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综合模拟练(一) 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分　听力(略) 第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A Four Must-See Route 66(66号公路) Attractions The United States is full of odd roadside attractions.Route 66 is home to some of the oldest and most known attractions of them all.Here are four attractions you should see along the Mother Road： 1．Paul Bunyan and a Hot Dog Route 66 travelers pass by many fiberglass giants(巨人) right along the road.These giants were a popular form of advertising in the 1960s.Many of them stood in front of service stations.They held car parts，such as mufflers.The collection of Route 66 giants became known as “Muffler Men”．Businesses hoped the strange statues would get travelers’ attention. The first fiberglass giant was a “Paul Bunyan” figure，built in the early 1960s.It’s said that Paul Bunyan is a famous wood worker. 2．Crown Candy Kitchen and Jamaica Ray Crown Candy Kitchen has been serving Route 66 travelers from the very beginning.It is just a few short blocks from the 66 path through St. Louis，Missouri.The family-run soda fountain shop opened more than 100 years ago，and has been making candies and meals ever since. On weekends，people sometimes wait in line for a table at Crown Candy for over an hour.Luckily there is free entertainment right outside.Jamaica Ray，a local folk artist，creates unusual sculptures. 3．The World’s Largest Rocking Chair Fanning，Missouri，is home to one of the strangest Route 66 attractions.Just off the road sits an almost 13-meter-tall rocking chair. The structure was completed in 2008 on the first of April，or April Fool’s Day. At one time the chair actually rocked.But officials decided it had to be still to be safe for ever.People are not permitted to climb the chair.We think，however，that it probably happens once in a while when no one is watching. 4．Big Texan’s Steak Challenge Few places better represent the common expression “Everything’s Bigger in Texas” than the Big Texan Steak Ranch.Since 1960，it has appeal