Our school is always asking students to take part in school activities(活动)and events．Every week there is a Film Night of popular Chinese and English films．After the films，there's discussion groups where the audience can share their ideas and ask questions about the films．Every two weeks，on Wednesday there is a Cooking Night．Students come and cook delicious Chinese dishes．The first Thursday of each month is a Fun Night. Students come to play computer games or to sing karaoke．There are karaoke competitions．So young people can come and show off their singing．
There are also a few short classes on subjects such as Chinese handwriting and the history of China．These are open to the whole city．Every year we have a special activity with the name China Night．It is our most exciting and biggest activity of the year．There are traditional and modern Chinese singing，dancing and acting．What a great night it is!
××年6月
日 一 二 三 四 五 六
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
Choose the best answer according to the passage and the calendar(日历)given．
(1)
From Children's Day to June 30 the students can cook Chinese dishes ______．
A．once
B．twice
C．three times
D．four times
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(2)
The students can enjoy computer games and karaoke on ______．
A．June 2nd
B．June 30th
C．June 23rd
D．June 8th
[ ]
(3)
The biggest activity of the year is a ______．
A．Cooking Night
B．Film Night
C．China Night
D．Fun Night
[ ]
(4)
The students can ______ every week．
A．cook Chinese food
B．see films
C．play computer games
D．enjoy modern dancing
[ ]
(5)
Short Chinese handwriting classes are for ______ in the city．
Languages keeps evolving(进化、发展), and English is no exception．It is a language that embraces(欣然接受)new words that may be cool today but gone tomorrow．
There are, however, some words and phrases that have stood the test of time．OK, which has become the international standard for expressing agreement, is a good example．
But why is this rather odd(奇怪的)expression so popular and so useful when we could use any number of other words to say the same thing?
Writing in The Times, Allen Metcalf, author of OK：The Improbable Story of America’s Greatest Word, writes：“What OK provided that the others did not was neutrality(中性), a way to express agreement without having to offer an opinion．”
For example, if someone asks you “Shall we go for a walk after lunch?” you can simply respond “OK”．There you go－no extra opinions．Just straight, plain old OK．
So just where did this rather curious expression come from? The origins of OK have been widely disputed(辩论，争论)．Some people have guessed that OK was the name of a person or a product．
Speakers of many different languages have had their say on this question, keen to claim the term as their own．
Writing an article for London’s Metro newspaper, Metcalf states：‘O and K are present in every language of the world, as expressions that can be abbreviated(缩写)OK．” For example：French－“O qu-oui”, “yes indeed”; German－“Ohne Korrektur”,“ without correction needed”; and in Latin or Greek, “Olla kalla”, “all good”．
But, does it sound a little too informal with this popular little expression?
Apparently not．
In a speech where he stated that his election(当选)would not be a radical(激进的)result to all problems, President Obama said：“…even though I am president…, AI-Qaida is still a threat(威胁)and that we cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything’s going to be OK,” he said．
So, there you go, straight from the president．It’s OK to say OK, and thanks to the expression’s widespread usage across the world, you can be understood anywhere．
(1)
Using the example of Obama, the author wants to show that _________．
[ ]
A．
there is still a long way to go to defeat Al-Qaida
B．
Obama likes to use OK when he speaks
C．
OK is widely used even on formal occasions
D．
the use of OK is encouraged in formal speech
(2)
According to Allen Metcalf, OK differs from other terms to express agreement, which of the following opinions is true?
Jack is a twenty-year-old young man．Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop．Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening．He is very tired when he gets home．After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep．His grandma who lives downstairs is pleased with him．
One day, on his way home, he met his friend Mary．They were both happy．He asked the girl to his house, and she agreed happily．He bought some fruit and drinks for her．And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future．They talked for a long time．
“Have a look at your watch, please,”said the girl．“What time is it now?”
“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,”said Jack．“Where’s yours?”
“I left it at home．”
Jack thought for a moment and found a way．He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The sound woke his grandma up．The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Jack．Why are you still jumping upstairs?”
(1)
Jack was ________ when he finished middle school．
[ ]
A．
sixteen
B．
eighteen
C．
twenty
D．
fifteen
(2)
The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________．
[ ]
A．
he’s her grandson
B．
he’s clever
C．
he can keep quiet
D．
he gets home on time
(3)
From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack’s ________．
[ ]
A．
classmate
B．
colleague (同事)
C．
aunt
D．
wife
(4)
The word “stamp” in the story means ________ in Chinese．
[ ]
A．
盖印
B．
跺
C．
贴邮票
D．
承认
(5)
Jack stamped his foot on the floor inorderto (为了)________．
