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　　One thing Britain is famous for is pubs, and no trip to the UK would be complete without a visit to one of the thousands of pubs across the country．

　　Pubs play an important part in the social structure of the country．They are places where all ages and social classes mix to talk, do business, or just spend a couple of quiet hours before heading home in the evening．

　　There are many different types of beer available in pubs．Traditional British beer is called bitter, or ale, and is usually served at room temperature．As a result, the British are famous for their warm beer! If you prefer a cold beer, ask for lager．This beer is a light yellow in colour whereas bitter is usually a darker brown．All beers are served as pints(500 ml)or halves(250 ml)．To order, you need to ask for a pint or half, and then name the beer．So, you could say “________．”

　　Wine, red or white, is normally available in all pubs, as are spirits such as whisky, gin or vodka．

　　It is not, however, necessary to drink alcohol．Non-alcoholic drinks are called soft drinks．You can have juice, lemonade or cola, among others．

　　If you visit a pub in a group, it is important to pay for your ‘round’．This means that you buy a drink for everyone in your group．Not buying your round is a big social mistake! Remember that you need to order and pay for your drinks at the bar．

So, follow these tips if you want to get the most out of visiting a pub, and, “cheers!”

1．What is the best title of the passage??(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

If you don’t buy a drink for everyone in your group, you are socially wrong．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．If you are in a pub, what would you like to drink? Why?(Please answer within 30 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．

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Dear Sir or Madam,

　　On July 16 my friends and I arrived at your inn hoping to spend an enjoyable weekend．Since your ad says “Have a fabulous time or _________,” I am requesting that you refund our money．

　　From the moment we arrived, there were problems with the service．First, a very unfriendly desk clerk couldn’t find our reservation．After waiting almost half an hour, we were led by another unfriendly clerk to our room．The room, which had a view of a parking lot instead of the bay, had not yet been cleaned, so we found dirty towels on the beds and cigarette butts in the ashtray．This was not the weekend we had been looking forward to．

　　Service at your inn was not always like this．My previous visits were always enjoyable because of the courteous service and clean room with beautiful views．I expect to receive my refund quickly．

　　Sincerely yours,

　　Henry Thomas

1．What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this letter?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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3．Which paragraph does the following sentence belong to?

Despite these problems, none of your employees apologized to us．

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4．If you were the innkeeper what would you do after getting such a letter?(Please answer within 20 words．)

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5．Put the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese．

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　　In the world today, an often heard term is “team work”, which is regarded as something utmost important for any companies, schools, businesses or whatever related to human work．So true is it that almost none would say anything against it once there are things, especially those we call hard nuts to be cracked that need to be done on a large scale．

　　Take, for example, a can only be worked out by at least 8 people software program．No matter how talented any of the eight advanced software engineers is, he or she is only part of the team who cannot, for one thing or another, complete the whole program alone whatever efforts he/she makes or however diligent he/she is, for, a software program, often needed badly and calling for lots of time and extremely pains?taking efforts of a programmer, ________．Time, as everyone who keep in mind that this is a world of fierce competition knows, is money! Days', even minutes' delay would cause a business to lose thousands, even millions of dollars．From this point of view, the example tells everything－team work!?

　　A recent survey done by WEIO, shortened form of the Working Efficiency Investigation Organization, of University of Detroit, shows that all over the world 95％ of work needs team work in one way or another unless it is completely personal－say, brushing one's teeth．The organization concludes that team work stands for unity of a team and efficiency of human abilities．“Have you heard that ancient Chinese story of ‘One Chopstick and Nine Chopsticks’?”, says the director of WEIO smilingly, “besides unity, it has a spirit of team work in it!”

