阅读下面的三篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
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Attention, please! Sunshine Language Learning Center will set a course and it will teach pure （纯正的）British English. Maybe you’ve known some British expressions are quite different from American ones. British people use “autumn” for “fall”, “film” for “movie”, “holiday” for “vacation”, “garden” for “yard”, etc.
There are more typical（典型的）expressions that you may not know. Here are Mr Bean’s examples.
| “cheers” or “thanks” | British people use “Cheers” much more often than “Thanks”. “Cheers” is often used by them in daily informal conversations for small favours（帮助）, such as opening doors for others, lending somebody a pen, showing strangers ways,… |
Present Perfect Tense or Simple Past Tense | It’s more common to hear the British say “Have you done your work?” than “Did you do your work?” They prefer present tense to simple past tense. | |
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Are you interested in it? Do you want to learn? You can learn British English well if you put much effort into it. We have some native British English teachers with much experience to help you. The course will be open in the coming summer holiday. The price of the course is not very high: ￥500 for one person; ￥900 for two (10% off); ￥1,200 for three (20% off); for four or more, 30% off.
For further details, call 400-810-2345 or search http://www.BEcourse.com. Come and join us!
1.The passage is most probably a(n) .
A. story B. notice
C. invitation D.advertisement
2.Some typical British expressions are quoted（引用）mainly because the course organizers think .
A. English is hard to learn and needs hard work
B. these typical English expressions are interesting
C. some learners can be attracted to take the course
D. British English expressions are better than American ones
3. If you and thress of your classmates have decided to take the course, how much will you pay all together?
A. ￥1,200 B. ￥1,400
C. ￥1,500 D. ￥1,600
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文生各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
At the present time, more and more people love travelling. It’s a very good of getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring (获得) experiences. It helps travelers a lot. Travel can make our minds become .
But travel does more than all that. It can also make us more creative. In recent years, some professors have been doing research on what many people have already learned from travel experiences. They believe that spending time abroad has the to affect (影响) people’s mind. For example, they found that the students who lived abroad for a longer period were better at problems creatively than those who did not. If you stay in the same place, you can’t experience new sights, new smells, new sounds and new cultures. All these can your mind and make it more active.
, that doesn’t mean the more places you’ve been, the more creative you’ll become. Another group of professors have been doing research. They found the people who often travelled from one place to another didn’t have enough to immerse（使……沉浸）themselves in a new place and a new culture. They weren’t as creative as the people who spent the time getting to know a place. You have to interact（相互影响）with the places you go to and then you can benefit（得益）from it.
If you go travelling. which do you prefer, staying in a place for a certain period or rushing all the way ?
1.A. way B. area C. sign D. state
2.A. present B. produce C. get D. check
3.A. thicker B. smoother C. wider D. healthier
4.A. ability B. possibility C. personality D. difficulty
5.A. solving B. causing C. controlling D. spreading
6.A. set up B. wake up C. turn up D. clean up
7.A. Instead B. Otherwise C. Moreover D. However
8.A. secret B. rapid C. common D. similar
9.A. interest B. money C. time D. quality
10.A. nearly B. probably C. hardly D. really
—Never give up. If you keep practicing speaking English every day. you’ll make great progress.
---Thanks for encouraging me. I know .
A. practice makes perfect
B. it never rains but it pours
C. many hands make light work
D. the grass is always greener on the other side
– Mum, the visit to the science museum is so wonderful.
-- Really? Could you tell me ?
A. that you did and saw there
B. when you come back
C. how did you get there
D. if you saw models of spacecraft there
– The radio says there will be a rainstorm this weekend, so we have to cancel the hiking to Nanshan.
-- I’m looking forward to it.
A. Never mind. B. What a pity!
C. My pleasure. D. No problem.
—Hi, I didn’t see you at the party in the company yesterday evening.
-- Oh, all my family my son’s birthday at home.
A. celebrated B. have celebrated
C. was celebrating D. were celebrating
