There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time. One of them is to walk around it, guide-book   36  hand. Of course, we may   37  with our guide-books the history and   38  developments of a town and get to know them.   39  then, if we take out time and  40  in a town for a while, we may get to know it better. When we   41  it as a whole, we begin to have some   42  ,which even the best guide-books do not answer. Why is the town just  43  this, this shape, this plan, this size? Why do its streets   44   in this particular way, and not in any   45  way?
Here even the best guide-book   46  us. One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the   47  appearance. It may not describe the original (最初的)   48  of a town. However, one may get some idea of what it   49  look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine   50  the town was first planned and built . Then one can learn more about in what direction the town   51  to develop.
What is the   52  of studying towns in the way? For me, it is   53  that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes. A   54  visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive   55  just reading about it in a guide-book.
小題1:
A．inB．a(chǎn)tC．byD．on
小題2:
A．writeB．studyC．tellD．remember
小題3:
A．strangeB．similarC．separate D．special
小題4:
A．ButB．BeforeC．SinceD．Until
小題5:
A．marchB．workC．stayD．wail
小題6:
A．look atB．look afterC．look forD．look up
小題7:
A．ideasB．opinionsC．feelingsD．questions
小題8:
A．ofB．forC．likeD．a(chǎn)s
小題9:
A．openB．runC．beginD．move
小題10:
A．oneB．moreC．otherD．such
小題11:
A．helpsB．tricksC．failsD．satisfies
小題12:
A．oldB．normalC．firstD．present
小題13:
A．capitalB．meaningC．designD．change
小題14:
A．used toB．seemed toC．had toD．happened to
小題15:
A．whatB．howC．whenD．where
小題16:
A．stopsB．a(chǎn)ppearsC．startsD．continues
小題17:
A．pointB．viewC．problemD．difficulty
小題18:
A．nearlyB．simplyC．generallyD．hardly
小題19:
A．costlyB．formalC．groupD．personal
小題20:
A．fromB．thanC．throughD．with

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解讀：本文是一篇說明文，介紹了了解一個城鎮(zhèn)的不同的方法。作者提出親自到城鎮(zhèn)里轉(zhuǎn)一轉(zhuǎn)要比拿一本旅行指南好。
小題1:A。in hand在手中。其中之一是手中拿著指南轉(zhuǎn)一轉(zhuǎn)。
小題1:B。句意：當然，我們可以用旅行指南去研究一個城鎮(zhèn)的歷史以及它獨特的發(fā)展，然后慢慢了解它。分清句子結(jié)構(gòu)，study的賓語是history。
小題1:D。special獨特的。解析見上題。
小題1:A。but但是，表示轉(zhuǎn)折。解析見下題。
小題1:C。句意：不過，如果我們花時間在城里待（stay）一會兒，我們可以更好地了解它。
小題1:A。句意：當我們總體看過（look at）之后，我們會有一些連最好的旅游指南都解答不了的問題。
小題1:D。由下文的answer可知選D。question問題。
小題1:C。為什么小鎮(zhèn)像（like）這樣。
小題1:B。指街道延伸用run/extend。
小題1:C。other“其他的”。這里指：為什么街道以這種獨特的方式延伸，而不是任何其他方式？
小題1:C。句意：甚至最好的旅行指南也會使我們失望。fail sb“使某人失望，有負于某人”。trick sb“哄騙某人”，與語境不符。
小題1:D。present“目前的”。這里是指“一個城鎮(zhèn)如何發(fā)展成了現(xiàn)在的樣子”。
小題1:C。根據(jù)后面“the town was first planned and built”可知此空應(yīng)填design。
小題1:A。used to look like“過去看起來是什么樣的”。
小題1:B。how怎么。小鎮(zhèn)起初是怎么計劃和建造的。
小題1:D。句意：于是，一個人能夠?qū)@個城鎮(zhèn)繼續(xù)（continue）往什么方向發(fā)展有更多的了解。
小題1:A。what is the point of doing sth“做某事有何意義”。
小題1:B。simply“僅僅，只不過”。
小題1:D。personal“個人的；親自的”。 親自到城鎮(zhèn)里參觀。
小題1:B。為什么它比（than）在旅行手冊看更具有吸引力。
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A．carB．bikeC．busD．train
小題2:
A．classmatesB．patients C．workmatesD．students
小題3:
A．notB．exactlyC．tooD．hardly
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A．morningB．nightC．noonD．a(chǎn)fternoon
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小題19:
A．underB．beforeC．a(chǎn)boveD．behind
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B 912 adults who were over twenty-five joined in it.
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D People with good childhood relationships with parents suffered（遭受） fewer stressful incidents.
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B Adults with good childhood relationships with parents will live happily and successfully.
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小題1:What does the University of Melbourne study mainly show?
A．People who surf the Internet are good employees.
B．Not everyone surfs the Internet for fun during office hours.
C．Surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.
D．The Internet is becoming more and more important in people’s life.
小題2: According to Paragraph 3, Brent Coker would most probably agree that______.
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B．surfing the Internet is the best way to increase productivity
C．workers should have a long break during office hours
D．Workers should let their minds rest now and then
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小題5:What can we infer form the last paragraph?
A．Spending too much time surfing the Internet reduces productivity.
B．Those who never surf the Internet have the lowest productivity.
C．Most people don’t surf the Internet in moderation during office hours.
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At the end of the long weekend we called the garage to check on our car．It turned out that the mechanic hadn't even looked at it yet! John got on the phone again．He found it would cost more than $ l, 100 to rent a car to drive home．That plus a plane ticket for him to go pick up our own car and we'd be out over $2,000!
I wailed（痛哭） and asked John, "What are we going to do?"  He said, "It'll work out．" John encouraged me not to lose heart and he insisted on trying to find a way out．Amazingly, John found a car transport company that had a car we could drive home, paying only for gas! But all the way home I couldn't stop thinking about the money we'd still need for John's trip back to the garage and another long driving home．
When we got home, the high school student who had fed our cats asked how our trip was．I gave him the rundown, "Things worked out okay except that our car's still stuck in Georgia．" "No problem," he said．"I'm heading to Florida for a spring break with my parents．We'll be glad to stop in Georgia on the way back and pick up your car．"
We ended up spending only $50 more than we'd budgeted．The next week, our car was back, and I had a new understanding of dealing with trouble．Whatever happens, if you never give up, a good solution will come out at last．
小題1:From the passage we can learn that                 ．
A．Disney World is located in Georgia
B．Mercury Sable is the name of the mechanic
C．the couple budgeted for their trip carefully
D．repairing their car needed a lot of money
小題2:The underlined phrase "pick up the tab" probably means “___________”．
A．pay the expense of renting a car
B．find a taxi for the club members
C．give somebody a lift on the way
D．take someone home free of charge
小題3:Why was the author unhappy at the end of the weekend?
A．They didn't have enough money to rent a car to go home．
B．They spent $2,000 more than they had budgeted．
C．They didn't enjoy themselves in Disney World．
D．They found their car hadn't been repaired at all．
小題4:We can infer from the passage that _______________________．
A．the car transport company usually had its cars rented
B．the couple had to drive the company's car to an appointed place
C．the car transport company charged the couple some money
D．a(chǎn) student helped the couple return the car to the company ．

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