1. What can the listeners get at the Information Desk?
| A．A gift. | B．A map. | C．A guidebook. |
| A．By going through the right door of the entrance hall. |
| B．By going through the left door of the entrance hall. |
| C．By continuing on up the entrance hallway. |
| A．Too long. | B．Very interesting. | C．Worth watching. |
| A．Go to the museum. | B．Meet an artist. | C．Introduce a zoo. |
2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How is the woman feeling right now?| A．Tired. | B．Starving. | C．Sleepy. |
| A．Strong. | B．Hard-working. | C．Mean. |
| A．The woman doesn’t like traveling by air. |
| B．The man doesn’t take enough money with him. |
| C．The woman finds that the candy has run out. |
| A．Go for a vacation. | B．Visit some relatives. | C．Go on business. |
3 . 听下面一段对独白，回答以下小题。
1. What probably is the speaker?| A．A host. | B．A tour guide. | C．An official. |
| A．Pears. | B．Oranges. | C．Potatoes. |
| A．Idaho. | B．Alabama. | C．Oregon. |
4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When does the “Family Welcome” event start?| A．At 10 a.m. | B．At 10:30 a.m. | C．At 2 p.m. |
| A．Painting. | B．Sculpture. | C．Music. |
| A．In the central library. | B．In the City Museum. | C．In the theater. |
| A．To ask for information. | B．To confirm a reservation. | C．To complain about the parking. |
1. What does the speaker mainly talk about?
| A．Must-see books. |
| B．Places to travel. |
| C．Important travel experiences. |
| A．The rock. | B．The islands. | C．The ancient city. |
| A．The coast. | B．Sand stones. | C．Its culture. |
| A．In the early morning. |
| B．At late night. |
| C．At noon. |
1. What creates a magical atmosphere in the Glowworm Caves?
| A．Starlight |
| B．Glow-in-the-dark paint |
| C．Thousands of glowing creatures |
| A．Australia |
| B．New Zealand |
| C．Canada |
| A．Walking tours |
| B．Boat tours |
| C．Helicopter rides |
| A．Waterfalls |
| B．Glowing stalactites |
| C．Thousands of glowworms on the walls and ceilings |
| A．Because of the dark atmosphere |
| B．Due to the presence of magical creatures |
| C．It resembles a medieval castle |
| A．The smell of caves |
| B．The sound of dripping water |
| C．A mesmerizing, glow-in-the-dark experience |
8. Describe the type of tour visitors can take to explore the Glowworm Caves.
9. Why is the experience of visiting the caves compared to stepping into a fairy tale?
10. What country is home to the Glowworm Caves?
The garden is one of the important types of architectural art. It is essentially aimed at organizing an environment rich in character and interest and full of the beauty of artistic conception through the so-called four gardening elements including mountains, rivers, structures and plants, as well as the organic components such as roads, interior settings. In comparison to ordinary structures, the spiritual character of gardens is more outstanding, and it requires that artists have greater and higher ingenuity and imagination．
Compared with other gardening systems of the world, such as European or Islamic Chinese gardens have their unusual national characteristics: (1) Paying attention to natural beauty. Chinese gardens carry out processing and transformation of the original terrain and land form by following the principle of “making it seem like nature”, or seem naturally formed, so as to satisfy people’s feeling of getting close to nature. The buildings in gardens do not focus on artificial, well-arranged patterns, but rather they follow the example of roadside or riverside pavilions and bridges and village buildings that closely integrate the countryside with natural mountains and rivers, becoming a total combination of architectural and natural beauty. (2) Pursuing many twists and turns. Nature itself is ever-changing and interesting. Chinese horticulturists who imitate nature necessarily make efforts to follow changing, free-style composition. Although nature does not have a fixed form, it has a fixed way. Therefore, the “freedom” pursued by the Chinese garden is not absolute. There exists strict ways and methods, only they are not geometric methods but natural ones. The operation of the garden requires even more genius and imagination than the regular composition of a picture. It is of a completely different system compared with the Western landscape gardening theory which “force nature to accept the symmetrical rules”- and stresses the symmetrical pattern, straight roads, regular flower beds and ponds, the carpet pattern-like lawns and trees cut into a geometric shape. (3) Advocating artistic conception. The beautiful environment created by Chinese horticulturists does not stop at the stage of formal beauty, but tries to express inward feeling through outward scenery. Therefore, the creation of the appreciation of gardens is a process of full, deep-seated feeling. At the time of creation, one describe the scenery with one’s feeling, while at the time of appreciation, the natural setting stirs up one’s feeling. This atmosphere of combining feeling with scenery is what is called artistic conception. The key to the high or low level and success or failure in the creation of Chinese gardens depends on the cultural level, and the high or low level and the interest of the creator. Chinese horticulture began in the Qin Dynasty, and two royal garden construction upsurges occurred during the Qin/Han and Sui/Tang dynasties. Private gardens saw great development during the Tang and Song dynasties, and entered the summary stage in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The achievements in gardening during the Qing Dynasty are worth still greater attention, representing an important part of the third development upsurge in Chinese architecture. Almost all of the existing gardens were: preserved during this age. The remaining royal gardens are near Beijing, while private gardens of a higher artistic level are mostly concentrated in areas south of the Yangtze River. They consist the two major schools of Chinese gardening.(556 words)
1. List four gardening elements of Chinese gardens.2. What are unusual national characteristics of Chinese gardens compared with European gardening systems?
