Introduction
Pear Lake is 1 kilometer west to Zhuwo Village, Yanchi Town, Mentougou District ,Beijing, its altitude is about 400 meters. In 1958 ,a reservoir was built, which was called as Zhuwo Reservoir at that time. Explored by Mentougou Tourism Office, the reservoir turned into a tour scenic spot and changed its name as “Zhenzhu lake”. Go upward along the lake, and you can experience the dam style, Xinghua Village,Sanxian Cave, Huxinshuangliu Island, 55 kilometers lake station, 24 Dongmingtielong, Asia’s first bridge ,Tongxin Islang,Shifang Bridge ,Hengliu Bay, Camping Island, Pearl Villas and Pear Lake.
Highlights
You can also visit an ago-old cave, “Gaibuyan” and frontier fortress ancient city, “Yanhe City”; ruins of the Great Wall “Seven Floor”, Xianren Cave, site of Boshan Temple and other attractions. At the same time, while viewing the sight-seeing, you can go fishing,play in the water, hunt, andtake leisure(空暇) and have a taste of delicious farm special disher. Water there is clear and as calm as a mirror; blue sky , white clouds , mountains and tree shadows are reflected in the water .It is known as Yanjing’s three small gorges (峡谷) of the north or Small Lijiang. It is surely a shining pearl of the valey of Yongding River of the western Beijing.
Traffic
Take bus 336 from Pingguoyuan Subway to Hetan; take Mid-size bus to Zhaitang and then transfer to small public bus to Zhenzhu Lake.
Pearl lake fee and opening hours
Admission 15yuan    Opening hours 8:00-17:30
Tips
① You had better use sun lotion (润肤霜) and sun glasses to avoid sun burn..
② Please bring enough memory card of your camera.
③ Please pay attention to climb mountain or walking in resort.

1. 1.

   What can we know from the first paragraph?

   1. A.
      Pearl Lake is one kilometers from Beijing.
   2. B.
      Pearl Lake has been a reservoir nearly half a century.
   3. C.
      Pearl Lake is surrounded by mountains.
   4. D.
      Pearl Lake has a good place for picnics.
2. 2.

   When we go to Pearl Lake ,we can ______.

   1. A.
      enjoy scenes like those of South China
   2. B.
      see it’s near a river of Western Beijing
   3. C.
      get many delicious things to eat
   4. D.
      drink the pure sweet water from the lake
3. 3.

   What we should pay attention to if we go to visit Pearl Lake?

   1. A.
      Traffic difficulties.
   2. B.
      The weather.
   3. C.
      Mountain view.
   4. D.
      A tight schedule.
4. 4.

   The passage must come from ______.

   1. A.
      a text
   2. B.
      a magazine
   3. C.
      a newspaper
   4. D.
      an advertisement

Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 36 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 37 of animals.

   For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 38. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 39 he was fifteen.

   He and Bill drove to the farm which 40 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 41 the night there, so that they could 42 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

   It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 43 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 44 he was. He turned over 45 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 46 that he was at the 47 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 48 quickly.

   He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 49. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 50 good.

   They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 51, because they didn’t want to 52 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 53 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 54 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 55 and started out.

A. busy          B. spare            C. enough       D. limited

A. foods          B. drawings         C. paintings      D. pictures

A. trips          B. buses            C. holidays        D. mountains

A. after         B. when            C. until            D. unless

A. led           B. stuck            C. got             D. belonged

A. cost          B. spent            C. slept           D. took

A. start       B. begin            C. walk           D. step

A. telephone   B. machine          C. bell            D. clock

A. where         B. how            C. who            D. what

A. quickly        B. sleepily          C. quietly         D. suddenly

A. imagined      B. pronounced     C. forgot           D. remembered

A. mountain      B. town            C. farm         D. station

A. dressed        B. ordered          C. eaten         D. prepared

A. bathroom     B. kitchen           C. dining-room    D. sitting-room

A. seemed       B. felt            C. tasted          D. smelled

A. many         B. soundly          C. much                D. highly

A. wake         B. go              C. put                  D. come

A. of            B. with            C. in                   D. by

A. that           B. what            C. after          D. before

A. cover          B. supply          C. operator              D. equipment

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项 (A，B，C和D)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his  1time, he likes to get out in the country and take some  2of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his  3. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him  4he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which  5to his uncle in the afternoon. They  6the night there, so that they could  7out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm  8the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember  9he was. He turned over  10and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 11that he was at the  12and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got  13quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the  14. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It  15good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk  16, because they didn’t want to  17up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle  18hot coffee and took some sandwiches  19Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera  20and started out.

1.A. busy      B. spare       C. enough           D. limited

2.A. foods          B. drawings    C. paintings        D. pictures

3.A. trips          B. buses       C. holidays         D. mountains

4.A. after          B. when         C. until            D. unless

5.A. led            B. stuck       C. got          D. belonged

6.A. cost           B. spent       C. slept       D. took

7.A. start          B. begin       C. walk        D. step

8.A. telephone      B. machine     C. bell             D. clock

9.A. where     B. how         C. who         D. what

10.A. quickly       B. sleepily         C. quietly          D. suddenly

11.A. imagined      B. pronounced       C. forgot           D. remembered

12.A. mountain      B. town        C. farm             D. station

13.A. dressed  B. ordered     C. eaten            D. prepared

14.A. bathroom      B. kitchen          C. dining-room      D. sitting-room

15.A. seemed   B. felt             C. tasted      D. smelled

16.A. many     B. soundly          C. much             D. highly

17.A. wake          B. go          C. put              D. come

18.A. of       B. with             C. in               D. by

19.A. that          B. what        C. after            D. before

20.A. cover         B. supply           C. operator         D. equipment

Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 36 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 37 of animals.

For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 38. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 39 he was fifteen.

He and Bill drove to the farm which 40 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 41 the night there, so that they could 42 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.

It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 43 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 44 he was. He turned over 45 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 46 that he was at the 47 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 48 quickly.

He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 49. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 50 good.

They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 51, because they didn’t want to 52 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 53 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 54 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 55 and started out.