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Teachers Needed Language Centre needs experienced teachers for its new English teaching program. PT/FT (兼/专职) positions available. No more than 25 teaching hours a week. AM/PM changes. Teachers with background in computer skills preferred(优先). Tel: 567-1243.

1. 1.

   A person with __________ of experience is needed to be an editor

   1. A.
      three to six years
   2. B.
      at least four years
   3. C.
      more than five years
   4. D.
      twenty-five years
2. 2.

   You should work for __________ if you become a bank manager

   1. A.
      nine hours a day
   2. B.
      more than nine hours a day
   3. C.
      about ten hours a day
   4. D.
      less than 25 hours a week
3. 3.

   If you want to be a teacher, you can __________ for more information

   1. A.
      call 567-1243
   2. B.
      mail to <newbank@gol.com>
   3. C.
      phone 432-3745
   4. D.
      write to P.O. Box 213, Fairview

Recently,CCTV reporter have asked a simple question, “Are you happy?”
The question has caught many interviewees off guard. Even Mo Yan, who recently won a Nobel Prize, answered by saying “I don’t know.”
We should ask “What exactly is happiness? And how do you measure(测量) it？”. Last year, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation, “Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily.” At last year’s National People’s Congress(全国人民代表大会)， officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target(目标) for the 12^th five-year plan.
Many argue that happiness is elusive. It also means different things to different people. For some, happiness can be as simple as having enough money to buy a new bicycle; for others, it’s about socializing(社交活动) or finding the perfect spouse(配偶).
Chen Shangyuan, 21, a college student, said his idea of happiness always evolves(进化). “At present it relates to how productive I am in a day”, he said. “It might be linked to(联系) job security (安全) or leisure(休闲) time after I graduate.”

1. 1.

   What did Mo Yan say when he was asked the question “Are you happy?”

   1. A.
      Yes, I am very happy
   2. B.
      No, I am not happy
   3. C.
      It depends on the weather
   4. D.
      I don’t know
2. 2.

   What’s the top target for the 12^th five-year plan?

   1. A.
      Economic
   2. B.
      Peace
   3. C.
      Culture
   4. D.
      Increasing happiness
3. 3.

   What does “elusive” mean in the passage?

   1. A.
      难以理解
   2. B.
      难能可贵
   3. C.
      难以实现
   4. D.
      难以忘记
4. 4.

   What does Chen Shangyuan think happiness might be linked to when he works?

   1. A.
      big house
   2. B.
      An expensive car
   3. C.
      Money
   4. D.
      Job security or leisure time
5. 5.

   Form this passage, we can know that_________

   1. A.
      happiness can be measured
   2. B.
      to be happy is very
   3. C.
      different people have different ideas about happiness
   4. D.
      If we have a lot of money we will feel happy

1. 1.

   If you want to take English classes, you should pay______ an hour.

   1. A.
      $8
   2. B.
      $10
   3. C.
      $18
2. 2.

   You want to work in a restaurant, so you should call______.

   1. A.
      Lisa
   2. B.
      John
   3. C.
      Sue
3. 3.

   You can see a new play at Bay College Theatre at______ on Saturday.

   1. A.
      8:00 p.m
   2. B.
      5:00 p.m
   3. C.
      9:00 p.m
4. 4.

   Dave worked in Center’s Restaurant from Monday to Friday last week, 2 hours every night, so he could get______last week.

   1. A.
      $8
   2. B.
      $80
   3. C.
      $16
5. 5.

   You can help the book sale every day except_______.

   1. A.
      Sunday
   2. B.
      Monday
   3. C.
      Saturday

In the past, when people had problems, they went to their families or friends to get advice. Today it is possible to get advice from radio shows, TV programmes and telephone hot lines, too. Most telephone hot lines are completely anonymous---callers do not have to say their names or telephone numbers. Most hot lines are usually free, too, even if the calls are long distance(距离). Other hot lines pay their advisers for their work. Usually the advisers are professionals with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot line. All the advisers listen to people and help them solve their problems

1. 1.

   Today when people have problems, ________．

   1. A.
      they can only ask their families for help
   2. B.
      they can only get help from their friends
   3. C.
      they can get help from telephone hot lines
   4. D.
      they go to the advisers to get help
2. 2.

