Once home to the world’s largest trading port , East London is a lovely and cultural place to visit . Here are some of the places of interest there .

Aquarium (水族馆)

Beachfront , Esplanade , East London

Tel : 705 2637

Open daily ：9 a. m.— 5 p.m.

Fish Feeding daily at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Seal Show : daily at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. (Performances are only 10 minutes long.)

Fees : adults-??9,, children (3—16years) —??5, schools/ groups??3 per person .

This is the oldest aquarium in the country . It is also a large office for Tourism in East London , supplying booklets an information to the public .

Border Birders Club is one of the programs here . This is a super birding club where the whole family can have a nice Saturday walk around , looking at different types of birds and talking with the friendly members along the way . For more information , look for the notice on the notice boards outside the Beacon Bay Library and at the Aquarium or call 7352195 .

Calgary Transport Museum

13km from East London on N6 to Stutterheim

Tel : 730 7244

Open daily : 9 a. m.—4 p.m.

Closed：Friday & Christmas Day

Fees ：adults—??5, children—??3

Fine collection of restored horse drawn vehicles , carts , wagons , buggies , a gypsy caravan and governess cart .

Museum—The East London Museum

Upper Oxford Street (Entrance and parking in Dawson Road )

Tel : 743 0686

Fax : 743 3127

Open : Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m. —5 p.m.；Saturday 2 p.m.—5p.m .；

      Sunday & Public Holidays 11 a.m. —4 p.m.

Fees：Adults —??5 ,children—￡2, school groups & scholars in uniform are free .

Go on a wonderful adventure into the past . Best known as the home of the Coelacanth & world’s only Dodo Egg , the museum also has an excellent display about the rich and colorful culture of Xhosa , living in South Africa . There is also a Museum Cafeteria with refreshments .

1．How much would a couple with one child pay to go to the East London Museum ?

         A．??7.     B．??12.   C．??13.   D．??23.

2．If you want to have a nice Saturday walk , you can dial          .

         A．7430686    B．7433127    C．7352195    D．7307244

3．We can learn from the passage that        .

         A．On Christmas Day , you cannot visit Calgary Transport Museum

         B．you can enjoy the seal show at 4 p.m. every day

         C．in Border Birders Club , you can see the worlds’ only Dodo Egg

         D．people can go to the Beacon Bay Library in the East London Museum

4．If a person is interested in African culture , he should visit           .

         A．Border Birders Club          B．the East London Museum

         C．Aquarium                    D．Calgary Transport Museum

Several years ago I studied in a university in the biggest city in our country. It’s very beautiful, I could read lots of books there and I made lots of friends there. But it’s hot in  11 . So I usually returned to my hometown when my   12  began. It is not big, but it’s cool and quiet. I could   13  in the daytime and have a good sleep at night.

One day I had some problems to solve. But I didn’t take the   14  home. My father told me Charlie, one of my   15 , had a good library. I went to his house at once. We didn’t see each other after I   16  my middle school. At first he didn’t   17  me. He looked me up and down. And then he called out, “Oh, dear! It’s you, Fred! I haven’t seen you for a long time!”

Of course we were   18  to meet each other again and talked a lot about our schoolmates and   19 . We also talked about the interesting things at that time. Later on he showed me around his   20 . It wasn’t big but there were a lot of nice books in it. And the dictionaries I   21  were in it too. At last I said, “Can you   22  some dictionaries to me, please?”

“I’m sorry I don’t lend any books to others,” said the young man.

“Are you afraid I’ll   23  them?”

“No, I’m not. I’m afraid you won’t   24  them to me. Look! All the books in my library are not   25 , but borrowed!”

