Ben is Pete'cousin. He has come to Beijing from New York with his mother.Peter is going with him in Wangfujing Street.Read the conversation.

Ben:  Look,Peter!There are football cards over there.

Peter: Good morning,sir.How much do the football cards cost?

Shopkeeper:They're ¥50 cards in the whole set.

Ben:Is there a discount if I buy the whole set?

Shopkeeper:Sorry.We only have a discount on last year's cards.

Ben:Well,they're expensive but I think Dad likes the new cards.OK,I'll buy the new cards then.

 

Ben:I want to buy some presents for my mother and my sister too.

Peter:Let me see.These ribbons and hair clips are pretty,Ben.you can buy the ribbons for your mother and the hair clips for your sister.

Ben:The ribbons are nice and the hair clips are very fancy.I think my mother will love the ribbons.my sister likes matching her hairclips with her clothes.I don't know what hair clips she wants

Peter:The ribbobs cost 20.It's a good price!

Ben:Yes.I'll get the ribbns,but I'll look for something else for my sister.

 

Ben is writing an e-mail to his friend in New York. He is telling him about his shopping day in Wangfujing Street. Complete his e-mail.

Hello, Sam

How are you? I'm having a good time in Beijing.

Today, I went shopping with my cousin Peter. I wanted to buy some football cards for my (1) ________. The new football cards cost (2) ________and there are 50 cards in the whole set. I think they are (3) ________but at last I bought them.

Peter said I could buy some (4) ________ for my mother and (5) ________ for my sister. I really like the ribbons. I think Mum will like them. I did not know what hair clips my sister wanted so I did not buy any. I must find something else for my sister. I will find something for you too.

Ben

Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can. “She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”

Not very easy, was it? What you’ve just read is called a tongue twister (绕口令). It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce(发音,读) in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly. Try the next example.

“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Pete Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”

Tongue twisters usually do not have much meaning. They are just designed to improve people’s ability  to pronounce words. Although they may be very difficult, these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English correctly. This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.

So if you wish to pronounce words more smoothly, you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and practicing them.

1.Tongue twisters are helpful in improving ___________ skills.

A. listening        B. writing      C. pronunciation     D. communication

2.The first tongue twister is hard because ___________.

A. it is very boring to read            B. it teaches us a lot of knowledge

C. we don’t know who “she” is        D. the sounds of “s” and “sh” are similar

3.The passage is probably taken from _________ in a school newspaper.

A. Story Time          B. Study Garden

C. Latest News          D. Lost and Found

 

阅读理解。
     Dick was having dinner with his mother and sisters one evening.
Suddenly his younger sister asked.“Why does it look like that outside?”
    Everyone looked out of the window on the north side of the kitchen.
    They saw the sun in a blue sky.Then.they looked out of the window on the south side of the kitchen.They saw a dark sky with big,grey clouds.
Next.they heard the tornado siren(龙卷风报警器),That meant a
tornado was coming.They all know that during a tornado,the safest 
place  to be is the basement(地下室).
     Luckily.they had one.They all ran quickly into the basement.
Suddenly.Dick remembered the pet cat Pete. “Mom, we forgot Pete!”
Dick yelled, “I will go upstairs and find him!” But his mother said, “No, Dick! It’s too dangerous.The tornado is coming. You have to stay here.” All at once they heard the very loud noise of a very strong wind. It was so
loud that they could not even hear their own screams. Everyone was very
scared.
     Just a few seconds later, it stopped. The tornado went away and everyone was safe. Dick ran upstairs and found that the house was badly damaged and Pete was gone. He began to cry and went outside. He saw that all the trees
were blown down except one. And at the top of tree, there was Pete, looking at  Dick and waiting for him. 
1.Why did Dick and his family go to the basement?
A.Because it was going to rain.
B.Because they heard the noise of a very strong wind.
C.Because everyone was very scared.
D.Because the safest place is the basement when a tornado
happens.            
2.Why didn’t Dick’s mother let him go upstairs to find Pete?
A.Because she could not hear him.
B.Because Dick was too young.
C.Because the house Was badly damaged.
D.Because it was too dangerous.
3.Why was the loud noise Dick and his family heard when they were in the basement?
A.Screaming.    
B.The wind.    
C.The siren.
D.The trees.
4.Why did Dick begin to cry?
A.Because the tornado went away.    
B.Because Pete was badly hurt.
C.Because Pete was gone.  
D.Because Pete was at the top of the tree.
5.How many trees were blown down?
A.All except one.    
B.All of them.
C.None of them.    
D.Some of them.

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