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Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）:
In the world today, all of the people need recreation (消遣). We cannot work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life.
Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football. There are also individual (个人的) sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoors.
Not all sports lovers likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. Also many people like some forms of indoor recreation, such as watching TV, singing and dancing.
It doesn’t matter whether we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of recreation.
1.What can’t we do if we want to keep healthy and enjoy life?
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2.What is perhaps the most popular form of recreation?
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3.Is swimming a team sport or an individual sport?
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4.What is the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoors?
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5.Do all people like to take part in sports?
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6.What recreation do you like? Why?
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Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题):
Isabel Allende’s novels are enjoyed all over the world. She is famous for her creativity and imagination. And her own personal story is as amazing as any she has ever told in a novel. Born in 1942, Allende’s family moved often during her childhood. She went to school in South America, Europe, and Asia. As a young woman, she became a journalist in Santiago, Chile’s (智利) capital city. Then, she got married and had two children. In 1970, everything began to change.
Leaving home
Isabel Allende’s uncle was a political leader named Salvador Allende. In 1970, her uncle was elected president of Chile. In 1973, Augusto Pinochet led a military takeover (军事接管) of the Chilean government. President Allende was killed during the fighting. When Isabel Allende began to fear for her life, she and her family decided to move to Venezuela (委内瑞拉).
From Newspaper to Novels
It was really a painful experience for Isabel Allende to flee her country. Without this experience, however, Allende says she never would have begun writing novels. Then she got a phone call from Chile. Her grandfather was dying. She knew she could not return home to be with him, but she wanted to respect him in some way. “I decided to write a letter about all the things he told us when we were young,” Allende explains. Later, he wrote a long letter which became Allende’s first novel, The House of the Spirits.
The Writing Life
“I spent ten, twelve hours a day in a room, writing,” Allende says, “I don’t talk to anybody; I don’t answer the phone.” When she finishes the first draft (草稿) of a new novel, Allende mails a copy to her toughest critic (最严厉的评论家). “I send it to my mother in Chile. She reads it and comes here with a red pencil. We fight for a month at least.” Allende then goes back to work until she feels the book is finished. “The storytelling is the fun part,” she says. “The writing can be a lot of work!”
1.Isabel Allende’s own personal story is very amazing, isn’t it?
2.What was Isabel Allende before she got married?
3.How did the military takeover influence (影响) Isabel Allende’s life?
4.Why did Isabel Allende start writing her first novel?
5.How do you understand “We fight for a month at least” in the last paragraph?
6.What kind of person do you think Isabel Allende is? Give your reason(s).
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Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
Mexico, the largest nation in the region, provides a good example of life in Central America. Although Mexico is a large country, only 12 percent of its land is good for farming. Another 40 percent is good land for cattle and farm animals. The rest of the land is hills and mountains, dry, high plateaus, or wet coastal regions.
The mountains are too high to farm. The high plateau in the middle of Mexico is too dry to plant crops. The coastal areas receive so much rain that the land often becomes waterlogged(水涝的). For all these reasons, Mexicans must take care of the good farmland they have. Yet good farming has not always been possible in Mexico.
For many centuries, Mexican farmers had grown traditional crops. These included corn, beans and squash. However, when the Spanish arrived in the 1500s, they tried to introduce new ideas. They thought new plants such as onions, turnips, sugarcanes and bananas would do well in the warm, tropical climate. But the Mexicans wished to continue(继续) with their old ways.
1.How much of the land in Mexico is good land for cattle and farm animals?
2.The high plateau in the middle of Mexico is a good farmland, isn’t it?
3.Why aren’t the coastal areas good for farming?
4.What did Spanish try to do in the 1500s?
5.Did the Mexicans want to grow the new crops?
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Read the passage and answer the following questions. (根据短文内容回答下列问题)12%
On March 15, many people in the UK wore a plastic red nose. It wasn’t just for fun. They were also raising money to fight poverty (贫穷) in the UK and Africa.
This day is called Red Nose Day. It is a huge charity event in the UK every other year. On this day, people do something funny for money. You might play tricks in the street to make people laugh if they pay. Or your friend might sit in a bathtub full of tomato sauce for an entire day. People do these things to raise money.
Besides Red Nose Day, there are many other creative ways to help people in need around the world.
Many charity organizations run charity shops in Western counties. The shops sell second-hand goods donated by the public such as books and clothes. Many young people love these shops. They can often afford the clothes there. The first modern charity shop was opened by UK Oxfam in 1948 and is still in business. In total, the UK has more than 10,200 charity shops.
