on business; others travel to visit interesting places that are only found in other countries, such as the Mahal in
Wherever you go, and for whatever reason, it is important to be safe. A tourist can attract a lot of attention from local people. While the majority of people you will meet when traveling are sure to be friendly and welcoming, there are dangers―theft being the most common. Just as in your home country, do not expect everyone you meet to be friendly and helpful. It is important to prepare for your trip in advance, and to take precautions （预防措施）while you are traveling.
As you prepare for your trip, make sure you have the right paperwork. You don’t want to get to your destination only to find you have the wrong visa, or worse, that your passport is about to expire. Also, make sure you travel with proper medical insurance, so that if you are sick or injured during your travels, you will be able to get treatment. If you want to drive while you are abroad, make sure you have an international driver’s license.
Buy a guidebook and read about the local customs of the country you are going to. Also try to learn a few basic words and phrases---don’t assume that the local people will speak your language.
When you get to your destination, use official transport. Always go to bus and taxi stands; don’t accept rides from strangers who offer you a lift. If there is no meter in the taxi, agree on a price before you get in. If you prefer to stay in cheap hotels while traveling, make sure you can lock the door of your room from the inside. If you are traveling with valuables such as jewelry, or a lot of cash, you should ask about a safe for storing them in. Finally, remember to smile. Smiling is the friendliest and most sincere form of communication, and is sure to be understood in any part of the world!
73. What’s the best title of the passage? （5 words）
74. Find a sentence in the passage closest in meaning to the following one:
“Even at your local place, you shouldn’t be upset if someone couldn’t offer help when needed.”
75. Why do you need to have medical insurance while traveling abroad? （8 words）
73. Have A Safe Trip / Prepare For A Safe Trip / Safety Precautions When Traveling
74. Just as in your home country, do not expect everyone you meet to be friendly and helpful.
75. To get treatment when you’re sick or injured. / In case you’re sick or injured. / In case of sickness or injury.
全优点练单元计划系列答案Nicknames for Los Angeles
A nickname is a shortened form of a person's name. A nickname can also be a descriptive name for a person, place or thing. Many American cities have nicknames. These can help establish an identity, spread pride among citizens and build unity. Nicknames can also be funny.
Los Angeles, California is the second largest city in population, after New York City. Los Angeles has several nicknames. One is simply the city’s initials, L.A. It is also called the City of Angels because Los Angeles means “the angels” in Spanish.
Los Angeles often has warm, sunny weather. So another nickname is City of Flowers and Sunshine. New York is called The Big Apple. So Los Angeles is sometimes called The Big Orange because of the fruit that grows in that city’s warm climate.
The American motion picture and television industries are based in Los Angeles. So it is not surprising that it is called The Entertainment Capital of the World. Many films are made in the area of Los Angeles called Hollywood. Millions of people visit the area. No trip to Los Angeles is complete without seeing the word "Hollywood" spelled out in huge letters on a hillside.
Many movie stars live in Los Angeles. The city is sometimes called Tinseltown. This nickname comes from the shiny, bright and often unreal nature of Hollywood and the movie industry.
Another nickname for Los Angeles is La-La Land, using the first letters of Los and Angeles. This means a place that is fun and not serious, and maybe even out of touch with reality.
The city of Los Angeles is part of Los Angeles County. There are many smaller cities in the county. Beverly Hills, with its rich people, is one of them. So is Pasadena, with its Rose Parade each New Year's Day. So are the coastal cities of Santa Monica and Malibu, where people like to ride surfboards on the Pacific Ocean waves.
A good place for watching unusual-looking people is Venice, an area on the west side of Los Angeles. A system of waterways designed after the Italian city of Venice has been built there.
Many people love Los Angeles for its warm sunny weather, beautiful mountains and beaches, and movie stars. That includes Randy Newman, who sings about his hometown.
【小题1】A nickname of a place can have the following functions except ___________.
| A．building up identity |
| B．entertainment |
| C．bringing pride to the locals |
| D．uniting surrounding cities |
| A．Your trip to Los Angeles is not perfect if you miss the big letters "Hollywood" on a hillside |
| B．Not seeing the word "Hollywood" on a hillside means you haven’t been to Los Angeles. |
| C．If you visit Los Angeles you should first pay a visit to "Hollywood" s on a hillside. |
| D．Seeing the big letters "Hollywood" on a hillside means you’ve been really to Los Angeles. |
| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．7 |
| A．Los Angeles is most famous for its nicknames. |
| B．Hollywood alone adds fame to Los Angeles. |
| C．All the nicknames increase the charm of Los Angeles. |
| D．Los Angeles was built after the Italian city of Venice. |
Britain’s symbolic red phone boxes have become out of date in the age of the mobile, but villages across the country are stepping in to save them, with creative intelligence. Whether as a place to exhibit art, poetry, or even as a tiny library, hundreds of phone boxes have been given a new life by local communities determined to preserve a typical part of British life. In Waterperry, a small village near Oxford, the 120 residents have filled the phone box next to the old house with a pot of flowers, piles of gardening and cooking magazines, and stuck poems on the walls.
They took control of the phone box when telecoms operator BT said it was going to pull it down, an announcement that caused such dissatisfaction that one local woman threatened to chain herself to the box to save it. “I’d have done it,”insisted Kendall Turner. “It would have been heartbreaking for the village.”Local councilor Tricia Hallam, who came up with the idea for the phone box’s change, said quite a few people would have joined her, adding, “We couldn’t let it go because it’s a British symbol.”
Only three feet by three feet wide, and standing 2.51-meter tall, the phone boxes were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1936 for the 25th anniversary of the reign of King George V.Painted in “Post Office red” to match the post boxes, they were once a typical image of England and the backdrop（背景）to millions of tourist photographs.
Eight years ago there were about 17,000 across Britain, but today, in a country where almost everybody has a mobile phone, 58 percent are no longer profitable and ten percent are only used once a month. “On average, maintaining them costs $800 a year per phone box — about ￡44 million annually,” said John Lunb, general manager for BT Payphones.
【小题1】.Some red phone boxes in Britain have been used for ______ .
a.selling flowers b.cooking c.reading d.exhibiting art or poetry
| A．a,b | B．c,d | C．a,b,c | D．b,c,d |
| A．Because millions of people visit Britain to see the red phone boxes. |
| B．Because the local people could earn a lot of money from the red phone boxes. |
| C．Because the red phone boxes have already become a symbol of Britain. |
| D．Because the red phone boxes may be useful for some people in emergency. |
| A．Green. | B．Red. | C．Black. | D．Yellow. |
| A．Supportive. | B．Opposed. | C．Neutral. | D．Indifferent. |