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2009英语专业八级考试全真试题附答案TEXT AWehad beenwant i ng toexpand our chi ldrens hor i zonsby taki ng them toa p I acethat wasun Ii keanythingwe*d beenexposed to during our traveIs inEurope and the UnitedStateso Inthinking aboutwhat wasposs ibIe fromGeneva,where weare based,we decidedon a tr ipto IstanbuI,a two—hour pIaner idefrom ZurichoWeenv i s i oned thetrip as a pre Iude tomore exoti cones,perhaps toNew Delhior BangkokIater th i syear,but thoughtour11-and13-year-o I ds neededa千i rststep awayfrom man i curedbou Ievards andpri sti nemonuments.What wedidn tforesee was the reaction offr iends,who warnedthat we were putting ourchi Idren”in danger,referr i ng vagueIy,and mosti ncorrectIy,todi sease,terror i sm orjust theunknown.To heIp usgetacqua i nted withthe peculiarities ofIstanbuI andto giveourchi Idrena chanceto choosewhat they werepart icuIar Iyi nterestedinsee i ng,we boughtan exceI I entgu idebook andread itthorough IybeforeIeav i ngoFr iend I y warni ngsdidn tchange ourpIann i ng,a Ithough wemight havemore prudentI ychecked withthe U.S.State Departments Iist oftroubIespots Wedidn tsee a lot ofchi Idrenamong thefore ign vios itorsdur i ng oursix—day stayinI stanbuI,but wefound thetour i st areasqu ite safe,very interesting and varied enougheven tosuit ourson,whose oft-repeated requestis thatwe notsee“every singlechurchVaccinations werenatneeded forthe city,used but wewereconcerned aboutadapt i ng to the water forshort stay.So wemay bottIedwaterfordr ink ingandbrush ing ourteeth,a precaution thatseemexcess ive,butwea I I stayedheaIthyoand museumin agiven cityoTaking the advice of afriend,we bookeda hotela20-minute walkfrom mostof Istanbuls majortour ist sites.Th is noton Iygot ussome morningexerc ise,stroI Iing overthe KarakoyBr idge,but tookus pasta coIorfuIassortment off ishermen,vendors andshoe shinersFroma teenagerand pre-teen,s vi ew,IstanbuI streetI ifeisfasc i nat ing si neea Imost everyth ing canbe boughtoutdoors They were ata goodage tospend timewander ingtheI abyri nthof theSp iceoBazaar,where shopsdisplay moundsof pungentherbs in sacks.Doing th i swithyounger chiIdrenwouId beharder simplybecause the streets areso packedwith peopIe;it wouIdbe easytoget Iost.For ourtwo,whose buyingexper ience consi stedof departmentstores andshopp ing ma IIbout iques,it wasamazi ngto discover thatyou couId barga inover pr ice andperhaps endup withtwo ofsomething forthepr iceofone.They a I soI earnedto fi gureout thereIat ive vaIueof theTurk ish lira,not asmaII matterwith itsmany zerosoBeingexposed toIslam wasan importantpart ofourtr i p.Visiting themosques,espec ia IIy theenormousBlue Mosque,was ourfirst glimpse into howthis majorrel igionispract iced Ourchildren scur iosityoaI readyhad beenp iqued bythe fivedaily callsto prayerover Ioudspeakers inevery cornerof the city,andthescarves coveringtheheads ofmany womenoNavigatingmea Is canbe troubI esomewith chi Idren,but akebab,bought on thestreetorin restaurants,was unfai IingIypopu Iar Sinee wehad deci dedthis tri pwas notfor gourmets,kebabs sparedusothe agonyof tryingto find arestaurant eachday thatwouId suitthe adultsdesi reto trysometh ing newamidchildren si nsi stencethat thefood beserved immedi ateIy.GraduaI Iy,we branchedout totry someotherTurkish specialties.Although ourson hadstudied Islambriefly,it is impossibleto beprepared forevery awkwardquestion thatmightcome up,such asdur ing our visitsto theTopkapi Sarayi,the OttomanSultans paIace Nogu ideswereoava iIabIeso itwas do-it—yourseIf,us ingourgu idebook,which cheatedus ofalotof interestinghistoryand anecdotesthat a professionaI guidecouId provideNext time,we resoIvedto makesuch arrangements in advance.oOn thistrip,we wanderedthrough themagnificent compI ex,with itsimper iaItreasures,its courtyardsandi tsharem TheI astrequ i red a bit ofexp Ianat ion thatwe wouIdhave happiIy Ief toa Iearnedthi rd partyo11o Thecoup Iechose IstanbuIasthe irho Iiday destinationmainly becauseA.the cityis nottoo farawayfrom wherethey lived.the cityis noton theIist oftheU.S.State Department.Bothe cityis betweenthe fami Iiar andthe exotic.CoD.thecityis morefamiIiarthan exotic.

12.Which ofthe fol lowing statementsis INCORRECTA.The famiIyfound thecity wasexact Iywhat theyhad expected.B.The ir fri endswere opposedtotheirho Iiday pIanoC.They couIdhave beenmore cautiousabout bri nging kidsa IongTheywereabitcaut iousabout thequaDooIity ofwater inthecityo

13.We Iearn fromthe coupIes shopp ingexper ience backhome thatA.theywereused tobargaining overpriceoB.they preferredto buythings outdoorsstreetmarkets weretheir favourite D.they preferredfashion andbrand namesCooo

14.The Iasttwo paragraphssuggest thatto visitpI acesof interest in IstanbuIA.gu idebooksare veryusefuI.

8.aprofessionaI guide isamust.one hasto beprepared forquestions.CoD.one hasto makearrangementsinadvanceo

15.The famiIyhave seenor visitedaII thefollowingin IstanbuIEXCEPT Aore Iigious prayers.B.histor icaIbuildings CoI ocaI-sty Iemarkets.shopping maIIbout iquesDoo o。