Welcome to the Ambassador Hotel. To make your stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities（设施） to the full.
Dining Room
Breakfast is served in the dining mom from 8 to 9:30 a.m.. Alternatively, the room staff will bring a breakfast tray to your room at any time after 7 a.m., if you place an order for it by telephone. In this case, please fill out a card and hang it outside your door when you go to bed. Lunch: 12:00 to 2:30 p.m.
Dinner: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Telephone:48752
Room Service
This operates 24 hours a day. Phone the Reception Desk, and your message will be passed on to the room staff.
Telephone:48759
Telephone
To make a telephone call, dial 0 for Reception and Laundry (洗衣店), and ask to be connected. We apologize for delays in putting calls through when the staff are very busy. There are also public telephone booths(电话亭)near the Reception Desk. Early calls should be booked with Reception.
Shop
The hotel shop is open for souvenirs（纪念品）, gifts and toiletries（化妆品）from 9 a.m. to 5:30p.m.
Telephone:48687
Laundry
We have a laundry on the premises（附属）and will wash, iron and return your clothes within 24 hours. Ask the room staff to phone the laundrymen to collect them.
Telephone:48867
Bar
The hotel bar is open from 12 to 2 p.m., and 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.. The Reception staff will cash cheques and exchange money in many foreign currencies（货币）.
1.The announcement(通知) mainly gives us information about ________.
A.facilities in the hotel
B.providing passengers all kinds of service
C.the ways of serving
D.carrying out the promise of the hotel
2.The card in a bedroom of the hotel is announced that ___________.
A.you should keep silence when walking past the room
B.the passenger of the room is taking a rest
C.the waiters mustn’t enter the room
D.any visitors won’t bother the hotel guest
3.You have arrived to stay at the hotel at 2 a.m., and want a snack(快餐), What should you do ?
A.Go to the hotel shop.B.Go to the hotel bar.
C.Give a message to the waiter.D.Phone Reception
Mr. Baker lived in an old and low house. His wife was blind in both eyes and the two children were very young. All his family often went hungry(挨饿.) He had nothing but a small piece of field. One autumn he grew some wheat in his field. He hoped it would do well because all family would depend on it. The whole winter it often snowed. And the next spring the wheat was doing well. Mr. Baker was happy. One day Mr. Baker went to watch his wheat. To his surprise, a lot of crops were eaten up by a horse. He became angry but could not find out whose horse had eaten them. He thought the horse would go there again. So he decided to stay in his field and tried to catch the horse.
A few days later a yellow horse came in his field again and began to eat the wheat. Mr. Baker ran after it quickly, with a stick in his hand. But the beast ran much faster than he. He tried his best, but could not catch up with it. The next morning, when Mr. Baker was working in his field, he saw the yellow horse pulling carriage on the road. He picked up a stick at once, ran closer to the horse and began to beat it up.
The driver was surprised and stopped him. He asked, “Why are you beating my horse?”
“It has nothing to do with you, ” Mr. Baker said angrily. “The beast knows why I’m beating him!”
1.What was Mr. Baker?
A. A driver B. A doctor C. A keeper D. A farmer
2.Why was Mr. Baker happy at first?
A. Because wheat was doing well.
B. Because he would soon get a good harvest.
C. Because he found out the beast that ate up his wheat.
D. Because his family would not grow any more wheat.
3.Mr. Baker tried his best to catch the horse to ____________.
A. sell it for some money
B. beat it up(痛打)
C. make it work for him
D. find out the owner of the horse
4.Which of the following is true?
A. The horse knew that it had done wrong.
B. The horse had nothing to do with the driver.
C. The horse knew whose wheat it had eaten up.
D. The horse belonged to the driver.
I take the train to work every morning from a train station near my house. I can get to the station quite because there is a short cut(捷径)to the station. But in the summer, it can get quite smelly because of all the . So I always try to through it. Today I was trying to do so as usual something made me stop for a moment. I saw the most beautiful by an old woman walking in front of me with the help of a white .
She was short and and had white hair. She was walking as each step took some effort. I hadn’t specially noticed her ,until she stopped near a rubbish bin.
She slowly placed her walking stick the rubbish bin. Then she leaned(斜倚着)on it with her right hand. She bent down and the rubbish. She clearly found it and it took her a while. She some rubbish with her left hand and slowly straightened(伸直) herself up again. All the while she used the rubbish bin to herself. She threw the rubbish inside the bin and then walking. It all took her great effort（努力）.
There’s so much rubbish and no one ever does about it. I was moved to this old woman make such a great effort to keep even a small part of it ! I haven’t been able to thinking about that all day.
I want to follow her example. I’ve decided to pick up rubbish off the if I meet from now on. I hope people will do the same as I do.
1.A. hard B. early C. easily D. late
2.A. rubbish B. boxes C. bottles D. paper
3.A. walk B. pass C. go D. rush
4.A. so B. until C. whenD. because
5.A. back B. act C. markD. color
6.A. bike B. stick C. dogD. umbrella
7.A. weak B. rich C. cleverD. sad
8.A. quickly B. happily C. angrilyD. slowly
9.A. at midnight B. at noon C. at lastD. at first
10.A. in B. around C. againstD. under
11.A. searched for B. threw away C. reached forD. looked at
12.A. unable B. difficult C. different D. impossible
13.A. picked up B. dropped down C. put in D. lifted up
14.A. warm B. help C. supportD. hide
15.A. continued B. started C. enjoyedD. remembered
16.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
17.A. feel B. see C. have D. let
18.A. busy B. beautiful C. dirty D. clean
19.A. keep B. stop C. mind D. regret
20.A. wall B. desk C. ground D. Classroom
Cold ______ the night air was, he slept soundly because he was so tired after working for a whole day.
A. although B. while C. however D. as
The price of the goods in this shop is too high. I can buy only half the goods I bought in that shop and I’m paying ________.
A. as three times much B. as much three times
C. much as three times D. three times as much
The money he has contributed in the past years to ______ the disabled is now considered to be of great value.
A. help B. helping, C. having helped D. being helped
