Should Shanghai bid for(申办) the Summer Olympics in 2028? Here are some people’s opinions.
Some people said, “The games will improve Shanghai’s global influence and the city is powerful and must try to become a platform(平台) for major international dialogues.（3） Shanghai has succeeded in holding the World Expo in 2010 and the city can also hold a successful Summer Olympics.” Others, however, are not sure that it’s a good idea. They think the Olympics would be too expensive and the money could be better spent on other things.（4）The 2008 Beijing Olympics brought much prestige(声望) to the city and to China, but its cost, over $40 million, was high and the Olympic site(场地) in the center of the city is now largely unused. Could Shanghai learn from Beijing’s experience and do it better?
My answer is yes. As one American said, “A great city has to do great things.” Shanghai is a great city and is not afraid of facing challenges. Holding the 2028 Summer Olympics would prove that.
1.Why don’t some people agree to bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics?
2.How much did the 2008 Beijing Olympics cost?
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Mr Smith was a cook. He worked in a restaurant. Once he decided to go to a village 1._______(spend) his holidays when it was very hot in the town.
One afternoon Mr Smith2.________(walk) in a forest, and found it was very cool. He went farther and farther. Suddenly he saw a bear coming at him. He tried his best 3._____( run) away. And soon the bear4.__________( disappear) but he lost his way. He came out of the forest when the sun 5.___________(sink). He didn’t know how 6.________(get) to the village and was much hungry. Just then he saw an old man7._______(work) in the fields.
“Hi! Old man,” shouted Mr Smith. “Where does the road go?”
“I never notice it can move. It8.__________(be) here for hundreds of years,” answered the old man.
“How far is the village from here?”
“I don’t know,” said the old man. “I haven’t measured(测量)it.”
Mr Smith 9._________(become)angry. He shouted . “What do you know? You are the most foolish in the world, I think.”
“Maybe I am,” said the old man with a smile on his face, “But I 10. ____ never_____(lose) my way at least.”
Children's school is changing very fast today. In the past, teachers 1.k______ children sitting still for hours. They made them memorize 2.d________ kinds of things. In other 3.w______, the children had to go on repeating things until they knew them "by heart". Today, many teachers want to know if it is4.p______ to make children learn at all. They say you can often help them learn. They say you must let children and find out things for 5.t________.
But for these children, school is a kind of prison. They are there only because their6.p_______ make them go. They get out of the classroom as soon as the teacher lets them7.l_____. Many of them want to find work, but the law will not let them work8.u_____ they reach a certain 9.a______. And so, they have to stay in school. Often they do not learn anything at all and10. h_____ every moment.
For most. people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people ask question, "What clothes are fashion?" And they use the adjective "fashionable" in the same way: ".she was wearing a fashionable coat. ""His shirt was really a fashionable color. "
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books.There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things frcrn the past, you will feel that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.Today fashions change very quickly. Scme of this is natu- ral. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information frcrn one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
1. Form this passage we know that "fashion" means ____
A. clothes B. nice things
C. most of the popular things D. everything
2.Which of the following things is fashionable today?
A. Surfing on the Interact.
B. Having a family dinner on New Year' s Day.
C. Learning to sing songs on the radio.
D. Doing roomingexercises at school.
3.Today fashions change very quickly because ___.
A.People read newspapers every day
B. Radios send information frcrn one country to another
C. New things that people like are often shown on TV
D. People quickly learn what is happening in the world
4."There is money in fashion" in the last sentence means
A. clothes are expensive
B. fashions can help people make big money
C. fashionable things are all expensive
D. if you are in fashion, you will have money
5.Which one is not right in the following statements?
A. As time goes, fashions can be different from what they are now.
B. In the modem world, fashions change very quickly.
C. The word "fashions" doesn' t only means "clothes".
D. Fashions are in many things, but there aren' t fashions in school subiects.
The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurant, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurant, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars. There are many kinds of fast food restaurant in the United States. The greatest in number sell hamburger, French fries and so on. They are popular among Americans. Besides, fast food restaurant that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream are very many. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.
Fast food restaurant are popular because they reflect(反映) American life style. Customer can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurant, food is not expensive. Therefore, people often buy and eat at a fast restaurant, while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often.
1.In the United States the favorite food is ____.
A. Chinese food B. Mexican food
C. French fries D. the hamburger
2.Americans like to fast food restaurant because_____.
A. they can easily find fast food restaurant
B. they like to eat hamburger and French fries
C. they are too busy to want to spend time preparing or waiting
D. they are so rich that they don’t want to do cooking themselves
3. _____ of fast food restaurant sell hamburger, French fries.
A. All B. Most C. Few D. None
4.The food in fast food restaurant is ____ ready before the customers order it.
A. always B. usually C. seldom D. never
5.The best title for the passage is _____.
A. The Fast Food Restaurant in the U.S.A.
B. The Hamburger in the U.S.A.
C. American Life Style
D. All Kinds of Food in the U.S.A.
Do you feel you have enough time to do all the things you have to do or want to do? How do you think you could plan your day better? A daily schedule (时间表) will help you plan every part of it. If you learn to manage (安排) your time, you will probably feel less worried. Here is how to do it. 1. Take out a piece of paper and a ruler. Draw a form of your waking hours, using one square (正方形) for each half an hour. If you’re awake for 16 hours each day, you will need 32 squares: 8 across, 4 down.2. Sit down and examine your day. Make a list of all the things you need to do. Think about when you should do them. 3. Fill out your schedule. 4. Remember to give yourself breaks. If doing all of your homework at one time is too much, schedule a little bit of free time in the middle of it. 5. If you have an important thing to do but it’s not on your schedule, adjust other activities around it. 6. Think about using different colored pens for your different activities. In this way, you’ll clearly know how your day is planned out.
1. The underlined word "adjust" means _________ in the article.
A. 忽略 B. 遵守 C. 执行 D. 调整
2. If the writer is awake for 14 hours each day, he will need _______ squares in his schedule.
A. 14 B. 28 C. 32 D. 36
3.The writer thinks that __________.
A. nobody has enough time to do everything he should do
B. people can use time better by making a daily schedule
C. it’s good to have dinner before homework
D. students should finish all of their homework at one time
4.In the writer’s opinion, if something unexpected(意外的) takes place, you should ______.
A. not mind it
B. work according to your schedule
C. adjust your other activities
D. forget about your schedule
5.The passage is mainly about how to _______.
A. make a daily schedule B. get good study habits
C. make a form D. live happily
