Philip’s Complete Road Atlas Britain and Ireland

Voted Britain's clearest and most detailed road atlas(地图集)in a consumer survey, the 2016 edition of Philip’s Complete Road Atlas Britain and Ireland contains 160 pages of road maps and clearly marked service areas. It also includes 10 big city approach maps and 64 extra-detailed town and city plans.

Paperback, 248 pages.

£9.99

Mary Berry Cooks the Perfect

The nation’s best-loved home cook invites you to share the secrets of her favorite dishes. Mary Berry Cooks the Perfect features an all-new collection of 100 mouth-watering, simple recipes for any occasion. From delicious dinners such as Slow-Roast Shoulder of Lamb or Cottage Pie with Dauphinoise Potato Topping to special summer lunches such as Fiery Red Rice Salad and Summer Pudding, this is the perfect kitchen companion.

Hardback, 320 pages.

£20.00 £16.99

Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary

Anne Bradford has been editing her Crossword Solver’s Dictionary since 1957, so this latest edition is based on over 50 years of crossword solving! Every word in this dictionary has appeared as a solution to a real crossword clue. With easy-to-read clear text design, this is an invaluable reference for both difficult and quick crosswords.

Paperback, 896 pages.

£12.99 £9.99

Computing for Seniors

This leading computer guide explains in easy steps how to use the Internet, email, Skype and online shopping, plus how to manage your computer settings safely and securely. Updated for Windows 8 and Office 2013, it also sets out to make Tablet PCs, touchscreens and apps easier to be used, to give you confidence in your computing skills.

Paperback, 240 pages.

£10.99 £9.99

1.What can be expected from Mary Berry Cooks the Perfect?

A. Easy cooking instructions.

B. How to make a perfect kitchen.

C. Tasty dishes from across the world.

D. How to cook a dinner in a secret way.

2.What do Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary and Computing for Seniors have in common?

A. They have similar pages.

B. They are in paperback.

C. They are the first editions.

D. They have the same discount.

3.Which of the following can be a guide for travelers?

A. Computing for Seniors.

B. Mary Berry Cooks the Perfect.

C. Bradford’s Crossword Solver’s Dictionary.

D. Philip’s Complete Road Atlas Britain and Ireland.

Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy—they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife Mac kenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to expect. Mac kenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it was really a difficult choice, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted (萦绕) by a decision to not try at all.

After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choice.

1.What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?

A. His dream of being an inventor.

B. The support of his wife.

C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.

D. The successful boss that he admired.

2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?

A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.

B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.

C. He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try.

D. The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.

3.We can know from the passage that ________.

A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author

B. the author might not regret if he failed the attempt

C. the author wanted someone else to try the idea

D. the author might go back to his boss if he failed

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Cleverness and Kindness

B. The Starting of Amazon

C. Following My Passion

D. We Are What We Choose

Liverpool city council want to clear the city of fat pigeons. They say that people are feeding the birds, which makes them fat. The pigeons get bigger because their normal diet would consist of seeds and insects, not high-fat junk food they are eating in the city centre.

The council want people to know that everyone who feeds the pigeons is responsible for the streets being so crowded with these birds. They hope to encourage the birds to move away from the city centre and into parks and open spaces.

Ten robotic birds have been brought into the city centre to scare the pigeons away and visitors are asked not to give the pigeons any food. The mechanical birds - known as “robops” - will sit on the roofs of buildings. They can be moved around to different locations. They look like a peregrine falcon, which is a bird that kills pigeons. They even make noises and flap their wings to scare the pigeons. They hope that the pigeons will go away before the city becomes the European Capital of Culture in two years.

1.Pigeons in Liverpool get fat because they eat ________ .

A.birds B.seeds

C.insects D.high-fat junk food

2.What do Liverpool city council try to do?

A.They want the pigeons to move out of the city centre.

B.They want people to feed the pigeons with healthy food.

C.They want people to keep the pigeons at home.

D.They want to keep robotic birds instead of pigeons.

3.The robotic birds are used to _________.

