Live Music---Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet(号手). He is known to play well into the early hours, so don’t want to get much sleep.
PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15---23 June PRICE: ¥100-150 TIME: 10 p.m. till late! TEL: 4668736 |
Scottish Dancing
Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given.
PLACE: Jack Stein’s DATES: 10-20 May PRICE: ¥150 TIME: 7-10 p.m. TEL: 4021877 |
Shows---Anhui Museum
There are 12,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history.
PLACE: Anhui Museum DATES: 1Mar-30 Jun PRICE: ¥130 TIME: Mon-Fri 9a.m-5p.m. Saturday 9a.m.-9p.m. TEL: 4886888 |
Your pen friend is coming from Australia to your city for a holiday. You send him this E-mail to tell him something about the hotels.
SUN HOTEL Dates Prices(a night) 1Oct-31Dec ¥168 1Jan-31Mar ¥148 1Apr-30Apr(closed) …… 1May-31May ¥188 1Jun-30Sep ¥208 | ROSE HOTEL Prices(a night) ¥198 ¥178 …… ¥218 ¥248 |
TEL: 4686788 E-mail: Li Hong@163.com.
1.If you want to watch dancing, you can call______.
A. 4668736 B. 4021877
C. 4886888 D. 4686788
2.You can’t see the whole of Chinese history at____ in April in Anhui Museum.
A. 3p.m. on Sunday
B. 11:30a.m. from Monday to Friday
C. 10a.m. on Saturday
D. 4p.m. on Thursday
3. You can enjoy ______ at Jack Stein’s.
A. American Jazz B. Scottish dancing
C. 12,000 pieces on show D. yourself all night
4.Sun Hotel and Rose Hotel are open for______ months of the year.
A. twelve B. ten C. eleven D. nine
5.You have ¥140, and you can ______ in May.
A. watch Scottish dancing
B. go to Anhui Museum
C. listen to Jazz
D. stay in Sun Hotel for a night
A businessman sent his son to learn the secret of happiness from the wisest man. The boy walked through the desert for forty days he reached a beautiful castle at the top of a mountain where the Sage (圣人) lived.
When he a room, he saw lots of strange views: businessmen coming and going, a small music group sweet music, and all kinds of delicious dishes on a large table.
The Sage everyone. The young man had to wait for two hours until it was his .
enough patience, the Sage listened to the boy, but he was too to explain to him the secret of happiness. While he suggested that the boy walk his palace and come back in two hours.
“However,” he added, handing the boy a teaspoon with two drops of oil in it, “while you walk, this spoon and don’t let the oil spill.”
The boy began to walk around the palace, keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. At last he returned to the Sage.
“So,” asked the Sage, “did you notice anything amazing in my palace?” Embarrassed(尴尬的), the boy said that he had seen . He was only concentrating on the .
“OK. Now go back and see the wonders of my world,” said the Sage. Now more , the boy took the spoon and walked again through the palace. Returning to the Sage, he exactly reported he had seen.
“But where is the oil?” asked the Sage. Looking down at the spoon, the boy realized that he had spilled it all.
“Well, the secret of happiness lies in looking at all the wonders of the world and never the two drops of oil in the spoon,” the Sage said with a smile. They were both important. Then the boy realized what happiness was.
1.A. until B. when C. after D. since
2.A. saw B. left C. entered D. lived
3.A. hearing B. writing C. enjoying D. playing
4.A. looked for B. talked with C. heard from D. knew about
5.A. time B. way C. turn D. duty
6.A. To B. For C. In D. With
7.A. busy B. angry C. happy D. funny
8.A. into B. around C. across D. out of
9.A. catch B. bring C. get D. take
10.A. never B. nearly C. always D. sometimes
11.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
12.A. spoon B. man C. castle D. palace
13.A. carefully B. freely C. luckily D. difficultly
14.A. that B. which C. who D. what
15.A. forgetting B. minding C. realizing D. considering
We failed in the singing competition.-- ______ . Better times are waiting for you.
A. No way B. Best wishes
C. Cheer up D. Good job
How long may I ____ your dictionary? ---For one week. But it mustn’t ______ to others.
A. keep, be lent B. borrow, lend
C. lend, be borrowed D. have, borrow
Jet Lee is a great actor _________ is famous for his action films.
A. what B. which C. whom D. Who
Mr Zhang is a kind teacher. He devotes much of his time _________ us with English.
A. to help B. helps C. help D.to helping