Activities This Weekend
An Open-air Craft (工艺) Market
In Front of the City Hall
Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Need to buy a present? Find bamboo toys, paper flowers, paper umbrellas, model cars and more! Food from around the world, too! City Museum
Travel Movies
Meeting Room
Sat. & Sun. at 2:30 p.m.
Do you want to travel but don’t have enough money? See movies on Japan, Italy, America, England, Russia, and Australia. There are only 80 seats, so come early. Autumn Fashion Show
Golden Shopping Center
Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
Men’s and women’s autumn clothes. See 25 handsome and pretty models show the latest fashions. All clothing will be on sale after the show for under ¥100.
Pop Concert at Yunhai Square
Saturday from 9:00 p.m. to midnight
Five groups of college students are
going to play the guitar and sing pop songs. Bring your own
food and drink. Library Lecture
City Library Hall
Saturday at 10:00 a.m.
How to find the job that
you really want! Two-hour lecture. Advice on choosing and getting the right job for you. Coke and sandwiches are sold.
1.Are you a movie fan? Then you can go to _____.
A．Autumn Fashion Show B．City Museum
C．City Library Hall D．Yunhai Square
2.People can buy presents _____.
A．at Yunhai Square
B．in City Library Hall
C．in City Museum
D．at Open-air Craft Market
3.If people want to get some information about getting jobs, they can _____.
A．see the movies
B．go to the pop concert
C．see the fashion show
D．go to the library lecture
4.Pop concert at Yunhai Square will begin _____.
A．at 9:00 p.m., Saturday
B．at 2:30 a.m., Saturday and Sunday
C．at 10:00 am., Sunday
D．at 8:30 a.m., Sunday
5.Which of the following is not true?
A．The two-hour Library Lecture takes place in City Library Hall.
B．There are few kinds of food at the Open-air Craft Market.
C．All clothing will be on sale after the fashion show for under ¥100.
D．Only 80 seats are available for travel movies.
Annette Kellerman was born in Australia in 1887.She had polio and could not walk easily.She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own.To make her legs stronger,her mother took her for swimming lessons every week.Swimming made her legs so strong that when she was 15 she was able to throw away her supports.
Her family was poor so she got work acting as a mermaid.She wore a long tail and fish swam around her.People paid to come and see her.
In 1900 Annette swam in the Paris Olympics and won two gold medals. The next year she tried to swim across the Channel.She was the first woman to try to do it though she had to stop after swimming for six hours.
In 1915 Annette went to Hollywood and was the star of two films.
1.Annette Kellerman was born ________ in 1887.
A．in England B．In France
C．In America D．in Australia
2.She had to wear metal supports on her legs to stand up on her own because ______.
A．She had polio and couldn’t walk easily
B．Her family was poor
C．Her leg was hurt in an accident
D．She couldn’t swim
3.Her mother took her for swimming lessons every week ______.
A．to make her a famous swimmer
B．to make her legs stronger
C．to make her swim faster
D．to make her win gold medals
4.In 1990, Annette swam in the Paris Olympics and won two ________.
A．supports B．fish C．gold medals D．films
5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．she was successful in swimming across the Channel
B．In 1901 she tried to swim across the Channel but later she had to stop.
C．She wasn’t able to throw away her supports at the age of fifteen.
D．She swam across the Channel for only six days
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Time is very important in our lives. But it never had any importance in my life until I 1 a watch from my father that made me responsible(有责任). It 2 me the importance of time in my life.
I got this gift on a grey-sky day. I had to go to the 3 at 9:00 a.m. to pick up（接）my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. However, I forgot it 4 I was playing with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I 5 my uncle, but I was late for him. He had got out of the plane and 6 a taxi to my father’s house.
I 7 my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. at the same day . My father looked at me angrily. I said “hi” to him and my 8 uncle. My father asked me to sit 9 him and handed me this watch which was a gift from 10 . It weighed 8 oz（盎司）and all of it was made of silver（银）. Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun 11 your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your 12 .” I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again. Then he said, “This watch will be a reminder(提醒物) for you. I hope today you have learned something 13 .”
I learned a lesson from my father: to respect(尊重) time and 14 be late. The watch is important to me, not because of its 15 , but because of the lesson that I learned from it.
1. A．bought B．received C．borrowed D．broke
2. A．learned B．found C．sent D．told
3. A．airport B．school C．hospital D．station
4. A．when B．because C．if D．though
5. A．saw B．forgot C．remembered D．took
6. A．had B．driven C．invited D．taken
7. A．visited B．reminded C．reached D．left
8. A．surprised B．tired C．nervous D．lonely
9. A．next to B．around C．behind D．away from
10. A．us B．him C．them D．you
11. A．of B．for C．with D．about
12. A．words B．actions C．play D．fun
13. A．important B．interesting C．expensive D．wonderful
14. A．never B．usually C．sometimes D．often
15. A．look B．price C．size D．weight
---I seem to be lost. Could you tell me _____?
---Sure. You can take the No.3 bus to get there.
A．where is the nearest hospital
B．how long it will take me to the airport
C．how far is my trip to the Olympic Village
D．how I can get to the National Museum
We never doubt __________Bill is honest. Because he never tell lies.
A．that B．if C．whether D．that if
Water, air and sunshine are __________great importance ____living things．
A．in; on B．in; to C．of; on D．of; to
