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
Here is your best chance to travel around the UK in 2019: More than 200 B&Bs (bed
& breakfast) across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are selected to offer
you amazing services for your stay at their lowest prices! Don't miss it. Just collect the
vouchers (活动券)in our B&B Daily printed from 01/04/2019 to 07/04/2019 and book the
stays for your travel following the terms and conditions below:
·The offer includes a room for the night and a breakfast the next morning.
·The offer is of two kinds: £20 per room, valid during stay period of 02/04/2019—
31/05/2019 and then again 01/09/2019 —31/10/2019; £35 per room, per night, valid
during stay period of 01/06/2019—31/08/2019.
·The offer is valid for a basic twin or double room only.
·The stay must be booked directly with the chosen B&Bs before 28/04/2019.
·Each voucher can only be used by the holder to book one room for one night.
·If voucher holders book either the £20 or £35 per room per night, any additional
services such as lunch, evening meal or activities may require an extra charge. But these
are not required in order to take up the offer. Please check directly with your chosen
B&Bs to see what extra services are available.
·Vouchers must be presented on arrival. If no vouchers are presented, the B&Bs
may reserve the right to charge at full price for every night of stay.
·Vouchers may not be used together with any other offer.
·The voucher holders must pay for the stay in full at the time of booking.
Additional £10 may be paid to confirm the booking and will be returned on arrival.
·The B&Bs reserve the right to refuse voucher holders' bookings for people under
the age of 18.
21. How much should be paid for a two-night stay in October 2019 at a chosen B&B?
A. £70 B. £40 C. £30 D. £35
22. What right do the B&Bs reserve?
A. To charge extra £10 for bookings with no vouchers.
B. To charge at full price for stays not confirmed.
C. To refuse bookings for guest under the age of 18.
D. To request extra charges as tips.
23. By taking up the offer, the voucher holders can choose to _________ .
A. use the B&B offer together with other offers
B. book the stays through B&B Daily
C. have lunch or evening meal without paying extra money
D. book either a basic twin or double room at the chosen B&Bs
B
There have been big changes in the attitudes of most parents over the last few years.
Physical punishment is banned in schools in most countries, and in many countries there
are moves to ban all physical punishment of children even at home. However, many
parents still believe that they have the right to use some physical punishment to deal with
certain misbehavior at certain ages.
It’s easy to find reasons to allow some physical punishments. One is that many
parents find it very difficult to abandon physical punishment completely. Parents argue
that this was the way they were brought up and that it did not do any harm to them. They
believe that for the child’s sake they have the right to discipline the child in any way they
consider fit, including using some physical punishments. The other one is that physical
punishment can be quick and effective. There is not much point reasoning with a
screaming child in the supermarket.
However, there are several reasons why we should stop using physical punishment.
One point is that most parents are not trained to deal with misbehaving children. They
don’t have enough resources or choices to handle the situation. As a result, they
immediately react by hitting the child even if there are other solutions to the problem.
Another point is that unless people are challenged or forced to change their belief, they
may keep following negative habits. An example is seat belt use. Now most people wear
seat belts without thinking, while years ago the idea of using seat belts was strange to
most people. In the same way, banning physical punishment will force people to change
their habit.
In conclusion, parents have to change some of their belief and ideas about how
children should be raised. It’s possible to avoid the use of physical force, and doing so will
help us move closer to the dream of removing violence from our society.
24. According to the first paragraph, many parents think that ____________.
A. physical punishment is effective to educate their children
B. they have changed their attitudes over the past few years
C. they are allowed to use physical punishment on their children
D. most of the children behave badly in their daily life
25. Many parents won’t give up physical punishment because ____________.
A. they were raised just in the same way
B. they don’t have enough resources or choices to handle the situation
C. they don’t want to hurt their children badly
D. they are disappointed with their children
26. The author gives the example of using seat belts in order to show _________.
A. it’s not difficult to change some negative habits
B. seat belts are really necessary and essential
C. most people are accustomed to wearing seat belts
D. people won’t change their old habits unless forced
27. The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is to ___________.
A. talk about a ban on using physical punishment
B. advise parents to give up using physical punishment
C. tell us we should educate our children in other ways
D. suggest physical punishment shouldn’t be used at school