ARIZONA

Thunderbird Lodge in Canyon de Chelly

A one-night stay at the historic lodge starts at $59 for a single room and the lodge offers half-day tours of Canyon de Chelly ($41 for adults and $32 for children aged 12 and under)

Time: May. 31, 2009 ～ Nov. 1, 2009

Details: Hotel taxes are an additional 17.1 percent

Contact: 800/679-2473, tbirdlodge.com

CALIFORNIA

Zephyr Cove Resort at Lake Tahoe

A three-night stay in a lakeside cabin(小木屋) for two people, an Emerald Bay sightseeing for two, free breakfast and lunch. Rates are $299 per couple --- saving of up to $400.

Details: Hotel taxes are included

Time: Through Dec.15, 2009

Contact: 800/234-8946, zephyrcove.com

NEVADA

Montelago Village at Lake Las Vegas

A one-night stay at the Mediterranean-stlye MontelLago Village, 17 miles from Las Vegas. Rates start at $65 per person including ice-skating fees and skate rentals.

Details: Hotel taxes are an additional 12 percent

Time: Nov. 17, 2009 ～ Jan. 15, 2010

Contact: 866/399-2753, monteLagovillage.com

YELLOWSTONE

Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel

A two-night stay, breakfast daily, full-day ski rental, unlimited ice-skating and skates and a book of Yellowstone photos. Rates start at $119 per person. A one-night stay at the hotel starts at $65.

Time: Jan.1, 2010 ～ May.2, 2010

Details: Hotel taxes are an additional 8 percent

Contact: 866/439-2473, travelyellowstone.com

56. 1.If a couple and their 14-year-old son want to have a half-day tour of Canyon de Chelly on Oct.13, 2009, they should pay _______.

  A. $114       B. $123       C. $177       D. $189

57. 2.If you are interested in ice-skating, you may find more information in _______.

A. tbirdlodge.com and zephyrcove. com   

B. monteLagovillage.com and tbirdlodge.com

C. zephyrcove.com and travelyellowstone.com

D. travelyellowstone.com and monteLagovillage.com

58. 3.If you have a holiday in December, and intend to stay in a European-stlye hotel, you may go to _______.

A. Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel

B. Zephyr Cove Resort at Lake Tahoe

C. Montelago Village at Lake Las Vegas

D. Thunderbird Lodge in Canyon de Chelly

59. 4.You needn’t pay extra fees as hotel taxes if you stay in _______.

A. Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel

B. Zephyr Cove Resort at Lake Tahoe

C. Montelago Village at Lake Las Vegas

D. Thunderbird Lodge in Canyon de Chelly

 

Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.
"I have two kids in college, and I want to say come home. ' but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education," says Jacobs.
The Jacobs family, did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his' borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $ 20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear from more families like the Jacobses. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.
At the same time, tuition (学费) continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147% . Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.
"If we go on this way for another 25 years, we won't have an affordable system of higher education," says Patrick M. Calan, president of the center. "The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt."
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
【小题1】According to Paragraph 1. why did the plan of the Jacobs family fail?

A．The twins wasted too much money.	B．The father was out of work.
C．Their saving ran out.	D．The family fell apart.

【小题2】How did the Jacobses manage to solve their problem?

A．They asked their kids to come home.

B．They borrowed $20, 000 from the schools.

C．They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.

D．They got help from the schools and the federal government.

【小题3】Financial aid administrators believe that________.

A．more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses

B．the government will receive more letters of complaint

C．college tuition fees will double soon

D．America's unemployment will fall

【小题4】What can we learn about the middle class families from they text?

A．They blamed the government for the tuition increase.

B．Their income increased steady in the last decade.

C．They will try their best to send kids to college.

D．Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.

【小题5】According to the last paragraph the government will________.

A．provide most students with scholarships

B．dismiss some financial aid administrators

C．stop the companies from making student loans

D．go on providing financial support for college students

What’ s the fastest way to learn a language?

