I would like to talk to you about one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. I was born and raised there and now I visit it from time to time. My family moved to the city, so I only go back to see friends or to camp and fish.
I grew up in a small town called Antonito Co. It is surrounded by mountains. So camping is a big source of happiness in the valley. There are so many beautiful places to hike.
The town itself is very small. It is said that if you blink (眨眼) when you’re going through it, you’ll miss it. This has some truth in it considering the size of the town. We have one grocery store (杂货店), a tiny post office , and a tiny bank. There are also a few gas stations, bars, some excellent restaurants, a small hospital and of course several schools. However, for clothing and shoes, you have to drive thirty miles to Alamosa to shop there.
Everyone in the town is nice and we all know each other. The crime rate (率) is zero unless you count some weekend fights that break out because some people drink too much. The classes in school are small, so you get a lot of attention from the teacher.
You’re probably wondering why I don’t live there. Well, I can’t get a job there. A lot of the businesses are family-owned. And they never fire(解雇) their employees. So the employees work there usually until they retire(退休). Most people have to go to other places to get a job.
1.What can you find in the writer’s hometown?
a. bank
b. a post office
c. some gas stations and bars
d. a clothing store
e. a shoe shop
f. some restaurants and a hospital
A. abce B. bdef C. abcf D. cdef
2.Which is the following statements is TRUE?
A. Teachers pay more attention to the students because they work hard.
B. It is great fun for the writer to go camping in the valley.
C. It’s common to see some drunken people in the writer’s hometown.
D. The writer moved to the city because he didn’t like his hometown.
3.We can learn from the last paragraph t hat in the writer’s hometown .
A. not many job chances are provided
B. employees don’t make much money
C. most people live a very hard life
D. only the old still live there
With the development of science and technology, our daily life is becoming more colorful and more convenient (便利).
An Underwater Hotel It looks like a spaceship but it is actually a picture of an underwater hotel. A company plans to build in the sea which is about 18 metres below the surface(表面).The whole building is underwater and you can get to it by swimming and diving. |
Google Glass Google Glass is a pair of glasses with a battery(电池)hidden inside the frame(边框). It can perform many of the same tasks as smart phones. The glass has a hidden camera and a tiny screen. It is designed to take hands-free photos or videos of anything people are doing. |
A New Kind of Shirt Hate washing clothes? You’re going to love this kind of shirt made by an American clothing company, Wool & Prince. This shirt can be worn for 100 straight days without washing! The Wool & Prince shirt never needs ironing(熨烫). |
The Digital(数字) Library Can you imagine walking into a library and finding all books have turned into computers? The first bookless public library is planned to open in San Antonio, Texas. Computers will take the place of books soon. |
1.You needn’t use ______ when you take photos or video with Google Glass.
A. a camera B. a screen C. a battery D. your hand
2.The digital Library tells us something about a library without ______.
A. books B. computers C. bookshelves D. reader
3.Which one of the following can reduce our housework in our daily life?
A. The underwater hotel B. Google Glass
C. The Wool & Prince shirt D. The digital library
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One day a young man put an ad (广告) in most of the newspapers in England. He said that his parents ______ him millions of pounds (英镑). He graduated from Oxford University. Everyone knows this university is one of ______ universities in the world. So he had got a great education there. He’d like a girl to be his ______ . The girl must be like the one in the books written by Somerset Maugham, ______ Maugham was his favourite.
This ad was read and known ______ by parents and young girls all over the country. Parents went to shops to ______ the books. They bought those books for their daughters ______ presents. Girls tried to get those books _______ . They wanted to know what kind of person the writer liked so that they could marry the young man.
All the books written by Maugham ______ in a short time and the writer became famous.
Can you guess who the young man was? It was Somerset Maugham ______ ! What a clever man he was!
1.A. give B. gave C. has given D. will give
2.A. the most famous B. more famous C. most famous D. famous
3.A. friend B. classmate C. wife D. teacher
4.A. though B. so C. but D. because
5.A. truly B. wrongly C. slowly D. quickly
6.A. look at B. look over C. look for D. look after
7.A. as B. with C. for D. like
8.A. to keep B. to sell C. to read D. to show
9.A. are sold out B. were sold out C. have sold out D. sold out
10.A. himself B. herself C. itself D. themselves
—I think this will be the best movie of this year. It’s so great!
—Well, _______. Anyway, the story itself is not bad.
A. It’s my pleasure.
B. That’s a very good idea.
C. I totally agree with you.
D. I’m not sure if you are right.
—What do you think of the book？
—Oh, excellent! It’s worth_____________ a second time.
A.to read B.read C.being read D.reading
--- He hasn’t watched the movie “So Young”, has he?
--- ______. He told me it was very moving and he’d like to watch it a second time.
A. Yes, he has B. Yes, he hasn’t
C. No, he hasn’t D. No, he has
