1] Many colleges and universities in the United States have guidelines for what they consider reasonable budgets for personal spending.

15．What does the underlined word“it”in the last sentence of　 Paragraph 6 refer to?

A．A name　 B． The city 　C．The train 　D．The station

14．What the writer liked about traveling without his parents was that

A．he could see more interesting places　 B．he could spend more time sightseeing

C．he could stay away from home longerD．he could make his own decisions

13．Why did the writer originally buy an Inter-Rail ticket?

A．To get to one place cheaply．　 B．To meet other young people．

C．To see a lot of famous places　　 D．To go on a tour of　 Europe．

12．What does the writer mean by“this way of looking at life’’in Paragraph 37

A．Worrying about your clothes　　 B.Throwing unwanted things away

C．Behaving in an anti-social way　 D.Looking after your possessions

11．At the end of his first trip,the writer said“Never again”because

A．he fell ill　　　　　　　　　 B．he disliked trains

C．he was tired from the joumey　 D．he had lost money

10．It can be infefred from the text that _____________

A．the author began to spend nights with her mother

B．her mother　 never kissed　 author again

C．her mother forgave her at last

D．the author felt guilty of what she did to her mother

B

I was dirty smelly hungry and somesomewhere beneath all that, suntanned(皮肤晒黑).It was the end of an Inter-Rail holiday．My body couldh't take any more punishment.My mind couldn't deal with any more foreign timetables,currencies or languageg．

"Never again，" I said, as I stepped onto home ground．I said exactly the same thing the following year．And the next,all I had to do was buy one train ficket and, because I was under twenty-five years old，I could spend a whole month going anywhere I wanted in Europe.Ordinary beds are never the same once you've learnt to sleep,in the passage of a train,the rhythm rocking you into a'deep sleep.

Carrying all your possessions on your back　 in a tucksack(背包) makes you have a vefy basic approach to travel，and encourages incredible wastefulness that can lead　 to burning socks that have become too anti-social(不合群的)，and getting rid of books when finished．On the other hand,this way of looking at life is entirely in the spirit of Inter-Rail,for common sense and reasoning can be thrown out of the window along with the paperback book and the socks．All it takes to achieve this carefree attitude is one of those tickets in your hand．

Any system that enables young people to travef through countries at a rate of more than one a day must be pretty social on that first trip,my friehds mad I were at first unaware of the possibilities of this type of train ticket，thinking it was just an inexpensive way of getting to and from our chosen camp-site in southern France．But the idea of non-stop travel proved too attractive，for thete was always just one more country over the border，always that little bit further to go．And what did the extra miles cost us?Nothing.

We were not completely uninterested in culture．But this was a first holiday without parents，as it was for most other Inter-Railers,and in organizing our own timetable　 we left out everything except the most available sights．This was the chance to escape the guided tour，an opportunity to do something different．I took great pride in the fact that．in many places，all I could be bothered to see was the view from the station．We were just there to get by，and to have good time doing so．In this we were not different from most of the other Inter-Railers with whom we shared passage　 floors，food and water，money and music．

The excitement of travel comes from the sudde reality of somewhere that was previously just a name．It is as if the city in which you arrive never actually existed until the train pulls in at the station and you are able to see it with your own tired eyes for the first time .

9．By saying "Then a kiss，ever so gently，touched my brow．"，the author means that________

A．children need Mother's kissing　　 B．mothers kiss their children gently

C．mothers love their children forever D．children depend on their mothers

8．What do we know about the author?

A．With time passing, she began to understand her mother．

B．She was an only child in the family．

C．She never forgave herself．

D．Her mother was a doctor．

7．The author began to get annoyed because-

A．her mother's hands were really old and tough

B．she thought she didn't need her mother's care

C．she dldn't like her mother any more

D．her mother stayed in her room too long