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[1] If you read a newspaper or listen to a newscast(news report) recently, you may hear or read a strange word, “staycation.” Staycation is a new word the American press(newspapers, radio, and television) is using to describe a vacation very close to your own home, or simply staying at home during your vacation. It is a combination of the words “stay” and “vacation”.
[2] According to many news reports, these staycations are very popular among American families this year. Why? The high price of gasoline for cars and airplanes has made it very expensive for Americans to travel compared to past years. When you combine this with the weak American dollar, it all adds up to people deciding to stay close to home during their traditional summer vacations. Of course, some places are more interesting to “stay home at” than others. And if you live in a very small town, well, you may just want to skip your vacation and save your time up to next year!
[3] Everything is expensive nowadays, and let’s face it—a vacation just may not be in your plan this year. You don’t have to give up family fun just because you can’t              ; instead, follow my tips for an economical staycation filled with old favorites and new adventures! Staycations have achieved high popularity in current hard economic times in which unemployment levels and gas prices are high. 
小題1:What is this passage mainly about? (within one word)
小題2:Which two words make the new word “staycation”? (within 3 words)
小題3:What’s the meaning of “staycation”? (within 20 words)
小題4:Why are staycation popular this year? Please list two reasons. (each within 5 words)
小題5:Please fill in the blank with a phrase in the last paragraph. (with 3 words)

小題1:Staycation.
小題2:“Stay” and “vacation”.
小題3:It refers to a vacation very close to your own home, or simply staying at home during your vacation.
小題4: (1) The high price of gas/gasoline.
(2) Hard economic times./Economic difficulties./ The weak American dollar.
小題5: get away/travel (far away)/afford a vacation

試題分析：
小題1: Staycation.
主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容可知本文是關(guān)于一種新型的度假方式Staycation。
小題2:“Stay” and “vacation”.
細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句It is a combination of the words “stay” and “vacation”.
小題3:It refers to a vacation very close to your own home, or simply staying at home during your vacation.
細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段2,3,4行Staycation is a new word the American press(newspapers, radio, and television) is using to describe a vacation very close to your own home, or simply staying at home during your vacation。
小題4: (1) The high price of gas/gasoline.
(2) Hard economic times./Economic difficulties./ The weak American dollar.
細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章二段2,3,4行The high price of gasoline for cars and airplanes has made it very expensive for Americans to travel compared to past years. When you combine this with the weak American dollar。
小題5: get away/travel (far away)/afford a vacation
根據(jù)下一句instead, follow my tips for an economical staycation filled with old favorites and new adventures!說明不能因為承擔(dān)不起就不去旅行。
點評：本文是關(guān)于美國出現(xiàn)的一種新型的度假方式Staycation。從題目設(shè)置的角度看，本題側(cè)重對學(xué)生把握文章中心段落和各段落的中心句的能力的考查，所以遇到這類題后，要注意把握好文章結(jié)構(gòu)，了解文章中心意思，找到段落中心句。
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