解析　细节理解题。由第二段的“...our eyes were drawn to a small blue circle on the map...”可知，作者和同伴是在地图上看到了这个水塘。

57.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.The map.        B.The pool.

C.The mountain.       D.The campsite.

答案　B

解析　代词指代题。根据第三段的“It was a calm pool...”可知，it指的是水塘。

58.How did the writer and his companion feel at the end of the day?

A.They were too tired to put up their tent.

B.They wished they could have found a farm.

C.They were anxious about the coming weather.

D.They were delighted with the spot they’d found.

答案　D

解析　推理判断题。根据第三段的叙述：喝了茶，吃了一顿美食，坐在帐篷外看日落，再结合下文另一次不愉快的旅行的对比，可以推断作者和他的同伴对这个宿营地非常满意。

59.What does the writer mean by being “emotionally as well as physically attached to it ” in Paragraph 4?

A.It is more than just a practical aid.

B.He walks better when he is wearing it.

C.It is not a good idea to leave it anywhere.

D.He might die on the mountains without it.

答案　A

解析　句意理解题。由下文举的例子可以看出，作者不仅把背包看作徒步旅行的必需品，而且还看作是一种精神寄托，因此才会飞奔回去找他的背包。

60.According to the writer，the main advantage of backpacking is that you can ________.

A.get fitter as you walk

B.make new friends while walking

C.find out how the landscape was made

D.gain an understanding of the area you walk through

答案　D

解析　细节理解题。由第五段的“I’ve learned much local history from simply chatting to people I met while walking through an area.”可知，作者认为通过徒步旅行，可以更好地了解走过的地方。

B

The Allendale Cultural Center has expanded its arts program to include classes for young adults.Director Leah Martin announced Monday that beginning in September，three new classes will be offered to the Allendale community.The course titles will be Yoga(瑜伽) for Teenagers;Hip Hop Dance：Learning the Latest Moves;and Creative_Journaling_for_Teens：Discovering_the_Writer_Within.The latter course will not be held at the Allendale Cultural Center but instead will meet at the Allendale Public Library.

Staff member Tricia Cousins will teach the yoga and hip hop classes.Ms.Cousins is a skilled choreographer (舞蹈指导) as well as an experienced dance educator.She is a Master of Arts in dance education from Teachers College，Columbia University.The journaling class will be taught by Betsy Milford.Ms.Milford is the head librarian at the Allendale Public Library as well as a columnist(专栏作家) for the professional journal Library Focus.

The courses are part of the Allendale Cultural Center’s Project Teen，which was organized by Leah Martin，Director of the Cultural Center.According to Martin，this project is a direct result of her efforts to make the center a more necessary part of the Allendale community.Over the last several years，the number of people who have visited the cultural center for classes or events has steadily declined.Project Teen is primarily funded by the McGee Arts Foundation，an organization devoted to bringing arts programs to young adults.The other members of Project Teen are two students at Allendale’s Brookdale High School and three adults with backgrounds in education and the arts.

The creative journaling class will be cosponsored by Brookdale High School，and students who complete the class will be given the opportunity to publish one of their journal works in Pulse，Brookdale’s student literary magazine.Students who complete the hip hop class will be qualified to participate in the Allendale Review，an annual concert sponsored by the cultural center that features local actors，musicians，and dancers.

All classes are scheduled to begin immediately after school，and transportation will be available from Brookdale High School to the Allendale Cultural Center and the Allendale Public Library.For more information about Project Teen，contact the cultural center’s programming office at 988­0099 or drop by the office after June 1 to pick up a fall course catalog.The office is located on the third floor of the Allendale Town Hall.

61.The underlined title of the course in Paragraph 1 implies that ________.

A.teenagers do not have enough hobbies

B.all young people should write in a journal daily

C.teenagers are in need of guidance and direction

D.writing in a journal can help teenagers become creative writers

答案　D

解析　细节理解题。根据冒号后的注解“发掘作家潜质”，说明这个课程能够帮助青少年成为有创造力的作家。

62.What is the cause of setting up Project Teen?

A.More and more people are coming to the center.

B.Tricia Cousins is available to teach courses in the fall.

C.Community organizations were ignoring local teenagers.

D.Leah Martin wants to make the center more important for the community.

答案　D

解析　细节理解题。根据第三段的“According to Martin，this project is a direct result of her efforts to make the center a more necessary part of the Allendale community.”可知，Project Teen成立的原因是Leah Martin希望该文化中心成为社区的重要组成部分。

63.The Creative Journaling for Teens class will be sponsored by the McGee Arts Foundation and ________.

A.Betsy Milford

B.Brookdale High School

C.Leah Martin

D.the Allendale Public Library

答案　B

解析　细节理解题。根据第三段的“Project Teen is primarily funded by the McGee Arts Foundation...”和第四段的“The creative journaling class will be cosponsored by Brookdale High School...”可知，该课程是由McGee艺术基金和Brookdale中学联合赞助的课程。

64.What does the text mainly tell us?

