Chicago On a Budget
How to have fun in Chicago without spending a lot of money?
Sightseeing
○ The Art Institute of Chicago has a fine collection of photos and paintings. The ticket is ＄10.00,but go on Tuesdays and you’ll get in free(免费).
○ The Sears Tower is the world’s third tallest building. By going to the 103rd floor, you can get a great view of the whole city! All for only ＄8.50.
○ There are free concerts in Grant Park in summer. They are held Wednesday through Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.
○ Attend the taping of a TV show for free. The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Jenny Jones Show both offer tourists free tickets. For The Oprah Winfrey Show you’ll have to book tickets at least a month before.
Places to stay
You can get a hotel for ＄100 to ＄ 300 a day. However, you can get a room in the dormitory(宿舍) at Roosevelt University for ＄215 for a whole week! But you have to stay for 30 days to get this great rate(优惠).This passage is written for telling us ___________.
| A．Chicago is a big and beautiful city | B．where we can see fine photos and paintings |
| C．how to make a cheap trip in Chicago | D．there are many free concerts in Chicago |
It will cost you _________ if you visit the Art Institute instead of the Sears Tower on Sundays.
| A．more | B．less | C．the same | D．none |
You may go to ________ if you like to get a great view of the whole city.
| A．the Art Institute | B．the Sears Tower |
| C．Roosevelt University | D．Grant Park |
You have to spend at least _____________in all to stay in a dormitory room at Roosevelt University at a good rate.
| A．＄100 | B．＄300 | C．＄215 | D．＄860 |
According to this passage, which of the following statements in NOT TRUE ?
| A．You are free to go to the Art Institute on Tuesdays. |
| B．Free Grant Park concerts are held four nights a week in summer. |
| C．The Sears Tower is the world’s third tallest building. |
| D．You can get tickets to The Oprah Winfrey as soon as you arrive. |
My Favorite Sweater
My favorite sweater grew too small.
I loved that sweater best of all.
My grandma made it when I was three.
She made that sweater just for me.
I picked the yarn（纱线）, a special blue.
The color of bluebells（风铃草）.wet with dew(雾).
When I was three I was very small,
But now I’m five and much too tall.
I have a new jacket now that’s green,
So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen.
Queen just had babies out in the shed（棚）.
My favorite sweater is now in their bed.What is the most likely reason that the writer likes the sweater?
| A．The girl’s grandma made it. |
| B．The girl got it at the age of three. |
| C．The yarn is the color of bluebells. |
| D．The mother cat uses it for the babies now. |
What does the underlined sentence mean?
| A．The girl liked small sweaters. |
| B．The girl became too big for the sweater. |
| C．The girl’s grandma made a small sweater. |
| D．The girl’s sweater became smaller than before. |
We can read the passage in a book about ______.
| A．animals | B．history | C．time | D．poetry |
Welcome to your favorite show－"Music Land" ! This month we are going to have some special shows on Bach, the Father of Music.
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Germany(德国)in 1685. During his life, Bach wrote a lot of music for the church (教堂) and for his students, but he himself did not keep his own works(作品) carefully. Luckily, his second wife(妻子)saved them for him, so today we can still remember Bach through his music.
Bach married twice in his life and had 20 children. He loved his family very much. He wrote music for one of his daughters to tell her that too much coffee was bad for her health. I am now going to play a song for you from this interesting Coffee Cantata. And we will hear more about Bach after this song.Why is Bach’s second wife important to his music?
| A．She helped Bach keep his works. |
| B．Many of Bach’s works were for her. |
| C．She gave Bach a lot of good ideas about music. |
| D．Her money helped Bach write music. |
Why did Bach write the Coffee Cantata?
| A．To celebrate his birthday. |
| B．To show people his love of coffee. |
| C．To tell his child not to drink so much coffee. |
| D．To make a new kind of music for the church. |
What is this passage mainly(主要地)about?
| A．Ways to learn Bach’s music. |
| B．The Bach family’s history. |
| C．Bach’s great church music. |
| D．Stories about Bach and his music. |
This passage may be a ______.
| A．fashion show | B．radio show |
| C．TV play | D．talk show |
Suzy won an award in the USA for her popular talk show on TV. Her show is very popular so even people all over the world know it. Why is her show so popular? Because she cares about people and the world. She usually invites important people to her show to talk about some important issues that everyone cares about. And she is not afraid to fight with the bad things. One of her famous stories is about the "mad cow disease(疯牛病)". When Suzy learned that some businessmen(商人) sold bad beef and lied to people that the cows were without "mad cow disease", she got angry and worried. She didn’t want people to get sick, so she told everyone in her show that she decided not to eat beef any more. She knew that people would follow her and the businessmen would be angry, but she was not afraid. She knew what was the right thing to do.Why is Suzy’s show popular?
| A．Because people all over the world know her. |
| B．Because only important people go to her show. |
| C．Because she cares about the world. |
| D．Because her show is easy to watch. |
What does the underlined word "issues" mean?
| A．Shows. | B．Cows. | C．People. | D．Problems. |
Which is Right about Suzy?
| A．She likes to fight. |
| B．She is brave. |
| C．She never eats beef. |
| D．She hates businessmen. |
This passage mainly(主要地)talks about ______ .
| A．a woman host | B．a talk show |
| C．some businessmen | D．mad cow disease |
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| A．$15. | B．$30. | C．$35. | D．$50. |
You have ______ ways to know Darling Hotel better according to the passage.
| A．two | B．three | C．four |
D．five |
Where may Darling Hotel be?
| A．In the hills. | B．Near the sea. |
| C．At the train station. | D．In a theatre. |
This passage may be from a magazine about
______.
| A．information | B．history | C．travelling | D．painting |
When you look at the sky at night, the moon looks bigger than the stars. Actually, the moon is much smaller than the stars and the sun. It’s much smaller than the earth. But the moon is much closer to us than any star. That is why it looks so big. If you hold a coin close to your eye, it looks big. If you look at it across the moon, it looks small.
The moon moves around the earth. It makes one trip in about four weeks. The moon looks flat to us. But it is a round ball, like the earth.
People once thought the moon had fire on it. They thought the fire made it bright. Now we know the moon is like a mirror. It gets its light from the sun.
Our sunlight comes from the sun, too. What is the sun? The sun is a star. The stars we can see have their own light. There are many big stars we cannot see. Their light had burned out. Others are still bright, but they are so far away that we cannot see them. The sun looks bigger and much brighter than other stars because it is the nearest of all stars. The sun and the other stars we see are very hot, but the air around us saves us from the heat of the sun.
The sun gives us light and warmth. It makes plants grow and turns leaves green. It makes life possible on our earth. It is a life giving star. It takes _______ for the moon to go around the earth.
| A．more than a week | B．nearly a month | C．half a year | D．more than a year |
The moon is bright because _______.
| A．there is some fire on it | B．it is near the sun, too |
| C．there is a big mirror on it | D．it can get light from the sun |
The passage tells us _______.
| A．the sun is not the biggest star | B．the sun is bigger than any other star |
| C．only the sun can shine | D．the sun is one of the farthest stars to us |
Why do we call the sun "a life giving star"?
| A．Because it gives us warmth. |
| B．Because there are some living things on it. |
| C．Because plants and animals can’t live without it. |
| D．Because people have to live in the dark without it. |