One day Mrs Wilson took Trudy and Ben to go shopping. They went to the supermarket in the new shopping mall(购物中心). “Why do you buy things here, Mum?” Trudy asked. “Because they are cheaper than those at the corner store,” Mrs Wilson said. “Help me check(检查) the prices.” The Wilsons were not wealthy(富有的) and Mrs Wilson was always careful with her money. She looked carefully at the prices of things. She bought some groceries(杂货) in the supermarket. When they got home, the children said, “We don't think you saved（省） money by going to the supermarket there.” “Of course I did,” said Mrs Wilson, “everything was cheap there.” “We know,” said the children, “but we came home by taxi （出租车）because we had too much to carry. The cost(花费) of the taxi was more than the money you saved!” Mrs Wilson added(加) everything up and found her children were right. “Well done,”she said, “next time we will do shopping near our home.”Mrs Wilson took Trudy and Ben ______.
| A．to the supermarket | B．to the zoo |
| C．to the park | D．to the museum |
Mrs Wilson bought things in the supermarket in the new shopping mall because ______.
| A．goods there had good quality |
| B．there were many goods |
| C．goods(货物) there were cheap |
| D．goods there were expensive |
Which of the following is right?
| A．The Wilsons were rich and they bought a lot of things in the supermarket. |
| B．The Wilsons were not rich and they bought things in a cheaper supermarket. |
| C．The Wilsons enjoyed shopping in the shopping mall because it was large. |
| D．The Wilsons were poor and they seldom went shopping. |
Mrs Wilson went home ______.
| A．by bus | B．by minibus |
| C．by taxi | D．on foot |
Mrs Wilson decided to go shopping ______next time.
| A．in the shopping mall far away |
| B．in the cheapest shop |
| C．in the most expensive shop |
| D．near her home |
As prices and building costs keep rising, “the do-it-yourself”（DIY）trend（趋势） in the US continues to grow.
“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Kose, “and we didn’t have enough money to buy it.” So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs. John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling （努力）to make a home when the cost of living is very high. The Koses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. “I was very upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix the car myself. ”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourself”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how to do things yourself. We know from the passage that many people ________ .
| A．seldom go to a department store to buy things |
| B．take DIY courses run by the government |
| C．like to learn to make their own furniture |
| D．find it hard to pay for what they need |
John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to _______ .
| A．improve the quality of life |
| B．save time and money |
| C．make or repair things |
| D．run a DIY shop |
When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim ______.
| A．keeps house and looks after his children |
| B．does his own car and home repairs |
| C．does extra work at night |
| D．make shoes in his home |
Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourself when ______ .
| A．he had to raise the children all by himself |
| B．he could not possibly do two jobs |
| C．the car repair class was not helpful |
| D．his car repairs cost too much |
How can people learn DIY?
| A．Go to classes. |
| B．Read books. |
| C．Go to classes and read books. |
| D．The passage doesn’t tell us. |
“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”
That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better. Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can tell how heavy the glass it. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it.
With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pockets. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too. You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.
All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it.
The bottom of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a hard floor. All feel different under your feet.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them.
Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have things for visitors to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch!” there you can feel everything on show.
If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see. By touching things ___________.
| A．you will have a strange feeling |
| B．you will learn how to reach out your hand |
| C．you can see them well |
| D．you can tell what colors they are |
According to the passage, which of the following CANNOT feel things?
| A．Skin. |
| B．Fingers. |
| C．Feet. |
| D．Eyes. |
Why does it say “At first, it is not easy to feel these things?” Because ___________
| A．the things are used by people too |
| B．people feel the things too much |
| C．people know how to use the things |
| D．these things are familiar to you |
You can see the sign "Do touch!"_____________________.
| A．in every museum |
| B．in most museums |
| C．in some museums |
| D．only in one museum |
The best way to see the world well is to ___________________.
| A．touch by feeling |
| B．see or to feel |
| C．read |
| D．see and feel |
※Live Music - Late Night JazzEnjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He is known play well into the early hours, so don’t want to get much sleep.
| PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15- 23 June PRICE：￥100-150 TIME: 10p.m.till late! TEL: 4668736 |
※Scottish Dancing Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given.
| PLACE: Jack Stein’s DATES: 10-20 May PRICE: ￥150 TIME: 7-10p.m. TEL: 4021877 |
※Shows- Anhui Museum There are 12,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history.
| PLACE: Anhui Museum DATES: 1 Mar - 30 Jun PRICE: ￥60 (￥30 for students) TIME: Monday- Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. TEL: 4886888 Weekends 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. |
※Hotels Three-star hotels whose service can make you feel at home.
