Dublin has the benefit of being a home to unequaled beaches．They can be especially attractive during the summer season．Experience this scenery for yourself and see what these beaches have to offer you．

Finding yourself at Dollymont makes you a fortunate tourist especially if you find beaches irresistible． Here you can swim away your worries through the Dollymont Blue Flag Beach．The beach provides a wonderful view which is perfect for some relaxing moments．Its shoreline is well recommended for a few quiet and unworried walks along the beach．

For some beach adventure, you can drive your way down the M50 and M 1 motorways to Donabate． This village in North County Dublin offers an attractive Blue Flag beach which is perfect for your swimming addictions．Lifeguards are on call during bathing period．The water is as overpowering as the surrounding．

For a double purpose beach, check out Killiney．This beach is a top off destination for a swimming adventure and it is equally grand for relaxing walks. The shoreline is covered with pebbles and rocks．This may seem averred with ordinary stony beach for some but for those who have strong interest in geological processes, Killiney is a best spot to discover part of．Dublin's history and Killiney's formation．

Another accessible Blue Flag Beach lies on Malahide in Fingal．You can enjoy the distinctive attraction of the water while still getting yourself amazed with the wonderful sights around Malahide．Beach is sandy and holds a harbor designed for pleasure boats at the Northern end．

For a bit of challenge and thrill, consider a swim at Seapoint Beach in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown．You can have the pleasure of an exciting surf adventure here apart from the usual swimming activity．This is often visited by tourists due to its various appeals: swimming on the north part of the beach while surfing, boating and jet skiing at the south．

Need to beat the heat off your summer vacation? There is nothing as satisfying as a visit to some of these outstanding beaches.

1.How many beaches are mentioned in this article?

    A．Five             B．Four             C．Three            D．Two

2.If you are visiting Killiney, which of the following activities can't you do?

    A．Having a swimming adventure．        B．Having some relaxing walks．

    C．Discovering some Dublin's history．  D．Practising operating boats for pleasure．

3.Some tourists choose a swim at Seapoint Beach probably because they can _____．

    A．get themselves interested in the sights around

    B．have a wonderful surf on the north of the beach

    C．enjoy several unusual and exciting activities

    D．call the lifeguards during bathing period

4.If you want to be quiet and have same relaxing walks, you may pay a visit to _____．

    A．Dollymont and Donabate               B．Donabate and Malahide

    C．Dollymont and Killiney               D．Killinev and Malahide

5.The best title of this article should be _____．

    A．Where to go swimming in summer                           B．Beating off the heat in Dublin

    C．Benifits of staying at beaches                           D．Geological researches in vacation

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　　John is good swimmer. Every summer he goes to swim in the swimming pool nearby. He is 1 a good diver(跳水者). He learned to dive only several weeks ago. But he thought he had learned 2 and wanted to 3 his wife how much he had learned and how well he 4 dive.

　　One day at three o'clock in the afternoon he drove his wife to the swimming pool, 5 her a place to sit 6 , made her very comfortable and then told her to 7 and watch 8 to dive.

　　He climbed up the ladder and ran 9 the diving board to the end. He jumped high up 10 the air and turned a somersault(筋斗). But he 11 his head first on the board 12 a crash(撞击声). How 13 !

　　Some people shouted for help. 14 people said it was silly 15 him to try that dive. His wife was very frightened. Soon John was taken to hospital and got 16 treatment(治疗). He was saved. The next 17 a report of John's 18 appeared in the newspaper. It began 19 this, “Yesterday afternoon, Mr. John Capp had a serious accident at the City Swimming Pool… 20 he was saved.”

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60. A disabled person with a wheelchair can choose __________.

    A. Clarion Suites Hotel Anchorage           B. Ramada Inn Anchorage Downtown AK

    C. Howard Johnson Anchorage              D. Best Western Golden Lion Hotel

61. How much money will you and your pet spend for two nights at least?

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62. If you want to be woken up, you should choose __________.

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    C. Howard Johnson Anchorage             D. Best Western Golden Lion Hotel

63. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

    A. Free Newspapers are offered by Best Western Golden Lion Hotel.

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    C. The guests can ski in Clarion Suites Hotel Anchorage.

    D. Ramada Inn Anchorage Downtown AK offers free local telephone call

While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.

The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to compete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important.

I watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. I’m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold – his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.

I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out.

But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.

No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.

A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.

Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney.

1.From the passage we can learn that the young man         .

2.The crowd changed their attitudes because          .

3.What’s the best title for the passage?

Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute miles? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in 1954.

   What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What happens when someone, who doesn’t know how to swim, falls in deep water? They drown. If an animal who has not learnt swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal doesn’t.

   Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed. Most people never questioned it. But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts you jam if the operator typed too fast.

   These three cases show the power of our beliefs. There is no other more powerful force in human behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy. A belief delivers command to your nervous system.

   I used a snake in my workshop for children to show them how unrealistic some of their beliefs are. Students of a school in India said snakes are slippery and slimy and poisonous. After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they took my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only three types of poisonous snakes exist in India.

   Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to change.

60．In the author’s opinion, if a person in deep water doesn’t know how to swim, he will drown because_________.

    A．he is afraid of water               B．he believes he will drown

    C．he hasn’t learnt to swim before      D．he doesn’t want to live in the world

61．The author thinks that the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard in order to _________.

    A．save more space                  B．satisfy the operator

    C．reduce one’s typing speed           D．increase one’s typing speed

62．The author’s experiment shows that________.

    A．snakes are dry and clean            B．snakes can be caught easily

    C．snakes are slimy and poisonous      D．snakes in India aren’t poisonous

63．According to the passage, we know that_________

A．students from India have unrealistic beliefs on how to live a better life 

B．an animal who hasn’t learnt how to swim will drown if you put it in pond

C．most people don’t like the order the letters are arranged on the keyboard

D．Roger Banister was the first person who ran a mile in less than four minutes

64. The main idea of this passage should be that________.

A. beliefs are very powerful           

B. beliefs make us seem stupid

C. changing your beliefs now is necessary

D. people should always believe in themselves