Another way is for famous people to hold concerts. They can usually raise much money for charity. For example, the Irish singer Bob Geldof and Scottish musician Midge Ure organized the Live 8 concerts in 2005. The theme was poverty in Africa. There were 10concerts in different cities at the same time. Over 1,000 musicians performed to ask people to give their names if they donate money, which they made into a “Live 8 list”.
In China, there are many charity organizations as well. For example, the Red Cross of China helps people during disasters. The Love Without Boundaries (边界) helps China’s orphans (孤儿).
1. Love Without Boundaries is a charity organization, isn’t it ?(1分)
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2. How often is Red Nose Day held in the UK ? （2分）
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3. Where are the goods in the charity shops from ?（2分）
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4. How will the money from the charity shop be used ? （2分）
The money will be used _____________________________________.
5.What was the purpose of Live 8 concerts in 2005 ? （2分）
The purpose is to ________________________________________________.
6.Will you work for Red Nose Day? What would you do if you wanted people to donate money on Red Nose Day?? （3分）
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Answer the questions(根据短文内容，回答下列问题)
Sports play an important part in the life of the British. Now let’s get some information about cricket (板球) and tennis because both of them are world-famous.
Cricket
Cricket was first played in southern England in the 16th century. Now it is very popular in England.
Cricket is an outdoor game played with two teams of eleven players each. One team bats (击球) first and tries to score runs (得分), while the other team fields (接球). All eleven members of the fielding team come out to play, but only two members of the batting team are allowed (允许) to be on the field at any given time. After both teams have batted, the team with the most runs wins the game.
Tennis
The world’s most famous tennis tournament (锦标赛) is Wimbledon (温布尔登). It started at a small club in south London in the nineteenth century. It begins on the nearest Monday to June 22, at a time when the English often have the finest weather. Millions of people watch the Championships on TV live. It is traditional for people to eat strawberries and cream while they watch the tennis game.
1.Was cricket first played in southern England in the 17th century?
2.How many players are there in cricket?
3.Which team will win the cricket game?
4.Why does the world’s most famous tennis tournament begin on the nearest Monday to June 22?
5.What is the tradition for people to eat while they watch the tennis game?
6.Would you like to visit England? Why or why not?
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D. Answer the following questions (根据短文内容，回答下列问题）
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travellers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take pictures of people
and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked even harder.
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.
Photography also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed feelings, like other kinds of art.
1.Was the first photo a picture of a window of a house?
2.What was the Daguerreotype?
3.If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in 1840, what did he have to do?
4.Why were Mathew Brady’s pictures special?
5.What does this passage mainly tell us?
6.Can you name another kind of art that shows feeling?
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1Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
1．Helen Monson has always been interested in helping her community. Her first volunteer experience was for the American Red Cross when she was in high school. When she was a school teacher, she also found time to volunteer. One year, she organized a Super Saturday Fun Day for kids in the community. She also used to volunteer at the Mint Festival every year. One summer, she served food, another year she organized an art programme.
2．After she retired, she started volunteering to help the old. When her father was older, he was not able to see as well as he used to, which made her sad because he had always enjoyed reading. She decided it would be fun to read to elderly people in her community. She also helped one woman write her stories. Ann was almost 100 years old, and Helen wrote down information about her life when she visited her. She put the information in a book and got it published. Ann was very excited to share her life story with her children and her grandchildren.
3．After a hurricane(飓风) destroyed some southern cities, Helen volunteered again for the American Red Cross. She prepared food and answered phones in a care centre. She says, “I have always liked the Red Cross because the organization helps people in need no matter what.”
4．One day, Helen read an article in the newspaper about refugees(难民) who needed to learn English. Now, she meets once a week with Sahra, a 38-year-old woman, from Somalia. Sahra is living and working in a town about 30 minutes’ walk from where Helen lives. They work on reading and writing skills. Helen gave Sahra a camera and asked her to take pictures of her daily life. She developed the pictures, and then asked Sahra questions about them. In the end, they wrote a book together and used the photos in the book. This helped Sahra learn many new words about her everyday life.
5．Helen says, “The most rewarding(有益的) part of volunteer work is becoming friends with the people I help. They enrich my life as well as I enrich theirs.”
1.When was Helen’s first volunteer experience for the American Red Cross?
2.What did Helen do after she retired?
3.Why was Ann excited when her book got published?
4.Where did Helen work when she volunteered again for the American Red Cross?
5.How far is Sahra living and working from Helen’s home?
6.Did Helen help Sahra to learn English?
