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　　An American is walking in an African village. He gets on a bus when it comes. The driver shows him a yellow ticket. “You'd better buy a yellow ticket,” says the driver. “It's one dollar. I have two other kinds. The red one is fifty cents, and the green one is ten cents.”

　　“Green ticket, please,” says the man.

　　The bus starts. Now it is getting darker and darker and the bus begins to go up a hill. Suddenly it stops. “Yellow ticket passengers(乘客),” the driver shouts(大声), “stay in the bus. Red ticket passengers, get out and walk. Green ticket passengers, get out, shut the door and push the bus.”

1．Where does the story happen?

2．Which ticket is the most expensive?

3．What does the American have to do in the end(最后)?

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　　A young American doctor is sleeping when suddenly his doorbell begins to ring. It is midnight now, but what could the doctor do? He should get up, put on his coat and go downstairs(下楼).

　　When he opens the door, he sees a man standing with a hat in his hand. “Can you come at once to a place out of town? I can show you the way.” The man says. “Certainly.” says the doctor. After a few minutes the car is standing at the front door.

　　They are driving on for a long time. Then the man says, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”

　　“What?” The doctor asks.

　　“You see, there are no taxis at this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is your money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”

1．What does the man ask the doctor to do?

2．Ts the man ill?

3．Is the doctor happy at last?

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　　Woman：Which is your favorite sport?

　　Man：I like basketball best. I think Yao Ming is a great player.

　　Woman：Really? I love him too. Do you often watch the basketball match? That's really exciting.

　　Man：Yes, of course. And I always play it with my friends. I hope one day I can play as well as him.

　　Woman：You will.

　　Man：Thank you.

1．The man and the woman know each other(互相), right?

2．Do they like basketball?

3．Who is the man's favorite basketball player?

阅读理解

　　In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.

　　The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerreotype, another Frenchmen, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his pictures you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest things. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.

　　Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains.

　　In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard.

　　Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.

　　Photography also become one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other kinds of art.

1．The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ________.

2．The Daguerreotype was ________.

3．If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to ________.

4．Mathew Brady was famous for ________.

5．This passage mainly tells us ________.

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　　Captain Goodfellow

　　Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Goodfellow will be ready to teach all these things to children at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, free.

　　Films at the Museum

　　Two European films will be shown Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.

　　International Picnic

　　Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 p. m.

　　Take me out to the ball game

　　It's October, and Saturday night (7:00－9:00) is your last chance to see the Red Birds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold…Don't forgot sweater, and jackets.

　　Do you want to hear “The Zoo”?

　　“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first U. S. concert this Saturday night, at 8 at Rose Hall, City College.

1．Where do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games and exciting dances?

2．When do you see the Red Birds this year?

3．What can you eat in the Central Park?

4．What does the “The Zoo” mean?

5．Mr Turner can both listen to a concert and watch a ball game on Saturday, can't he?

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　　San Francisco is a city on a bay. It has an international atmosphere and it is the fourth largest city in California, with a population of about 800,000.

　　San Francisco has a large immigrant population from Europe, the America and Asia. It has a Chinatown, a Japan town and a Hispanic area, called Mission District. It has over 4,200 restaurants offering cuisine from many countries.

　　The Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, the Asian Art Museum, Alcatraz and the Twin Peaks are just a few of the many tourist attractions in San Francisco. The city is an ideal place for young people. There are lots of movie theatres, concert halls, theatres and discos.

　　San Francisco has a Mediterranean climate, with warm winters and cool summers. It is usually rainy between November and April and sometimes, it is foggy in the evening.

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　　Hundreds of years ago, travelers found their way by looking at the stars. They built towers that could be seen from far, made maps and invented the compass. Nowadays, almost every explorer and mountain climber uses the Global Positioning System (GPS,全球定位系统) to make their journeys safer. There are even plans to put GPS receivers on all the taxis in Beijing in time for the 2008 Olympics. Finding your way has never been so easy.

　　Technology has changed our lives：for less than 500 yuan, you can get a pocket-sized GPS gadget (小配件) that will tell you exactly where you are on Earth at any moment.

　　When people talk about a GPS, they usually mean a GPS receiver. The GPS is actually a set of 27 Earth-orbiting satellites—24 in operation and three extras in case one fails.

　　The US army developed this satellite network as a military navigation (导航) system in the 1970s, but opened it up to business use in the 1990s.

　　Each of the solar-powered satellites circles the globe twice every day. The orbits are arranged so that at any time, anywhere on Earth, there are at least four satellites “visible” in the sky.

　　A GPS receiver locates these satellites, records the distance to each, and uses the information to calculate the receiver's exact position on Earth.

　　A standard GPS receiver doesn't only identify (识别) your position on a map, but can also trace your path across the map as you move. If you leave your receiver switched on, it can stay in touch with the satellites to see how your location is changing.

　　Although it is based on a very simple idea, the contribution GPS has made to plane and sea travel, military operations and adventure sports means. It is one of the most revolutionary (革命性的) inventions of all time.

根据文章内容回答下列问题

1．How did travelers find their way hundreds of years ago? How many ways do you know from the passage?

2．Who first developed GPS satellite network?

3．How much do you need to pay for a pocket-sized GPS gadget?

4．What do people mean when they talk about a GPS?

5．What can a standard GPS receiver do?

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　　Do you like pop music? Most people do. One of the best bands on the music 1 is the New Ocean Waves. In the last twelve months, they've had three 2 concerts and made a hit CD．They're going to 3 on CCTV next month. And then they' re going to go on a world tour in which they will 4 in ten different cities. Be sure not to 5 them if they come to a city near you－if you can get tickets, that is.

　　“For years, we played 6 people's songs,” says lead singer Zhu Wen. “But now we play 7 our own songs. We've had a few songs in the top ten, but we really hope to have a number one 8 some day.” Good luck to the New Ocean Waves. They're 9 to a great start. And they're really nice people. Did you know that they gave half of the money they made to a 10 for homeless children?

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　　For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way：“She was wearing a fashionable coat.” “His shirt was really a fashionable color.”

　　But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages.

　　Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860. Mobile is a fashion, but perhaps it will be out of fashion later on.

　　Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.

　　New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.

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Restaurant owners have to know how to make food. They 1 have to know how to make money. Here are some things they've learned from 2 studies. The color red makes people hungry. Red also makes customers eat faster. Many fast food restaurants, therefore, have red 3 or walls. Soft colors like pink and light blue make people 4 , so they spend more time 5 their meals. Soft lighting makes people look good, but it makes food look bad. Loud music may be nice at first, but it 6 makes people want to leave. Hard seats also make customers want to eat quickly and leave. Many restaurants, 7 fast food restaurants, use this 8 to make customers eat faster. Customers only sit for about 20 minutes 9 they leave. Because customers don't stay very long, small restaurants can 10 many people every day.

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