How do you like to go to school like this one in Oxford, England? There are no real classes. The students go from one group to another when they want to. You may find students of fourteen, sixteen or twenty - one years old all in the same group. They work at their own studies. Nobody tells them what they should do or what they shouldn’t do.
The day I visited, school began at nine. Some students were listening to their own lessons. Others were watching TV on physics. A group was working in the library. I didn’t see anybody just sit doing nothing. Everybody was studying.
At lunch time I could see students working, too. They were talking about their lessons while they were eating. When you think of those students, you can be sure it is one of the best schools in the world.In this school in Oxford, the students _______.
A. are all teenagers
B. don' t study in groups
C. never study in any real classesEvery student is working at _______in this school.
A. the same thing
B. a different thing
C. his or her own studiesIt is true that_______.
Ahis school is one of the best schools in the world
Bhe students in this school like to study in the same group
Che students in this school learn everything by discussing with others
Mr Green is an Englishman. He teaches English well His English classes are very interesting. He likes us and we like him, too.
Mr Green has two children----Mike and Nancy. Mike is eight and his sister Nancy is five. Mike goes to school but Nancy doesn’t. Mr Green likes to wear a T-shirt and a pair of jeans. Football is his favorite sport. After school we often have a basketball match. Sometimes Mr Green watches and joins us. He plays basketball just for us. Mr Green is _________.
A.a Chinese teacher | B.an English teacher |
C.a Japanese teacher | D.an English teacher |
How many sons does Mr Green have?
A.Only one | B.Two | C.Three | D.Not any |
Nancy doesn’t go to school because _______.
A.she looks beautiful | B.she is seven |
C.she is only five | D.she doesn’t like school |
______ is Mr Green’s favorite sport.
A.Basketball | B.Football | C.running | D.Volleyball |
The story is about ______.
A.Mr Green’s son | B.Mr Green |
C.Mike and Nancy | D.a basketball |
Art of sushi (寿司) making![]() Bei Restaurant at the Opposite House offers the last sushi preparation class by Max Levy, a New Orleans-born New Yorker, who learned the art of sushi making from masters in Japan. Classes are at 11:30 a.m. on Dec 2 or 5. Cost is 388 yuan per person, including materials and use of materials. 010-6410-5230 |
Festive buffet (自助餐)![]() CBD restaurant at Grand Millennium Beijing offers a festive buffet, featuring (以……为特色) roast turkey, until Dec 30. Turkey will be matched with stuffing (填料), bread and fruit cakes, and buffet selections (选择). 010-6530-9383 |
New Year dinner party![]() Beijing Minzu Hotel prepares a dinner party on New Year Eve. There will be song-and-dance performances, with famous French wines and exciting prizes to win. Cost is 1,680-2,580 yuan per person. 6-10 p.m., Jan 22, 1/F, Coffee Mill, Four Seasons Restaurant, 2/F Jin Xiu Palace, and 11/F East Hall and West Hall. 010-6601-4466 |
New Year shopping![]() Get a gift idea at The Peninsula Beijing, where there are many offerings, or shop at The Peninsula Arcade, for fashion, jewelry (珠宝), leather and other gifts. Or try online shopping at peninsula.com. The Peninsula Boutique is open daily from 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. 010-8516-2888 |
Many people are attracted (吸引) to Bei Restaurant for its _________.
A.fruit cakes |
B.song-and-dance performances |
C.jewelry and leather |
D.art of sushi making |
If you want to buy some gifts for your friends, you’d better go to _________.
A.Beijing Minzu Hotel |
B.Grand Millennium Beijing |
C.The Peninsula Beijing |
D.Bei Restaurant |
If you are sure to order delicious Turkey by Dec. 30, you can phone ________.
A.010-8516-2888 | B.010-6601-4466 |
C.010-6530-9383 | D.010-6410-5230 |
Dear Reader,
Imagine an 11-year old girl whose days are often spent washing clothes, looking after a baby, working hard in the field.
Imagine a little girl who knows there will not be enough food for dinner, who can’t fill her stomach with water because it’s polluted, and who has watched life slip away from her father, little brother and sister because the family is too poor to see a doctor.