7.What can you learn from Helen?
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Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题)
Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 in Scotland. He was from a poor family. When he was twelve, his family moved to the USA. They wanted a better life. There, Andrew started to work right away. He got a job in a factory. He was a good worker, but he didn’t like the job. Later, he changed his job. He worked at the Railroad Company where everybody liked him. He did many different jobs. His salary got higher every year.
In his free time, Andrew loved to read. But in those days, the United States didn’t have free public libraries. Luckily, he lived with a rich man with many books, who let young boys use his library for free, so Andrew could read as much as possible. He read throughout his life.
Andrew learned a lot at the railroad company. He realized that the railroad was very important for big countries. He had a idea to start a business with railroads. He saved all his money and opened a business at the age of thirty years.
First, his company made bridges for the railroads. Ten years later, it made steel for bridges, machines, and many other things. Soon he was the richest man in the world.
Andrew liked to make money. But he believed it was very important to help other people. In
1901, he sold his company for $480 million. He started to give away his money to make new libraries and colleges all over the United States. He built 2811 libraries. Andrew also gave a lot of money to people who worked for peace. In 1903, he gave $1.5 million to build a Peace Palace in the Netherlands.
Andrew Carnegie died in 1919.He was eighty-four years old. During his life, he gave away nearly all of his money. He gave away over $350 million for education and peace. There are colleges, libraries, hospitals, and parks named after Andrew Carnegie.He helped millions of
people all over the world to study and learn.
1.Andrew Carnegie used to work in a factory, didn’t he?
2.Why could Andrew Carnegie read as much as possible in those days?
3.How old was Andrew Carnegie when he opened a business?
4.What did Andrew Carnegie’s company do?
5.How did Andrew Carnegie help others after he sold his company?
6.What can you learn from Andrew Carnegie？
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Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）
In general, laws for children are a good thing. One hundred years ago in industrial countries, children worked 18 hours a day in a factory at age seven. The factory owner could beat a child who fell asleep or was not fast enough. Both parents and teachers could do the same.
Today, there are many laws about children all over the world. Some people think children must obey rules or they should be punished others do not agree. The Inuits or Eskimos in Alaska almost never punish their children. The parents don’t hit them. If the children go too far, the parents punish them by making fun of them.
Children in other parts of the world are not as lucky as Eskimo children. American parents can spank（打……臀部） their children at home, but a teacher cannot hit a child in public school. This is also true in Germany. In contrast（对比）, it is against the law for anyone to hit a child in Sweden. Swedish parents cannot spank their children. The children also have a special government official who works for their rights. There is even a plan for children to divorce from their parents though this is not a law yet！
1.How were children treated in industrial countries 100 years ago？
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2.What does the author mean by “go too far？”
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3.Can a teacher in Germany hit his students in public school？
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4.What kind of people can beat children in Sweden？
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5.What does it mean by “a plan for children to divorce from their parents？”
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6.How do you think parents in China should educate their children if they don’t behave？
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Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（14分）
Tony is reading an advertisement in a magazine. It is about different evening classes or weekend classes.
The Learning Centre, Garden City
We have evening and weekend workshops on ...
test preparation friends and meeting people
jobs and making money travel and language learning
Some of this month's workshops:
1. Get good grades!
Do you forget information and do poorly on tests?
In this workshop, learn to...
Ø remember more (95 percent of what you read)
Ø think quickly and read fast (400 words per minute!).
Ø do well on tests and get high scores.
2. Find true love ... today!
Are you single and shy (害羞的) ? Is it hard for you to talk to people?
In this workshop, learn to...
Ø talk to people: start a conversation with a man or woman.
Ø be more friendly and outgoing.
Ø understand a person's 'body language.
3. You are on TV!
Many actors get their start in television. You can too! In this workshop, learn to...
Ø act in TV ads.
Ø use your voice on the radio.
Ø get TV and radio jobs.
4. See the world ... for free!
Travelling is expensive. But you can see the world for very little money! In this workshop, learn how to...
Ø get discount (50%-80%) on plane tickets.
Ø travel with your friends for free.
Ø see the world by cruise ship ... for $1 per day! This course is also online at www.ASRLC.org
1.What's the advertisement about?
2.We learn to remember more in Workshop 1, don't we?
3.How fast will we read after taking Workshop 1?
4.After you take Workshop 2, will you be able to talk to people more easily or more difficultly?
5.Where do many actors get their start?
6.At the end of Workshop 4, what will you be able to do?
7.Which workshop allows you to take the course online?