8. How many deficits the Ocean Park experienced so far?

A. 1　　　 B.2　　　　 C. 3　　　　 D. 4

7. According to the passage, Ocean Park Corporation _________.

A.　　　　 belongs to Hong Kong Jockey Club

B.　　　　 is an official organization

C.　　　　 is a non-profit organization

D.　　　 can not use commercial means to operate

5.B

根据上下文语境可以推出pick up此处应为“好转；改善”的意思。

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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. The park is operated by Ocean Park Corporation, which is a statutory(法定的)department. It offers affordable marine animal education and entertainment and is a private organization for commercial purposes. 　　 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 1 July 1987, the government established a 200 million trust 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 6. At the beginning, Ocean Park Hong Kong _________.

A.　　　　 was built with the money from the government

B.　　　　 was operated by Ocean Park Corporation

C.　　　　 was a great success once it was opened

D.　　　 mainly got income from the ticket prices and donations

4.D

根据倒数第二段：How do you make believable wild animals, that aren't real? 这一句话可以得出答案。

3.C

根据最后一段最一句话可以得出答案。

2.C

根据倒数第三段和最后一段最一句话可以得出答案。

1.C

本题主要介绍了迪斯尼乐园是如何建成的展开论述。A、B两项片面，D项范围太大。

5. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph probably means _________.

A. collect　　　 B. improve　　 C. find　　　 D. open

[答案解析]

4. You could see all the following things except_________ in Disney.

A. rivers, waterfalls, and mountains　　 B. flying elephants and giant teacups

C. a huge castle　　　　　　　　　　 D. wild animals

3. Which of the following statements is Not True?

A.　　　　 World War II had some influence on the building plan of the Disneyland.

B.　　　　 Disney must have met many difficulties in building Disneyland.

C.　　　　 About 50 million visitors have visited Disneyland so far.

D.　　　 Disney was a great man with great imagination and creativity.