A.make the city colorful

B.drive away the pigeons

C.help feed the pigeons

D.show people directions

4.This passage is most probably a(n) __________.

A.notice B.news report

C.short story D.advertisement

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Accept life as it is. I learned how to do it from my father. , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was and ill.

My father was a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started about life, and I told them about one of my . I said that we must very often give things up we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. , he answered his own question: “I the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also by his words. After that, when I began to feel angry at someone, I remember his words and become . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be to give up my small anger. In this , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now I am for this one gift.

1.A. Therefore B. However C. Meanwhile D. Afterwards

2.A. poor B. slow C. tired D. weak

3.A. once B. already C. still D. only

4.A. sent B. threw C. took D. put

5.A. difficult B. stressful C. hopeless D. impossible

6.A. talking B. asking C. worrying D. caring

7.A. beliefs B. decisions C. experiences D. ambitions

8.A. till B. since C. before D. as

9.A. promises B. seems C. requires D. suggests

10.A. summed B. opened C. spoke D. turned

11.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

12.A. Surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally D. Certainly

13.A. accepted B. gained C. enjoyed D. had

14.A. attracted B. warned C. touched D. astonished

15.A. might B. should C. could D. would

16.A. quiet B. calm C. relaxed D. happy

17.A. likely B. free C. able D. ready

18.A. method B. way C. case D. form

19.A. guess B. doubt C. wonder D. know

20.A. grateful B. doubtful C. hopeful D. cheerful

Russia’s security chief has blamed an act of terror for the Russian A321 airliner crash in Egypt last month which killed 224 people. Whatever happened, the tragedy raises sad memories of horrific airplane crashes that have cost thousands of lives in recent decades .

Some of the worst such incidents—like four crashes in frightening succession into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and rural Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001; the 1988 downing of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland; and a 1977 crash involving the apparent hijacking of a Malaysian Airlines jet that left 100 dead—involved terrorist activity. But there are many others that did not, with mechanical problems, pilot error or other reasons blamed for loss of life. Below are some examples of the latter: crashes that left at least 200 people dead in each incident.

March 27 , 1977 : A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 747 beginning its takeoff crashed into Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 then still on the runway at the Los Rodeos Airport at Tenerife in the Canary Islands. A total of 574 people, aboard both planes, died .

July 11 , 1991 : The landing gear of a Nigeria Airways DC-8 catches fire shortly after takeoff Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It doesn’t make it back to the airport, crashing nose-down less than 10,000 feet short of the runway and killing all 261 people aboard.

April 26 , 1994 : The pilot of a China Airlines’ Flight 140 alerts the control tower at Japan’s Nagoya Airport of his intention not to land and try another approach. But something goes wrong and, a short time later, the Airbus A300 crashes leading to 264 deaths—though a few passengers do survive.

September 2 , 1998 : A Swiss air jetliner that had departed New York’s Kennedy airport on its way to Geneva, Switzerland, goes down off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada; none of the 229 people aboard Flight 111 make it. Investigators believe that the MD-11 lost all electrical power immediately before the crash.

June 1 , 2009 : Air France Flight 447 is on the way from Rio de Janiero to Paris when it and its 228 passengers and crew go missing somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. It’s not until five days later that the first bodies are found about 600 miles off the northern coast of Brazil. Two years later, French authorities blame the crash on equipment breakdown.

1.The first paragraph is intended to ______.

A. memorize those people aboard the Russian A321 airline.

B. show it is the most serious incident in history.

C. direct attention to some disastrous air plane crashes.

D. analyze the cause of the disaster and blame the airline company.

2.Which air crash resulted from terrorist attack ?

A. China Airlines’ Flight 140

B. Pan Am Flight 103

C. Air France Flight 447

D. Swissair Jetliner Flight 111

3.Which of the following statements is not true ?

A. Two planes of the same type hit each other on March 27 , 1977.

B. There were over 264 people aboard China Airlines’ Flight 140.

C. It took five days to find some bodies of Air France Flight 447.

D. Swissair Jetliner Flight 111 crashed during its landing.

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