On a British Airways flight from Johannesburg, a middle-aged ,rich white South American lady found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin stewardess(机舱乘务员)over to complain about her seating.
“What seems to be the problem, Madam?” asked the stewardess.
“Can’t you see?” she said. “You’ve sat me next to a black man. I can’t possibly sit next to this kind of human. Find me another seat!”
“Please calm down, Madam,” the stewardess replied. “The flight is very full today, but I’ll tell you what I’ll do---IWill go and check to see if we have any free seats in Club(商务舱)or First Class.”
The lady had an unfriendly look at the outraged(被激怒的)black man beside her.
A few minutes later the stewardess returned and said to the lady with a self –satisfied smile, “I’m sorry, Madam, this Economy(经济舱)is full, and Club is also full. However, we do have one seat in First Class.”
The lady could not help looking at the people around her. But before she had a chance to get up or make any answer, the stewardess continued , “ We seldom make this kind of upgrade(升级),however, and I had to report it to the captain(机长).When the captain heard this,he said that it was not proper to make someone sit next to such an obnoxious(令人讨厌的)person.” Having said that, the stewardess turned to the black man sitting next to the lady, and said, “So if you’d like to get your things, sir, I have a seat ready for you…”
At this time, the people around stood up and clapped their hands. The black man walked up to the front of the plane.
That was an unforgettable flight for me, for I was the black man who had never flown First Class before

  1. 1.

    Where did this story happen?

    1. A.
      At the booking office
    2. B.
      In the Economy cabin
    3. C.
      In the Club cabin
    4. D.
      In the First Class cabin
  2. 2.

    The black man was finally upgraded to the First Class cabin because ______.

    1. A.
      the stewardess loved him
    2. B.
      he was angry with the white lady
    3. C.
      the captain knew him
    4. D.
      the white lady was too impolite
  3. 3.

    What might be the correct order of the cabins from the front to the back on this plance?

    1. A.
      Club→Pilots’→Economy →First Class
    2. B.
      Pilots’→Club→Economy →First Class
    3. C.
      Club→Economy→ First Class→ Pilots’
    4. D.
      Pilots’→ First Class →Club→ Economy
  4. 4.

    What can be the best title of this article?

    1. A.
      Flying First Class
    2. B.
      On a British Airways Flight
    3. C.
      Sitting Next to a Lady
    4. D.
      An Unforgettable Free Flight

Activities This Weekend

An Open-air Craft (工艺) Market
In Front of the City Hall
Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Need to buy a present? Find bamboo toys, paper flowers, paper umbrellas, model cars and more! Food from around the world, too!		City Museum
Travel Movies
Meeting Room
Sat. & Sun. at 2:30 p.m.
Do you want to travel but don’t have enough money? See movies on Japan, Italy, America, England, Russia, and Australia. There are only 80 seats, so come early.		Autumn Fashion Show
Golden Shopping Center
Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
Men’s and women’s autumn clothes. See 25 handsome and pretty models show the latest fashions. All clothing will be on sale after the show for under ¥100.

Pop Concert at Yunhai Square
Saturday from 9:00 p.m. to midnight
Five groups of college students are
going to play the guitar and sing pop songs. Bring your own
food and drink.		   Library Lecture
City Library Hall
Saturday at 10:00 a.m.
How to find the job that
you really want! Two-hour lecture. Advice on choosing and getting the right job for you. Coke and sandwiches are sold.

  1. 1.

    Are you a movie fan? Then you can go to _____

    1. A.
      Autumn Fashion Show
    2. B.
      City Museum
    3. C.
      City Library Hall
    4. D.
      Yunhai Square
  2. 2.

    People can buy presents _____

    1. A.
      at Yunhai Square
    2. B.
      in City Library Hall
    3. C.
      in City Museum
    4. D.
      at Open-air Craft Market
  3. 3.

