The Opening of the Book Nook

Saturday, October 4, 10 AM to 10 PM

You will not want to miss the opening of your new neighborhood bookstore! Located at 2289 Main Street, the Book Nook is within walking distance of schools, many homes and businesses. Come and check out the Book Nook on Saturday!

Activities will include:

● Live music by local musicians

● One Book-of-the-Month Club membership giveaway (赠送)

Wide Selection

The Book Nook has three floors with books of all kinds-­--any kind you could want. If we do not have the book you are looking for, we can specially order it for you. You will have it in your hands within two days!

Reading Nooks

We are proud of our children’s reading area on the first floor, as well as our teenagers’ nook on the second floor. Come for the activities and stay for a while! Settle in one of these inviting reading areas; take a seat with a good book and a free cup of hot chocolate. You will discover the perfect way to spend a few hours.

Book Events

The Book Nook will be featuring monthly book signings by different authors, giving you a chance to meet and speak with well-known writers. Don’t miss the experience of hearing these authors read aloud their own books!

The Book-of-the-Month Club

Our Book-of-the-Month Club will feature 12 books each year. As a member, you will be able to select one new book each month. The membership fee is only $10.00 per month. That is a great price for 12 books each year!

So please join us on Saturday and learn about all that the Book Nook has to offer. You can come anytime between 10 AM and 10 PM. Our activities last all day long!

1.What can we learn about the Book Nook?

A. It is a well-located bookstore.

B. Any interesting books can be found right here.

C. It is open from 10 AM to 10 PM every day.

D. The third floor is specially designed for children.

2.What can people do in the Book Nook on October 4?

A. They can have a taste of different kinds of chocolate.

B. They can read aloud together with well-known writers.

C. They can enjoy live music performed by well-known writers.

D. They can become a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club.

3.As a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club, you ________.

A. can buy any books in the Book Nook at a low price

B. may borrow as many as 12 books every week

C. need to pay 120 dollars every year

D. should be over the age of 12

If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.

Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety.

The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.

The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the pay. From then on, they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.

With so many loopholes (漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.

In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others?

1.While taking a taxi in Finland, ________.

A. a passenger can go anywhere without having to pay the driver

B. a passenger pays two US dollars for a taxi ride

C. a passenger can never be turned down by the taxi driver wherever he wants to go

D. a passenger needs to provide good faith demonstration before leaving without paying

2.We know from the passage that big hotels in Finland ________.

A. are mostly poorly managed

B. provide meals for any diners

C. provide free wine and charge for food

D. provide meals for only those who live in the hotels

3.Which of the following is NOT true about the workers and the bosses in Finland?

A. The workers in Finland are paid by the hour.

B. The workers are always honest with their working hours.

C. The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about the pay.

D. The bosses in Finland are too busy to check the working hours of their employees.

4.The word “those” in the last but one paragraph probably refers to ________.

A. people who are dishonest

B. people who often have meals in big hotels

C. people who often take taxis

D. people who are worthy of trust

Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Swift’s family ran a farm. “I had her sitting on a small horse when she was nine months old,” said Swift's mother. “If my dream had gone well, she’d be in a horse show right now.” The only obvious forerunner (先驱) of Swift's musical talent was her grandmother, an opera singer.

That talent showed itself early: when the family went to see a Disney musical film, Swift would come out of the theater singing all the songs correctly. At the age of 11, she sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a Philadelphia 76ers game. The experiences during her pre-teen years encouraged the creativity to go with Swift’s talent. As a child, she attended the academically competitive Wyndcroft School in Pottstown, but then switched to public schools in Wyomissing. Although it was her hometown, she didn’t know any of her classmates, and she was terrified. Swift began to understand the storytelling feature of country songs, and put her feelings into songs of her own.

One of her future hits, “The Outside”, was written when she was only 12. “I wrote that about the scariest feeling I’ve ever felt: going to school, looking at those faces, and not knowing who you’re gonna talk to that day,” she said. “In the music, I could never feel the kind of rejection (拒绝) that I felt in middle school.” Swift's parents quickly realized that they had someone special on their hands. They sold their farm when she was 13 and moved the family to Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Swift had the ability, above all, to put feelings into words with accuracy (准确) far beyond her years. In “Our Song” she wrote, “Our song is the slamming screen door, going out late, tapping on your window.” In the summer of 2006, “Tim McGraw” came out, and almost from the beginning the 16-year-old Taylor Swift was a star.

