Hilton English Language Center
Information for New Students
CLASS TIME: 8:30a.m.—10:00a.m., 10:30a.m.—12:00a.m., 1:30p.m.—3:00p.m..
The Language Center is open Monday to Friday. Each class has one afternoon free per week. On the first day, go to the lecture hall to check your timetable.
SELF-ACCESS: The language laboratory (Room 1110) is open Monday to Friday from 3:15p.m. to 5:00p.m. for all full-time students.
You can learn how to use computers for language games or word-processing（文字处理）. There are tapes for students to borrow to practice their English. Go in and ask the teacher to show you. If you plan to take public examinations, there are dictation and listening comprehension tapes for you to practice with. There are cloze exercises on the computers. Ask your class teacher for a list of past exam essays. Students can borrow tapes to take home but they must be returned after two days.
ATTENDANCE（出勤）：All students are expected to attend classes as it is required. Students who do not attend classes will be reported to OSS. Eighty percent attendance is required for students to receive their certificates（证书）when they finish their courses. It is also required by OSS for an extension to your visa.
BOOKS: If students are given course books, the books are their responsibility. If a book is lost, the student will be expected to pay for it.
If students wish to buy books, there is a bookshop in the college specializing in English books (Room 3520).
1.When do classes begin and end on a full day?
A．8:30a.m.—1:30p.m.. B．8:30a.m.—3:00p.m..
C．8:30a.m.—3:15p.m.. D．3:15p.m.—5:00p.m..
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．No teachers are in the language lab.
B．90% attendance is required for the students.
C．Books can’t be taken out of the center.
D．Students can prepare for exams by listening to tapes.
3.The timetable can be seen in _____.
A．the lecture hall B．Room 3520 C．the classroom D．Room 1110
Here is the Eight O’clock News.
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Chinese people spent about 120 billion yuan during the first three days of the May Golden Week last year. This year it has increased to 140 billion yuan.
The children of Beijing No.2 Middle School sang with students from Toronto in Canada to celebrate the 20th anniversary. They had been sister schools since 1986. They spent about two weeks together in Beijing. They visited the Great Wall and the Summer Palace. They took a lot of photos in Beihai Park.
Have you ever got tired of heavy shopping bags? A new shopping assistant robot which was invented by a Japanese company could be the answer. The helpful robot can follow you around and carry several bags. The robot was tested at a shopping center in February 2006.
About 500 people from different countries were in the 2006 “Rock Paper Scissors (剪刀)” World Match in Canada. This event was founded in 1842. It is said that playing this game is fun, and also a good way to solve problems among people.
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And now it’s time for Morning Music.
1.The students from Canada and Beijing No. 2 Middle School didn’t _________.
A．take photos B．visit places of interest
C．sing songs D．have a football match
2.Which of the following is NOT talked about in the news?
A．The robot can help with shopping bags.
B．A Japanese company invented the robot.
C．The robot was tested at a shopping centre.
D．There are such robots in people’s homes now.
3.The underlined word “anniversary” means_________.
A．birthday
B．yearly return of the date of an event
C．university
D．the new beginning of something important
4.Which of the following is a game?
A．Shopping assistant robot. B．May Golden Week.
C．Rock Paper Scissors. D．A visit to the school.
Paragraph 1
Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds. (2) citrus(柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal(谷类), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.
Paragraph 2
People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw(生的) or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.
Paragraph 3
There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry.
The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
1.According to the scientists, which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch?
A．chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages B．potatoes, carrots, rice, bread
C．oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes D．beef, pork, fish, milk
2.It is important for people to eat _______.
A．three times a day
B．dinner at the right time
C．cooked food all the day
D．something from each of the seven kinds of food every day
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A．People in some places don’t have enough to eat.
B．There are too many people in the world.
C．One of the problems is that no one is hungry.
D．The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.
4.If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?
A．When people should eat.
B．What to do with the two problems.
C．How to cook food in different ways.
D．Why people eat different kinds of food.
You may go to karaoke or disco clubs with your friends during the summer holidays. But be careful. In these 41 places you may see people selling small, colourful pills. Make sure you do not try them.
The seller 42 say they are safe and can help you enjoy yourself or 43 from sadness. They may even offer you a free 44 , and tell you that everybody is using 45 .But you must be alert to the 46 that these drugs could destroy your life.
When you put them into your body, often 47 swallowing, breathing in or injecting, drugs find their way into your brain.
Drugs may either speed up 48 slow down your senses. Their effects are different depending on body size, shape, and chemistry. 49 it can make you feel good at first, a drug can do a lot of 50 to your body and brain.
One of the most popular drugs in nightclubs is the so-called head-shaking or ecstasy pill. The drug hits users with a fast high, 51 them feel powerful and full of 52 . Heart rate, breathing and blood pressure 53 - risking damage to your nervous system. Marijuana (大麻) is a 54 used illegal drug. It is called the gateway drug, because using it sometimes 55 harder drugs. It is mostly smoked in a cigarette.
There is 56 risk related to taking drugs that must be 57 . Sharing a needle to inject a drug puts a user at a very 58 risk of being affected with HIV.
Drugs may appear in many different 59 , some with cool names, but taking them could 60 your health forever.
1. A．boring B．exciting C．noisy D．surprising
2. A．may B．must C．should D．can
3. A．keep B．stay C．escape D．stop
4. A．drink B．try C．cigarette D．taste
5. A．it B．him C．her D．them
6. A．fact B．problem C．trouble D．reality
7. A．with B．for C．by D．in
8. A．and B．so C．but D．or
9. A．Although B．Because C．If D．Despite
10. A．hurt B．injury C．damage D．harm
11. A．driving B．having C．making D．keeping
12. A．food B．energy C．hope D．interest
13. A．develop B．grow C．rise D．increase
14. A．deeply B．widely C．strongly D．highly
15. A．prevents B．cause C．leads to D．aims at
16. A．the other B．other C．others D．another
17. A．avoided B．taken C．missed D．interrupted
18. A．big B．high C．large D．wide
19. A．tastes B．smells C．colours D．forms
20. A．kill B．break C．endanger D．ruin
--Her father is very rich.
--- ______ She wouldn’t accept his help even if it were offered.
A．What for? B．So what? C．No doubt. D．No wonder.
Can you _____ your father in the old photo?
A．sort out B．pick out C．work out D．break out
