Name：Off the Beaten Path
Cover price：$30.00
Our price：$19.80
The best-selling Reader's Digest travel book has 40% new content including over 200 new sites, over 200 new full-color photographs, and all-new, up-to-date maps. It focuses on more than 1, 000 of the United States’ most overlooked must-see destinations.
Name：Container Gardens by Number
Cover price：$ 15.95
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A unique book contains 50 easy-to-follow container designs. Each design provides a simple numbered planting plan that shows exactly how to create each display, with an instruction of the finished planter and in-depth plant information. The plans are easy to follow and for any type of living space or garden.
Name：Best Weekend Projects
Cover price：$ 17.95
Our price：$13.96
Choose from 80 unique ideas to create an extraordinary living space. The projects are practical, as well as attractive, and will improve your home and yard and can be made in a weekend. These 80 well-designed projects are presented in a clear, easy-to-follow style that addresses readers in an accessible, user-friendly tone.
Name：l80l Home Remedies(治疗方案）
Cover price：$ 40.00
Our price：$ 29.96
Plenty of health complaints can be handled at home. Each and every remedy will be tested by a doctor to make sure it is safe and sound.
Dozens of conditions are covered, from headaches, sunburn, bad breath, and blisters（起泡；起疮）to allergies, and hiccups（打嗝）.
1.You can most probably read the passage in a ________ .
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A．travel guide |
B．medicine booklet |
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C．textbook |
D．newspaper |
2.How much money could you save if you want to buy a travel book?
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A．$10. 20. |
B．$6.46. |
C．$13.96. |
D．$19.80. |
3.Which of the following could help you to deal with common diseases without a doctor?
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A．Off the Beaten Path. |
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B．Container Gardens by Number. |
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C．1801 Home Remedies. |
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D．Best Weekend Projects. |
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
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A．Container Gardens by Number can help you improve your gardening skills. |
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B．Off the Beaten Path covers about 1, 000 famous traveling sites all over the world. |
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C．Best Weekend Projects may be useful for you to modify your living room. |
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D．1801 Home Remedies is designed for home use. |
5.What's the purpose of the passage?
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A．To advise readers to buy their books. |
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B．To advise readers to read more in spare time. |
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C．To share the pleasure of reading with readers. |
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D．To share his opinion about the books with readers. |
It is common and usual to see people freak out when they face challenges in their life. We all pass in different life problems and challenges. No one is free of life problems. Only a dead man faces no problem. As long as you are alive, challenges are everywhere.
How do you face problems and challenges in your life? Problems and challenges are the building blocks of your personality. They make you who you are. Besides, whether what happened in your life builds or destructs you depends on how you look at it. If you take your problems as troubles, they will be troubles and may cause destruction. If you take them as constructive tools, you are going to be built up on them.
Problems are everywhere. No one can avoid them. And they are good too. They open up a different look and opportunity if you are willing to see. When you face troubles, do not frustrate or freak out. Just cool yourself to think in a different direction. Think in a positive way. Every problem has its own good as well as bad sides. Focus on the good one. Look at the bright side.
Besides, there is always a good person, perhaps your mom or dad, or one of your friends, right beside you who can turn everything into your best if you are willing to turn to them. No matter what happens, they will be there to help you. Trust them and they will never let you down. All you need to know is that you are loved wherever you are.
1.What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “freak out” in Paragraph 1?
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A．Feel shy. |
B．Stay calm. |
C．Keep up. |
D．Feel upset. |
2.In Paragraph 2, the writer implies that ______.
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A．problems cause troubles |
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B．attitude is everything |
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C．challenges can be avoided |
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D．personalities are built on failures |
3.According to the last paragraph, when we're in trouble, we ______.
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A．can only depend on our parents |
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B．are not alone |
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C．should only believe ourselves |
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D．are not confident |
4.What’s the writer’s purpose to write the passage?
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A．To encourage. |
B．To compare. |
C．To prove. |
D．To explain. |
5.What can be the best title of the passage?
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A．How to Avoid Problems |
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B．Challenges Are Everywhere |
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C．Face Your Challenges Bravely |
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D．You Are Loved Wherever You Are |
Online Voting —The Most Beautiful Places in China
What are the most beautiful places in China in your eyes? Please take part in our activity and vote online. We are looking forward to your choice and voice!
Everyone is welcome!
Rules:
1) Voting period: October 1 to November 30.
2) The results and the winners list will be released in December.
3) 10 votes are allowed.
4) Please leave your contact information when sending your votes. CRIENGLISH takes no responsibility if a winner fails to receive the award because of incorrect contact information.
5) Your comments will be important in choosing the winners.
6) CRIENGLISH reserves the right to decide the final winners.
7) CRIENGLISH reserves the right for final explanation of the rules.
Awards:
The three top winners will each receive an award worth 300 Yuan (about 48 US dollars);
The five second place winners will each receive an award worth 200 Yuan (about 32 US dollars);
The ten third place winners will each receive an award worth 100 Yuan (about 16 US dollars).
1.You need to leave your contact information when sending your votes so that ______.
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A．CRIENGLISH can post it online |
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B．everybody online can contact you |
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C．CRIENGLISH can reach you if you win a prize |
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D．CRIENGLISH can use it for some other purposes |
2.How many winners will be chosen in this activity?
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A．8. |
B．10. |
C．15. |
D．18. |
3.What can be learned about the rules?
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A．The activity lasts three months. |
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B．Everyone must provide 10 votes at least. |
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C．Only the one giving his information can join the activity. |
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D．You’d better give a comment in order to win. |
4.The text invites people to ______.
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A．travel around the ten most beautiful places in China |
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B．choose the ten most beautiful places in China |
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C．write an article about the ten most beautiful places in China |
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D．send some photos about the ten most beautiful places in China |
5.Who probably wrote the passage?
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A．A Travel Research Agency |
B．A Medical Center |
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C．An Animal Reservation |
D．A Souvenir shopping mall |
RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY
When I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a 36 . We noticed a few customers including several old ladies, were having their meal. When a dish is 37 , the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would 38 every bit of the food on their plates.
As I was hungry, my local colleague 39 much food for me. Since there were other things to do, we did not 40 much time dining. When we planned to leave, there was still about one third of 41 food left. When we were leaving the restaurant, we 42 someone calling us. When the old ladies spoke to us in English, we understood that they were 43 about us wasting so much food.
“We 44 for our food; it is none of your 45 how much food we left behind”, my colleague told the old ladies. They got angry, and one of them 46 made a call to someone. After a while, an officer in 47 arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he issued us a 50-euro 48 . The officer told us in a stern（严厉的）voice: “order 49 you can consume. Money is yours, 50 the resources belong to the society. You have no 51 for wasting them.” Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our 52 . My colleague took out a 50-euro note and repeatedly 53 to the officer.
My colleague copied the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. We all 54 it to remind us that we should never be 55 .
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B．Sure, it is |
C．That’s good |
D．It’s OK |
As the night is falling, a long queue stood at the bus stop, nervously expecting _______ .
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A．to pick up |
B．picking up |
C．to be picked up |
D．being picked up |