1.When she was in her childhood, Taylor Swift ________.

A. dreamed of being a horse rider

B. was expected to help on the farm

C. showed her talent for music early

D. learned singing from her grandmother

2.Which of the following can best describe Swift’s school days in Wyomissing?

A. Difficult B. Helpful

C. Competitive D. Satisfying

3.Taylor Swift’s parents moved the family to Hendersonville ________.

A. when she was twelve years old.

B. after “The Outside” became a hit.

C. because she was rejected in school.

D. after they realized her musical talent.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Swift sang for a Disney movie at a young age.

B. “The Outside” came out when Swift was only 12.

C. Life in Wyndcroft School encouraged Swift's creativity.

D. She tells her stories in her music.

The decisions that we make shape us throughout our lives. No matter what decisions we make, good or bad, each one puts us on a new road in the future. Make a bad decision? No problem. Learn from the decision and make another decision to get on a different path. This is advice that I got from Tony Robbins in his book Awaken the Giant Within. This is a book that I recommend(推荐) to anyone wanting to develop a fire to make changes in their life. It helped me to understand how fear of making poor choices was hindering me from becoming the great man who I am today. Now I am not saying I am a well-known person in any particular circle. But I am the king of my castle working hard and trying to make good decisions in regard to the paths that I have chosen. I am a great man in the eyes of my wife and my children. And that is all the recognition that I need in my lifetime. And I know that my past failures have been the building block that I continue to use to build my career and self-image in my community that I live in.

Ben Lerer, cofounder of the CEO of Thrillist Media Group, is a good example of this. In an article on the Fast Company website, Lerer talks about this very subject. He says, “I’ve had to make some really tough decisions but finally, I think the best companies are those that can recognize when something isn’t going right, and fix it, instead of just turning a blind eye because it’s easier.” Great people make decisions. When a decision does not have the desired result, make a different decision. It does not get any simpler than that.

1.From Tony Robbin’s Awaken the Giant Within, the writer knew ________.

A. making a bad decision is very terrible

B. making decisions helps us become a great man

C. being afraid to make a bad decision is very natural

D. learning from the bad decision can help make a new choice

2.The underlined word “hindering” can be replaced by ________.

A. stopping B. stealing

C. preserving D. requiring

3.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. A bad decision has a bad effect on people.

B. The best company can admit and correct a bad decision.

C. People should learn how to make a good decision.

D. Making a decision is much simpler than changing one.

4.What could be the best title of the passage?

A. Overcome Your Fears B. Take Action

C. Make Decisions D. Trust Yourself

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。(选 E 涂AB, 选 F 涂CD，选G涂AC)

Americans use the term “college students” to mean students either in colleges or universities. Not only that, Americans almost never say “going off to university” or “when I was in university.” That sounds British. 1.

2. Both offer undergraduate degrees in the arts and sciences, for example. And both can help prepare young people to earn a living.

But many colleges do not offer graduate studies. Another difference is that universities are generally bigger. 3.

Another place of higher education, especially in technical areas, is an institute, like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yet even an institute of technology can offer a wide choice of programs and activities.

Modern universities developed from those of Europe in the Middle Ages. The word “university” came from the Latin universities, describing a group of people organized for a common purpose. 4. In England, colleges were formed to provide students with places to live. Usually each group was studying the same thing. So college came to mean an area of study.

The first American universities divided their studies into a number of areas and called each one a college. This is still true. 5. For example, Harvard College is the undergraduate part of Harvard University.

A. A college can also be a part of a university.

B. They offer more programs and do more research.

C. There are more universities than colleges in the USA.

D. Colleges and universities have many things in common.

E. Universities and colleges offer students different opportunities.

F. Instead, they say “going off to college” or “when I was in college.”

G. “College” came from collegium, a Latin word with a similar meaning.

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A beggar was sleeping in the doorway of a fruit shop. The shop owner felt angry. He walked up to him and _________ him to go away in a rude manner, but the beggar did not seem to _________ him and lay still there. The shop owner got much _________ , shouting that he was a beggar in disguise (假装) and _________ cheated passers-by for money by making use of their kindness. At that time, it was the busiest moment of a day and the market was _________ with shoppers. They all blamed the beggar for _________ . Showing fear, the beggar _________ his face in an old blanket. What he received was bitter _________ rather than help.

