During the summer holidays there will be a new schedule.
Changes for meal and library service hours and for bus schedules will be shown on the wall outside the dining room. Weekly films and concert schedules, which are being made, will be shown each Wednesday outside the library.
Buses to the town center will leave the North Beijing every hour on the half during the day. The dining room will serve three meals a day from7 am to 7 pm during the weekdays and two meals from noon to 7pm on weekends. The library will continue its usual hours during the weekdays, but have shorter hours o
n Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5pm.
All students who want to use the library borrowing service must have a new summer card. This announcement will also be shown in the next week’s student newspaper.
Answer the following questions according to what you read.
1.What’s the main idea of this announcement?
2.When will the bus leave the North Beijing during the summer holiday?
3.Which schedule is not ready?
4.Is there going to be breakfast on weekends during the holiday?
5.What do the students need if they want to borrow books during the holiday?
Mr.Black didn’t write carefully. His handwriting was hard to read. Last autumn he went to a city on business and would stay there for a long time. A month later it got colder than before. He needed his coat very much. But he didn’t bring it with him. So he wrote to his wife and asked her to post it to him.
A few days went by, Mr.Black didn’t get the coat from his wife. He felt worried and had to telephone to her,“Haven’t you got my letter yet?”“Yes.”answered Mrs.Black. “ButI don’t know what you wrote in it. You’d better come back and read it to me.” From the passage we know Mr.Black wrote1.___.It brought him some 2.__in his life.He wrote to his wife to tell her to3.____his coat to him, But his wife couldn’t know4.___he wrote and waited him to5.___and read it to her.
“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao(淘宝)? I am aTaobaoer, ” says Wangfang, 28,a writer in Beijing. Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site She spends half of her salary(薪水) on Ta, has become an important part of Wangfang’s life. obao.
A growing number of Chinese Internet user like Wang have found the pleasure of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young workers. People can find almost
everything they need online, from clothes to books, from candy to DVD players. And clothing and home-use products are the most popular goods bought online.
The biggest attration for buyers is the low price of online goods. Buyers can also check the information easily. They can compare the prices of the same kind of goods from different sellers, and choose the cheapest one. When someo
ne asks her about the safety of online shopping, Wangfang said,“It’s very safe and easy. If you can’t receive the goods from the sellers or are not satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get a refund If you give the goods back.”
1.What goods do people like to choose online best?
A.Clothing B.Candy C. Books
2.Buying goods online is usually than buying them from the shopping mall.
A.faster B.safer C. cheaper
3.The underlined word “refund”means in Chinese..C
A.补偿金 B.退款 C.欠款
4.From the passage we can learn .
A.Taobao is the largest site of online shopping in the world
B. Wangfang spends most of the money she makes online shopping
C.more and more Chinese enjoy shopping online
5.The passage mainly talk about_____
A. a shopping mall B.Taobao C. online shopping
The World Cup has been on for some days in South Africa.It’s said that more than 2.2 billion peoplep are watching the World Cup.People fly their national flags, wear football shirts and talk about the exerciting games. Also different people have their own ways to enjoy games.
Adam, a football fan, likes going to the bar to watch the games with his friends. They can chat and drink during some of the less important games. Sometimes he meets many foreigners in the bar.They like to sing songs happily, or even dance when a player scores a goal.
Ivan a university student, enjoys watching online. He says it’s hard to get together with friends on weekdays, so watching online is a really a good way to enjoy the World Cup.
A girl called janet often watches the games at home with her family. She said,“In the bar, you always meet people who support different teams, so it can be embarrasing.” She thinks the most important thing is that she feels comfortable while watching at home. She can sit any way she likes.
The World Cup makkes people excited and relaxed. No matter in what way you watch it, just enjoy soccer,just enjoy yourself.
Judge the following sentences true(T) or false(F)
1.It’s said that over 2.2 billion people are watching the World Cup.
2.Adam likes watching the games with his friends in the bar.
3.It’s a good way for Ivan to watch the World Cup online.
4.Janet often watches the games at home alone.
5.All the people enjoy the World Cup in the same way.
Choose the best topic from A to F according to the meaning of each paragraph
1..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 outdoor.
2.When you are reading something in English, you may often come across a new word. What’s the best way to know it? You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word, The pronunciation, the part of speech, the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word.
3. Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn it at school, others by themselves, a few learn English by listening to the language over the radio, on TV, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.
Complete the dialogue with proper words or sentences
A：Hello ! 1._______________________，please?
B：Hold on，pease。Your call ，Tom
C：Tom speaking 2.______________________?
A：Oh，3.______________________________.
C：Where did you go？
A：I went toYinchuanwith my parents .
C：4.___________________?
A：I like it very much.It’s one of the most beautiful cities in the norhwest of Chian
C：5.___________________?
A： Lots of thngs ，such as swimming ，boating，fishing ande riding camels But I think sand sliding is the most interesting
C：Oh，really？ I can’t wait to go there 。
