You probably know you should say "please" and "thank you" at restaurants. You probably know the rules of a library. You know you should respect and be nice to your classmates. But do you have music manners?
Keep It Down! You have to notice the volume of your music. You should not play your music so loud that everyone around you can hear it. Some people might even get angry. Usually, when you play the music loud on an MP3 player, other people can't hear the words of the song. They just hear a loud sound. No one wants to listen to this. Very loud music can also be bad for your ears. So even if you are alone when listening to your MP3 players, you shouldn't turn it up too high.
Take Them Off! You need to know when to turn your MP3 off and put it away. Libraries and schools don't allow MP3 players. There are other places, like museums, that don't have rules, but it would be rude to have your MP3 player on. Sometimes, it doesn't make sense(无意义）to listen on your MP3 player . Why would you listen to music at a play, a movie or a sporting event? You would miss what is going on and others would wonder why you even came.
Take One Out! Once in a while it's okay just to take out one earphone and not the other. Imagine you are listening on your MP3 player when someone asks you the way. It would not be rude to take out one earphone, tell him the way, and put back the earphone and continue listening. You can also do this when you order food at a fast-food restaurant or when you answer the telephone.
It's Your Choice! There are times when you need to decide what is best. For example, some people can listen to music on their MP3 players when reading books, while others think it is disturbing. In cases like this, you need to do what seems right for you.
1. The underlined word "volume" in Paragraph 2 probably means "_________."
A. the amount of a sound
B. the length of a song
C. the type of music
D. the color of an MP3 player
2.We should turn down the music when we are alone because loud music_________.
A. may annoy others B. can hurt our ears
C. is bad for MP3 players D. will make us tired
3. If we listen to our MP3 player at a play, _________.
A. the theatre won't allow it
B. the actors will get angry
C. others won't hear the play well
D. we may miss part of the play
4. The main idea of this passage is about _________.
A. music lovers B. music manners
C. music players D. MP3 earphones
There was a doctor in our city who was famous for his skills. Once he received a little child who was badly ill. Thanks to his skill and care, his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again.
The child’s mother was very much thankful to the doctor, and she visited him to thank him for what he had done for her child. “Doctor,” she said, “you have saved my little son. I don’t know how to thank you enough. I feel that money alone cannot repay you, so I have made this little purse with my own hands, as a sign of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it.” The doctor stood up and said coldly, “Madam, a little present like that is very nice between friends, but a doctor needs to be paid properly for what he has done.” The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment. Then she said quietly, “Perhaps you will tell me how much your fee is?”
“Fifty pounds”, he answered.
The lady opened the little purse and took out four fifty-pound bank notes. She handed one of them to the doctor, and put the other three back into the purse. She put the purse into her handbag and, saying good bye to the doctor, went out of the room.
1. The lady was thankful to the doctor because ________.
A. he had saved her life
B.he had saved her son’s life
C. he often called on her
D. he had given her some money
2. The doctor refused the lady’s purse because he thought ______.
A. the purse should be given between friends
B. the purse was too small
C. the lady didn’t gave him money but the purse
D. the lady was not kind to him
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. The lady had planned to give the doctor 200 pounds.
B. The lady was means.
C. The lady didn’t pay the doctor any money.
D. The lady was angry with the doctor.
假如你是李华，最近你从报纸上看到一家涉外酒店招聘暑期兼职工的广告，请你根据下列要点提示写一封应聘信。
1.李华，女，18岁，身体健康。
2.擅长英语，口语流利。
3.性格外向，交际能力强。
注意：
1.词数120左右。
2.书信格式已经给出，不计入总词数。
3.可以适当拓展。
Dear Sir or Madame,
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
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Yours,
Li Hua
My friend, Emma Daniels, spent the summer of 1974 traveling in Israel. During her month-long stay in Jerusalem she often went to a café called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whom—Alex—used to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend Alex, she mentioned that she had just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that he’d be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just above the café, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former Secretary—General of the United Nations (UN).
Emma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But , when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting. It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack(背包) and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to _____, he left the book behind in Montreal, and his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to Jerusalem, he took the book along.
1.The first owner of the book with Emma’s name in it is probably _____.(within 5 words)
2.The underlined sentence indicates that Emma felt ______ when she opened the book.
( with one word)
3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2. (with one word)
4.Where did Emma write her name and address inside the book ?(within 8 words)
5.For what purpose did the Californian go to Montreal? (within 8 words)
根据下列各题中的汉语提示，写出正确的英语单词。
1.We ______(成功) drove back home last night.
2.I want to have a holiday to enjoy my _____(自由).
3.I like her ____(外向) personality.
4.He shouted to the girl, “You are____(撒谎)!”
5.It was foolish to _____(使。。。处于险境) your life in that way.
Nick Hancock hopes to set a new record by living alone for 60 days on a small island in the Atlantic.
Tom McClean, an SAS soldier who holds the solo record for occupying(占领) Rockall for 40 days in 1985, told Hancock that being alone for two months was the greatest challenge Hancock would have to face.
“I’m fully expecting it to be tough,” Nick Hancock said. “I’m hoping that by doing my daily tasks fairly slowly, I’m going to be able to keep most of my time busy. I think the worst times will come if I’m boxed up for several days by bad weather.”
Hancock hopes to land on Rockall in early June and will carry out the last tests of his boat next week. He has a small wind turbine(风电机) and a solar panel for power, more than two months’ food, a satellite phone and a laptop loaded with e-books to keep him going. Hancock will update an adventure blog, texting messages out on Twitter and emailing his wife Pam and friends every day.
Rockall has been occupied before, most famously by McClean but also by three Greenpeace campaigners, who set the long-stay record of 42 days in 1997 by occupying the rock in protest at oil and gas exploration in the area.
The last human inhabitants Hancock knows of are a small group of Belgian amateur radio enthusiasts, who are interested in broadcasting from distant islands; they were on Rockall overnight in late 2010.
Hancock has no large support team behind him. Except for the coastguard（海岸警卫队）, his only lifeline will be the Orca III, the passenger boat which will take him to Rockall.
1.Nick Hancock’s main goal is to ______.
A. protest at oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic
B. show his ability to adapt himself to bad conditions
C. prove broadcasting from distant islands can be possible
D. challenge the previous record of living alone on Rockall
2.According to Tom McClean, the biggest challenge Hancock would meet was_____.
A. loneliness B. bad weather
C. lack of food D. communication
3.To keep his time busy on Rockall, Hancock will_____.
A. do his daily tasks slowly
B. write a book
C. think of his wife
D. surf online
4.How will Hancock get to Rockall?
A. On the coastguard’s boat
B. On a passenger boat
C. On his own plane
D. On a passenger plane
5.We can learn from the passage that_______.
A. Tom McClean was the first person to set foot on Rockall
B. Hancock will rely on his large support team
C. Rockall is not suitable for humans to settle on
D. Hancock was already a famous online writer before making the plan
