TODAY, Friday, November 12
JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen.
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8a. m. to 8p.m.
Tel: 682—1158.
SATURDAY, November 13
JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 60p. % Q- c& A& {' ~* o, R' I, v
MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price. Tel: 789—6749.
MFAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond. 2 R$ p6 W:
The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.
ATHE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手风琴).
Tel: 789—4536
SUNDAY, November 14
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 am to 8 p.m.
FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms, Upper Richmond Road. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-remembers 70p. Tel: 688—4626. $
HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road.
【小题1】Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?

A．At the Bull’s Head on Sunday.

B．At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

C．At the Bull on Saturday.

D．At the Black Horse on Saturday.

【小题2】Where and when can you hear the Mike Thomas Jazz Band?

A．At the Derby Arms on Friday.

B．At the Black Horse on Friday. "

C．At the Star and Garter on Saturday. ,

D．At the Derby Arms on Sunday.

【小题3】 You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do
you have to ring to find out what time it starts?

A．789—6749.

B．789—4536.

C．682—1158.

D．688—4626.

【小题4】 You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family.
Where should you go?

A．Disco at The Lord Napier.

B．The sing-along at The Black Horse.

C．The electric accordion at The Derby Arms.

D．Jazz at The Bull’s Head.

【小题5】You want to spend the same day at two different places and don’t want to cross any street. Which of the following is your best choice?

A．The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bull’s Head.

B．The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms.

C．Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull.

D．Musical Hal lat The Star ＆Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier.

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked successfully, his assistant __36_, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”

   Thomas Edison replied very __37_, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have _38__ a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot _39__ to make a good light bulb.”

   If you learn from your mistakes, then you are _40__. If you learn from someone else’s mistakes, then you are a genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines __41__ daily and failure is nothing more than a few small __42_ repeated daily.

   How __43_ the above lines are! Success takes __44_. We’ll make mistakes _45__ we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to __46__ new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence __47__ what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional __48__, but only a few really _49___ their true potentials and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) _50__ life. Do you want to be exceptional?

   Success is a fruit which everyone wants to _51__, but it is not found everywhere and no one can __52_ it without serious efforts.

Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) _53__!

Success depends on previous __54__, and without it we will end in failure.

When you are __55__, please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.                  

A. celebrated              B. complained     C. explained          D. answered

A. confidently            B. madly               C. carelessly         D. angrily

A. remembered           B. refused           C. learned              D. ordered

A. test                       B. ignore               C. invent               D. use

A. healthy                  B. enthusiastic        C. intelligent          D. generous

A. shown                   B. prevented          C. recorded            D. practiced

A. errors                    B. machines           C. jobs                  D. steps

A. common             B. strange           C. familiar             D. true

A. effect                    B. time                  C. drugs                D. roles

A. as though            B. so that               C. unless               D. if

A. keep                   B. attempt             C. give                  D. see

A. depends on            B. sets aside           C. turns down        D. sets up

A. appearance             B. experiences        C. qualities            D. feelings

A. own                   B. realize               C. provide         D. research

A. active                    B. hard                  C. rich                  D. average

A. sell                    B. draw                 C. eat                    D. praise

A. achieve                  B. watch                C. offer                 D. recognize

A. story                         B. excuse               C. key                   D. plan

A. preparation            B. influence           C. life                   D. generation

A. powerful            B. wonderful         C. successful          D. hopeful

完形填空（共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在答题卷的相应位置。用答题卡的考生，先把选出的最佳选项标在试卷的相应位置，再转涂到答题卡上。

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.

But ___36___ a few of them are very ___37___. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U. S. A, but in other parts of the world. about 200, 000, 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a ___38___ language. Many millions are ___39__ to do so.

Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different ___40___. Have you ever __41___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?

“Learn English in six month, or your __42___ back ...” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes __43___ you master your English in a month. __44___ the first day your ___45___ will be excellent. Just send ...” Of course, it never ___46___ quite like this.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___47___ that we all learned our own language well when we were ___48___. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ___49___ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, and ___50___ in it all the time, just imagine how much ___51___ that gets!

So it is ___52___ to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ___53___ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___54___ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ___55___. But they cannot do the student’s work for him.

1.A. not              B. quite          C. only           D. very

2. A. difficult       B. important      C. necessary      D. easy

3. A. native          B. foreign        C. useful         D. mother

4. A. learning        B. enjoying       C. trying         D. liking

5. A. questions       B. problems       C. ideas          D. answers

6. A. found           B. watched        C. noticed        D. known

7. A. knowledge       B. time           C. money          D. English

8. A. make            B. help           C. let            D. allow

9. A. From            B. On             C. Since          D. After

10. A. spelling       B. grammar        C. English        D. pronunciation

11. A. happened       B. know           C. seemed         D. felt

12.A. know            B. remember       C. understand     D. think

13. A. students       B. children       C. babies         D. grown-ups

14. A. Imagine        B. Mind           C. Do             D. Think of

15. A. using          B. thinking       C. trying         D. practicing

16. A. time           B. money          C. language       D. practice

17. A. hard           B. easy           C. funny          D. silly

18. A. depends        B. tries          C. has            D. takes

19.A. uses            B. takes          C. gets           D. costs

20. A. do B. work  C. help  D. master

 

There are two kinds of reporter－general and specialist. General reporters cover a wide range of new stories, including accidents, conference, crimes, festivals, local politics, strikes and weddings.

Most journalists are __1__ reporters. But some prefer to focus on one subject and only write about that. __2__, the arts, finance, foreign affairs, the law, or sports.

But whether a journalist is “general” or “specialist”, the basic __3__ of reporting is the same.

Researching the story

Who? What? Where? Why? When? How? That’s what a reporter has to __4__ first, and that’s why research is so important. Journalists spend a lot of time __5__ files, visiting libraries, checking facts, making telephone calls. Sometimes they do this __6__, sometimes as part of a team. It’s very boring, but it’s necessary.

Building the story

After the research stage it’s time to make visits (most journalists travel a lot) and interview the people __7__ in the story. In some case this only takes a few hours, but it can take weeks or even months. It __8__ the size of the story.

Writing the story

Journalism always has to complete stories by a specific time __9__ “deadline”. This means that they need to write very __10__. Each story also has to be a specific length. CDBCA；BAAAD

A. entertainment  B. special       C. general       D. vigorous

A. Besides    B. That is       C. No doubt    D. For examples

A. knowledge      B. process       C. description D. technique

A. determine       B. write   C. find out      D. pick up

A. reading    B. correcting   C. copying      D. editing

A. together   B. alone  C. lonely D. quietly

A. involved  B. included     C. happened    D. interested

A. depends on     B. results in    C. relies in      D. changes

A. or    B. and     C. by      D. without

A. vividly  B. carefully    C. accurately   D. quickly

阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示, 2）首字母提示, 3）语境提示, 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上，所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

Hello, everyone. My name is water. I’m one of the most important     1.    (自然) resources in the world. I’m very       proud of     2.      because almost no everyday tasks can beperformed w   3.      me. My nickname is liquid gold because I’m precious. People in some areas are always _____4.___(埋怨) about not having enough of me. W   5.      still, only 5 per cent of the fresh water is _______6.____(可用的) in rivers and lakes. So protect me and save as    7.     of me as possible!. Remember: don’t leave the tap r   8.    when you brush your teeth. Don’t throw rubbish into rivers,      9.    . Nor pour me into them when I’m dirty.Never waste even a drop, o   10.    you’ll run out of me in the near future.