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Northern Lights Tour

Located in the middle of the northern lights belt, Tromso can offer some of the highest levels of northern lights activity on earth. Perhaps Tromso is the world's best place for a Northern Lights Tour.

Join one of our Northern Lights Holidays this winter. It could become one of the greatest experiences in your life.

DESTINATION Tromso county, Norway.

PRICE $450 per person

WHEN 2th September until 31st March.

PICK-UP Each evening at 6 PM outside your hotel.

DROP-OFF Earliest at 12 AM. When we have a sighting we often stay out later, at no extra cost.

SIZE OF GROUP Maximum 8 participants is recommended and normal, but not absolute. A small group allows more freedom in terms of chasing the northern lights.

INCLUDED

- Transportation each day in a comfortable car

- A meal each day

- All necessary equipment such as snowshoes, flashlight, water-filled bottle, woolen underwear, a warm, hat, warm shoes, warm stockings, and reindeer skin to lie on, if needed.

- A guide who will do anything necessary to find the northern lights.

EXCITING CHASE

A Northern Lights Holiday means an intense and exciting chase--to the coast or deep into the wild, perhaps even to the Finnish border. Each day on a Northern Lights Tour we contact meteorologists shortly before departure to get accurate information. In order to find out where we will have best chances to see the northern lights.

WE GUARANTEE A GREAT TRIP

The northern lights are unpredictable, but we guarantee that we will do everything to find it. Patience is a keyword on Northern Lights Tour.

ECO-TOURISM

We offer ecologically sustainable and responsible tours. Travelling in small groups is an essential part of the ecotourism concept, as small groups have lesser impact on nature and will not disturb the wildlife unnecessarily.

1.A small group is preferred for the following reasons EXCEPT that _______.

A. a small group is free to run after the northern lights

B. a small group has less effect on nature

C. a small group can save the travel cost

D. a small group will not disturb wildlife

2.The underlined word “it” refers to “_______”.

A. the northern light tour B. patience

C. equipment D. the northern light

3.We can infer that_______.

A. if tourists stay out late, they have to pay more

B. every tourist group is not sure to see the northern lights

C. every tourist group get the money back if they don’t see the northern lights

D. the northern lights can be seen every day from 20th September to 31st March

4.The passage is most likely to be taken from a(n) _______.

A. advertisement B. news report

C. science textbook D. tourist brochure

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：文章是一則旅游方面的廣告。文章主要介紹了“北極光之旅”的目的地、費用、時間、提供的服務(wù)和主要活動等信息。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“A small group allows more freedom in terms of chasing the northern lights.”可知A項正確；根據(jù)最后一句“as small groups have lesser impact on nature and will not disturb the wildlife unnecessarily”可知B、D正確，故選C。

2.猜測詞義題。The northern lights are unpredictable, but we guarantee that we will do everything to find it.北極光具有不可預(yù)測性，但是我們保證會想盡一切辦法來找到它。根據(jù)句意可知，it指代前面提到的北極光，故選D。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)“we often stay out later, at no extra cost”可排除A；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“In order to find out where we will have best chances to see the northern lights.”和倒數(shù)第三段“The northern lights are unpredictable, but we guarantee that we will do everything to find it.”可知，無法提前預(yù)知北極光的位置，也就是說，游客有可能會看不到北極光，文章沒有提到會退還費用，故選B。

4.文章出處題。根據(jù)“Join one of our Northern Lights Holidays this winter...DESTINATION Tromso county, Norway... PRICE $450 per person”可知，文中給出了旅游度假的目的地、費用等信息，說明是一則廣告，故選A。

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