    If people want to get some information about getting jobs, they can _____

    1. A.
      see the movies
    2. B.
      go to the pop concert
    3. C.
      see the fashion show
    4. D.
      go to the library lecture
  4. 4.

    Pop concert at Yunhai Square will begin _____

    1. A.
      at 9:00 p.m., Saturday
    2. B.
      at 2:30 a.m., Saturday and Sunday
    3. C.
      at 10:00 am., Sunday
    4. D.
      at 8:30 a.m., Sunday
  5. 5.

    Which of the following is not true?

    1. A.
      The two-hour Library Lecture takes place in City Library Hall
    2. B.
      There are few kinds of food at the Open-air Craft Market
    3. C.
      All clothing will be on sale after the fashion show for under ¥100
    4. D.
      Only 80 seats are available for travel movies

Last weekend, twenty thousand people gathered in the state of Georgia to watch students from twenty-eight countries compete with robots they built. More than ten thousand students and more than five hundred robots took part in the competition.

Almost one thousand and seven hundred high school teams entered a level of competition called LUNACY. The competitors came from eleven countries, including the United States. In January, the organization sent the same supplies for robots to each team. The teams had six weeks to build robots that could compete in the LUNACY game. The playing area had six robots, three on each team. Each robot had a trailer(拖车) connected to it. The robots had to pick up large balls and throw them into the trailers of opposing robots. The robots were moving on a surface where they could slide(滑行). A team from California won the competition.
A second competition involved building a robot that could travel on uneven(不平坦的) surfaces, move objects with unusual shapes and withstand(承受) physical stress.
Another competition was for younger students, aged nine to fourteen years old. Eighty-four teams from twenty-seven countries competed with robots made with LEGO products. They had to design, build and program robots to explore the Earth’s climates

  1. 1.

    The competitors coming from _______countries entered a level of competition called LUNACY

    1. A.
      twenty-eight
    2. B.
      twenty-seven
    3. C.
      eighty-four
    4. D.
      eleven
  2. 2.

    _______sent the supplies for robots to each team

    1. A.
      Schools
    2. B.
      Volunteers
    3. C.
      The government
    4. D.
      The organization
  3. 3.

    Each team can have _______robots to compete in the LUNACY game

    1. A.
      two
    2. B.
      three
    3. C.
      six
    4. D.
      eight
  4. 4.

    The underlined word “involved” in this passage can be replaced by “_______”

    1. A.
      included
    2. B.
      removed
    3. C.
      corrected
    4. D.
      invented
  5. 5.

    Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      In January, each team got the same supplies for robots
    2. B.
      A team from California won the LUNACY competition
    3. C.
      The writer introduces three kinds of competitions in this passage
    4. D.
      The students had to design or buy robots for the competition

It's still the holiday season and students in the UK are enjoying their winter break (休假).
Tiffany in Guangdong asks us about how British students spend their winter break.
For some, it's a time to study because they have exams next term. Some might have to study. They have to read some books. They use the winter break to catch up with(赶上) their reading. But some students can Let their hair down and celebrate Christmas and New Year with a few drinks.
This holiday is also an important time to chat with the family and maybe get some sleep too. Some lucky students are going away on holiday but it won't be long

  1. 1.

    What do the underlined words "let their hair down" mean in this reading?

    1. A.
      放下头发
    2. B.
      烫发
    3. C.
      放松
    4. D.
      理发
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is true?

    1. A.
      The winter break in the UK is not long
    2. B.
      The winter break in the UK is a time for sleep
    3. C.
      Students work hard in the winter break
    4. D.
      Students are preparing for the coming exam
  3. 3.