1．What's the main idea of the passage?(Please answer within ten words．)

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2．What does the proverb “One Chopstick and Nine Chopsticks” mean?(Please answer within ten words．)

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3．What's the purpose of the second paragraph in writing structure?(Please answer within ten words．)

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4．Please fill the blanks in the second paragraph in proper words and phrases．(Please answer within ten words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．

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　　I like watching TV very much for I think it has many advantages．First of all, watching TV is a good rest．After a day of hard work, we need a good rest．Watching TV can make our mind and body not tired any more because of the pleasant music and TV plays．

　　Besides, watching TV is entertaining．There are many kinds of entertainments, such as sports activities, singing and dancing concerts, plays and the activities within a short time．We need at least ten hours to fly from New York to Paris, a week by train from Beijing to Moscow and an hour to drive from Queens distric to Manhattan distric．But within just one second, TV can bring us from an NBA game in New York to a fashion show in Paris by changing the channels．

　　Most important, watching TV is educational．Our children can learn every kind of subjects through the educational programs and the special reports on TV, and it’s easy for them to learn Chinese from a Chinese teacher in Beijing and to learn Russian lessons from a Russian teacher in Moscow．Even we can learn how to behave well from the TV plays．Meanwhile, a teacher can teach millions of students without a huge classroom．

1．What’s the best title for the text?

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2．According to the writer what’s the most important reason for watching TV?

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3．Why watching TV can make the writer have a good rest?

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4．Why it is not possible for us to go to every place to enjoy?all the activities within a short time?

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5．Why is watching TV educational?

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　　With the development of society, there are more and more problems brought to our attention, one of which is that wild animals have no place to survive in the 21st century．Some people think that the protection is a waste of resource．From my point of view, I disagree with this statement for some reasons below．

　　Firstly, the animals and human beings are creatures living in nature．Although as darwin said, “Survival is the fittest．” We are human beings who have thought．We can’t behave like barbarians and destroy the environment where animals live．We need places to survive and so do animals．Therefore, we ought to give them a wonderful and natural place to survive．

　　Secondly, there are a lot of species of animals on earth．They are just like our neighbors．For example, in my childhood, I went to my grandparents’ home in the countryside every weekenD．Not far away from the house, there is a forest．Sometimes, I go there with my cousins and brothers．We met a lot of little wild animals there such as monkeys, snakes, rabbits．

　　However, there are a lot of people who may agree and have their own opinions concerning this case．From my angle, we, human beings, can’t deprive the survival rights of animals．On the contrary, we have to protect them from extinction．Just imagine how horrible the world would be if human is the only creature in the world．Hence, the government should educate people to ?preserve? and protect our neighbor, natural wild animals．

Questions：

1．Why are the animals endangered?

2．do you know of any other endangered animals?

3．Can we help them?

4．How to help them?(Or what can we do to help them?)

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　　Nowadays, everyone tends to use EZ link card for transportation．

　　Normally, when you get on board the bus, you flash your EZ link card and move in and when you get down the bus, you flash your card again at the exit door(located at the middle of the bus)．We all know that if we forget to flash the card, full fare will be deducted(扣除)from the card．

　　Below is something not known to public：

　　If you get off from the entrance door and you flash your card, the card will capture another entrance fare instead of exit fare, thus meaning that two full fares will be deducted from the card as no exit was being captured for the two entrances．For example, you board a crowded bus at Pasir Ris(where it stops at Jurong East)and decided to get down ten stops later from the door you had entered．If you flash your card at the entrance door without informing the bus driver, a second entrance fare will be captured instead of exit fare thus you are paying two full fares(2×＄1.90＝＄3.80)instead of one fare．This is useful information．

　　Here’s the solution：

　　Go to the “big” machine(i．e．machine for you to top up the card)located at the MRT stations．

　　1)Insert your EZ link card

　　2)Press the function key “Check card”

　　3)Press “more”

　　The above function will show you Information of the last 20 transactions(交易)on the screen．Please pass this e-mail to people you know so that they will not pay extra charges for nothing and burn a big hole in their pockets．

　　Last but not least, call the hotline：1800 767 4333 when the incorrect fares are deducted．

