Lao She wrote Teahouse in 1957．The play shows the audience life in China between1898 and 1945．It takes place in a teahouse in old Beijing and it tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his customers．It asks us to see the teahouse as the centre of the neighbourhood．Finally , it says goodbye to old Beijing and its people．

     The story starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty．It continues in 1916, and finally, it brings the audience to the end of the Anti - Japanese War in 1945．After the war, Wang loses the teahouse and he dies．

     Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899．His parents sent him to the Teacher' s School in Beijing and he learned to teach．From 1924 to 1929 he taught Chinese to the English in London．He wrote many plays, novels and short stories．He was named a “People' s Artist”                                                                                       and a “Great Master of Language”．He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20 th century．

     In Lao She Teahouse today, waiters bring tea to the customers and sell them delicious                                                                               Chinese food．If you like Beijing Opera, folk music, acrobatics or magic shows, you can enjoy them in the teahouse．Lao She Teahouse gives a wonderful welcome to everyone from China and from all over the world．

1．When did Lao She write Teahouse?

      A．In 1950              B．In 1954              C．In 1957

2．Does Wang Lifa die finally in the story?

    A．Yes, he does．       B．No, he doesn't．     C．We don' t know．

3．What did Lao She teach in London?

      A．English               B．Chinese             C．Japanese

4．What can you enjoy in Lao She Teahouse today?

    A．Beijing Opera, folk music, magic shows

    B．Beijing Opera, ballet, acrobatics

    C．Jazz, acrobatics, magic shows

5．Where is Lao She Teahouse?      

    A．In London        B．In Beijing               C．In Jinan

Indian boy Piscine Patel is troubled by his first name. It sounds like a rude word, and his classmates laughed at him. He decides to change his name to “Pi”.

But Pi’s name problems are nothing compared to what is waiting for him.

Pi’s father owns a zoo. He decides to move to Canada. The family, together with all the zoo animals, set sail across the Pacific. One day, a huge storm hits the ship. The next morning, Pi finds his family has sunk with the ship. He is the only person still alive.

He finds himself on a lifeboat with several animals, one of which is a tiger called Richard Parker. Soon, all the animals are killed and Pi is left alone with the tiger.

As the tiger becomes hungrier, Pi starts to fish to feed him. Otherwise, he himself will become the food.

The boy and the tiger develop an amazing relationship on the sea. Although he feels hopeless, Pi never gives up. After 227 days, the lifeboat finally lands on a beach in Mexico, but Richard Parker runs away into the forest.

The ship company finds Pi and asks what happened. Pi tells them about Richard Parker but the company doesn’t believe him. Pi then tells another story in which there is no tiger, but some other shocking details(细节).

Is there really another story? If so, which one is the truth? Maybe you will have your own answer after watching The Life of Pi(《少年派的奇幻漂流》), the latest 3D movie from American Chinese director Ang Lee.

1.What’s the first trouble of the Indian boy Piscine Patel?

A．His classmates laughed at his name.

B．His family set sail across the Pacific to Canada.

C．A huge storm hits the ship with his family.

D．The tiger nearly killed him on the lifeboat.

2.Why are all the other animals on the lifeboat killed? Because     .

A．they are hunted by others

B．they are eaten by the tiger

C．they are sunk under the sea

D．they are killed and cooked by Pi

3.The passage mainly tells us     .

A．how Pi’s lifeboat sank in the sea

B．how the tiger ran away from the sea to the forest

C．what happened to Pi on the lifeboat with a tiger

D．what happened to the animals in Pi’s father’s zoo

4.Which would be true according to the passage?

A．The tiger was killed at last.

B．Pi was saved by another ship.

C．The ship company believed Pi’s tiger story

D．Pi told two stories in the movie.

Almost every Chinese person can recite(背诵) the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work ”. But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.

A CCTV program reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Do we have too much food? Absolutely not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2011, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.

Chinese people are well-known for being friendly and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table. Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food?

1. Don’t order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.

2. Don’t leave any food in your bowls while having meals.

3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.

1.What’s the real meaning of the underlined sentence?

A. 春种一粒粟，秋收万颗籽。B. 谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。

C. 吏禄三百石，岁晏有余粮。D. 足蒸暑土气，背灼炎天光。

2.According to the UN report, how many hungry people were there in 2011?

A. 6 million.B. 925 million.C. 200 million.D. 725 million.

3.What should we do to waste less food?

A. Order more food in a restaurant.

B. Every time you eat, leave some food in your bowls.

C. Take all the food you ordered home.

D. Don’t store too much food like vegetables and fruit.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. A number of people have realized the importance of saving food.

B. The food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

C. 200 million children die of hunger every year.

D. Many Chinese feel that they lose face if guests have eaten all the food on the table.

5.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. Don’t waste food.

B. Chinese people are friendly and generous.

C. We can’t die of hunger.

D. Every grain is grown by farmers.

Visitors to London often eat in restaurants. The owners(主人) and workers in them are all from other countries. The visitors say in these restaurants they don't feel they are in England. Most of English people eat at home as much as they can. Sometimes they themselves will think they are in another country when they are in restaurants. When an Englishman goes out of a restaurant, he may find that he doesn't understand why everything is written in French and Italian.

Most of English people think it is better to eat at home, because it is cheaper. They don't want to spend much money on food and they like cooking at home. They like fast food. But for Christmas, they will spend two or three weeks getting ready for it, because they want to have good food.

1.Visitors to London often eat in restaurants because_________.

A．they don't like the food at home

B．their homes are not in London

C．it's cheaper

D．restaurants are beautiful places

2.When English people eat in restaurants, they sometimes think __________.

A．they are in another country

B．they are in the country

C．they are themselves

D．they love their country

3.Some of English people don't know __________.

A．why everything comes from French and Italian

B．why people write everything in French and Italian

C．everything in restaurants

D．everyone in restaurants

4. English people eat at home because __________.

A．it is fast

B．the food is expensive at home

C．it is very good

D．the food is very cheap at home

5._________ ,English people will spend much time for Christmas.

A．In order to（为了） get more food

B．In order to have much food

C．In order to get good food

D．In order to have enough food