 
Learning a new language seems hard and frightening as
we look back on the years of grammar and translations in
school．Yet babies communicate t eighteen months and speak
the language fluently before they go to school.
Firstly and most importantly, a child’ s natural language-learning ability exits only in a speech environment free of translations and explanations of translations and explanations of grammar．Secondly, a child’ s language learning speeds up by constant feedback（反馈）from family and friends．Thirdly, children learn through play.
At Rosetta Stone, you know adults can recover the native language-learning ability they once had as children．At every step and in every skill, you receive immediate and actionable feedback, including speech recognition（识别）, advice and attention.
Every act is an act of play for children and there’ s no reason why it should be different for learners of any age．With Rosetta Stone programs, you rediscover the joy of learning languages．Clever, puzzle-like activities produce sudden “aha!” moments and astonishing language discoveries, we see it all the time．A slow of recognition, as though the brain suddenly realizes what is like to learn a language as a child.
Visit our website and find out how you can make your own language-learning ability active with Rosetta Stone．It’ s the fastest way to learn a language.
【小题1】Which of the following as is TRUE about Rosetta Stone?

A．You can learn only a few languages.

B．You will get some advice in time during learning.

C．You may take part in the language school today.

D．You can get your money back after seven months.

【小题2】The main purpose of the text is to         ．

A．tell adults how to 1earn a language well

B．present readers to buy CDs of Rosetta Stone

C．present some problems of learning languages

D．compare adults and children 1earning 1anguages

【小题3】If there’ s a$499 program，you order it today and pay       .

A．$479

B．$459

C．$449

D．$439

【小题4】The passage is most 1ikely to be a（ n）          ．

A．education paper	B．review on 1anguage
C．science report	D．advertisement for a product

What’ s the fastest way to learn a language?

 

Learning a new language seems hard and frightening as

we look back on the years of grammar and translations in

school．Yet babies communicate t eighteen months and speak

the language fluently before they go to school.

Firstly and most importantly, a child’ s natural language-learning ability exits only in a speech environment free of translations and explanations of translations and explanations of grammar．Secondly, a child’ s language learning speeds up by constant feedback（反馈）from family and friends．Thirdly, children learn through play.

At Rosetta Stone, you know adults can recover the native language-learning ability they once had as children．At every step and in every skill, you receive immediate and actionable feedback, including speech recognition（识别）, advice and attention.

Every act is an act of play for children and there’ s no reason why it should be different for learners of any age．With Rosetta Stone programs, you rediscover the joy of learning languages．Clever, puzzle-like activities produce sudden “aha!” moments and astonishing language discoveries, we see it all the time．A slow of recognition, as though the brain suddenly realizes what is like to learn a language as a child.

Visit our website and find out how you can make your own language-learning ability active with Rosetta Stone．It’ s the fastest way to learn a language.

1.Which of the following as is TRUE about Rosetta Stone?

      A．You can learn only a few languages.

      B．You will get some advice in time during learning.

      C．You may take part in the language school today.

      D．You can get your money back after seven months.

2.The main purpose of the text is to         ．

    A．tell adults how to 1earn a language well

    B．present readers to buy CDs of Rosetta Stone

    C．present some problems of learning languages

    D．compare adults and children 1earning 1anguages

3.If there’ s a$499 program，you order it today and pay        .

    A．$479                B．$459              C．$449                    D．$439

4.The passage is most 1ikely to be a（ n）           ．

    A．education paper                               B．review on 1anguage

C．science report                                    D．advertisement for a product

 

Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.

"I have two kids in college, and I want to say come home. ' but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education," says Jacobs.

The Jacobs family, did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his' borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $ 20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.

With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear from more families like the Jacobses. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.

At the same time, tuition (学费) continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147% . Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.

"If we go on this way for another 25 years, we won't have an affordable system of higher education," says Patrick M. Calan, president of the center. "The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt."

Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.

1.According to Paragraph 1. why did the plan of the Jacobs family fail?

A．The twins wasted too much money.	B．The father was out of work.
C．Their saving ran out.	D．The family fell apart.

2.How did the Jacobses manage to solve their problem?

A．They asked their kids to come home.

B．They borrowed $20, 000 from the schools.

C．They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.

D．They got help from the schools and the federal government.

3.Financial aid administrators believe that________.

A．more families will face the same problem as the Jacobses

B．the government will receive more letters of complaint

C．college tuition fees will double soon

D．America's unemployment will fall

4.What can we learn about the middle class families from they text?

A．They blamed the government for the tuition increase.

B．Their income increased steady in the last decade.

C．They will try their best to send kids to college.

D．Their debts will be paid off within 25 years.

5.According to the last paragraph the government will________.

A．provide most students with scholarships

B．dismiss some financial aid administrators

C．stop the companies from making student loans

D．go on providing financial support for college students