Ocean Park Hong Kong is a theme park in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island. The park was built with donations from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (now Hong Kong Jockey Club) and opened on 10 January 1977. Today it offers affordable marine animal education and entertainment and is a private organization for commercial purpose.
In the early operation of the park, the main sources of income for the park were the ticket prices and the funding from the Jockey Club. Since the ticket price was low, most of the time Ocean Park was operating under deficit（財(cái)政赤字）. In July 1987, the government established a 200 million trust(信托基金) from the funding of Jockey Club, under the Ocean Park Corporation Ordinance. This separated Ocean Park from Jockey Club and became a non-profit organization; it needs to be responsible for its own income and was allowed to use commercial means to operate the park.
Since it was permitted to use commercial means to operate, it gradually raised its ticket price and the deficit turned into profit. In 1992, 3 million visitors visited the park. Since 1998, the East Asian financial crisis（經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)）, aging attractions, and the passing away of the killer whale,  the park recorded a deficit for a couple years. Although it was allowed to host 2 pandas in 1999, the number of visitors did not go up and Ocean Park was forced to close its water attractions and the "Old Village" attraction and turned to bring in more rides in an attempt to capture the youth demand. Together with the opening up of mainland visitors under the Individual Visit Scheme, Ocean Park recorded an astonishing 4 million visitors in the year 2004-2005, the highest since the park opened.
In March 2005, Ocean Park made its redevelopment plan. On 23 November 2006, Ocean Park held a groundbreaking ceremony for its redevelopment.
【小題1】At the beginning, Ocean Park Hong Kong _________.

A．was built with the money from the government
B．sold its tickets at a high price
C．was a great success once it was opened
D．mainly got income from the ticket prices and donations
【小題2】According to the passage, Ocean Park Corporation _________.
A．belongs to Hong Kong Jockey Club
B．is an official organization
C．operates successfully partly because the opening up of mainland visitors
D．can not use commercial means to operate
【小題3】Ocean Park Corporation took all of the measures to overcome the deficits except _________.
A．raise ticket price B．close some attractions
C．try to attract young customers D．host 2 pandas
【小題4】Which of the following statements is Wrong?
A．Ocean Park Hong Kong is a theme park.
B．Ocean Park Hong Kong has taken on a new look since 2006.
C．The East Asian financial crisis didn’t have any influence on Ocean Park.
D．At present, Ocean Park Hong Kong also attracts many mainland customers.


【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】C 

解析試題分析：文章介紹香港海洋公園的建立，經(jīng)營(yíng)模式的變化，遭遇的危機(jī)，以及為了克服財(cái)政赤字采取的措施。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第二段第一句話In the early operation of the park, the main sources of income for the park were the ticket prices and the funding from the Jockey Club.可以看出一開始香港海洋公園的主要經(jīng)濟(jì)來源是門票收入和捐贈(zèng)，D項(xiàng)為正確答案。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第三段的句子：Together with the opening up of mainland visitors under the Individual Visit Scheme, Ocean Park recorded an astonishing 4 million visitors in the year 2004-2005, the highest since the park opened.可以看出Ocean Park Corporation 經(jīng)營(yíng)成功主要是面向大陸游客的開放，C項(xiàng)為正確答案。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容：Since it was permitted to use commercial means to operate, it gradually raised its ticket price…..Although it was allowed to host 2 pandas in 1999, …..turned to bring in more rides in an attempt to capture the youth demand. 可知為了克服財(cái)政赤字，海洋公園提高了價(jià)格，接待了大熊貓，以及吸引年輕人，而關(guān)閉一些景點(diǎn)迫于無奈而做出的一種選擇。選B
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容：Since 1998, the East Asian financial crisis（經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)）, aging attractions, and the passing away of the killer whale,  the park recorded a deficit for a couple years.可知東南亞經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)期對(duì)香港海洋公園是有影響的，所以C是錯(cuò)的。
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