TheBigWheelNewrideopens5MayAtA-优题课

阅读下面三则广告，回答问题。

Come to Austria(奥地利)！
Soll is a village in the mountains in western Austria. And the Post Hotel is clean and not expensive. It is opened by a local family. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forests and the mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually 20 to 25 in the daytime, but much cooler by evening.

Enjoy Thailand(泰国)！
When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, don’t miss the early morning river boat trip to the Floating(漂浮) just outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. And you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat: the sun can be strong and it may be as hot as 40 at noon.

Visit Hawaii！
Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but don’t be surprised if it rains in the centre of the island. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24 to 26 by the sea, and only a little cooler by late evening.

The advertisements above are about ______.

A．shopping

B．food

C．travel

D．hotels

If you go to Bangkok, you can．

A．Climb Mountains

B．enjoy the scenery of the forests

C．live in the Post Hotel

D．buy fruits while sitting in your boat

_____ is one better way to prevent the strong sunshine in Bangkok

A．Going to the sandy beaches

B．wearing a hat

C．Climbing up the mountains

D．staying in the forests

Which place will you choose if you want to visit both mountains and beaches?

A．Soll in Austria.	B．Bangkok in Thailand.
C．the Floating Market.	D．Kauai in Hawaii.

According to(根据) the advertisements, we know that _______.

A．the hottest travel place is Soll

B．maybe it often rains in the centre of Kauai

C．the Floating Market is in the middle of Bangkok

D．the Post Hotel in Austria is clean but the price is high

配对阅读。左栏的五位母亲打算为各自的孩子选择一所学校，请在右栏信息中选出符合个人要求的最佳选项。

Betty wants her six-year-old daughter to be a musician when she grows up, so she is looking for a famous music school for her.
Sara’s son is 10 years old. He is interested in water sports. He said that he hoped to be a sailor in the future.
Alice learned to dance when she was young. Now she is a successful dancer. She wants her little daughter to follow her steps.
Mary is always worried about her daughter, who is poor at math and English at school, so she is looking for a training centre to help her daughter.
Gina has a son who is a football fan. He knows about almost all the well-known football players. He wishes to be a football star.

A．Aqualility Making water safe and fun. Swimming lessons are for all ages from birth. Small groups are in warm pools in Reigate on Monday & Friday afternoons.

B．Manor House A small and friendly school for girls 2—16 offers a modern and caring environment. Bring your daughter and come and see why our girls are so happy and do so well.

C．Little Kickers Why do we get a kick out of every class? It’s fun. The children have fun learning new skills. So if you want your kid to be a football star or just to be happier, why not come and have a ball with us?

D．Monkey Music Since 1993 thousands of children across the UK have grown up with Monkey Music. Our wonderful teaching program introduces music to young children in a way they can easily understand and enjoy.

E. Kip McGrath Do you want your child to succeed at school? We have very good Math and English teachers. We are for children aged 6—16.
F. Farnham Dance New ballet(芭蕾) classes at the St. John’s Centre, 19 Tilford Rd, Farnham GU9 8DJ. Tuesday afternoons, 10 week terms.
G. Kip House Do you want your child to improve math? We have good math teachers. We’re for childen aged 6-16.

Trains have long been an important form of transportation. Yet they have changed a lot since 1804, when the first train moved at 8 km/hr. Today’s high speed trains can go 300 km/hr or faster. Besides their speed, they have many advantages over other transportation types.
Japan built the world’s first high speed railway. In 1964, Japan’s “Shinkansen” trains started traveling between Osaka and Tokyo at 200 km/hr. Over time, more lines, as well as faster trains, were built.
Korea, England, and the USA, now have their own high speed systems. Taiwan Province’s started running in 2007. Its trains are based on two types of Shinkansen trains. They can carry 989 people and travel from Taipei to Kaohsiung in less than two hours.
These systems are expensive to build, but they have many advantages. For example, they are good for the environment. Trains on the London to Paris line create 1/10 the pollution that planes create. High speed trains are also safer and cleaner than cars.
Super fast trains can even help a country’s economy(经济). They make it easier to travel to faraway places. That helps businesses and land values in those areas. It’s no wonder so many countries are building their own high speed railways.
The world’s first high speed trains started traveling at ______.

