Brazilian footballers
    The Brazilian Football Club will play with Nanjing Shuntian Team at the Olympic Sports Centre on August
26. The club has four national team players. Also coming is the World Cup star Ronaldo who has promised
to play for at least 45 minutes.
    Ticket prices: 60, 100, 150 yuan.
    Time / date: 4:30 p.m., August 26 (Sat.)
    Telephone 50123726
Rock Climbing
    The Third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26-27 at the Zhongshan Climbing
Training Base. More than 10 teams from Nanjing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and other places will take park in it.
A Japanese team will give an exhibition climbing. Free for spectators.
    Take a long-distance bus from Dongshan Bus Station to the Base.
    Time / Date: 9-12 a.m. August 26 and 27
    Telephone: 71431779, 71448505, Wang Zhenhua 
Bicycle tour and race
    A bicycle tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27 (Sat. & Sun.). At 5:00 a.m. the riders will leave
Gulou Square and ride the first 77 kilometres as a training leg. Then the next 126 kilometres leg, from
Yangzhou to Huai'an, will be the first competitive part of the tour. The second racing leg of the tour will be
from Huai'an to the seaside of Lianyungang, covering a distance of 102 kilometres. On Sunday afternoon all
the people and their bikes will be taken back to Nanjing. 
    Cost: 300 yuan
    Telephone: 46750278

1. The main purpose of announcing the above events is to give information about           .

A. visiting teams
B. things to do for the weekend
C. famous players
D. prices to pay for the sports events

2. If you take part in the bicycle tour, you will ride for           .

A. 35 kilometres
B. 77 kilometres
C. 126 kilometres
D. 305 kilometres

3. The word "leg" in Bicycle tour and race means            .

A. race
B. part of the training
C. practice
D. part of the tour

4. — From the three messages above, which is special about the rock climbing competition? 
    —           .

A. A foreign team will take part in it
B. You can watch it without paying
C. You don't have to be a sportsman to take part in
D. The bus trip to the place of the competition is free

5. The three short messages above are            .

A. advertisements
B. Short stories
C. Diaries
D. Science fiction

    Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your spare time? Then join us to be a
volunteer! We're a non-profit (赢利的) organization. We have volunteer jobs of all ages. Anyone, from
twelve-year-old children to people in their seventies can become a volunteer.
    You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working.
Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor. Animal lovers can help
take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone. 
    "As a volunteer, I don't want to get anything. Seeing the children's happy faces, I'm happy, too." Said
Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62. "I often played computer games in my spare time before. Now I help
older people learn how to use computers." said another volunteer at the age of 18.
    If everyone helps out a bit, we'll have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us 1-800-555-5756 or visit
our website: www.activol.com.

1. When do the volunteers help others?

A. In their spare time.
B. At weekends
C. On weekdays.
D. In the evenings.

2. _____ can be a volunteer.

A. Children
B. Old women
C. Anyone aged 12-70
D. Young people

3. Volunteers want to get ______ when they help others.

A. money
B. computers
C. everything
D. nothing

4. Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with ______.

A. animals
B. children
C. computers
D. older people

5. We can read such a passage ______.

A. in a newspaper
B. in a storybook
C. in a picture book
D. in a textbook

1. If you want to order pizzas, you can ______.

A. call at No. 348
B. call at 65369877
C. call at 28145588
D. call at No. 67

2. What type of pizzas does Mr. Smith order?

A. Hawaiian and Supreme.
B. Vegetarian and Supreme.
C. Supreme and coffee.
D. Hawaiian and Vegetarian.

3. How long is the business time every day?

A. 3 hours.
B. 8 hours.
C. 14 hours.
D. 15 hours.

4. Where will the pizzas be delivered (送)?

A. No. 348 Beijing Road.
B. No.67 Beijing Road.
C. No.67 Nanjing Road.
D. No. 348 Nanjing Road.

5. What else does Mr. Smith order besides pizzas?

A. Coffee.
B. Coke.
C. Orange.
D. Tea.

                                                       Puccini Pizza, The Best Pizza 　　
    We sell delicious pizza to people all over the world. We now need a kitchen assistant for our new branch
(分店) in Taichung. He / She should have an interest in making pizza. More important, he / she should have
work experience in a restaurant. He/She will go to Italy to learn making pizza. 　　
    Our Taichung branch will open next week. 　　
    Contact (联络) Mr. Buratti right away. 　　
    092-2508458

1. The ad (广告) tells us that ______.

A. the assistant must be a man 　　
B. the assistant must have once worked in a restaurant 　　
C. Puccini Pizza has branches all over the world 　　
D. Puccini Pizza is now in Taichung

2. About Puccini Pizza, we know that ______.

A. no people like its pizza　　　　　
B. few people like its pizza 　　
C. many people buy its pizza　　　　
D. its Pizza is better than any other restaurant's

根据上面的广告内容，回答下列问题。
1. What number should Jim call if he wants to learn software?
                                                                                                                                                 
2. Where can you have Business English courses? 
                                                                                                                                                 
3. What is a website's name on one of the ads?
                                                                                                                                                 
4. How much do two persons pay for a 2-night stay in the Belvedere Hotel on Dec. 31 and Jan.1?
                                                                                                                                                 
5. Mr Black will take his 6-year-old twin sons to see the film The Jungle Book. How much will they 
    pay for the tickets?