Reader’s Digest is a monthly magazine. Before the 1980s, it belonged to a privately held company, which was started in 1922 by Lila Bell Wallace and Dewitt Wallace. This magazine is small and easy to carry, just half the size of most American magazines, which caused a phrase in 2005, “America in your pocket.” It is the best selling magazine in the USA. At present, its circulation(发行量)in the USA has reached 10 million copies and the number of the readers there is 38 million. It also has 40 million overseas readers in more than another 70 countries.
This magazines focus(焦点) is not news but more of cultural views because the editors think people now can get timely news from somewhere else. They hope this magazine can give readers something that is about special personal experiences, something the readers can share with their families. In different countries, this magazine provides a window to the world for the local(当地的) readers. Some parts of the magazine are about the local customs and interests of the local readers. The other parts give the local readers information from all over the world. How often does Reader’s Digest come out in the USA?
A.Once a year. | B.Once a month. |
C.Once a week. | D.Once a day. |
How many people all over the world read this magazine?
A.38 million | B.40 million. | C.78 million. | D.108 million. |
This magazine’s focus includes the following topics EXCEPT(除了) ___________.
A.something about the timely news |
B.some special personal experiences |
C.some information from all over the world |
D.the local customs and interests of the local readers |
In America, street dancing is a great outdoor sport for young people to do with a group of friends. Many people bring their radios out onto the streets, and then wait for others to join in.
Step 1: Wear comfortable clothes. Also wear comfortable running shoes that allow (允许) you to jump easily. Dancing needs a lot of movements, so it is smart to take care of your feet.
Step 2: Get some music that you can dance to and bring a radio or a CD player.
Step 3: Invite some friends to street dance. Put some music on and start dancing to it. Use your feet as much as possible and make quick movements.
Step4: Put your arms up to the right, and then move them quickly to the left while turning your body. This will make others start street dancing.
Step5: Try different movements if possible. Street dancing is all about free-style dancing. You can enjoy yourself while getting exercise by street dancing.Street dancing is a kind of sport for young people.
A.indoor | B.outdoor | C.ball | D.difficult |
If you want to street dance, you don’t need to .
A.wear comfortable clothes | B.have a radio or a CD player |
C.invite some friends | D.ask your parents to dance with |
Which of the following is NOT right?
A.Young people like to street dance. |
B.When you street dance, you need music. |
C.You must be careful with your arms while moving. |
D.Move your arms quickly while turning your body. |
The main idea for the passage may be .
A.how to street dance | B.young people and street dancing |
C.the steps for street dancing | D.street dancing in America |
Airline 航空公司 |
Flight Number |
Destination 目的地 |
Departure Time 起飞时间 |
Gate |
Air Canada |
137 |
Beijing |
10.12 a.m. |
24 |
Japan Airlines |
320 |
Tokyo |
10.30 a.m. |
18 |
British Airways |
405 |
Paris |
11.00 a.m. |
20 |
Pan American |
226 |
London |
11.20 a.m. |
12 |
Pan American |
12 |
Beijing |
11.43 a.m. |
15 |
Air Canada |
178 |
Tokyo |
12.32 p.m. |
21 |
CAAC |
289 |
Hong Kong |
12.32 p.m. |
14 |
Flight 289 to Hong Kong leaves at ___________.
A.11.43 a.m. | B.10.12 a.m. |
C.12.32 p.m. | D.10.12 a.m. |
A lady wants to take Flight 12 to Beijing, she should go to Gate_______.
A.14 | B.15 | C.12 | D.18 |
Flight 226 to London is from____________.
A.Pan American | B.Japan Airlines |
C.Air Canada | D.CAAC |
It is John’s birthday today. He is five years old. He gets many birthday presents from his family and one of them is a nice big drum .
“Who gives him that drum?” his father asks.
“His grandfather,” answers John’s mother.
John likes his drum very much. He makes a terrible noise with it, but his mother doesn’t say anything about it. His father is not at home. He is working in a school. So he doesn’t hear the noise. But one of the neighbors does not like the noise. So one morning she takes a knife and goes into John’s room. John is making a noise with the drum. She says to him, “Hello, John. Do you know there is something very nice in your drum? Here’s a knife. Open the drum and you can find it.” “OK.”
How old is John?
A.5 | B.4 | C.15 | D.2 |
Who gives John the drum as his birthday present?
A.His father. | B.His neighbour. |
C.His mother. | D.His grandfather |
What present is John’s favourite?
A.The candy. | B.The present. |
C.The drum. | D.The knife |
What’s John’s father’s job?
A.A doctor. | B.A worker. |
C.A teacher. | D.A engineer |
Who opens the drum with the knife?
A.John’s father. | B.John’s neighbour. |
C.John’s mother. | D.John |
Mrs. Hunt is sixty years old. She lives in a farmhouse in the country with her dog Bill. Her son Sam is twenty-one years old. At first, he works in a shop in the country and lives with his mother. But now he finds new work in a town and lives there. It’s quite a long way from his mother’s house. She isn’t happy about this. Sam says, “There isn’t any good work for me in the country, mother, and I can get a lot of money in the town and give you some every week.”
One day Mrs. Hunt goes to see her son, and she goes there by train. Sam meets her at the train station. She asks her son, “Why don’t you phone me?”
“But mother, you haven’t a phone.” Sam says.
“No,” she answers, “I haven’t, but you have one!”
Mrs. Hunt lives in a _________.
A.shop | B.farmhouse |
C.town | D.city |
_______ finds the new work in a town.
A.Mrs. Hunt | B.Sam |
C.Bill | D.Sam’s father |
Sam can get much money ________.
A.from his mother | B.in the town |
C.in the shop | D.in the country |
Mrs. Hunt goes to see her son ________.
A.in her car | B.by bus |
C.on foot | D.by train |
Does Sam phone his mother?
A.Yes, he does. | B.No, he doesn’t. |
C.I think so. | D.Of course. |
请阅读以上广播节目后解答下列各题。
My brother can listen to Children Stories at ______ of FM 97.4 MHz.
A.15:30 | B.14:20 |
C.18:00 | D.19;30 |
Football News comes out _________ .
A.in the morning | B.in the afternoon |
C.in the evening | D.at noon |
Animal World means _________ in Chinese.
A.动漫世界 | B.人与自然 |
C.动物世界 | D.环游世界 |
We can listen to pop music in _________ ways(途径).
A.three | B.four |
C.five | D.six |
Mary wants to join the China Today, she should choose______ .
A.FM 97.4 at 20:30 | B.FM 90.0 at 18:00 |
C.AM 628 at 12:30 | D.FM 90.0 at 20:00 |