Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle.
I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn’t enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there.
At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the “Neptune Pool”. It was a pity that we couldn’t go swimming there!
The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it’s a museum.

1. 1.

   The underlined word “Castle” in the first paragraph means _____.

   1. A.
      城堡
   2. B.
      胜地
   3. C.
      城垛
   4. D.
      楼阁
2. 2.

   “Casa Grande” is _____ the other three ones at Hearst Castle.

   1. A.
      younger than
   2. B.
      bigger than
   3. C.
      older than
   4. D.
      smaller than
3. 3.

    There are _____ at Hearst Castle.

   1. A.
      beautiful gardens
   2. B.
      one swimming pool inside
   3. C.
      one swimming pool outside
   4. D.
      all the above
4. 4.

    _____ made Mr. Hearst build this wonderful castle.

   1. A.
      A tour around Europe
   2. B.
      The paintings and castles in Europe
   3. C.
      His mother
   4. D.
      His dream
5. 5.

    Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

   1. A.
      Hearst Castle in California was cheap to build.
   2. B.
      Hearst Castle is on a mountain near the sea.
   3. C.
      Many Hollywood film stars come to Hearst’s parties.
   4. D.
      After Mr. Hearst died, his family lived at Hearst Castle.

Martin had just finished high school. He would go to college at the far end of the city. He didn’t want to live there, and he didn’t want to take the bus either. So his father agreed to buy him a car.
His father spent all his summer teaching him how to drive, from the ABC to the XYZ. Thinking of the great feeling of driving a new car, Martin learned very quickly, and received his driver’s license just before his eighteenth birthday.
The second day, all the family, and their dog, went to a car shop. Martin spent almost all the morning going from one car to another. Finally he saw a red Blue Bird. He had a test drive on the open ground, and called out, “This is what I want, Dad!” When everything was done, they were ready to leave.
Martin climbed into the front seat. He said excitedly, “It’s my first day driving alone. Dad, Mom, and Poo! Enjoy it!”
His dad immediately took the back seat, right behind the new driver. Martin wondered why his father chose that seat, for his father always enjoyed looking in front.
So he said, smiling, “I’m sure you’re back there to have a change after all those weeks of sitting in the front seat teaching me how to drive.”
“No,” Dad replied, “Do you remember what you did to me all those years when I took you to and from school? I am sitting here to hit and kick the back of your seat all the way!”
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT the reason why Martin’s father agreed to buy him a car?.

请仔细阅读下列五题中五个人想参加的活动的描述，从A-F提供的各活动的简介中选出各自相匹配的选项。有一个多余选项。

1.Maria is having her birthday party tomorrow evening. And she wants to go out for the whole day with her friends. They all enjoy listening to pop music.

2.Glenda is studying the history of music at college. She wants to listen to as much music from the past as possible, and specially likes listening to people singing.

3.Li Jie is a dancer from China. He would like to see people dancing from as many other parts of the world as possible so as to have some new ideas.

4.Ruth is a teacher who is planning to start a drama (戏剧) club for the children at her school. She would like to see some children acting if possible.

5.Joe is studying English. He hopes either to write plays or to be an actor. He enjoys programs about real people whose lives are very interesting.

A．International Youth Celebration (庆祝) (getting together with students from different countries, dancing and singing)

B．Songs of Summer (Hutton Consort will sing songs old and new, all of which are about summer)

C．Music in the Open Air (Jimmy Locke and his band play dance music through the day in the open air)

D．Varied (多彩的) Music Evening (a great evening with the latest pop songs and dancing)

E. A Star May Be Born (some plays from children’s stories are showed by 7 to 11-year-old children for parents, families and friends)

F. Vita and Harold a TV interview about a couple’s (夫妻的) lives and their most unusual marriage (婚姻)