I still remember(记得) my English class. It is very interesting. The teacher goes into the classroom with a smile on his face. At the beginning, he makes a self-introduction(自我介绍). And he tells us what his English name is John Smith.
Then he asks all of us to find English names for ourselves. We are very happy to find a good name. Then he asks us to write our names down on our notebooks. I think about my English name for a long time. Then I come up with (想出) a beautiful name—Shirley. All the students write their names down and give the notebooks to the teacher.
When the teacher calls “Shirley”to answer his question, three girls stand up at the same time.What does the teacher do at the beginning?
A. He asks us to spell our names.
B. He introduces(介绍) himself to all of us.
C. He asks every student to do a self-introduction.What do we do in the first English class?
A. Play computer games.
B. Find English names for ourselves.
C. Tell the teacher our Chinese names.What’s the first name of our English teacher?
A. Smith.
B. Shirley.
C. John.Where do we write down our English names?
A. On our notebook.
B. On the computer.
C. On our ID cards.Which of the following is TRUE？
A. The teacher has a Chinese name.
B. Three girls have the same name “Shirley”.
C. The teacher gives every student an English name.
George worked in London. He wasn't married, and usually had his lunch, and sometimes his dinner, in small restaurants. One evening he decided to go to an expensive restaurant, and when he got in, he saw a large, heavy man whom he had not seen for several years sitting by himself at a table. He thought for a few moments and then remembered the man's name. So he went up to him and said politely, "Hello, Mr Grey. How is your business?"
"Oh, it's not good at all," the large man answered.
George looked at the expensive food and wine on Mr Grey's table and was surprised. "It certainly doesn't look like what you said," he said.
"Well," Mr Grey answered sadly, "I'm afraid you are wrong. A few years ago I was doing very well, and I could afford to bring my wife to this place for dinner too."
| A．he wasn't able to do some cooking |
| B．he had no wife |
| C．he liked to do so |
| D．there were only small restaurants around |
| A．George was invited to dinner in an expensive restaurant |
| B．George invited some friends to have dinner in an expensive restaurant |
| C．George went to an expensive restaurant himself |
| D．George ate a lot of expensive food and wine |
| A．his business wasn't as good as before |
| B．his wife wasn't well at all |
| C．he hadn't seen him for some years |
| D．he was used to eating expensive food and wine |
| A．often had dinner in small restaurants |
| B．always had dinner in expensive restaurants with her husband |
| C．knew George very well |
| D．used to have dinner with her husband in the expensive restaurant |
| A．didn't believe what he said | B．was not surprised to hear that |
| C．agreed with what he said | D．was asked to have dinner with him |
Mr. Green owned a few shops and was busy with his work. Once his wife had a fall and broke her leg. She was sent to the hospital and needed someone to look after her. They had several servants, but none of them could do the job. One of his friends brought a girl to Mr. Green. She looked beautiful and strong. Mr. Green liked her at the first sight, and wanted to hire (聘用) her.
When the girl went out of the room, the friend said, “I hear she’s a little foolish. You’d better ask her some questions. If she answers them well, you can hire her.”
Mr. Green agreed and called the girl in again. He asked, “What would you be a servant for?”
“My mother is often ill,” the girl said, crying, “I have to stop studying and find work. I want to get some money to buy some medicine for her.”
“Where’s your father, then?”
“He died last year.” answered the girl.
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that,” said Mr. Green, “And how did he die?”
“He went to London on business and had a high fever. The doctor couldn’t save him and he died in the capital.”
“How many times had your father been to London?”
“Three times.”
Mr. Green was happy. He thought that the girl was not foolish at all, but he wanted to have a last try. So he asked, “Which of the three times did your father die in London?”
