Special Offers

Free(免费的) soft drink

 Buy any meal for at least 6 Yuan at Mike's Café and receive a free soft drink. We serve the best hamburgers and snacks in the mall. Come in and try our delicious meals and our excellent service. Free soft drink offer ends on November 12. 

Buy one, get one free

 Buy one shirt at LOTTE-Mart's Menswear (男士专柜), and get another shirt of the same value free. You can choose any tie here, then we will give you another one at no cost. Hurry! Offer ends on November 10.

10% Off

  Show this ticket at Xinhua Book Store to get a 10% discount on any book you buy. We have lots of books to choose from, including children's books, novels, travel guides and hobbies. You are sure to find something that you'll enjoy. Shop now for Christmas. 

6 Hours' Free Parking

 If you spend 100 Yuan or more in RT-Mart, you will receive six hours of free parking. When you have spent 100 Yuan or more, just take this ticket that you pay for your goods to the service desk. They will stamp your parking ticket to allow 6 hours of free parking.

1.The information above is probably taken from __________.

A. a sports report B. a story book

C. a fashion magazine D. an advertisement poster

2.If the price of the book is 40 Yuan, you need to pay __________.

A. 4 Yuan B. 36 Yuan C. 40 Yuan D. 44 Yuan

3.How long can you park your car for free at most after spending 108 Yuan in RT-Mart?

A. 1 hour. B. 5 hours. C. 6 hours. D. 7 hours.

4.What can Tom get for free after he has spent 7 Yuan at Mike's Café？

A. A soft drink. B. The best hamburgers.

C. The best snacks. D. A delicious meal.

China covers large areas and has a great population. Different living habits have always been an interesting topic in the country. Recently, another difference between southern Chinese and northern Chinese became a hot one: the way people shop at markets.

People from southern China say that they always buy what they need for just one or two meals. It is normal for them to buy half of a Chinese cabbage, two potatoes and 0.25 kilograms of beef at a time.

However, one may be laughed at if he does this in the north. Instead, buying vegetables and meat enough for a week is usual. Also, you can buy a small amount of fruit, such as a single apple or pear, each time in the south. Shop owners even help you peel and cut them. But shop owners in the north hardly offer such service. And many fruits are sold in baskets and boxes.

The difference could be due to the different weather.

Food can be kept for a long time in the north, as it is usually cold and dry there. Many northern Chinese have the habit of storing food, especially for the long winter. But the hot and wet weather in the south makes southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or else the food may go bad.

1.In southern China, people usually buy _________ at a time.

A. a small amount of food B. a large amount of food

C. enough food for a week D. a lot of meat and vegetables

2.If you buy fruits in the south, the shop owners may _________.

A. peel and cut them for you B. laugh at you

C. only sell them in boxes and baskets D. only sell a single apple or pear

3.The underlined words "due to" mean "_________" in Chinese.

A. 所以 B. 但是 C. 然而 D. 因为

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Different Weather in China B. Different Living Habits in China

C. Southern Chinese and Northern Chinese D. Southern China and Northern China

What time is it？There are many ways you can find out the time. You may have a watch on your wrist(手腕)．You can look at a clock on the wall. You can listen to the radio，watch TV or ring a number on the telephone to get the time. But do you know the history of how people tell the time?

It has not always been easy to know the time. A long time ago people looked at the sun to tell the time. They could tell the time of the day by looking at the sun in the sky：morning，noon and afternoon.

Around the year 1400，people began to use the hourglass(沙漏)．It was made of glass with some sand in it. It was wide at both ends，but narrow in the middle. The sand ran from one end to the other in one hour. At the end of every hour，people turned the glass over and began again. Hundreds of years later，a machine called clock was invented.

After that people made small clocks，so that they could carry them in their pockets. Then during World WarⅠ,men started wearing their watches on their wrists. It was easier to tell the time. Now almost everyone wears a wrist watch.

1.How could people know the time a long time ago？(不超过10个词)

________________________________________________________

2.What was the hourglass made of？(不超过15个词)

________________________________________________________

3.What does the writer mainly want to tell us？(不超过10个词)

________________________________________________________

假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Johnson打算暑假来合肥玩，而合肥的夏天经常持续高温，请你根据以下提示，用英文给他写一封邮件，告诉他防暑降温的方法。

● 清淡饮食； ● 合理休息； ● 适当运动； ● ……

注意: 1.词数80-100；2.请不要逐句翻译，可适当发挥；3.文中不得出现真实姓名、学校名和地名；4.邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Johnson

Welcome to Hefei. It’s a very beautiful city. But it’s often very hot in summer. Here is some advice on how to beat the summer heat.____________________________________________

I hope the advice is useful to you. Wish you a good holiday!

Yours,

Li Hua

We usually have three meals _____ day. We have ________ breakfast at seven in the morning every day.

A. a; the B. a; a C. /; the D. a; /

During the next few days, I have decided to have a good ______ by taking a walk or seeing a movie. I really need to relax.

A. meal B. sleep C. rest D. talk

He won the ping-pong competition and his parents were very________.

A. serious B. powerful C. worried D. proud

——Are you going to Tom’s party this weekend?

—— not. I may have to work.

A. Probably B. Certainly C. Especially D. Properly

My parents said they would come to visit me. I couldn't to see them after several months away from home.

A. help B. wait C. expect D. afford

The work is for me than for you. It’s new for me, but you have some experience in this field.

A. easy B. difficult C. more difficult D. much easier