Time out
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Time out — London’s arts and entertainment weekly. This magazine offers the best listings and reviews of arts, music, films and nightlife, and it is a necessary guide to the entertainment capital of the world. If you’re not using Time out, you’re losing out on London.
School Sport Magazine
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School Sport Magazine is the only publication of its kind to celebrate the sporting achievements of schools, pupils and teachers in the UK. The purpose of the magazine is to report sporting news and record national and regional school sporting events as well as interviews with famous sport stars about their own sporting schooldays. Five issues (期) a year.
Time
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Every week, Time keeps you well informed of world news, covering all the matters that affect your life, from political struggles to scientific progress, environmental problems, and what’s new in business, fashion and arts. Its feature articles give you brief but true information and unique insights from world-leading journalists. Time is a great magazine, which can help you develop a truly global perspective.
FourFourTwo
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FourFourTwo is a monthly football magazine for grown-up readers. Feature articles and wonderful action photographs will keep you attracted. You can read interviews with big name football stars, from today, tomorrow and yesterday. You’ll love it!
1.Among all of the above, there is/ are ________ weekly magazine(s).
A．one B．two C．three D．four
2. Which of the following magazines will probably provide you with articles about paintings and their painters?
A．Time Out & School Sport Magazine. B．School Sport Magazine & FourFourTwo.
C．Time Out & Time. D．only Time.
3.Which of the following magazines is suitable for a 13-year-old boy who wants to know about a famous football star’s playing experiences at school?
A．Time Out. B．School Sport Magazine.
C．Time D．School Sport Magazine or FourFourTwo.
4.We can learn from the passage that ________ .
A．all of the magazines are intended for adults.
B．among all the magazines, only School Sport Magazine is about sports.
C．Time Out & School Sport Magazine might be published in the United Kingdom.
D．among all the magazines, Time Out will cost you the least.
5.The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to ________ .
A．advertise four best-sellers
B．introduce four popular magazines to readers
C．ask readers to decide which of the four magazines is the best
D．get more people to buy these magazines
Directions： Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
Travel is a very good activity. When traveling, you can relax 1.________， forget your tiredness or troubles, and have the energy to take on the new tasks waiting for you.
But sometimes traveling is not 2.________ enjoyable thing. For example, the weather can be changeable. If you climb a mountain, it may rain suddenly. You may be caught 3.________ the rain and may catch a cold. The 4.________ thing is that you may have your money stolen 5.________ you may have an injury. All these terrible things are 6.________ can happen to you.
Therefore, when you are going on a trip, you must make a good preparation. Firstly, you must have clear information about the weather. 7.________， you should choose a good companion so that you can help each other. Thirdly, you must be careful enough and try to avoid accidents. 8.________ you do this, you will surely enjoy your travel.
Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A., B, C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.
Girls are born to imagine, particularly those at the age of seventeen or eighteen. 1. , I was one of them and sometimes I would go to extremes. I mean I tended to imagine too much. That was exactly what happened this time, 2. me great embarrassment.
I was waiting for my train home at the station when a boy 3. at my side. His beautifully-curved face, his fashionable clothing and everything else about him, was so 4. that I just couldn’t help looking at him. What was more exciting was that , he was also stealing some 5. at me, which made me blush(脸红) to the ends of my ears! Still, I tried to be calm and 6. that nothing had happened. However, once again when our eyes met, I could hear my heart beating. I lowered my head to escape his eyes, but my thoroughly red face had made 7. known .
To my pleasant surprise, my imagination came true this time, as the handsome guy was drawing near! “Oh, please! Don’t 8. .” Look at me. I am so sweaty and sloppy(不整洁的). Please don’t ask for my telephone number. You know I will give it to you without 9. , and that is so unladylike.
I was still struggling when he stood right in front of me. “Excuse me…” he said with a slight hesitation. His voice was so nice, but I wish I had not 10. it. “I am sorry, but could you please give me my 11. back? Yours is over there.” Oh my God! Nothing could have been more 12. when I handed his bag back to him, as shame almost brought me to tears.
From that , I drew a big lesson: never imagine too much if someone just gives you a few glances.
13. A．Generally B．Finally C．Undoubtedly D．Recently
14. A．causing B．leading C．taking D．helping
15. A．made up B．grew up C．turned up D．rose up
16. A．attractive B．gentle C．ugly D．rude
17. A．opinions B．sounds C．smiles D．glances
18. A．knew B．pretende C．performed D．acted
19. A．nothing B．everything C．anything D．none
20. A．arrive B．shout C．approach D．stand
21. A．hesitation B．concern C．words D．enthusiasm
22. A．heard B．seen C．smelt D．found
23. A．luggage B．bag C．cup D．glasses
24. A．embarrassing B．wonderful C．sorrowful D．disappointing
If you had listened to the doctor, you _________ all right now.
A．are B．were C．would have been D．would be
He is able to ___________ new jokes about the people and things around him.
A．make out B．come up with C．let out D．shout out
假如你是学生李华，想作为一名交换生去马恩岛参观学习，请你向国际交流部刘老师写一封申请函，信的内容应包括以下要点：
1． 你想参加此次活动的原因；
2． 你的基本情况介绍（年龄，性别，爱好和特长等）；
3. ................（任何涉及学习方面的要点均被接受）。
注意：
1．信的开头和结尾已经为你写好；
2．字数：不少于120。
Dear Mr. Liu，
I want to apply for the chance to go to the Isle of Man for cultural exchange. The reason is that…
_______________________________________________________________________________
Many thanks!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
