American Watersports Tuesday-Saturday
Located on the beach of the Sea Gardens Beach Resort, there are fun things to
rent for the whole family. They offer rentals for kayaks, jet skis, and even parasail!
Enjoy the water up-close or from a bird’s eye view! No matter what activity you’re
enjoying, be sure to protect yourself and your family from the sun’s powerful rays and  apply plenty of sun block!
15th Street Boat Company Monday-Saturday
15th Street Boat Company offers rental boats of all kinds. They’re sure to have what you are looking for, whether it’s a small boat for a quick and simple outing or an extravagant boat with comfortable seats with a stereo and high tech navigation. You can rent a boat for half a day or a couple of days, or even weeks at a time. If you want it, they’ve got it. It’s fun for everyone!
Coconut’s Watersports 9am-5pm Monday-Sunday
Coconut’s Watersports is open 7 days a week and offers tons of water fun for the whole family. Jet Ski activities last 30 minutes or 1 hour and can make stops along the way. You must be at least 14 years of age to ride alone and can be as young as 3 to ride along with an adult. Everybody is required to wear a life jacket and a license is required to operate the Jet Ski. Bathing suits and shorts are recommended.
Jet Ski Tours of Miami 10am-7pm Thursday-Sunday
Jet Ski Tours of Miami includes onsite parking, indoor restrooms, lockers, and life jackets for participants. You may choose a one or two tour and each Jet Ski can hold up to 3 people. You must be at least 18 years old in order to ride. As long as you are accompanied by an adult, there is no age limitation for any passenger. There is a restaurant nearby to eat at. The tour visits 6 different islands and passes by Bayside and Hard Rock. You may even catch sight of dolphins, turtles or a crab resting in these splendid Florida waters.
小題1:You should especially protect yourself from sun burnt while visiting______.
A．Jet Ski Tours of Miami
B．Coconut’s Watersports
C．15th Street Boat Company
D．American Watersports
小題2:Which of the following can help you enjoy sailing a boat?
A．Go to the Sea Gardens Beach Resort.
B．Visit 15th Street Boat Company.
C．Choose Jet Ski Tours of Miami.
D．Visit Coconut’s Watersports.
小題3:What’s a must to ride alone in the Jet Ski activities?
A．One must be at least 14 years old.
B．One must wear bathing suits and shorts.
C．One must apply plenty of sun block.
D．One must be accompanied by parents.
小題4:What will you do to satisfy your son’s curiosity about sea animals?
A．You would like to rent a boat to ride with him.
B．You need a boat with comfortable seats with a stereo.
C．You’d like to choose American Watersports.
D．You prefer the tour to Bayside and Hard Rock.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:D
文章介紹了American Watersports種的各種活動。
小題1:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段be sure to protect yourself and your family from the sun’s powerful rays可知在American Watersports這里無論你參加何種活動都要注意保護自己不要被陽光曬傷。故D正確。
小題2:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二部分You can rent a boat for half a day or a couple of days可知在這一部分，你可以享受sailing a boat。故B正確。
小題3:A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三部分Jet Ski activities last 30 minutes or 1 hour and can make stops along the way. You must be at least 14 years of age to ride alone and can be as young as 3 to ride along with an adult.可知有年齡的限制，限制在14歲以下。故A正確。
小題4:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后三行. The tour visits 6 different islands and passes by Bayside and Hard Rock. You may even catch sight of dolphins, turtles or a crab resting in these splendid Florida waters.可知在Bayside and Hard Roc這里游客可以看見很多的海洋動物，故D正確。
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These operations have the same general pattern. The franchisor, the parent company, first establishes a successful retail business. As it expands, it sees a profit potential in offering others the right to open similar business under its name. The parent company’s methods and means of identification with consumers are included in this right. The parent company supplies skill, and may build and rent stores to franchisees. For these advantages the franchisee pays the franchisor a considerable fee. However, some of the advantages and disadvantages are different.
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A．sells name-brand goods to a private investor
B．rents proven ideas and techniques for investment
C．sells the right, the guidance to a business under its name
D．takes no advertising responsibility for individual investors
小題2:. The advantages of franchising to the parent company are all the following EXCEPT      .
A．a(chǎn)n immediate investment return
B．the profit from the sale of supplies
C．the ownership of additional retail stores
D．the possibility of profitable advertising
小題3: The passage mainly tells the reader          .
A．the advantages and disadvantages of franchising
B．the benefits of franchising to the franchisor
C．the unmatched economic growth in the 1960’s
D．some regional and national business operation
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A．More advantages of franchising.
B．Negative aspects related to franchising.
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The findings on the spending power of teenage girls were calculated from Office for National Statistics records of family spending during the 1980s and 1990s. Researchers examined how much money went on services and leisure goods in different kinds of homes. They checked spending on food, restaurant meals, alcohol, tobacco, services, heating, transport, clothes and sports in 2,745 British families.
They found that teenage girls in the UK typically played an active role in family decisions about the allocation（分配）of household resources. But older children— those over the age of 21 who are still living with their parents—appear to have no say in household decisions.
