第一节(共 15小题;每小题 2分,满分 30分)

    阅读下列短文 ,从每题所给的四个选项(  A.B.C和D)中  ,选出最佳选项 。

A

                              Welcome to Gold Coast Wax Museum

HIGHLIGHTS

      The Gold Wax(蜡像) Museum is one of the Cold Coast's longest running attractions.  It's a collection of famous figures.  It's Australia's largest museum of its kind, featuring more than 110 life-size wax figures copies of British and Australian History.

      The Wax Museum is visited by  many thousands of people each year who are shocked at the amazing realism of the life-size figures in authentic costumes. This is your invitation to wander through at your leisure and meet many important and famous people's figures on Queensland's Gold Coast.

      Come face to face with such celebrities as Michael Jackson, President Obama, past President  John F. Kennedy, King Hussein, members of the Royal Family, and many others whose lives have all  left an indelible(擦不掉的) mark on our world.  Information cards are located alongside each figure.

      The Gold Coast Wax Museum contains figures which have been made by leading local and over seas sculptors to international standards, equal in quality to the world's best, as seen in Europe, the United Kingdom, and U. S. A.  The detail in the figures is amazing -and includes hair applied one strand at a time, requiring many working hours for one hand, and the eyes are so real that they seem to follow the viewer around.

 Price

     Child (1-3yrs) free

     Child (4-12yrs) $ 22. 00

     Adult  $ 29. 00

Family (2 Adults + I Child) $68.00

     Opening hours

        Open 7 days a week, 10a. m.  to l0p. m.

        Closed at Christmas Day (25 Dec. ) and Anzac Day (25 Apr. )

    Location

         Ferny Ave, Surfers Paradise ( Gold Coast ) QLD

    How to get there

You can choose any of the Gold Coast airport transfers, car rentals, shuttles and private transfers to/from your hotel. Many coach  operators also offer Gold  Coast transfers to surrounding attractions,beaches, and the more distant destinat ions, throughout the day.

What to bring

Bring your sense of adventure and your camera and  see something exciting and quite unique.

For further information, please click here to see more about the Gold Coast Wax Museum.

21. If you visit the Gold Coast Wax Museum, you can

A. see many members of the Royal Family in person in the Museum

      B. enjoy some world-class vivid max-works in the Museum

      C. meet many leading local and internatioanal sculptors in the Museum

      D. come at any time of the year except at Christmas Day

 22. If a couple and their l0-year-old son visit the Gold Coast Wax Museum, they may pay_____．

      A. $87         B. $80          C. $68         D. $58

 23. You will most probably find this passage ______.

      A. in a guidebook     B. in a magazine     C. in a text book    D. on a webpage

B

     Smoggy weather has become common in China. But these days, air pollution levels in the north eastern city of Harbin surpassed the previous record levels.

     The city was essentially shut down after PM2. 5, fine Particulate(微粒物) pollution that is considered hazardous(有害的) . reached levels of 1000 micrograms per cubic meter-40 times the safety level recommended by the World Health Organization. Schools, motorways and an airport were closed on Tuesday as visibility in some areas of the city dropped to less than 10 meters.

     Photos from Harbin showed residents covering their mouths with masks and scarves, and moving like ghostly shadows through the fog. Cars and motorcycles are moving slowly as traffic came to a standstill with traffic lights barely visible. www..com

     Just days previously , the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on

 Cancer (IARC)  classified air pollution as a carcinogen(致癌物) .  It stated that there  is  " sufficient evidence" that exposure to outdoor air pollution causes lung cancer and also linked it with an increased risk of bladder cancer.  It's said that exposure has increased significantly particularly in " rapidly industrial countries with large populations".

     "The air we breathe has become polluted with a mixture of cancer-causing substances" , Dr K urt Straif , head of the IARC said in a press released.  "We now know that outdoor air pollution is not only a major risk to health in general, but also a leading environmental cause of cancer deaths. "

     On the Chinese social media site Weibo , many users complained about the pollution and shared their concerns. References to "feed people with smog "have become popular on Weibo and there is a sarcastic play on the expression "serve the people" , as the two have a similar pronunciation.

     "The impact of air pollution on people will be gradual. There won't be a sudden outbreak of symptoms, but normally three to five days after the  smoggy weather occurs, there is a peak in the number of people seeing doctors, " Deng Ying,  a doctor at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University was quoted as saying.

24. As thick smog has become a common scene in Harbin, ______

A. students there can go to school as usual

B. residents in the city can see as far as 20 meters

C. traffic lights can be easily visible

D. the urban traffic has been seriously influenced

25. When exposed to outdoor air pollution, what kind of disease can be caused?

A. Cancer of stomach  B. Breast cancer  C. Bladder cancer     D. Ovarian cancer

26. According to Dr Kurt Straif , we can learn that_______.

A.  the effect of the. smoggy weather is gradual

      B.  air pollution is the man environmental cause, of cancer deaths

      C. exposure has greatly increased in countries with large populations

      D. "feed people with smog" has become a hot word

 27. The purpose of this passage is to

      A. awaken people's environmental awareness

      B. warn people not to go out in smoggy weather

       C. call for the public to wear their masks

      D. advise people not to live in Harbin
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