1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Beijing is a city bridging the ancient and the modern. From Buddhist temples to museums, narrow hutong     1     royal palaces, it is home to more than 3,000 years of glorious history even down to its layout, with the city keeping its carefully     2     (build) system of ring roads.

But for all its ancient buildings, Beijing is also a place     3     welcomes the fast-paced development of modern life, with 21st-century architectural     4     (wonder) standing side by side with historical buildings of the past.

It is a distinct visual contrast (反差) that shouldn’t work,     5     somehow these two very different worlds make a good combination.     6     (visit) several times over the last 10 years, I     7     (amaze) by the co-existence of old and new, and how a city was able to keep such a rich heritage (遗产) while constantly growing. As a photographer, I have spent the last two years     8       (record) everything I discovered.

The     9     (remark) development of this city, which is consciously designed to protect the past while stepping into the modern world,     10     (mean) there is always something new to discover here, and I could be photographing Beijing for the next 50 years.

2 . Two years ago, a blind person, Jorge Spielmann started the Blind Cow in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. Almost all the people who worked there, as the restaurant was named, were also blind. Now, not just the blind, but even people who can see with their eyes gather together in groups to this restaurant for the special experience it provides, apart from the good food it offers. The restaurant is so popular that all the tables are always booked ahead of time.

The idea came to Spielmann while he was working as bartender (酒保) in 1998 at a public exhibit, where people with normal sight walked through completely dark passages by feeling with hands together along with blind people. Then Spielmann changed an unused house into a 60-seat restaurant.

The Blind Cow enables customers who can see to “see” a different world through the eyes of people with no sight. Besides, as no one can see what the others are doing, something like these is common: People put fingers into the meat, the wrong forks are used and people even wipe their mouths on their sleeves (袖子) instead of napkins!

Before entering the dining area, the customers are told the rules of the restaurant: no walking around, no smoking and no flashlights. When arriving, the customers are led in by a waitress with bells tied to her toes. Forming a chain led by the waitress, with hands placed on each others shoulders, the customers walk inside. When the customers want something, they shout to catch the attention of the waitresses.

The bells on the waitresses’ toes help prevent them from bumping (撞) into each other while carrying dishes. Though they admit to some unavoidable bumps, the workers at the Blind Cow say that they don’t have more broken things than any other restaurant. Customers to the restaurant are extra careful not to knock things over.

1. Why do many people with normal sight come to the Blind Cow?

A．To remember the past memories.	B．To show their hidden feelings.
C．To have a taste of the good dishes.	D．To go through something different.

2. What may the customers ignore at the Blind Cow?

A．The food price.	B．The table manners.
C．The social skills.	D．The taste of dishes.

3. What can we know about the rules of the Blind Cow?

A．Bells should be tied to the customers’ toes.	B．Flashlights mustn’t be used by the customers.
C．The customers can’t touch each other’s shoulders	D．The customers shouldn’t shout to the waitresses.

4. What’s the best title of the text?

A．Enjoy Meals with Strangers	B．Experience the Blind’s Life
C．A Special Dark Restaurant	D．A Blind Person’s Success

3 . Four Pet-Friendly Hotels

Montage Palmetto Bluff

Location: Bluffton, South Carolina

Price: $150 pet fee, rooms start at $645 a night

In this great riverside hotel, your pet will be treated to a fancy pet bed, toy gifts, and a special menu. For you there’re spa treatments, golf and eight dining experiences. With 20,000 acres (英亩) to explore, you and your dog can spend hours visiting and playing.

Kinship Landing

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Price: $49 per night pet fee, rooms start at $249 a night

Inside this new hotel, you’re greeted with hundreds of green plants, along with an event space that houses nearly a forest. You can also order your dog a bowl made with sweet potatoes and eggs at the hotel’s café, and then head out to travel in the Rocky Mountains.

Inn By The Sea

Location: Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Price: $544 a night in a pet-friendly single-bedroom room, 2-night stay required

In the hotel, book the pet package, and your dog will receive a personalized bed and a toy dog, a bowl, and an evening selection from the pet menu. You will be provided with a list of nearby walking paths and pet-friendly beaches. The hotel also gives a temporary (临时的) home to dogs that are looking for their forever families. 154 have been adopted (领养) by guests.

