Have you ever thought of joining a book club and buying new books through the post? Here at the International Book Club, we already have many members buying books from us by mail.
Immediate benefits：
●As a special offer, you may choose any reduced-price books from our new members' book list, to the value of $6 in total (plus postage and packing). By doing this, you will save pounds on the publishers' prices.
●Tick the box on your form to order a free watch.
●If you reply within seven days, we will send you another free gift carefully chosen from our book list by our staff.
●Order a DVD from the many on offer in our list, at half the recommended(推荐) retail price.
●When you've joined：
As a member, you'll enjoy savings of between 30% and 50% off the publisher's price on every book you buy, and what's more, they'll come straight to your door. Your free club magazine arrives once a month, to keep you up-to-date with the latest bestsellers. This means that every year we offer over 1,000 books to choose from. On the Internet, you can find all our titles for the year on our exclusive members' website.
Being a member：
All we are asking you to do while you are a member is to choose four books during your first year. After that, you can decide on the number of books you wish to take.
In each of our monthly club magazines, our experienced staff choose a Club Choice book — a work of fiction or a reference title which they feel is particularly worth buying, and which is offered at an extra-special price. However, if you do not want this book, just say so in the space provided on the form. We will always send the book if we do not receive this.
So, return your application form today, but hurry — it's not every day we can make you an offer like this. To apply to become a member, all you need to do is simply fill in the enclosed form and return it in the envelope supplied.
Before you know it, your books will be with you. Please don't send any money now, as we will send you your bill with the books. And remember, you have up to a fortnight to decide if you wish to keep the books you have ordered. You should then either return the books or send your payment.
1.Which of the following doesn't belong to the benefits of being a club member?
A. Order a free watch.
B. Get a gift for nothing.
C. Get four books for free in the first year
D. Order a DVD at a low price.
2.Every month the club provides a free club magazine in order to ________.
A. Let readers know the number of books to be sold
B. Attract more and more readers to join the club
C. Make readers know the club's development
D. Keep readers well informed of recent best-selling books
3.If a book is worth $100, how much will a member probably save if he buys one?
A. $40. B. $60. C. $20. D. $70.
4.What should you do if you want to join the book club?
A. Just send the club an email.
B. Ask other club members to recommend you to the club.
C. Fill in an application form and return it to the club.
D. Apply for a membership card.
5.After you get your books, you should ________.
A．Choose whether to keep them or not after you read them carefully
B．Decide whether to keep them or not within a certain period of time
C．Express your idea in the space provided in the book
D．Send money to the club at once
As we all know, getting benched(板凳) in sports is usually a bad thing. But at one school in Florida, a girl has taken a bench and turned it into something entirely different – a place to find friends. It’s called the Friendship Bench. And it’s the brainchild of a sixth grader at Palm Bay Elementary – a girl named Acacia Woodley.
Acacia’s attitude toward life might be summed up best by a question she recently asked members of the Brevard County School Board – “what if we spend as much time putting the spotlight on kindness as we do on cruelty?” It’s a truth Acacias has learned to live her own life –in spite of having a lot of people would consider a handicap (残疾). She was born without a right hand. And her left hand did not form properly. But Acacia says that she has not stopped her from achieving her goals. “You need to believe in your dreams. If you don’t believe in you dreams, I can definitely tell you that they are not going to come true.” She said.
Acacia came up with the idea for the Friendship Bench after seeing kids getting bullied (欺凌) at school. She says she has also experienced bullying herself – kids whispering about her or picking on her because she is different. “Some people say they feel sorry for me. I tell them not to,” she said. “I don’t care that I’m different. I like being different.”
The Friendship Bench looks like a lot of other benches. It has arm sets and a place to lean on. But there are also words painted on it – words such as “hope”, “respect”, “listen” and “dream”. Acacia put the benches together with the help from her mother and brother.
