Visitors were amazed at the achievements in the car manufacture of the city during the past ____.

A. bunch

B. present

C. relation

D. decade

der to understand intercultural problems better, and perhaps to find ways to improve the American image abroad, a reporter recently interviewed some of these visitors as they were leaving to return home. He especially wanted to find out their first impressions of the United States, what places they most enjoyed visiting, and some of their likes and dislikes.

As far as first impressions are concerned, almost all of the foreigners were impressed by the tremendous size of the country. The United States, of course, is a large country. The distance between San Francisco and New York is about the same as that between Gibraltar and Baghdad. Indeed, the entire Mediterranean Sea could easily fit within the country's borders. Even expecting this, foreigners who visit the United States for the first time are overwhelmed by the vast distances. Apparently to be believed, such distances have to be traveled.

The foreign visitors were also impressed by the range of climate and the variety of scenery in the country. Many were amazed to discover that, in the same day, they could travel from the snowy cold of New England winter to the sunny warmth of Florida sunshine. Even in the single state of California, they could find sandy beaches, rocky shores, tropical vegetation, hot dry deserts, redwood forests, and towering snow-capped mountains.

They were also impressed by the informal friendliness of Americans. Whether on buses, trains, planes, or at vacation or scenic resorts, there visitors generally agreed that they had been greeted warmly. On the other hand, some reported that hotel clerks, waiters, and taxi drivers were often unsympathetic, impatient, and rude. The most common complaint of all was that so few Americans can speak any language but English, and some foreign visitors claimed that they had difficulty understanding the American accent.

What does "this" in "Even expecting this" (para. 2) refer to？

A．The distance between San Francisco and New York.

B．The vastness of the country.

C．The size of the Mediterranean Sea.

D．The country's borders.

A.exclaimed

B.disturbed

C.collapsed

D.amazed

A.surprising; amazing

B.surprised; amazing

C.surprising; amazed

D.surprised; amazed

A.biased

B.bias

C.biasing

D.being bised

A.amazed

B.inwardly

C.occasion

D.complained

A. important

B. slight

C. serious

D. major

How did researchers know that ancient Greeks rushed to watch the Olympics？

A．Thousands of people came to watch.

B．The main stadium is still not big enough.

C．They have found the related record of events.

D．Many of them were visitors and pilgrims.

coast of Robynland. On

Cinola Island, Wonderland plc operates a circus and zoological gardens (zoo) both of which are open for 365 days

per annum. The circus, which is widely regarded as the best in the world, can accommodate a maximum of 14,000

visitors per day. The zoological gardens, which opened on 1 December 1999, can accommodate a maximum of

20,000 visitors per day. Visitors travel to and from Cinola Island using petrol-driven ferries owned by Wonderland plc.

There is no other mode of transport to and from Cinola Island.

The following information is available in respect of the year ended 30 November 2006 and the year ending

30 November 2007.

(1) The zoo and circus were open on each day of the year. The circus performed once per day and was always

operated at maximum capacity.

(2) Three types of ticket were sold as follows:

Note: The petrol-driven ferries were fully depreciated as at 1 December 2006.

(7) Wonderland plc received an annual fee of ￡10 million from an International media group under a fixed-term

contract of three years’ duration. The contract commenced on 1 December 2005 and relates to the rights to

televise programmes which were filmed in the zoo and therefore the fee should be regarded as relating to the

zoo.

(8) Admission fees to the zoo and circus will be increased by 5% with effect from 1 December 2006. Transport fees

will remain unchanged.

(9) It is anticipated that all operating costs will increase by 4% per annum due to the impact of inflation during the

year ending 30 November 2007.

(10) The management of Wonderland plc expect that the number of visitors, visitor mix and ticket mix will remain

unchanged during the year ending 30 November 2007.

(11) Ignore taxation.

Required:

(a) Prepare the budgeted profit and loss account for Wonderland plc for the year ending 30 November 2007.

(9 marks)

. He was the youngest of five sons. The Grounds were ahandsome lot: blue-eyed, fair-haired, clever ___62___ ambitious. Thefour older boys all made a success of their lives. They married beautiful girlsof good family and produced children __63___ fair and handsome andclever as themselves. The eldest became a clergyman；the second___64____ up as the headmaster ofa famous public school；the ___65___went intobusiness and became rich; the fourth ___66___ in his father's footstepsand became a lawyer. That is why everybody was amazed when the youngest Ground,Henry, turned ____67___ to be a lazy good-for-nothing.

Unlike hisbrothers, he had brown eyes and dark hair, but he was every bit ashandsome and charming，____68___madehim quite a lady-killer. And, although he never married ，___69___ is no doubt at all that Henry Ground loved women. Healso loved eating，drinking, laughing, talking and athousand other___70____ which don’t make money or improve the human life. One of his favorite pastimeswas doing nothing.