64. The Sahara Festival is a festival which________.

　 A. has a very long history in North Africa

　 B. is held in the same place on the same day

　 C. is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara

D. is celebrated mostly by travelers from different countries

68. According to the text, the Sierra Club is most likely to be ______ A. an environmental group　　　　　　　　　 B. an information center C. a travel service　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. a law firm

答案　 65.A　 66.C　 67.B　 68.A

Passage 120

(05·江苏C篇)

The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The three-day event is not fixed to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.

　　 During the opening ceremonies, after the official greetings from the government leaders, people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands, and white camels transport their riders across the sands. Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. One following another, groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful traditional culture. Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns and beat drums as they dance in different designs. On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair: their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance.

　　　 The local and visiting Italian dogs are anxious to run after hares. The crowd is on its feet for the camel races. Camels and riders run far into the distance, and then return to the finish Line in front of the cheering people.

　　　 Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale of the opening day, an extremely exciting horserace. All the riders run very fast on horseback. Some riders hang off the side of their saddles. Some even ride upside down -- their legs and feet straight up in the air -- all at full speed. Others rush down the course together, men arm in arm, on different horses. On and on they went. SO fast and so wonderful!

67. The main problem of Yosemite National Park is its _______ A. rundown water pipes　　　　　　　　　　　 B. overcrowdedness C. lack of money　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. narrow roads

66. National parks like Yosemite in the U. S. find it increasingly difficult to meet the need of visitors because ______. A. that transport management needs improving B. they spend too much on their service systems C. their service systems frequently go out of order D. they need help from environmental organizations

60. What is the text mainly about?

A. Exact campus crime statistics

B. Crimes on or around campuses C. Effective solutions to campus crime

D. Concerns about kids’ campus safety 答案　 56.B　 57.C　 58.C　 59.B　 60.D

Passage 119

(05·山东C篇)

Millions of people visit Yosemite National Park every year to see the tall waterfalls and mountains. Thee mountains are a splendid sight when viewed from the valley floor. Lots of stores, hotels, and restaurants are needed to handle the crowds. Also, water, roads, and other service systems are part of the infrastructure(基础设施) that must be maintained 　　 Unfortunately，these systems are starting to break down. It’s not just in Yosemite but in national parks around the nation. 　　 Yosemite is thirty years old according to Dennis Galvin, a National Park Service worker. The park is not only old but worn out. Two or three times as many visitors come every year. That is too many visitors for the parks to deal with. 　　 Four years ago a storm washed out a water pipeline in the Grand Canyon. The National Park service had to send water trucks to provide water for the visitors. Last month pipes almost broke again and roads had to be closed for a while. 　　 Why hasn’t the National Park Service kept up the park repairs? There is a lack of money. The United States has 378 monuments, parks, and wilderness areas. Between three and four billion dollars are needs for repairs. 　　 Yosemite is one national park that does have money for repairs. It has two hundred million dollars but cannot spend it any way it chooses. When the park workers started widening the road, they were forced to stop by the Sierra Club. The club claimed that the road work was damaging the Merced River that runs through the park. 　　 A sierra Club lawyer, Julia Olson, feels that the infrastructure needs to be moved out of Yosemit. That way less pressure will be put on the already crowded park. 65. According to the text, the mountains in Yosemite look most splendid when they

are appreciated from ______.

A. the bottom of the valleys　　　　　　　　

B. the top of the mountains C. the side of the mountains　　　　　　　　

D. the edge of the valleys

59. We learn from the text that “the honest ones” in the fourth paragraph most probably refers to colleges _____. A. that are protected by campus security B. that report campus crimes by law C. that are free from campus crime D. that enjoy very good publicity

58. The underlined word “buy” in the third paragraph means _______ A. mind　　　　　　　　 B. admit　　　　　　　　

C. believe　　　　　　　 D. expect

75. Which point of view may the author agree to?

A. Every effort should be paid back.　　　　　

B. Competition should be encouraged.

C. Winning should be a life-and-death matter.　

D. Fear of failure should be removed in competition.

答案　 71.B　 72.A　 73.C　 74.A　 75.D

Passage 118

(05·山东A篇)

Last August, Joe and Mary Mahoney began looking at colleges for their 17-year-old daughter, Maureen. With a checklist of criteria in hand, the Dallas family looked around the country visiting half a dozen schools. They sought a university that offered the teenager’s intended major, one located neat a large city, and a campus where their daughter would be safe. “The safety issue is a big one,” says Joe Mahoney, who quickly discovered he wasn’t alone in his worries. On campus tours other parents voiced similar concerns, and the same question was always asked : what about crime? But when college officials always gave the same answer -“That’s not a problem here,” -Mahoney began to feel uneasy. 　　 “No crime whatsoever?” comments Mahoney today. “I just don’t buy it. ” Nor should he: in 1999 the U. S. Department of education had reent-count: 2.0; mports of nearly 400,000 serious crimes on or around our campuses. “Parents need to understand that times have changed since they went to college,” says David Nichols, author of Creating a Safe Campus. “Campus crime mirrors the rest of the nation.” 　　 But getting accurate information isn’t easy. Colleges must report crime statistics(统计数字) by law, but some hold back for fear of bad publicity, leaving the honest ones looking dangerous. “The truth may not always be serious,” warms S. Daniel Carter of Security on Campus, Inc. , the nation’s leading campus safety watchdog group. 　　 To help concerned parents, Carter promised to visit campuses and talk to experts around the country to find out major crime issues and effective solutions. 　56.The Mahoneys visited quite a few colleges last August ________ 　　 A. to express the opinions of many parents 　　 B. to choose a right one four their daughter 　　 C. to check the cost of college education 　　 D. to find a tight one near a large city 57. It is often difficult to get correct information on campus crime because some 　　 colleges ____ 　　 A. receive too many visitors　　　　　　　　

B. mirror the rest of the nation C. hide the truth of campus crime　 　 　 　　

D. have too many watchdog groups

74. What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a "desire to fail"?

A. One's worth lies in his performance compared with others.

B. One's success in competition needs great efforts.

C. One's achievement is determined by his particular skills.

D. One's success is based on how hard he has tried.

73. The underlined phrase "the most vocal" in Paragraph 3 means _____.

A. those who try their best to win　　　　　　　　　

B. those who value competition most highly

C. those who are against competition most strongly　　

D, those who rely on others most for success