Kimpton Sawyer Hotel

Location: Sacramento, California

Price: No pet fee; rooms start at $249 a night

There’s no limit on pets you can bring — so pack up your dog and your cat. Awaiting them will be pet beds, food, water bowls and a list of pet-friendly restaurants and parks. When the free nightly wine party begins in the hall, your pet can join you for socializing.

1. Which hotel provides chance to explore the mountains?

A．Kinship Landing.	B．Montage Palmetto Bluff.
C．Inn By The Sea.	D．Kimpton Sawyer Hotel.

2. What is special about Inn By The Sea?

A．Its guests can take pets to the party.	B．Its guests might adopt a pet there.
C．It offers spa treatments to its guests.	D．It serves pets sweet potatoes and eggs.

3. Where will you go if you want to save money?

A．To Bluffton, South Carolina.	B．To Sacramento, California.
C．To Cape Elizabeth, Maine.	D．To Colorado Springs, Colorado.

4 . When visiting a new place either for vacation, for a honeymoon, or for a function, one of the top things to look out for is the food and relaxation spots. In this list, we will highlight the most expensive restaurants in which you can enjoy great food when visiting Singapore.

Tamarind Hill

When you walk into Tamarind Hill, you get a feel of Thailand because the restaurant is located at the top of a forest reserve in Labrador Park and has a 19th-century black and white cottage that gives the impression of Thailand. The price of meals in this restaurant starts from $48 per person.

Alma By Juan Amador

Alma by Juan Amador is a fine dining restaurant that is situated at the Goodwood Park Hotel in the heart of Singapore. This restaurant specializes in modern European dishes and sometimes digs into Asian and Italian delicacies. Alma’s meals start from $78 per person.

Fat Cow

Fat Cow restaurant is a restaurant that is very popular among locals because it is popular for being the dining spot for business meetings and special social events. Fat Cow is a steakhouse designed according to Japanese style and culture, making it a mix of modern and traditional diners. Fat Cow is located in Camden Medical Centre, Singapore and the prices start from $138 per person.

Cure

Cure restaurant is an extremely beautiful British restaurant in Keong Saik Road, Singapore that serves food made from fresh ingredients for people with exquisite taste. Cure also serves their special dish, finger food cured in whisky then brined in bacon fat. This restaurant is the perfect place to relax and eat good food with a no-dress-code policy and the price starts from $70 per person.

1. Where can you enjoy the atmosphere of Thailand?

A．In the Goodwood Park Hotel.	B．In Labrador Park.
C．In Keong Saik Road.	D．In Camden Medical Centre.

2. Which restaurant will you choose if you organize a formal ceremony?

A．Fat Cow.

B．Cure.

C．Alma By Juan Amador.

D．Tamarind Hill.

3. What is special about Cure?

A．It serves European dishes.	B．It has special dishes.
C．Its expense is cheaper than other restaurant.	D．It allows customers to dress casually.

5 . Uncle Leo gives me a suspicious look when I call this place the ‘Scacchi Palace’. It is really a house, called Ca’ Scacchi in Venetian. Anywhere else in the world, this would surely be regarded as a palace, although it is one in need of a little care and attention.

Our house is by the side of the little San Cassian canal and a small square of the same name. We have a door which leads onto the street and two entrances from the water. One runs under a grand, rounded arch into the ground floor of the house, which, as is customary in the city, is used instead of a cellar (地下室) for storing things. The second is used for our commercial activities and it is situated in another building, which is three stories high, attached to the north side, towards the Grand Canal.

Finally, there is yet another exit: a wooden bridge, with handrails, runs from the first floor of the house between the two river entrances straight over the canal and into the square itself. Consequently, I can wander over it in the morning and find fresh water from the well in the centre of the square while still rubbing the sleep from my eyes. Or I may call a gondola (威尼斯小划船) from my bedroom window, find it waiting for me by the time I get downstairs and, just one minute later, be in the middle of the greatest waterway on Earth, the Grand Canal of Venice.

The house is almost 200 years old, I am told, and built of bricks of a rich dark brown colour. It has elegant arched windows and green-painted shutters (百叶窗) to keep out the cruel summer heat. I live on the third floor in the third room on the right with a view over the canal and square. When I lie in bed at night, I can hear the chatter and songs of the passing gondoliers and the conversations in the square nearby. I understand why Uncle runs his business here. The prices are not too steep. The location of the house is near the city centre and easy for our clients to find. Furthermore, the printing trade has many roots in this area of Venice, even if some of the old publishers from the area no longer exist.

