A tourist comes out of the airport. There are a lot of taxis, but the tourist asks every taxi-driver his name. He takes the third taxi. It costs $5 from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” the tourist asks.“$100,” says the taxi-driver. This is very expensive, but the tourist accepts the price.
The taxi-driver takes the tourist everywhere. He shows him all the monuments and all the museums. In the evening they get back to the hotel. The tourist gives the taxi-driver $100 and says, “What about tomorrow?” The taxi-driver says, “Oh, OK. If that's the price, that is the price. See you tomorrow.” The taxi-driver is very pleased.
The next day the taxi-driver takes the tourist everywhere again. They visit all the museums and all the monuments again. And on the second evening they go back to the hotel. The tourist gives the taxi-driver another $100 and says，“I'm, going home tomorrow.” The taxi-driver is sorry. He likes the tourist and, above all, $100 a day is good money. “So you are going home. Where do you come from?” he asks.
“I come from New York.”
“New York!” says the taxi-driver. “I've a sister in New York. Her name is Susannah. Do you know her?”
“Of course I know her. She gave me $ 200 for you.”
(1) The tourist is ________.
[ ]
(2) The tourist asks every driver his name because ________.
[ ]
A．he is afraid of being cheated
B．he knows one of the taxi-drivers
C．he knows all the taxi-drivers
D．there is a friend of his among the taxi-drivers
(3) Why is the taxi-driver very pleased with the tourist?
[ ]
A．None but the tourist agrees to the price given without argument with him.
B．His sister knows the tourist.
C．His sister has brought so much money to him.
D．He wants to be the guide of the tourist.
(4) We can conclude that ________.
[ ]
A．the tourist will give the taxi-driver another $ 200
B．the tourist makes fun of the taxi-driver
C．the tourist will give the taxi-driver half of the sum
D．the taxi-driver insists that the tourist should pay him another $ 200.
科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年湖北省鄂州市九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
More and more Chinese people go traveling abroad during these years. But not all tourists behave well in the places of interest. Recently, a story about a 15-year-old Chinese tourist has caused a heated discussion online.
【1】The 15-year-old teenager carved 刻 “Ding Jinhao 丁锦昊 was here” in Chinese in the 3,500-year-old Luxor Temple卢克索神庙. A Chinese traveler took a photo and shared it on Sina Weibo on May 24.
Many people were angry about what Ding had done and decided to search the Internet for the boy. 【2】他们只花了一天时间就在南京找到了他的有关信息。After that, Ding’s parents quickly said sorry to the media. “We want to say sorry to the Egyptian people and to people who have paid attention to this matter across China,” Ding’s mother said.
Ding’s parents said they should face it and their son had 【3】a learned his lesson.
【3】b ????? to Xinhua, local Egyptians had worked to try and clean the sculpture雕像. 【4】There was some improvement, but the words could not be totally wiped off.
阅读短文，根据其内容，完成下列任务。
任务一：将1.处划线的句子译成汉语。
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任务二：将2.处划线的句子译成英语。
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任务三：Guess the Chinese meaning of “learn lesson” in 【3】a: ????????????????????? ????????????
在文中3.b处填入一个适当的单词???????????????????????????????????? ????????????
任务四：写出文中4.处句子的同义句。
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任务五：5.在短文中找一个恰当短语作为短文的标题。
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椎据对话内容．从方框中选择5个恰当的句子完成对话．并将所选句子前的字母代号写在答题卡上的相应题号后。
A: The traffic is very busy in the rooming, isn't it?
B: Yes, it is. And the bus is always late. 61____________
A: The No. 13 bus to the train station.
B: Do you work here in Xiangyang?
A: No, I don’t. I'm just a tourist.
B: 62____________
A: Yes, I have been here three times.
B: 63____________
A: Gulongzhong. Zhugeliang Square, Migongci and so on.
B: What do you think of Xiangyang?
A: It's beautiful. 64____________
B: Do you like the food of Xiangyang?
A: Yes, I do. Xiangyang beef noodles are very delicious. I like them very much.
B: So do I. 65____________ Have a good trip!
A: Thank you. Bye-bye!
B: Bye!