The next morning, it was drizzling. An old man, who went to the market early, found the beggar _________ on the ground. He woke the beggar up and _________ asked whether he was cold or not, but the beggar made no _________ . Then the old man _________ his hands gently, saying that they felt_________ . With these words, he ran home in a hurry, returned with a pile of _________ , picked out a sweater and urged the beggar to _________ it on again and again. Seeing what happened, many other passers-by surrounded the beggar and gave him change one after another, showing_________ for him. It was not long before the beggar received a handful of _________ .

In many cases our behavior may have a great _________ on the people around us because they are likely to _________ us. Therefore, we should pay special attention to what we do and say, trying to infect others with positive words instead of _________ ones.

1.A. persuaded B. encouraged C. expected D. ordered

2.A. approach B. speak C. hear D. agree

3.A. angrier B. happier C. sadder D. braver

4.A. still B. only C. never D. already

5.A. crowded B. covered C. provided D. equipped

6.A. laziness B. dishonesty C. inability D. mistake

7.A. buried B. raised C. closed D. bent

8.A. admiration B. curiosity C. scold D. praise

9.A. crying B. eating C. playing D. sleeping

10.A. loudly B. rudely C. seriously D. kindly

11.A. comment B. reply C. introduction D. bet

12.A. lifted B. kissed C. held D. threw

13.A. freezing B. warm C. sleepy D. comfortable

14.A. books B. clothes C. pictures D. money

15.A. show B. take C. get D. put

16.A. respect B. pity C. worry D. appreciation

17.A. coins B. food C. fruit D. sand

18.A. change B. view C. effect D. impression

19.A. avoid B. invite C. compare D. follow

20.A. important B. meaningless C. negative D. harmful

语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空格处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Working out helps you deal with stress in your job, relationships or any area of life. It is possibly 1. exercise is a form of stress itself and helps your body deal with it in a better way. Australian researchers found that those 2. did 30 minutes of aerobic (有氧的) exercise three times a week responded better to stress and had 3. (low) blood pressure.

Even 4. little exercise, from an easy 10-minute walk to an intense aerobics, seems to decrease your feeling 5. anxiety. Working out regularly may make you smarter now and lessen the 6. (possible) that you’ll lose brain function at your age. According to a recent animal study, exercise can 7. (actual) help the brain develop new cells. In the last few years, it 8. (show) in several studies that regular aerobic exercise can improve the quality of sleep. Naturally, this can make you less tired and be able to function better during the day.

Finally, there’s one more reason to keep 9. (exercise). When you work out regularly, your body simply functions better and you are healthier and less likely 10. (suffer) painful physical condition.

词汇基础

根据下列各句句意及所给单词的汉语或首字母提示，用正确形式的单词填空。并把完整单词填写在答题卷相应的位置上。

1.The porter will carry all of your _______________ (行李) to your room.

2.Her _______________ (偏爱) is for comfortable rather than stylish clothes.

3._______________ (诗) is written to celebrate positive human emotions like joy, love and happiness.

4.The ___________ (雕像) of Liberty, standing in New York Harbor, is a world-famous landmark.

5.After the examination, the doctor said that Mr. King was _______________ (康复) nicely from his illness.

6.Although she had been ill for a long time, it still came as a shock when she e____________ died.

7.The country’s economy is mainly a_______________ and depends on crops like coffee.

8.The area, which m____________ 5 kilometres by 3 kilometres, has been purchased by the army.

9.The robbers took away several v_______________ jewels worth about $10000.

10.Xi’ an, once called Chang’ an, used to be the capital of six d_______________.

句型结构

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

1.Some people left Harry when he _________________________ (陷入困境), but Joe stood by him all the time. (into)

2.The passengers are in danger. First aid is needed badly and _________________________ (越快越好). (soon)

3.A lot of people dived into the lake _________________________ (寻找) the lost diamond ring. (of)

4.The lady _________________________ (注视) the baby for a while and left the room without looking back. (on)

5.It’s fantastic to swim in the sea, but you have to _________________________ (注意) sharks.

近年来，由于海洋污染和过度捕捞，鱼的数量和种类在急剧地减少。请就此写一篇英语短文，给学校英语广播站投稿。内容要点如下:

1. 海洋渔业资源的现状

2. 分析现状出现的原因

3. 提出解决问题的方法

【参考词汇】 资源 resource

【注 意】 1. 词数100左右

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