The red phone box in Britain is a perfect example of the British traditional culture. However, with the fast development of mobile phones, it has lost its place in people’s everyday life. In order to save their loved red phone boxes, people have come up with many ideas, for example, to turn them into toilets or art houses.
In a village in Somerset, a place in South West England, villagers have found a new way to save their red phone box. They turned it into a mini library to deal with the shortage of libraries in their area. The idea was given by a local villager, Janet Fisher, who lives opposite the phone box. Villagers got together to set up the book box. Over 100 books and a lot of movies and music CDs are available at this mini library. The books are of different kinds, including from cooking books to the classics and children’s books. People can put the books that they have read inside the phone box, and take away the books that they’d like to read. The books are always changing. There is a regular check on the books to keep the phone box collection fresh.
Anyone is free to come to read books there. The phone box library is open every day around the clock and is lit (the past form of “light”) at night. “ It’s very pleasing that the red phone box has been saved. More importantly, it can continue providing a service for us,” said one of the villagers.The red phone box has been a symbol of _________.
| A．the British culture |
| B．the European art of building |
| C．the development of mobile phones |
| D．British people’s daily life |
People in Somerset turned the red phone box into a mini library to _________.
| A．make it like the new one |
| B．help solve the shortage of library service |
| C．provide a place to exchange ideas |
| D．make the collection of the local library larger |
Which of the following statements is TRUE about the red phone box?
| A．People can borrow books and enjoy the films and CDs there. |
| B．The library was set up by a local villager living opposite a phone box. |
| C．The library is open to the public day and night. |
| D．Regular check is made to keep the books in good order. |
Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy, well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely.
So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often.
Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a common(共同的)interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself. He was a tall, good-looking young man with a big happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.
When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their own rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim.Jean spends a lot of time on QQ because she is ____________.
| A．rich | B．famous | C．young | D．lonely |
Jean thought “David” was special because he __________.
| A．made her quite happy on QQ |
| B．was from San Francisco |
| C．sent her a picture of himself |
| D．was tall and good-looking |
When Jean and “David” met and introduces themselves to each other, who felt surprised?
| A．“David” |
| B．Both “David” and Jean |
| C．Jean |
| D．Neither “David ”nor Jean |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．Don’t believe those you get to know on QQ so easily. |
| B．People don’t use their real names on QQ so often. |
| C．Don’t go to meet those you get to know on QQ. |
| D．People should tell their real names to others on QQ. |
It was Mother’s Day. A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
He asked her what was wrong and she answered, “ I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose costs two dollars.”
The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, I’ll buy you a rose.”
He bought the little girl a rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地). Where she placed the rose on the grave(墓碑).
The man was moved. He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
Today is the day for your mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.The man went to the shop to____________.
| A．have a rest | B．help the girl | C．buy some food | D．order some flowers |
The man’s mother lived ___________away from him.
| A．2 kilometers | B．75 miles | C．200 miles | D．200 kilometers |
The girl was crying on the road because__________.
| A．she was hungry | B．she got hurt |
| C．she couldn’t afford a rose | D．she couldn’t find her way home |
We can learn from the passage that___________.
| A．the girl loved flowers very much |
| B．the girl loved her mother very much |
| C．the shopkeeper sent the flowers to the man’s mother |
| D．the man drove to his mother house to look after her |
| (ENGLISH COACHING PAPER, March 3, 2011) The biggest shopping center will open on March 6. Everybody with today’s ENGLISH COACHING PAPER will get a small present that day. You are welcome. Telephone: 3899068; No. 6 Tonghua Road |
| (ENGLISH NEWS PAPER, March 19) English News Paper needs a foreign editor(编辑). He or she must have worked in China for more than 2 years. British nationality is necessary. The wage(工资) is $ 100, 000 a year. The term is 3 years. In ten days, this piece of add will be useless. Telephone: 3890666; Address: No. 6 Xinling Road |
| CHINA FOOTBALL, February 3 2011. Shanghai Shenhua Team VS Beijing Guo’an team. TIME: February 8, Sunday(3:00) PLACE: Hongkou Stadium NAME: China Cup Football Martch |
If the reader has an English Coaching Paper of March 3, 2011, he will get a small present __________..
A. every day B. from English Coaching Paper
C. on March 6, 2011 D on February 3, 2011If a Britain editor who has worked in China for three years comes to English News Paper office to ask for the job on time, he should___________.
| A．call 3890666 | B．call 3899068 |
| C．go to No. 6 Tonghua Road | D．go to Hongkou Stadium |
Where and when will the football match be?
| A．In Guo’an on February 8 | B．In Hongkou Stadium on February 3 |
| C．In Hongkou Stadium on Sunday | D．In Shenhua Stadium on February 8 |
Do you know why different animals or pests(昆虫)have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts(蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of colors of crops(庄稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of coloring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters(猎人). This is because they have the colors much like the trees.
Have you ever noticed an even stranger act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid(液体)when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over(散开), its enemies(敌人)cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.From the passage we learn that locusts _______.
| A．are small animals | B．are easily found by birds |
| C．are dangerous to their enemies | D．change their colors to protect themselves |
How can pests with different colors from plants keep out of danger?
| A．They run away quickly. |
| B．They have the colors much like their enemies. |
| C．They hide themselves by day and appear at night. |
| D．They have to move quietly. |
Bears and lions can keep safe because _______.
| A．they have the colors much like the trees | B．they move quietly |
| C．they like brown and gray colors | D．they live in forests |
Why can the kind of fish live up to now?
| A．Because it is very strong. |
| B．Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies |
| C．Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies. |
| D．Because it swims faster than any other fish. |
Which is the best title for this passage?
| A．The Change of Colors for Animals and Pests | B．Colors of Different Animals and Pests |
| C．The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests | D．Some Animals and Pests |
Skin-diving(潜泳) is a new sport today. This sport take you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon! When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks, because you are on longer heavy.
Here, under water, everything is blue and green. During the day, there is plenty of light. When fish swims nearby, you can catch them with your hands.
When you have tanks(罐) of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.
To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides, there are more uses for Skin-diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of the water. You can get many things from the deep sea.
Now you can see that Skin-diving is both useful and interesting. Skin-diving can take you to _________.
| A．an exciting world | B．a new world |
| C．a beautiful world | D．an interesting and new world |
This sport _________.
| A．is like to travel on the moon | B．is like to play in water |
| C．is like to visit a new country | D．is like to climb a big rock |
You can stay in deep water for a long time because __________.
| A．you can swim | B．you can take tanks of air with you |
| C．you can bring something to eat | D．you can skin diving |
Which of the following statements is NOT true ?
| A．Skin-diving is a new sport. |
| B．Skin-diving is like visiting the moon |
| C．The only use of skin-diving is to have more fun. |
| D．Skin-diving is not only interesting but useful. |
Skin-diving is a useful and interesting sport because __________.
| A．you can catch fish with your hands |
| B．you can clean the ship in the water |
| C．you can get many things from the deep sea |
| D．all of the above |