(BEIJING, August 10)—The Beijing Daily has put together a number of tips for cost-efficient travel in Beijing.

Subway transfer

“Transfer” is a word frequently used by volunteers helping visitors choose the best way of transport during the ongoing Beijing Olympics to save time.

On the seven subway lines now in operation, the transport authorities have set up a total of 16 transfer stations:

Transfer between Line 2 and Line 1 at Jianguomen and Fuxingmen stations；Transfer between Line 2 and Line 5 at Chongwenmen and Yonghegong stations;

Transfer between Line 2 and Line 13 at Dongzhimen and Xizhimen stations; Dongzhimen station can also bring you to Beijing Capital International Airport via the Airport Line；

Transfer between Line 1 and Line Batong at Sihui and Sihuidong stations；

Transfer from Line 1 to Line 10 at Guomao station to reach Zhongguancun, the north Third Ring Road (going north and west) or Jinsong (going south).

Via Line 10, transfer to Line 8 at Beitucheng station to reach the Olympic central zone, where the “Bird’s Nest” and other venues are located; transfer to Line 5 at Huixinxijie Nankou; transfer to Line 13 at Zhichunlu and Shaoyaoju stations; Sanyuanqiao station takes you to the airport via the Airport Line.

From subway to bus

Beijing’s subway system is thoroughly linked with bus routes.

The Beijing Railway Station, which can be reached via the Line 2 subway, has bus lines going north, southeast and to the West Railway Station, covering Chaoyang, Tongzhou, Daxing and other districts.

Xizhimen station is linked to many bus routes that go south and northeast. The long-distance bus routes near Dongzhimen station pass through Shunyi, Pinggu and other outskirts.

Park and ride

Park and ride facilities allow commuters to leave their personal vehicles in a parking lot and transfer to a bus or rail system.

In Beijing, because of city planning and other factors, park and ride is limited to bus and subway stations beyond the Fourth Ring Road. Since the Line 5 subway began operating, a low-fare parking lot, the largest in Beijing, was created at Tiantongyuan Beizhan station. Drivers are encouraged to spend just two yuan per day parking their vehicles and take the subway into the city.

At which of the station, passengers can go to the Beijing Capital International Airport by subway?

A. Dongzhimen and Xizhimen.                         

B. Jianguomen and Fuxingmen.

C. Dongzhimen and Sanyuanqiao.              

D. Zhichunlu and Shaoyaoju.

According to the tips, if you take Line 2, how can you reach Zhonguancun?

A. Transfer to Line 1 at Jianguomen station, and then transfer to Line 10 at Guomao station.

B. Transfer to Line 5 at Chongwenmen station, and then transfer to Line 10 at Guomao station.

C. Transfer to Line 13 at Dongzhimen station, and then transfer to Line 8 at Beituchengstation.

D. Transfer to Line 1 at Dongzhimen station, and then transfer to Line 10 at Guomao station.

Which of the following is TRUE?

A. You can get to the Beijing Railway Station via the Line 5 subway.

B. Park and ride is limited to bus and subway stations beyond the Third Ring Road.

C. Drivers can spend a little money in parking their vehicles in the largest parking lot.

D. Drivers must park their cars in the largest parking lot and transfer to a bus or rail system.

What is the purpose of the tips?

A. To help volunteers save time during the ongoing Olympic Games.

B. To help tourists enjoy the places of interest in Beijing.

C. To make people learn about the daily transport in Beijing.

D. To make it convenient and efficient to travel in Beijing during the ongoing Olympic Games.

All penguins (企鹅) swim in cold waters and so need a good layer of insulation (隔离), some species come ashore in hot places.Humboldt penguins,for example,nest in arid hot - 40°C, deserts on the west coast of South America, while others survive the lowest temperatures of any animals.Male Emperor penguins,as we know, spend the Antarctic winters incubating eggs in temperatures that can fall below -70°C. The insulation is provided in layers, under the skin is a thick layer of fat, then there is a layer of downy feathers that trap air, and finally another layer of waterproof feathers that keep the cold water away from the skin. With all this insulation penguins have no problem keeping warm at temperatures down to about -10°C - although they have special adaptations of the circulatory system to keep their feet from freezing and to prevent much heat loss through the feet that are on the ice. At lower temperatures penguins have to huddle (蜷缩) together to keep warm. In such huddles the penguins gradually move from the hot interior to the cold outside so that every penguin has his turn in the middle and on the outside.