The girl thought for a while and said, “I’m sorry I don’t know. When he died there, I was at school.”
| A．Canada | B．America | C．England | D．Australia |
| A．she had a hard life |
| B．she hoped Mr. Green could hire her |
| C．her mother had broken her leg |
| D．she wanted to get some money from Mr. Green |
| A．to find out why she wanted to be a servant |
| B．to test her to see if she was foolish |
| C．to ask her some difficult questions |
| D．to know where her father had gone |
| A．had done some housework |
| B．had taken care of sick people in hospital |
| C．had been to London three times |
| D．had studied in a school |
| A．was very clever |
| B．could understand all the questions well |
| C．finally worked for Mr. Green |
| D．was a bit silly |
Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things, we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a dump. Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally , a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus, which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.
| A．排污 | B．染色 | C．洗涤 | D．洗尘 |
| A．Some water is used to cover the rubbish. |
| B．Some earth can be used to cover the rubbish. |
| C．The fire burns the rubbish. |
| D．The sewage system takes away the rubbish. |
| A．to feed animals | B．to feed plants | C．to build a house | D．to make machines |
| A．By burning it off | B．By putting it in water |
| C．By throwing it away | D．By reusing and recycling it. |
A to let us know taking away rubbish is a big job.
B. to explain the need for rubbish collection
C. to introduce different ways to treat rubbish
D. to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish
 Once you open the book, you will become a good speaker. Susan Weinschenk’s excellent ideas on how to make a perfect speech are very helpful to you. With the help of the book, you will be confident to know how to give your speech. Also, you will learn how to attract your audience during the speech. |
 Car and Driveris the world’s most popular automotive magazine. The people who like cars can get information and entertainment from it. It offers the best vehicle tests in the business. The magazine also covers the latest developments in car technology. |
 There are four parts in IELTS: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Listening is very important. Are you confident? Have you made good preparation? The bookIELTS Listeningis helpful for your preparation for IELTS. |
 The book offers healthy and delicious food. These dishes can all be completed in less than half an hour, and in many cases, in just a few minutes. Sisson and Meier show you how to delight your family or guests every time with quick, delicious meals using local materials: meats, healthy fats (yes, and real butter) and common herbs and spices. |
| A．Susan Weinschenk | B．Sisson | C．Meier | D．Jack Smith |
| A．Designing Effective Speech Interfaces. | B．Car and Driver |
| C．IELTS Listening. | D．Quick & Easy Meals |
| A．newspaper | B．magazine | C．passage | D．article |
| A．Chinese food | B．fast food |
| C．common herbs and spices | D．healthy and delicious food |
| A．To cook the food well | B．To invite people to dinner |
| C．To make people happy | D．To show people how to cook. |
You’re on the school bus. But as soon as you turn the corner, you find yourself at the end of a very long queue. It’s another traffic jam! It is stop-start for the rest of your journey. Meanwhile, at the same time in Antarctica(南极洲), snow covers the land. A group of emperor penguins crowd together to keep warm, using stop-and-go movements to protect themselves from the winds. Can you see the connection?
Emperor penguins move like cars in traffic jams to keep warm, that’s according to new research by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marina Research in Germany. A penguin only needs to move 2cm in any direction for its neighbor to do the same thing. These movements then flow(流动) through the whole group of penguins like a “traveling wave”.
These waves also help smaller crowds join bigger groups, keeping more and more of their friends warm. A single Antarctic “traffic jam” has thousands of penguins. Interestingly, the technology used for studying road traffic jams was used to study the penguins. This included studying time-lapse(延时) videos. Scientists also discovered that unlike on the road, these waves can be made by any penguin and in any direction.
With temperatures usually dropping below –50℃, and winds reaching speeds of up to 200km/h, these traveling waves are very important for penguins to keep warm.
These penguins can also teach us a lesson. In big groups, they learn to be orderly and patient, and to never crash into each other. These are skills we should all learn from them when we are on the road!
| A．keep warm | B．play games | C．learn from each other | D．cross the road |
| A．drivers can drive fast | B．drivers can drive carelessly |
| C．cars are not moving fast | D．cars will stop working |
| A．is caused by a traffic jam on the road |
| B．is caused by the strong wind in Antarctica |
| C．is formed by the movement of the penguins |
| D．is made by just one or two penguins |
| A．needs to move orderly | B．can move as fast as it likes |
| C．will not leave others behind | D．should move as slowly as it can |
| A．penguins won’t move together if it is not very cold |
| B．traffic jams happen probably because people are impatient |
| C．penguins learn their skills from human beings |
| D．penguins are likely to crash into each other in a group |