Tony’stimetableMondayTuesdayWe-优题课

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Almost everyone knows the meaning of Mr., Mrs. and Miss. People use Mr. with men’s last names. And Mrs. is for married women and Miss is for single (单身的) women. But what is Ms?
For some time, people in the United States use Ms. before a woman’s name when they do not know whether the woman is married or not. Today many people like to use Ms. Some women feel that it is not important for people to know whether they are married or not.
There are some problems with Ms. Not all women like it. Some like the old ways of doing things. They find it difficult to pronounce (发音) the word. But young people like it.
What do people usually use before married women’s name?
________________________________________________.
When do people use Ms. before a woman’s name?
________________________________________________.
Is it difficult to pronounce the word “Ms.”?
______________________________________________

What do you think Americans in the early twentieth century(1900~1927) did on weekends?What do they do on weekends now?

Then
Once upon a time, people spent lots of time at home on weekends. Then, new inventions changed the weekends.
◆People used electric(电动的) streetcars to travel in cities. On weekends, they rode the street cars to parks. Young people liked roller coasters(过山车).
◆The first movie lasted only one minute. Soon movies lasted longer. In the 1920s, movie theatres sold millions of tickets each week. In 1927, movies eventually(最终) had sound. Sometimes, people stayed at home instead, and listened to another new invention — radio.
◆People in cities worked indoors during the week, so they wanted to be outdoors on weekends. Bicycling became a popular activity.

Now
With more time, money and inventions, people have much more choices.
◆They can visit large parks like Disney World and ride modern roller coasters that go higher and faster than ever before.
◆They can choose from lots of different movies at a multiplex(a building with many movie theatres) or watch a video at home.
◆Many people jog(慢跑), bicycle, work out at the gym, or play sports. Others turn on their TV and watch sports.

Before the early twentieth century, Americans used to spend their weekends _______.

A．outdoors	B．in the theatre
C．at home	D．in the park

What do you know about the first movie according to the passage?

A．It was interesting.	B．It got longer.
C．It sold well.	D．It had no sound.

The roller coasters in America go ______ than ever before.

A． higher	B．faster
C．faster and higher	D．more slowly

The best title of the text is “_______”.

A． The Popular Activities	B．The Changing Weekend
C．Much More Choices	D．The New Inventions

One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick. Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor. When he arrived, Simon went straight to the first floor of the building. But he was told that there was no Rick on that floor. Do you know why?
In fact, the British call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, while Americans would call it the second floor.
The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America, though the British and Americans both speak English.
The British usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a conversation with strangers. For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They’re more active and easier to talk with.
The British and Americans may use different terms for many things. The British usually use “football”, “eraser” and “mail” while Americans prefer to use “soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.
Simon went to London to __________.

A．spend his holiday	B．visit his friend
C．study English	D．have a meeting

According to the passage, the British usually spend their time _____ on the train.

A．talking	B．playing cards
C．singing and dancing	D．doing some reading

What does the underlined word “term” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A．用语

B．学期

C．会议

D．成果

What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Hiding the feeling

B．Simon’s funny story

C．Information abroad.

D．Differences in British and American culture

As we know, Chongqing has changed a lot in the past few years. More and more trees are being planted in the city. And every day you can see many old people play sports everywhere. The changes make people in the city live a happy life. A small survey below is from people in Chongqing. One hundred persons answered the questions last week.

What they want	Health[	Safety	Food
52%	33%	15%
Where they like to live	In a quieter place	In a busier place	In a greener place
15%	5%	80%
What they think of working in the city	Bad	Good	No idea
8%	80%	12%
Whether they plan to change their living places	Yes	No	Difficult to say
39%	41%	20%

From the survey, ________ of the people in Chongqing care about health.

A．39%

B． 41%

C．52%

D．80%

From the survey, we know most people want to live________.

A．in a greener place	B．in a quieter place
C．in a busier place	D．on a mountain

Most people think working in Chongqing is_________.

A．bad

B．sad

C．hard

D．good

Every day people in Chongqing can see________ play sports everywhere.

A．the young	B．the old
C．the men	D．the women

For many years, the school students have to finish some homework during their winter and summer holidays. But with the fast development of the Internet, some students have found a new way to deal with their homework recently. Instead of finishing their homework by themselves, they ask the Internet for help.
Since most of the holiday homework is the same from school to school, this makes it possible for some people to sell the homework answers on the Internet. Usually one must pay about 50 to 100 yuan for the answers for one subject of the homework. A survey shows that 90% of the students complain their homework is too much and they don’t want to do it by themselves.
To solve the problem, some schools have stopped using the standard homework and turned to other forms of homework. As for students, they must remember “No pains, no gains”. If today they pay for their homework answers, perhaps one day they will pay more for their laziness（懒惰）.
Some students deal with their holiday homework by _______.

A．copying their classmates’ homework

B．doing their homework by themselves every day

C．doing nothing at all

D．buying homework answers through the Internet

The price of the answers for one subject is _______.

A．90 yuan	B．about 100 yuan
C．about 50 yuan	D．about 50 to 100 yuan

From the passage We can know _______.

A．the students can’t finish their homework

B．Internet is very useful but has some disadvantage

C．we can buy anything we want through the Internet

D．all the students are very lazy

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Go to school	7:10am	7:15am	7:20am	7:10am	7:10am
10:30 a.m.	P.E.	History	Science		Biology
2:45 p.m.	basketball	soccer	tennis	History club	volleyball
7:15 p.m.	homework	homework	TV	homework	Listen to music
Go to bed	10:15pm	10:15pm	10:15pm	10:15pm	10:15pm