15．Real friendship is morevaluable（有價(jià)值的） than money．

14．His mother had thought it would be good for hischaracter（性格） to get away from home and earn some money on his own．

13．When the earthquake happened，heasked forhelp from his neighbor．（尋求，尋找）

12．We must make full us of our time to go over our lessons，because time islimited（有限的）

11．It is very important to know your ownstrengthsand weaknesses．（長(zhǎng)處，強(qiáng)項(xiàng)）

10．When I visited him，he wasconsultinghis doctor．（咨詢）

9．Without mypermissionanyone is not allowed to enter．（允許）

8．Trip to Alaska National Parks
This four-day train trip，which traverses  both Denali and Kenai Fjords National Parks，allows for true appreciation of Alaska's natural beauty．The route takes in peaks and forests，including a stop at the foot of 20，320-foot-high Mount McKinley，North America's tallest mountain．Though the train has comfortable seating and a luxurious dining car，nights are spent at off-train lodging like the Grande Denali Lodge and Hotel Alyeska in Girdwood．
India Tour，Maharajas'Express
Maharajas'Express is the most luxurious train in the world．Started in 2010，and limited to 88 passengers on each trip，the train features luxurious private suites with marble baths and panoramic（全景）windows．On the five-day，four-night trip，which starts and ends in Delhi，passengers make stops to visit the splendid Taj Mahal at Agra，take a tiger safari at Ranthambore National Park，and shop and watch an elephant-polo match in Jaipur．
Tales of Laos Tour，Eastern & Oriental Express
The sister train to Europe's Venice Simplon Orient-Express，the Eastern & Oriental Express offers the same level of service and comfort．What's completely different about the Eastern，of course，is the scenery that passengers can see through the train's large windows．Among the attractive sights on the four-day，three-night Tales of Laos Tour are green rice paddies（水稻梯田）and locals riding elephants．
Cuzco to Machu Picchu Route，Hiram Bingham
The Hiram Bingham，a train operating in Peru，leads guests on a magical day trip from Cuzco to the ruins of Machu Picchu．During the three-hour trip-which covers about 50 miles-the train winds through the thick jungle，alongside the rapids of the Urubamba River and across two high mountains．Once it arrives at the city of Machu Picchu，passengers get a five-hour tour through the fascinating site before heading back to Cuzco．
4．The underlined word"traverses"in Paragraph 1 probably meansC．
A．leaves for        B．consists of        C．moves across           D．a(chǎn)rrives at
5．According to this passage，the longest journey may beB．
A．Trip to Alaska National Parks                    
B．India Tour  
C．Tales of Laos Tour                               
D．Cuzco to Machu Picchu Route
6．The Eastern & Oriental Express is different from Europe's Venice Simplon Orient-Express in thatD．
A．it offers satisfying service                     
B．travelers feel every relaxed  
C．the dining car has a good environment            
D．it provides a better view of the scenery
7．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？B
A．On the Trip to Alaska National Parks，visitors spend the night in the luxurious dining car．
B．India Tour offers different attractions，varying from experiencing the cultural relic to doing some shopping．
C．On the Tales of Laos Tour，visitors can enjoy wonderful rice paddies and ride elephants．
D．The Cuzco to Machu Picchu Route starts in Cuzco and ends in Machu Picchu．

7．Taste is such a subjective matter that we don't usually conduct preference tests for food．The most you can say about anyone's preference，is that it's one person's opinion．But because the two big cola companies-Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggressively，we have wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty．We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola Classic or Pepsi fans：find your brand in a blind tasting．
We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic or Pepsi，Diet （低糖的） Coke，or Diet Pepsi．These were people who thought they'd have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand．
We eventually located 19regular cola drinkers and 27diet cola drinkers．Then we fed them four unidentified samples of cola one at a time，regular colas for the one group，diet versions for the other．We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi，then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants'choices with what mere guess-work could have accomplished．
Getting all four samples right was a tough test，but not too tough，we thought，for people who believed they could recognize their brand．In the end，only 7out of 19regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials．The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse-only 7of 27identified all four samples correctly．
While both groups did better than chance would predict，nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times．Two people got all four samples wrong．Overall，half of the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first，so tiredness，or taste   burnout，was not a factor．Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price．

28．It is implied in the first paragraph thatC．
A．the purpose of taste tests is to promote the sale of colas
B．the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companies
C．the competition between the two colas is very strong
D．blind tasting is necessary for identifying fans
29．According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order toA．
A．find out the role taste preference plays in a person's drinking
B．reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkers
C．show that a person's opinion about taste is mere guess-work
D．compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks
30．The word'burnout"underlined in Paragraph Five，refers to the state ofD．
A．being seriously burnt in the skin
B．being unable to burn for lack of fuel
C．being badly damaged by fire
D．being unable to function because of excessive use
31．The author's purpose in writing this passage is toA．
A．show that taste preference is highly subjective
B．a(chǎn)rgue that taste testing is an important marketing strategy
C．emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other
D．recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas．

6．A young man，while traveling through a desert，came across a spring of clear water．（36）Thewater was sweet．He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder（37）who/thathad been his teacher．After a four-day journey，the young man presented the water to the old man．His teacher took a deep drink，（38）smiled（smile）warmly，and thanked his student very much for the sweet water．The young man went home（39）witha happy heart．
   After the student left，the teacher let（40）anotherstudent taste the water．He spit it out，（41）saying（say） it was awful．（42）obviously（obvious），it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container．He asked his teacher，"Sir，the water was awful．Why did you pretend to like（43）it？"The teacher replied，"You tasted the water．I tasted the gift．The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love．Nothing could be（44）sweeter（sweet）．"We understand this lesson best when we receive gifts of love from children．Whether it is a cheap pipe（45）ora diamond necklace，the proper response is appreciation．We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing．