Bayfield Shopping Coupons (赠券)

1. Six Hours Free Parking If you spend $ 100 or more in our stores you will receive six hours of free parking. When you have spent $100 or more, just take this coupon and your receipt to the customer service desk on level 4. They will stamp your parking ticket to allow 6 hours of free parking. Offer here until November 14.

2. Win a $1000 CD Collection Win your choice of $1000 worth of CDs from JB Music Store. Just buy any two CDs and your name will go into the competition. Select your own prize from our wide variety of rock, pop, jazz and classical music. Competition ends November 14. Prize drawn on November 21. Check store for more information

3. Buy One, Get One Free Buy one shirt or tie at Daniel’s Menswear, and get another shirt or tie of the same value free. Choose from any of our dress shirts and we will give you another one at no cost. Hurry! Offer ends November 14. Offer limited to one per customer.

4. 10% Off Present this coupon at The Book Store to get a 10% discount on any books you buy. We have lots of books to choose from, including children’s books, novels, travel guides, and science works. You are sure to find something that you will enjoy. Shop now for Christmas, we have a large quantity of toys as gifts for you and avoid the rush! Offer here until November 14

5. Half-price Movie Tickets Buy any full-price movie ticket on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, and you can buy a second tickets for a friend for only half price. The latest movies are here, being shown in one of our five theaters at Bayfield Shopping Center. Offer here through December 1, Limit on per customer.

6. Free Soft Drink Buy any meal for at least $6 at Mike’s Café, and receive a free soft drink. We serve the best food in the Shopping Center. Come in and try our delicious meals and our excellent service. You won’t be disappointed! Free soft drink offer ends November 14.

1. What are these ads for?
A. Food you can order for delivery.     B. Places to go on vacation.
C. Special offers at a shopping center.      D. Things on sale in a big store.
2. Which of the following is true according to the ads?
A. Spending $50 means 3 hours of free parking.
B. One person can buy 5 tickets for the price of three.
C. After buying two CDs, you can get another two CDs for free.
D. At Mike’s Café, people can get a free drink after spending $6.
3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned at this mall?
A. Clothes store.       B. Music store.          C. Restaurant.    D. Toy store.
4. We can know from this passage ________.
A. there is more than on theater in the center.
B. if you buy a book there, you may pay less than half the price.
C. you may get a free on if you buy a shirt, or a tie, or a pair of shoes.
D. you won’t get a free soft drink unless you spend more than 10 dollars on the meal.

Amateur Performance Night

Every third Thursday of the month, aspiring（有抱负的）artists present, read or perform original or existing material, at the Amateur Performance Night -- and anyone can come and watch. So come to the Amateur Performance Night to enjoy presentations and performances on a wide variety of subjects, and practice your languages (Chinese and English) while you do!

7-9 pm, March 15

20 yuan (entrance fee includes one drink and a snack)

Room 109, 2 Dongping Road

amateur.performance.night@gmail.com

Good-Heart Sale

ENO holds a seasonal sale at discounted prices, some more than 50 percent off. When you mention SCAA (Second Chance Animal Aid), 10 percent of the sales income will be donated to the animal rescue group.

Cash only

March 10-24

In Factory, 6F, building A, 1147

Xikang Road, near Wuning Road

Free Coffee for All!

This Friday, March 16, wil be an exciting day for most coffee buyers, especially those who love Starbucks. Between 10 am and 12 noon, Starbucks will hold its second “Coffee Break” and everyone who drops by a local Starbucks outlet can get a free Tall (12-ounce) cup of coffee. The event was first held in America last year and attracted more than 500,000 people. This year the Coffee Break will spread to all Starbucks stores in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and, best of all, China.

Shanghai BookCrossing

Bring books you want to exchange, take away your next fab read. Books are mostly of English language, and include novels, thrillers, chicklit, biography, non-fiction, travel books, classics magazines, etc. Open to all, no registration necessary. Joining in is fun and FREE.

2 pm, March 17, April 21

Figaro Coffee, 160 Xingye Road

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shanghaibxers/

In which section will the text appear in the newspaper?

A. News reports.                 B. Business world.

C. Different voices.               D. Life events.

By attending which of the events will it be likely for you to practise your English?

A. Amateur Performance Night and Shanghai Book Crossing.

B. Amateur Performance Night and Good heart sale.

C. Good Heart Sale and Shanghai Book Crossing.

D. Good Heart Sale and Free Coffee for All.

What can we infer from the passage?

A. Tickets to all the events are free.

B. Free coffee for all will attract more Chinese than foreigners.

C. If you want to get any information about the events, you can only surf the Internet.

D. Both the organizers and participants of Good heart sale show concern about animals.

 

     The Fourth "21th Century Cup" National English Speaking Competition is to be held in Shanghai.

     Organizers: China Daily and Shanghai Broadcasting Network.

     Co-ordinater: China University English Speaking  Association  ( CUESA).

     Co-sponsors (联办单位): English Speaking Union (ESU), Lotus Software (China) Co. LtD.,Times Publishing Group of Singapore, Hilton Shanghai, Pearson Education, Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press.

     Date: March 26 ( Friday), 2011

     Place: Hilton Shanghai.

     Competition Format (形式): Each student will present a prepared speech on the given topic, followed by a three-minute off-hand speech and a three-minute question and answer period with the judges.

     Prepared speech period: six minutes.

     Q & A period: three minutes.

     Speech topic: People and Nature: In search of harmony (和谐）in a new age + your personal opinion. (Topics for the off hand speech will be given on the day of competition).

     Prizes: Besides books and certificates (证书), the top two winners will be offered scholarships to travel to the annual international English-speaking competition which will be held by the English Speaking Union in London in May, 2011. The third and fourth place winners will be offered a study trip to Singapore, sponsored by the Times Publishing Group. The fifth through 10th place winners will be offered cash prizes. All the competitors will receive certificates from the English Speaking Union and book prizes provided by Pearson Education and Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press. The teachers of the top winners will also receive a one-year membership to the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).

1. The main purpose of this passage is ________________________ .

A. to invite you to take part in the competition

B. to tell you some information of the competition

       C. to help to improve your spoken English

    D. to show you how to win the competition

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the Shanghai English Speaking Competition?

A. Where and when it will take place.                       B. Its program. 

C. What each winner will be offered.                          D. The number of its competitors.

3. Suppose you get the sixth place, you'll________________________ .

    A. travel to London for free.             B. become a one-year member of IATEFL

    C. get some money, some books and a certificate   D. get a chance to study in Singapore

4. An "off-hand speech" is________________________ .

A. a speech not longer than three minutes                B. a speech with a piece of paper in hand

C. a speech without preparation                                   D. a speech which is well prepared

 

【小题1】This advertisement is designed especially for those who __________．

A．like eating in restaurants	B．have little time
C．prefer home-cooked meals	D．want to save money

【小题2】What information CAN’T we get from the advertisement about Quickeats?

A．Different kinds．

B．High quality．

C．Exact prices．

D．Good taste．

【小题3】Which of the following can be cooled in a refrigerator before eating according to the ads?

A．Pasta Salad．

B．Dried Fruit．

C．Noodles．

D．Nuts．

【小题4】What can we learn from the advertisement?

A．Get one Quickeats container and you’ll have four Quickeats to eat．

B．Take one coupon and you can eat freely in a participating store．

C．Buy one coupon and you’ll get a free Quickeats．

D．Buy one Quickeats and you’ll get a container．

How to apply (申请) for a free mailbox (邮箱)? First you have to connect to the Internet and go to the homepage of the ICP providing free mailboxes. Then you will find an icon (图标), an agreement about the rules for using the free mailbox will appear. If you want to go, click the icon “I agree”. Then you have to fill in a form about your basic personal data, and the name and PIN (密码) of the mailbox. The PIN is the key to the mailbox. After finishing these, you will get a mailbox like this：your name @ mail server (for example：tvguide@mail.cctv.com.cn. “tvguide” is the name of the mailbox, and “mail.cctv.com.cn” is the name of the mail server.). The mailbox is separated (分隔) into two parts by a separator “@”, which is read as “at”. The former part is the name of the mailbox. The latter is the domain name (域名) of the mail server. All mails to you will be received by the server and put into your mailbox. You can read these mails on any computer on the Internet in the world, if you have the name and PIN of the mailbox.

If you want to send or receive an e-mail, you should first ____ .

       A. apply for a mailbox   B. buy a computer

       C. go to the post office  D. fill in a form

When you get a FREE mailbox, you can send an e-mail ____ .

       A. by paying some money     B. to anyone

       C. without paying money     D. anywhere

The mailbox’s name in the e-mail address “editor@ew.com.cn.” is ____ .

       A. ew      B. ew.com.cn  C. com.cn       D. editor

The writer mainly wants to tell us how to ____ in this passage.

       A. send a letter by e-mail      B. read the e-mail on computers in the world

       C. get a free mailbox     D. find out one’s e-mail address

We can find the similar information in the book “____”.

       A. Who Moved My Cheese    B. Surfing on the Internet

       C. Bill Gates’ Story D. Harry Potter