Dates 1 Oct - 31 Dec. 1 Jan - 31 Mar. 1 Apr - 30 Apr. 1 May - 31 May. 1Jun - 30 Sep. |
SUN HOTEL Prices (a night) ￥ 168 ￥ 148 (closed) ￥ 188 ￥ 208 |
ROSE HOTEL Prices (a night) ￥ 198 ￥ 178 (closed) ￥ 218 ￥ 248 |
| TEL: 4686788 |
TEL: 4686755 |
If you want to watch dancing, you can call________.
| A．4668736 |
| B．4021877 |
| C．4886888 |
| D．4686788 |
You can see the whole of Chinese history at________ in April in Anhui Museum.
| A．3 p.m. every day |
| B．9 p.m. from Monday to Friday |
| C．7 a.m. at weekends |
| D．7 p.m. every day |
You can enjoy________ at Jack Stein’s.
| A．American jazz |
| B．Scottish dancing |
| C．12,000 pieces on show |
| D．yourself all night |
Sun Hotel and Rose Hotel are open for________ months of the year.
| A．nine |
| B．ten |
| C．eleven |
| D．twelve |
You have ￥148 and you can________ in May.
| A．listen to Jazz |
| B．watch Scottish dancing |
| C．go to Anhui Museum |
| D．stay in Sun Hotel for a night |
Mary likes to invent things. She creates a new language and teaches it to her friend, Jean. Mary and Jean like to talk to each other in their own language because they think no one understands them and it is funny. When they go shopping, they say things like: “Look! He is fat.” “This CD is awful.” “I want to eat free hamburgers.” A clerk comes but he can’t understand what they say. He asked them: “May I help you?” Mary and Jean just laugh. What fun it is to create something new. Which is Mary’s invention?
| A．Teaching her friend. |
| B．A new language. |
| C．Go shopping. |
| D．Making hamburgers. |
Why does Mary like speaking her new language with her friend Jean?
| A．Because they can talk but no one knows what they say. |
| B．Because it’s easy to speak new language. |
| C．Because her friend Jean likes it. |
| D．Because she wants free hamburgers. |
What do they do in the store?
| A．They buy some things. |
| B．They talk with the clerk. |
| C．They want to understand what people say. |
| D．They use their new language and talk about people and things. |
The clerk may think that ________, so he comes to help them.
| A．maybe they need help |
| B．they talk about him |
| C．they laugh at him |
| D．they invent things |
According to the passage, creating something new is _____.
| A．boring |
| B．interesting |
| C．hard |
| D．easy |
Imagine you are an astronaut, you find a new planet that looks like the earth, and when you want to put the flag on it, you find out that this planet has already got population. What would you do?
The US astronaut, Charles “Chuck” Backer, in the new cartoon film Planet 51 just comes across this thing.
Planet 51 is a place where there is no human being. So Chuck arrives in the planet and wants to name it “the US”. But he suddenly finds himself surrounded by lots of little green aliens.
These aliens live in fear that they may be invaded by strange being. They have never seen an alien until Chuck arrives. They think it is terrible and they get ready to defend themselves or attack Chuck. They send him to the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum. Chuck is very scared and tries to escape. The only thing he can do is to make his spaceship work and fly back to the earth. Luckily, he makes friends with a young alien named Lem. Then the adventure begins.
Planet 51 is a science fiction movie. It tells us that whether we are on the earth or in another society with aliens, we should accept the things that are different in our lives and experience them actively. In this way, we can grow up and understand ourselves better by changing.
The film is very funny and full of happiness. Will Chuck return home? If you want to know, see it!根据The US astronaut, Charles “Chuck” Backer, in the new cartoon film Planet 51 just comes across this thing.描述，可知选A。
根据They have never seen an alien until Chuck arrives. They think it is terrible （可怕的）and they get ready to defend themselves or attack Chuck.可知选B。
根据they get ready to defend themselves or attack Chuck.可知是保护自己的意思，故选C。
根据The only thing he can do is to make his spaceship work and fly back to the earth.描述，可知选B。
根据It tells us that whether we are on the earth or in another society with aliens, we should accept the things that are different in our lives and experience them actively. In this way, we can grow up and understand ourselves better by changing.描述，可知选B。
Charles “Chuck” Backer is a ___________.
A. US astronaut B. green alien C. US scientistWhen the green aliens see Charles “Chuck” Backer, they feel ___________。
A. excited B. scared C. sadWhat does the word “defend” mean in this passage?
A. 侵略 B. 隐藏 C.保护How can Chuck get out of the bad situation?
A. He must make friends with aliens there.
B. He must make the spaceship work and return to the earth.
C. He must destroy the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum. What can we learn from the movie?
A. We shouldn’t explore or invade other planets.
B. We should learn to accept new things in order to improve ourselves.
C. We should experience more on the earth in order to be an astronaut.