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第二节 （共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
 
With the summer holiday just around the corner, it seems like everybody is busy planning their vacations. Here are some tips that can help you enjoy your holiday without emptying your pocket.
Travel off-season
Go to your desired destination while the demand is low and take advantage of huge discounts. During the peak season, the hotel and flight prices increase quickly, and you’ll likely spend more of your vacation time standing in line due to the rush of tourists.    36  
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Websites can help you find discount hotel rooms. Look for places that do not charge extra for children if they use the existing bedding. Stay with the locals. If you and your family are going to stay for a longer period, renting a small apartment is a good choice.
Eat like a local
   Why eat at big chain restaurants when you can experience something new? Planning your meals is another way to reduce your travel costs. During your family trip, try new food where the locals eat.  38   For smaller meals and snacks, avoid restaurants and try street food or other takeout.
Don’t hesitate to bargain
Tourist- heavy places are known for overcharging for just about everything.
Clothes, travel goodies, souvenirs, etc. are very expensive at these places. For this reason, you shouldn’t feel ashamed to ask for bargains.  39  
Choose local transportation
As a tourist, avoid taking taxis whenever possible, since they are expensive.
 40   If you are planning to stay for a while, you can consider renting a car. Hiring a car is much easier than carrying your bags everywhere if you are moving around a lot.
 
A. Save on hotels.
B. Surf the Internet while traveling.
C. Therefore, avoid buying anything there.
D. So it’s best to find out when the off-season starts.
E. This will not only save money, but offer you a new and different experience.
F. Bargain hard to get the best price.
G. Instead, take buses, railways or subways, which are always cheaper.
 
第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one’s mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a (n)   41   thing like “I was wrong about that,” and it is even harder to say, “I was wrong, and you were right about that.” 
And I had an experience recently with someone   42   to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the   43   of a certain grocery store in the neighborhood where I grew up, and he asked me  44  I remembered the egg boxes. Then he   45   an incident and I began to remember vaguely the incident he was describing.
I was about eight years old   46  , and I had wandered into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. On that 高考英语模拟试题库  http://www.17xuexiba.com/yy/