Ticket Prices for Shanghai Expo | ||||
Time
Types | Pre-sale（预售）Ⅰ Mar. 27，2009 ～Jun. 30，2009 | Pre-sale Ⅱ Jul. 1，2009 ～Dec. 31，2009 | Pre-sale Ⅲ Jan. 1，2010 ～Apr. 30，2010 | Expo Session（期间）May. 1，2010 ～Oct. 31，2010 |
Peak Day Ticket （指定日门票） | ￥170 | ￥180 | ￥190 | ￥200 |
Standard Day Ticket （平日门票） | ￥130 | ￥140 | ￥150 | ￥160 |
3-Day Ticket | N/A（无） | ￥400 | ||
7-Day Ticket | ￥900 | |||
Evening Ticket | N/A | ￥90 | ||
1.If Joe wanted to buy the cheapest ticket for Peak Day，he could book（预定）one during ________．
A．Pre - sale Ⅰ B．Pre – sale Ⅱ
C．Pre – sale Ⅲ D．Expo Session
2.On March 1，2010，Sue bought two Standard Day tickets for her parents. She paid ________for them. A．￥380 B．￥300 C．￥260 D．￥180
3.It cost Thomas ￥160 to get a ticket for Standard Day．He probably bought it on ________ ．
A．April 23，2009 B．August l，2009
C．February 2，2010 D．May 20，2010
4.Kathy spent 900 yuan on a ticket for Shanghai Expo．Her visit can last ________days．
A．one B．three C．seven D．ten
5.Visitors to Shanghai Expo could buy ________ tickets only after May 1，2010．
A．morniing B．afternoon
C．evening D．midnight
The Sydney Opera House is a very famous building in the world. It has become Sydney's best-known landmark and international symbol. The Opera House with a " sailing roof" was designed by a famous Danish architect (丹麦建筑大师),Utzon. The base for the building was started in 1959, years before the designs were finished. Utzon spent four years designing the Opera House. In 1962, the designs were finalized (定稿) and the construction began. In 1967, they started the decoration inside. It took 14 years in total to
build the Opera House. Queen Elizabeth II officially opened it on October 20th, 1973.
The Sydney Opera House cost around $100 million and was paid for by the public. 6,225 square meters of glass was used to build it. The Opera House includes 1,000 rooms. It is 185 meters long and 120 meters wide. The building's roof sections weigh about 15 tons. Each year, this fantastic building attracts 200,000 tourists to come for a visit or enjoy events in it.
The Opera House reaches out into the harbour (港湾). It is amazing and unforgettable, offering people a strong sense of beauty.
1.The designer of the Sydney Opera House was from _______.
A. America B. Australia
C. England D. Denmark
2. Building the Sydney Opera House lasted__________.
A. from 1959 to 1973 B. from 1962 to 1973 C. from 1959 to 1967 D. from 1962 to 1967
3. The underlined word "construction" means ________ in Chinese.
A.创立 B.设计 C. 施工 D. 竣工
4. _______ paid for the cost of the building of the Sydney Opera House.
A. Utzon B. The public
C. Queen Elizabeth II D. The government
5. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Sailing Roof
B. Travelling in Sydney
C. The Sydney Opera House
D. The Opening of the Opera House
Do you want to do well in exams? Sometimes your knowledge is not enough, you also need good strategies. Here are some for you:
Before you answer the questions, if you feel a little nervous, take a few deep breaths to help you relax. Always read the question carefully and make sure that you understand it. Read it a few times if possible. Find out how much each question is worth or how many points you need. If it asks to give one answer, only write one.
If there is a difficult question, don’t worry. Go on to the next question and come back to it if you have time later. Try not to leave questions unanswered when you finish the test. Sometimes a guess may get your points.
When you finish, go back and check your answers. You will need to check your writing or spelling mistakes.
1. From the passage, we know we can to help ourselves relax if we feel a little nervous.
A. tell ourselves not to be nervous
B. ask the teacher for help
C. go out for a walk
D. take a few deep breaths breaths to help you relax.
2.To make sure we understand the question, we had better .
A. read it fast
B. read it till we finish it
C. read it a few times if possible
D. read it slowly
3. When we finish answering all the questions, we need to .
A. hand in at once
B. check spelling mistakes
C. worry about our points
D. check with classmates
4. The underlined word “strategies” in the passage means .
A. 策略 B. 思维 C. 途径 D. 智慧
5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Find out how many points we need or how much each question is worth.
B. Try not to leave questions unanswered when we finish the test.
C. If it asks to give one answer, we’d better write more.
D. Sometimes we should guess the answers to get points.
Save the Wild Tiger
When people think of tigers, they think: strong and dangerous.
But now, the big animal is calling for our help.
There were once eight kinds of in the world, but three died out during the 20th century. In the last 70 years, the of Siberian tigers (东北虎) has gone from as many as 300 to 22 somewhere. The Siberian tiger has been dying out completely. If the government doesn't make any efforts, it's quite that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in ten to twenty years.
In order to double the number of wild tigers in the ten years, the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会) has started a program recently. It save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing. China, together with twelve other , has joined in.
Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main of the tigers. The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat (威胁) to tigers. So the most important thing is the animals that tigers eat. To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild animals.
1.A. pigs B. tigers C. deer
2.A. name B. kind C. number
3.A. less than B. more than C. bigger than
4.A. in need of B. in danger of C. in front of
5.A. possible B. impossible C. necessary
6.A. last B. next C. past
7.A. aims to B. used to C. refuses to
8.A. cities B. provinces C. countries
9.A. friends B. food C. members
10.A. to sell B. to kill C. to save
—Peter，is there anything else you want to know about China?
—Yes，I am still wondering __________ .
A. how is Chinese paper cut made
B. how was the Great Wall built in ancient times
C. why the Chinese people like to play the dragon dance
D. why do the Chinese people eat rice dumplings at Dragon Boat Festival
They were all very tired, but _______ of them took a rest.
A. none B. all
C. both D. either
