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一、阅读理解题 （A） From: annel@ To: jason@ Sent: 9:00.am, Tues., Nov.12 Subject: Somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico! Hello again, We’re on holiday! My family won a prize—tickets for a round-world-trip on the Freedom of the Seas! Can you believe it? This is one of the biggest cruise ships in the world – it’s huge! It’s as long as 37 buses and can carry more than 4,000 passengers. That’s a lot of people! You know that I like to be very active, so at first I thought this cruise was going to be a little boring…I was so wrong! The ship has an ice-skating rink, an outdoor climbing wall(more than 13 metres high), two swimming pools, a water park and even a boxing ring. But best of all… the Flowrider! It’s a surfing attraction at the top of the ship. I tried it yesterday but I kept falling! I must try again this afternoon. Mom and Dad were also pretty impressed by the shopping mall on the ship. You’ve really got to see this wonderful ship—it’s truly spectacular. I’ll write again when I get home(Sunday) and tell you more about the cruise. Bye! Anne 1. The Freedom of the Seas is________________. A. a ship with 40,000 passengers B. as long as 37 buses C. a water park D. a shopping mall 2. Anne will go on surfing on _________ afternoon. A. Monday B. Saturday C. Tuesday D. Sunday 3. You can guess the meaning of “spectacular(in paragraph3)”from the word ___________. A. wonderful B. interesting C. boring D. dangerous 4. The surfing attraction is ____________. A. next to the ice-skating rink B. inside the ship C. beside the shopping mall on the ship D. at the top of the ship 5. The main idea of the e-mail is about ____________. A. about a surfing attraction B. about a trip on a cruise ship C. about a trip to Gulf of Mexico D. about the life of Anne’s parents (B) Building a house costs quite a lot of money. Suppose you plan to build a house, your first step will be to find