Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always making up new words, and we are often able to know where most come from.
Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called “hamburgers”, especially when they are not made with ham(火腿)? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn’t speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what they were. The Germans didn’t understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of bread with beef in them and started selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. Today, “Hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.English is spoken by many people around the world every day, but English is ______.
| A．as old as Chinese | B．older than Chinese |
| C．younger than Chinese | D．older than German |
Hamburg is ______.
| A．a kind of food | B．a round piece of beef |
| C．the name of a country | D．a city in Germany |
According to the story, the word “hamburger” comes from ______.
| A．English speakers because they’re always making up new words |
| B．the round piece of beef which those people from Hamburg ate |
| C．English because Germans don’t speak good English |
| D．a large English dictionary |
. Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Few Americans like hamburgers. |
| B．Hamburgers are made with ham. |
| C．Hamburgers were first sold a century ago. |
| D．Hamburgers were some people. |
. Which of the following can be found in any large dictionary?
| A．Where Germans came from. |
| B．Where all the new words came from. |
| C．The reason why a new word has a certain meaning. |
| D．Why English is spoken all over the world. |
Dawn Loggins, a homeless girl from Burns High School, is going to Harvard University in the fall.
Dawn grew up in a poor s. Her house had no electricity or running water, so she had to do her homework in the dark. She lived with her parents who took drug(毒品).
One summer, Dawn left home for a one-month program in North Carolina for outstanding high school students. When she came back, she found her house empty, with a government non the front door. Her parents had left already and Dawn became homeless.
After lthat, teachers helped her in any way they could. Dawn didn't let her situation stop her drive to be s
. In her spare time,she g
out newspapers and did some other part-time jobs to make money. At the same time, she got A's in all her subjects.
"When I was younger, I was ato look at all the terrible situations, and made a decision for myself that I was not going to e
up like my parents.” Dawn said.
Dawn applied (申请) to four North Carolina universities and her dream one, Harvard. In March this year, she got a reply from Harvard. It said that she was not onlyadmitted to the university, but also oa full scholarship (奖学金).
Dawn's story has gone around the world. People have sent best wishes and money to her. Dawn is thankful for their k. "When I get to university, I hope to start an organization to help other students in trouble so that they can c
their education. And I know my future is going to be great.” she said.
Mrs. Black is sixty-nine years old. She only has a daughter named Sandra. Mr. Black died twelve years ago. Mrs. Black was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years ago her daughter had a baby. The young woman was busy all the time and had no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with them.
The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.
Last autumn Mrs. Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She couldn't do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to be tired of (讨厌) her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn't know what to do.
One morning Mrs. Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden (木制的) plate for his grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised and asked, "Why did you buy two plates, son?"
"One is for grandma," answered the boy, "the other is for you! You will also have to use a wooden plate when you're old, I think."
The woman heard this and was sad. She cried for long. Now she is kind to her mother as she was before.Sandra asked her mother to live with them because ______.
| A．the old woman lived alone |
| B．she needed her help |
| C．the old woman couldn't look after herself |
| D．the old woman could give her much money |
The family liked Mrs. Black at first because ______.
| A．she was very rich |
| B．she could watch their door |
| C．she could do all the housework for them |
| D．she was friendly to them all |
Mrs. Black couldn’t leave her daughter’s house because she ______ .
| A．she had no house to live in |
| B．Her daughter’s family didn’t like her any longer |
| C．Sandra couldn't go to see her any more |
| D．She could help her daughter do all the housework |
James bought a wooden plate for his mother because ______.
| A．he didn't love her |
| B．he liked it |
| C．he hoped she would be kind to his grandma |
| D．she often broke the plates at home |
Sandra is friendly to her mother again because ______.
| A．she knows she did wrong | B．she was afraid of her son |
| C．the old woman is poor | D．it's her duty |
Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The next building only was a few feet away from mine. There was a woman lived there, and I had never met her, yet I could see she sat by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.
After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself. “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window. It really looks terrible.”
One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.
Later in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible (看见). Her window was clean!
Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing (批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.
That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?
Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?” I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly. The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because __________.
| A．the woman’s window was dirty |
| B．the writer’s window was dirty |
| C．the woman lived nearby |
| D．the writer was near-sighted |
The writer was surprised that _________.
| A．the woman was sitting by her window |
| B．the woman’s window was still terrible |
| C．the woman did cleaning in the afternoon |
| D．the woman’s window was clean |
“It dawned on me” probably means “_______”.
| A．I began to understand it | B．it cheered me up |
| C．I knew it grew light | D．it began to get dark |
It’s clear that ________.
| A．the writer had never met the woman before |
| B．the writer often washed the window |
| C．they both worked as cleaners |
| D．they lived in a small town |
From the passage, we can learn _______.
| A．one shouldn’t criticize others very often |
| B．one should often make his windows clean |
| C．one must judge himself before he judges others |
| D．one must look at others through his dirty windows. |
Films in Feiyang Cinema This Week
 A WORLD WITHOUT THIEVES ● Chinese film (2004) ●Directed (导演) by Feng Xiaogang ● Mainly acted by Liu Dehua, Liu Ruoying, Ge you, Li Bingbing ● From Monday to Wednesday, at 8:00 p.m. ● Ticket Price: RMB 35 |
 HARRY POTTER (Ⅲ) ● American film (2004) ● Directed by Alfonso Cuaron ● Mainly acted by Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Waston ● From Friday to Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. ● Ticket Price: RMB 30 (half on Sunday for children) |
 KUNGFU HUSTLE ●Chinese Hong Kong film (2004) ●Directed by Zhou Xingchi ● Mainly acted by Zhou Xingchi, Yuan Hua, Liang Xiaolong ●From Wednesday to Friday, at 8:00 p.m. ● Ticket price: RMB 40 |
 TROY ●American film (2004) ● Directed by Wolfgang Petersen ● Mainly acted by Julian Glover, Brian Cox, Nathan Jones, Adoni Maropis ●From Tuesday to Thrusday, at 8:00 p.m. ● Ticket price: RMB 45 |
You can see foreign films in Feiyang Cinema this week.
A oneB. two
C. three D. fourIf you want to see the film which was directed by Feng Xiaogang, go to the cinema on .
| A．Monday | B．Thursday |
| C．Friday | D．Saturday |
Children can pay onlywhen they want to see a film on Sunday.
| A．5 Yuan | B．10 Yuan |
| C．15 Yuan | D．20 Yuan |
You can see the film on Saturday.
| A．Troy | B．Harry Potter Ⅲ |
| C．A World Without Thieves | D．Kungfu Hustle |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Liu Dehua acted in the film Kungfu Hustle. |
| B．The ticket price of the four films is the same. |
| C．All the films start after 8 o’clock in the evening. |
| D．The four films were released (发行) in the same year. |
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Hello, everyone! Welcome to Xishan! Xishan is an interesting ________ to visit. It is a small beautiful town with lots of old buildings. If you want to visit here, let me tell you about it.
Take a walk ________ Center Street,and
_______ you can see a hotel named Xishan hotel. It is the best hotel in our
_______. You can have a good
_______ or eat here. It has a long history of about 200 years.
________from the hotel, there is a big park. In the park,you can see lots of beautiful
________ and some tall or short trees. Do you like playing with water? If you do, you can go
________ with your family in the park.The park is at the foot of the mountains.
________ you like hiking, you can climbthe mountains. And you can
________ the fresh air in the mountains.
What are you waiting for now? Come to visit our town!