①A new Long March（长征）
Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8，000 kilometres from Ruijin， Jiangxi to Wuqi， Shanxi. They hope to get 20.2 million yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012.
②The football team
The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship（亚洲U-17锦标赛）in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea（朝鲜）by 1:0. After 85 minutes， Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years.
③Liu leaves China
Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor（《流星》）. He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Meryl Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English， and worked hard on it before he left. People know him from films like last year’s “Mei Ren Cao”。From the news，we know that the twenty-one people began a new Long March to ______.
| A．travel around China |
| B．visit some schools |
| C．teach poor children |
| D．get some money and help poor children go back to school |
The second piece of news tells us ______.
| A．Korea held this contest |
| B．the Chinese football team is No. 1 in South-East Asia |
| C．the Chinese under-17 football team won the world championship |
| D．the Chinese under-17 football team won the championship for the first time in 12years |
Which of the paragraphs is about film stars？ ______
| A．The 1st | B．The 2nd | C．The 3rd | D．The 3rd and the 1st |
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 |
One Saturday morning, Apple Inc's iPad table computer(平板电脑) went on sale in the United States stores across the country. The iPad can be bought in more than 200 U.S. Apple stores from Apple. Many fans even waited overnight outside some Apple stores, hoping to be the first to get one. Dozens of the people were waiting before the door opened at 9:00 a.m. Hiro Kishimoto, a Japanese computer researcher who had a meeting in San Francisco, came as early as 5:00 a.m. He wanted to read books and magazines with the iPad. " It's much more comfortable than a laptop(手提电脑). Because the laptop is too heavy to carry all the time, when you are in the living rooms, maybe the iPad is the best one to use." He said. The iPad models that hit the U.S. Market on Saturday with price starting from 499 dollars, only have Wi Fi (无线宽带) link to the Internet. Apple models that have both Wi Fi and 3G will be on sale in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Swizland and the UK in late April. With a 9.7 -inch touch screen like books and magazines, iPad can let users finish many tasks including making the web, watching videos, playing games and reding e-books. Apple is trying to remake the tablet computer. The iPad doesn't support Adobe's Flash software(多媒体软件) that is used to watch many of the videos on the web. " It is short of a keyboard, a mouse, USB ports and mwlti-tasking." some researchers said.People waited outside Apple stores early, because _____.
| A．they could get a gift when the store opened |
| B．the price of the iPad was low at first |
| C．they were eager(渴望)to own the iPad |
| D．there were a few iPads on sale |
Hiro Kishimoto _____.
| A．is from San Francisco |
| B．came to an Apple store at 5:00 p.m. |
| C．wanted to buy an iPhone there |
| D．thought laptops were too heavy |
The iPad models that hit the US market on Saturday with price at least _____.
| A．￥299 | B．$299 | C．￥499 | D．$499 |
People can buy iPad computers in _____ in late April.
| A．Canad, France and Russia |
| B．China, Japan and France |
| C．Spain, Australia and Germany |
| D．Italy, the UK and Greek |
Which of the following is not true about the iPad?
| A．It has a keyboard and a mouse. |
| B．It has a 9.7-inch touch screen. |
| C．People can read e-books with it. |
| D．People can play games with it. |
We are in a world full of competition. Our parents compete（竞争）with others in their offices，our brothers and sisters compete with others in their colleges，and we compete with our classmates in school. Many of us give up in the face of competition and will never be successful. ①can‘t，others，why，we，do，better，than .One important reason is that we have no self-confidence（自信）。
In fact，everyone is born equal. You can do what others do. Although your classmates may be better than you in some ways，you may be better than them in other subjects. So everyone has his or her own advantages. Don‘t look at things from a single（单个的）point of view. Try to discover your own advantages，and believe that you can do better than others in those ways.
Competition is not so terrible. Don‘t be afraid of it. And don‘t be afraid of those classmates who are better than you. ②Remember that self-confidence is the first step to success. Believe in yourselves，and you will be successful one day.
任务一Are we living in a world full of competition?
任务二： How can you improve yourself-confidence according to the passage?
任务三：将①处画线部分单词连成一个完整的特殊疑问句。
任务四：将②处画线部分译成中文。
任务五： What‘s the main idea of this passage?
Open today’s newspaper. What do you see? Ads! Turn on the TV. Still more ads! Everywhere you look, someone has something to sell.
Here are some ways ads get us to buy.
Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drinks? These people may be famous. But they may not know about what they are selling.
Some ads make you think you’re getting the words of experts(专家). A man in a white coat comes on TV. He looks nice. “I use White and Black, ” he says. This man looks like a doctor. But he is an actor. He has been paid to sell this product.
Does soap(肥皂) have anything to do with a pretty child? Not much. But ads may show their products with something nice, such as the sun, the flowers and so on. Such an ad is about feelings rather than fact.
Ads are full of strong words like “new” and “power”(力量). They can help a product sell. The soap may be called “Spring Rain”. A car may be called “Tiger”. Strong words work on our feelings.
Some ads make promises(承诺). But can they keep them? No. Some ads use our fear of being too late. “Buy now! ” they say, “Selling ends soon. ” Check to see if this is true. Don’t hurry. Take time to think.
All ads hope we will buy something, do something, or think in a certain way. Know what ads are doing. Ask questions to yourself. Don’t let their words and pictures fool you.
uld not always believe the ads.
C. We should thiWe can see ads ______.
| A．on TV | B．in magazines |
| C．in newspapers | D．all the above |
Some stars appear in the ads because ______.
| A．they know every product well |
| B．they are famous |
| C．they are all experts |
| D．they all like white coats |
According to the passage, we know that “Spring Rain” is the name of ______.
| A．a kind of soap | B．a kind of car |
| C．a kind of medicine | D．a kind of flower |
The writer thinks the words and pictures in the ads ______.
| A．tell us a story | B．always make us strong |
| C．sometimes fool us | D．keep promises |
What can we learn from the passage?
A. We should always believe the ads.
B. We sho nk about the ads after we buy something.
C. We can believe all the stars.
Once there was a man who had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking(看好) but the girl was not.
One day they found a mirror(镜子) for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased(很高兴) and he said to his sister, "How handsome(英俊) I am! I look much nicer than you!" The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push(推). "Go away!" she said. Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, "You must always BE good as well as LOOK good." Then to the girl he said, "My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to please him, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother."Once a man had ____.
| A．a good-looking boy |
| B．an ugly(难看的) girl |
| C．two good-looking children |
| D．a boy and a girl |
The boy saw what he looked like in the mirror and was pleased because he ____.
| A．found a mirror |
| B．knew he looked as nice as his sister |
| C．and his sister were good-looking |
| D．was handsome |
The girl gave the boy a hard push because ____.
| A．she was stronger |
| B．what he said was wrong |
| C．she was not pleased with what he said |
| D．her father loved her |
Father told the girl that ____.
| A．it was important to be good-looking |
| B．it was a good thing to be ugly |
| C．if she did her best to help people, she would enjoy people's love |
| D．she was as good-looking as her brother |
What can we learn from this story?
| A．To be good to people is more important than to be good-looking. |
| B．To be good-looking is very important. |
| C．If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people. |
| D．If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful. |