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1、書山有路勤為徑，學(xué)海無涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘學(xué)子：學(xué)業(yè)有成，金榜題名！語言類考試復(fù)習(xí)資料大全中級分類模擬題Visitors and travellers(二)中級分類模擬題Visitors and travellers(二)Going abroad Add the missing words to the puzzle. 問題:1.答案:Air travel in the USA問題:1. If you are entering the United States from abroad, you should . _ 答案:avoid a busy gateway like New York

2、, Miami or Los Angeles - Charlotte, Pittsburgh and Orlando are less busy問題:2. If you fly between London and Vienna via Frankfurt or Paris, instead of direct, the fare . _ 答案:wont be any cheaper問題:3. If you want to avoid flying into LAX (Los Angeles International), you should . _ 答案:fly to Orange Cou

3、nty (John Wayne Airport) or Hollywood-Burbank Airport問題:4. If your flight is less than an hour late, your connecting flight will . _ 答案:wait for your plane問題:5. If you want to get from Miami to Los Angeles, you can . _ 答案:fly from Fort Lauderdale and change planes at Houston,Texas (如需獲取本MP3聽力錄音請搜索標(biāo)題

4、名) 1. If your flight is scheduled to take off at 5 pro, it will probably . _ 答案:be delayed because too many flights are scheduled to take off around that time.解析 1-8 Transcript Presenter: Nigel Isaacs is editor of Business Travel Weekly. Nigel, what kind of problems do airline passengers face in the

5、 USA ? Nigel: Most of the problems are caused by the heavy volume of traffic. All airports have a limit to the number of takeoffs and landings they can handle. All flights from a hub arrive and leave at more or less the same time: if 60 aircraft are scheduled to take off between 5 pm and 5.15 and th

6、e airport call only handle 120 an hour that means some will always be late landing or taking off. And if the weather is bad . . . So, passengers have to be loaded into each plane and then the planes have to line up to take off. Theres a marvellous story of the people whod been waiting for over an ho

7、ur for their plane to reach the head of the line to take off, when they heard the captain on the intercom telling them that he was so fed up he was quitting his job, and he walked through the cabin, opened the door, jumped to the ground and walked off across the tarmac! Queueing on the tarmac is fru

8、strating (with no drinks or meals available until youre in the air), but queueing in the air with other planes circling just below you and above you is downright terrifying. Especially if youre in the clouds. Another problem thats very common is overbooking: you hear an announcement on the airport l

9、oudspeakers: We have oversold on this flight and would like volunteers to go on the next flight out. If yon decide to volunteer, you may get a cash bribe, or a free trip voucher - but make sure you get a guaranteed seat on the next flight and a free phone call to whoever is meeting you the other end

10、. Worse still you arrive with a confirmed reservation and you discover youve been bumped off the flight. Theres another story of a man who was raising hell when this happened to him and he said to the check-in clerk, If I was a Senator, youd get me a seat and the man behind him in the line said, Son

11、, I am a Senator and they wont give me a seat either. Presenter: Presumably, if you choose to travel at off-peak times, there are no problems. Nigel: Well, there are no off-peak times - all flights seem to he full, except Saturday, oddly enough. If theres a public holiday, things are likely to be es

12、pecially busy: Thanksgiving in November, Labor Day in September, Independence Day in July and so on. The special fare systems on the airlines computers encourage more people to fly on less popular flights and this means that as a result all flights are equally full. Presenter: So what advice would y

13、ou give to a traveller in the USA? Nigel: The worst hubs are OHare (Chicago) and Atlanta and Denver because they have so many flights - ld say these are to be avoided at all costs. Dont ever check your baggage if you can help it. And be prepared for delays - take something to eat and drink in your h

14、and luggage. 2. If youre sitting in a plane that hasnt taken off yet, you cant . _ 答案:get anything to drink or eat.3. If your plane is flying round and round, waiting to land, you may feel . _ 答案:frightened, especially if youre in the clouds.4. If you volunteer to leave on a later flight, make sure

15、that . _ 答案:you get a guaranteed seat and a free phone call to the person who is meeting you the other end.5. If youre travelling before a national holiday, you can expect that . _ 答案:airports will be especially busy.6. If possible, dont fly via . _ 答案:OHare (Chicago), Atlanta or Denver.7. If you ha

16、ve a small amount of luggage, dont . _ 答案:check it in - take it as hand baggage.8. If you want to be prepared for delays, take . _ 答案:something to eat and drink in your hand luggage.TravellingWrite down what you would say in each of these situations. The first is done for you as an example:問題:1. Ask

