Riding School:
You can start horse-riding at any age. Choose private or group lessons any weekday between 9 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. (3:30p.m. on Saturday). There are 10 kilometers of tracks and paths for rides across farmland and open country. You will need a riding hat.
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 9:00a.m.---8:30 p.m.
Phone: (412) 396---6754 Fax: (412)396---6752
Sailing Club:
Our Young Sailor’s Course leads to the Stage 1 Sailing qualification. You’ll learn how to sail safely and the course also covers sailing theory(理论) and first aid（急救）. Have fun with other course members, afterwards in the clubroom. There are 10 weekly two-hour 1essons (Tuesdays 6:00p.m. ～8 :00p.m.)
Opening Hours: Tuesdays: 6: 00 p.m. — 8: 00 p.m.
Phone: (412)396—6644 Fax: (412)396—6644
Diving Centre:
Our experienced instructors offer one-month courses in deep-sea diving for beginners. There are two evening lessons a week, in which you learn to breathe underwater and use the equipment safely. You only need your own swimming suit and towel. Reduced fees for couples.
Opening Hours: Monday and Friday: 6: 30 p.m. — 8: 30 p.m.
Phone: (412)396—6312 Fax: (412)396—6706
Medical Center:
The staff of the Medical Center aim to provide convenient and medical care to students and staff of the university. The center is well equipped and the staff here are trained to deal with a lot of medical problems. Both female and male doctors as well as nursing staff are available for consultation. Also, all kinds of medicines are sold here and are cheaper for students than other drugstores.
Opening Hours: 24 hours from Monday to Sunday
Phone: (412)396--6649 Fax: (412)396—6648
Watersports Club:
We have a two-kilometer length of river for speedboat racing, and water-skiing. A beginner’s course includes ten 20-minute lessons. You will learn to control boats safely and confidently, but must be able to swim. The club is in a convenient central position and is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with lessons all through the day.
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday: 9:00 a.m. --- 4:00 p.m.
Phone: (412)396---6899 Fax: (412)396---6890
1.If you want to swim and enjoy activities which are fast and a bit dangerous, you should join .
A. Watersports Club B. Diving Centre C. Sailing Club D. Riding School
2.If you want to experience a new activity in the countryside in the mornings, you may fax .
A. (412)396—6648 B. (412)396—6706 C. (412)396—6752 D. (412)396—6876
3.If you are planning to explore the ocean depths, you should attend your lessons at .
A. 24 hours from Monday to Sunday B. Monday through Friday: 9: 00 a.m. — 8:30p.m.
C. Tuesdays: 6: 00 p.m. — 8: 00 p.m. D. Monday and Friday: 6: 30 p.m. — 8: 30 p.m.
4.Which is NOT the convenience that the Medical Center provides?
A. Good equipment. B. Well trained staff members.
C. Different less expensive medicines. D. Nursery for newly-born babies.
5.The following statements are true EXCEPT________.
A. You can have lessons at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday in Riding school
B. There are 10 weekly two-hour lessons on Tuesdays in Sailing Club
C. You can contact them by calling or faxing
D. Couples can pay less in Diving School
When he was a teenager, Hunter Adam was very unhappy and he spent many years in a special hospital for people with mental(心理的) health problems.
When he left the hospital, Adam decided to become a doctor, so he went to a medical school in Virginia, USA. But when he was there, he did things in a different way. For example, he didn’t like the doctor’s white coats, so he wore shirts with flowers on them when he visited his patients and he tried to make them laugh. The doctors at the medical school didn’t like Adams because he was too different.
But Adams believed that people in hospital need more than medicine. He saw unhappy and lonely people, and he tried to help them as patients, but as people too. He spent a lot of time with children in the hospital and often dressed up like a clown(小丑) to make the children laugh.
When he finished medical school and become a doctor, Adams opened his own hospital called “the Gusundheit Institute”，together with some other doctors. They wanted it to be a place with a different way of working with sick people.
Hunter Adams became famous during the 1980s, and in 1988, Universal Pictures made a film about his life. It was very successful. In the film, Robin Williams played Adams. Williams said, “Hunter is a really warm person, who believes that patients need a doctor who is a friend. I enjoyed playing him.”
1.When did Adams have mental health problems?
A. After he left medical school. B. During the 1980s.
C. When he was a teenager boy. D. After the film came out.
2.Why did the doctors at the medical school dislike Adams?
A. Because he was a warm person. B. Because he had mental health problem.
C. Because he was a clown. D. Because he wasn’t the same as others.
3.In what order did the following things take place in Adams’ life?
a.His life was made a film.
b.He set up his own hospital.
c.He had mental health problems.
d.He studied in a medical school.
e.He became a doctor.
A. c, a, b, d, e B. c, d, e, b, a C. b, e, a, c, d D. d, c, b, a, e
4.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Adams wore shirts instead of white uniforms when visiting patients.
B. Robin Williams believed that patients need a doctor who is a friend.
C. In Adams’ opinion, not only medicine was needed for patients.
D. Robin Williams was an actor.
5.The passage mainly tells us about__________.
A. how to cheer up patients B. people with mental health problems
C. a film about Adams D. a doctor named Hunter Adams
Monarch butterflies from eastern Canada make the most amazing journey in the insect world. Each year, this butterfly travels about 3000 miles to its winter home in central Mexico. How can it fly so far? And why does it make this long and dangerous trip? Scientists still don’t have an answer.
For many years, people in Mexico wondered where the orange-and-black butterflies came from every winter. Then, in 1937, a scientist started to follow and study the butterflies. For the next 20 years, he discovered that one butterfly started its journey in Canada. Four months later, it arrived in Mexico.
