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A. have experienced　　　　 B. are experiencing　　

C. have been experiencing　　　 D. experienced

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These stories are about the everyday life of ordinary people who 　　　　 the great dangers in China over the past few years.

A. have experienced　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. are experiencing　

C. have been experiencing　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. experienced

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This site contains 100 original short stories about life in America. These stories are written for ESL(English as a second language ) learners who are, at least, high beginners. We want to help ESL students learn English as quickly and effortlessly as possible. Learning should be interesting, not boring. We hope that learners will find that these stories are of some help to improve their English.

The stories have interesting topics and are easy to understand. Each story comes with an audio narrative so that learners can listen as they read. The audio requires downloading the free Real Player. Each story contains a search for pictures, definitions, and pronunciation.“ Following each story are four sets of exercises, and each containing 10 items.

Exercise A is “Yes / No Questions”. The learner is asked questions like, “Does Sara have children?” The learner can then type in, “Yes, she does.” Then the learner can check whether it’s the right answer or not.

Exercise B is “Wh-Questions”. The learner is asked questions like, “Where does Sara live?” The learner can then type in, “She lives in Pasadena.” Then the learner can check his answer.

Exercise C is “Ask Questions”. The learner is given an answer like, “They have two children.” The learner must then type in a question like, “How many children do they have?”The learner can then check to see whether he is correct or not. Exercise D is “Dictation”. The learner listens to a sentence. Most of the sentences duplicate  the sentences in the stories. The learner types the dictation and then checks to see whether he is correct or not.

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1.Where does this passage come from?

2.The main purpose of this passage is to _____.

3.All of the following statements are correct EXCEPT _______.

4.If you want to improve your listening ability, you may mainly do some practice in _____.

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About The Postal Museum

There’ s nothing ordinary about the story of the post. From five -wheeled cycles and rockets to a lioness and flintlock pistols （手枪），the award-winning Postal Museum offers a surprising and entertaining half day out for all ages.

See a restored Mail Coach that thundered across 1800s Britain, get up close to the only existing sheets of the world5 s first postage stamp, the Penny Black, and explore Mail Rail—one of London's hidden gems—with a 15-minute ride through the underground tunnels of the Post Office5 s own 100-year-old railway.

Forget what you think you know about the post and visit one of London's newest museums to discover just what it took to keep us all in touch.

Know Before You Go

• Mail Rail is a miniature railway designed to carry post, not people. As such, it's not suitable for everyone and we^re unfortunately unable to accommodate wheelchair users on the ride itself.

• The Postal Museum is open 10am-5pm every day (closed at Christmas).

• Please ensure you arrive at least 15 minutes before the end of the one-hour Mail Rail timeslot shown on your ticket. Failure to arrive on time may result in being unable to ride Mail Rail.

• Re-entry is permitted any time between 10am and 4:30pm on the date stated on the ticket.

1.A visitor to the Postal Museum will have the chance to　 .

A.take the restored Mail Coach

B.ride Mail Rail for 15 minutes

C.get a copy of the Penny Black

D.hear an unusual story of the post

2.From the advertisement, we can know that　 .

A.re-entry is not permitted during the opening hours

B.the museum reduces the opening hours at Christmas

C.unpunctual visitors may not get the most out of the tour

D.wheelchair users cannot ride Mail Rail without attendance

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Some people worry about being the target of laughter. These people are frightened. They suffer from an emotional disorder called gelotophobia. That long name comes from the Greek language. The word Gelos means laugh, while phobos means fear.

Victor Rubio is an expert on human behavior at the Autonomous University of Madrid. He says people laugh at others for many different reasons. He says being laughed at causes a fear response in the victim. That fear leads the victim to avoid social situations. Sadly, gelotophobia limits the way they lead their lives.

Victor Rubio was among researchers in a huge international study about laughter. The researchers wanted to understand the difference between normal shyness and true gelotophobia. Another goal was to measure the fear of being laughed at within different cultures.

A team from the University of Zurich led ninety-three researchers from many countries in search of answers.

The researchers surveyed more than twenty-two thousand people. They used questions provided in forty-two languages. Their findings were reported in the scientific publication Humor.

Some of the people questioned said they felt unsure of themselves in social situations. But they hid their feelings. Others said they avoided social situations where they had been laughed at before. People also admitted to differing levels of fear that they themselves were the targets of other people’s laughter. The researchers measured and compared all these reactions.

Fear of being laughed at, being made fun of, is a common emotion. But the researchers learned that these feelings differed from nation to nation.

For example, the study found that people in Turkmenistan and Cambodia are likely to hide insecure (不安) feelings when they are around others’ laughter. But people in Iraq, Egypt and Jordan who feel they have been victims before may avoid such situations.

People in Finland were the least likely to believe that people laughing in their presence were making fun of them. Only eight and a half percent of Finns said they would – compared to eighty percent of those questioned in Thailand.

