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you. Then write out the ticket for you.

M: That's fine. Can you please tell me the departure time again？

Q: What's the man doing now？

(13)

A．Saying goodbye to a friend.

B．Buying a ticket for a sports event.

C．Paying a bill at the bank.

D．Paying a plane trip.

l beauty with a breathtaking mount of bear risks. I'll start with some facts at a glance:

WHERE ALASKA IS: Way the hell far from you. Beyond Mars.

HOW YOU. GET THERE: You sit in a variety of airplanes for most of your adult life.

WHAT THEY HAVE THERE THAT WILL TRY TO KILL YOU: Bears.

I am quite serious about this. Although Alaska is now an official United States with modem conveniences such as rental' cars and frozen yogurt, it also contains a large number of admitted bears, striding freely about the landscape, and nobody seems to be the least bit alarmed about this. In fact, the Alaskans seem to be pround of it. You walk into a hotel or department store, and the first, thing you see is a glass case containing a stuffed bear the size of a real one. Our hotel had two of these. It was what we travel writers call "a two-bear hotel". Both bears were standing on their hind legs and striking a pose that said:" Welcome to Alaska! I'm going to tear your arms off !"

This struck me as an odd concept, greeting visitors with a showcase containing a major local hazard. It' s as if an anti-drug organization went around setting up glass display cases containing stuffed drug smugglers, with little plaques stating how much they weighed and where they were taken.

Anyway, we decided the best way to deal with our fear of bears was to become well informed about them, so we bought a book, Alaska Bear Tales. Here are some of the chapter rifles, which I am not making up:

"They'll Attack Without Warning"

"They'll Really Attack You"

"They Will Kill"

"Come Quick! I'm Being Eaten by a Bear!"

"They Can Be Funny"

Ha ha ! I bet they can. I bet Mr. and Mrs. Bear and a bundle of hilarity as they fight playfully over the remaining portion of a former tourist plumped up by airline food. But just the same, I' m glad that the only actual, nonstuffed, practicing bears that we saw were in the zoo.

What is the tone of the story？

A．Serious.

B．Complex.

C．Comic.

D．Disapproving.

and cooking. But preparing haute cuisine (法式高级烹饪) in your own kitchen is another story. That takes a lot more effort and skill than most of us have. And even if you once did that kind of cooking, it probably doesn't appeal to you in your senior years.

The answer can be as easy as contacting Susan's Healthy Gourmet, an organization devoted to bringing delicious and healthy meals to your home. In fact, Susan's can supply you with three meals a day and the menu is decidedly selective and interesting. No boring institutional-style. meals from this company. And Susan's can accommodate people with special dietary needs.

The meals come in three different portion sizes -- adding up to 1,100, 1,500 or 1,800 calories (卡路里) per day fur three fresh meals. If you're watching your weight and want to be able to count calories, this is a great plan. Having healthy meals delivered is a real godsend, even for active seniors.

The Healthy Gourmet offerings can fit into a kosher (合于犹太戒律的) diet as well. You select the dishes you'd like to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner -- and you will get your four days of low-fat food delivered on Monday, and three more on Friday. All you'll have to do is heat the dishes for two to three minutes in your microwave and you'll have a nice meal.

Meals start as low as $4.95, and the service even remembers man's best friend with doggie bones sold by the dozen. Call toll-free at (888) EZ-MEALS, or the local number in La Join (858) 345-1256.

According to the first paragraph we may say that ______.

A．if you like cooking, you can make healthy meals

B．there are many stories about preparing meals at home

C．it's not easy to cook some special food at home

D．when you are getting older, you will lose your cooking skills

l beauty with a breathtaking amount of bear risks. I'll start with some facts at a glance:

WHERE ALASKA IS: Way the hell far from you. Beyond Mars.

HOW YOU GET THERE: You sit in a variety of airplanes for most of your adult life.

WHAT THEY HAVE THERE THAT WILL TRY TO KILL YOU: Bears.

I am quite serious about this. Although Alaska is now an official state in the United States with modem conveniences such as rental cars and frozen yogurt, it also allows a large number of admitted bears to stride freely, and nobody seems to be the least bit alarmed about this. In fact, the Alaskans seem to be proud of it. You walk into a hotel or department store, and the first thing you see is a glass case containing a stuffed bear the size of a real one. Our hotel had two of these. It was what we travel writers call "a two-bear hotel". Both bears were standing on their hind legs and striking a pose that said: "Welcome to Alaska! I'm going to tear your arms off!"

This struck me as an odd concept, greeting visitors with a showcase containing a major local hazard. It's as if an anti-drug organization went around setting up glass display cases containing stuffed drug smugglers(走私者), with little plaques (胸章)stating how much they weighed and where they were taken.

Anyway, we decided the best way to deal with our fear of bears was to become well informed about them, so we bought a book, Alaska Bear Tales. Here are some of the chapter titles, which I am not making up:

"They'll Attack Without Warning"

"They'll Really Attack You"

"They Will Kill"

"Come Quick] I'm Being Eaten by a Bear!"

"They Can Be Funny"

Ha-ha! I bet they can. I bet Mr. and Mrs. Bear will fight playfully over the remaining portion of a former tourist plumped up by airline food. But just the same, I'm glad that the only actual bears that we saw were in the zoo.

What is the tone of the story？

A．Serious.

B．Complex.

C．Comic.

D．Disapproving.

On line courses (also called distance learning) are a hot new trend in American education. According to the nonprofit Distance Education and Training Council, about 400 US colleges and schools offer some portion of their programs on the We b. At the university level, they cost the same as traditional classes and requir e similar weekly assignments and textbook reading, the difference is in class pa rticipation. Generally speaking, students congregate(使聚集) on line throughout each week to explore topic with the professor, but these discussions occur “asynchronously(不同时发生地)”rather than in real time. (You read others’ comments and post your own whenever you get a chance.) Written assignments are posted, you email in your work periodically, and you’re required to take a proctored exam in order to receive degree credit. Career boosting business administration and information technology programs are the most popular, but you’ll also find a variety of literal arts offerings, from film theory to medieval history and foreign lang uage study. While you still can’t get an Ivy League degree on line, a growing number of elite(卓越的) institutions, including Stanford and New York Univer sity are beginning to offer on line courses. The benefits for busy people are obvious. “I always get a front row seat,” says one student studying at the State University of New York Learning Network. “I can get up in the middle of class, grab a cup of coffee. The class is waiting for me when I get back, and I haven’t missed a thing.” On the other hand, some students miss the face to face interaction that often sparks interest and involvement. Generally speaking, on line education costs ____.

A.more than the traditional one

B.less than the traditional one

C.as much as the traditional one

D.the author hasn’t mentioned

A.嫁妆

B.怀疑

C.财富

D.不适当

A.fraction

B.section

C.portion

D.trifle

Turner became extremely angry because ______.

A．he had to sell a large portion of his shares to Goldman at a loss

B．the merger covered the dissatisfactory financial results of AOL

C．American Online was found to have exaggerated its revenue

D．he lost billions of dollars in wealth due to the stock's going low

The sellers shall not be(12)liable for failure or delay in delivery of the entire lot or a portion of the goods under this confirmation in(13)of any Force Majeure incidents．

A．There are more American Indians than Blacks in the U. S.

B．A large portion of American Blacks now live in the southwest.

C．The first immigrants to America were English and Dutch.

D．African Blacks came earlier than either the English or the Dutch.