the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶)” from St Mary’s Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.

Tour C—Windsor Castle & Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace—￡34 until 11 March and ￡37 thereafter

Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VIII’s favorite place. Free time to visit Windsor Castle (entrance fees not included). With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze where it is easy to get lost!

Tour D—Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great—￡33 until 18 March and ￡37 thereafter.

Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.

25. Which tour will you choose if you want to see England’s oldest university city?

A. Tour A

B Tour B

C. Tour C

D. Tour D

26. Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?

A. Windsor Castle & Hampton Court C. Bath & Stonehenge D. Cambridge

B. Oxford & Stratford

27. Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?

A. It used to be the home of royal families. B. It used to be a well-known maze. C. It is the oldest palace in Britain. D. It is a world-famous castle.

C

Australia’s exercise guidelines have recently come as a shock to us. Not only are we being told we need to do a lot of more physical activity, but we’re also being urged to get out of our chairs----even if we do the right amout of exercise.

The new guidelines focus not just on the exercise but on the amount of time we spend being sedentary(惯于久坐不动的). Sedentary behavior is the term to describe physically inactive tasks that don’t require lots of energy, basically sitting or sleeping. Activities are often measured in

METs (Metabolic Equivalent of Task). Sedentary activities are in between 1 and 1.5 METs, walking at a moderate pace ranges from 3 to 3.5 and jogging is about 7.

In recent years, a growing body of research has linked sedentary behaviour to obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, some cancers. It’s considered such a risk that one US expert has gone so far as to suggest sitting for most of the day may be as dangerous to your health as smoking. Experts state we’re sedentary on average for 7 to 10 hours a day (this doesn’t include our time spent sleeping). Even if you are meeting, or exceeding (超过), the recommended 60 minutes a day of physical activity, you can still be considered sedentary.

The guidelines don’t make any specific suggestions about how long you should sit for. Instead they say we should “minimize the amount of time spent in prolonged sitting” and “to break up long periods of sitting as often as possible. ” 28. From the passage we know that ___________.

A. sedentary behavior is as dangerous to health as smoking B. sedentary behavior is likely to lead to some cancers C. we are sedentary for 7-10 hours a day in total

D. we are healthy if we take one-hour physical activity a day.

29. Which may score the highest in METs according to the passage?

A. Sleeping

B. Reading

C. Shopping

D. Running

30. Which way of behavior does the new guidelines advocate ? A. Stand up or take a short walk between sittings B. Exercise less than 60 minutes a day C. Shorten the time of sleeping D. Stand for a long time a day

31. Where does this passage probably come from? A. Science fiction

B. A scientific paper D. A health report D

Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of

C. An advertisement

obscurity(默默无闻).

Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.

Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible(隐形的). However, her world changes completely when a famous teenage pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.

Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey from falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing them.

The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern-day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.

“The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as a jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.” 32. The first paragraph is mainly to______.

A. inform us of the importance to marry a prince B. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years C. build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream D. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is

33. In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who ______.

A. is badly treated by her stepmother C. has a dream of meeting a prince

B. is brave in expressing her love D. is embarrassed by the top singer

34. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class. B. The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.

C. Not many people have a dream to be realized. D. Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing.

35. The passage is mainly about________.

A. an introduction to Mary Santiago C. an essay about dreams

B. a review(评论) about a film D. an advertisement of Cinderella

第二节 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）

House-sitting

In many countries of the world people do what is called house-sitting. It means that if owners of the house are going away, they want someone to come into their house and look after the house and maybe pets while they are away.

In Australia, many people travel. After people retire, they might buy a van and travel all over the country. 36 .

So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they might want someone in their house to care for it and keep the gardens tidy. House-sitters might have to care for pets. Also, quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yards and they need cleaning. 37 I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area.

38 There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisements, you can make arrangements to go and look after their houses.

There are some requirements to be a house-sitter. You must be a trusted person, so that the house owner knows you will not steal anything. You must be able to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time. 39 You need to be good with pets, able to care for cats and dogs, or other pets they may have.

Some house-sitting jobs are just for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owners have a short holiday. Sometimes it is for much longer. We have had a house-sitting job for six months, while the house owner travelled to Europe.

40 Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there. One of the important things to get is references from the house owners for whom you have done house-sitting.