Walking Holiday

题目与答案

1. 11 Approximately how many passengers does the ferry hold?
   • 160
   • 600
   • 2000

   答案：2000

   原文定位：We’ll be sailing on the Prince Regent, which was first launched in the 1980s. As well as the crew of one hundred and sixty, it can accommodate about two thousand people and six hundred cars, and it sails at an average speed of thirty-seven kilometers an hour

   同义替换：「Approximately」↔「about」，「passengers」↔「people」，「ferry」↔「Prince Regent」，「hold」↔「accommodate」

2. 12 Which items should the tourists pack in a separate bag?
   • food
   • reading material
   • medicines

   答案：reading material

   原文定位：Although our minibus will be on one of the vehicle decks in the boat, access to these decks is prohibited during the crossing. So when you leave our bus, you'll have to take everything that you're likely to need with you, like toiletries or books and magazines. In fact, it's probably a good idea to put these things in a separate bag beforehand. You shouldn't need snacks on board as meals are provided, and they're quite substantial. And if you don't feel well or get a headache, you can get tablets from me. I always carry an adequate supply

   同义替换：「reading material」↔「books and magazines」

3. 13 The hostel in La Vega de Liebana has
   • good washing facilities.
   • a games room.
   • a number of single bedroom.

   答案：good washing facilities.

   原文定位：The hostel accommodation's fairly simple. There are bunk beds, and each room holds four to eight people. But the bathrooms and showers are of a high standard. The hostel residents have the use of tennis courts nearby if you feel like a game

   同义替换：「good washing facilities」↔「bathrooms and showers are of a high standard」

4. 14 Residents at the hostel are not allowed to
   • take furniture out of the hostel building.
   • enter the hostel after a certain time.
   • smoke in the hostel gardens.

   答案：enter the hostel after a certain time.

   原文定位：In general, the hostel is relaxed, but there are a few rules which the owners enforce strictly. Smoking is not allowed anywhere inside the building, and food and drink is banned in the dormitories. Any chairs or tables which you take outside into the gardens must be returned every evening to their original place. And finally, the doors are locked after midnight out of consideration for other guests who are trying to sleep

   同义替换：「a certain time」↔「midnight」

5. Clothes and equipment

   Bring:

   boots with thick soles

   spare 15_____

   答案：socks

   原文定位：First, boots. Make sure that the ones you bring have thick soles. That's the most important thing. Don't bring trainers for walking in. Apart from anything else, they're dangerous because they slip. It's important to bring spare socks

6. light waterproofs

   suncream: strength - 16_____

   答案：total block

   原文定位：Next, sun cream. This is absolutely essential. And regarding the strength, make sure you get what's known as total block. Even factor twenty-five isn't good enough for those latitudes in July

7. a 17_____ folder for map, etc.

   答案：plastic

   原文定位：Then, uh, let's see. Bring a folder to keep your map and other papers in. You know, one of those plastic ones

8. Which THREE of the following features of the area in Spain does the speaker talk about?
   • altitude
   • coastline
   • economy
   • geology
   • temperatures
   • vegetation

   答案：altitude,wildlife,vegetation

   原文定位：Although they're only twenty-five kilometers from the sea, the highest peaks are more than two thousand six hundred meters high and have year-round snow caps;On the highest peaks, you've got alpine plants that are only free of their snow cover for a few months a year. Then you've got meadows that are full of wild flowers at certain times of the year. Then the northern slopes are covered by woodlands;giving homes to rare species such as wolves and bears

   同义替换：「altitude」↔「highest peaks are more than two thousand six hundred meters high」，「wildlife」↔「rare species such as wolves and bears」，「vegetation」↔「woodlands」