    The passage is mainly about _______

    1. A.
      the differences between the winter break in China and the UK
    2. B.
      what the students in the UK usually do in the winter break
    3. C.
      why some students like the winter break
    4. D.
      how to celebrate the winter break

Dear Grace,
How are you? Thank you for your last e-mail. You want to know about my school clubs, right ? Well, it’s time for us to join the school clubs now. There are many clubs in my school, like the English club, the art club, the music club and the sports club. I have two good friends, Jack and Lisa. We all want to join the school clubs.
I want to join the music club, because I can play the guitar. I can’t speak English well, but I also want to join the English club.
Jack likes sports. He can play soccer and basketball. He is in the school soccer team(队). He wants to join the sports club. He can play the guitar, too. But he doesn’t want to join the music club.
Lisa likes drawing. She wants to join the art club. She also speaks English very well. I think she can be in the English club. But she can’t be in the music club. She can’t play any instruments(乐器).
Are there any clubs in your school? What club are you in?
Please write an e—mail and tell me about your school clubs.
Yours,
Jane

  1. 1.

    Grace wants to know Jane’s  _______

    1. A.
      school clubs
    2. B.
      school life
    3. C.
      new friends
    4. D.
      favorite sports
  2. 2.

    Jane wants to join the _______  club

    1. A.
      art
    2. B.
      sports
    3. C.
      music
    4. D.
      science
  3. 3.

    下面哪项陈述是正确的？

    1. A.
      Jack speaks English well
    2. B.
      Jack is Jane’s good friend
    3. C.
      Jack is in the art club
    4. D.
      Jack can play the violin
  4. 4.

    Lisa can NOT__________

    1. A.
      draw well
    2. B.
      play the guitar
    3. C.
      join the English club
    4. D.
      speak English well
  5. 5.

    Grace 下次给Jane写的邮件的主题可能是什么？

    1. A.
      Grace’s birthday party
    2. B.
      Grace’s favorite subjects
    3. C.
      Grace’s school clubs
    4. D.
      Grace’s school day


Are you still doing the V for victory sign? It’s out. The latest popular hand gesture（手势）is to curl both of your hands and put them together to make a heart—shape. Known as “hand heart”, many young stars in the US including Justin Bieber , Blake Lively and Taylor Swift have done the move in recent photos.
“The heart — hand gesture means something between ‘I love you’ and ‘thank you’, ”said the country singer Taylor Swift,21.”It’s a sweet, simple message which you can send without saying a word.”
Taylor Swift often puts her hands above her head in the heart shape at her concerts. And she is believed to be the first to make the gesture popular.
Last month during a charity show, Justin Bieber and his superstar friends did it to help out three kids whose parents were killed in a car accident. The gesture became a real hit after that.
“It used to take longer for nonverbal（不用语言的）culture to move. But now ,with smart phones and the Internet, it’s much faster,” said Patti Wood, an American language expert.
In the Republic of Korea, the hand heart has been popular for a long time, in a different way. People there like making a “bigger heart” by putting their hands above their heads and making a heart shape with their arms. It means: “I love you.”

  1. 1.

    When we want to express ideas, we often move our hands to mean something besides language. Do you know the meaning of this gesture(手势)?

    1. A.
      Good luck
    2. B.
      We’ve won
    3. C.
      Everything is all right
    4. D.
      Best wishes
  2. 2.

    Who is the first to make the heart — hand gesture popular?

    1. A.
      Justin Bieber
    2. B.
      Blake Lively
    3. C.
      Patti Wood
    4. D.
      Taylor Swift
  3. 3.

    A charity show is a show that is put on to

    1. A.
      help the people in need
    2. B.
      make a gesture popular
    3. C.
      express your love or thanks
    4. D.
      show your special gesture
  4. 4.

    Which of the following statements is true?

