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Have you ever had an embarrassing experience? Last week we asked readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences. We received thousands of letters! Here is a selection.
Tony:
My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left university. I had just started teaching in a Liverpool middle school. One morning my alarm clock didn’t ring. I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine. I quickly washed, dressed, jumped into my car and rushed to school. When I arrived, the students had already gone into class. I didn’t go to the office, but went straight into class. After two or three minutes the students began laughing, and I couldn’t understand why! Suddenly I looked down and understood. I had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!
Henry:
The most embarrassing experience I’ve ever had happened two years ago. After seeing a film, my wife and I had lunch in our favorite restaurant in town. Then we decided to take a walk along the street. The street was very busy and we started holding hands. Suddenly my wife saw a dress that she liked in a shop window, and stopped. I started looking at some watches in the next window. After a minute or two I reached for my wife’s hand. There was a loud scream, and a woman slapped my face. I hadn’t taken my wife’s hand. I’d taken the hand of a complete stranger（陌生人）!
Tony arrived at school late that morning because .

A．he couldn’t find hid shoes	B．his alarm clock didn’t ring
C．he washed and dressed slowly	D．his car went wrong on the way

The students began laughing when they saw Tony .

A．wearing a wrong shoe	B．his alarm clock didn’t ring
C．looking down suddenly	D．rushing into the classroom

Henry and his wife held hands .

A．at the cinema

B．in the shop

C．at the restaurant

D．along the street

What does the underlined word “scream” mean in Chinese?

A．尖叫声

B．笑声

C．哭声

D．呼救声

Henry was embarrassed because he .

A．slapped the woman in the face

B．took the hand of a complete stranger

C．heard hid wife screaming in the street

D．knocked over some watches in the shops

Travel Information

Place of Interest
Location(位置)	Beijing	Hangzhou	Hong Kong	Harbin
Phone Number	010-28135589	0571-68345576	0852-28029822	0451-82187899
Price of Ticket	￥60	￥50	￥300	￥150
Feature	Special bubbly (气泡状的) design	The Broken Bridge	Cartoon characters	Skywalk

It is said that the love story about Xu Xian and the White Snake happened on .

A．Dragon Tower

B．West Lake

C．Water Cube

D．Disneyland

If a person in Hangzhou feels like visiting Water Cube, he should call to get information.

A．0451-82187899

B．0571-68345576

C．0852-28029822

D．010-28135589

Disneyland in attracts(吸引) a lot of tourists from home and abroad every year.

A．Beijing

B．Harbin

C．Hong Kong

D．Hangzhou

Two travelers plan to have a bird’s-eye view(俯视) of Harbin, and they need to pay .

A．￥160

B．￥300

C．￥450

D．￥150

Which of the following is TRUE according to the travel in formation? .

A．Water Cube is special in design.

B．The price of a ticket for West Lake is the highest.

C．In Disneyland, you can’t see any cartoon characters.

D．Dragon Tower is an interesting place in Beijing.

Do you have an umbrella? Someone invented the umbrella about 4,000 years ago. People used umbrellas in Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and China in ancient times. We use our umbrella for protection from the rain. However, people first used umbrellas for protection from the sun. People in China were the first ones to use their umbrellas for rain. They put wax(蜡纸) on paper umbrellas.
European women used umbrellas before European men used them. Jonas Hanway was the first man to carry one in England. He made umbrellas popular for men and women. Some people called the umbrella a Hanway because of him.
We make umbrellas from many different things. The first ones were wood and cloth. Now many are plastic(塑料). Today umbrellas are easy to carry. They fold up into a small package(包). The umbrella is a great invention. Don’t forget yours the next time when it rains.
根据文章内容判断正误，正确的写“A”，错误的写“Ｂ”。
The umbrella was invented about 2,000 years ago.
The first umbrellas were used for protection from sun.
People in Europe were the first ones to use their umbrellas for rain.
Some people called the umbrella a Hanway because he made umbrellas popular for people.
The first umbrellas were made from plastic.

Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering(不开花的) plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds(种子). The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit.
Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores(孢子). Spores are very, very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores fall on wet and shady(阴凉的) places, they usually grow into new plants.
What fact does the passage lead you to believe?

A．Of all living things, animals are most important.

B．Spores are seeds.

C．All fruits of flowering plants have seeds.

D．Without plants, man will die out.

The paragraph following the passage will be about ________.

A．how plants can make food from air

B．how spores grow into new plants

C．why some plants have no seeds

D．why non-flowering plants are more important than flowering plants

This passage is most likely to be taken from ________.

A．a story book	B．a novel
C．a science magazine	D．a laboratory report

Look at this mail-order advertisement:

SUNSHINE COMPANY Products for a Safe Environment
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B2377—HOME CLEANER You're not going to need 5 or 6 chemical cleaners. You have Dr Clean! It is safe and strong, and it cleans everything in your house!	A2104—CANVAS BAG You're going to say,“ No paper or plastic(塑料)!” You have this excellent heavy canvas shopping bag.
	item	code	price
Natural shampoo	T6762	$3.00
garden spray	D4545	$2.50
canvas bag	A2104	$4.00
hand soap	A2477	$1.00
home cleaner	B2377	$2.25
Postage(邮费):$3.50

Dr Clean is _________.

A．a doctor good at cleaning everything	B．a newly-invented machine
C．a can of cleaning powder	D．a magic cloth for cleaning

You're going to love the natural soap, because _________.

A．it is cheap	B．it smells sweet
C．there are no chemicals	D．it is powerful

According to the ad, how much do you have to pay for 3 shampoos and 2 canvas bags in all?

A．＄12.25.

B．＄20.50.

C．＄13.50.

D．＄17.

	Railroad timetable
JANUARY-DECEMBER
Trains from Washington to New York
Train number X500(D) X501(R,D) X502(D,W) X503(D) X504 X505(D)
Washington 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:30
BWI Airport 8:55 9:25 10:00 10:25 10:55 --:-- -
Baltimore 9:10 9:40 10:20 10:40 11: 10 12: 10
Philadelphia 10:10 10:40 11:20 11:40 12:20 13: 10
Princeton Junction * 11:00 11:30 12: 10 12:30 13: 10 14:00
Metropark * 11: 10 --:-- - 12:20 12:40 13:20 14: 10
Neward lnt'1 Airport --:-- - 11:50 12:30 13:05 13:45 14:25
New York 11:40 12:10 12:50 13:25 14:05 14:45
R_: Reservations (预订) required D_: Dining car W_: Weekdays only
For information about tickets and prices, please call (801) 555-1000 or visit our website at www. amrai12000. com.
Important notice; please note that Princeton Junction and Metropark are closed on Sunday. January 30 due to work on the line. There will be a special bus service between these stations. Call (801) 555-2345 for more information about buses. We apologize for any inconvenience.