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[1] Today, millions of people want to learn or improve their English but it is difficult to find the best method. Is it better to study in Britain or America or to study in your own country?
[2] The advantages of going to Britain seem obvious. Firstly, you will be able to listen to the language all the time you are in the country. You will be surrounded completely by the language wherever you go . Another advantage is that you have to speak the language if you are with other people. In Italy, it is always possible, in the class, to speak Italian if you want to and the learning is slower.
[3] On the other hand, _____ staying at home to study. You don’t have to make big changes to your life. As well as this, it is also a lot cheaper than going to Britain but it is never possible to achieve the results of living in the UK. If you have a good teacher in Italy, I think you can learn in a more concentrated way than being in Britain without going to a school.
[4] So, in conclusion, I think that if you have enough time and enough money, the best choice is to spend some time in the UK. This is simply not possible for most people, so being here in Italy is the only viable option. The most important thing to do in this situation is to maximize your opportunities: to speak only English in class and to try to use English whenever possible outside the class.
1. What is the text mainly about? (no more than 8 words)
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2. Complete the following statement with proper words. (no more than 3 words)
All the people and everything around are related with ______________________, and you’ll have more opportunities.
3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (no more than 8 words)
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4. What suggestion does the author give to those who learn English in their own country? (no more than 20 words)
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5. What does the word “it” (line 2, paragraph 3) probably refer to? (no more than 5 words)
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People
People is America’s No.1 magazine about fascinating（迷人的）people. It’s a guide to who and what’s hot in the arts, science, business, politics, television, movies, books, music and sports. It is published weekly.
Publisher: The Time Inc. Magazine Company
Cover Price: $211.47
Our Price:$117.00
Issues（期数）:53 issues/ 12 months
Lucky
Lucky is the shopping magazine with the best buys（合算的商品）, and the fashion tips you’ll need before you hit the stores. What makes Lucky really special is that it gets you the information you need before anyone else has it.
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications Inc.
Cover Price: $35.40
Our Price:$15.00
Issues（期数）:12 issues/ 12 months
Parents
The most trusted magazine for parents who want to raise smart, loving and self-confident children. Each issue has age-specific child-development guidance, advice on your child’s health and safety, and the best ways to encourage your child’s learning.
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Cover Price: $42.00
Our Price:$9.97
Issues（期数）:12 issues/ 12 months
Entertainment
This magazine covers movies, television, music, Broadway stage productions, books, and popular culture. Unlike celebrity-focused magazines like People, its main concentration is on entertainment media and reviews. It’s intended for a more general audience.
Publisher: The Time Inc. Magazine Company
Cover Price: $199.50
Our Price:$38.95
Issues（期数）:57 issues/ 12 months
1. Which of the following is for common readers?
A. Lucky. B. Parents C. Entertainment. D. People.
2. According to the passage, what makes Lucky so special?
A. It has lots of cartoons. B. It has pictures of stars.
C. It tells you where to find bargains. D. It has information no one else has.
3. The underlined phrase, “celebrity-focused magazines” , probably refers to magazines focusing on ______.
A. hot events and famous stars B. festivals and celebrations
C. political events D. daily life
4. You’re most likely to find the above information ______.
A. on a magazine club website B. in an educational magazine
C. in a guide to magazines D. in a magazine sales report
5. Buy ______, a reader can save most.
A. Lucky. B. Parents C. Entertainment. D. People.
Angry survivors（幸存者）demanded answers on Sunday after a terrible accident at “Love Parade 2010”, a music festival in Germany, killed 19 people and left hundreds hurt.
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her shock over Saturday’s tragedy in the western city of Duisburg., “This was a very sad day,” Merkel said.
Witnesses（目击者）said that people pushed into the narrow tunnel, the only entrance to the Love Parade festival, from both sides until it was dangerously overcrowded. The panic began as festival-goers began to lose consciousness（意识）as they were crushed against the walls and each other. The dead included eight foreigners, from Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Bosnia and Spain. More than 340 people were injured.