In hot climates, penguins suffer greatly from overheating. They use several strategies to lose heat. They puff up their feathers so that air can circulate to their skin; they hold their flippers（脚蹼）out from their bodies and pump hot blood to them so that they can act as radiators; they open their mouths and breathe to lose heat from their hot breath; and those species that live in hot climates also have several bare patches of skin around the eyes and feet, they send blood to these bare patches when they are hot - you can recognize a hot penguin since it will have pink eye patches and pink patches on its feet.

77. Which of the following are the ways for penguins to keep warm?

a. staying together in good social order 

b. several layers as radiators

c. a special circulatory system       d. waterproof feathers

e. sending blood to bare patches

f. always staying in the middle

A. a, b, c B. a, c, d C. b, c, e D. c, d, f

78. The insulation consists of _______ layers.                  

      A. two    B. three   C. four    D. five

79. The underlined "puff up" in the second paragraph can be replaced by ______.

      A. breathe deeply   B. blow up     C. hold tight   D. spread out

80. The passage mainly tells us ______.

      A. how penguins stay warm in cold places   B. that penguins are a clever animal

      C. how penguins keep their temperature       D. why penguins can live a safe life

Two elderly women in my community died "full of years,"which means both died from the normal wearing out of the body after a long and full life. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid visits to the two families.

The son of one of the deceased(已故的) women said to me,"If only I had sent my mother to Florida and got her out of this cold ,she would be alive today. "The son of the other deceased woman said, "If only I hadn't insisted on my mother's going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take. "

When things don't turn out as we would like them to, it is very likely for us to think that if we had done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty.

There seem to be two elements in our readiness to feel guilty. The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense and that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to try to find the patterns and connections.

The second element is the notion(观念)that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. Psychologists trace this feeling back to our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. The world works for him. When he cries, someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely outgrow the notion that our wishes cause things to happen.

69.What is said about the two deceased elderly women?

      A. They lived long and died after a natural life.

      B. They died due to lack of care by family members.

      C. They died of the tiredness after the long plane ride.

      D. They weren't quite used to the change in weather.

70.People feel guilty for the deaths of their beloved ones because_______.

      A. they believe that they were responsible

      B. they do not know the natural course of events

      C. they couldn't find a better way to express their grief

      D. they didn't know things often turn out in the opposite direction

71.The underlined sentence "the world makes sense" probably means that_______.

      A. we have to be sensible so as to understand the world

      B. everything in the world is pre-determined

      C. there's an explanation for everything in the world

      D. the world can be interpreted in different ways

72.People have been made to believe since babyhood that_______.

      A. every story should have a happy ending

      B. their wishes are the cause of everything that happens

      C. life and death is an unsolved mystery

      D. everybody should obey their wills without question

完型填空（共120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中，选出最佳选项，并标在试卷答题卡上。

   Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence. That  36  two out of every three people simply don’t know the  37  they already have to be successful when it’s  38  there in their hands!  39  if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first. Remember: “No one can make you feel inferior(差的) unless you  40  them.” A successful businessman says, “You can’t push anyone up a ladder  41  he knows he can climb himself.”

Many of us have an image  42 , the image we have of ourselves.  43  one guy put it: “You can’t win a horse race if you think you look  44  on a horse.” To succeed, the first person you have to  45  is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself. Just  46  your mind and you’ll change your life.

One of the most harmful weapons that can kill your success in life are the two little words: “ 47 ”. You know that people used to  48  that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would  49  our circulation of blood and kill us? Thank goodness a few people didn’t believe that  50  thinking, or we wouldn’t be riding in cars, buses, and flying in airplanes today. You’ll never know until you  51 .

Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. But  52  he did it, most people in the world didn’t think it was even  53 . Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly  54  all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we’ll  55  do it.

36.A. means                 B. reflects             C. reads                D. explains

37.A. chance         B. strength            C. ability              D. reason

38.A. immediately        B. properly           C. accurately         D. right

39.A. Because              B. But                  C. What                D. While

40.A. let                      B. challenge          C. admit                      D. get

41.A. if                B. except              C. until                 D. unless

42.A. quiz                   B. question           C. problem           D. mystery

43.A. When                 B. As                    C. While               D. Since

44.A. curious               B. good-looking    C. serious             D. funny

45.A. beat                    B. knock               C. strike                      D. defend

46.A. settle                  B. bend                C. change             D. fix

47A. I failed.               B. Not me.            C. Can I?              D. I can’t.

