Have you ever heard about the Whale Inside Dark Restaurant? The restaurant is in eastern downtown Beijing. It’s the first eat-in-the-dark restaurant in China, and also in Asia. The restaurant is so welcome, since it’s open in January at jianwai SOHO in Chaoyang District.
People going there will experience darkness both during the day and the night. The restaurant offers not only a wonderful choice for food, but also a special environment for friends or parties.
Every day, Whale Inside receives at least 50 guests from everywhere around Beijing. About 10 per cent of them are foreigners.
The customers will go to the light to see the menu, and then they have to hand in all mobile phones, watches and other things that can give off light. They then move to the dark world. Waiters will lead them to the dark dining area. Of course, the waiters are all wearing special glasses that can make them see in the dark. Customers cannot see anything including their food or friends. They have to look for their spoons, drinks, and anything else.
Every table may get a “secret dish(菜肴)”. The guests will have one chance to guess what the dish is made of. Everyone who guesses it correctly can win a prize. “It is not easy,” said the manager, “because without seeing it, only 30 per cent of the guests can get the answer.”Whale Inside is a place where people can __________.
| A．eat special dark food | B．choose any food they like |
| C．have meals in darkness | D．eat inside a whale |
About ____ foreign guests will visit the restaurant every day according to the passage.
| A．50 | B．10 | C．5 | D．500 |
The right order of the following statements is _______.
a. Waiters lead the customers to the dark dining area
b. Customers go to the light to see the menu.
c. Customers hand in their mobile phones, watches, etc.
d. Customers have to eat in the darkness
| A．b-c-a-d | B．c-b-a-d |
| C．b-a-d-c | D．c-d-b-a |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Guests there will have a chance to get a prize—a secret dish. |
| B．Every guest there will get a secret dish. |
| C．It’s not easy to guess the secret dish without seeing it. |
| D．The manager said only 30 guests received the prize. |
The passage mainly tells us that _____________.
| A．eating in the darkness is very popular today |
| B．it’s strange to eat in the darkness |
| C．many people go to get the prize in Whale Inside |
| D．the first eat-in-the-dark restaurant in China and also in Asia |
Pedro Rossi is happy--he is very，very happy! He won(赢得) $500，000! He won the lottery(彩票)!
Pedro is happy for only a few days. Then he remembers his lottery ticket! He throws it in the garbage can!
Pedro runs to the garbage can and looks in it. The garbage can is not over there at all!
“The garbage is gone，”his wife says. “The garbage truck(卡车) comes in the morning.”
The garbage truck takes the garbage can to the garbage dump(垃圾堆)! Pedro runs to the dump. He looks for it for two days. But he can't find it.
Pedro lives in town in Brazil. Pedro tells the people in the town，“Look for my lottery ticket at the dump. If you find it，I can give you half the money.”
Everyday hundreds of people go to the dump to look for the ticket. Five days later，a man finds it. Pedro gives the man $250，000.
Pedro won $500，000 in the lottery. Now he won only 250，000. But he is not sad. “Before，one man was happy，”Pedro says. “Now two men are happy!”Pedro is very happy for only a few days because __________.
| A．he lost(丢失) the money on the way home |
| B．he can't find the lottery in his box |
| C．he throws the lottery in a garbage can |
| D．he can't find his money in his pockets(口袋) |
Pedro looks for his lottery for _____ days.
| A．two | B．five | C．seven | D．a few |
He gives _________ of his money to the man.
| A．500，000 | B．a little |
| C．250，000 | D．100，000 |
Pedro can only get 250，000，but he is very _____.
| A．sad | B．happy |
| C．sorry | D．angry |
The meaning of the underlined word “can” may be _______.
| A．能够；会 | B．罐头 | C．可以 | D．金属容器 |
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根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号涂在答题卡相应位置。 If you are not getting on well with a friend of yours, you can email __ for help.
| A．Save the Earth Club | B．Dear Mrs Web |
| C．Help Line Volunteers | D．The King Sweeper |
Which of the following has the least chance to get help from Help Line Volunteers?
| A．An old American farmer. | B．An old Chinese farmer. |
| C．An old English farmer. | D．An old Canadian farmer. |
Save the Earth Club is __ to help improve the environment.
| A．a world club | B．a city club |
| C．a school club | D．a neighborhood club |
If you buy two pairs of Trendy Sunglasses, you will save __
| A．$ 10.99 | B． $1.99 |
| C．$ 19.99 | D． $ 2.99 |
People who get help from Dear Mrs Web
| A．have to pay for it | B．have to help others |
| C．must be quite poor | D．needn't pay for it |
Here are two amazing shops from the world.
