2、                                Taichi with English narration

   A veteran(资深的) Taichi teacher, about 38, teaches the basic 24 movements, pushinghands and self-defense techniques, suitable for the beginners and intermediate level.

   Time:10:00-12:00 a.m., every Sunday morning

   Place: Bamboo Garden Hotel, No 24, Xiaoshiqiao Hutong, jiu Gulou Street, Northwest of Drum Tower in the downtown.

   Fee: 60 yuan each time

Chinese ink & water painting class

   To learn the techniques of painting a bird, flower, or lady with brushes. The Chinese philosophy and culture will also be included

   Time: 7:00-9:00p.m. every Wednesday

   Place: Library Bar, first floor, Tower B of East Gate Plaza(广场)，right behind the poly plaza at the East Second Ring Road.         Fee: 60 yuan each week

                                     Big-bowl-tea

   Ten yuan (US$1.2) for a cup of Chinese tea and live performance of Peking Opera is the tempting offer up for grabs at Dawancha (big-bowl-tea) Theatre, a new branch of Lao She Tea house.

   The atmosphere of a traditional Chinese tea-house of the past is evoked(引起羡慕) with window seats overlooking Tian’an Men Square.

   Place: east side of north end of Qianmen Dajie, facing Arrow Tower

   Tel: 318-4723,  6318-2107

Acrobatic(杂技) show

The Tianqiao area of Beijing won its name as the city’s major outdoor performance site for acrobatics shows before the founding of New China in 1949. Acrobatic shows are still staged every evening in a theatre located in the Tianqiao area. The shows, put on by the Beijing Acrobatics Troupe, include many national or world award-winning programmes.

Time: 7 p.m., daily

Place: Wansheng Theatre

Price: 100 yuan (Us$ 12.0)

Tel: 65287750 ext 198

41． If you are a sport lover you can go to _______.

A. Library Bar                       B. Bamboo Garden Hotel

C. Lao she Tea-House            D. Wansheng Theatre

42. Which item is the cheapest and most relaxed to spend your leisure time?

A. Taichi with English narration

B. Chinese ink & water painting class

C. Big-bowl-tea

D. Acrobatic

43.Which of the following is NOT true?

 A. You can enjoy acrobatic shows every day at 7 p.m. in the open air.

B. You can see live performance of Peking Opera while enjoying Chinese traditional tea

C. You don’t have to worry about the language problem to attend Taichi if you are an Englishman

D. Chinese ink &water painting class is probably open to learner from outside China

1、

Home, sweet home

It was December 22.The bitter wind swept the countless snowflakes across my front yard. My dad was sweeping the_21_____. His nose was red as a cherry. With every breath he took, a white puff__22_______into the air.

    Inside, my mother was_23______ the last of the boxes. As I entered the front door, the __24_____ that after today I wouldn’t enter through that door ever again_25______ a hole in my stomach. I picked up my dog and sat Indian style with him in my lap on the_26_____, wooden floor. I had no 27______but to sit on the floor , for there was no longer any furniture occupying my house. I sat there in a daze（恍惚） , just 28______. There was no reason for my s to make me ,a once _29_____12- year- old kid ,_30_____.I had two best friends right across the street; I did well in school and I always kept my room clean._31_____, this was” my house” . By no means did I want a couple of _32___ living there .These  recurring（重复） thoughts_33_____ around in my mind and I couldn’t find an answer.

Out of the front window I could see the orange top of a truck pulling in the cleaned driveway and I knew it was the other U- Haul. Instantly three men came__34____ in the back door like the third World War was starting .

    I watched__35_____ as the men ,my mother and my dad loaded the truck .My dog even winced（畏缩） as he stared out of the window .I wondered if he was_36______, too, or if he just wished to play outside in the snow,

My mum came in , looking solemn（凝重） for my sake ,I imagined . She turned_37____ the overhead light, put the_38_______ in my arm and took me out of the back door. A totally __39____feeling filled my heart. For the first time in my life, I wondered what_40______ would be to me tomorrow.

36、―Excuse me, did you notice whether the No. 18 bus had gone by?

―Not ______ I began to stand here.

       A. as                     B. since                        C. when                       D. while

35、Zhang Yimou’s 360 million yuan film “Curse of the Golden Flower” proved a hit on its opening weekend, ______ nine million yuan in Shanghai’s cinemas alone.

       A. having made      B. making                     C. to have been made     D. being made

34、―Is your grandpa still with you?

―No. he still prefers to live in the small mountain village ______ all its disadvantages.

       A. for                    B. except                      C. with                         D. to

33、Do you know ______ art played ______ more important part in people’s lives in the 18^th century than it does today?

       A. an; the                     B. /; a                           C. the; a                       D. the; the

32、As is natural, a man as old as he ______ be very forgetful.

       A. can                   B. should                      C. would                      D. must

31、We are a little worried because we ______ ground as a leader in the field of IT with the others speeding up development.

       A. have lost           B. lost                          C. are losing                 D. were losing

30、The problem came up at the meeting ______ we had not got enough money to do the research.

       A. whether            B. if                             C. that                          D. what

29、

―Is Tom still performing?

―I’m afraid not. He is said ______ the stage already as he has become an official.

       A. to have left        B. to leave                    C. to have been left        D. to be left