I really like reading and writing short stories. My favourite collection of short stories is a book called The Story Giant by Brian Patten, in which a giant , alone in a crumbling （将倒塌的）castle, knows all the stories in the world except one. He gets four children from different parts of the world to tell him stories in the hope that he will find the last story so he can stay alive. Do you think he finds the last story?

I also like reading novels. One of my favourite novels is called Life of Pi. It is written by a Canadian called Yann Martel and is about an Indian boy who spends a long time at sea after a shipwreck（海难）alone with nobody but a tiger.

Not many people read plays these days but many people still enjoy watching them at the theatre or on television. As for me, I read scripts（剧本）much more often than I go to see live theatre. I like plays which are either about great people and great events or about something from everyday life which is funny.

Perhaps the least popular form of literature is poetry. This is because many poems are very difficult to understand and often seem to be written by very clever people to be read by very clever people too. In my native England though there is a poet called Roger McGough who writes very funny and interesting poems which anybody can understand. Most of them are about everyday events and ordinary people. I wish I could write poems like him

1．In writing this passage, the author probably intends to ________

       A．develop students’ interest in books      B．recommend some excellent books

      C．express his /her love for literature     D．stress the importance of reading

2．According to Paragraph 1, what will happen if the last story can’t be found?

     A The story giant will die                      B．The kids will be killed. 

     C．The castle will disappear.                 D．There will be a shipwreck

3．According to the author, which of the following have the smallest number of readers ?

     A．Short stories      B．Novels               C．Plays                 D．Poems 

4．From the passage , we can know that the author was born in ________.

      A．Canada          B．Britain             C．India              D．the US

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 18 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 16 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?
【小题1】The main purpose of this speech would be to ____ .

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 18 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 he 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 16 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 ____ .

2.From the speech we learn that ____

3. The underlined word contact in the seventh paragraph means ____ .

　　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 in this country if you are under 18 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 crossing 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 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 if you are under 16 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?

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

　　How many laws are there discussed in the speech？

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

　　From the speech we learn that ______.

　　　　A. in this country, if you are under 18 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 16 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