Welcome to Franklin Hotel. To make you stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities(设施) to the full.
Dining Room: Breakfast is served in the dining room from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Also the room staff(服务员)may bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7 a.m. If this happens, please fill out a card and hang outside your door when you go to bed. Lunch is from 12 to 2:30 p. m. Dinner is from 7:30 to 9 p. m.
Room Service: This operates 24 hours a day; phone the Reception desk(总台), and your message will be passed on to the staff.
Telephones: To make a phone call, dial(拨) 0 for Reception and ask to be connected. We apologized for delays(拖延) if the lines are very busy. There are also public telephones near the Reception desk. Tell Reception if early calls are needed.
Shop: The hotel shop is open for presents, gifts and goods from 9 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Laundry : We have a laundry in the building, and will wash, iron(烫) and return your clothes within 24 hours, ask the room staff to collect them.
Bar(酒吧): The hotel bar is open from 12 to 2 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 1 a. m.
Banking : The Reception staff will cash cheques and exchange(兑换) any foreign money for you.
【小题1】You would see this notice       .

A.in a hotel bar
B.in a hotel dining room
C.in a bedroom of a large international hotel
D.at the entrance of a small family hotel
【小题2】You have arrived at the hotel at 2 a. m. and want a quick meal. What should you do?
A.Go to the hotel shop.
B.Go to the hotel bar.
C.Hang a message outside your door.
D.Phone the Reception desk.
【小题3】Your phone is powered off and the Reception desk is busy. The quickest way to make an urgent call is to    .
A.go to your room and phone from there.
B.use one of the phones in the entrance hall
C.ask the Reception desk to help you
D.go out and look for a public phone box
【小题4】The underlined word “laundry” (in Paragraph 6) probably means ________.
A.phone boxB.shopping centreC.clothes shopD.washhouse
【小题5】The text tells us that        .
A.the hotel offers at least seven kinds of services
B.it's too difficult to stay up in this hotel
C.you can shop at any time inside the hotel
D.you'll have trouble without the money of the country where the hotel lies

It’s 10:30 p.m., and 11-year-old Brandon Blanco is sound asleep at home. Suddenly, a loud noise wakes him up. Naturally, Brandon reaches for his cell phone. He blinks twice, and the message on the screen becomes clear: “R U awake?”

But the late-night text does not annoy Brandon. He gets frequent messages and calls, even after bedtime. And he can’t imagine life without them. “If I didn’t have a cell phone, I wouldn’t be able to talk to my friends or family as often,” he told the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Brandon’s use of technology doesn’t stop there. He also has a computer, a TV and three video-game consoles(控制台)in his room. With so many devices, it is no surprise that when he is not at school, he spends nearly every waking minute using one or more of these devices. Brandon is hardly alone. According to a recent study by TFK, kids aged 8 to 18 are spending more time than ever before using electronic devices. How much time? More than seven and a half hours a day on average, the study found. That’s about an hour more than just five years ago.

The jump is the result of a huge explosion in mobile devices, says Victoria Rideout, the lead author of the study. “These devices have opened up many more opportunities for young people to use media, whether it’s on the bus, on the way to school or waiting in line at the pizza parlor,” says Rideout.

Often, kids multitask, or use more than one device at a time. “If you’ve got a chance to do something on your computer and take a phone call and have the TV on in the background, why not?” Media expert Cheryl Olson says. Most experts agree technology has much to offer kids. But some worry the kids could be missing out on other activities like playing outside or hanging out with friends. “It’s a matter of balance,” says Olson.

Multitasking while doing homework is another concern. Some kids listen to music, watch TV or use the phone while doing their homework. “It’s important to make sure that you can stop and concentrate on one thing deeply,” says Rideout.

With new and exciting devices hitting stores every year, keeping technology use in check is more important than ever. “Kids should try,” adds Rideout. “But parents might have to step in sometimes.”

1.It can be learned from the text that _________.

A. many teenagers lack friends in their middle school

B. kids have too many electronic devices to choose from

C. Brandon feels annoyed about his late-night message

D. Olson is against teenagers’ using mobile phones

2.Which of the following is an example of multitasking?

A. Watching TV when using the computer.    

B. Talking on the phone when lying on the sofa.

C. Playing video games after having lunch.     

D. Listening to loud music while relaxing.

3.The underlined phrase “in check” in the last paragraph can be replaced by _________.

A. in order         B. in store         C. in control               D. in sight

4.According to the text, Victoria Rideout would probably agree that kids should ______.