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A．teenage girls have more influence over family budgets than teenage boys
B．teenage boys don't want to decide on household spending
C．teenage boys have some influence over household
D．teenage girls have weaker willpower and determination than teenage boys
小題2:What does the underlined part “give them a big say” in the second paragraph mean?
A．Make them dare to say something.
B．Make them want to know.
C．Make them say something meaningful.
D．Make their influence stronger.
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A．girls living with parents
B．girls over 21
C．girls over 12
D．girls living alone
小題4:How can parents reduce children’s bargaining power?
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B．By offering them sweets or toys.
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A．a(chǎn) young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed
B．a(chǎn) soldier who has not had any experience in war
C．a(chǎn) person who is new in a job
D．a(chǎn) man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country
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A．未完成的B．成熟的C．青澀的D．老練的
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A．If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat.
B．The expression “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago.
C．Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains.
D．Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution.
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A．a(chǎn)ll growing plants is green
B．green is the most important color in nature
C．a(chǎn) person with a green thumb can make plants grow well
D．the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years
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These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, British and American English are the same language.
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C．How the differences between British English and American English came about.
D．How important the differences are.
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The plans for building the Underground met with several problems and delays，but the fast track was finally opened in January 1863. A steam train pulled the cars along the fast underground track which was 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) long. About 30，000 people got on the subway the first day. Riders were treated to comfortable seats (standing up while the train was moving was not allowed)， and pleasant decorations inside each of the cars. However， the smoke from the engine soon filled the air in the tunnels with ash and soot(煤灰)， as well as chemical gases. Fans had to be put in the tunnels later to keep the air clean enough for people to breathe. Even with its problems，riding in the Underground did catch on. It carried 9 million riders in its first year.
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A．It made the tunnels larger.
B．It put fans in the tunnels.
C．It cleaned the chemical gases in the tunnels.
D．It reduced the number of passengers riding in the train.
小題2:What led the British government to build the London Underground？
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C．Overcrowding and traffic jams.
D．The poverty and subway problems.
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B．There were so many problems and delays that in 18th century the first subway opened.
C．The subway greatly eased the pressure of traffic.
D．There were not enough seats for the passengers the first day the subway opened.
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A wall of flames fifty feet high and at least one hundred and fifty miles wide is now racing towards the forests and rich farmlands of southern Victoria . Towns less than one hundred miles from Melbourne will be in danger unless the wind changes . People are rushing excitedly into the streets . The police have warned them not to see the fire but many people are doing so .
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The firefighters are travelling to the fire by road , rail and air . But it is not easy to get there . Flames and fallen trees have cut off or blocked roads and railway lines . The thick smoke often prevents them from finding the air strips (飛機跑道).
It is said that the fire has brought the greater danger to the country since the Second World War .
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C．more than one hundred people died of the fire
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Yet, contrary to widespread belief, very few Australians have true prisoner origins. Within only one generation of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, Australia had become a nation of immigrants. Originally coming almost entirely from the British Isles, today one in three Australians comes from elsewhere. Australia’s liberal postwar immigration policies led to an influx of survivors from war-torn Europe, most notably Greeks, Italians, Poles and Germans.
The emphasis has shifted in recent years and today the majority of new immigrants are from Southeast Asia. Today Australia is a ‘blend of nations’ and although some racism exists, it has generally been a successful experiment and the country is justifiably proud to have one of the most harmonious multicultural communities in the world.
小題1:What does the writer mean by saying “It takes a sharp ear to identify regional accents.” in the first paragraph?
A．Australians speak Standard English with no local accents whatsoever.
B．You have to practice a lot to learn to understand the different accents.
C．The Australian regional accents are very difficult to understand indeed.
D．There is not much difference between the accents in different areas of Australia.
小題2:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Most Australians have ancestors who were prisoners.
B．The Australian economy is dependent on sheep exports.
C．The majority of people living in Australia come from Europe.
D．The pace of life is different in the city and in the country.
小題3:The underlined pronoun ‘it’ in the final paragraph refers to “_______”.
A．CommunityB．racismC．blend of NationsD．Southeast Asia
小題4:We can infer from the passage that _____.
A．there are no signs of Australia’s colonial past in its modern cities
B．Australia’s recent immigration policy encourages immigrants from Southeast Asia
C．immigrants from Southeast Asia have brought racial problems
D．“riding on sheep’s back” resulted in slow development in rural communities
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Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main viewers are middleclass Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and ability to deal with life’s tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to-21-year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show’s exploitation.
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A．more interesting.B．very popular.
C．more detailed.D．more formal.
小題2:Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows ______.
A．remain interested in them.
B．a(chǎn)re ready to face up to them.
C．remain cold to them.
D．a(chǎn)re willing to get away from them.
小題3:Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
A．A new type of robot.B．Nation hatred(憎恨).
C．Family income planning.D．Street accident.
小題4:We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ______.
A．have become the only ones of its kind.
B．exploit the weaknesses in human nature.
C．a(chǎn)ppear at different times of the day.
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