1.                A．spring          B．summer        C．autumn   D．winter

 

2.                A．birthday        B．Saturday        C．Sunday   D．holiday

 

3.                A．study          B．play            C．rest  D．work

 

4.                A．books          B．notebooks       C．dictionaries    D．magazines

 

5.                A．brothers        B．sisters          C．neighbors D．classmates

 

6.                A．finished        B．heard of        C．looked at D．visited

 

7.                A．see            B．hear           C．recognize D．call

 

8.                A．angry          B．happy          C．worried  D．sad

 

9.                A．doctors         B．teachers        C．workers  D．drivers

 

10.               A．factory         B．office          C．library D．house

 

11.               A．needed        B．read           C．wrote D．liked

 

12.               A．pass           B．send           C．give  D．lend

 

13.               A．lose           B．sell            C．throw D．read

 

14.               A．pay            B．return         C．send  D．give

 

15.               A．found          B．given          C．won  D．bought

 

 

Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have   1   how difficult it is to write a   2   children's book.  Either the author has aimed too   3, so that the children can't follow what is in his （or more often, her） story,   4   the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children's books are   5   very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the 6    who hears the story and the adult who  7   it. Unfortunately, there are in fact  8  books like this,  9   the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not   10   to solve.

This may be why many of books regarded as   11   of children's literature were in fact written for   12 . “Alice's Adventure in Wonderland” is perhaps the most   13   of this.

Children, left for themselves, often 14   the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in bookshop or 15   and he will more willingly choose the books 16  in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics （连环画）, full of the stories and jokes to which both ___17__ and right-thinking parents object.

Perhaps we parents should stop trying to persuade children into   18   our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so  19  that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the  20  books. So I suppose we'll just have to compromise（妥协） over that bedtime story.

1．A．hoped                   B．realized                C．told                         D．said

2．A．short                    B．long                    C．bad                         D．good

3．A．easy                     B．short                   C．high                        D．difficult

4．A．and                       B．but                      C．or                           D．so

5．A．both                     B．neither                 C．either                      D．very

6．A．child                     B．father                  C．mother                    D．teacher

7．A．hears                    B．buys                   C．understands       D．reads

8．A．few                      B．many                  C．little                        D．much

9．A．but                       B．however              C．so                          D．because

10．A．hard                    B．easy                    C．enough                   D．fast

11．A．articles                B．work             C．arts                        D．works

12．A．adults                  B．girls                    C．boys                       D．children

13．A．difficult               B．hidden                 C．obvious                  D．easy

14．A．are                      B．show                  C．find                        D．add

15．A．library                 B．school                 C．home                      D．office

16．A．read                    B．designed              C．printed                    D．written

17．A．children              B．adults                  C．teachers                  D．readers

18．A．receiving             B．accepting             C．having                    D．refusing

19．A．same                   B．friendly               C．different                 D．common

20．A．common             B．average               C．different                 D．same

Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, was a Seattle lawyer. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a school teacher.
Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft  ware, programming computers at age 13.
In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft's president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version (版本) of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer---the MITS Astair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desk-top and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.
Gates' foresight has led to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.
In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $ 800 million to charities, including $ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age.
【小题1】Where did Bill Gates begin his career in personal computer software?

A．At public elementary school.	B．At the private Lakeside School.
C．At Harvard University.	D．At Microsoft Company.

【小题2】Why did he drop out of Harvard?

A．To change school.	B．To spend all his energies to Microsoft.
C．To find a full-time job.	D．To earn money.

【小题3】How does Gates spend much of his time?

A．Meeting with people.

B．Travelling around the world.

C．E-mailing some friends.

D．Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees.

【小题4】What does the underlined word “donated” in the last paragraph mean?

A．gave.

B．earned.

C．made.

D．received.

Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, was a Seattle lawyer. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a school teacher.

Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft  ware, programming computers at age 13.

In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft's president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version (版本) of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer---the MITS Astair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desk-top and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.

Gates' foresight has led to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.

In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $ 800 million to charities, including $ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age.

1.Where did Bill Gates begin his career in personal computer software?

A．At public elementary school.               B．At the private Lakeside School.

C．At Harvard University.                    D．At Microsoft Company.

2.Why did he drop out of Harvard?

A．To change school.                       B．To spend all his energies to Microsoft.

C．To find a full-time job.                    D．To earn money.

3.How does Gates spend much of his time?

A．Meeting with people.

B．Travelling around the world.

C．E-mailing some friends.

D．Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees.

4.What does the underlined word “donated” in the last paragraph mean?

A．gave.             B．earned.           C．made.            D．received.