1.The passage is mainly about______________.

A. a common emotion B. laughter   shyness    D. gelotophobia

2.In which country are people most likely to avoid social situations where they have been laughed at before?

A. Turkmenistan     B. Iraq        Finland       D. Thailand

3.According to the text the following is true EXCEPT that ________.

A. people suffer from gelotophobia because they are shy

B. not all the people questioned hid their feelings in social situations

 perhaps Humor is a magazine

D. people in Finland are the least likely to suffer from gelotophobia

4.A person who suffers from gelotophobia will probably ______.

A. be active in social activities           B. be easily laughed at

 like to laugh at others             D. like to stay alone

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What are the speakers talking about?

A. Using English in everyday life.

B. Learning a foreign language.

C. Making a piece of cake.

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Coincidences happen all the time to ordinary people, but the following events are perhaps some of the strangest of them all.

1. In the 19th century, the famous writer, Edgar Allan Poe, wrote a book called The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. It was about four survivors of a shipwreck (船只失事) who were in an open boat for many days before three of them decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the boat Mignonette sank, and only four survivors were left in an open boat for many days. Finally the three older members killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard Parker.

2. In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I went to a small restaurant for dinner. When the owner took King Umberto I’s order, the King noticed that he and the restaurant owner were doubles, in face and in build. Both men began discussing the resemblance between each other and found many more similarities. Both men were born in the same place, on the same day, of the same year (March 14, 1844, Turin, Italy). On the day that the King married Queen Margherita, the restaurant owner had married a lady named Margherita. The restaurant owner opened his restaurant on the same day that King Umberto I was crowned(加冕) King of Italy. On July 29, 1900, King Umberto I was informed that the restaurant owner had died that day in a shooting accident, and as he expressed his regret, someone in the crowd killed him!

3. Mark Twain was a popular American author who wrote famous books such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley’s Comet(哈雷彗星) in 1835, and died on the day of its next appearance in 1910. He himself predicted this in 1909, when he said: “I came in with Halley’s Comet in1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.”

1.In The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, _________.

A. the boat was named Mignonette

B. the ship sank after the cabin boy’s death

C. three people in all eventually survived the shipwreck

D. Richard Parker was unfriendly to the other survivors

2. Whose story is related to astronomy?_________.

A. Mark Twain’s　　 　　 B. Edgar Allan Poe’s

C. King Umberto I’s　 D. Queen Margherita’s

3.The author wrote the text with a feeling of __________.

A. worry　　　　　 　　 B. regret

C. amazement　　　　 D. satisfaction

4.What’s the best title for the text?_________.

A. Unexplained deaths

B. Terrible events in the world

C. Well-known people in history

D. Strangest coincidences in history

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Across China, ordinary people are becoming more and more ______ of the issue of environmental protection.

A. dependent　　 B. ignorant　　 C. alike　　 D. aware

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According to the dictionary definition of“create, ordinary people are creative every day”.To create means“to bring into being, to cause to exist something each of us does daily”.

We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First, this includes an awareness of our surroundings. It means using all of our senses to become aware of our world. This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture(质地),as well as taste, when we plan a meal. Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss.

A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things. If we believe the expression,“There is nothing new under the sun, the creativity is remaking or recombining(重组) the old in new ways.”For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph.

A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to ask for them to achieve some new results. To think up a new idea is one thing; to put the idea to work is another.

These three parts of creativity are included in all the great works of geniuses, but they are also included in many of our day-to-day activities.

1.“There is nothing new under the sun” really implies that _________.

A.a new thing can only be created at the basis of earliest things

B.a new thing is only a tale

C.we can seldom create new things

D.we can hardly see really new things in the world

2.What does the author think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into practice?

A.It’s more difficult to create a new thought than to use it in practice.

B.To find a new thought will clearly lead to the production of a new thing.

C.A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor.

D.One may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice.

3.The best title for this passage is__________.

A.How to Develop One’s Creativity                            B.What Is Creativity

C.The Importance of Creativity                          D.Creativity, a Not Faraway Thing

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In the 19th century, the "coming-of-age" novel became popular. In these stories, we read about1.（hero）growing into maturity from childhood.

David Copperfield, by British novelist Charles Dickens, is a good example of this type of story.2.tells the story of a gifted boy of the same name, 3.goes through many challenges in hopes of becoming a successful writer. Part of the reason Charles Dickens loved his own novel, David Copperfield, was that it4.（model）on his own life. In the novel, he related early personal experiences5.（mean）a lot to him, including his work in a factory, his education, and his efforts6.（publish）novels.

The novel takes place in the Victorian era（1837-1901）and contains Dickens` eritiques（批评）of his society and the anxiety surrounding the relationship7.social classes. It describes8.darkest parts of British society in that time, especially the9.（pain）circumstances of many children.

Young David suffers for his goal, 10.does he reach his dream of becoming a successful writer？Read the book to find out.

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