   Callers         the hot line for the advice or the phone calls．

   1. A.
      pay much
   2. B.
      have to pay
   3. C.
      don’t have to pay
   4. D.
      get money from
3. 3.

   The advisers working at the hot line               ．

   1. A.
      are usually professionals
   2. B.
      have all taken a short class
   3. C.
      can solve any problem
   4. D.
      are not all paid
4. 4.

   How do the hot line advisers work?

   1. A.
      They do what the callers tell them to do．
   2. B.
      They go to the callers to help them．
   3. C.
      They give advice to the callers by phone．
   4. D.
      They ask people to come to see him．

Lots of young people like reading magazines in their free time for fun. Of so many different magazines, Reader’s Digest is famous and popular.
Reader’s Digest is a monthly magazine. Before the 1980s, it belonged to a privately held company, which was started in 1922 by Lila Bell Wallace and Dewitt Wallace. This magazine is small and easy to carry, it’s just half the size of most American magazines, which caused a phrase in 2005, “America in your pocket”. It is the best selling magazine in the USA. At present, its circulation in the USA has reached 10 million copies and the number of the readers there is 38 million. Outside the USA, another 40 million people throughout more than 70 countries also read this magazine in 21 languages.

This magazine’s focus is not news but more of cultural views because the editors think people now can get timely news from somewhere else such as TV and newspaper. They hope this magazine can give readers something that is about special personal experiences, or something the readers can share with their families. In different countries, this magazine provides a window to the world for the local readers. Some parts of the magazine are about the local customs and interests of the local readers. The other parts give the local readers information from all over the world.
This magazine actually used to be a public business until the Wallaces died in the 1980s. Because they had no children, there was no one to take over the company. Sixteen years ago, this company went public and became a public company

1. 1.

   How often does Reader’s Digest come out in the USA?

   1. A.
      Once a year
   2. B.
      Once a month
   3. C.
      Once a week
   4. D.
      Once a day
2. 2.

   How many people all over the world read this magazine?

   1. A.
      38 million
   2. B.
      40 million
   3. C.
      78 million
   4. D.
      108 million
3. 3.

   Which of the following is NOT the focus of Reader’s Digest?

   1. A.
      Timely news
   2. B.
      Personal experiences
   3. C.
      Cultural views
   4. D.
      Local customs
4. 4.

   Which of the following is true?

   1. A.
      Reader’s Digest is the name of a newspaper
   2. B.
      Reader’s Digest is big and not easy to carry
   3. C.
      Reader’s Digest can open people’s eyes
   4. D.
      Reader’s Digest is still a family business today

1. 1.

   Who (谁) lost a watch?

   1. A.
      Betty
   2. B.
      Jim
   3. C.
      Bruce
   4. D.
      David
2. 2.

   Is the ring Betty’s?

   1. A.
      Yes, it is
   2. B.
      No, it isn’t
   3. C.
      Yes, this is
   4. D.
      No, it is David’s
3. 3.

   What color is Jim’s new watch?

   1. A.
      Green
   2. B.
      White
   3. C.
      Black
   4. D.
      Red
4. 4.

   Who can you call for the backpack?

   1. A.
      Betty
   2. B.
      Jim
   3. C.
      Bruce
   4. D.
      David
5. 5.

   What’s Bruce’s phone number?

   1. A.
      678- 4219
   2. B.
      892- 0231
   3. C.
      708- 5209
   4. D.
      291-2084

Name	School	Age	Favorite color	Hair
Tom	No. 3 High School	13	white	black
Lucy	No. 3 High School	12	red	blond

根据表格所提供的信息，选择正确答案。

1. 1.

   How old is Lucy?

   1. A.
      Eleven
   2. B.
      Twelve
   3. C.
      Thirteen
   4. D.
      Fourteen
2. 2.

   What’s Tom’s favorite color?

   1. A.
      White
   2. B.
      Red
   3. C.
      Black
   4. D.
      Blond
3. 3.

   Are they in the same school?

   1. A.
      Yes, they are
   2. B.
      No, they aren’t
   3. C.
      Yes, they do
   4. D.
      No, they don’t
4. 4.

   They are       

   1. A.
      boys
   2. B.
      thirteen
   3. C.
      girls
   4. D.
      students
5. 5.

   What color is Lucy’s hair?

