Question

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（财政赤字）. 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（经济危机）, 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.

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

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

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

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.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍香港海洋公园的建立，经营模式的变化，遭遇的危机，以及为了克服财政赤字采取的措施。

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