A. do homework while watching TV           

B. have less homework

C. spend more time on homework             

D. do homework in a place without disturbance

 

 

         The kids at Shute Country Primary School in Devon are surprisingly quiet when it’s time to go home in the afternoon, instead of the usual shouting and running you can hear them asking each other, “ Are the lights all off?”, “Shall we check the taps in case they are dripping (滴水)?”, “How many paper towels did we use today?”

    But it’s not unusual here.The kids have declared a war on waste.

    “We’ve never made the children do anything,” explains Liz Templar, the school’s head teacher, “they came up with all ideas themselves.They’re doing this because they want to.”

         If you take a look around the school you won’t see anything thrown away unnecessarily.Everything is collected and reused, or sent to be recycled.

    Shute School started its green_revolution_two years ago.They looked carefully at every party of school life-from the teaching to the cleaning.They looked at the way stationery(文具) was used-especially photocopying, the way cleaning was carried out, and how food was used and wasted!

    Even parents were looked at: how many children came in each car? Did they use unleaded petrol? Could they bring more children in fewer cars?

    High on the list was the waste of paper.Next came unfriendly cleaning products.Paper towels were replaced with recycled paper.But the hardest thing for the kids was when they found out how much rubbish was created by the chocolate, crisps and other snacks(小吃) eaten at lunch time.Of their own accord(自愿地), the children gave them up.Now they bring apples and home-made snacks.

    The school has its own garden where they grow vegetables and flowers so that they can learn about the environment.They also use this area for their recycling store-large containers to collect aluminum, bottles, plate and fabric(织物).

    Even the school’s play area is made from recycled things.

    Since the children started, the school’s heating and lighting bills have fallen obviously and the number of rubbish bags has gone down from seven a week to two or three.

    Everywhere in Shute School there are bright posters asking everyone to take their rubbish home, to save energy and paper and to keep the green flag flying.

1.Which of the following best describes the writer’s idea?

     A.The pupils at Shute School are fighting against pollution.

     B.The pupils at Shute School are learning to save things.

     C.The pupils at Shute School have declared a war on waste.

     D.The pupils at Shute School have found a way to recycle waste things.

2.We can infer from the text that “green revolution” means _______.

     A.beautifying schoolyard      B.activity against waste

     C.planting green plants         D.throwing away waste

3.What do the children think creates the most waste?

     A.Paper towels. B.Cleaning products.     

         C.Snacks.       D.Paper.

4.We learn from the text that the children’s behavior ____________.

     A.has brought arguments   

         B.has saved the school’s cost

     C.was against by their parents   

         D.was forced by their head teacher

 

Time is very important in our life. It  36  our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I   37   a watch from my father, which organized my life and made me more   38   . It’s round(圆形的) in the center with two silver bands(带,条) that go   39  my wrist(手腕) and all of it is made of silver.

I received this   40   on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 a.m. to   41   up my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house.   42   , I was late because I was  43  with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I  44  my uncle, but I was very late for him. He had   45   the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.

I got to my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. that day and felt  46  of myself at that moment. After I said hello to my  47  father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and handed me this watch as a gift from him. Then he said, “Peter, did you have  48  with your friends today?” I answered, “Yes, father, and  49 

apologized for not meeting my uncle Ali.” He said, “What you  50  was not very nice and you should feel sorry for your  51   .” I was ashamed and said, “Father, I’ll never do it again. I promise.” He said, “I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a   52   for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my  53   .

I learned a very important lesson from my father: to  54  time and never to be late to get someone. This watch is  55   to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

1.A. makes        B. organizes           C. orders         D. supplies

2.A. received      B. accepted            C. won           D. achieved

3.A. confident     B. independent         C. efficient        D. responsible

4.A. around       B. in                 C. on             D. with

5.A. card         B. thing               C. gift            D. letter

6.A. call          B. pick               C. put            D. bring

7.A. Otherwise     B. Fortunately         C. However       D. Therefore

8.A. going        B. leaving             C. standing        D. shopping

9.A. forgot        B. remembered        C. saw            D. visited

10.A. arrived       B. recognized          C. left            D. found

11.A. ashamed      B. frightened          C. disappointed    D. shy

12.A. nervous       B. happy             C. angry          D. doubtful

13.A. lunch         B. quarrel            C. appointment     D. fun

14.A. I             B. he                C. they           D. we

15.A. said          B. did                C. thought        D. forgot

16.A. idea          B. word              C. action          D. movement

17.A. wonder       B. hope               C. requirement     D. reminder

18.A. life           B. day               C. way           D. thought

19.A. waste         B. respect            C. ignore          D. enjoy

20.A. useful         B. necessary         C. helpful          D. important

 

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