   1. A.
      White
   2. B.
      Red
   3. C.
      Black
   4. D.
      Blond

Tom and Mike are good friends．They are kind to children，   
They want to find summer jobs．One day Tom tells Mike that Beidaihe Kids Summer Camp needs help with sports, music and computers．They are both very glad to hear(听说)this． Tom can play basketball and volleyball and he can swim，too．Mike can play the violin，the trumpet, the drums and the guaitar．Tom and Mike like computers very much，Can they join the Summer Camp?

1. 1.

   Tom and Mike want to______.

   1. A.
      be good with children
   2. B.
      find summer jobs
   3. C.
      get help from the Camp
2. 2.

   The Summer Camp needs help with______?

   1. A.
      Flying kites放风筝．
   2. B.
      Sports，music and computers．
   3. C.
      Drawing pictures．
3. 3.

   Tom can play______.

   1. A.
      basketball and volleyball
   2. B.
      computer games
   3. C.
      violin
4. 4.

   Mike can play______.

   1. A.
      the drums
   2. B.
      volleyball
   3. C.
      football
5. 5.

   What do Tom and Mike both like?

   1. A.
      Football．
   2. B.
      Computers．
   3. C.
      Swimming[

We’ve talked about snails（蜗牛） and their slow move. But much of the time snails don’t move at all. They are in their shells —sleeping.
　　Hot sun will dry out a snail’s body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into his shell. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So when it rains, a snail does the same thing, too. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to. It spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep.
　　In the spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. Its eyes, at the end of the top feelers, are very weak. But its sense of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to find food and the new greens.
　　A snail’s mouth is no bigger than the point of a pin. Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are very small, and you can’t see them. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out! And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones

1. 1.

   A snail _________

   1. A.
      moves more slowly at night
   2. B.
      has thousands of feet
   3. C.
      doesn’t move at all
   4. D.
      sleeps much of the time
2. 2.

   In the sentence “A snail draws its body into its shell”, the word “draw” means _____

   1. A.
      to make with a pencil
   2. B.
      to push
   3. C.
      to pull
   4. D.
      to move away
3. 3.

   From the story, we know _________

   1. A.
      a snail’s shell is very thin
   2. B.
      a snail can’t see well
   3. C.
      a snail’s nose is quite short
   4. D.
      a snail’s body changes in different seasons
4. 4.

   A snail goes to sleep when _____

   1. A.
      it feels hungry
   2. B.
      it is put into a paper box
   3. C.
      spring is coming
   4. D.
      it rains heavily
5. 5.

   Which of the following is wrong?

   1. A.
      In winter the snail doesn’t eat or move
   2. B.
      A snail doesn’t like living under the sun
   3. C.
      The snail’s teeth can’t be worn out
   4. D.
      The snail’s nose helps to find food

Mrs. Black was a poor old woman and she lived in a small village. Her husband died ten years ago. But she had a 24-year-old daughter. Her name was Alice. She worked in New York and lived there. It was far away from her mother's village, and she was not happy about this. One day Alice said to her mother, "I've found a good job in Boston, and I can make a lot of money there, so I will go to work in Boston next week. But don't worry, Mum. I'll send you some money every week. "
A month later, Mrs. Black was very angry. She decided to go to see her daughter in Boston on a train. When she saw her daughter, she said, "Alice, why do you never call me?"
Alice laughed, "But mother," she said, "you haven't got a telephone."
"No", she answered, "I haven't, but you have got one. "

1. 1.

   Mrs. Black lived __________

   1. A.
      in Canada
   2. B.
      in Australia
   3. C.
      in England
   4. D.
      in America
2. 2.

   Mrs. Black lived __________

   1. A.
      alone
   2. B.
      with her husband
   3. C.
      with her daughter
   4. D.
      with her mother
3. 3.

   Alice decided to work in Boston because __________

   1. A.
      New York was too far from her mother's village
   2. B.
      Boston was near her mother's village
   3. C.
      she had found a good job there
   4. D.
      she thought Boston was a quiet and nice place
4. 4.

   A month later, Mrs. Black went to see her daughter in Boston __________

   1. A.
      by air
   2. B.
      by train
   3. C.
      by bus
   4. D.
      by sea
5. 5.

   Alice had never telephoned her mother because __________

   1. A.
      she didn't have time to do so
   2. B.
      her mother didn't have a telephone
   3. C.
      she didn't want to spend money on calling
   4. D.
      her mother didn't know how to make a telephone call