New Year’s Eve is a time to celebrate and enter the new year with a smile on your face. This year, there’re plenty of local activities for all ages and interests, so the smiles will come easily.
BLUE CONCERT
Blues band the Coyotes is playing at the Dance Barn，at 8 Barn View in Sudden Valley, The show will start at 9 p. m. and benefit the charity Bikers Fighting Cancer. Tickets cost $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Call 224-2308 for more information.
NEW YEAR’S LAUGHS
Ring in the New Year and laugh out the old one at the Upfront Theatre Comic improvisers will hit on all the highlights of the year with The Last Laugh of 2008. The 9 p. m. show will cost $15 and is open to all ages. The 11 P. m. show is open to 21 and older and costs $18, which includes a champagne (香槟酒) toast. Call 733-8855 for more information.
MAZE
For a fun activity earlier in the evening，walk the labyrinth (迷宫) at the Leopold Crystal Bellroom. Wander through the maze, based on the French Chartres Cathedral, for free from 4 to 9 p. m. Call 752-0048 for more information.
COUNTRY DANCING
At the Bellingham Eagles Hall, live local music will help get the dance started at 8 p. m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and free for kids 12 and younger. For more information, call 676-1554.
1.In what way do these activities have in common?
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A．They’re all held in the same day. |
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B．They’re all held by the same organization. |
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C．They’re all organized for children. |
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D．They’re all about the dancing and music. |
2.Which of the following activities may be free for Tom aged 16?
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A．COUNTRY DANCING. |
B．NEW YEAR'S LAUGHS. |
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C．MAZE. |
D．BLUE CONCERT. |
3.If you want to know something about the Coyotes at 8 Barn view, you'd better call .
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A．676-1554 |
B．733-8855 |
C．752-0048 |
D．224-2308 |
4. It can be inferred from the text that .
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A．$10 is enough to book a ticket to Blue Concert |
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B．you can read the text on a telephone book |
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C．all these activities are international ones |
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D．New Year’s Laughs will hold shows three times |
136 Crestview Circle
Dover, Connecticut
January 16, 1995
Gander’s Furniture Store
Stamford, Connecticut, 09876
Dear Sir,
I am writing about your January bill, which I am returning with this letter. I am not going to pay this bill. Last month I bought a table and four chairs for $65.50. They were sent to me on December 18. That night one leg of the table broke while my wife was putting our dinner on it. It fell on one of the chair, and that broke, too. Our $ 2.50 steak(牛排) landed on the floor, and the dog ate it.
I spoke to the salesmen who had sold me the table and the chairs. He told me to write you a letter. I wrote you on December 20, saying that I was not going to pay for the furniture. On December 21 some men came and took it back to the store.
Please do something about your records. I do not want to receive another bill for the furniture which I returned.
Yours truly
Alberts Robbins
1.From the letter we can know that Mr. Robbins had actually paid _____ for the table and the four chairs.
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A．$ 65.50 |
B．$ 68.00 |
C．$ 2.50 |
D．no money |
2. Why do you think Mr. Robbins write the letter to the furniture store?
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A．He had paid for the furniture but was asked to pay again. |
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B．He didn’t want to receive a second bill for the furniture he had returned. |
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C．The furniture he bought was badly made and he wanted to return it. |
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D．He wanted the manager to scold the salesmen for the bad furniture. |
3.Try to guess how Mr. Robins felt when he was writing the letter.
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A．He was angry. |
B．He was sad. |
C．He was anxious. |
D．He was friendly. |
Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and came up to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise.
One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without a penny in my pockets, I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me £ 5, because you said you were willing to take a chance so as to give a man a start on the way to success.”
Mr. Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story!” “Well,” answered the stranger, “are you still willing to take a chance?”
1.How did Mr. Grey get to his office?
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A．He went up to work by train. |
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B．He walked to his office. |
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C．He went to his office on foot unless it rained. |
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D．He usually took a train to the station and then walked to his office if the weather was fine. |
2. Mr. Grey liked walking from the station to his office because ________.
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A．he couldn’t afford the buses |
B．he wanted to save money |
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C．he wanted to keep in good health |
D．he could do some exercises on the way |
3.Mr. Grey had been willing to lend money to a stranger in order to______.
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A．give him a start in life |
B．help him on the way to success |
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C．make him rich |
D．gain more money |
4.One morning the stranger recognized Mr. Grey, and_______.
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A．wanted to return Mr. Grey the money |
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B．again asked Mr. Grey for money |
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C．would like to make friends with him |
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D．told Mr. Grey that he had been successful since then |
Sometimes things happen beyond expectation. A 10-year-old boy decided to study Judo（柔道） __36__ he had lost his left arm in a car accident. He began his __37__ with an old Japanese Judo teacher. He was doing well, but he could not __38__ why the teacher had taught him only one move for quite a long time.
“Sir,” the boy finally said, “I think I should __39__ more moves.”
“But this is the __40__ move you will ever need to know,” the master replied.
Not quite understanding, the boy kept __41__. Several months later, the teacher __42__ the boy to his first tournament（锦标赛）. __43__ himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more __44__. However, after some time, the opponent（对手） became impatient. The boy used his one move to __45__ the match. Now the boy was in the finals.
This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger and more __46__. Concerned that the boy might get __47__, the referee(裁判) wanted to stop the match.
“No,” the teacher __48__, “let him continue.”
Soon his opponent made a mistake. __49__ the boy used his move to attack him. The boy won the match and became the champion.
On the way home, the boy and the teacher __50__ every move in every match. Then the boy asked __51__was really on his mind. “How did I win the tournament __52__ only one move?”
“You won for two reasons,” the teacher answered. “First, you’ve __53__ one of the most difficult moves in Judo. And second, the only known __54__ for that move is to grasp your left arm. But you’ve lost it.” The boy’s biggest __55__ had become his biggest strength.
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. I’ve won a holiday for two days to Florida. I _______ my mum.
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B．am taking |
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D．will have taken |
. I ____ walking in the garden ____ watching TV in the room.
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A．like; instead |
B．would rather; than |
C．prefer; to |
D．prefer; than |
