I’ve got some information for everyone going to Britain next month. As you know, you’ll be staying with a family for two weeks. Now the most important thing is money. You should take about ￡30 in cash(现金) and ￡200 more or less in traveler cheques(支票). Then when you arrive at the airport you’ll be met by our host(主人) family. You must remember to wear a red shirt so the family will find you easily. I’ve told them to look out for the red shirts. You’ll also need to take with you 4 photos of yourself and, of course, it’s very important that you take the school letter. While you are there, if you have any problems, you can call our agent(代理人) on 580-4436 and Mrs. Belcher, B-E-L-C-H-E-R can help you. She’s in the office from 9-5 every day. OK! That’s everything. Have a good trip.
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GOING TO BRITAIN
Money-cash： ￡30
Traveler cheques： 1. 200 pounds
Wear： Your family will find it 2. to recognize you even from far away.
Take： the letter by the 3.
Office phone 4. ： 580-4436
Agent： 5.
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As we know, Xiao Shenyang and Liu Qian did wonderful jobs in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Now many people are crazy about these two persons. But how much do you know about them?
Xiao Shenyang was born in a poor peasant family which is in difficult family conditions. His real name is Shen He. He is an actor. He is good at Er Ren Zhuan. He learned acts, following Zhao Benshan. During the school life, he was very active in many activities. He looks like a simple man, but he never stops pursuing (追求)his artistic aspiration (渴望). More and more people like his style of performance, and we hope he can make great progress in the future.
Liu Qian, from Taiwan, is good at playing magic tricks. At the age of 7, Liu saw a cute magic toy in a shop. At that moment he began to love and decided to learn magic. Liu didn't go to any magic school. He practiced tricks every day to improve his skills, until one day he was able to put on a show for his class. He saw the surprise on everyone's face, and he felt it was cool. He often does street shows for passers-by, police and farmers. He worked hard at it. Now he is famous all over China.
Xiao Shenyang
Liu Qian
Job
An actor
A young 1. from Taiwan
How to succeed
He learned acts, following Zhao Benshan. During the school life, he took part in activities 2. .
He looks very 3. ,but he never stops pursuing the artistic aspiration.
He always learned magic 4.at the beginning. At his show for his class, he found everyone’s5. faces and he felt it was cool. He often does street shows for people.
He works hard at it.
请根据句意，用其适当形式填空。
1.—Who do these mobile phones belong to? —The ___________ (direct) over there.
2.The Chinese are no longer called Sick man of East ________(Asia).
3.It’s better to __________(courage) the children than to criticize them .
4.Anti-terrorism is a _________(last) action for all the human beings.
5.The friendly exam between ZFLS and our school is now being ________(success) held.
6.Hong Kong has to obey the rules from the _________ (center) government in many aspects.
7.I totally lost myself in those _________(music) great works.
8.This is _________ (please) at all. I will never have this kind of experience.
根据句意、中文提示或英文释义，写出句中所缺单词，使句意通顺。
1.He likes spending money on expensive _________( objects which you play to make music)
2.Tu youyou is a Nobel Prize __________（获胜者）
3.Good __________（传统的）ways are passed on from old generations to young generations.
4.In the past, ________（非洲人）were looked down upon by the others.
5.The top students were ________(表扬) by the principal.
6.Nowadays the _________(对话) between parents and children seems to be more difficult.
7.Everybody spoke ________（高度地）of him because he dared to help the old woman up.
Look at the center circles of Diagram（图）A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger?
Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact, they are exactly the same size.
Then look at the picture on the left. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.
“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes：
When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “Visual illusion（视觉错误）.
Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.
1. Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?
A. something is wrong with our eyes
B. the two circles are not the same size
C. our brains interpret the information in a wrong way
D. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other
2. What’s the right order according to the passage?
a. We look at things with our eyes.
b. Our brains interpret the messages.
c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.
d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.
A. a-c-d-b B. c-a-b-d C. a-d-b-c D. b-c-a-d
3.What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?
A. To help the actors look better.
B. To make the actors much braver.
C. To help the actors become stronger.
D. To make the actors seem different in size.
4.In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?
A. The second one. B. The third one.
C. The fifth one. D. The sixth one.
5.Which magazine is the text probably taken from?
A. Art world B. Amazing Science
C. Health and Medicine D. Daily news
The BBC was founded in 1922, including radio and television services. It is based at Broadcasting House in London.
The BBC is controlled by some governors chosen by the government, but these people have complete freedom and the government can’t interfere. That is to say, the BBC is not the voice of the government. It has to be as fair as possible in giving radio and television time to, for example, political parties and religious groups.
There is a kind of interesting services in Britain--- rental services. Many people prefer to rent their television sets instead of buying them.
The rent for a black-white set is about 80 pence a week (in 1980). The rent of a color set is more than twice that of a black-white set. If the sets go wrong, people can have them mended free of charge or replaced at once.
Everyone who owns or rents a television set has to pay a yearly license. There is no advertising on BBC radio or television. It is from the sale of license that the BBC gets most of its money. A license for a black-white set cost 8 pounds, and for a color set 18 pounds a year.
There are four specialized radio channels, which broadcast different kinds of programs. Radio 1 is mainly pop music. Radio 2 is about light music, sports and other programs. Radio 3 broadcasts serious music, talks on serious subjects, etc. news broadcasts are mainly given by radio 4.
There are special programs for Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and certain parts of England. It also broadcasts programs about Britain--- in many different languages as well as in English to all parts of the world.
1. The officials in charge of the BBC _________________.
A. must stay what the government wants to say
B. should give more time to political parties than to religious groups
C. are elected by the citizens from all over the country
D. can decide things without the permission for the government
2.How does the BBC get most of its money?
A. It gets money from all kinds of advertisements
B. The BBC depends on the rent of TV sets
C. The BBC gets money by mending TV sets that have gone wrong
D. It gets its money mainly by selling license
3.If he wants to watch TV at home, everyone____________.
A. has to buy a television set of his own
B. must rent a TV set
C. has to buy a license once a year
D. can change his broken TV set for a new one without pay
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The BBC radio services includes 4 radio channels.
B. The BBC broadcasts to foreign countries only in English.
C. The programs of the four radio channels are not the same.
D. The BBC special programs are not only for foreign countries but also for different areas in its own country.
