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[本卷满分120分,考试用时100分钟]
第一部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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The Greatest Bazaar in the World
You can buy anything in New York.Everything is for sale: Tibetan beads, canned rattlesnake, Irish claddagh rings, lizardskin cowboy boots, ponchos, old photograph cylinders, Australian wines, Navaho jewelry, love potions, tongs for removing toast from a toaster, orange blossom honey, air guns designed to fire coins into the baskets of toll booth, frozen yogurt, dried seaweed, prayer wheels, wormwood, Iberian hams, polish sausages, paintings that sell for as much as five million dollars, rare books, props from hit plays, the autographs of every president of the USA since George Washington,African masks,lessons in yoga,doityourself harpsichordassembly kits,“organic” peanut butter.
You name it, and there is a store in the big apple which sells it.
Priceconscious shoppers should remember that there is always a bargain sale going on somewhere in the big apple on the Labor or Memorial day holidays, and on Washington's or Lincoln's birthday, prices at department stores decline.If there are no specials, just take a bus to the lower east side, or Loehmann's in the Bronx, where there are permanent sales and you can get quality goods at vastly reduced prices.
Keep in mind also that most of the things for sale in New York city can also be rented or hired: wedding suits, fur coats, diapers, Rolls Royces, bartenders, automobile tools, animals, bikes, rug cleaners and ski equipment.
You can, believe it or not, rent an interesting guest to attend your party if you want to enjoy it to the fullest.
[语篇解读] 本文是说明文。文章介绍了在世界上最大的集市——纽约,可以买到任何需要的东西,而且在很多节假日或纪念日都会有折扣。
1.As a New Yorker, which of the following cannot be bought?
A.The luxury car Rolls Royces.
B.Ski equipment.
C.The autograph of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
D.A person accompanying you to a party.
解析 细节理解题。文章第一段中提到“You can buy anything in New York.”;第五段中提到“You can,...rent an interesting gue