Part I: _________________________
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In TOP ENGLISH CITY, you will be a top English-speaker among your competitors and enjoy the advantage that your competitors have not．You will be proud of being a member of TOP ENGLISH CITY．
Courses designed:
Basic Studies：Sat．8:00-10:00 a.m.
Intermediate（中级）Spoken English: Sun．8:00-10:00 a.m.
Standard Spoken English: Sat．8:00-10:00 a.m.
Basic Business English: Sun．8:00-10:00 a.m.
Intermediate Business English: Sun．7:00-9:00 p.m.
TOEFL Super Studies… Sun．7:30-9:30 p.m.
Children's Weekend: Sat．&．Sun．8:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.
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Part II : ENGLISH SALON
A place for you to practise your English, to exchange your English learning experiences, to know more about the culture of English-speaking countries, to make more friends who can speak very good English．
You will have free talks, famous English films and songs appreciation, English lectures and games; all are for you to improve yourself in English in the special, full-of-fun Salon．
How to Join:
We are a group with membership system, so if you want to join our group, please make an application to the Tianhe Office of Top English City, filling in the applying forms．You will be given a salon ID card, and becomes our member．
The Qualifications:
You must be fluent in English-speaking or / and an English lover．Those who are now learning English in the Top English City will be advantageous．
For more information, please contact:
Mr. Jiu Chan at: 47129198 English Salon, your best friend! Join Right Now!
1.Which of the following can be the best title for Part I?
A. Top English, your smart choice!
B. If you want to learn English, we can teach you!
C. Top English, the best English!
D. We have what you want!
2.Which of the following courses can be learned by the same person________?
A. Basic Studies and Standard Spoken English．
B. Intermediate Spoken English and Basic Business English．
C. Standard Spoken English and TOEFL Super Studies．
D. Intermediate Business English and TOEFL Super Studies．
3. If you work in a foreign firm, you probably take the course______.
A. Standard Spoken English
B. Intermediate Business English
C. TOEFL Super Studies
D. Children's Weekend
4. If you want to join the English Salon, you should at least ________．
A. be a university graduate
B. be a student learning English in the Top English City
C. make more friends and know more about the culture of the English
D. be an English lover or can speak English well
Something roared like thunder. The earth shook a little and we heard the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire. "Father!" Hassan cried. We sprung to our feet and raced out of the living room.
"Father! What's that sound? Hassan screamed, his hands outstretched toward Ali. Ali wrapped his arms around us. A white light flashed and lit the sky in silver. It flashed again and was followed by rapid sharp sounds of gunfire. "They're hunting ducks." Ali said in a hoarse voice. "They hunt ducks at night, you know." Don't be afraid.
A siren(汽笛) went off in the distance. Somewhere glass broke and someone shouted. I heard people on the street, jolted from sleep and probably still in their pajamas, with ruffled hair and puffy eyes. Hassan was crying. Ali pulled him close, clutched him with tenderness.
We stayed huddled that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they had frightened us badly, because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. They were foreign sounds to us then. The generation of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of bombs and gunfire was not yet born. Huddled together in the dining room and waiting for the sun to rise, none of us had any notion that a way of life had ended. The end came when Russian tanks were rolling into the very same streets where Hassan and I played, bringing the death of the Afghanistan I knew and marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting.
Just before sunrise, Baba's car peeled into the driveway. His door slammed shut and his running footsteps pounded the stairs. Then he appeared in the doorway and I saw something on his face. Something I didn't recognize right away because I'd never seen it before: fear. "Amir! Hassan!" He cried as he ran to us, opening his arms wide. "They blocked all the roads and the telephone didn't work. I was so worried!"
We let him wrap us in his arms and, for a brief moment, I was glad about whatever had happened that night.
1.Who is the author of the passage?
A. Hassan B. Ali C. Baba D. Amir
2.By saying “they are hunting ducks”, Ali ___________.
A. told the children the truth
B. tried to calm the children
C. played a joke on the children
D. cheered the children up
3.We can infer from the passage that__________.
A. there were thunderstorms that night
B. Afghan children were used to the war
C. that night was the end of people’s peaceful life
D. people on the street shouted and broke the windows
4. From the last sentence of the passage, we know_________.
A. the author was glad to see his father come home safe
B. there was a chance that a world in peace was to come
C. what happened that night seemed nothing to the author
D. Baba’s arms gave the author temporary comfort and joy
It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to that shirt away, but gave it to her .”I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s was something greater.
The next morning she with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So mom decided to a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are __ , aren’t you? I think I have a for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of .” Mom accepted the opportunity very .
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal __ _ in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard – working over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there. her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle situations and never give up.
1.A．noise B．voice C．sound D．tune
2.A．get B．take C．carry D．throw
3.A．otherwise B．anyhow C．instead D．actually
4.A．settled B．pushed C．stored D．stuck
5.A．teacher B．employer C．director D．adviser
6.A．purpose B．encouragement C．achievement D．victory
7.A．went B．met C．worked D．stayed
8.A．visit B．continue C．attend D．prepare
9.A．serious B．fortunate C．careful D．responsible
10.A．career B．duty C．position D．part
11.A．learning B．judging C．obeying D．imagining
12.A．patiently B．eagerly C．successfully D．skillfully
13.A．upset B．frightened C．guilty D．ashamed
14.A．looked up B．went up C．took up D．showed up
15.A．believe B．protect C．treat D．receive
16.A．spirit B．intention C．action D．attempt
17.A．must B．would C．might D．should
18.A．At B．During C．On D．With
19.A．worthless B．thoughtless C．hopeless D．helpless
20.A．challenging B．different C．dangerous D．strange
__________ the extremely hot weather, we continued having classes.
A. Thanks to B. In addition to
C. In defense of D. Regardless of
—Why don’t we choose that road to save time?
—The bridge to it _____________.
A. has repaired B. is repaired
C. is being repaired D. will be repaired
The Grand Theatre is located on the corner of _________ is called the People’s Square.
A. which B. the place C. that D. what
