| For Children Museum: Children’s Museum, Sundays, 89 North Street, 67641235 Story time: Children’s Library, 106 Green Street, Wednesdays during 9：30 a.m. ~ 5：00 p.m. 66599624 Sports: Soccer Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 16 Yangtze Road, 96725643 Basketball Club, Wednesdays and Fridays, 79071632 Cinema: New films for children, 99 Brick Road , 69001354 |
| Useful Phone Numbers Fast Food Restaurant: 66387901 Hospital: 68787451 Visitor Information Center: 800-120-9847 Taxi: 79210583 Visitor Hotel Information: 800-739-7302 |
It’s Friday afternoon，you can go to .
| A．visit the museum |
| B．play soccer |
| C．play basketball |
| D．read children’s stories |
If children want to watch new films，they should go to .
| A．16 Yangtze Road | B．99 Brick Road |
| C．106 Green Street | D．89 North Main Street |
If you dial (拨号) 66387901, you can .
| A．ask for some hotel information |
| B．do some shopping |
| C．have a good story time |
| D．order fast food in a restaurant |
| We’ve moved! Please come to the party in our new house. 8:00 p.m. on Nov. 5 Betty and Jack Add: 31 Station Street Tel: 342-1525 e-mail: betty12@email.net |
Must sell $275 Best washing machine Only 6 months old Owner going abroad Call Mike Green Add: 10 Park Street Tel: 342-2691 e-mail: mikegreet@hotmail.com |
Smith’s book Club New and old books Over 1,000 kinds Good coffee and tea Open every day 10:00-22:00 Add: 15 North Street Tel: 342-7391 or 342-7350 e-mail: smith15@yahoo.com |
If you want to buy a second-hand washing machine, you can call______.
| A．342-1525 | B．342-7391 |
| C．342-2691 | D．342-7350 |
Betty and Jack want to hold a party because ____.
| A．they have lots of books | B．they will go abroad |
| C．they want to buy a new house | D．they have moved in a new house |
If you want to read some book, you can go to ____.
| A．31Station Street . | B．15 North Street. |
| C．10 Park Street. | D．15 Apple Street . |
The day was like any other day in his life. Tom walked past the shop on the street corner. He stopped to look at the front row of shoes, and he felt happy to see that the pair of shoes he wanted very much was still there. Looking down at his old shoes, he felt sorry for himself. He really wanted to have them for his birthday.
He sadly walked away and thought how to tell his mother about it. He knew very well she had little money. He decided not to go home at once, as he looked sad and his mother would notice it. So he went to the park and sat on the grass. There he saw a boy moving a wheelchair with his hands. Tom looked at him and was surprised to see that the boy had no feet. He looked at his own feet. “It’s much better to be without shoes than without feet. ”he thought. There was no reason for him to feel so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was happier.Tom passed the shop _________.
| A．on foot | B．by bike |
| C．in a wheelchair | D．by bus |
Tom stopped in front of the shop because he wanted to _______.
| A．buy the shoes |
| B．look at the shoes he liked |
| C．buy a present for his friend |
| D．get something for his birthday party |
Why did Tom go to the park? Because ________.
| A．many nice shoes were sold there |
| B．he wanted to play there for a while |
| C．he wanted to see his disabled friend |
| D．he didn’t want to make his mother worried |
We can learn from the story that Tom ________.
| A．liked new shoes very much | B．loved his mother very much |
| C．didn’t want to stay at home | D．had no feet |
Have you ever heard your own voice? “Of course,” you say. Has anyone else ever heard your voice? Again you say, “Of course.”But that’s not quite true. Nobody else has ever heard your voice—the way you hear it. When you talk, you set up sound waves(声波). The air outside your head carries the sound waves to your outer ears. But, of course, the sound of your voice begins inside your head. The bones(骨头) of your head pick up the sound waves, too. They carry the sound waves straight to your inner(里面的) ears. You get the sound from the outside and the inside too. Other people get just the sound waves from the outside. That’s why they don’t hear your voice the way you do.The sound of your voice begins ________.
| A．inside your head | B．outside your head |
| C．in your inner ears | D．in your outer ears |
When you talk, other people hear your voice _______.
| A．through the bones of your head |
| B．from the outside |
| C．from the inside |
| D．all of the above |
The phrase “pick up” here means ________.
| A．to raise | B．to get |
| C．to choose | D．to pull |
The passage is mainly about _________.
| A．waves in the air |
| B．the way you hear your own voice |
| C．voice gets around far and wide |
| D．the different ways you and others hear your voice |
Once there was something wrong with a machine in a factory. The workers could do nothing but turn to a German engineer for help, who drew a line on it and then said, “Take off the part where the line is and change it for a new one. ”The machine, with a new line on, began running well again. The engineer then asked for $30,000 for what he had done. The following were what he wrote on a bill, “The new part only costs one dollar, and knowing where the problem with the machine is costs $29,999.”
One dollar for changing a new part sounds reasonable （有道理的）but the $29,999 is exactly the value （价值）of wisdom （智慧）and knowledge.The factory turned to the German engineer because _______.
| A．he had nothing to do in the factory |
| B．there were no other people in the factory |
| C．the workers could not repair the machine |
| D．the workers asked for too much money for repairing the machine |
According to the engineer, the finding of the problem cost _______.
| A．only one dollar | B．$ 29.999 |
| C．nothing | D．less than the now part |
The best title for the passage should be _______.
| A．The Value of Knowledge | B．Helpless Workers |
| C．The Expensive Machine | D．The Lucky Factory |
“How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly question that people in the U.S.A use to greet each other. But “How are you?” is also a very unusual question. The person who asks “How are you?” hopes to hear the answer “Fine”, even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn’t really a question and “Fine” isn’t really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.
Sometimes, people also don’t say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks “Do you agree?” the other person might think, “No, I disagree. I think you’re wrong...”But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say “I’m not sure.” It’s a nicer way to say that you don’t agree with someone.
People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person say “I’ve to go now.” Often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse: “Someone’s at the door.” “Something is burning on the stove.” The excuses might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn’t want to talk any more, but it isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt the other person.
When they are greeting each other, talking about an idea or finishing a talk, people don’t say exactly what they are thinking. They are trying to be nice to each other, and it’s part of the game of language.When a person in America asks “How are you?”, he or she wants to hear “_____”.
| A．How are you? | B．Hello |
| C．I don’t know | D．Fine |
When a person disagrees with someone, it is polite to say “_____”
| A．I think you are wrong. | B．I’m not sure. |
| C．I agree | D．No, I disagree. |
When a person says “I’ve to go now. Someone is at the door.” he or she may be _____.
| A．giving an excuse | B．ill |
| C．hurting someone’s feeling | D．asking a question |
The rule of the game of language is probably _____.
| A．“Always say what you mean” |
| B．“Don’t disagree with others” |
| C．“Never ask questions ” |
| D．“Be polite” |