1．If a passenger had flashed his EZ card twice in one bus ride and it later showed that he had paid twice as much as he actually should, it suggested that _________．

(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Why does the author ask readers to pass on this e-mail to their friends?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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3．What’s the best titles of this passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．What does the underlined words “top up” mean?(Please answer within ten words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．

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　　All plant cells(细胞)are capable of taking up water．Even dead ones do to a certain degree．Absorption(吸收)of water by dead cell walls makes wood become larger．In common land plants, the living cells of roots take up most of the water．Land plants without roots do exist, however．Those greenish yellow lichens(苔藓)you see on rocks in the high mountains have no roots．Half a billion years ago, when water plants started to enter the land, the first land plants did not have roots．

　　________．These flowering plants are “the higher plants” because they evolved(进化)recently and are thus considered higher on the evolutionary scale(进化度)．In the Peruvian desert, there grows one of these rootless higher plants, a bromeliad．It is a relative of the pineapple．Even if this plant had roots, they would be of no use, because where the plant grows, it never rains．The plant gets its water only from the dew(露水)it collects at night, when its leaves cool off．Such rootless plants, of course, can be moved with ease, but they will only grow when they are placed out in the open．If they are placed too near a house, the radiation from the heat of the house prevents the leaves from cooling and so prevents dew from forming, and the plant dies．In the southern United States and in Puerto Rico, one sees bromeliads growing high above the streets on the insulation(绝缘物)of electric wires．These plants get their water from rain, and the only soil they ever come in contact with is the dust that may blow on their leaves．

1．What’s the most suitable title?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．How does the “bromeliad” get the water?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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3．Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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4．Which sentence can be replaced by the following one?

The plant grows in a place where there isn’t any rain．

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese．

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　　Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that he planned to give away almost all of his vast fortune, largely to the cause of global health, during the course of his lifetime．With an estimated(估计)worth of more than ＄40 ?billion?, according to Forbes, the project will be no small feat(功绩)for Gates．Having already provided the Bill ＆ Melinda Gates Foundation with ＄24 billion to solve－_________, Gates said that in the end his entire fortune will be put towards the cause except “a few percent left for the kids”．

　　So what has made the richest man in the world to put his resources so heavily into one interest．Gates believes that “the equality of opportunity” in which Americans take such pride in needs to extend to other nations around the world．Improving the health of the populations, he says, has proven to be an essential method in helping poor countries to be financially successful．“National borders allow inequalities,” said Gates．“We all need to take a more global view, rather than just saying my country is doing well．We have to step up these health problems, knowing how few resources are going into them．”

　　Gates said that both his parents set an example to him as a child．His father, William H．Gates, was the head of the local Planned Parenthood, and his mother, Mary, volunteered for the United Way．As he gathered his fortune, Gates knew he would eventually want to give back as well, but he didn’t expect to devote himself whole heartedly to one project until he was about 60．

　　However, Gates, 47, began to question his ability to wait that long．“It seemed there was a real time urgency, ” Gates said．“I started to think, How many lives could I save before then?”

1．What will Bill Gates give away his vast fortune to?(Please answer less than 10 words．)

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2．What’s the best title of this passage?(Please answer less than 10 words．)

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3．Which sentence can be replaced by the following one?

We must try our best to solve the severe health problems as quickly as possible．

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4．Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese．

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The Amber Room is one of the greatest treasures ever made by man：an entire room forged of exquisite amber, from its four massive walls to its finely crafted furniture．But it is also the subject of one of the history’s most intriguing mysteries．Originally commissioned in 1701 by Frederick Ⅰ of Prussia, the Room was later perfected Tsarskoe Selo, the Russian imperial city．In 1941，German troops invaded the Soviet Union, looting everything in their wake and seizing the Amber Room．When the Allies began the bombing of Germany, the Room was hidden．And despite the best efforts of treasure hunters and art collectors from around the world, it has never been seen again．

Task：Do you think who made the Amber Room missing and where is it?