A. Have you ever been here before? B. Great changes have taken place these years. C. How long have you been in Xiangyang? D. Oh, here comes the No. 13 bus. E. It's time for getting on the train now. F. What places have you been to? G. Which bus are you waiting for? |
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Wonderful Tour (4-Day) of Tongren
Overseas Tourist Corporation Guizhou China
Including:
Places to visit: Price: Only ￥2,668
★A round-trip(往返旅行)plane ticket from Guiyang to Tongren
★Bus service around Tongren
★Three nights’stay in good hotels
★The best tour guide service
★Ming Paradise(大明边城）—the national AAAA level scenic spots(景点）
★Hot Spring in Shiqian(石阡）—enjoy spas/spring bath(泡温泉/温泉浴)
★Mount Fanjing—the most famous mountain in Guizhou
Office hours:
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Saturday&Sunday 9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Tel: 0851-8630158 Address: No.28 Yanan Road Guiyang
56. From the information above, we know this is .
A. a map B. an air ticket
C. a piece of news D. an ad.(advertisement)
57. You can’t enjoy in Tongren.
A. taking a bus around Tongren B. staying in good hotels
C. getting some small presents D. Receiving a good tour guide service
58. You can visit ___________ places if you take the tour.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
59. How can you book the tour?
A. By phone. B. By writing blogs.
C. By chatting with them online. D. By sending them an e-mail.
60. Where can you go to book a ticket to Tongren?
A. Ming Paradise B. Shiqian
C. TV station D. No.28 Yanan Road Guiyang
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How can you buy a meal for lunch without any money in your pocket？Students in Class 9,Grade 8 at Mountain and Lake Middle School in Chengdu,Sichuan,hav
e their ways. They give out flyers(传单), draw portraits(人物素描) and work as waiters.
The class, working in eight groups, finished the activity. Experiencing Life for Seven Hours,on March 18, “I found students waste their food in the dining?hall, ”the class teacher, Deng Guiyong said, “So I held this activity to help them understand how hard it is to make money.”
Jiang Yao, 15, and his group members stood in the streets giving out flyers for about two hours and got the money for their lunch. Then they worked as waiters in a pizza restaurant?cleaning the floor；and toilets and getting food for guests, “We were busy all along, so we were terribly exhausted after the day’s hard work.”said Jiang.“We each got a pizza as a prize, which tasted much better than one I ate with my parents before.”
When Xie Ni’s group didn't make any money in three hours, the members became nervous about their lunch. The 14?year?old girl came up with the idea of drawing portraits to sell, “I sold four portraits and one tourist even paid us 100 yuan for his portrait, ”said Xie.
Xie realized that life is really hard. “We have to work hard to get the money to pay for even a simple meal.” Xie said, “We must value the happy life today.”
On top of making money, each group was asked to do at least five good deeds during the seven hours. Students helped the old cross the road, gave directions to tourists and turned in a lost bus card.
56. From the teacher’s words, we can see that the students ________.
A. usually waste food in their daily life B. realize life is really not easy
C. know it’s hard to make money D. have their own ways to get food without money
57. The underlined word“exhausted”in Paragraph 3 means ________.
A. happy B. crazy C. tired D. boring
58. In order to make money, the students have done all except ________.
A. help the old cross the road B. give out flyers
C. draw portraits D. work as waiters
59. The purpose of this activity is to ________.
A. let the students get food B. help the students learn to value their today’s life
C. help people in need D. give the students a chance to learn to work
60. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Life Is Really Hard B. It’s Good To Be A Volunteer
C. How To work For People D. Experiencing Life For Seven Hours
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Different types of maps have different uses. Tourist maps, for example, have signs to show places of interest in an area. When tourists read these maps, it is easy for them to find where to go and what to see in a place and it is easy for them to go and find their ways to these places.
Road maps show large areas so that people can plan long journeys. Different types of roads are given different numbers. For example, if you want to go to Wuhan, you just follow G70 Road and keep looking at the road signs.
Distribution maps(分布图) use colors or signs to show facts about an area. For example, where different languages are spoken, how many people live in an area, how cold and hot some places are, or whether rice grows in certain places.
Some maps, such as railway maps, use straight lines to show everything. This is easy for people to read. Trains are fast. People don’t have to think about small places they go past. They just need to know the two ends of their trips.
54. Jim wants to visit some places of interest. He needs _______________ most.
A. a road map B. a tourist map C. a distribution map D. a railway map
55. You can tell different roads on road maps by ________________.
A. finding the numbers B. using different colors
C. using straight lines D. looking at the road signs
56.Railway maps use straight lines because __________________________.
A. railways are straight B. people like straight lines
C. railways have only two ends D. people can read them easily
57. The passage above mainly tells us _____________________.
A. how to make different maps B. the different uses among the maps
C. where to find different maps D. the numbers in road and maps are useful
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