After the panic, a lot of emergency vehicles（救援交通工具）, including helicopters, could be seen carrying away the injured people. The festival itself, however, went on. Police were afraid that ending the music altogether could cause further unrest among the crowd.
“The event was a real mess,” Patrick Guenter, a 22-year-old baker, said. “Although the festival was full, they kept letting people in,” he added. “It seems the organizers didn’t plan the route. And no one knew what was going on.” said Taggart Bowen-Gaddy, 20, an American from Philadelphia.
Officials said 4,000 police officers and 1,000 security guards provided security for the event, which attracted up to 1.4 million people.
“I warned one year ago that Duisburg was not a suitable place for the Love Parade. The city is too small and narrow for such events. It is a pity that…” German police union chief Rainer Wendt said.
The chief organizer, Rainer Schaller, said the popular event would never be held again, “out of respect for the victims and their families”.
1.How many Germans were killed in the stampede at “Love Parade 2010”?
A. 19 B. 8 C. 11 D. 15
2. How did the German Chancellor Angela Merkel feel about the tragedy?
A. She was very disappointed. B. She was very surprised.
C. She was very puzzled. D. She was very touched.
3. According to Patrick Guenter and Taggart Bowen-Gaddy, _______.
A. the event was well-organized
B. the performance was wonderful
C. Duisburg was suitable for the Love Parade
D. the organization was very bad
4. We can infer from the passage that _____.
A. Rainer Wendt’s warning went unnoticed
B. Rainer Wendt was a chief organizer of “Love Parade 2010”
C. the popular event would be held in the next year
D. Duisburg is a suitable place for the Love Parade
5. According to the passage, we learn that ______.
A. the Love Parade has been canceled forever
B. the Love Parade is a very popular sport event
C. the festival was ended after the panic
D. there are many entrances to the Love Parade
“Be nice to people.” This sounds like a platitude（老生常谈）,but I’ll never forget my father’s words. I was 10, and I had been mean to someone. He said, “There is no point in being mean to anyone at any time. You never know who you’re going to meet later in life. And by the way, you don’t change anything by being mean. Usually you don’t get anywhere.”
“Remember you can do anything you want to do. Don’t let anyone say, ‘You’re not smart enough, it’s too hard, it’s a foolish idea, no one has done that before, girls don’t do that.’ ”My mom gave me that advice in 1973. And it allowed me to never worry what others were saying about my career direction.
“Always do the best job you can do at whatever you’re assigned（分派）,even if you think it’s boring.” Jerry Parkinson, my boss at P&G, told me this in 1979. Here I was fresh out of Harvard Business School(HBS), and I was assigned to determine how big the hole in the Ivory shampoo bottle should be: 3/8 of an inch or 1/8 of an inch. I did research, focus groups and I would come home at night wondering how I had gone from HBS to this. But later I realized any job you’re given is an opportunity to prove yourself.
“Don’t be a credit hog. If you’re constantly in the neighborhood of good things, good things will happen to you.” Tom Tierney, who was my boss at Bain in 1981 and is now on the eBay board, told me this. It’s true that you get ahead by praising other people.
Finally, in 1998, I was in New York watching the ticker as eBay went public. My husband is a surgeon（外科医生）.I called him and told him the great news. And he said, “That’s nice. But Meg, remember that it’s not brain surgery.”
1. We can learn that ______ from the passage.
A. “Be nice to people” is the topic that people like
B. it’s not necessary for us all to be too mean at any time
C. I never forget any word that father spoke to me
D. we won’t be successful if we are too mean to others
2. How many pieces of advice were given by her family?
A. Two. B. Four. C. Three. D. One.
3.This passage was written by _____ order.
A. story development B. time C. working conditions D. ideas
4. The author’s husband is more concerned _____ than eBay’s going public.
A. his success B. opportunity to prove himself
C. brain surgery D. his career
5. What’s the main idea of the whole passage?
A. Advice in life really made a difference to us.
B. We should be nice to people around us.
C. People can succeed by praising others.
D. Too mean persons will get nothing from life.
I have recently completed my college degree. The last project was called “Smile”. The class was asked to go out to smile at three people and document their reactions（反应）. I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello anyway. So, I thought this would be a piece of cake.
