Disneyland Excursion from Los Angeles

See Disneyland in Anaheim, California—roundtrip transportation from any of the designated (指定的) hotels and admission for a day of Disney fun. Pick－up from Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles International Airport, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Marina del Rey, Culver City and South Bay area hotels.

From: $179.95 US Dollars

篇章导读：本文是一篇应用文。全文介绍了四个在洛杉矶市可以参加的一日游项目，内容包括活动特色的介绍、行程安排及费用等信息。

1．If you like to travel at your own pace, you will most probably be interested in ________.

A．Movie Star Homes GPS Self－Guided Bike Tour B．Amazing Scavenger Quest in Los Angeles

C．Grand City Tour with Griffith Park Observatory & Hollywood Sign D．Disneyland Excursion from Los Angeles

答案：A 细节理解题。根据第二部分“Movie Star Homes GPS Self－Guided Bike Tour”中第三句“Explore and experience the best of West Hollywood and Beverly Hills on your own time, at your own pace！”可知答案为A。

2．How much will a family of 4 pay for the Amazing Scavenger Quest in Los Angeles? A．$69 US Dollars. B．$34.95 US Dollars. C．$44 US Dollars. D．$179.95 US Dollars.

答案：C 细节理解题。根据第三部分“Amazing Scavenger Quest in Los Angeles”中的“ONLY $44 FOR UP TO 5 PEOPLE！”和“Offered at a fixed price for a group as opposed to per person pricing”可知答案为C。

3．The price of the Disneyland Excursion from Los Angeles includes all the following expenses EXCEPT ________.

A．pickup service at some locations B．a one－day ticket to Disneyland C．transportation back to some hotels D．a guided tour around Hollywood

答案：D 细节理解题。根据第四部分“Disneyland Excursion from Los Angeles”的内容可知D项不包括在内。

B

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Late last year, I needed to transport some furniture from our house to my son's flat in central London. I should have paid a man to do it, but foolishly confident in my driving ability, I decided to hire a lorry and drive it myself.

Moving the lorry backward in my yard, I crashed into a small shed, causing permanent damage. Fortunately I owned the shed. I loaded up with the furniture and set out. By now it was rush hour. My nerves broke down, as I drove the huge lorry through the streets nervously.

At last I arrived at Charlotte Street and found an available parking space. I moved the lorry into it only to notice three people at a pavement cafe waving to me. I got out, trembling violently, like one who had just finished a stormy Atlantic crossing. “You've hit the car parked behind you，” they said. I examined the car. There were white scratches on its front face. It bore a disabled sign. So, now I was a bad driver and a bad man. Under the severe look of the three, I left an apologetic note on the damaged car's windscreen, giving my phone number.

I unloaded the furniture, dripping the sweat, wanting only to escape from the monster. I drove it back to its base at Edgware. On arrival, the boss told me I must fill it up with petrol before returning it. “Just charge me，” I cried, still shaking with fear. He stared at me with understanding. No doubt he'd witnessed others in this state before. “How about I drive you to a petrol station, you fill up, and I drive it back？” he asked.

He danced the great lorry through the traffic so carefully that it would have shamed me if I had not been so grateful.

篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章描述了“我”因为对自己的驾驶技术有信心而租用卡车自己装运家具，结果导致一系列问题的故事。

4．The man felt ________ to have delivered the furniture himself. A．grateful C．confident

B．proud D．regretful

答案：D 推理判断题。根据关键信息第一段第二句“I should have paid a man to do it, but foolishly confident in my driving ability, I decided to hire a lorry and drive it myself.”可知，“我”本应付费让别人装运家具的，但是出于对自己驾车能力的愚蠢的自信，“我”决定租一辆卡车自己装运；结合下文描述的“我”停车时撞上别人的车以及不得已让出租卡车的老板送自己去加油站为卡车加油以便符合卡车归还要求可知，“我”对决定自己装运家具的事感到后悔。D项意为“后悔的”，符合语境，故D项正确。

5．The man trembled violently because ________.

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A．the lorry was too difficult to drive B．he caused a terrible traffic accident C．he was afraid to see the three people D．the furniture was too heavy for him

答案：A 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“I got out, trembling violently, like one who had just finished a stormy Atlantic crossing.”可知，“我”下了车，紧张得浑身剧烈地颤抖，就像横渡了波涛汹涌的大西洋；再结合第二段最后一句“My nerves broke down, as I drove the huge lorry through the streets nervously.”可知，由于卡车难以驾驶，“我”战战兢兢驾车驶过大街，故A项正确。

6．The man said he was a bad man most probably because ________. A．he shouldn't have driven the lorry himself B．he made the traffic accident on purpose

C．he shouldn't have caused trouble for the disabled D．he parked the big lorry on the pavement

答案：C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“There were white scratches on its front face. It bore a disabled sign. So, now I was a bad driver and a bad man.”可知，由于刮坏了带有残疾人标志的车，这可能会给其造成不便，因此“我”觉得自己是一个坏人，故C项正确。

7．The writer intended to suggest that ________. A．it was thrilling to drive a lorry B．being too confident is foolish C．it was hard to avoid accidents D．the boss was expert in driving

答案：B 推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文的主题句是第一段第二句“I should have paid a man to do it, but foolishly confident in my driving ability, I decided to hire a lorry and drive it myself.”；结合全文描述可知，“我”因为对自己的驾驶技术有信心而租用卡车自己装运家具，结果却导致一系列问题，所以本文旨在说明“过分自信是愚蠢的”，故B项正确。

C

People who have red hair and people who have lost their hair could finally get their own emoji (表情符号). The Emojipedia website has shown new emojis following demands that they should be more diverse. If its ideas are approved, the new emojis could be added in 2018, alongside new characters that have grey, curly or Afro hair.

“New styles focus on appearances that aren't currently supported in the informal

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skin tone and hair color pairings (搭配) used on many cellphones，” showed one page on the website. The page gave Jessica Chastain and Ed Sheeran as examples of people with red hair. Sinead O'Connor and Samuel I. Jackson were given as examples of people with no hair or a shaven head.

The emojis could be released in 2018 if chosen by the Unicode Consortium which met in January, 2017 following a number of complaints about lack of diversity. “Non－naturally occurring features, such as blue hair and tattoos, are not included in this project，” the website added.

At the end of 2016, Apple published its iOS 10.2 software update which included 72 new emojis such as firefighters, astronauts, rockstars and so on. But people who have red hair were notably absent, causing a global protest.

A website in Scotland demanding ginger emojis got 20,000 signatures. The main issue is that there is one organization, known as Unicode Consortium, who controls emojis on iPhone.

In March, a new list of emojis was published by Emojipedia which might be released later this year. However, the emojis need to be approved by the Unicode Technical Committee before people can use them.

In 2015, ginger emojis were published on the Google Play Store for Android. But up until now, the Unicode Consortium has not been willing to give in to ginger campaigners.

篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了表情库里将有可能增加红发人士和光头人士等专属的表情符号。

8．Which of the following emojis could be included in 2018? A．Characters with black hair. B．Characters with white skin. C．Characters with shaven heads. D．Characters with smiling faces.

答案：C 细节理解题。根据前两段可知，红发人士和光头人士有可能会获得他们的专属表情符号，因为人们抱怨表情库中的表情符号不够丰富。如果这些表情符号获得批准，在2018年就可以增加到表情库里，此外，表情库里还会有拥有灰白发、卷发以及非洲式发型等新的表情符号。所以C项正确。

9．Tattoos are rejected by the Unicode Consortium because ________. A．there is no demand for them B．people dislike such emojis

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