One of Sri Lanka's most incredible(難以置信的) places to visit is the rock fortress(要塞) of Sigiriya,which is in the northern part of the island.36 On its top are the ruins of a fifth-century palace.

This is a very popular tourist  destination(目的地) and can be quite busy sometimes. 37 However,it is such a great place that it's worth the effort.

    38 There is a bus service from the town of Polonnaruwa. You can do the visit in a morning or

an afternoon. You should take a sun hat and some water for the heat,but you shouldn't need food,because there is lots available when you're there.

    When you arrive,first climb the stairs to the wall paintings.  39 Then,you continue climbing the iron stairs to the top of the rock. However,it can be very windy. So do take care. From the top you can see the ruins of the fortress,the water pools,and wonderful views of the island. 40 Finally,it's time to go back down the stairs,and catch another bus back to the town.

   A. They are about 1 ,500 years old.

   B. The easiest way to get there is by bus.

   C. It's a huge rock about 350 metres high.

   D. It contains the mins of an ancient palace.

   E. And unfortunately the weather can also make life difficult.

   F. Take your time to appreciate the building work that happened here.

   G. There's a stairway leading from the base to the top of the mountain.

                             D

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   A. Regular trips.

   B. Driving lessons.

   C. Traffic information.

   D. Second-hand vehicles.

34. A credit check is unnecessary at The Clean

Machine because .

   A. people are losing their jobs

   B. there is less trade than usual

   C. a credit score is not sq important

   D. people's credit scores keep changing

35. How much will a customer pay immediately for a $5,000 car?

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   C. $2,300.       D. $1,000.

                         C

     FC Barcelona's football academy(專(zhuān)門(mén)學(xué)校) ，La Masia,has trained some . of the best footballers in Europe,such as Pep Guardiola,Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique. Many people believe that Barcelona is the best football team in Europe because of the training programme at the school. Now,FC Barcelona has opened similar academies all around the world,including in Egypt,Japan,America and Dubai.

     It is difficult to join the Barcelona academy. Every year,over 1,000 students apply (申請(qǐng)) ，but only 70 students can live and study at the school. They are aged between li and 18. Seventy coaches,teachers,doctors and cooks look after the students. The academy costs about £5 million a year to run. But the students all have scholarships (獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金) ，so they don't pay any money. FC Barcelona pays for everything: the students’ rooixis,teachers,books and food.

     However,the students don't only learn football. FC Barcelona also wants to give their students a good academic education. It is important to the dub that their students can still get good jobs if they don 't become professional (職業(yè)的) footballers. Students travel by bus to local schools each morning for four hours of study. The footballers return to La Masia after lunch and do football training in the afternoons.

     But is the students,academic education good enough? All the football training must make the students very tired and they spend less time at school than other children. That doesn't matter if you are one of the students who are good enough to become a professional footballer. But what happens to all the children who don't make it onto the team? La Masia produces excellent football players,but it is important to ask what happens to all the other children who train there.

29. As a training academy,La Masia .

   A. is considered as the best in Europe

   B. receives nationwide professional footballers

   C. has produced some top-class players

   D. has borrowed ideas from similar academies 

30. What do we know about La Masia?

   A. It is well supplied.

   B. It is short of teachers.

   C. It is operated with difficulty.

   D. It offers scholarships to excellent students.

31. The students of La Masia.

   A. play football in the morning

   B. fall behind other local students

   C. get football training after school

   D. have academic education at La Masia

32. The author seems to . 

   A. worry about some children's fiiture

   B. think badly of professional footballers

   C. care too much about students’ feelings

   D. doubt the football training of La Masia

                        B

     EDMONTON,CANADA — The Etzio is one of the oldest buildings in one of the city5 s oldest neighbourhoods,butit'ssettobeknockeddown. Edmontonians are hoping more can be done to preserve(保留) more of the city's history.

     “The reason the area is popular in the first place is because it's a historic neighbourhood. And I think it's important that we preserve history,” said Mark        Wilson,owner of Vivid Print ,shop on Whyte Avenue at 103 Street.Wilson's business is located in a building two doors down from the Etzio,a building that is more than a century old. But after 117 years on Whyte Avenue,the building is coming down to make way for a new three-floor development.

