Holiday News
Vacancies (空位) now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in Devon. This comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful quiet countryside, but just a drive away from the sea. The food is simple but good. Children and pets are welcome.
Reduced prices for low season.
The Snowdonia Center
The Snowdonia Center for young mountain climbers has a mountain 1068.The beginners’ costs are ￡57 for a week, including food and rooms. Equipment is included except walking shoes, which can be hired at a low cost.
You must be in good health and prepared to go through a period of body exercises. This could be the beginning of a lifetime of lifetime of mountain climbing adventure.
The World Sea Trip of a Lifetime
Our World Sea Trip of 2008 will be unlike any holiday you have ever been on before. Instead of one hotel after another, with all its packing and unpacking waiting and traveling, you just go to bed in one country and wake up in another.
On board the ship, you will be well taken care of. Every meal will be first-class and every cabin like your home.
During the trip, you can rest on deck(甲板), enjoy yourself in the games rooms and in the evening dance to our musical team and watch our wonderful play.
You will visit all the places most people only dream about – from Acapulco and Hawaii to Tokyo and Hong Kong.
For a few thousand pounds, all you’ve ever hoped for can be yours.
【小题1】What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

We are often asked to make a speech in life. Most of us are afraid of it and don’t do a good job. Here are some simple steps to make your speech a successful one. First of all, find out everything you can about your subject and at the same time find out as much as you can about your audience. Who are they? What do they know about your subject? Put yourself in their shoes as you prepare your speech. Then try to arrange your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible. Never forget your audience. Don’t talk over their heads or talk down to them. When you are giving your speech, speak slowly and clearly, look at your audience and pause for a few seconds from time to time to give your audience chances to think over what you’ve said. Just remember: be prepared, know your subject and your audience, say what you have to say and be yourself so that your ideas will bring you and your audience together.

60. When he is giving his speech, the speaker should ___________.

A. let his eyes rest on the subject                       B. follow the audience step by step

C. face the audience in a natural way                D. look up and down from time to time

61. During the course of a speech, it is not right for a speaker to ___________.

A. think nothing of the audience                       B. speak in a clear voice

C. take a short stop at times                               D. give a lot of examples

62. What does the underlined word “pause” mean in the passage?

A. listen                             B. stop                         C. choose                     D. search

63. Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?

A. How to Remember the Audience

B. How to Pick out the Topic for a Speech

C. How to Prepare the Material for a Speech

D. How to Improve Your Speech

The day finally came, when I had to leave the warm home where I’d grown up. I ran to the back yard, as tears came up from my heart. Suddenly I    36  a hand rest on my shoulder. I looked up to    37  my grandfather. “It isn’t    38  , is it, Billy?” he said softly.

He gently    39   my hand in his, and then we walked, hand in hand, to the front yard,    40   a huge red rose-bush sat alone.

“What do you see here, Billy?” he asked. I looked at the flowers, not knowing    41   to say, and then answered, “I see something soft and    42  , grandpa.”

He pulled me    43  . “It isn't just the roses that are beautiful, Billy. It’s that special place in your heart that makes them so.” “Billy, I    44   these roses when my first son was born. It was my    45   of saying ‘thank you’ to God. I    46   to watch him pick roses for his mother. Then, as a young man of only 20, a terrible war robbed him of his life.” Grandpa slowly stood up. “Never say good-bye, Billy. Never    47   to the sadness and the loneliness. Instead, I want you to remember the joy and the    48   when you first said hello to a friend.”

A year later, my grandpa became very    49  .Then all members of the family

were    50   back, and I returned to the old house. When it came to my    51  , I took his hand as    52   as he had once taken mine.

“Hello, grandpa,” I    53  .His eyes slowly opened and said, “Hello, my friend.” With a brief    54   he died. Suddenly, and truly, I knew what he had    55   about never saying good-bye — about refusing to give in to sadness.

1.                A．watched        B．fixed           C．felt  D．heard

2.                A．watch          B．interview       C．see D．discover

3.                A．easy           B．hard           C．difficult   D．comfortable

4.                A．took           B．made          C．led  D．carried

5.                A．when          B．where          C．which    D．while

6.                A．whether        B．how           C．who D．what

7.                A．beautiful        B．tasty           C．funny    D． red

8.                A．far            B．hard           C．close D．around

9.                A．planted         B．bought         C．treated   D．discovered

10.               A．approach       B．way           C．method   D．solution

11.               A．preferred       B．wanted         C．used  D．referred

12.               A．give up         B．give off         C．give away  D．give in

13.               A．happiness       B．word           C．sight  D．memory

14.               A．weak          B．ill             C．old   D．serious

15.               A．ordered        B．called          C．delivered  D．sent

16.               A．pleasure        B．duty           C．wish D．turn

17.               A．happily         B．sadly           C．gently D．carefully

18.               A．laughed        B．shouted        C．whispered D．added

19.               A．sign           B．sigh           C．wave D．smile

20.               A．thought        B．meant          C．worried   D．cared

Holidays

1.What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

A.Choose the holiday in Devon.    

B.Go to the Snowdonia Centre

C.Join the World Sea Trip of 2008

D.Visit Acapulco and Hawaii

2.In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?

A.. It provides chances of family gatherings.

B.It provides customers with good food.

C. It offers a sport lesson.

D. It offers comfortable room.

3.What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?

A. You can have free meals on deck every day.

B. You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.

C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play.

D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking.

4. At the Snowdonia Centre, the beginners’ costs of ￡57 do not cover               .

A. food         B. rooms       C. body exercises            D. walking shoes

We are often asked to make a speech in life. Most of us are afraid of it and don’t do a good job. Here are some simple steps to make your speech a successful one. First of all, find out everything you can about your subject and at the same time find out as much as you can about your audience. Who are they? What do they know about your subject? Put yourself in their shoes as you prepare your speech. Then try to arrange your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible. Never forget your audience. Don’t talk over their heads or talk down to them. When you are giving your speech, speak slowly and clearly, look at your audience and pause for a few seconds from time to time to give your audience chances to think over what you’ve said. Just remember: be prepared, know your subject and your audience, say what you have to say and be yourself so that your ideas will bring you and your audience together.
60. When he is giving his speech, the speaker should ___________.
A. let his eyes rest on the subject                       B. follow the audience step by step
C. face the audience in a natural way                D. look up and down from time to time
61. During the course of a speech, it is not right for a speaker to ___________.
A. think nothing of the audience                       B. speak in a clear voice
C. take a short stop at times                               D. give a lot of examples
62. What does the underlined word “pause” mean in the passage?
A. listen                             B. stop                         C. choose                     D. search
63. Which title best gives the main idea of the passage?
A. How to Remember the Audience
B. How to Pick out the Topic for a Speech
C. How to Prepare the Material for a Speech
D. How to Improve Your Speech