Is it hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the real life.
Maria would gladly walk miles to school, but her mother, now alone, needs her badly at home. If Maria grows up without any schooling, what will be her future?
But for just 52 pennies a day, you can sponsor a child like Maria. Through “Save the Children”, you can help Maria’s mother get the tools and ways she needs to turn their poor food into a good dinner and the money she needs to buy clothes and school things for Maria.
To help Maria most, your money is put together with that of other sponsors, so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school, a hospital…bring in clean water. This is what “Save the Children” has been about since 1932.
For you there are many rewards. Have the chance to write to or hear from your sponsored child. Receive photos or progress reports. Know you are reaching out to another person. Not with a handout(施舍物), but a “handup”. That’s how “Save the Children” works. But without you, it can’t work. Please take a moment now to fill in and post the form below to help a child like Maria and her village.
It can make such a difference in her life and yours.We can most probably read the letter in __________.
A.somebody’s diary | B.a newspaper |
C.a progress report | D.a storybook |
From the passage, we can infer (推断)that _________
A.Maria is an 11-year-old girl. |
B.Maria’s family is very poor. |
C.Maria has to do a lot of hard work. |
D.Maria is hoping to get schooling. |
What is “Save the Children”?
A.An organization to help poor children go to school. |
B.An office of the government to collect money. |
C.A program shown at theatres to help the poor. |
D.A group who works for children in poor places. |
The underlined word “sponsor” means “__________” in Chinese.
A.回报 | B.资助 | C.感恩 | D.抢救 |
What does the last sentence in the letter mean?
A.If Maria goes to school, you will be rewarded. |
B.What you give is more than what you take. |
C.Both Maria’s life and yours will change a lot. |
D.Marie and you can help each other at school. |
根据下表,选出最佳答案。
Mason’s Clothing Store
Clothes(衣服) |
Color(颜色) |
Price(价格) |
socks |
white, blue |
$4 |
pants |
black |
$11 |
sweater |
red, white |
$8 |
T-shirt |
red, green, black |
$7 |
hat |
black, red |
$6 |
—Which is the cheapest(最便宜的)of all? —_______
A.Hat. | B.T-shirt. | C.Pants. | D.Socks. |
—How much are two sweaters and a hat? —_______
A.$14. | B.$20. | C.$21. | D.$22. |
You can buy(买到)_______.
A.black pants | B.a blue sweater | C.a green hat | D.red socks |
You like red and you only have $6. You can take_______.
A.a sweater | B.a hat | C.a T-shirt | D.none(全无) |
You only have sixteen dollars. You can buy_______.
A.a sweater and a pair of pants(裤子) |
B.two T-shirts and a pair of socks |
C.a sweater and two pairs of socks |
D.a sweater and two hats |
When you are ill, you will see a doctor. The doctor will write a note to take to the chemist for some medicine. Chemists are usually good at reading doctor’s notes. But sometimes doctors write too badly and even the chemists can’t read them.
One day a woman wrote to a doctor to invite him to have dinner with her family in the restaurant. The doctor wrote an answer, but he wrote too badly and the woman could not read it.
“What shall I do?” she asked her husband. “I don’t know whether he is going to come or not. I don’t want to call him and say that I don’t understand him.”
Her husband thought for a few minutes and then he had and idea. “Take it to the chemist,” he said. “He will be able to read it for us.” The woman went to the chemist’s shop and gave the doctor’s “note” to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time.
“Could you wait a moment, Miss?” he said. Then he went to the back of the shop. After a few minutes he came back, carrying a large bottle(瓶子). He gave the bottle to the woman.
“Take one spoonful(一匙) every day,” he told the woman.
根据短文内容判断正误,正确的在答题卡上涂A, 错误的在答题卡上涂B.The doctor invited the woman to dinner one day.
The woman couldn’t read the note because the doctor wrote it badly.
The husband asked his wife to go to the chemist’s shop and get some medicine.
The chemist gave the woman a large bottle of medicine.
In fact, the chemist didn’t know the meaning of the doctor’s note at all.