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The key to getting any good-priced plane ticket is to reserve the flight early.Discount airlines tend to increase their fare as the plane fills up and early reservations are usually rewarded with the lowest fares.Most major domestic airlines offer discount tickets for off-peak travel.China Southen Airlines now provides favorable group purchase ticket deals to attract tourists to cities like Hong Kong and Guilin.Air China and Beijing Capital Airlines offer tickets with as much as 75 to 80 per cent discounts.Another way is to search for a cheap ticket on the websites of low-cost airlines, which offer you very low fares though le comfort.Now, Air Asia, Tiger Airways and Jetstar Asia are all offering very low -fare tickets to Chinese travelers.
The budget airline has a long history in the West.It’s also called away with traditional free services, such as food and drinks.They charge you extra for catering on board, or securing a seat.Many budget airlines put a fee on checked in luggage, so it’s wiser to take hand luggage.
The following are three popular airlines.
Air Asia: The Malaysian-based airline flies from seven cities in China including Tianjin, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Guilin and Shenzhen in the Chinese mainland, and provides trips to cities such as Paris and London.It can transfer you to most South East Asian countries.Many tickets are priced under 1,500 yuan.
Jetstar Asia Airways: It’s a low-cost airline headquartered in Singapore.Travelers can leave from airports in numerous cities including Beijing.
Southwest Airlines: If you go traveling in the US you can take this low-cost airline based in
Texas.
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Elon Musk, the billionaire founder and CEO of the private spaceflight company Space X, has announced his vision for life on the Red Planet．He says the settlement plan would start small, with a pioneering group of fewer than 10 people, who he would take there on a reusable rocket powered by liquid oxygen and methane．Musk, already the first private space entrepreneur to launch a succeful miion to the International Space Station, says what would begin by first \"into something really big”． “At Mars, you can start a self-sustaining civilization and make it into something really big,\" he told the Royal
Aeronautical Society in London last week．
Laying out precise details and figures to his \"difficult\" but \"poible\" plans, the space pioneer says the first ferry of explorers would be no more than 10 people at a price tag of $500,000（￡312,110）Perticket．“The ticket price needs to be low enough that most people in advanced countries, in their mid-forties or something like that could put together enough money to make the trip,\" he said．
Rather than lounging around on an interplanetary vacation, the paengers would be sent to work, carrying with them equipment to build sustainable housing on the dusty and currently barren soil for future generations．Immediate ground work would focus on building transparent domes preurized with CO2 while poibly covered in a layer of water to serve as protection from the sun．With the CO2, Mars\' soil would be capable of growing crops for food, he said．Additional equipment carried over could also produce fertilizer, methane and oxygen using the atmosphere\'s natural elements of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and its surface of ice water．
Musk believes one person out of every 100,000 people would be interested in making the journey with 8 billion expected on Earth by time his plans become reality．
64．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the first two paragraphs?
A．Musk has sent fewer than ten people to Mars．
B．These people would go to Mars with plenty of liquid oxygen to breathe．
C．A reusable rocket is used to take the people to Mars．
D．Musk is the only private entrepreneur to launch a succeful miion．
65．What does the underlined word \"bloom\" mean in the paage?
A．developB．showC．produceD．burst
66．.
A．build sustainable housingB．build transparent domes
C．bang out on holidayD．use equipment to do something
67．．
A．no one likes to make the journey because of the large sum of money
B．8 billion new lives will be on the earth after his plans come true
C．the price now is too high for most people to afford
D．his plans are so difficult that it is impoible to realize
D
Each year, Americans throw away millions of tones of electronic devices．That means busine is good for a small electronics recycler in Chantilly, Virginia．
Company President Jeremy Faber established PC Recycler．There workers were busy taking apart televisions, cell phones and computers-anything electronic．“Electronics recycling is the fastest growing waste stream in the United States right now．” Jeremy says．
Recycling electronic waste is not a single job．Newer devices can be rebuilt and resold．Breaking down electronics into small parts to melt and purify is another part．Operations Manager Andrew Portare says, “Boards have the highest value in them so you can actually see on the back you\'re looking at different typesof metals．Some of the older ones are mainly all gold．\"Gold new sells for more than one thousand three hundred dollars an ounce．Twenty-five percent of PC Recycler\'s sales come from selling parts to refiners．
Refining companies pay more than ten dollars a kilogram for computer boards, PC Recycler
can also lift profits by holding metal-rich parts until prices rise．\"If copper\'s up one day, we can ship all of our copper extract and capitalize on the market．\" Andrew says．
Computers also hold private or secret information．And securing that data is the fastest growing part of the recycling busine．Completely removing data from a computer hard drive is not easy．PC Recycler can remove data magnetically or completely destroy and recycle the drives．PC Recycler supports the Basel Action Network, which seeks to limit harmful waste and technology．The company says it does not export electronics to China, India or Africa where environmental rules are weak．
PC Recycler has been in busine since 2003, expanding from waste management to other, more technical services．\"There really aren\'t a lot of industries out there that are like this, There\'s either the scrap industry where they\'re shredding cars and shredding tires rind there\'s the refurbished PC market and we’re sort of sit right in between both of those．\" Jeremy says．
68．How do workers in PC Recycler make the best of computer boards?
