Captain Goodfellow
Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Goodfellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatres on Saturday morning at 10:00 Free.
Walking Tour of the Town
Forget your worries on Saturday morning.Take a beautiful walk and learn about local history.Meet at the front entrance of City Hall at 9:30.Wear comfortable shoes!
Films at the Museum
Two European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre.See Broken Window at 1:30.The workers will be at 3:45.For further information, call 4987898.
International Picnic
Are you tired of eating the same kind of food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world.Delicious and not expensive.Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Take me out to the Ballgame
It’s October, and tonight is your last chance to see the Redbirds this year.Get your tickets at the gate.It might be cold… don’t forget sweaters and jackets.
Do you want to hear “The Zoo”?
“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US.Concert tomorrow night at 8 Rose Hall, City College.
You can probably eat Chinese, Italian and Arab food _________.
A.at Central Park on Saturday B.at the front entrance of City Hall C.at the ballgame D.at 5:00 p.m
A.your beautiful walk B.your comfortable shoes C.your worries D.your learning about local history
A.is in the afternoon B.is at the gate C.might be cold D.is outside
A.“The Zoo” is an Australian rock group B.“The Zoo” are going to meet their American audience for the last time C.“The Zoo” will appear at 8:00 p.m D.“The Zoo” will perform in front of college students
完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
After graduation from college, I started to sell. Soon I discovered that the 36 expression I had been wearing since childhood meant sure 37.I knew it wasn’t going to be easy to 38 that expression on my face left by so many years of hardship. It 39 a complete change in my view on life. Here is the 40 I tried.
Each morning during a fifteen-minute bath, I 41 to cultivate(培养)a big, happy smile. I found out, 42 , that it couldn’t be a forced smile 43 just for the purpose of putting dollars in my 44 . It had to be an honest-to-goodness smile from down deep 45 ,an outward expression of happiness from within!
Let’s see 46 starting with a good fifteen-minute workout of the smile muscles 47 me during the day. Before entering an office I 48 think of the many things I had to be 49 for, work up a big smile and then enter. Seldom did it fail to get the same smile 50 from the person I met. I also found that it 51 people when passed them on the street to give them a 52 smile.
Give every living soul you meet the best smile you have 53 smiled in your life, and see how much better you 54 and look. It’s one of the best ways I know to 55 worrying,and start living. When I began doing this, I found I became more welcome everywhere.
36.A.happy B.worried C.curious D.surprised
37.A.success B.friendship C.failure D.wealth
38.A.wear B.show C.change D.see
39.A.made up B.brought in C.turned over D.called for
40.A.way B.example C.idea D.thought
41.A.determined B.hurried C.failed D.pretended
42.A.therefore B.however C.instead D.otherwise
43.A.introduced B.developed C.discovered D.left
44.A.opinion B.honor C.bill D.pocket
45.A.outside B.upward C.inside D.forward
46.A.when B.how C.whether D.why
47.A.helped B.upset C.satisfied D.disappointed
48.A.could B.might C.should D.would
49.A.ready B.eager C.thankful D.famous
50.A.in general B.in public C.in return D.in advance
51.A.greeted B.pleased C.puzzled D.welcomed
52.A.cheerful B.forced C.strange D.bitter
53.A.never B.just C.already D.ever
54.A.prove B.appear C.feel D.remain
55.A.keep B.stop C.hate D.protect
Education is endless, 3(compare) with schooling. It can take place anywhere. It includes both the standard learning that takes place in schools and 4_whole universe of learning out of class. Though the experience of schooling can be known in 5 (advanced), education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a 6 (foreign) may lead a person to discovering how little he knows of another country. People obtain education from babies on. Education, then, is a very broad and 7 (limit) term. It is lifelong experience that starts long before the start of school.
Schooling, 8the other hand, is a basic experience, 9style changes little from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 10 (fix) seats, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams and so on. Schooling has usually been limited by the edges of the subjects being taught.
Even though very small amounts of each vitamin are enough for the needs of the body, the worry people have about vitamins has some reasons. And this has to do with their __1_--- the food they take in. A person eating a good variety of food get all the vitamins now __2___ (know) to be needed.
The problem is that there are many people who don’t ___3___ foods wisely. So the answer ___4___ this question is: No extra ___5___ are needed, ___6__ you eat proper foods. In fact, many of the vitamins cannot be ___7___(store) in the body, so when extra vitamins are taken in, the body simply gets rid of them. It is even ___8 ___ (harm) to put too much of certain vitamins into the body. This has been found to be ___9(truth) of vitamin A and D, when ___10 ___ amounts are taken in.
However, most children are 2 ( face ) with a completely different situation. Most parents fear that games will prevent children from increasing new knowledge and 3the children will fail in the future examinations. So, instead of 4 ( let ) the children 5find and learn naturally from their surroundings, they force their children to take part in various kinds of classes, learning English, playing 6piano or practising drawing, etc. What’s more, some parents put 7the children’s toys which are very useful in developing children’s imagination and practical abilities.
8is a piece of good advice to those parents: 9you want to expect your child to be able to accomplish something, you must first of all develop his ability to adapt to the new surroundings. That cram education can lead to nothing 10a failure in the children’s growth.
He always walks sideways so 3not to inconvenience anyone. Instead of saying “Excuse me”, he prefers to glide by one side. 4the gap is so narrow that it will not allow him to pass, Luke waits patiently 5the obstruction (障碍物) moves by itself. Stray dogs and cats panic him, and in order to avoid them, he constantly crosses from one side of the road to the 6.
He speaks in 7very thin, subtle voice, so inaudible that it is hard to tell if he is speaking at 8. He has never interrupted anybody. On the other hand, he can never manage more than two words without 9(interrupt). This does not seem to irritate him; in fact, he actually appears happy 10(be) able to utter(发出) those two words.