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New books this month
The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and…	Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop…	Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?

The story of Hard Work happened in _________.

A．Australia

B．Thailand

C．India

D．England

From the passage we can see Tina is ________.

A．a doctor

B．a film star

C．a writer

D．a college student

__________is about a difficult journey.

A． Hospital or Cinema

B．Hard Work

C．The Long Night

D．Harry Potter

科目英语题型阅读理解难度中等

Meat dishes
mutton￥60
Beijing duck (北京烤鸭)￥35
beef with potatoes￥20
rabbit (兔肉)￥18
fried chicken￥30
fried fish￥25

Drinks
cola￥9 / bottle
green tea￥10 / cup
coffee￥30 / cup
milk￥3 / bottle
yogurt (酸奶)￥3 / bag
orange￥12 / glass

Other foods
tofu￥4
cabbage￥10
eggs and tomatoes￥12
vegetable salad￥7
egg and tomato soup￥5
rice￥1 / bowl
dumplings￥5 / plate
noodles￥5 / bowl
pie￥8 / plate

根据表格内容，选择正确答案。
What food is the cheapest (最便宜的)?

A．Noodles.	B．Potatoes.
C．Rice.	D．Vegetable salad.

What drink is the most expensive (最贵的)?

How many kinds of drinks are there?

How much will you spend (花费) if you want a plate of dumplings and Beijing duck?

Which of the following will cost you ￥42?

A．A dish of beef with potatoes, a bowl of rice and a dish of eggs and tomatoes.

B．A dish of mutton, cabbage and a bottle of milk.

C．A dish of fried chicken, vegetable salad and a bowl of noodles.

D．A dish of Beijing Duck, a dish of fried fish and a bowl of rice.

Life in Britain today
Food
British people like good food, and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular---30% of all adults have a burger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!
Sports
British people don’t do a lot of sport. Only 17% of people go swimming every week. 9% go cycling and 8% play golf. Only 6% people play football (but 32% go to watch it).
Cinema and TV
Films are very popular in Britain, and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about three hours every day—half an hour more than women.
Holidays
British people love going on holidays. Most of these holidays aren’t in the UK---27% are in Spain, 10% are in the U.S, and 9% are in France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain is terrible!
The favourite food in Britain is _____________.

A．burgers	B．fish and chips
C．vegetables	D．fish

17% of British people ____________ every week.

A．go swimming	B．play golf
C．play football	D．go cycling

British women watch about _____________ of TV every day.

Their favourite country for a holiday is _______________.

A．the USA	B．France
C．Britain	D．Spain

The weather in Britain _______________.

A．is very good	B．isn’t very good
C．is too hot	D．is not mentioned(提及)

Dick is seven years old, and his sister May is five. One day, their mother takes them to their aunt’s house to play and she goes to the town to buy some new clothes. The children play for an hour, then at half past four their aunt takes Dick into the kitchen. She gives him a nice cake and a knife and says to him, “Now here is a knife, Dick. Cut this cake in half and give one of the pieces to your sister, but remember to do it like a gentleman(绅士).”
“Like a gentleman?” Dick asks. “How do gentlemen do it?” “They always give the bigger piece to the other person,” answers his aunt. “Oh,” says Dick. He thinks about this for a few seconds(秒). Then he takes the cake to his sister and says to her, “Cut this cake in half, May.”
The children's mother leaves them at their aunt's house because she wants ________.

A．to go to work	B．to see a film
C．to go to a party	D．to do some shopping

Who wants Dick to cut the cake?

A．A gentleman.	B．His aunt.
C．His uncle.	D．His mother.

How does a gentleman do when he has two pieces of cake?

A．He eats them up at once.

B．He gives the bigger piece to someone else.

C．He keeps the bigger piece for himself.

D．He gives the smaller piece to someone else.

Dick wants May to cut the cake because he ________.

A．doesn't like it

B．wants to be a gentleman

C．wants the bigger piece

D．wants the smaller piece

Jack's mother is ill. His father goes to New York and the boy has to look after her. He gets up early this morning, cooks breakfast for his sister and gives his mother some medicine(药) and water and then goes to school.
On the way to school, Jack meets Bob, one of his friends. Bob asks, “Are you late this morning, too?”
“Yes, I am.”
“I'm sure Mr. Brown will be angry at us,” says Bob, “We can't go to school.”
“Where are we going, then?”
“To the zoo. There are many monkeys in it. We'll have a good time there.”
“We can't do that,” says Jack, “or we'll fall behind(落后) our classmates. Mr. Brown is good. He wants us to be good, too.”
Bob thinks Jack is right and they go to school.
Jack is late for school because ________.