17、 your companion to recommend a local dish. _ 答案:Can you recommend a nice local dish?問題:2. You want to order a plain omelette, which is not on the menu. _ 答案:Id like to have just a plain omelette, if thats all right.問題:3. You dont understand how to get a ticket from an automatic machine. Ask a passer

18、- by for help. _ 答案:Excuse me, could you show me how to get a ticket from this machine?問題:4. At the end of the meal you want to pay the bill, but the waiter has given it to your companion. _ 答案:10 Oh, do let me pay for this, please.問題:5. Someone asks you how to get to the main railway station - tell

19、 him or her that its two blocks down and then left. _ 答案:The main railway station? Yes, you go down this road for two blocks and then turn left. You cant miss it.問題:6. Youre booked on flight LJ 879 on May 16. You want to change this to ZZ 857 on May 17. _ 答案:Id like to change my reservation on fligh

20、t LJ 879 on May 16 to flight ZZ 857 on May 17.問題:7. Flight RA 372 doesnt leave till 5 pm but youve arrived at the check-in desk at 12 noon. _ 答案:Is it too early to check in for flight RA 372?問題:8. You dont understand some of the dishes on the menu. Ask your companion for help. _ 答案:Could you explain

21、 some of these dishes on the menu for me, please?問題:9. Your flight to Charlotte is delayed. Find out the reason. _ 答案:Can you tell me why theres a delay on the flight to Charlotte?問題:10. You have arrived late because your rented car wouldnt start. Apologize to your host or hostess. _ 答案:Im terribly

22、sorry Im so late. I rented a car and it wouldnt start, you see.Negative prefixes問題:1. Complete these columns by forming the negatives of each of the words in this list. The first ones are done for you: accurate agree capable certain connect convenient desirable employed experienced foreseen formal f

23、ortunately honest known payment profit-making readable satisfied stop sufficient used valid un- dis- in- non- uncertain disagree inaccurate 答案: un- dis- in- non- undesirable disconnect incapable non-payment unemployed dishonest inconvenient non-profit-making unforeseen dissatisfied inexperienced non

24、-stop unfortunately informal unknown insufficient unreadable invalid unused 問題:1. Look at these examples: 答案: anti-union semi-official semi-circle semi-permanent anti-government semi-automatic semi-professional 問題:1. Please inform the manager if you are in any way _答案:dissatisfied問題:2. Discriminatio

25、n on the grounds of race, religion or sex is _答案:illegal問題:3. _ , your reservation didnt reach us in time.答案:Unfortunately問題:4. The claims made in this advertisement are _答案:dishonest問題:5. Tourism and financial services are _ exports.答案:invisible問題:6. Im afraid the deposit you sent us was _答案:insuff

26、icient問題:7. Turn the handle _ to open the door.答案:anti-clockwise/counter-clockwise問題:8. Please make sure you book me on a _ flight.答案:non-stop問題:9. Your visa expired last week and is now _答案:invalid問題:10. Due to _ circumstances, the flight has been cancelled.答案:unforeseenTo be or not to be. or be -i

27、no ?問題:1. -ing is usually used as the subject of a sentence: Travelling abroad can be exhausting. Meeting people can be tiring. _ in a new city can be exciting. _ in hotels can be lonely. _ from the airport to the city is easy. 答案:Visiting / Arriving in Staying / Living / Spending nights Getting/Dri

28、ving問題:2. to_ is used in these expressions: too . to_ and . enough to_ : She was clever enough to guess the answer. My coffee is too hot to drink. The parcel was too _ to be sent by post. I want to be early enough _ a good seat on the train. 答案:heavy/expensive/bulky to get / to find / to be sure of

29、getting問題:3. -ing is used after prepositions: Is anyone interested in playing tennis this evening? Im looking forward to* _ the USA next summer. I cant get used to* living in a different time zone. (* to is a preposition here) Its unwise to travel by air without _ a reservation. You can find out if

30、flights are delayed by _ the airport. 答案:going to / visiting / flying to making / making sure you have / confirming phoning/calling問題:4. to is used after some adjectives: pleased glad surprised disappointed relieved to _ I was pleased to receive your invitation. They were relieved to hear the plane

31、had landed safely. I was glad _ my old colleague at the conference. We were surprised _ that the fare was over $500. interesting kind hard essential difficult easy to _ It was interesting to see the factory. Its hard to get a visa for Myanmar. Its easy _ from the airport to the city by public transp

32、ort. It was very kind of you _ me at the station. 答案:to meet / to see to discover / to find out / to read to get / to come to meet / to wait for問題:5. Some verbs are normally only used + to : agree cant afford allow choose decide encourage expect forget help hope learn Id like manage mean didnt mean need offer pretend promise recommend refuse teach