____the center of our planetary system was considered as heresy by the church in the Middle Ages.
A、ItisthesunandnottheearthB
【句意】太陽系的中心是太陽而不是地球這一事實被中世紀的教會認為是異端邪說。
【難點】That引導主語從句，全句的謂語是wasconsidered.
The little boy didn’t know_______.
Idon’tknow______ashow.Canyoutellme?
漢譯英;我想不起來哪一個熟人沒有手機。今天沒有手機的人是奇怪的，這種人才需要解釋。我們的所有社會關系都儲存在手機的電話本里，可以隨時調出使用。古代只有巫師才能擁有這種法寶。
手機刷新了人與人的關系。會議室門口通常貼著一條通告：請與會者關閉手機。可是會議室里的手機鈴聲仍然響成一片。我們都是普通人，并沒有多少重要的事情。盡管如此，我們也不會輕易關掉手機。打開手機象征我們與這個世界的聯系。手機反映出我們的"社交饑渴癥"。最為常見的是，一個人走著走著突然停下來，眼睛盯著手機屏幕發短信。他不在乎停在馬路中央還是廁所旁邊。
為什么對于手機來電和短信這么在乎?因為我們迫切渴望與社會保持聯系。
The tourist trade is booming. With all this coming and going ， you'd expect greater understanding o develop between the nations of the world. Not a bit of it ! Superb systems of communication by air， sea and land make it possible for us to visit each other's countries at a moderate cost. What was once the 'grand tour' ， reserved for only the very rich ， is now within everybody's grasp ?
The package tour and chartered flights are not to be sneered at. Modern travelers enjoy a level of comfort which the lords and ladies on grand tours in the old days couldn't have dreamed of. But what's the sense of this mass exchange of populations if the nations of the world remain basically ignorant of each other?
Many tourist organizations are directly responsible for this state of affairs. They deliberately set out to protect their clients from too much contact with the local population. The modern tourist leads a cosseted， sheltered life. He lives at international hotels ， where he eats his international food and sips his international drink while he gazes at the natives from a distance. Conducted tours to places of interest are carefully censored. The tourist is allowed to see only what the organizers want him to see and no more. A strict schedule makes it impossible for the tourist to wander off on his own ; and anyway， language is always a barrier， so he is only too happy to be protected in this way. At its very worst ， this leads to a new and hideous kind of colonization.
The summer quarters of the inhabitants of the cite universitaire ： are temporarily reestablished on the island of Corfu. Blackpool is recreated at Torremolinos where the traveler goes not to eat paella， but fish and chips. The sad thing about this situation is that it leads to the persistence of national stereotypes. We don't see the people of other nations as they really are， but as we have been brought up to believe they are. You can test this for yourself. Take five nationalities ， say， French， German， English， American and Italian. Now in your mind， match them with these five adjectives ： musical， amorous， cold， pedantic， native. Far from providing us with any insight into the national characteristics of the peoples just mentioned ， these adjectives actually act as barriers. So when you set out on your travels， the only characteristics you notice are those which confirm your preconceptions. You come away with the highly unoriginal and inaccurate impression that ， say，'Anglo-Saxons are hypocrites' of that 'Latin peoples shout a lot'. You only have to make a few foreign friends to understand how absurd and harmful national stereotypes are. But how can you make foreign friends when the tourist trade does its best to prevent you ? Carried to an extreme， stereotypes can be positively dangerous. Wild generalizations stir up racial hatred and blind us to the basic fact 〞how trite it sounds ! 每 That all people are human. We are all similar to each other and at the same time all unique.
1. The best title for this passage is
[A] Tourism contributes nothing to increasing understanding between nations.
[B] Tourism is tiresome.
[C] Conducted tour is dull.
[D] Tourism really does something to one's country.
2. What is the author's attitude toward tourism ?
[A] apprehensive. [B]negative. [C] critical. [D] appreciative.
3. Which word in the following is the best to summarize Latin people shout a lot?
[A] silent. [B] noisy. [C] lively. [D] active.
4. The purpose of the author's criticism is to point out
[A] conducted tour is disappointing.
[B]the way of touring should be changed.
[C] when traveling ， you notice characteristics which confirm preconception.
[D] national stereotypes should be changed.
5. What is 'grand tour' now ?
[A] moderate cost.
[B]local sight-seeing is investigated by the tourist organization.
[C] people enjoy the first-rate comforts.
[D] everybody can enjoy the 'grand tour'
You must pay import ____on certain goods brought into this country.
