解析：选B　细节理解题。由第二段中的"there was hot water ... into the air"和第三段中的"the water temperature was about 95℃"可知，喷出来的水温度很高，所以不能碰，故选B项。

　　3．What was expressed in Bennetto's letter?

　　A．Anger. B．Doubt.

　　C．Courage. D．Excitement.

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。由第二段中的"We could not believe our eyes！"和最后一段中的"I'd love to learn more ... when I get home."等信息可知，Bennetto在信中表达了自己的兴奋，故选D项。

　　4．Bennetto wrote the letter mainly to ________.

　　A．talk about his holiday experiences

　　B．ask Jorge to visit Old Faithful Geyser

　　C．express his thankfulness to Aunt Gloria

　　D．give Yellowstone National Park some advice

　　解析：选A　写作意图题。总览全文可知，Bennetto通过这封信主要向Jorge讲述了自己在假期的经历，故选A项。

　　B

　　A few months after we moved to Tours, France, I wanted to meet my husband, Stéphane, for lunch at the university where he worked. I got lost, so I had to call him. Stéphane's workmate André overheard the conversation and said, "How could she get lost? You just go straight."

　　I admit I have a horrible sense of direction, can't read a map and am not such a hot driver. But my husband claims that you don't really need a road map or to write down directions to get anywhere in France. You just need to know your destination and look at the signs in the traffic circles. And if you don't see your sign the first time around, you can keep turning around and around until you spot your exit sign.

　　I suppose.

　　But as soon as I get into a roundabout I get into a panic and rather than circling to survey my options with a cool head, I exit somewhere, anywhere, just to keep from going round and round.

Six years into our French living experiment, I now have adopted an ideal solution: a GPS (Global Positioning System) program on my smartphone. I rely on it to get just about anywhere, even places I've been to before. This past winter we went to the Alps (阿尔卑斯山)