1、Road tripMotorhome delivery offers great family holidays.For just $1 a day,you can hire a fully-equipped motorhome, which you deliver to a specific destination within some days and kilometers.You then hire another one to get home or take a bus or train.Your only other expense will be fuel and about
2、$20 a day for parking fees.To learn more,visit . Plan aheadFor a comfortable break,flexibility with times,dates and places helps lower the cost.Find a few hotels you like, ask about their vacant rooms,then wait a few weeks and call again.If they still have rooms,youre at an advantage to ask for a be
3、tter price.Lots of last-minute deals are online.Watif （.au） has deals on hotels that have dropped their prices so low.You dont know where youre staying until its booked,but anywhere with four or five stars has to be fairly good.Back to natureWild camping appeals to nature lovers and costs nothing. T
4、his is forbidden on beaches and parks in most urban areas, but you can turn up in more distant areas as long as nobody owns the land. Youll need to take everything with you and may need to shop on eBuy （.au）.If youre a camping beginner, be aware of possible dangers and get your questions answered on
5、 the Internet.Swap meetHow about a home swap? For a $250 yearly joining cost, you can stay in someones home in an international place of your choice while they or someone else stays in yours. Find out more at .au.21.Where can you get the information about motorhomes?A. B.au.C.au. D.au.22.What helps
6、to pay less for rooms in a hotel?A.Choosing hotels with four or five stars. B.Bargaining prices through the Internet.C.Waiting for some time before booking. D.Deciding on rooms as early as possible.23.Whats the advice for camping beginners?A.Keep in touch with eBey. B.Watch out for possible dangers.
7、C.Stay away from no-mans land. D.Take only what you need.24.Whats the purpose of the text?A.To teach the importance of running away from work. B.To introduce new destinations for nature lovers.C.To show the advantages of online service. D.To help people have fun at low cost.BOne time a young man,who
8、 hoped to study law,wrote to Lincoln for advice,and Lincoln replied,If you are determined to make a lawyer of yourself,the thing is more than half done already.Always bear in mind that your own determination to succeed is more important than any other thing.Lincoln knew.He had gone through it all.He
9、 had never,in his entire life,had more than a total of one years schooling.And books?Lincoln once said he had walked to borrow every book within fifty miles of his home.A fire was usually kept going all night in the small house and he read by the light of it.He walked twenty or thirty miles to hear
10、a speaker and,returning home,he practiced his talks everywherein the fields,in the woods,before the crowds.He joined several societies and practiced speaking on the topics of the day.A lack of confidence always troubled him.In the presence of women he was shy and dumb.Even when he was in love with M
11、ary Todd,he used to sit there,nervous and silent,unable to find words,listening while she did the talking.Yet that was the man who,by practice and home study,made himself into the speaker who debated with the famous speaker Douglas!That was the man who,in Gettysburg address,rose to the heights of el
12、oquence（雄辩）that have seldom been achieved in all the human history.No wonder that,speaking of his own great barriers and painful struggle,he wrote,If you are determined to make a lawyer of yourself,the thing is more than half done already.25.What does the underlined word it （in Paragraph 2） refer to
13、?A.Earning a fortune. B.Making a living. C.Asking for advice. D.Becoming a lawyer.26.What is the key point of the fourth paragraph?A.Lincolns courage. B.Lincolns position. C.Lincolns progress. D.Lincolns eloquence.27.What is the most vital spirit reflected in Lincolns story above?A.Believing in ones
14、elf. B.Keeping on practicing hard.C.Overcoming difficulties. D.Sticking to ones determination.CDavid Bees runs a truly distinctive business.He charges customers $15 to sharpen their pencils to perfections, using a variety of tools.I know what youre thinkingis this a joke?The 39-year-old gets asked t
15、hat question a lot.To clarify everything, he even created a special section on his website telling everyone hes actually providing a real service.You can supply your own pencil or you can have Bees sharpen one of his own favorite 2B pencils.After that,he mails it to you in a display tube with the sh
16、avings in a separate bag,and an authentic certificate which just happens to mention the pencil is so sharp as to be a dangerous object.To achieve the desired result,the master sharpener uses all kinds of tools,including general sandpapers,pocket knives and even a special $450 sharpening machine.It d
