AROUND XICHANG is a special program in English on XCTV-1. It’s about the city and lasts for 8 minutes. You can watch the program at 20:27 every Sunday and watch is again at 7:30 and 15:35 on Monday. Tel: 8109566 Add: 139 North Ring Road, XICHANG |
XICHANG WEEKLY is to help foreigners understand more about the city. It’s a news edition(版面) in English in XICHANG. It usually appears on the 48th edition of the city’s most popular newspaper CITY EXPRESS every Thursday. Tel: 8105699 Add: 218 Hangtian Road, XICHANG |
IN TOUCH is an English language magazine. Read the pages and inside you’ll find passages on history, art, music, sports, travel and food of Sichuan. At the end of every month you can get the magazine in hotels, restaurants, bookshops and cafes all around Sichuan without paying. Tel: 8243611 8243103 Add: 5 Wenhui Road, XICHANG |
1.AROUND XICHANG can be watched _______ a week.
A.four times |
B.three times |
C.twice |
D.once |
2.At the end of every month, you can get IN TOUCH in_______ all around Sichuan without paying.
A.hotels and bookshops |
B.restaurants and hospitals |
C.schools and bookshops |
D.hotels and offices |
3.If you want to get some information of music and travel, you can find something in _______.
A.XICHANG WEEKLY |
B.IN TOUCH |
C.AROUND XICHANG |
D.CITY EXPRESS |
4.If a foreign friend wants to get some news about Xichang, he can can_______.
A.8243611 |
B.8105699 |
C.8234103 |
D.8109566 |
5.This passage is perhaps _______.
A.an advertisement |
B.a story |
C.a joke |
D.an instruction |
The Japanese Macaca monkey has been studied in the wild for over 50 years. In 1952, on one small Japanese island, scientists dropped some 26 in the dirt for the monkeys. The monkeys liked their taste, but they found the dirt 27 .
One clever 18-month-old monkey found she could 28 the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river. She taught this to her mother. Her 29 also learned this new way and they taught their mothers, too.
All the younger monkeys 30 learned to wash the dirty sweet potatoes to make them 31 to eat. But many old monkeys found it very hard to learn this and still ate the 32 sweet potatoes.
Then something very surprising 33 . In the autumn of 1958, scientists found that the monkeys on other nearby 34 began washing their sweet potatoes too. Scientists still don’t fully understand how this knowledge was 35 from one island to another.
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William Shakespeare was one of the world’s great writers. He lived in England 21 1564 to 1616. Shakespeare is famous for his 22 and poems. His plays are all about love and feelings. Some, like Julius Caesar, are about history. 23 , like Romeo and Juliet, are about love and romance. The plays are very interesting, and the writing is beautiful. Sometimes it’s hard to understand them. English today is very different from 24 it was 400 years ago. Also, people in the plays often speak like they’re in a poem. There are many movies about Shakespeare’s plays. When you don’t have the chance to see a live play(现场演出), you can 25 one of the movies.
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---Sam becomes the top student because he is very clever.
---_______. Without the help of his hardworking teachers, he can’t make it at all.
A.I don’t think so. |
B.I’m afraid so. |
C.I agree with you. |
D.I don’t know. |
---It’s very nice of you to help me solve such a big problem.
---_______.
A.That’s all right. |
B.Don’t worry. |
C.It’s my pleasure. |
D.Take it easy. |
---Can you lend me some money? I need it because my sick mother is waiting for an operation in hospital.
---_______. So come with me to fetch some in the nearest bank.
A.I’m sorry to hear that. |
B.Of course you can. |
C.I hope you’ll be better. |
D.Never mind. |