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．(3：30 p．m．on Saturdays)．There are 10 kilometers of tracks and paths for leisurely rides across farmland and open country．You will need a riding hat．
Opening Hours：Monday through Friday：9：00 a．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 and first aid．Have fun with other course members , afterwards in the clubroom．There are 10 weekly two-hour 1essons (Tuesdays 6 p．m．～8 p．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 swimming costume and towel．Reduced rates 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 comprehensive medical care to students and staff of the university．The center is well equipped and the staff here are trained to deal with a broad range 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 use a two-kilometer length of river for speedboat racing，and water-skiing，A beginners’course consists of ten 20-minute lessons．You will learn to handle 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 Fax396—6890
1.If you want to swim and enjoy activities which are fast and a bit dangerous，you should join ________ ．
A． Diving Centre B. Riding School C．Watersports Club D．Sailing Club
2.If you want to experience a new activity in the countryside in the mornings，you may fax _____________________________ ．
A．(412)396—6752 B．(412)396—6648 C． (412)396—6876 D．(412)396—6706
3.If you are planning to explore the ocean depths．you should attend your lessons at ______ .
A．Monday through Friday：7：00 a．m．—10：00 p．m．
B．24 hour from Monday to Sunday
C．Tuesdays：6：00 p．m．—8：00 p．m．
D．Monday and Friday：6：30 p．m．—8：30 p．m．
4.You want to do an activity one evening a week and get a certificate in the end，you can go to __________________________．
A． Diving Center B．Sailing Club C． Riding School D．Watersports Club
5.Which is NOT the convenience that the Medical Center provides?
A． Well trained staff members． B．Nursery for newly-born babies.
C．Good equipment． D．Various less expensive medicines．
Popeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s.The sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach to make him strong. People watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before! Spinach became a necessary part of many people’s diets. Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable.
Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong, but this is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable.
People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group of people studied what was inside vegetables. This group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did. The group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it.
Today, we know that the little iron that is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. However, spinach does have something else which the body needs—folic acid.
It is interesting to point out that folic acid can help make a person strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made Popeye strong all along.
1. A good title for this reading passage is______.
A. Popeye the Sailor B. The Truth About Spinach
C.A Mistake with Numbers D. Folic Acid Makes You Strong
2. Why did many people eat spinach after they saw Popeye the Sailor?
A. They thought spinach made them strong.
B. They thought Popeye was funny.
C. Spinach had a lot of iron.
D. People liked folic acid.
3.A research group told people that spinach______.
A. made Popeye strong
B. was a green vegetable
C. had less iron than other green vegetables
D. had more iron than other green vegetables
4.The reading passage says that perhaps Popeye got his strength from______.
A. iron B. folic acid C. spinach D. exercise
5.Folic acid is ______.
A. something in food B. a vegetable C. dangerous D. a certain kind of spinach
My husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago. We were a bit _ __about what was waiting for us. However, when we _ ___at the airport, a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us. The days and months were _ ___made easy for us by this kind man. He greeted us every day with his smiling face. He __ ___us in going to the bank, in buying our groceries, in showing us__ __to buy almost everything. He told us he is our big brother. Twice, we __ __ the match in a coffee shop.
During the first get-together, he __ __ us that we are lucky--- my husband and I are___ _ in this foreign land. He said he has been__ __for eight years now because he hardly sees his family,__ ___they are in his home country.
During the second get-together , he __ __told us that we are his family. He said that he loves us and that he will__ __us because he has been given a __ ___of 45 days to go back to his home country. That night, he spoke these words which__ ___a great effect on my life:“ You changed my life…”That night deep in our hearts we were __ ___by our friend’s words. We texted him upon reaching home,__ ___him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land. We told him__ __that we feel safe in going out when we are with him, to which he__ ___,“You are my family here.” On the first week of October, we’re going to_ ___him back from his vacation. We ’ll watch the football match again in that__ __shop that holds dear memories.
1.A. serious B. crazy C. certain D. worried
2.A. checked B. dropped C. landed D. settled
3.A. therefore B. instead C. also D. otherwise
4.A. expected B. troubled C. comforted D. accompanied
5.A. when B. where C. why D. whether
6.A. won B. met C. watched D. played
7.A. advised B. warned C. blamed D. convinced
8.A. together B. nearby C. around D. apart
9.A. sick B. lonely C. cheerful D. afraid
10.A. once B. unless C. as D. although
11.A. secretly B. jokingly C. proudly D. sincerely
12.A. hate B. miss C .forget D. respect
13.A. delay B. right C. vacation D. date
14.A. had B. designed C. solved D. received
15.A. puzzled B. moved C. astonished D. bothered
16.A. thanking B. forgiving C. repaying D. punishing
17.A. after all B. as well C. in return D. in advance
18.A. agreed B. objected C. added D. replied
19.A. see B. inform C. call D. force
20.A. book B. grocery C. coffee D. sports
---Can I join your club, dad?
---You can when you _______ a bit older.
A. are getting B. will get C. get D. will have got
Because the shop_______, all the T-shirts are sold at half price.
A. has closed down B. closed down
C. is closing down D. had had closed down
---Jack hurt his leg yesterday.
---Really?________?
A. What’s wrong with him B. How did it happen
C. Wasn’t he too careless D. Who told you that