    1. A.
      Smart phones and the Internet are improving fast
    2. B.
      Smart phones and the Internet used to take longer time in use
    3. C.
      It’s much easier for nonverbal culture to reach more people
    4. D.
      It takes nonverbal culture a long time to become popular

 It was an exciting moment for Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, a retired married couple from Harbin, China. It was also a great moment for China because it was the country’s first gold medal in the pairs figure(花样) skating competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
Everyone was very quiet while Shen and Zhao were skating onto the ice. They were expecting something wonderful to happen. As Soon as the music started, Shen and Zhao skated around the field quickly with beautiful style; every move was perfect. When the music stopped, all the people cheered. In the end Shen and Zhao won the Olympic gold medal.
In China, winter sports are not as popular as they are in America and Northern European countries. So China sent only 90 athletes to Vancouver to take part in a few, carefully chosen sports. Such a good decision also led to Wang Meng and Zhou Yang winning gold medals in the little known, but exciting sport of short track (轨道) speed skating.
China did not win a lot of medals at these Winter Games. Most of the events are still very new to China and need to be developed. But Chinese athletes learn very quickly. For example, China’s women’s curling team(冰壶队) only began in 2003, but they were No.1 at the 2009 World Women’s Curling Championship.
This means that with hard work and a bit of luck, China’s winter stars could soon shine on the world stage

  1. 1.

    Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won the gold medal in the _____ event at the 2010 Vancouver
    Olympic

    1. A.
      pairs figure skating
    2. B.
      short track speed skating
    3. C.
      women’s curling
    4. D.
      long track speed skating
  2. 2.

    People were _____ when shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo started skating at the Games

    1. A.
      noisy
    2. B.
      quiet
    3. C.
      cheering
    4. D.
      excited
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Chinese like winter sports best
    2. B.
      The short track speed skating isn’t a well known or exciting sport
    3. C.
      There were 90 Chinese athletes taking part in the Vancouver Games
    4. D.
      Wang Meng and Zhou Yang lost the game at the Vancouver Games
  4. 4.

    China’s women’s curling team won’t be eight years old until _____

    1. A.
      2003
    2. B.
      2009
    3. C.
      2010
    4. D.
      2011
  5. 5.

    According to the passage, what made China’s winter athletes get such a success?

    1. A.
      Luck
    2. B.
      A chance
    3. C.
      Hard work and a little luck
    4. D.
      The country’s support

Visitors to London often eat in restaurants. The owners(主人) and workers in them are all from other countries. The visitors say in these restaurants they don't feel they are in England. Most of English people eat at home as much as they can. Sometimes they themselves will think they are in another country when they are in restaurants. When an Englishman goes out of a restaurant, he may find that he doesn't understand why everything is written in French and Italian.
Most of English people think it is better to eat at home, because it is cheaper. They don't want to spend much money on food and they like cooking at home. They like fast food. But for Christmas, they will spend two or three weeks getting ready for it, because they want to have good food

  1. 1.

    Visitors to London often eat in restaurants because_________

    1. A.
      they don't like the food at home
    2. B.
      their homes are not in London
    3. C.
      it's cheaper
    4. D.
      restaurants are beautiful places
  2. 2.

    When English people eat in restaurants, they sometimes think __________

    1. A.
      they are in another country
    2. B.
      they are in the country
    3. C.
      they are themselves
    4. D.
      they love their country
  3. 3.

    Some of English people don't know __________

    1. A.
      why everything comes from French and Italian
    2. B.
      why people write everything in French and Italian
    3. C.
      everything in restaurants
    4. D.
      everyone in restaurants
  4. 4.

    English people eat at home because __________

    1. A.
      it is fast
    2. B.
      the food is expensive at home
    3. C.
      it is very good
    4. D.
      the food is very cheap at home
  5. 5.

    _________ ,English people will spend much time for Christmas

    1. A.
      In order to（为了） get more food
    2. B.
      In order to have much food
    3. C.
      In order to get good food
    4. D.
      In order to have enough food

He can walk______ two legs.


  1. A.
    in
  2. B.
    on
  3. C.
    at

---Ten and nine is not ninety.

---______, Miss Zhou.


  1. A.
    I don’t know
  2. B.
    I’m fine, too
  3. C.
    I’m sorry
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