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   Vacancies (空位) now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in Devon. This comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful quiet countryside, but just a drive away from the sea. The food is simple but good. Children and pets are welcome. Reduced prices for low season.

The snowdonia Centre

The Snowdonia Center for young mountain climbers has a mountain 1068.The beginners' costs are ￡57 for a week, including food and rooms. Equipment is included except walking shoes, which can be hired at a low cost. 

You must be in good health and prepared to go through a period of body exercises. This could be the beginning of a lifetime of mountain climbing adventure. 

The World Sea Trip of a Lifetime 

     Our World Sea Trip of 2008 will be unlike any holiday you have ever been on before. Instead of one hotel after another, with all its packing and unpacking waiting and traveling, you just go to bed in one country and wake up in another. 

 Acapulco and Hawaii 

On board the ship, you will be well taken care of. Every meal will be first-class and every cabin like your home. During the trip, you can rest on deck(甲板), enjoy yourself in the games rooms and in the evening dance to our musical team and watch our wonderful play. You will visit all the places most people only dream about - from Acapulco and Hawaii to Tokyo and Hong Kong. 

For a few thousand pounds, all you've ever hoped for can be yours.

21. What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

A. Choose the holiday in Devon.       B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre

C. Join the World Sea Trip of 2008      D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii

22.In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?

A. It provides chances of family gatherings.   B. It provides customers with good food.

C. It offers a sport lesson.                  D. It offers comfortable room.

23. What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?

A. You can have free meals on deck every day.

B. You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.

C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play.

D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking.

The American expression "shoo-in" means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition. 

Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue (争论) about which side will win. Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win. The stronger team is a shoo-in. there is no way that it can lose. 

    The expression "shoo-in" comes from horse racing. It comes from the word "shoo". That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It's another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction. 

    Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. All but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race. The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such races. They began to call the winner of such a race a "shoo-in". 

     These days, people use shoo-into describe any athlete or competitor that seems certain to win, even without cheating. American runner Edwin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the nineteen-eighty-four Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lose. And they were

right. He won the gold medal.

24. One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because ________.

A. the other riders had agreed to fail in the race     B. be used to be the best in riding 

C. the public had belief in him                   D. he could not control his horse easily

25. Which of the following statements is Not true?

A. "Shoo-in" came from the word "shoo". 

B. The public did not know they were being cheated. 

C. Some runners bet a lot of money on the chosen horse.

D. US runner Moses was worthy of a shoo-in.

26. The main idea of the passage is that "shoo-in" ________.

A. is used to admire a person who seems to be sure to win a race

B. is a word used to describe a dishonest person

C. is used for any athlete or competitor that seems too clever to be cheated

D. is used for anyone or anything that is certain to win a game

27. This passage can best be titled_______.

   A. Be Sure to Win            B. Shoo-in, a Sure Winner

   C. Winner in a Competition    D. The Birth of Shoo-in

   Travelers to new cities are often told to start their trip with a bus tour. It is said that they can then get a full view of the places that   41    them. Nonsense! What you see from the   42    of a moving bus is   43   and completely removed from the real sights, sounds, and    44    outside. Be adventurous! The best   45    to experience any place is on foot and with absolutely no travel plan.  46    go wherever your feet and your interests  47    you. You finally will get to the   48   sites as you are on the bus tour―the museums, the monuments, the city hall --- but you will have seen much more. You will have   49    the present life of the city.

“But what if I get lost?” people might ask. No one ever gets   50    lost in a major city.

At first, you can find your way back to a(n)   51   location. If it  52    you to be “lost”, just find a taxi and go back to where you started. However,  53    things can happen if you get lost. You can   54  at a sidewalk café to sit and relax. You can ask the local people at the next table about the directions. And   55    they don’t speak your language, your trip becomes more memorable because of the   56  . Here are a few more ways to get most out of your travel.

Know before you do.   57   a few hours before your trip learning about the history and culture of your destination. This will help you understand what you’re seeing.

Move around like a local. Use the subways and buses of the city you’re   58   . You’ll not only save money, but you’ll also learn how people really live.

Check the bulletin boards (布告牌). Sometimes you can find advertisements for free concerts and  59   fun activities on bulletin boards around universities.

So next time you see a poster advertising an introductory   60    tour, save your money. Instead, wander on your own. I promise you a time you’ll remember with great pleasure.

41. A. remembered           B. disappointed                       C. interested                    D. reminded

42. A. inside                     B. front                             C. back                             D. center

43. A. invisible                  B. untrue                          C. unreal                          D. uncommon

44. A. views                      B. cities                            C. beauties                              D. smells

45. A. suggestion                    B. way                                     C. thought                        D. tip

46. A. Simply                    B. Particularly                  C. Generally                     D. Especially

47. A. lead                        B. move                            C. tell                                D. help

48. A. different                  B. mistaken                             C. correct                               D. same

49. A. left                         B. felt                              C. lived                             D. lost

50. A. terribly                    B. possibly                        C. hopelessly                   D. finally

51. A. unknown               B. well-known                   C. strange                        D. beautiful

52. A. frightens               B. supposes                            C. delights                              D. surprises

53. A. worst                             B. hardest                         C. nicest                          D. happiest

54. A. reach                             B. get                               C. arrive                           D. stop

55. A. in case                   B. as a result                   C. in fact                           D. even if

56. A. experience             B. conversation                       C. talk                               D. coffee

57. A. Take                              B. Spend                          C. Pay                                     D. Use

58. A. seeing                    B. visiting                         C. going                           D. walking

59. A. the others              B. another                        C. others                         D. other

60. A. plane                     B. car                              C. bus                              D. train

If you go out to the fields at night spring or summer, you can hear singing   61  (happy)here and there. It seems as if they were performing a field concert.

The frog is a beneficial creature that does good to human beings. They can catch fast-moving insects. Each frog eats a large number of pets that are harmful to crops. This little creature is regarded   62  the natural enemy of pests.

But now the number or frogs   63  (become)smaller and smaller. This is   64  they are killed and put   65  the table as a delicious dish by their chief enemy, human beings. It is cruel, isn’t it? The cause of the rapid   66  (reduce)of frogs is that farmers use pesticide(杀虫剂)to kill pests ,and then frogs get  67  (kill)as a result of eating the poison-killed insects.

Something must be done without delay   68  (save)frogs. If we don’t punish those   69  sell and kill frogs to make money, then one day all of us  70  (punish)by nature for failing to save frogs.

71. I have opportunities to make c______________with other musical traditions.

72. In a recording studio, when relayed by microphone, music loses some of __________(活力).

73. Do you think it is _________(有益的)to human beings?

74. I discovered that I was a _________to the tiny flies and made my face swell.

75.Roy changed completely, becoming silent and m__________.

76. The monster, who has learnt to speak, is intelligent and has human e___________.

77. A clone is an organism which is genetically i___________to another one.

78. I couldn’t f__________ Danny for leaving me.

79. I feel a little ____________(沮丧的)or lonely when there is no concert for a long time.

80. When he reached the final line, everyone b_________out laughing.