HerearesomeimportanteventsinAu-优题课

Emma and Hannah are 13-year-old school girls from Minnesota, USA. They are good at making new things and both of them are also good at sales. They are selling charms (小装饰物) made out of bottle caps.
The girls came up with the idea last summer when they saw charms were popular with kids. They talked with their parents about the idea. Since then they have sold enough charms to buy a bike for Hannah.
The girls collect bottle caps and then clean them. They find some interesting pictures on the Internet or on paper, and then glue them onto the inside of the caps. There are different kinds of pictures. “Peace signs are popular with girls, and single-letter charms are popular with boys whose names start with those letters,” Emma and Hannah said.
Now, charms can be found everywhere at Dakota Hills Middle School in Eagan. “Students put charms on purses, backpacks, and their lunchboxes,” said Emma. Emma and Hannah also have a shop on the Internet. They hope they can sell their charms to more kids. They’re thinking about selling their charms at the Eagan Market Festival next summer.
Their business is not only for getting money. At their Valentine’s sale, 20% of the income (收入) went to charity.
What are Emma and Hannah?

A．They’re waiters.	B．They’re sellers.
C．They’re students.	D．They’re charm makers.

When did the girls begin to sell the charms?

A．About a year ago.	B．About two months ago.
C．Nearly fifty days ago.	D．Nearly five weeks ago.

Which of the following may NOT be on the charms?

A．Pictures.

B．Signs.

C．Letters.

D．Numbers.

What do Emma and Hannah hope to do now?

A．They hope to become rich people.

B．They hope to give money to charity.

C．They hope to sell more charms.

D．They hope to sell charms in every school.

Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The two girls love their parents and money.

B．Boys like charms with signs.

C．They won’t sell charms next summer.

D．The charms are popular with students.

Rocket
TO SPACE
--by Diego Ramirez
--Astronaut’s life in spaceship
--Two months from launch to landing.
--Learn about Careers in Space
Was ＄39.95
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PET by Kitty Wolf
Companies
Quiz：What pet are you most comfortable with?
Compare characters and kinds of cats and dogs
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ICY JOURNEY
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★Explorer’s Arctic adventures to the South Pole
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★839 pages for only ＄12.50

HANDIWORK MAKE
Published 6 a year
●＄22.50 for six books
●Make money with dolls
●Creat baskets from cloth,wood and feathers
●Make international suits and blankets by hand

Rocket to Space was written by __________.

A．Diego Ramirez.	B．Kitty Wolfe.
C．Sam Mcgee.	D．We don’t know.

Pet Companies cost ___________ before.

A．$15

B．$39.95

C．$12.50

D．$30

The space ship was in space for ___________.

A．Two days.	B．Two months.
C．One week.	D．Two weeks.

Which book can tell you something about the South Pole?

A．Rocket to Space.	B．Pet Companies.
C．Icy Journey.	D．Handiwork Make.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Handiwork Make can teach you how to do housework.

B．Rocket to Space is about astronauts’ life in space.

C．Pet Companies tells the prices of dogs.

D．Icy Journey is the most expensive of the four books.

There once was an old man aged 50，who had a lazy son aged 30. The son couldn’t earn his own living(谋生), and still lived on his old father for food and clothing. The old man was very worried about him. So he took him to the fortune teller(算命先生)to have his fortune told．The father and son both believed what the fortune teller said —the father would live to 80 and the son to 62.
After they found out how long they were going to live, the son was very sad. His father comforted(安慰)him, “Don’t be so sad! You are only 30 now, and still have 32 years of good days ahead of you.”
“I'm not worrying about my own age. It’s your age which causes me great worry,” the son said.
The father was greatly moved感动 and said, “Don’t worry about me so much. I've got 30 years ahead of me too．”
“I’m not worried about your age either,” said the son. “I have found out that you will die two years earlier than I. So who will I depend on依靠 in the two years after your death?”
The old man had a son ______.
thirty years younger than him。
B．who earned a lot of money
C．who lived on him for food and clothing
D．who died two years earlier than him
The underlined words “ahead of'” mean “______”.

A．behind

B．over

C．in front of

D．under

The father was moved when ______.

A．he thought his son was worried about him

B．he knew that his son would die ahead of him

C．his son would earn his own living when he died

D．he found his son worried about his money

The son was worried about his father because______.

A．he liked his father very much

B．he would have no money to buy food and clothing if his father died

C．his father was getting older and older

D．His father would get less and less money

Life in Britain
Home and families
Many British people live in houses，not apartments．Most houses have gardens．
Daily (日常的) life
Most office workers start work at about nine in the morning，and finish at about five or six in the afternoon．Most people don’t go home for lunch，and they just have a quick meal．
School life
Children start school at about nine a.m，and finish at about three thirty p.m．Most children have lunch at school．All children go to school when they are four or five years old，and leave when they are sixteen or seventeen．
Shops
Most shops open at about nine am and close at about six pm．Usually，they don’t close for Lunch .
Many British people live in __________ .

A．apartments	B．parks
C．houses	D．gardens

Most officers start work at about __________in the morning．

A．ten

B．nine

C．eight

D．seven

Most office workers and school children don’t have lunch __________ .

A．in the garden	B．in the shop
C．at home	D．at school

The children in Britain usually study at school for __________ ．

A．sixteen or seventeen years	B．twelve or thirteen years
C．four or five years	D．four years

How much of an addict(成癖/嗜好) are you? Are you like any of the people?
①I dislike haircut(理发). I seldom(很少) get a haircut. So when I get one, my hair is really short. My hair gets really long before my next haircut. --- Harry
②I hardly drink soda(苏打水).I usually drink coffee. I sometimes drink eight cups a day. ---Rose
③I exercise regularly. Sometimes I spend 4 or 5 hours on it in one day. ---Sam
④I have a bar(根) of chocolate sometimes. I can’t eat a lot of it, because it makes me heavy. ---Kim
⑤I have a TV in my living room, one is in my dining room, one is in my bedroom. I even have one in the bathroom. --- John
⑥I spend a lot of time shopping, but I don’t spend a lot of money. I mostly (主要) do window shopping. ---Jenny
How often does Harry get a haircut?

A．Once a month	B．Twice a year
C．hardly ever	D．Always

How many TVs does John have?

A．Four

B．Three

C．Two

D．Five

How many hours does Sam spend on exercise?

A．Four or five hours in a day.	B．Five hours in one day.
C．Four hours in one day.	D．One day.

Kim has chocolate _________ ,while(而) Jenny spends ________ shopping.

A．once, a lot of time

B．sometimes, a great deal of money

C．sometimes, a lot of time

D．once, a great deal of money

Great British Beer Festival Tue.3 Aug—Sat.7 Aug London Drink, music and other entertainments. This is held at Earls Court. http:// www.gbbf. org	Edinburgh International Festival Fri. 13 Aug – Sun. 5 Sep. Edinburgh A festival of classical music, operas and dances in Edinburgh http://www.eif.co.uk
Bristol International Balloon Festival Thur.12 Aug— Sun. 15 Aug. Europe’s largest hot-air balloon festival, with over 100 balloons taking part. http:// www. Bristolfiesta.co.uk	Summer Bank Holiday Mon. 30 Aug. A public holiday in English, Wales and Northern Ireland. People take trips or short vacations during the holiday. For more: travel/transport