When does music in public places become noise pollution?

You may like at least some kind of music. But the problem is that, in lots of places, you’re made to hear somebody else’s choice in music. Say you’ve just landed at an airport. At the airport, the “background” （背景）music may be played loudly.

When you are on the way to your hotel, there may be another kind of music played by the taxi driver. Then you finally reach your hotel. But when you are taking the elevator(电梯)，there is elevator music.

You go out to dinner and end up in a place where the owner of the restaurant thinks music will help make you eat more and spend more. Then a person playing the violin comes around. This is called the “music wallpaper”. It is to make you buy more and eat a lot. Even the government thinks this is “noise pollution,” especially when the music is too loud.

Noise pollution may be bad for our hearing. It’s also bad for some of our daily activities, such as sleeping, conversations and so on.

The fact that you can’t see, taste or smell it may help explain why it has not received as much attention as other kinds of pollution, such as air pollution or water pollution. The air around us is always filled with sounds, but most of us would not think we are surrounded(包围) by noise. This can be bad for our health. So many people like soft and quiet music in their house.

1. In the restaurant, the music is to make you _____________.

A. have a nice meal

B. eat more food and spend more money

C. enjoy some wonderful music

D. have a great time in the restaurant

2.This passage doesn’t talk about ___________.

A. food pollution B. water pollution

C. air pollution D. noise pollution

3. Music in public places becomes noise pollution because __________.

A. it’s played at the airport

B. it’s played by the taxi driver

C. it’s played when you are taking the elevator

D. you are made to hear someone else’s choice in music

4.From the passage we know that ___________.

A. music that is too loud is bad for our health

B. people pay as much attention to noise pollution as they do to air pollution

C. people like loud music in their house

D. most people think that there’s lots of noise around us

Singles Day (光棍节)falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(庆祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.

An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻将）.

One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles Day.

For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.

1.__________ first called November 11th Singles Day.

A. The Chinese government

B. People who have been married

C. Four people playing Marjong

D. People who don’t want to get married

2.The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A. 盲人聚会 B.相亲会

C. 化妆舞会 D. 盲人党派

3. Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles Day.

A. some bread B. noodles

C. 4 youtiao D. nothing

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Singles Day is on November 11th.

B. Singles Day is celebrated by no countries but China.

C. Singles Day is for people who don’t have lovers.

D. To celebrate Singles Day, people play Marjong from from 11 in the morning until 11 at night.

任务型阅读。（每小题2分，共6分）阅读下文并回答问题。

James Cameron's "Titanic" has come back, in 3D this time. It was first shown in 1997. It won 11 Oscars(奥斯卡), including best picture and best director(导演) for Cameron. Fifteen years later, Kate Winslet, the leading lady, who played Rose in the movie is happy to be back for the movie . She said, "It's been a really big part of my life. It's kind of never gone away. People keep saying to me, 'How does it feel to be talking about it after 15 years?' Well, I've always been talking about 'Titanic', it didn't go anywhere. So, it's great that it's coming out again, in 3D, and it's wonderful too, it's still the same wonderful film."

The stars in the movie Titanic got together again. However, the film's leading man Leonardo DiCaprio, who's busy with other work didn’t show up. He played Jack in the movie.

According to the passage, answer the following questions:

1.When was Titanic first shown?

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2. Who did Kate Winslet play in the movie Titanic?

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3.Did Leonardo Dicaprio get together with other stars in Titanic for the 3D movie?

_____________________________________________________

完成句子。（每空1分，共8分）

根据所给提示，完成句子。每空一词，含缩略词。

1.My mother likes red dresses. (改为否定句)

My mother _______ _______ red dresses.

2.The teacher put off the exam.（对划线部分提问）

________ _______ the teacher do?

3.I will go shopping with Tina. The girl said.（合并成一句）

The girl said ________ ________ go shopping with Tina.

4.别忘了按时吃药哦。 (完成译句)

Don’t forget to take medicine ________ ________.

口语应用。（每小题1分，共5分）

阅读下面对话，从方框中7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。

A. The bus ride takes about 6 hours

B. What about the hotels?

C. Good idea.

D. We have two tours each week.

E. What are you going to do?

F. Two days.

G. That sounds good.

A: Is there anything I can do for you, sir?

B: I read in your travel guide (旅游指南) about the tour to Xi’an.

A: Yes. 1. , leaving on Monday and Thursday mornings.

B: How long is the tour？

A: 2. And it costs 360 yuan.

B: Can you give me more information on the tour?

A: Sure. The bus leaves at nine, in front of our office. 3. , with two stops to see some places of interest.

B: 4.

A: You’ll be staying at California Hotel. It’s a three-star hotel. And the meals are free.

B: 5. . We will talk about it and tell you whether we will go or not.

A: All right.

短文填空。（每空2分，共16分）

根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

Life is a learning process(过程). Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day, we learn to 1. with different problems.

◆ Happiness and sadness

True happiness comes 2. hard work. Whatever we do, do it well. Putting on a happy face and thinking interesting things are helpful to have happy feelings. Helping others is 3. a good way. When happiness comes, sadness goes away.

◆ Failure and Success

Failure shows 4. the right way, makes us grow up and teaches us how to be successful. As the old saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success”. Don’t be 5. of failure.

◆ Hope and Despair(绝望)

Hope is what keeps life going. Hope makes us dream. Life teaches us not to give up hope even in the darkest hours, because 6. every night there is a new day. Whatever 7. , just keep moving on in life and be hopeful.

Life teaches us not to feel sorry for 8. , for it has passed and can not be called back. Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dark. So the only choice is to work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.

书面表达。（15分）

老人跌倒该不该扶，敢不敢扶，一度成为社会热点。针对这一话题，人们做了一个调查。下面是调查结果，请你据此写一篇文章。

内容要点：

1. 调查结果是什么？

2. 你认为是否该去帮助跌倒老人, 请说明原因。 如果该帮助，那你会怎么帮？

3. 号召大家对需要帮助的人施以援手。

要求：

不能出现真实姓名和校名。

字数80字左右，文章开头已给出。

We did a survey about whether we should help the old when they fall down, and here are the results. ______________________________________________________________________

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She is new here, so she has ______ friends at school .

A. little B. a little

C. few D. a few

You read the newspaper just now. Did you find ______ in it ?

A. interesting anything B. anything interesting

C. interesting something D. something interesting

They arrived _____ Shanghai _______ a cold morning.

A. in, in B. in, on

C. at, on D. at, in