If you are studying English, the Language Study Fair (游乐会)that is being held this month will certainly attract you. The fair is going on between the 28th and 30th of June at the National Education Centre. It is held to answer all your questions about self-study no matter how your English is.
The Language Study Fair gives a very good chance for you to see and to get all kinds of information to help you improve the way you study. Over 350 producers of educational materials (材料)will be at the fair. Come along to this, and you won’t waste your money in the future on materials that are out-of-date, or books that you just don’t need.
We’ve got lots of different things for you to see and hear. There will be stands (展台)showing different kinds of self-study textbooks and talks by educational speakers on the best ways to study by yourself. We’re sure you’ll also enjoy watching people using the latest computer programs to make studying English alone so much easier. This is for you to make good decisions about what to buy. You can come to the fair from nine thirty to five. Tickets cost ￡5 each, or ￡3 if you’re a full-time student. All tickets can be booked by ringing the ticket hotline. The number is 9847711.
So, we hope to see you there!
1.Who will go to the Language Study Fair?
2.What will attract those who go to the Language Study Fair ?
3.What will you buy if you want to make studying English much easier?
4.What is the opening time of the fair ?
5.How can you get a ticket for the fair ?
A. The chairs may be put in twos, back to back
B. The person playing music cannot see the people in the game
C. You may use a piano or any other musical instrument﹝乐器﹞
D. When the music stops again
E. Everyone goes in the same direction
Do you know how to play a game called “Musical Chairs”？ It is easy to play and most peopleenjoy it. All you need are some chairs,some people and some way of making music. 1.， if someone can play it. You may use a tape recorder. You can even use a radio.
Put the chairs in a row.2.. A better way is to have the chairs in one row with each chair facing in the opposite direction to the chair next to it.
The game is easy. When the music starts, the players walk round the chairs .3.. Of course, they should walk in time to the music. If the music is fast they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should walk slowly.
4.. When the music stops, the players try to sit on the chairs. If a person cannot find a chair to sit on， he drops out. Then， before the music starts again， one chair must be taken away.
5.， one more player will be out.
At last， there will be two players and one chair. The one who sits on the chair when the music stops is the winner.
Millvina Dean, Titanic’s last Survivor(幸存者), died on May 31，2009 at a nursing home(疗养院) in Southampton.. She was 97 and had been in poor health for several weeks.
Ms Dean was the youngest among the ship’s 705 survivors. She was only 9 weeks old when the Titanic sank on the night of April 14, 1912. She survived with her mother and her 2-year-old brother. Her father, Bertram Dean, died in the sinking．
Millvina Dean never married. For many years after the sinking，she never spoke of it to people around her. But that changed after September 1, 1985 when the wreck(残骸)of the Titanic was discovered. That set off a wave of interest in the ship, especially after the movie Titanic.“They found the wreck and after that, they found me,” she said.
In the last 20 years of her life, she went to the US, Canada and Europe to take part in events related to the sinking. She said all that she knew of what happened during the sinking was learned from her mother.
She moved to the nursing home because of her falling health. In order to pay the living costs there，she began to sell her Titanic souvenirs(纪念品).
Ms Dean had never seen the movie Titanic. She explains the movie would make her think of what had happened to her father, so she didn’t want to see it.
1.Millvina Dean was _______ when the Titanic sank．
A．nine weeks old
B．twelve weeks old
C．two years old
D．twenty years old
2.Why did the Deans take the Titanic ?
A．They were going on a holiday
B．They were going to a party in the US
C．We can’t find out the reason from this passage.
D．They were going to visit their grandparents in
3.The underlined words “set off” mean ______ in the passage．
A. leave B. start C. improve D record
4.Millvina Dean didn’t say anything about the Titanic until _______.
A．she was ill.
B．she was dying
C．the wreck of the Titanic was discovered
D．20 years later
5.From the passage above, we can’t infer (猜测) that _________.
A．seven hundred and five people survived in the Titanic sinking
B．Millvina Dean’s father died in the sinking
C．The wreck of the Titanic was found in 1985
D．Ms Dean wanted to see the film Titanic very much
Snooker(台球)is a big sport in China．It is said that there are 300 million snooker players in China, so it's not surprised that some of the world's best players come from China．Ding Junhui is one of them．
When Ding Junhui was eight years old, there were not many snooker clubs．His father often played with his friends on a table in the street，and one day Ding Junhui played with one of his father friends and beat him．His father，a shoe salesman，discovered that his son was talented at snooker．He then took Ding Junhui to China's nation snooker training center in Dongguan，Guangdong Province．There．they lived in a room of five square meters．When they ran out of money．Ding's father phoned his wife and told her to sell their house．
After years of hard training，Ding turned professional in 2003 and became China's No．1．In 2005．more than 100 million people watched Ding Junhui win the 2005 World Snooker China Open．Since then, snooker has become more and more popular in China．
“When I was a small boy, snooker was not in the top 10 favorite sports in China，”Ding says．“Table tennis was top, followed by soccer, basketball and badminton．Now，basketball is top，but snooker is surely in the top five．”
1.Ding Junhui’s father usually played snooker ---When Ding Junhui was young．
A．in a club B．in the street C．at home D．in a training center
2.Ding Junhui became the best snooker player in China ．
A．in 2003 B．in 2005 C．when he was 6 D．when he was 8
3.Ding Junhui and his father lived a_____ life when he was training in Dongguan．
A．rich B．colorful C．hard D．modern
4.According to Ding Junhui’s words，_________ is the top sport in China now．
A．ping-pong B．soccer C．snooker D．basketball
5.The passage mainly tells us ____ ．
A．how to be a top player in snooker
B．what is the most popular sport in China
C．snooker player Ding Junhui's story
D．the history of snooker in China
Sudha Chandran was a dancer from India．She lost her chance to be a 1 when her right leg had to be cut off after a car accident．
Though the 2 brought her bright career to a stop，she didn’t 3 ．In the terrible months that followed，she met a doctor 4 had developed an artificial limb(假肢)．
After she was fitted with an artificial leg，she decided to go back to 5 ．
Sudha believed that she could 6 her dream come true．Then she did 7 for her
dream．
After every public show，she would ask her dad about her act．“You 8 have a long way to go．”was the answer she used to get 9 her father．
In January 2004．Sudha made an important return by 10 a public show in Bombay．She gave a show in such an amazing manner 11 it moved everyone to tears．In the end，she 12 the final prize of the show．
That evening，when she asked her dad the 13 question，he didn’t say 14 ．He just touched her feet as praise to a great artist.
When someone asked Sudha 15 she could dance again with her artificial limb，she said quite simply．“I don’t need feet to dance．”
1. A．runner B．player C．star D．moon
2. A．chance B．accident C．dancer D．leg
3. A．give up B．give away C．give in D．give out
4. A．which B．where C．what D．who
5. A．sing B．dance C．cut D．stop
6. A．take B．bring C．make D．keep
7. A．a lot B．a few C．a little D．a bit
8. A．still B．only C．just D．ever
9. A．in B．to C．from D．for
10. A．going B．giving C．getting D．watching
11. A．and B．so C．but D．that
12. A．won B．beat C．had D．told
13. A．different B．unusual C．usual D．strange
14. A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothirig
15. A．what B．how C．why D．when
---Wow! These inventions are amazing．
—They were all invented _______years ago.
A．hundred B．hundreds C．hundred of D．hundreds of