A．By storing the boards until prices rise．\'
B．By selling the boards to the refiners．
C．By taking away metals from the boards．
D．By rebuilding the boards into better ones．
69．What does Jeremy think of the busine of recycling electronic waste?
A．He thinks it should be treated as a single job．
B．He thinks it\'s very difficult to earn profit in it．
C．He thinks it will attract more investors in it．
D．He thinks it can improve the world\'s economy．
70．．
A．remove the data on itB．make it look newer
C．melt some bad partsD．limit harmful waste
71．Which of the following might be the best title for the paage?
A．The trouble PC Recycler met in recycling waste
B．PC Recycler\'s finding gold in old computer chips
C．A complete new way of protecting environment
D．A new technology of recycling electronic devices
E
It is reported that six Chinese ships have entered waters near islands claimed by both China and Japan．China said the ships were carrying out \"law enforcement\" to demonstrate its jurisdiction （管辖权）over the islands, known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan．At least two of the ships left after the Japanese coast guard iued a warning, Japanese officials say．The action came after Japan sealed a deal to buy three of the islands from their private Japanese owner．Japan controls the uninhabited but resource-rich East China Sea islands, which are also claimed by Taiwan．
The Japanese Coast Guard said the first two Chinese boats entered Japan\'s territorial waters at 06:18 local time, followed by another fleet of four other ships just after 07:00．The first two ships then left the area A third ship left later on Friday morning, one report said．No force was used, Japanese officials added．\"Our patrol（巡逻）ships are currently telling them to leave our country’s territorial waters,\" the coastguard said in a statement．
The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed that its ships were there．\"These Jaw enforcement and patrol activities are aimed to demonstrate China\'s jurisdiction over the Diaoyu Islands and ensure the country\'s maritime interests,\" a statement said．
The US has called for \"cooler heads to be accepted\" as tension \"worsens between China and Japan over the islands．US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is going to visit both Japan and China from this weekend as part of a tour of the region．
The dispute has seriously damaged diplomatic relations between China and Japan and threatens to damage the strong trading relationship, says the BBC\'s John Sudworth in Beijing．The dispute has also caused strong nationalist emotions on both sides that makes it very difficult to be seen to be backing down, says our reporter．
The Japanese government says it is buying the islands to promote their stable and peaceful management．China on the other hand, says the islands have historically been its territory and fishing grounds．Meanwhile Japan\'s newly-appointed ambaador to-China, Shinichi Nishimiya, remains in hospital in Tokyo．He was appointed on Tuesday to replace Uichiro Niwa, who has been criticized for his dealing with the worst diplomatic dispute between Japan and China in recent years．
72．．
A．Japan B．China C．Taiwan D．Nobody
73．Which of the following is true?
A．Japan fired at the 6 Chinese ships to warn them to leave the waters．
B．China admitted that the 6 ships had been forced to leave the waters．
C．The US called on both sides to calm down．
D．Shinichi Nishimiya was unconscious in the hospital because somebody attacked him．
74．Why was Uichiro Niwa replaced?
A．He isn\'t iron enough in dealing with the diplomatic disputes between Japan and China．
B．He didn\'t do well in dealing with the diplomatic dispute about the Diaoyu Islands．
C．His health condition is not good enough to work there．
D．He criticized the Chinese government publicly in an improper way．
75．This news report is most likely to be selected from the_____ newspaper．
A．British B．Chinese C．Japanese D．American
答案：
56-59：DBCA 60-63：BCAD 64-67：CACC 68-71：CCAB 72-75：DCBA
