Ocean Park Hong Kong is a theme park in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island. The park was built with donations from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (now Hong Kong Jockey Club) and opened on 10 January 1977. Today it offers affordable marine animal education and entertainment and is a private organization for mercial purpose.
In the early operation of the park, the main sources of ine for the park were the ticket prices and the funding from the Jockey Club. Since the ticket price was low, most of the time Ocean Park was operating under deficit（财政赤字）. In July 1987, the government established a 200 million trust(信托基金) from the funding of Jockey Club, under the Ocean Park Corporation Ordinance. This separated Ocean Park from Jockey Club and became a non-profit organization; it needs to be responsible for its own ine and was allowed to use mercial means to operate the park.
Since it was permitted to use mercial means to operate, it gradually raised its ticket price and the deficit turned into profit. In 1992, 3 million visitors visited the park. Since 1998, the East Asian financial crisis（经济危机）, aging attractions, and the passing away of the killer whale, the park recorded a deficit for a couple years. Although it was allowed to host 2 pandas in 1999, the number of visitors did not go up and Ocean Park was forced to close its water attractions and the Old Village attraction and turned to bring in more rides in an attempt to capture the youth demand. Together with the opening up of mainland visitors under the Individual Visit Scheme, Ocean Park recorded an astonishing 4 million visitors in the year 2004-2005, the highest since the park opened.
In March 2005, Ocean Park made its redevelopment plan. On 23 November 2006, Ocean Park held a groundbreaking ceremony for its redevelopment.
【小题1】At the beginning, Ocean Park Hong Kong .A．was built with the money from the governmentB．sold its tickets at a high priceC．was a great success once it was openedD．mainly got ine from the ticket prices and donations【小题2】According to the passage, Ocean Park Corporation .A．belongs to Hong Kong Jockey ClubB．is an official organizationC．operates successfully partly because the opening up of mainland visitorsD．can not use mercial means to operate【小题3】Ocean Park Corporation took all of the measures to overe the deficits except .A．raise ticket priceB．close some attractions C．try to attract young customersD．host 2 pandas【小题4】Which of the following statements is Wrong?A．Ocean Park Hong Kong is a theme park.B．Ocean Park Hong Kong has taken on a new look since 2006. C．The East Asian financial crisis didn’t have any influence on Ocean Park.D．At present, Ocean Park Hong Kong also attracts many mainland customers.D
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(答案→)D
解析：文章介绍香港海洋公园的建立，经营模式的变化，遭遇的危机，以及为了克服财政赤字采取的措施。
【小题1】细节题：根据第二段第一句话In the early operation of the park, the main sources of ine for the park were the ticket prices and the funding from the Jockey Club.可以看出一开始香港海洋公园的主要经济来源是门票收入和捐赠，D项为正确答案。
【小题2】细节题：根据第三段的句子：Together with the opening up of mainland visitors under the Individual Visit Scheme, Ocean Park recorded an astonishing 4 million visitors in the year 2004-2005, the highest since the park opened.可以看出Ocean Park Corporation 经营成功主要是面向大陆游客的开放，C项为正确答案。
【小题3】细节题：根据第三段的内容：Since it was permitted to use mercial means to operate, it gradually raised its ticket price…..Although it was allowed to host 2 pandas in 1999, …..turned to bring in more rides in an attempt to capture the youth demand. 可知为了克服财政赤字，海洋公园提高了价格，接待了大熊猫，以及吸引年轻人，而关闭一些景点迫于无奈而做出的一种选择。选B
【小题4】细节题：根据第三段的内容：Since 1998, the East Asian financial crisis（经济危机）, aging attractions, and the passing away of the killer whale, the park recorded a deficit for a couple years.可知东南亚经济危机期对香港海洋公园是有影响的，所以C是错的。