one factor.People in Asian developing countries have lifted their incomes above middle-class levels in the past few years.And a lot of them have used their new wealth to travel.In addition, travel costs have been reduced thanks to the rapid development of transportation, and competition between airlines to give customers the best prices.
Topic Travelling ·Enrich knowledge, especially in 1．____________ and history. Advantages ·Taste different 2.____________ and buy different clothes. ·Francis Bacon thinks that travel is a part of education and a part of experience. ·3.____________from ancient Babylon. Development ·Only the wealthy people could go on a trip about two 4.__________ago. ·The number of people travelling abroad will 5.____________ as many as 1 billion before the end of this month. ·The U．S. and France remain the two most popular countries for world travel. Tourist 6．__________ ·Tourism has developed 7.________________ in countries like Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and the Ivory Coast. ·The top five destinations in the world are Paris, London, New York, the Mediterranean and Turkey. Factors 8．__________ in the popularity of global tourism 答案：1.geography 2.food 3.Date 4.decades 5.reach 6．destinations 7.explosively/quickly/rapidly/fast 8．resulting 9.richer/wealthier 10.spent
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Ⅰ 完形填空
Falling off a boxcar and landing on my head，I lost my sight when I was four years old. Now I am thirty-two. I can __1__remember the brightness of sunshine.It would be wonderful to see again，__2__a tragedy can do strange things to people. It__3__to me that I might not have come to love life as I do now if I hadn’t been blind.My parents and my teacher saw something__4__me, and they made me want to__5__against ·Asian people have got 9.________________ than before. ·People have 10.____________ less money on travel because of convenient transportation and price competition between airlines.
blindness.
The hardest__6__I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have__7__down for the rest of my life.When I say __8__in myself I am not talking about__9__the kind of self-confidence that__10__me down an unfamiliar staircase(楼梯) alone. But I mean something bigger than that: the assurance that I am a real positive person__11__imperfections. It took me years to obtain this__12__. It had to start with the__13__. Once a man gave me an indoor__14__．“I can’t use this，” I said.“Take it with you，”he__15__ me，“and roll it around.” The__16__stuck in my head.“Roll it around！”By rolling the ball I could hear where it went.This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought__17__．At the school for the blind I__18__a new kind of baseball called the “ground ball”．All my life I have set a series of goals and then tried to reach them，one at a time.I had to learn my __19__. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made__20__．
【解题导语】 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章主要讲述了“我”在四岁的时候失去了视力，但通过一件小事，“我”学会了自信，并逐渐取得进步的过程。
1．A.randomly C．roughly
B．abruptly D．completely
C 解析：“我”四岁时失去视力，现在已经三十二岁了。由此可推知，此处表示“我”粗略地记得，故选C。roughly“粗略地，大致上”。
2．A.so C．thus
B．but D．and
B 解析：根据语境可知，上下文之间是转折关系，故选B。 3．A.occurred C．brought
B．referred D．turned
A 解析：“我”想到如果“我”没有失明，“我”可能不会像现在这样热爱生活。It occurs to sb.that...为固定句型，意为“某人想到……”。
4．A.of C．to
B．for D．in
D 解析：“我”父母以及老师看到了“我”内在的一些东西，他们让“我”想要与失明作斗争。根据语境可知，此处应选D。
5．A.get C．find
B．fight D．drop
B 解析：参见上题解析。fight against...“与……作斗争”。 6．A.method C．lesson
B．experience D．manner
C 解析：“我”学到的最困难的一课(lesson)就是要相信“我”自己。 7．A.broken C．settled
B．put D．lay
A 解析：如果“我”做不到那样的话，“我”可能已经精神崩溃了。break down“(在健康或精神等方面)垮掉”。
8．A.courage C．belief
B．ambition D．power
C 解析：根据上文中的“to believe in myself”可知，此处应选C项与上文相照应。 9．A.firmly C．fairly
B．simply D．slightly
B 解析：“我”说的信心并不仅仅(simply)指帮助(helps)“我”走下陌生楼梯的自信。 10．A.stops C．finds
B 解析：参见上题解析。 11．A.despite C．without
B．besides D．unlike B．helps D．gives
A 解析：尽管“我”是一个不完美的人，但是“我”是一个积极的人。despite“尽管”，符合语境。
12．A.description C．accusation
B．existence D．recognition
D 解析：“我”花了很多年才认识到这一点。A项意为“描述”；B项意为“存在”；
C项意为“控告”；D项意为“认识”。
13．A.intelligence C．trouble
B．incident D．determination
B 解析：这得从一件小事开始。A项意为“智慧”，B项意为“小事”；C项意为“麻烦”；D项意为“决心”。
14．A.chair C．game
B．baseball D．design
B 解析：根据下文中的“a new kind of baseball”可知，此处指棒球。 15．A.urged C．greeted
B．blamed D．teased
A 解析：根据语境可知，此处指他一直在敦促“我”。urge “强烈要求，敦促”。 16．A.goals C．images
B．words D．ideas
B 解析：他所说的话(words)印在“我”的脑海中，故选B。 17．A.valuable C．impossible
B．reasonable D．unbearable
C 解析：这给了“我”一个如何实现“我”认为不可能(impossible)的目标的想法。A项意为“有价值的”；B项意为“合情理的”；C项意为“不可能的”；D项意为“无法容忍的”。
18．A.discovered C．formed
B．equipped D．invented
D 解析：在盲人学校“我”发明(invented)了一种新的被称为“地滚球”的棒球。A项意为“发现”；B项意为“配备”；C项意为“形成”；D项意为“发明”。
19．A.limitations C．puzzles
B．advantages D．personalities
A 解析：“我”不得不了解自己的不足之处。limitation“(某人或某物的)局限性，不
足之处”。
20．A.sense C．mistakes
B．progress D．decisions
B 解析：“我”有时会失败，但一般说来“我”取得了进步。make progress“取得进步”。
Ⅱ 阅读理解
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Following the crowd may not always be in a person’s best interest.But new research suggests that teens who get along with their friends may end up healthier as adults.
Scientists have known that close friendships help boost health.That’s true for both teens and adults. The finding inspired Joseph Allen, a psychologist at the University of Virginia, and his team to study whether experiences during teen years would influence adult health.
So they followed 171 teens, starting when the kids were just 13. They interviewed each one every year for five years，and also spoke to these teens’ closest friends，who provided additional information about the quality of their friendships.The same 171 people were interviewed again at ages 25, 26 and 27. This time, the questions surveyed each person’s overall health. When the researchers analyzed the data, they found a strong connection between a teen’s behavior and adult health. Teens who had close friends grew up to be the healthier adults. Whether teens held back their feelings or expressed them to close friends also influenced later health. Those who held back their feelings were more likely to be sick as adults. The connection held up even after the scientists accounted for other possible influences on health.Weight，family income and drug use were all examined. So were mental health issues，such as anxiety and depression. And in these people，such other factors did not explain adult health as well as teen friendships did.
Getting along with the crowd may have benefits, says Allen, but there are also drawbacks. Teens who are more independent tend to do better at school and work. And peer pressure may lead some kids to engage in risky behavior, such as smoking, drinking or using drugs. Dealing with it is an ongoing challenge，Allen acknowledges. “Finding the right balance is the key. Teens shouldn’t lose heart for not finding this easy.”And, he adds，“Parents need to be understanding about the pressures teens face.”
【解题导语】 研究表明，与朋友较少或者没有朋友的青少年相比，有朋友的青少年在长大后更健康。当然，与朋友相处也有坏处。
1．Where can you probably read this passage?