You can love them or hate them, but no matter which tourist destination you visit, chances are you’ll see someone with their head buried in a Lonely Planet guidebook.

Lonely Planet is one of the world’s largest travel guide brands, publishing more than 500 different guides in eight languages. The popular brand also produces television shows, websites and podcasts(播客)all devoted to travel.

Some people praise Lonely Planet books because they make traveling easy and affordable. They also save time and make sure you don’t miss the best things.

They also provide the reviews of hostels, restaurants and ticket information about your destination.

This can be great if you’re a nervous traveler, or if you haven’t traveled by yourself before. If you’re in a country where you don’t speak the language, sometimes there’s nothing better than getting into a taxi and opening up a guidebook. You simply point to a map that directs the taxi driver to a hostel that’s cheap and clean, with friendly staff and cold beer.

But others criticize Lonely Planet and other travel guide publishers like them. They say guidebooks take the fun and spontaneity(自发性)out of traveling, and that part of the enjoyment of travel comes from the fact that anything can happen. They also regret that if you follow a guidebook, you’ll end up doing the same thing and having the same experience as everyone else. You might end up seeing the same group of people over and over, because everyone is reading the same book and following the same route.

   Another criticism of travel guides is that they have a large impact on local communities. For example, some locals devote their lives to behaving in ways that attract tourists. They pretend to live a traditional lifestyle, wear traditional clothes and live in traditional houses in order to attract the tourist dollar.

The Lonely Planet guidebook can bring you the following advantages EXCEPT that ___.

A. you can speak a foreign language when opening a guidebook

B. you can easily find a nice place to stay in a strange city

C. it provides lots of useful information about your destination

D. it can help you save time and money when traveling

People criticize the guidebook because __________.

A. it is not as useful as most travelers expect

B. tourist destinations will be crowded if everyone follows the same route

C. travelers may not get the chance to have unexpected adventures

D. local people keep modern lifestyles under its influence

What do we know about the Lonely Planet guidebook from the text?

A. It’s a world-famous brand only producing guidebooks for travelers.

B. It’s very useful to a person who’s nervous about touring an unfamiliar place.

C. It’s very useful to a tourist who likes to repeat others’ experiences.

D. It is loved by all travelers because of the convenience it brings to travelers.

Which of the following best shows the structure of the text? (①—⑦ stand for Paragraph 1 — Paragraph 7 )

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第三部分 完形填空(共20小题,每小题1分,计20分)

通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I will never forget a special trip to the grocery store some years ago. My father had just recently    51  . I was missing him terribly and hardly getting through a day without    52  . I needed to pull myself together to get some groceries for my young children.

As I entered the store, I    53   had to control my emotions as the    54   smell of my daddy’s favorite cinnamon buns (肉桂卷) made there filled the whole    55  . I made my way up and down the busy passages and    56   my cart (手推车) as I read my list, which I had prepared that morning. I was    57   the in-store bakery when I just couldn’t    58   myself any longer. I held the    59   and quietly cried as I looked at the cinnamon buns.

A gentleman came to my    60   and simply said, “Would you like me to    61   here with you for a moment?” I nodded and the man simply put his hand on top of mine, and stood there    62   supporting me as I cried. Once I gathered myself, I looked into his wonderful eyes and thanked him,    63   I had just lost my father. He simply said there had been such    64   in his life too, when he just needed to cry.

This man    65   me deeply. I realized too many times, we see someone    66   and make guesses about the happenings in their life, when really we should recognize we are all    67   and just need a little    68   sometimes.

Before leaving, I    69   again in the store for this man, but could not find him. I hope that maybe, he or someone who has done this same thing reads this and learns how the gesture    70   the heart of another person.

51. A. calmed down              B. passed away              C. turned up                 D. turned away

52. A. crying                       B. sleeping                   C. researching               D. worrying

53. A. slowly                       B. successfully              C. immediately             D. unluckily

54. A. different                    B. unpleasant                C. bad                          D. sweet

55. A. car                                   B. store                        C. room                       D. bakery

56. A. watched                            B. emptied                   C. filled                       D. discovered

57. A. approaching               B. admiring                  C. leaving                     D. running

58. A. behave                     B. control                            C. enjoy                       D. defend

59. A. note                          B. position                    C. money                            D. cart

60. A. side                           B. attention                   C. help                         D. head         

61. A. work                        B. wait                         C. stand                        D. sit

62. A. nervously                   B. angrily                            C. proudly                    D. quietly

63. A. meaning                    B. explaining                C. arguing                    D. reminding

64. A. moments                    B. chances                    C. dreams                     D. duties

65. A. pleased                      B. touched                    C. disappointed            D. shocked

66. A. unfriendly                  B. impolite                   C. ill                            D. sad

67. A. relatives                     B. strangers                  C. humans                    D. volunteers

68. A. support                      B. wealth                      C. humor                      D. energy

69. A. asked                         B. paid                         C. looked                            D. called

70. A. won                          B. opened                     C. beat                         D. warmed

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