Any time a kid feels he or she needs a friend, all that kid needs to do is sit on the bench. It is then up to the other kids – or grown-ups – to fill that need. “It’s a perfect idea,” Palm Bay Elementary Principal Lori said. “It’s something we’ve needed so badly.”
The Friendship Bench has been such a success at Palm Bay Elementary that other schools are now interested in installing（安装） one too. “There’s a saying in my teacher’s classroom,” Acacia said. “It says, ‘it you can dream it, you can achieve it.’”
1.What is the function of the first sentence in Paragraph One?
A. To explain the meaning of getting benched is sports.
B. To introduce the important role “bench” plays in sports.
C. To introduce what the author wants to say in the text to us.
D. To tell us that the passage is connected with the word “bench”.
2.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Acacia has also suffered from other kids’ bullying.
B. The kids who sit on the bench feel they need friends.
C. Grown-ups are allowed to offer their help to the one in need.
D. The Friendship Bench is different from others in the arm sets.
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. More Friendship Benches will be installed in other schools soon.
B. Students stop bullying other schoolmates at Palm Bay Elementary.
C. The students at Palm Bay Elementary have become more friendly.
D. Acacia has become a very important figure at Palm Bay Elementary.
4.What is the best title of this passage?
A. Acacia’s New Invention B. The Friendship Bench
C. Help from a Special Bench D. Getting Benched in School
Aileen was watching TV when the program suddenly stopped. An announcer said, “Sorry to stop the program. We are requested to an important notice. At about nine this evening, a lady named Mrs. Humney was and killed. Anyone who can supply any clue is requested to report to the .” The news made the lonely girl with fear. She couldn’t help looking , but she didn’t notice that a man was already behind thedoor to the balcony (阳台).
All of a sudden the man appeared before Aileen. “Don’t ask for . Put your jewellery on the table, and then think over I shall be safe to stay up here for the night,” said he. That made Aileen even more , but she tried to herself.
Just then came the whistle of a police car. Then someone rang the doorbell. The robber (抢劫犯) said with a gun the girl’s back, “Go to the door and say that you’ve gone to bed.”
Suddenly, the girl had a(n) .
“Oh, who are you?” she said.
“Bull. Is there anything ?” asked the policeman Bull.
“No.” Immediately she added loudly, “ , my elder brother extends his greeting to you.”
“Thank you. Good night!” Bull replied in the same .
A few minutes later the sound of the police car going could be heard. “It’s well ,” the robber said. Then he rushed to the girl. Almost at the same time the glass on the window was broken. The policemen hurried into the room and caught the robber.
“Aileen, the greeting was so good that it made us take right away,” said Bull, “because we’ve already known that your was killed in a robbery half a year ago.”
1.A. obey B. make C. introduce D. broadcast
2.A. robbed B. hurt C. wounded D. stolen
3.A. public B. police C. hospital D. family
4.A. cry B. shout C. fall D. shake
5.A. ahead B. back C. around D. away
6.A. hiding B. sitting C. playing D. staying
7.A. information B. advice C. leave D. trouble
8.A. that B. whether C. where D. what
9.A. careful B. anxious C. strange D. terrified
10.A. protect B. help C. calm D. express
11.A. for B. against C. behind D. beyond
12.A. method B. answer C. sentence D. idea
13.A. new B. important C. unusual D. upset
14.A. Instead B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides
15.A. warm B. deep C. kind D. real
16.A. sound B. manner C. speech D. voice
17.A. out B. on C. along D. away
18.A. acted B. refused C. done D. said
19.A. care B. action C. risk D. step
20.A. sister B. brother C. mother D. father
---I am so glad to find you at home. Can you do me a favor?
---Sure. _________?
A. Why not B. What’s up
C. How come D. How is it going
He thought______ mattered most in improving your spoken English was enough confidence and practice.
A. why B. what C. which D. that
John opened the door. There _____ he had never seen before.
A. a girl did stand B. a girl stood
C. did a girl stand D. stood a girl
