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Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following passage.

　"Where are you going for your holiday this year?" is a question you will surely have heard, and asked, many times. I expect you'll find it popping up again with the spring flowers, if not earlier.
Of course, some people ask the question more tentatively, especially when they're not sure whether you are going away or not. "Where will you be going for your holidays this year?" And other people ask the question in this form for reasons of consideration in case you are too busy to go away or haven't enough money, or something like that. 'Will you be going away this year?" they say.
But all is well. 'Tm going to Greece," you say. Wisely, you made your plan onths before. You won't leave things till the last minute, on principle. You might even stress the fact that you made your plans months ago by saying, "I'11 be holidaying in Greece." But people probably won't thank you for letting them know you are such an organized person.

1. Some people may say" Will you be going away?" because they                     .
A. haven't got much information
B. want to be considerate
C. they are willing to lend you money
2. If you tell other people that you made your plans months ago, they might              .
A. be grateful to you
B. ask you to travel with them
C. not be grateful to you
3. The tone of the passage can best be described as             .
A. satirical
B. ironical
C. lively

Questions 4 and S are based on the following passage.

The last week of the term is always busy. Everyone is studying for exams, saying good-bye to friends, and making travel plans. Gordon is going to get a ride to Minnesota with Walter. Gordon lives in Montreal, Canada, only eight hours from Greenville, but he has been planning to take a trip to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to visit his cousins before going home. Minneapolis isn't far from the part of Iowa where Walter lives. It's always much nicer to have someone in the car to talk to, help drive, and share the travel costs.
Both Walter and Gordon want to travel as cheaply as possible. Since they don't have any camping equipment, they want to find out where the cheapest motels are. They also want to save money on food and gas. Waiter's car is an old car that he bought for $200 last year. It has a lot of room in the trunk and back seat for packing suitcases and boxes of books. However, it doesn't get many miles per gallon, so Gordon and Walter have to think of ways to get better gas mileage.

4. Gordon is going to get a ride with Walter because                   
A. Iowa is only four hours away from Montreal
B. he wants to visit his relatives
C. Walter is going home to a nearby state
5. On their way out they are going to sleep         at night.
A. on campgrounds
B. in motels
C. in their car

 
Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following passage.

Tourists usually spend a few days in London, then go on to some of the other well-known cities. Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon (birthplace of Shakespeare) are visited most often. But Bath in the west, with its Roman ruins and beautiful eighteenth-century streets, is also very popular. So is York, the oldest city in the north, and Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
Perhaps the least visited places in Britain are the old industrial towns. But many people think that nineteenth-century cities, like Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Glasgow, show the real Britain. The greatness of the past is still to be seen in their old streets and squares. But their golden age of industrial wealth is over. They have serious difficulties with unemployment and bad housing. Some buildings stand empty, waiting to be pulled down. The cheap, concrete buildings of the 1960s already look old and dirty. But for the adventurous tourist these cities are full of life and color. Local pop groups play in busy pubs. The plays in their theaters are often as good as those in London.  International musicians and entertainers perform in their concert halls and opera houses.

6. Bath is very popular among tourists because                     .
A. it is the birthplace of Shakespeare
B. it is the oldest city in the north
C. there are Roman ruins and eighteen-century streets                  .
7. Those old industrial towns have serious problems with
A. international musicians and local pop groups
B. bad housing and unemployment
C. old streets and squares

Key: 1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.B 6.B 7.C 8.C 9.T 10.F 11.F

Topics for Discussion and Reflection
① Where are you going for your summer vacation this year?
② Imagine that you are a guide for a tourist group. What problems do you think you might encounter as a guide for this tourist group?