17、epends on what the customer wants to use his/her pencil for,he says,That determines the most appropriate pencil-sharpening technique.Some customers buy pencils as inspirational symbols while others buy them because of their special memories of classic 2B pencils.”$15 to have a pencil sharpened is a
18、bit expensive though,right?Youre not the only one who feels that way,and Davids unique business has really angered lots of people,who talk of inequality in America,saying it is so insane for the wealthy to pay $15 to sharpen a pencil.But others will say,This is just our urge to put an end to the wel
19、fare state because new ideas arise along with the business.David admits his trade is sort of unusual.But there are those who actually value his service,as proven by the over 500 orders he has gotten.28.How could David make money by sharpening pencils?A.He invented new tools for the job. B.He promote
20、d his skill on his website.C.He saved lots of time for other people. D.He provided quality service to his customers.29.From his words,we can infer that David Bees .A.knows all kinds of pencil users B.provides personalized servicesC.values ideas behind the pencils D.always writes with pencils30.What
21、does the underlined word insane （in Paragraph 5） mean?A.Deliberate. B.Rewarding. C.Unreasonable. D.Irresponsible.31.What seems to be the authors attitude to David Bees trade?A.Its a special trade. B.It has a good reputation.C.Its awfully expensive. D.It wastes time and money.DLucy, whose skeleton（骨骼
22、） was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, died shortly after she fell out of a tree, according to a new study published Monday in the British journal Nature. For their research, Kappelman and Dr. Richard Ketcham used a CT scanner to create more than 35,000 slices of Lucys skeleton. Scientists named her
23、Lucy from the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, which was played at the camp the night of her discovery. The following analysis of the slices showed sharp, clean breaks seen at the end of Lucys right humerus （肱骨） are similar to bone breaks seen in victims of falls. The researchers conclude
24、d that these and other breaks in her skeleton show that Lucy, who is believed to have stood about 3 feet 6 inches and weighed about 60 pounds, fell feet first and used her arms to support herself - but that the injury was too severe to have been survivable. The researchers estimate that Lucy was goi
25、ng about 35 miles an hour when she hit the ground after falling from a height of roughly 40 feet, according to the statement. That sounds plausible. But other scientists are doubtful. There are countless explanations for bone breaks, Dr, Donald C, Johanson, director of the Institute of Human Origins
26、 and one of the scientists who discovered Lucy, said, The suggestion that she fell out of a tree is largely a just-so story and therefore unprovable. Johanson said it was more likely that Lucys breaks occurred long after she died, saying that elephant bones appear to have the same kind of breaks, It
27、s unlikely they fell out of a tree. But the new research focused on a small number of breaks that are consistent with high-energy bone-to-bone influences and which differ from the sorts of breaks commonly seen in other collected bones. Kappelman responded in an email, These appear to have occurred a
28、t or near the time of death. 32. What can we infer about Lucy from Kappelman and Dr. Richard Ketchams research? A. She got her name from a song. B. She had more than 35,000 slices. C. She couldnt use her arms properly. D. She made an effort to save herself.33. What does the underlined word plausible
29、 in Paragraph 6 probably mean? A. Reasonable. B. Creative. C. Surprising. D. Unbelievable.34. Which of the following would Johanson probably agree? A. Elephants are unlikely to die from falling. B. Lucy got breaks at or near the time of death. C. Other reasons for the breaks should be considered. D.
30、 Lucys bone breaks differ from other bone breaks.35. What conclusion can we draw from the passage? A. Lucy didnt die from falling out of a tree. B. The newly published study was meaningless.C. The argument on how Lucy died will continue.D. Scientists will find another way to solve the problem.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Alcohol addiction is harmful. It may ruin your life, family and career. Here are some ideasto help people stop drinking. First StepThe first step to stop drinking is to know why you want to stop drinking. Make a list of r
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