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Hot movie in Esplanade Theatre
1.How many days does the movie be on?
A. For 8 days. B. For 9 days. C. For 10 days.
2.How long does each movie last?
A. Half an hour. B. One hour. C. One hour and a half.
3.If a family of three—Dad, Mum and son go to the theatre in the evening, they have to pay ________ dollars for the tickets.
A. 85 B. 105 C. 120
4. ________ are not allowed to enter the theatre.
A. Latecomers
B. Adults without children
C. Kids below three years old
5.Which information can’t be found in the advertisement?
A. The name of the movie.
B. The name of the theatre.
C. The name of the director.
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The common Chinese greeting of “Ni chi le ma?” may soon be replaced (代替) by a new greeting: “Have you cleaned your plate?”
The Clean Your Plate Campaign(运动) began on the Internet in January, 2013. It calls on people to reduce food waste. China in recent years has experienced serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.
Chinese people are well-known for their friendly behavior towards guests. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food.
It’s important for everyone to reduce food waste. However, wasting food is still a serious problem in China. We still have a long way to go.
President Xi Jinping is encouraging people to be less wasteful(浪费的), and he told Party members to cut back on wasteful holiday banquets(宴会). He said they should be more careful when spending the people’s money.
Wasting food certainly goes against what Xi Jinping calls, “the Chinese tradition of being hardworking and thrifty(节俭).” Having a “clean plate” is just a traditional and important thing to do.
1. The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to ________.
A. reduce food waste
B. be more friendly to guests
C. deal with serious problems
2. Which of the following is True according to the passage?
A. The Clean Your Plate Campaign began online in January, 2013.
B. Chinese people waste food for 200 people in a year.
C. Chinese guests like to eat up all the food on the table.
3.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. plates must be kept clean
B. Party members like to waste the people’s money
C. it’s difficult to deal with food wasting problem
4.The underlined phrase “cut back on” in the 5th paragraph(段落) probably means “________”.
A. 增加 B. 保持 C. 减少
5. The passage is written to ________.
A. introduce a new way of greeting
B. encourage people to be less wasteful
C. call on people to work hard for our country
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Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Hiroyuki’s bed will solve your problem! Here is how it works.
The bed is connected to an alarm clock(闹钟). First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispered in a soft voice, “Wake up, darling, please.” After minutes later, Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss shouts, “Wake up at once, or you’ll be late!”
If you don’t get up after the second recording, a mechanical(机械的) “foot” in the bed will kick you in the head. The bed waits a few more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly the top of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. Finally you slide(滑落) off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed awake!
Hiroyuki’s bed is not in stores. There is only one bed — the bed Hiroyuki made for a contest(比赛). Maybe someday a company will make Hiroyuki’s bed and sell it in stores. Maybe people will buy millions of beds. Then Hiroyuki will be rich. If the bed makes Hiroyuki rich, he won’t need to work, and he won’t need to get up early!
1. The bed is useful to the people ________.
A. who can’t sleep well
B. who can’t get up early
C. who go to bed late
2. The bed is not connected to ________.
A. an alarm clock B. a tape recorder C. a TV
3.What will finally happen to Hiroyuki if he doesn’t get up?
A. He will slide onto the floor.
B. A tape recorder will play a recording of his boss.
C. A mechanical “foot” will kick him in the head.
4. Which is TRUE of the following sentences?
A. Hiroyuki’s company has made many such beds.
B. Hiroyuki’s bed is the only one made for a contest.
C. Hiroyuki has made a lot of money.
5.The word “whisper” in the second paragraph means “________”.
A. speak loudly
B. speak angrily
C. speak quietly