     “It has become acceptable to simply pull down old buildings and put up new buildings that look old ,” said Wilson. “The words on the sidewalks here say historic area. Well's not historic if all the buildings are 10 years old."

     It's a move that disappoints Wilson and others on the street who believe more should be done to keep the character of Edmonton.

     “I think in this area it's important because it keeps the flavour of Edmonton,and Edmonton is known for Whyte Ave.,” said a woman on Saturday afternoon.

     “Some of the old culture should still be there ,I think added a man who was walking along the street. “It makes Edmonton unique(獨(dú)一無(wú)二的) .Without it,it just becomes another mall or it could be any other city in the world."

    Wilson 一 looking fondly at the old building 一 believes a little piece of history is lost with every building that's tom down.

       After the Etzio building is tom down,the Old Strathcona Hotel and the Ross building will be the only two buildings left from the 1800s.

25. Why does Wilson consider the Etzio important?

   A. It helps him develop his business.

   B. His neighbours live there.

   C. It's a symbol of history.

   D. His shop is inside it.

26. In Wilson's eyes,what will be done to the city

is.

   A. acceptable   B. popular

   C. unpleasant   D. strange

27. What does the underlined word “it” in the text refer to?

   A. The Etzio building.

   B. The old culture.

   C. Edmonton.

   D. The street.

28. What can be the best title for the text?

   A. 117-year-old building to be tom down

   B. New development being met with disagreements

   C. Edmonton business owner makes a move

   D. Old buildings in Edmonton face an uncertain future

                           A

     When I was just 16 ,my father decided to turn an old guesthouse into a hotel,and he experimented with everything. None of us had ever worked in a hotel before,but my dad was sure of what guests would like to see.

     For a month that summer,I served as a waitress(女服務(wù)員) at breakfast and dinner,which gave me the middle of the day free for studying. Like all the others,I did what the instructions said and treated the guests as though they were special visitors in my own home.

     I soon learned how to deal with the most daunting person in the kitchen the cook,Gordon. He had a great ability to-become very angry for no clear reason. I avoided him as much as possible and always took the dishes with a frozen expression on my face which was turned into a sweet smile in the space between kitchen and dining room. 、

   Breakfast waitressing was,I found,more enjoyable than the dinner service. The guests came wandering into the dining room,looking with appreciation at the view of the sea and islands through the dining room window. It was funny how differently people behaved in the evenings,dressed up and talking with louder,colder voices,not always returning my smile. However,that all changed when Dad created a special role for me.

    It began with a few common cakes for the guests’ packed lunches and progressed to fancy cakes for afternoon teas. This led to the climax(高 潮) ：a nightly show known as Lucy's Sweet Trolley. Every evening,I carried the most amazing collection of cakes and other desserts. Most were things I had invented myself and I had cooked all of them. Some — Jacobite Grenades,Mocha Genghis Khan and Goat' s Milk Bavarios to name a few — were really strange. It was Dad's idea that I should dress smartly and stop at each table and recite the name of each dish.

21. What did the people working at the hotel have in common?

   A. They all understood the guests’ expectations.

   B. They all studied at the middle of the day.

   C. They all had enough experience.

   D. They all followed the rules.

22. What does the underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 3 mean?

   A. Careful.         B. Nervous.

   C. Interesting.      D. Frightening.

23. Why did Lucy enjoy serving breakfasts more than dinners?

   A. The guests were friendlier.

   B. There were more types of food to satisfy the guests.

   C. The dining room was quieter.

   D. The guests dressed up for the beginning of a new day.

24. What was special about the food on Lucy's Sweet Trolley?

   A. It was based on traditional dishes.

   B. It contained a number of new creations.

   C. It was made following her father' s instructions.

   D. It was prepared along with the food for lunches.

5. We interviewed a number of graduate            (但都沒(méi)有給我們留下什么印象). 

4. My boss will       (證實(shí)我是準(zhǔn)時(shí)封達(dá)那兒的) 

3.  (按照傳統(tǒng)風(fēng)俗) people play practical jokes on I April.

2. My father worked        (從早到晚).

without a break.

1.We could see lights  (在遠(yuǎn)處）.