Here is an advertisement about two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao.

Two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao Date: July 15 th -16 th Travel: Sightseeing bus in the city and the ship/boat/speedboat between Hong Kong and Macao Places to visit: Hong Kong: Ocean Park and Victoria Peak Macao: Mazu Temple, the Ruins of St. Paul Cost: HK ＄600, including travel, three-star hotel, meals and admission tickets. 40% off for students or children under 1.4 m in height. For more information, call 852 3881 3502 or 852 3882 3503.

Bill is a student in Jiangdu Sunshine Secondary school. Last week he joined the two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao with his parents.
【小题1】 Bill enjoyed the beautiful views in the city by      last week.

A．ship

B．boat

C．bus

D．speedboat

【小题2】In Hong Kong you can visit      .

A．Victoria Peak

B．Mazu Temple

C．the Ruins of St. Paul

D．Moon lake

【小题3】Which of the following is true?

A．The trip took Bill two days.	B．The trip cost Bill HK ＄600.
C．Bill went travelling alone.	D．Bill should pay more for meals.

Emma and Hannah are 13–year–old school girls from Minnesota,USA.They are good at making new thing s and both of them are also good at sales.They are selling charms(小装饰物) made out of bottle caps.
The girls came up with the idea last summer when they saw charms were popular with kids.
They talked with their parents about the idea.Since then they have sold enough charms to buy a bike for Hannah.
The girls collect bottle caps and then clean them.They find some interesting pictures on the Internet or on paper,and then glue them onto the inside of the caps.There are different kinds of pictures,“Peace signs are popular with girls,and single–letter charms are popular with boys whose names start with those letters,”Emma and Hannah said.
Now,charms can be found everywhere at Dakota Hills Middle School in Eagan.“Students put charms on purses,backpacks ,and their lunchboxes,”said Emma.Emma and Hannah also have a shop on the Internet.They hope they can sell their charms to more kids.They’re thinking about selling their charms at the Eagan Market Festival next summer.
Their business is not only for getting money.At their Valentine’s sale,20%of the income( 收入) went to charity.
【小题1】What are Emma and Hannah?

A．They’re waiters.	B．They’re sellers.
C．They’re students.	D．They’re charm makers.

【小题2】When did the girls begin to sell the charms?

A．About a year ago.	B．About two months ago.
C．Nearly fifty days ago.	D．Nearly five weeks ago.

【小题3】Which of the following may NOT be on the charms?

A．Pictures.

B．Signs.

C．Letters.

D．Numbers.

【小题4】What do Emma and Hannah hope to do now?
A.They hope to become rich people.      B.They hope to give money to charity.
C.They hope to sell more charms.        C.They hope to sell charms in every school.
【小题5】Which of th following is TRUE?

A．The two girls love their parents and money.

B．Boys like charms with signs.

C．They won’t sell charms next smmer.

D．The charms are popular with students.

Mr Green had a little boy. Every day had work he came home and played with his son.
One night ,while Mr Green was at work, he __41__ that he had extra work to do for the evening ,and that he wouldn’t be able to play with his son._____42____ he wanted to give the boy something to keep him  __43__. So , looking around his office , he saw a   44  with a large map of the world on the cover(封面). He got an ___45 ____ He removed the map , tore(撕) it up into small pieces and put all the pieces in his coat pocket.
When he got home , the little boy came running to him and was ready to play. Mr Green ___46___that he had extra work to do and couldn’t play at the moment . Then he   ___47__  all the pieces of the map and put them on the table . He said to the  boy,”_48__” was a map of the world, and  ___49___th time you put it back together, my extra work will be finished, and we can ___50___”. Surely, this would keep the child busy for   ___51___  , he thought.
About half an hour later the boy came to Mr Green and said,” Okay, it’s  ___52___ . Can we play now?”
Mr Green said ,“That’s amazing!_____54  did you do that?” The boy said, “It was    55 . On the back of the page was a picture of a man . When I put the man together the whole world fell into place.”

【小题1】

A．imagined B．realized C．dreamed D．revealed

【小题2】

A．Although B．Since C．But D．Because

【小题3】

A．embarrassed B．smart C．busy D．tiring

【小题4】

A．bag B．desk C．coat D．magazine

【小题5】

A．accident B．opinion C．idea D．explanation

【小题6】

A．considered B．agreed C．explained D．decided

【小题7】

A．showed up B．took out C．set up D．put into

【小题8】A .It          B  He             C. She       D. One
【小题9】A .by         B  at              C. in        D. for
【小题10】A .work       B play             C. eat        D. sleep
【小题11】A .weeks      B days             C. minutes     D. hours

【小题12】

A．used B．enjoyed C．bought D．finished

【小题13】

A．easy B．impossible C．true D．important

【小题14】

A．How B．Why C．What D．When

【小题15】

A．simple B．difficult C．confusing D．misleading

 

                                            

     Charles Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents were music hall actors. The Chaplin family were very poor, and life was difficult in London. Charlie, as he was called, used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill.

     When he was only 17 years old, Chaplin got his first real job as an actor. What he did was to do silly things to make people laugh in the theatre. Seven years later he went to the USA. And over the next four years, he formed his own way of art. He developed the character (~J ~, )of a homeless gentleman which became very popular.

      From the 1920s to the 1950s, Chaplin made his most famous films. The film Modern Times (1936) shows his care about the modern industry workers. Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period.

     Although Charlie Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953. But he never got US nationality. Then Chaplin, his wife' and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died. When he was 83 years old, he won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film Limelight. He was named Sir Charles Chaplin at the age of 85. Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1975.

    1. Chaplin used to __ when his mother was ill.

           A. look after her                              B. do the housework

           C. do his mother's job                        D. do his father's job

    2.From Paragraph 2, we can know that __

           A. Chaplin went to the USA when he was 24 years old ~

           B. Chaplin became famous when he was 17 years old

           C. people liked Chaplin because he was a homeless gentleman

           D. Chaplin did many silly things to make people laugh in the street

     3.  __ Chaplin made his most famous films.

           A. From 1889 to 1936                        B. From the 1920s to th~ 1950s

           C. From 1953 to 1975                        D. From the 1950s to the 1980s

    4. We can infer.from the passage that Chaplin left the USA because of __

           A. his family                                  B. his work

           C. the US government                         D. the Swiss government

    5. Chaplin won the Oscar for __ when he was 83 years old.

           A. the acting         B. the art             C. the film          D. the music

 

 

Here is an advertisement about two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao.

Two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao Date: July 15 th -16 th Travel: Sightseeing bus in the city and the ship/boat/speedboat between Hong Kong and Macao Places to visit:             Hong Kong: Ocean Park and Victoria Peak             Macao: Mazu Temple, the Ruins of St. Paul Cost: HK ＄600, including travel, three-star hotel, meals and admission tickets. 40% off for students or children under 1.4 m in height.      For more information, call 85 3881 350 or 85 388 3503.

Bill is a student in Jiangdu Sunshine Secondary school. Last week he joined the two-day tour between Hong Kong and Macao with his parents.

1. Bill enjoyed the beautiful views in the city by      last week.

   A. ship                                    B. boat                                 C. bus                                   D. speedboat

2. In Hong Kong you can visit      .

   A. Victoria Peak          B. Mazu Temple                C. the Ruins of St. Paul    D. Moon lake

3..Which of the following is true?

  A. The trip took Bill two days.                 B. The trip cost Bill HK ＄600.

  C. Bill went travelling alone.                  D. Bill should pay more for meals.