The length of the butterflies finds their way back to the same place? Another amazing thing is that the butterflies always return to the same area in central Mexico.
How do the butterflies find their way back to the same place? This is an interesting question because only every fourth generation（一代）makes the trip south. In other words, the butterfly that travels to Mexico this year is the great-great-grandchild of the butterfly that traveled there last year.
Each year, four generations of a Monarch butterfly family are born. Each generation of the family has a very different life. The first generation is born in the south in late April. It slowly moves north, reproduces, and then dies. On the trip north, two more generations are born, reproduce, and die. Each of these generations of butterflies is born. This generation has a much longer life. It lives for about eight months. This generation of butterflies makes the amazing journey back to the winter home of its great-great-grandparents. The butterflies spend the winter there, and in the spring they reproduce and then die. Their offspring will be the first generation of the next circle of life.
Today, people are still studying the Monarch butterfly. But they are not clear about everything.
1.How long did it take the scientist to find out that monarch butterflies came from Canada?
A. eight months B. four months
C. five weeks D. 20 years
2.We know that the _____ generation of Monarch butterflies travels back to central Mexico.
A. fourth B. second C. third D. first
3.The underlined word “offspring” in paragraph 5 means______.
A. seasons B. butterflies
C. children D. parents
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Monarch butterflies spend winter in eastern Canada.
B. The four generations have the same length of life.
C. Some generations die on the way north to Canada.
D. Scientists are clear about everything of the butterflies
5.What is the best title of this passage?
A. Family of Monarch butterflies.
B. Mystery of Monarch butterflies.
C. Monarch butterflies’ birthplace.
D. Monarch butterflies’ winter home.
When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.
Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat, those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “You’re all going.”
On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to send school supplies and visit orphanages (孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream one day to start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
1.Without Mr. Clark, the writer _________.
A. might have been put into prison
B. might not have won the prize
C. might have joined a women’s club
D. might not have moved to Atlanta
2.The Essential 55 is ___________.
A. a show B. a speech
C. a classroom rule D. a book
3.How many students’ names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark?
A. None B. One
C. Fifty-five D. Three
4.From the passage, we can learn that ___________.
A. Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked traveling
B. Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubs
C. a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students
D. a good teacher can raise his or her students’ score
5.What is the writer’s attitude towards Mr. Clark?
A. He speaks highly of Mr. Clark.
B. He looks down upon Mr. Clark.
C. He doesn’t show his attitude towards Mr. Clark.
D. He takes a neutral (中立的) attitude towards Mr. Clark.
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Tom and Jack are good friends. Once, they were walking through the desert. During the journey they had a(n)_________. They didn’t agree with each other. Tom was so______that he hit Jack in the face badly. Jack was hurt, but he didn’t say anything. After a while, he wrote some words in the sand, “Today my best____hit me in the face.”
They kept on_____until they found an oasis (绿洲), where they decided to get some water. Suddenly, Jack_________into the deep mud and started to sink. Luckily, Tom _________caught his hand and saved him. After Jack was saved, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my _________ .”
After Jack finished his writing, Tom was very_________ and asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone, why?” Jack replied with a smile, “When someone______us, we should write it down in the sand where winds of forgiveness (原谅) can carry it away. But when someone does something _________for us, we must write it on a stone where no wind can move it.”
Learn to write your hurts in the sand, and write benefits on a stone.
1.A. exam B. quarrel C. dream D. party
2.A. angry B. happy C. excited D. interested
3.A. teacher B. father C. friend D. mother
4.A. walking B. fighting C. driving D. swimming
5.A. broke B. failed C. threw D. fell
6.A. slowly B. quickly C. happily D. sadly
7.A. book B. money C. life D. house
8.A. surprised B. nervous C. worried D. sad
9.A. meets B. catches C. hurts D. chooses
10.A. new B. old C. bad D. Good
It is a long time since the story _______ to me! And it is ________unforgettable experience for me. _______ a cold winter afternoon, I was walking home from a supermarket. My shopping bags were so heavy ________I decided to stop to have a rest in the park. I walked towards the gate of the park. Then I noticed a man walking out of the restaurant in front of me. He________ a paper bag in his hand. He walked to a nearby dustbin and started looking through it.
Seeing this, I suddenly felt sad.________ poor man he was! I knew the man would take all that he could get,______I went up to him and gave him some fruit. The man, with wrinkles(皱纹) on his face, looked up in surprise and took _______ him.
A big smile appeared on his face and I felt very _______. Then he said “Wow! First someone gave me this sandwich, then this drink, and now some delicious fruit. This is my daughter’s lucky day. I am sure ________ she will be very happy. Thank you, boy!” Then he went away, singing a song happily.
Just then, I understood what the saying “Giving is getting” really meant. Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can _______ help and everyone will be helped _________showing kindness. Giving sometimes doesn’t cost much, but it means a lot to the people _______ you help. The man’s happiness at the moment comes into ____mind every time I have the chance to help________.
1.A. happened B. happens C. was happened D. happen
2.A. a B. the C. an D. /
3.A. In B. On C. At D. For
4.A. what B. that C. which D. who
5.A. holds B. hold C. is holding D. was holding
6.A. What B. What a C. How D. How a
7.A. or B. but C. so D. though
8.A. what I gave B. what did I give C. what do I give D. what I give
9.A. happily B. happy C. happier D. happiness
10.A. what B. that C. if D. how
11.A. offering B. offered C. offer D. offers
12.A. in B. for C. by D. to
13.A. who B. which C. what D. whose
14.A. me B. mine C. I D. my
15.A. other B. others C. another D. the other
