【1】What is always nice according to the man?

A.He lives by the sea.

B.Animals can get more food.

C.Green can be seen all year round.

【2】What does the man have near his house?

A.Trees.B.Vegetables.C.Grass.

【3】What are the speakers discussing?

A.The man's house.

B.The effects of global warming.

C.The vegetables on the man's farm.

【1】What will the speakers have to do?

A.Send figures to Mr. Jones.B.Draw up the budget for next year.

C.Organize an advertising campaign on Thursday.

【2】What does the woman ask the man to do?

A.Wait for her in his office.B.Go to Mr. Jones’ workplace.

C.Make a phone call to Mr. Jones.

A.An adventure.B.A book.C.A vacation plan.

A.The waiters were noisy.B.The food was not his thing.

C.The atmosphere was friendly.

1. 告知会议时间、内容及目的；

2. 提示做好会前准备。

注意：词数不少于50。

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Sophia told us that Make – A –Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980.”It’s a charity(慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. Make – A –Wish help children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true ,” Sophia explained .

We asked Sophia how Make – A –Wish had first started .She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris ,who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman .Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris’s dream come true ----so, with everybody’s help , Chris, only seven years old at the time ,had been a “policeman” for a day .” when people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too ,and that was the beginning of Make – A –Wish,” explained Sophia

Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.

【1】Sophia found out about Make-A-Wish because her best friend had .

A.volunteered to help itB.benefited from it

C.dreamed about itD.told the author about it

【2】According to Sophia, Make-A-Wish .

A.is an international charity

B.was understood by nobody at first

C.raises money for very poor families

D.started by drawing the interest of the public

【3】What is said about Chris in Paragraph3?

A.He has been a policeman since he was seven.

B.He gave people the idea of starting Make-A-Wish

C.He wanted people to help make his dream come true.

D.He was the first child Make-A-Wish helped after it had been set up.

【4】Which of the following is true about Make-A-Wish volunteers?

A.They are important for making wishes come true.

B.They try to help children get over their illnesses.

C.They visit sick children to make them feel special.

D.They provide what is necessary to make Make-A-Wish popular.

Grand Café

Tel: (213) 356-4155

Do you need a place that opens as early as your kids wake up? Then go to Grand Café. Families can order breakfast off the menu or enjoy the buffet. Because of the variety, buffets seem to be an easy option for families with picky eaters. There are many options for the different moods of all family members.

Tel: (213) 623-8301

Nickel Diner was listed in Los Angeles Magazines as one of “LA’s Best New Restaurants”. The space is small, but the menu is wonderfully large. The atmosphere is quiet and relaxed, which makes it easy to bring the kids. One of the most attractive things about Nickel Diner is its unique menu of breakfast foods.

Lucky Strike Bowl

Tel: (213) 542-4880

There’s nothing like a good game of bowling to add some happiness to the family outing. Why not take the family to a place where you can bowl while eating? Try their homemade Belgium fries, the mini burgers, flatbread pizza, or crispy tacos. Downtown LA’s Lucky Strike Bowl will never make you and your kids disappointed.

Kula

Tel: (213) 290-9631

Kula is an exciting sushi bar and is a big hit for little sushi eaters. Kula’s concept includes providing “a high standard of natural organic foods” and they use 100% organic rice. If your child is not a sushi eater, there are also many other options.

【1】Who would most probably go to eat at Grand Café?

A.People who love organic foods.

B.People who want to play while eating.

C.People who love a quiet eating environment.

D.People who want to serve themselves in a restaurant.

【2】Which of the following aspects of Kula most attractive to eaters?

A.It has many other options.B.It offers very healthy foods.

C.It allows kids to run around.D.It offers different kinds of rice.

【3】What is the purpose of the passage?

A.To encourage people to go to Los Angeles.

B.To compare some kid-friendly restaurants.

C.To recommend some nice foods in the city.

D.To recommend some kid-friendly restaurants.

“Poor but honest.” “The deserving poor.” These words always come to my mind 【1】 I think of “the poor”. But I also think of people 【2】, perhaps through alcohol or drugs，have ruined not only their own lives but also the lives of others in order to give way to their own pleasure. Perhaps alcoholism and drug addiction really are “diseases”, as many people say, but my own feeling-based, of course, not on any serious study, is that most alcoholics and drug addicts belong to the “undeserving poor”. And that is largely 【3】 I don’t give spare change to beggars.

The animals 【1】 (keep) together in small spaces, with no privacy and little opportunity【2】 mental and physical exercise. This results in unusual and self-destructive behavior 【3】 (call) zoochosis. A worldwide study of zoos found that zoochosis is common among animals kept in small spaces or cages. Another study showed that elephants spend 22 percent of their time making repeated head movements or biting cage bars, and bears spend 30 percent of their time 【4】 (walk) back and forth, a sign of unhappiness and pain.

Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something 【1】 (make) their neighborhood a trouble-free area. Tim 【2】 (belong) to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group meets on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s when Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community safety. Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police keep their homes, streets, and 【3】 (family) safe.