One of the most famous department stores in New York City is Macy's.There are over 850 Macy's stores all over the US, but the flagship store is in Herald Square,Manhattan---just around the corner from the Empire State Building. Interestingly, Rowland Macy, the company founder ( 创始人 ), opened his first shops between 1843 and 1855, but they weren't successful. However, Macy learned from his mistakes, and in 1858 he moved to New York. He opened his first New York store on October 18, 1858 and was immediately successful. Macy's is especially famous for its Thanksgiving Day Parade, which marks the beginning of the Christmas season.
One of the oldest shops in London is Fortnum & Mason.
It was founded by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason in
1707 in central London. Originally, the shop only sold food, but these days, it sells all kinds of other things including clothes, books and games. It has the "Gentleman's Department" on the top floor, a famous tea shop and several restaurants. The business started out small, but in 1761, William Fortnum’s grandson, Charles, went to work for Queen Charlotte. As a result, the royals ( 皇家 ) started shopping there and continues to now. In fact, Queen Elizabeth visited Fortnum's last year. Fortnum's is really famous for its hampers, which are baskets of food. There are picnic hampers and Christmas hampers that are full of wines and Christmas food. They are extremely popular, but also expensive and can cost up to £25.000.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号涂在答题卡相应位置。 How old is the store Macy's which was first opened in New York?
| A．60. | B．158. | C．155. | D．160. |
What made Rowland Macy's shops successful?
| A．He moved to New York. |
| B．He opened a flagship store. |
| C．He began Christmas season. |
| D．He learned from his mistakes. |
What did Fortnum & Mason use to sell?
| A．Food. | B．Books. |
| C．Games. | D．Clothes. |
. Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Fortnum & Mason used to be a small shop. |
| B．The hampers from Fortnum & Mason are popular but expensive. |
| C．Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade means the beginning of Christmas season. |
| D．William Fortnum worked for Queen Elizabeth. |
Where is this passage possibly from?
| A．A music magazine. | B．A clothes ad. |
| C．A sports poster. | D．A fashion guidebook. |
Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family' s expensive gold wrapping (包装 ) paper. Money was always not enough, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted ( 贴) the gold paper to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree.
The next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"
As he opened the box, the father was sorry for his earlier behavior.
But after he opened it, he found it was empty and again he was angry."Don' t you know, young lady, " he said, "when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package!"
The little girl looked up at him with tears running from her eyes and said, "Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full."
When the father heard this, he fell on his knees and put his arm around his dear little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the year of his life. Whenever he was sad or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God. This is the most expensive possession (财产) anyone could hold.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号涂在答题卡相应位置。Why did the man punish his little daughter?
| A．Because his daughter made some mistakes. |
| B．Because his daughter asked he for Christmas present. |
| C．Because his daughter used up their only gold wapping paper. |
| D．Because his daughter decorated the Christmas tree with gold wrapping paper. |
Why was the man sorry for his behavior as he opened the box?
| A．Because his daughter bought him a Christmas gift.. |
| B．Because he misunderstood his daughter for wasting paper. |
| C．Because he saw his daughter was so excited. |
| D．Because the box was covered with the kisses. |
What's the meaning of the underlined word "invisible"?
| A．贵重的 | B．无形的 |
| C．珍爱的 | D．唯一的 |
What did the man do when he had problem in his life after his daughter died?
| A．He missed his daughter so much. " |
| B．He took out the box and kissed it. |
| C．He thought of his daughter's love. |
| D．He put the box by his bed. |
What's the best title for the passage?
| A．The Kiss | B．The Gift |
| C．The Father | D．The Daughter |
New Energy in the Twenty-first Century Energy from the wind.
All over the world, people use the power of the wind. It is a clean source of energy, and there is lots of it. But if the wind does not blow, there is no wind energy.
Energy from the water
When water moves from a high place to a lower place it has the power to make electricity. In Britain, waterpower produces enough energy to power a town with 40000 people. Waterpower gives energy without pollution, but people have to build dams(大坝) to use this kind of power, and building dams is very expensive.
Energy from the earth
There is heat in the rocks under the earth. Scientists use the heat to make geothermal(地热的) San Francisco gets half of the energy it needs from geothermal power. This kind of energy is cheap, but it is only possible in a few places in the world.
Energy from the sun
Solar panels(镶板) on the roofs of houses and buildings can turn energy from the sun into electricity. These panels can create enough energy to heat the whole house during winter. Solar power is clean and plentiful, but when the weather is bad, it can’t produce power.
阅读上面信息，完成下列表格。
| Advantages |
Disadvantages |
|
| Wind power |
Clean energy. There is a lot of it. |
|
| Waterpower |
It is expensive. |
|
| Geothermal Power |
It is only possible in a few places in the world. |
|
| Solar power |
Clean and plentiful. |