Welcome to the Grand Hotel. To make your stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities(设备)to the full.
Dining-room
Breakfast is served in the dining-room from 8 to 9 a.m. The room staff will bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7 a.m. In this case, please fill out a card and hang it outside your door when you go to bed.
Lunch: 12 to 2:30 p.m..
Dinner: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Room service
This operates 24 hours. Phone the Reception Desk, and your message will be passed to the room staff.
Telephones
To make a phone call, dial(拨号)0 for the Reception Desk to be connected.
Shop
The hotel shop is open from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Laundry(洗衣房)
We have a laundry in the building, and will wash, iron 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 checks and change money in many foreign currencies (货币).
【小题1】.
The above service notice can be seen ______.

A.in a hotel dining-room
B.in a restaurant
C.in a bedroom of a large international hotel
D.at the entrance of a small family hotel
【小题2】.
.You have arrived and stayed at the hotel. It is 11 p.m. and you want a snack (快餐). 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 hotel shop assistants.
【小题3】.
Which of the following is TRUE?
A.You can’t have your breakfast in your room.
B.You can make a phone call in your bedroom.
C.Lunch is served from 12 to 2 p. m.
D.You can have dinner at midnight.
【小题4】.
Which is NOT mentioned in this service notice?
A.Washing clothes.B.Booking tickets.
C.Drinking.D.Changing money.

Good afternoon, and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws.

  The first one is about drinking. Now, you may not buy alcohol(酒) in this country if you are under l8 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you.

  Secondly, noise. Enjoy yourselves by all means, but please don’t make unnecessary noise, particularly at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet.

  Thirdly, crossing the road. Be careful. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian crossings(人行横道) and do not take any chances when crossing the road.

  My next point is about litter(throwing away waste material in a public place). It is an offence(违法行为) to drop litter in the street. When you have something to throw away, please put it in your pocket and take it home, or put it in a litter bin.

  Finally, as regards smoking, it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco(烟草) if you are under l6 years of age.

  I'd like to finish by saying that if you require any sort of help or assistance, you should contact your local police station, who will be pleased to help you.

  Now, are there any questions?

1.The main purpose of this speech would be to      .

A. prepare people for international travel

B. declare the laws of different kinds

C. give advice to travelers to the country

D. inform people of the punishment for breaking laws

2.How many laws are there discussed in the speech?_______

A. Three.    B. Four.    C. Five    D. Six

3.From the speech we learn that        

A. In this country, if you are under l8 years of age, you may not buy alcohol, but your friend can buy it for you.

B. You may not buy cigarettes or tobacco unless you are above l6 years of age.

C. Because the traffic moves on the left side of the road, you must use pedestrian crossings when crossing the road.

D. You can’t make noise except at night.

4.The underlined word “contact’’ in the seventh paragraph means       .

A. keep in touch with  B. get in touch with    C. join          D. report

5.Who do you think is most likely to make the speech?

A. A policeman.      B. A lawmaker.       C. A teacher.      D. A lawyer.

 

The Beijing government has set out to recruit thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the city’s employment problems.

The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year,1,000 more than last year, to work as assistants to village heads or Party secretaries in suburban areas.

People interested in jobs in Beijing’s rural villages and townships can submit applications to the Beijing Municipal Personnel Bureau or online at www. Bjbys. com from February 1 through March 15.

“We hope university graduates will seize this opportunity to use their knowledge in rural villages and to start their careers,” Sun Zhenyu, deputy director of Beijing Personnel Bureau, told Xinhua News Agency.

The government has promised successful candidates a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan

( $ 250) in the first year, 2,500 yuan ($ 320) the second year and 3,000 yuan ($ 385) the third year, provided their performance is up to the required standards, Sun said.

Wang Lina, who graduated from Beijing Union University last year, was one of the first graduates to find work in the city's countryside. After majoring in industrial and commercial administration, Wang served as the assistant to the village head of Ertiaojie Village in suburban Beijing's Pinggu District. For one project, Wang contacted people at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences and arranged for the local farmers to receive training in strawberry planting. Her efforts paid off. The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year.

Nationwide, about 150,000 university graduates found employment in rural areas last year, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Education.

The ministry predicts that 4. 95 million students will graduate from universities across the country this year, 820,000 more than last year. About 1.4 million of them are unlikely to find jobs when they graduate.

In Beijing, a record 200,000 people are expected to graduate from university this year. Less than half of them are expected to be offered jobs, according to the personnel bureau.

1.The underlined word “recruit” in the first paragraph probably means______.

A.employ           B.force             C.encourage         D.train

2.We can see from the passage that______.

A.once you are hired as a junior official, you can get an endlessly rising salary

B.the government guarantee a gradually high salary for the successful candidates

C.working as junior officials is easy but very meaningful

D.the competition for the job as junior officials is very fierce

3.From the story of Wang Lina we can learn that______.

A.the sooner you go to the countryside, the sooner you will be successful

B.local farmers can get big harvests if they learn more knowledge

C.university graduates can also realize their value in rural areas

D.Wang had great difficulty in helping villagers planting organic strawberries

4.The last two paragraphs aim to tell us that______.

A.more and more graduates will work as junior officials

B.the universities should not have so many students

C.there are more and more graduates in recent years

D.it is not easy for graduates to find jobs nowadays

5.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A.What is the best career?

B.Graduates go to the countryside.

C.Job hunting for university graduates.

D.A good choice for university graduates.

 

This site contains 100 original short stories about life in America. These stories are written for ESL(English as a second language ) learners who are, at least, high beginners. We want to help ESL students learn English as quickly and effortlessly as possible. Learning should be interesting, not boring. We hope that learners will find that these stories are of some help to improve their English.

The stories have interesting topics and are easy to understand. Each story comes with an audio narrative so that learners can listen as they read. The audio requires downloading the free Real Player. Each story contains a search for pictures, definitions, and pronunciation.“ Following each story are four sets of exercises, and each containing 10 items.

Exercise A is “Yes / No Questions”. The learner is asked questions like, “Does Sara have children?” The learner can then type in, “Yes, she does.” Then the learner can check whether it’s the right answer or not.

Exercise B is “Wh-Questions”. The learner is asked questions like, “Where does Sara live?” The learner can then type in, “She lives in Pasadena.” Then the learner can check his answer.

Exercise C is “Ask Questions”. The learner is given an answer like, “They have two children.” The learner must then type in a question like, “How many children do they have?”The learner can then check to see whether he is correct or not. Exercise D is “Dictation”. The learner listens to a sentence. Most of the sentences duplicate  the sentences in the stories. The learner types the dictation and then checks to see whether he is correct or not.

Work on the site is in progress. Help us make it better as the years go by. We welcome all comments, suggestions, complaints, new ideas, and questions. Click here to send us emails.

1.Where does this passage come from?

A.A newspaper.

B.A magazine.

C.A website.

D.A research report.

2.The main purpose of this passage is to _____.

A.tell English learners how to do exercises

B.ask the readers to help them improve the site

C.give a brief introduction of an English learning site

D.teach you how to download English articles

3.All of the following statements are correct EXCEPT _______.

A.the learners can listen to a story while reading it

B.there are pictures, definitions, and pronunciation, as well as exercises followed

C.new ideas and suggestions are welcomed

D.the stories are suitable for learners of different levels

4.If you want to improve your listening ability, you may mainly do some practice in _____.

A.Exercise A

B.Exercise B

C.Exercise C

D.Exercise D

 

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