1. According to the writer, in what way is the house typical of Venice?

A．People live and work in the same building.	B．There are several ways of entering it.
C．It consists of two separate buildings.	D．The storage area is not below ground.

2. What does the pronoun “it” (in paragraph 2) refer to?

A．The family business.

B．A floor.

C．An entrance.

D．A building.

3. What does the writer say about his uncle’s printing business in the fourth paragraph?

A．It has plenty of customers.

B．It is less expensive than others.

C．It’s the only printing business left in the district.

D．There are other similar businesses in the district.

4. It can be concluded from the passage that the writer regards Venice as          .

A．somewhere that could never be home	B．a strange and special place to live in
C．a city where it’s easy to get lost	D．a place dominated by money

6 . What’s the reason for the change of the city?

A．They have built more buildings.

B．They have built more parks.

C．They have planted more trees and flowers.

7 . Four Pet-Friendly Resorts (度假胜地)

To help you and your cat or dog get ready for a well-deserved and long awaited vacation, we put together four top pet-friendly resorts to visit on your journey.

Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa

Where: Milton, New York

Price: $25 pet cleaning fee; pet-friendly rooms start at $350 a night

Your pet is greeted with a water bowl and a special kitty treat or dog biscuits made by the inn’s bakery. It can also receive a comfortable bed, toys and nice breakfasts. Hike the grounds of the pet-friendly resort together—there are ponds and orchards (果园)—and visit the rescued animals.

Kinship Landing

Where: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Price: $49 pet fee; king suites start at $249 a night

Inside this new hotel, you’re greeted with hundreds of green plants that hang from the ceilings, along with an event space that houses an urban jungle. Order your pet a doggy bowl with local grains, sweet potatoes and eggs at the hotel’s café, and then head out to explore the Rocky Mountains.

Kimpton Sawyer Hotel

Where: Sacramento, California

Price: Rooms start at $249 a night

The pet-friendly resort has no pet fee, and there’s no limit on the number or type of pets you can bring, so pack up your dog and your cat. Awaiting them will be pet beds, food, water bowls, mats and a list of pet-friendly restaurants and parks.

Montage Palmetto Bluff

Where: Bluffton, South Carolina

Price: $150 pet fee; rooms start at $645 a night

In this great resort, your pet will be treated to a fancy pet bed, toy gifts and a special menu. For you, there’re spa treatments, stand-up paddle boarding, boating, and swimming, plus eight dining experiences.

1. What does Buttermilk Falls Inn & Spa provide for a pet dog?

A．Self-made biscuits.

B．A pet bed in a jungle.

C．Animal parties in a park.

D．A bowl made with plants.

2. Where is the resort charging no pet fee?

A．In Milton, New York.	B．In Sacramento, California.
C．In Bluffton, South Carolina.	D．In Colorado Springs, Colorado.

3. What can you enjoy in Montage Palmetto Bluff?

A．Water sports.	B．Cooking experiences.
C．Farming work in an orchard.	D．Climbing the Rocky Mountains.

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What do we know about No. 6 Station Road?

A．It has the man’s lucky number.

B．It has four bedrooms.

C．It has a garage.

2. What is good about No. 4 Candy Street?

A．It is in a quieter place.

B．It has bigger rooms.

C．It is closer to shops.

3. Which one have they decided on?

A．The one with a big garden.

B．The one next to the station.

C．The one closer to town.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why did the woman rent the top floor of an old house?

A．She wanted a comfortable place to study in.

B．She wanted a sunny place to live in.

C．She wanted a place for her friends to hang out.

2. What did her friends do?

A．They offered to share the rent.

B．They set up a small library.

C．They paid for the things they used.

3. Who are the target customers of the study room?

A．Businessmen.

B．Students.

C．Experts.

4. What does the study room mean to the woman?

A．It’s a quiet place for her to read.

B．It’s a good way to earn money.

C．It’s more about a kind of lifestyle.

10 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the woman doing now?

A．Taking the customer’s order.

B．Collecting comments from customers.

C．Dealing with complaints.

2. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A．In a restaurant.

B．On the street.

C．In a concert hall.

3. What impressed the man deeply?

A．Excellent service.

B．A variety of food.

C．Wonderful performance.

4. What is the advice from the man?

A．Turn down the music.

B．Turn off the noisy music.

C．To be more friendly.