电大英语II(2)历届试题及答案(8)

29. We know from the passage that the author . B. used to go to and come back from town twice a day by car 30. The last sentence of the passage suggests that . A. the author still can not get used to doing without the car

26.当天然气价格在今年翻了一倍，笔者决定。 C.使用车的时候，他不得不

27.在句子“这是习惯的所有问题真的，”代词“这”指的是。 D.不能过分依赖汽车

28.要进入报摊的得到他的报纸的作者。 B.用于驱动他的车

29.我们知道，从通道的作者。 B.以前去和来自城里回来，一天两次车 30.通过的最后一句话表明。 A.笔者还是不能习惯做无车

短文理解2

Welcome to San Francisco

Native American tribes lived on the land now known as California before the 1500s until the Spanish colonised the area in the 17\1 century. They gave San Francisco its name. Gold was discovered in the nearby hills in 1848, starting the Gold Rush, when poor people came from all over the world to make their fortune. The vast mix of races has probably contributed to its famous liberal attitude, shown by the beat generation, hippies and the largest gay community in the world.

Hotels range from the luxurious (you can stay in The Hyatt on Union Square, which is expensive) to the basic (Gold Rush Hostel, which is cheap youth dormitories or simple rooms). San Francisco Guest Services, situated at the airport, can help you to book ahead.

You can eat every type of food cooked by nearly every ethnic

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group in the world because they all live in San Francisco; Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese are all here—at every price from 5-star restaurants to tiny street stalls. But best of all is the seafood, which comes fresh from the Pacific Ocean and is on your table in minutes.

The most famous sight in San Francisco is the Golden Gate Bridge. Also don't miss a boat trip to the island prison of Alcatraz—from which no one has ever escaped alive, although a few tried to swim across the freezing bay through the dangerous currents to reach the mainland. Boats leave every forty-five minutes, but booking is essential. Take a walk through Chinatown in the centre of the city. Chinatown was started by Chinese immigrants in the first days of the Gold Rush, and is now a vast city within a city. Here Chinese is still spoken in every shop, restaurant and temple every day. Get onto the cable cars and ride up and down San Francisco' s famous hills, ring the bell and hang on the sides. At only $ 1 it's the cheapest thrill in the world.

Drive along the coast to the north of the city into wine country, where you can taste and buy the finest Californian wines, or take an eight-hour-boat trip far from the coast to see the biggest mammal of all the time — the blue whale.

Fact file By air

San Francisco International Airport — 14 miles south of the city. Accessible by bus and shared-taxi service.

Oakland International Airport — further from the city, but easily reached by a Rapid Transport Link.

By sea

Cruise ships of five major cruise lines arrive at Pier 35 in San Francisco Bay.

By car

San Francisco is on Highway 101 over the Golden Gate and

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Interstate 80 over the Bay Bridge.

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