48.A. imagine              B. think                C. expect              D. doubt

49.A. start                   B. help                 C. stop                 D. quit

50.A. silly                   B. empty              C. reasonable               D. terrible

51.A. try               B. realize              C. understand        D. judge

52.A. after                    B. before              C. since                D. because

53.A. likely                 B. unbelievable     C. possible            D. impossible

54.A. workers              B. runners             C. competitors       D. players

55.A. simply         B. seldom             C. never              D. usually

第二节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

   阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21 – 40 各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

Leaning against my parents’ wardrobe in the bedroom, I, six years old then, __21__ to their casual talk about budgets and paychecks. I __22__ that my family was poor.

Their money talk continued, and a thought __23__ me: Dad had to __24__ for me. While the story of my birth ranked as a bedtime favorite, I had never considered hospital bills, the meals I’d eaten, or the __25__ of my clothes.

“Daddy,” I interrupted, “how much did I cost?” “Oh, let me see. About a million dollars.”

A million dollars! Because of me, Dad __26__ two jobs. Because of me, he wore __27__ jeans, drove an old car, and had his shoes __ 28__ over and over again.

I went to the kitchen. From a shelf, I took my granny-shaped __29__, which held every penny I owned – seven dollars. I pulled the bank’s plug out, and __30__ the coins into my hand. I had often __ 31__ with these coins in secret and I felt secure pleasure in just knowing they were there.

Whether the topic had changed when I returned to my parents’ bedroom, I didn’t __32__. Tugging ( 用力拉 ) on Dad’s shirt, I __33__ out my first payment on a million dollars.

“Here,” I said. “Maybe this will __34__ to pay for me.”

“What?” Dad’s confused look __35__ my own. Didn’t he remember what he’d said? Didn’t the sight of me __36__ him of how much I cost?

My tear-filled eyes, which I couldn’t seem to take off the bank, finally made __37__ to him.

Dad knelt down and pulled me __38__ . “You didn’t cost a million dollars, but you’re __39__ a million million dollars. And if that’s what I’d have to pay for you, I would do it.”

Today, I often pull out this memory, think about it and feel the __40__ weight of it in my heart.

21．A．listened    B．watched    C．heard D．joined

22．A．pretended        B．accepted   C．concluded D．confused

23．A．occurred   B．hit     C．came D．left

24．A．apply       B．apologize  C．send  D．pay

25．A．style  B．quality      C．material    D．price

26．A．gave up    B．worked     C．lost   D．offered

27．A．old    B．new C．expensive        D．beautiful

28．A．repaired        B．washed    C．sold       D．bought

29．A．coin       B．bag       C．bank      D．suitcase

30．A．carried     B．sent        C．returned   D．poured

31．A．quarreled        B．played     C．worked  D．laughed

32．A．notice      B．care        C．worry     D．mind

33．A．ran         B．put         C．held       D．set

34．A．get         B．reach       C．come      D．help

35．A．matched   B．surprised   C．increased D．confused

36．A．ask        B．remind    C．warn       D．teach

37．A．sense      B．trouble          C．understanding   D．money

38．A．down       B．up    C．away       D．close

39．A．selling   B．buying          C．worth     D．saving

40．A．heavy     B．light       C．cold D．warm

Do you remember it was on ______ Saturday night that you saw such ______ bright moon?

A．a; a          B．the; the          C．a; the               D．the; 不填

—How about going out for a picnic on Sunday morning?

       —Hmm．___．The weather is very good these days．

       A．Yes, why not   B．Well, no way    C．Oh, never mind       D．Sure, no matter

It’s a common sense _________ Canberra, ________ between Sydney and Melbourne, is the capital of Australia．

       A．that; locating         B．that; located    C．which; located       D．as; locates

____some of the wine -- perhaps you will enjoy it.

A. Trying          B. Try            C. To try         D. Have tried

 It is required that the students ______ mobile phones in their school, so seldom ______ them using one.

　　A. shouldn't use; will you see B. not use; you will see

　　C. don't use; will you seeD. shan't use; you will see