My husband, the youngest son and I went out to McDonald. We were standing in line when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away. As I turned around I smelled a horrible body odour（气味） and saw two poor homeless men standing behind me. As I looked at the short blue-eyed gentleman closest to me, he was “smiling”. The second man fumbled（摸索）with his hands as he stood behind his friend.
The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted. He said, “Coffee is all, Miss,” because that was all they could afford.
Then I really felt it — I embraced（拥抱）the little man with the blue eyes. That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action. I smiled and asked two more breakfast meals on and gave them to the men.
The blue-eyed gentleman looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, “Thank you.”
I turned in my project. My teacher said, “Can I share this?” I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class. She began to read and that is when I knew that we as human beings share this need to heal people and to be healed.
In my own way I had touched the people at McDonald’s and every soul that heard the story in the classroom. But, I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn.
1. The underlined part “a piece of cake” in Paragraph 1 means _______.
A. easy B. embarrassing C. moving D. comfortable
2.Why did people around the author in the McDonald step back?
A. Because they were very polite to the two men.
B. Because they were moved by the two men.
C. Because the two men smelt terrible.
D. Because the two men seemed unfriendly.
3. Why did the two men only buy coffee?
A. Because they didn’t have enough money.
B. Because they didn’t feel hungry.
C. Because they knew others would help them.
D. Because they were looked down upon.
4.How did the teacher think of the author’s project?
A. Hard to believe. B. Interesting to read.
C. Very puzzling. D. Very satisfying.
5. What did the author think she learn from the story?
A. A friend in need is a friend indeed
B. Helping others can bring pleasure to many people.
C. Nothing is difficult to a willing heart.
D. Don’t judge people according to their appearance.
When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays. On the way home, Dad 36 stopped at the Dairy Queen for 10-cent ice creams. I couldn’t 37 it, but I could pray from the 38 we started heading home to that corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or 39 and go home empty-handed. That corner 40 either mouth-watering excitement or 41 .
On one special day, we were heading home, and again I was praying for the 42 sound of his offer. It 43 . “Would you like an ice cream today?” “That sounds great, Dad!” But then he said, “How would you like to 44 today?”
Twenty cents! My mind reeled（震惊）. I could afford it. I got a weekly allowance of 25 cents, plus some 45 for odd jobs（零活）. But 46 it was my money, ice cream wasn’t a good use of it. In a fit of 47 , I said, “Well, in that case, I guess I’ll 48 .”My father just said, “Okay, Son.”
But as we headed home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to 49 . But he just said, “That’s okay, we don’t really need one.” I felt 50 for my selfishness and ungratefulness. He didn’t mind, or 51 act disappointed.
I 52 that generosity（慷慨）goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than “thank you”. On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the 53 ice cream I’d ever had.
I’ll tell you one more thing. We 54 another trip the next week. As we 55 the corner, I said, “Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat.”
1. A. never B. hardly C. frequently D. strangely
2. A. expect B. mention C. wait D. get
3. A. month B. day C. weekend D. moment
4. A. finish B. drive C. turn D. return
5. A. indicated B. meant C. suggested D. instructed
6. A. anger B. shame C. happiness D. disappointment
7. A. funny B. surprising C. interesting D. beautiful
8. A. came B. spoke C. went D. flew
9. A. serve B. treat C. buy D. provide
10. A. extra B. limited C. little D. easy
11. A. after B. while C. when D. although
12. A. sadness B. regret C. curiosity D. selfishness
13. A. accept B. pay C. pass D. eat
14. A. turn back B. keep up C. stop by D. give in
15. A. unsatisfied B. embarrassed C. frightened D. crazy
16. A. even B. never C. only D. somehow
17. A. knew B. learned C. acknowledged（承认） D. found
18. A. dearest B. worst C. cheapest D. best
19. A. made out B. prepared for C. went on D. took up
20. A. crossed B. left C. came D. approached