A.The needs of young adults in Allendale.

B.Leah Martin’s personal ideas about Project Teen.

C.The center adds three new classes for young adults.

D.The center is granted by the McGee Arts Foundation.

答案　C

解析　主旨大意题。文章第一段就告诉我们Allendale为青少年新增加了三门课程，下文分别从课程的指导教师、产生的背景、参与者的奖励和具体参加方法这几个方面展开，因此答案为C项。

65.Which of the following ways is the text organized?

A.In order of space，from the near to the far.

B.In order of time，from the past to the future.

C.The most important information first，followed by background and details.

D.The background first，followed by the most important information and details.

答案　C

解析　逻辑结构题。文章第一段告诉我们文章最重要的信息：Allendale为青少年新增加了三门课程，下文介绍课程产生的背景和其他细节，因此答案为C项。

C

A job is more than just a job，especially to the older generation.“It’s not the money that matters，but the sense of self­worth，” 56­year­old Cheng Wonlan said.So，every day Ms Cheng carries a bag of parcels，letters and documents of all shapes and sizes and does her rounds in North Point.She’s a courier(快递人员).

Five years ago，Ms Cheng was a nurse at a private clinic.She had worked there for almost 30 years but was made jobless when the doctor migrated(移居).It was extremely difficult for her to find another job.“People do not trust my ability when they learn how old I am，” she said.After two years of searching，the mother of two eventually found another nursing job.But then after two years，she quit.Why?

“My colleagues were young and they didn’t understand me because of my age.They often asked me，‘You are so old;what are you working for?’ I was very unhappy.” she said.So while the rest of her family left for work，she was left to lonely boredom at home.The urge to work drove her to suffering.Then，one of Ms Cheng’s neighbours told her about Employee’s Retraining Board (ERB) offering retraining courses for older people on specific occupations，such as convenience store assistants，junior clerks and so on.

“I was interested in courier work.I didn’t think my age was a barrier because I was fit and healthy.So I thought why not give it a try.” she said.Upon graduation from the ERB，Ms Cheng was offered a job by the Speeding Shuttle Courier Service Company Limited.But then Ms Cheng was faced with a conflict：she was caught between honour and employment.It took Ms Cheng 24 hours to make up her mind and eventually came to the conclusion that there was nothing wrong or embarrassing about doing the job.So she took heart and went off to work as a courier.

Ms Cheng’s employer is delighted with her，“Ms Cheng has been working with us for two months and has shown a good responsible attitude to work.”Anthony Chong，who runs the company，said.Currently，Mr Chong has 60 couriers working for his company：five of them are over fifty，four of whom have been through the ERB plan.Mr Chong said he hired older people because they were able and reliable.“Age is not an important factor but attitude is.Many old people are more capable than the youngsters.They will not run from difficulties but the young ones will，” he said.“It is not easy to recruit (招募) young people since they shy away from hardship and challenges.”

66.Why was it difficult for Ms Cheng to find another nursing job?

A.Nursing clinics were hard to find.

B.People thought that old people couldn’t be trusted.

C.People thought she was too old to take on a new job.

D.People didn’t think she had enough working experience.

答案　C

解析　细节理解题。根据第二段的“‘People do not trust my ability when they learn how old I am，’”可知答案。

67.Ms Cheng left her second nursing job because ________.

A.she was bored

B.it was too difficult

C.she was too old to do the job

D.the other staff made her feel uncomfortable

答案　D

解析　细节理解题。第三段开头告诉我们程女士辞去第二份护士工作的原因：她的同事们都很年轻，不理解程女士这个年纪还出来工作，所以会经常问她到底是为了什么工作，这使得程女士很不开心，只好辞职。

68.Employee’s Retraining Board is a plan for ________.

A.finding jobs for older people

B.teaching new skills to older people

C.training older people to be couriers

D.giving older people something to do in their spare time

答案　B

解析　细节理解题。根据第三段对ERB的描述：向老年人提供特殊职业再培训课程，例如便利店工作人员、初级职员等，可知ERB的目的是给老年人培训新的技能。

69.When Ms Cheng was offered the courier job she ________.

A.took it straight away

B.thought it over and then accepted it

C.thought about it and then refused it

D.refused it straight away but then changed her mind

答案　B

解析　细节理解题。由第四段可知，当程女士得到这份工作时，很犹豫。她足足考虑了24个小时，才最终下定决心接受这份工作。

70.According to Anthony Chong，young people ________.

A.are able and reliable

B.are less intelligent than the older ones

C.are fitter and stronger than the older ones

D.are more likely to give in than the older ones

答案　D