A. The coast. B. The markets. C. The museum.

15. What does the speaker advise people to buy in Mexico?

A. Fruit. B. Salt. C. Lemon (柠檬).

第二部分：阅读理解(共两节, 满分3 O分)

第一节(共10小题;每小题2分, 满分20分)

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

A

If yoare overweight, yoshould watch your diet carefully in order to keep fit. The best way to do this is to start a weight control program. At first it is wise to talk with your doctor. He can advise yoof the number of calories(卡路里)yoshould have in your meals each day. He can tell yoabout exercising while yoare on diet. A good rule is to lose slowly. A loss of a pound or two is plenty.

When dieting, choose low-calorie foods. Avoid such items as fats, fried food, sweets, cakes, cream and soft drinks. Try to take coffee apd tea without sugar or cream. Snacks can be part of your diet. For example, a piece of fruit or a simple dessert saved from mealtime can be eaten between meals.

Keep busy! This way yowill not be likely to go off the diet. Make full use of chances to exercise. Try walking instead of riding whenever possible. Happy dieting!

16. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. How we should diet. B. Why we should diet.

C. When we should diet. D. Whether we should diet.

17. The writer advises us to .

A. lose weight as fast as possible B. talk with our doctors before dieting

C. diet without any plan D. care little about our foods

18. When yohave lost the weight yowish, yocan .

A. have some more simple items in your diet B. eat as many foods as yolike

C. make full use of chances t0 rest D. stop all your weight control programs

B

One morning, I was driving my father-in-law to the airport when a plane flew silently over the road like a big bird, about to land at the airport.

“It’s magic,” my father-in-law said. I looked at him, unable to understand. He was a doctor who lectured at colleges and had visited more than 100 countries. He understood better than 1 why a plane can fly in the sky. It really wasn’t magic.

But now, I realize he was at least partly right. While flying might not be magic, it’s certainly magical(神奇的). What it brings to our lives is something found in dreams.

But too often, we — I — forget.

I read a sentence a few months ago, which said “Yoknow you’re growing-up when yono longer want a window seat.”

Too often in recent years, I’ve often asked for a seat near the exit (出口) row, forgetting the wonders of traveling fast. But sometimes, when the Wi-Fi or my computer is not working, I remember to look.

I think of one time when I was leaving on a family vacation. Moments after take-off, I started working. But a passenger behind me wouldn’t stop talking, “The clouds!” he kept saying, “Look at the clouds!” I turned around, and saw two men, one who appeared to be in his 70s and the other much younger. The chat continued for 20 minutes until, not patiently, I raised my eyes from my computer screen and looked out of the window.

The clouds!

He was right. We were flying through big soft balls of cotton, each as different as a snowflake (雪花) and seemingly close enough to touch. The afternoon sun offered all kinds of colors：pink and salmon, red and raspberry, crimson and ivory, all against a blue sky. I put away my computer and appreciated them for the rest of the flight.

I don’t remember the work I thought I had to complete that afternoon. But I’ve never forgotten those clouds.

19. The writer thinks flying is “magical” because .

A. planes fly like a very big bird B. it brings something different to our lives

C. he knows the physics theories behind it D. he thinks planes have magic powers (力量)

20. What does the underlined sentence in the 6th paragraph imply(暗示)?

A. Adults often care too much about day-to-day work.

B. Adults often feel anxious and tired after a day’s work.

C. When people grow up, they do not like changes.

D. When people grow up, their minds slow down.

21. The writer wrote this article to .

A. tell us to look up at planes sometimes