Seven years ago, Starbucks closed a shop in Beijing’s Forbidden City after a well-known TV host talked about if the US coffee fits into the old Chinese building.
Five years later, Starbucks seemed to regain its confidence(自信). It opened a shop beside Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou with more than 1,600 years of history. People started to talk about it online. They were not sure if the coffee business would do bad to this old temple(庙).
Some people still think that the Starbucks shop should not be opened near temples. They think it is not only a coffee shop, but a cultural invasion(文化侵略). Let us take a look at the practices in other countries. In the Forbidden City of South Korea, Gyongbokkung Palace(景福宫), there are no food or drink stores, except the food-selling machine at the gate. In Japan, the place of interest may be taken away from the list of country’s treasure if it brings in modern shops.
However, many old sights in China try to look for a balance(平衡) between traditions and business. As for Nanjing, the Starbucks shop near the Confucius Temple has been there for years. Visitors are used to enjoying the sights and the coffee at the same time. The shop here plans to meet the need of growing numbers of foreign and younger Chinese visitors. There may be more win-win deals in the future like this.
1. What is the reading passage mainly about?
A．How Starbucks has grown.
B．Starbucks and temples.
C．What Starbucks makes.
D．Traditions and business.
2. According to the passage, what happened in 2012?
A．A Starbucks shop closed in Beijing’s Forbidden City.
B．Starbucks opened a shop beside Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou.
C．Starbucks opened a shop beside the Confucius Temple in Nanjing.
D．A Starbucks shop closed in Gyongbokkung Palace.
3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Starbucks is sure to bring bad to old temples a lot and changes them.
B. People think Starbucks is only a coffee shop and it has nothing bad.
C. In South Korea, there are many coffee shops in Gyongbokkung Palace.
D. In Japan, places may be out of the list of country’s treasure for modern stores.
4. What do many old sights in China try to do?
A. They try to keep all the business shops away from the old sights.
B. They try to open business shops without doing bad to old sights.
C. They try to open more business shops to make more money.
D. They try to keep in the list of country’s treasure without opening shops.
5. What is the meaning of regain in paragraph 2 in the passage?
A. 恢复 B.得到
C. 反复磨练 D. 失去
1. Amy and her twin brother both want to take part in the competition. How much should they pay in all?
A. None. B. 20 yuan.
C. 40 yuan. D. 60 yuan.
2. Which of the following planes can take part in the competition?
A. A 29-centimetre-long plane with wings and a body.
B. A plane which needs to be thrown before taking off.
C. A plane made all by parents.
D. A plane made of paper and cloth.
3. If you want to join in the competition, when should you hand in your application form and money?
A. 26 November. B. 25 November.
C. 20 November. D. 28 November.
4. Bill’s plane didn’t look interesting. But, it stayed in the air for longer time than the others. Which award did Bill win?
A. The most interesting design.
B. The best looking plane.
C. The plane flying the farthest.
D. The plane flying the longest time.
5.Where can you most possibly see the reading material?
A. In a dictionary. B. In a story book.
C. On a notice board. D. In a library.
English is becoming more and more important in our daily life. We all want to learn English and speak it nicely. Perhaps you do not know how to improve your spoken English. I used to find speaking English really . My English was really bad at first. To be honest, it took me a lot of time to practise it, and I even tried many ways. Now I list my ways as follows. I hope will be of some help to you.
Firstly, try to use English as often as you can every day. you meet with some daily things, you can try to tell yourself or express them in English.
, try to get someone who can speak with you. It is the most important way. You have good English in your mind, but no one speaks with you. I think it is the biggest pity. You can speak to your best friends in English when you have a chance.
Thirdly, try to a beautiful sentence in mind when you are learning. If you can keep going, It is also a good way. English aloud when you have time. In one or two , you may find it is not so difficult for you to speak nicely.
Fourthly, try to watch some programs. For example, CCTV 9 is a good channel to help learn English. It’s easy for you to practise English in context(情境) while watching them.
I think if you try to put listening, reading, speaking, and writing together and keep going on, you can make your English better.
1.A. good B. well C. better D. best
2.A. easy B. strong C. useless D. difficult
3.A. it B. they C. themselves D. itself
4.A. How B. What C. When D. Why
5.A. Firstly B. Secondly C. Thirdly D. Fourthly
6.A. keep B. write C. say D. talk
7.A. Listen B. Read C. Speak D. Write
8.A. days B. minutes C. months D. hours
9.A. TV B. radio C. computer D. phone
10.A. very B. more C. much D. little
--- Are you willing to live on Mars(火星) one day? It must be amazing!
--- It sounds exciting, but it still worries me.
A. Of course I am. B. I’m not sure.
C. Why not? D. Are you telling a joke?
---Why don’t we go out for a walk? The weather is fine and pleasant.
--- Let's go.
A. I hope not. B. That’s correct.
C. I’m afraid so. D. What a great idea!
---Premier Li Keqiang helps more foreign people to know about China’s high-speed railways on his visit to different countries.
--- I heard of it, too. Britain India plans to buy high-speed trains from China.
A. Both, and B. Not only, but also
C. /,and D. Like, and
