Have you ever heard about the Whale Inside Dark Restaurant? The restaurant is in eastern downtown Beijing. It’s the first eat-in-the-dark restaurant in China, and also in Asia. The restaurant is so welcome, since it’s open in January at jianwai SOHO in Chaoyang District.
People going there will experience darkness both during the day and the night. The restaurant offers not only a wonderful choice for food, but also a special environment for friends or parties.
Every day, Whale Inside receives at least 50 guests from everywhere around Beijing. About 10 per cent of them are foreigners.
The customers will go to the light to see the menu, and then they have to hand in all mobile phones, watches and other things that can give off light. They then move to the dark world. Waiters will lead them to the dark dining area. Of course, the waiters are all wearing special glasses that can make them see in the dark. Customers cannot see anything including their food or friends. They have to look for their spoons, drinks, and anything else.
Every table may get a “secret dish(菜肴)”. The guests will have one chance to guess what the dish is made of. Everyone who guesses it correctly can win a prize. “It is not easy,” said the manager, “because without seeing it, only 30 per cent of the guests can get the answer.”
1.Whale Inside is a place where people can __________.
A. eat special dark food B. choose any food they like
C. have meals in darkness D. eat inside a whale
2.About ____ foreign guests will visit the restaurant every day according to the passage.
A. 50 B. 10 C. 5 D. 500
3.The right order of the following statements is _______.
a. Waiters lead the customers to the dark dining area
b. Customers go to the light to see the menu.
c. Customers hand in their mobile phones, watches, etc.
d. Customers have to eat in the darkness
A. b-c-a-d B. c-b-a-d
C. b-a-d-c D. c-d-b-a
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Guests there will have a chance to get a prize—a secret dish.
B. Every guest there will get a secret dish.
C. It’s not easy to guess the secret dish without seeing it.
D. The manager said only 30 guests received the prize.
5. The passage mainly tells us that _____________.
A. eating in the darkness is very popular today
B. it’s strange to eat in the darkness
C. many people go to get the prize in Whale Inside
D. the first eat-in-the-dark restaurant in China and also in Asia
A good way to pass an examination(考试) is to work hard every day in the year. You may fail in the examination if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the examination. If you are taking an English examination, don’t learn only rules of grammar(语法).
Try to read stories in English and speak in English whenever you can. A few days before examination you should start going to bed early. Do not stay up late at night studying and learning things. Before you start the examination, read over the examination paper carefully. Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last finished your examination, read your answers, correct any mistake that you see and make sure that you have not missed anything out.
1.According to the passage, you’d better ________________ to pass an examination.
A. Work hard every day in a year.
B. Work hard many days in a year.
C. Work hard most of time in a year.
D. Work hard only before the examination.
2.If you are going to take an examination, ______ .
A. study hard and sleep less
B. get up early and do a lot of reading
C. go to bed early and have a good rest
D. go to bed late and get up late
3.What should you do when you are taking the examination?
A. Pick up your pen and write at once.
B. Go over your paper before you hand it in
C. After you finish the examination, hand in at once.
D. Try to understand every word while you are reading.
4.What should you do if you want to learn English well according to the passage?
A. Speak more, listen less, never write.
B. Speak less, write more, never listen.
C. Read more, listen more, speak less.
D. read and speak as much as possible.
5.What does “missed...out” mean according to the passage?
A.遗漏 B.增补 C.缺乏 D.丰富
On the first day of school, the new teacher had a look at the list. The students’ names were written on it. pleased the teacher was! Guess what she found? After each name was a number, such as 138, 140, 154 and so on. “ these high IQ students,” she thought to herself. “They’ve given me a terrific (非常棒的) !”
As a result, the excited teacher worked with this class than with her others. She tried some new teaching . She thought these ways would interest the students and hold their interest. And it ! The class did much better than any of her other classes. She had taught her other classes in the way ---the traditional way. Later she that the number after each student meant but the number of his or her clothing box in the school!
1.A. How B. How a C. What D. What a
2.A. student B. student’s C. students D. students’
3.A. Hear of B. Carry on C. Look at D. Do well in
4.A. pupil B. school C. class D. grade
5.A. brighter B. more careful C. harder D. more clearly
6.A. roads B. minds (想法) C. ways D. streets
7.A. did B. worked C. caused (引起) D. started
8.A. special B. strange C. unusual D. usual
9.A. found out B. worked out C. came out D. took out
10.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
—I caught a bad cold and didn’t go to work yesterday. —________.
A. You are bad luck. B. I am sorry to hear that.
C. Why do you say that? D. You are welcome.
How long have you ______ your new mobile phone, Jim?
A. borrowed B. bought C. had D. lent
—_____ did your cousin leave his hometown?
—He _______ for nearly five years.
A. When; has left
B. When; has been away
C. How long; has left
D. How long; has been away
