| Name |
Palace Museum |
British Museum |
Hermitage Museum |
Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Location |
Beijing, China |
London, the UK |
Saint Petersburg, Russia |
New York, the USA |
| Information |
The largest ancient palace with many kinds of collections in China |
One of the largest museums with collections of any time and any area in the world |
One of the largest and oldest museums with a large number of collections in the world |
The largest art museum in the USA with large collections of art from the USA and other countries |
| Ticket |
60 yuan (April 1st — October 31st); 40 yuan (November 1st — March 31st ) |
Free |
Foreign tourist: about 70 yuan; Russian tourist: about 20 yuan |
About 200 yuan |
Jack wants to visit the Hermitage Museum. He should go to ______.
| A．Beijing | B．London |
| C．Saint Petersburg | D．New York |
How many museums have the collections of different countries?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
Mary wants to visit the Palace Museum with her parents on January 1st. They should pay ______ yuan.
| A．60 | B．100 | C．120 | D．140 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the materials?
| A．Chinese tourists pay more than Russian tourists when they visit the Hermitage Museum. |
| B．Tourists don’t have to pay when they visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
| C．The British Museum has the world’s largest art collection. |
| D．The Palace Museum isn’t open on Mondays. |
We may read the material from a ______ magazine.
| A．food | B．travel | C．sports | D．science |
Parents today also worry about their children’s diets. Some doctors give the following advice:
According to the doctors’ advice ,what does junk food include ?
| A．milk and vitamins. | B．Fruits and sugar. |
| C．Vegetables and salt. | D．Fat, oil, salt and sugar. |
In this passage, doctors think that teenagers should eat more ______ .
| A．food with no vitamins. | B．fat and sugar | C．vegetables and fruits | D．salt and oil |
The best title for this passage is ______ .
| A．Bad Habits | B．junk Food | C．unhealthy Food | D．advice on Healthy Eating |
House Rules
1. Please clean up before leaving.
2. Showers to be taken before 11 p. m.
3. No staying out ’after 10p. m. unless allowed by me.
4. You may have incoming calls on my mobile phone but no out going calls.
5. Bed time is 11 p. m.
6. Dinner is at 7p. m. unless noticed. (通知). (If you don’t have dinner, you must let us know before 6 p. m. )
7. Keep noise to the least.
8. No smoking in the bedroom.
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The address you are staying at is:
112 Kendal Way
Chesterton
Cambridge
Contact numbers:
My mobile number is
07870 347980These rules are made for
| A．salesmen | B．guides |
| C．people who do the cleaning | D．people who will live with a family |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the rules?
| A．The name of the host. | B．The time to go to bed. |
| C．Something you can’t do. | D．The address you will be staying at. |
You can do the following except __
| A．taking showers at 9p. m. |
| B．smoking out of the bedroom |
| C．telling the host at 7p. m. if you don’t have dinner |
| D．using the host’s mobile phone to receive phone calls |
Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning, others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick loot at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(标题) of te passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world, The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with internet.People read newspapers in order to .
| A．learn the latest news | B．meet their own different needs |
| C．read the short stories | D．find the morning news |
From the passage we can see that when people get newspapers.
| A．they read them very carefully | B．they just read the headlines |
| C．not everyone reads all the pages | D．they have no time to read them |
According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from .
| A．magazines | B．advertisements | C．e-mails | D．internet |
A new school term begins, Is anything new at your school? Sichuan students are getting an extra (额外的)hour to sleep in the morning.
This year, Sichuan schools decided that students should start classes later. This should help them feel less tired, For Junior high schools, the first classes will begin no earlier than 8:30 am.
The changes have made students happy.
Liu Xian, 15, said his class was excited by the news on the first day of school. “It’s so good we can get up later!” said Liu.
Liu studies in Chengdu No.4 Middle School. He used to get up at 6:40 am. Now he can get up at 7:40 am because class doesn’t start until 8:40 am.
Wu Hongli, 15, said the new timetable is good for her health. “I used to drink coffee every night or I would feel to sleepy to finish my homework, ”said Wu. “Now I can finish it without coffee.”She used to get up at 6:30 am. Now she can get up at 7:30 am.
Wu Hongli’s mother was happy, too. She thought more sleep would help her daughter grow taller.
But some parents worried that more sleep would mean less learning. There used to be five classes in the morning. Now there are only four.
Many teachers, though, say the changes will help students learn better.
“Students used to doze(瞌睡)for the first two classes in the morning,”said Wu Zongping, an English teacher at Chendu No.12 Middle School. “But now they look fine and they learn much better than before.”What made the Sichuan middle school students happy?
| A．The new school term began. | B．Their schools took on a new look. |
| C．They felt a little bit tired. | D．They could get up later. |
In the new term, the first class in the morning in middle schools started at about .
| A．7:00 | B．7:30 | C．8:00 | D．8:40 |
Why was Liu Xian excited at the news on the first day of school?
| A．There were many changes in his school. |
| B．He could sleep one more hour in the morning. |
| C．He could study in Chengdu No.4 Middle School. |
| D．He would have only five classes in the morning. |
What did the teachers think of the changes of the school timetable?
| A．They didn’t like the changes. | B．They could use the timetable more easily. |
| C．They spoke highly of the changes. | D．They looked fine when they taught. |
注：courtesy礼貌，audience观众
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号里。How many days will the show be on?
A For 10 days B For 12 days C For 15 days D For 18 days How long does each show last?
A Half an hour B One hour C One hour and a half’ D Two hoursIf a family of four go to the theatre in the evening，they have to pay at least
dollars for the tickets
A 85 B 100C 120 D 140are not allowed to enter the theatre
A Latecomers B Adults without children
C School students D Kids below three years oldWhat information CANNOT be found in the advertisement?
A The name of the show． B The name of the director．
C The telephone number D The name of the theatre