Lately a popular eight-floor bookstore in Hefei,Anhui province,has risen to fame because it becomes the world's first shared bookstore,in a move meant to encourage more reading among Chinese citizens.
It comes to people's attention as more than 200,000 visitors flooded the store on its first day as a shared bookstore on July 16 this year,a record high since it was reopened to the public in 2013.Some 4,000 books were brought home on the first day,Thepaper.cn reported.
Customers are allowed to borrow up to two books valued under 150 yuan per visit after registering with an app and paying the 99 yuan deposit fee（押金）.
All books on sale in the bookstore are available for sharing.Returned books that are damaged are sold at a discount.The bookstore also provides a bonus for bookworms.People who finish reading 12 books in three months receive eight percent of their deposit back,and members can be rewarded one yuan for every book read.
"We want to bring down the cost of reading so people could read more books,"Xu Xinwei,who helps run the bookstore,told Thepaper.cn.
Some parents buy a lot of books for their children,but they usually end up collecting dust as their children grow up.Similarly,some popular novels for young people also fall out of fashion,according to Xu."Books are more effectively circulated when they're shared."
1.The bookstore becomes a shared one .
A. to make more money B. to make more room for new books
C. to inspire more people to read D. to recommend new books
2.What does the underlined phrase “risen to fame” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A. Become well-known. B. Settled down.
C. Broken up. D. Taken over.
3.What can we infer.from the passage?
A. The bookstore was once the best in Anhui province.
B. The books that are sold here can't be borrowed.
C. More than 4,000 books were taken home on July 16 in 2013.
D. The cost of reading can be reduced by sharing the books.
4.What does the bookstore do to attract more readers?
A. The bookstore encourages parents to buy more books for their children.
B. The readers are allowed to borrow the books unconditionally.
C. The readers who are members can receive one yuan for every book read.
D. The bookstore is considering offering a bonus for anyone who likes reading.
Celeste Ng,a new writer,has gained recognition for her first novel,Everything I Never Told You.
Ng's parents came from Hong Kong,China in the 1960s.Ng was born in America and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,and Shaker Heights,Ohio,in a family of scientists.Celeste went to Harvard University and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan,where she won the Hopwood Award.
Although her novel is not about race,the characters are Asian.The main character is Lydia,a teenage girl,who is the favorite of three children born to a white mother and a Chinese-American father.The story is about Lydia's disappearance,and the emotions the family goes through as the mystery unfolds.The whole family deals with sorrow, regret,and exposed secrets as they search for their lost daughter.
Though the characters in this story are Asian,Ng says she didn't really want to include Asian characters.She was afraid people would think the story was about real people in her life.Because she grew up in America and doesn't speak Chinese,she was actually surprised that she included.Asian characters in the book.
The book has taken off,especially on Amazon,where it won the Editor's Pick for No.1 Best Book of the Year in 2014.Ng is still getting used to the attention,saying she is still amazed when people tell her they have read her book. With so many readers,it's safe to say this is a book you should read.But if you're looking for a simple mystery,this book might not be for you.Most readers warn that you should not read this book unless you're prepared to cry.
1.The novel Everything I Never Told You______.
A. focuses on a family with a missing child
B. discusses the ways to get rid of regret
C. exposes the secret of the American world
D. talks about the life of teenagers in America
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to Celeste Ng?
A. She wanted to help the Asian people.
B. She was surprised she wrote about Asian characters.
C. She was born in Hong Kong and grew up in America.
D. She wanted people to know the characters were real people in her life.
3.How do most readers probably find the book?
A. It's about race. B. It's a sad story.
C. It's a simple mystery. D. It has a surprising ending.
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. Celeste Ng and her family. B. The awards Celeste Ng won.
C. Celeste Ng's learning experience. D. Celeste Ng and her best-known novel.
Exhibitions in the British Museum
Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is widely regarded as one of Japan's most famous and influential artists.He produced works of astonishing quality right up until his death at the age of 90.This new exhibition will lead you on an artistic journey through the last 30 years of Hokusai's life—a time when he produced some of his most memorable masterpieces.
25 May—13 August 2017
Room 35
Adults￡12,Members/under 16s free
Places of the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850-1950
Drawn from the British Museum's rich collection,this is the first exhibition devoted to landscape drawings and watercolours by British artists in the Victorian and modern eras—two halves of very different centuries.
23 February—27 August 2017
Room 90
Free,just drop in
Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia
This major exhibition explores the story of the Scythians—nomadic tribes and masters of mounted warfare,who flourished between 900 and 200 BC.Their encounters with the Greeks,Assyrians and Persians were written into history but for centuries all trace of their culture was lost—buried beneath the ice.
14 September 2017—14 January 2018
Room 30
Adults￡16.50,Members/under 16s free
Politics and paradise: Indian popular prints from the Moscatelli Gift
This display is part of the Museum's contribution to the India-UK Year of Culture 2017.It looks at the popular print culture of India from the 1880s until the 1950s.
19 July—3 September 2017
Room 90a
Free,just drop in
1.If you are interested in drawings of natural scenery,you will probably go to______.
A. Room 35 B. Room 90
C. Room 30 D. Room 90a
2.Which exhibition can you attend in October 2017?
A. Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave.
B. Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia.
C. Places of the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850-1950.
D. Politics and paradise: Indian popular prints from the Moscatelli Gift.
3.Where can we most probably find the passage?
A. In a health report. B. In a story book.
C. In a parenting magazine. D. In a tour guide.
假定你是李华,正在一所英国学校学习暑期课程,遇到一些困难,希望得到学校辅导中心(Learning Center)的帮助。根据学校规定,你需书面预约,请按下列要点写一封信:
1.本人简介;
2.求助内容;
3.约定时间;
4.你的联系方式(Email address:lihua@126.com;Phone number:12345678)。
注意:1.词数100左右;2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3.开头和结束语已为你写好。
Dear Sir/Madam,
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Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
This morning on my way to school I was deep moved by what I saw outside a bank.An old man was counting his money in the front of the bank.Suddenly a young man came running and knocked him down.To make things bad,his money was lying in all direction.In no time the people around rush to pick the money up while the old man stood there,not know what to do.Surprisingly,everyone gave back the money they had just picked.The old man counted the money again and found that not a single bill was missed.To my great joy,there are now a lot of nice people in your life.It’s true what honesty is more important than money!
I’m Jan Hasek,1. old miner from the Czech Republic.In April 1945 I2. (hear)something explode at midnight.I got up and3. (run)outside.The sound came from a mine 4. hadn’t been used for a long time.Suddenly I saw some German soldiers5.the light of the moon.They 6. (take) wooden boxes from trucks and putting them in the mine.
A week later I decided7. (go) and see for myself.To my surprise the entrance8. the mine was closed.Some people say that the Amber Room and some gold9. (bury) in the mine.I think it might be so,as the Amber Room has never 10.(find).