3. What does the success or failure in the creation of Chinese gardens depend on?
4. What is the difference between Western landscape gardening theory and Chinese landscape gardening theory?
5. Why are the achievements in gardening during the Qing Dynasty worth still greater attention?
1. What was Churchill War Rooms used for during the wartime?
| A．A living place for Churchill and his family. |
| B．A hiding place for Churchill and his government. |
| C．A working place for Churchill to have meetings. |
| A．He went boating on the lake. |
| B．He took photos of the scenery. |
| C．He spent some time on a bridge. |
| A．He visited some places for free. |
| B．He failed to visit Buckingham Palace. |
| C．He spent £14.50 for the entry to the attractions. |
1. What day probably is it today?
| A．Thursday. | B．Friday. | C．Saturday. |
| A．See St. Paul’s Cathedral. |
| B．Visit Oxford University. |
| C．Visit Shakespeare’s house. |
| A．In Stratford. | B．In Oxford. | C．In Bath. |
10 . Disneyland’s opening day, July 17, 1955, was a terrible experience. Rides broke down. Restaurants ran out of food and drink and drinking fountains were in short supply... All in front of a national audience of 90 million, then the largest live broadcast in television history on a day that would be known in Disney history as Black Sunday.
But Disney’s story actually started two decades earlier with what Walt Disney called “Daddy’s Day”. On Saturdays in the 1930s and 1940s, Disney would take his two daughters to ride the Griffith Park merry-go-round, which they’d enjoy while he sat on a bench dreaming of ways for families to have fun together. Disney disliked the amusement parks they often visited, seeing them as dirty, unimaginative places run by rude employees.
He thought he could do better. In 1939 he asked two animators (动画片制作者) at his movie studio to work on a plan for an amusement park. By 1952 the idea had expanded into a $1.5 million amusement park proposal that he presented to Burbank. The City Council, which feared such a project would create a carnival (嘉年华) atmosphere, rejected the proposal. Disney counted the rejection as fortunate setback. By now, his dream for a theme park had gone beyond the space available in Burbank. He searched locations throughout Southern California. A 160-acre orange garden, 22 miles south of Los Angeles, was soon selected.
The ABC television network offered $5 million in loans and investments if Disney agreed to produce and host a one-hour weekly show called "Disneyland". The deal amounted to months of free advertising for the park and allowed Disney to introduce TV audiences, particularly kids, to the park.
Disneyland opened then. The 5,000 expected guests increased to 28, 154, thanks to fake tickets. After the madness of opening day, Disney and his new park were criticized in the press. The media predicted a quick and early end. But the public didn’t listen. Visitors arrived in large groups, and within weeks Disneyland was a success.
Over sixty years later, Disneyland’s popularity continues to grow, with total overall attendance topping 700 million and showing no signs of slowing down.
1. What mainly led to Walt Disney’s plan to build his own amusement park?| A．His ambition to expand beyond the movie industry. |
| B．His animators’ suggestion on an entertainment plan. |
| C．His wish to create a better place for family recreation. |
| D．His daughters’ unpleasant experience in the Griffith Park. |
| A．brought good luck to Disney and his park |
| B．contributed to the difficulty of opening the park |
| C．was viewed as a financial obstacle to the design of the park |
| D．presented Disney with a favorable opportunity to rethink his plan |
| A．Everything went on smoothly before it opened. |
| B．It spent $5 million on advertising for its opening. |
| C．People’s enthusiasm for it increased despite criticism. |
| D．Only invited guests could get into it on its opening day. |
| A．Disneyland: How It All Began | B．Disneyland: An Overnight Success |
| C．Disneyland: How It Developed | D．Disneyland: A Park with a Long History |