A．8 km/hr	B．200 km/hr
C．300 km/hr	D．500 km/hr

In Taiwan Province, the high speed trains are based on trains from ______.

A．Japan

B．Korea

C．China

D．the USA

According to the passage, high speed trains ______ than planes.

A．are cheaper	B．are safer and cleaner
C．make traveling easier	D．cause less pollution

One of the disadvantages of high speed trains mentioned in this passage is that ______.

A．they are safer than some other transportation types

B．it costs a lot to build the whole high speed systems

C．they’re good for a country’s businesses and land values

D．super fast trains can help a country’s economy(经济)

The main idea of this passage is that ______.

A．trains are the most popular form of transportation in the world

B．Japan built the world’s first high speed railway

C．we should do everything that we can to help the environment

D．there are a lot of good reasons to build high speed railways

Questionaire
Read the question and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are.
1. When you don’t understand something, you ask questions.
2. You like listening to older people talk about the past.
3. You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you.
4. You are brave enough when you have to talk to people you don’t know. You enjoy reading books about famous people.
5. You always see and talk to different people.
6. You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.
7. You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages.
8. You talk a lot about yourself.
9. Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions.
10. You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever.
11. Your parents don’ understand you, so you don’t talk to them much.
SCORE NOW: Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO.
Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose YES.
18-24 You are friendly and open-minded. You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say. You’ll probably succeed in learning all kinds of interesting things. Good for you!
10-16 Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will greatly make your life rich and colorful.
0-8 About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, “ No man is an island”. This is still true today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.
If you say “YES” to all these questions, you’ll get _____ points.

A．12

B．16

C．20

D．24

When you score 22 points, you are _____.

A．shy and nervous	B．silent and serious
C．open and friendly	D．brave and strong

The writer thinks you should_____.

A．always see and talks to the same people

B．make your own decision whenever you want

C．enjoy teaching what you are good at

D．talk much about yourselves when possible

“No man is an island” in the text probably means that______.

A．the famous writer was very clever

B．everything is the same as 400 years ago

C．you will feel lonely if on an island

D．you can not live alone in the world

The questions are used to test whether you are willing to _____.

A．learn from others	B．help other people
C．do all by yourself	D．depend on others

Wu Yifang is a 21-year-old girl from Shantou, China. Now she studies in Britain. One day, when she was taking a train from London to Oxford, she heard loud noises on the train.
Before, the train had been very quiet. Some people were resting while others were reading books or listening to music. Suddenly, a group of Chinese people laughed loudly as they played a game of cards.
“I would usually be very happy to meet people from my own country. But at that moment, I wanted the ground to open up and swallow ( 吞没 ) me.” Zhang said.
As it becomes easier for Chinese people to get visas( 签证) to foreign countries, more and more of them are traveling abroad. However, their bad manners have given them a bad reputation.

A recent U.S. survey of 5,600 people five countries showed that Chinese people are the second worst tourists. The worst are American tourists.
Chinese always talk loudly in places like cafes and museums. They also spit (吐痰 ) and litter whenever they want and jump queues. Some Chinese tourists also like to write or draw pictures on famous buildings. In Singapore, Chinese tourists are fined( 罚款) because they were smoking in Non-smoking areas.
Some people may say that they can do everything that they want because they spend money in the country. In fact, this is not true. Besides enjoying ourselves, we should respect local customs and take care of the environment.
Information Card

The country which Wu Yifang studies in
The game that the Chinese people played on the train
The thing that gives Chinese tourists bad reputation
The worst tourist in those five countries
The reason why Chinese tourists were fined in Singapore