When I began working ten years ago，I just earned too little to cover my living ________.

A．bills　　 　　　 B．prices

C．change　　 　　　　 D．expense

 

EVENTS(赛事)
Bicycle tour and race
　  A bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27(Sat. & Sun. ). At 5:30am, the riders will leave Tian'anmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Then the next 55 kilometers leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive part of the tour. The riders and their bikes will then be taken from Jixian to Changli.
　　The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaibe, covering a distance of 20 kilometers. Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe and supper. Sunday morning is free for play at the seaside. At noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing.
　　Cost: 200 Yuan   Telephone: 4675027
Brazilian footballers
　　The Brazilian Football Club will play Beijing Guo'an Team at the Workers Stadium on August 26. The club has four national team players. Also coming is 1994 US World Cup star　Romario ho has promised to play for at least 45 minutes.
　　Ticket prices: 60,100,150 Yuan
　　Time/Date: 4:30 pm, August 26(Sat.)   Telephone:  5012372
Rock climbing
The Third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26-27 at the Huairou Mountain-climbing Training Base. More than 10 teams from Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, Jilin and other places will take part in it. A Japanese team will give an exhibition climbing. Free for spectators(观众).
　　Take a long-distance bus from Dongzhimen to Huairou.
　　Time/Dates: 9-12 am, August 26 and 27
　　Telephone: 7143177, 7144850, Wang Zhenghua
【小题1】 If you take part in the bike tour, you will ride for _________.

A．35 kilometers

B．55 kilometers

C．75 kilometers

D．110 kilometers

【小题2】 The underlined word "leg" in "Bicycle tour and race" probably means ________.

A．race

B．practice

C．part of the training

D．part of the tour

【小题3】 What is special about the Rock climbing competition?

A．A foreign team takes part in it.

B．You can watch it without paying.

C．You don't have to be a sportsman to take part.

D．The bus trip to the place of the competition is free.

【小题4】 If you want to find something to do for Saturday afternoon, which telephone number will you call?

A．4675027

B．7143177

C．5012372

D．7144850

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ISBN: 962001359X
Speak Up（Pre-Intermediate)
By Bev Kusuya, Nako Zeki
ISBN: 0583338050
“Teach the students about your culture and help them talk about their own．” How often are these worthy goals kept from being achieved by the limitations of your beginner level learners? Students at all levels want to talk about culture．
Topics include food, shopping, sports, fashion, the roles of men and women, health, music, and many more．
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“Let’s Speak” and “Speak Up” share a special but excellent way that allows all students to take part in．
The series has questions which start thinking and then help collect opinions about personal topics． Conversation practice is provided by ready to use （现成的)models of basic exchanges on the topic． Also, the cultural information presented in the series comes in the form of interesting, relevant（相关的）facts and ideas from other countries through listening tasks and Culture Quiz exercises．
Team activities in books provide lively problem solving games to enable sharing and comparison of cultural values．
“Let’s Speak” is fit for entry level students of all ages． “Speak Up” provides for the needs of higher level beginners, offering the same careful listening and speaking help, but with slightly more open ended discussion．
For any information about AWL’s books, please get in touch with the following addresses:
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19 Xi San Huan Beilu, Beijing 100081
Tel: （010)68917488 （010) 68917788
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【小题1】In the sentence “Teach the students about your culture and help them talk about their own”, “your culture” here means the culture of           ．

A．the English native speakers	B．the English learners
C．the readers of the two books	D．the readers of the newspaper

【小题2】Which of the following are mentioned about the two books in the passage above?
a．publisher       b．titles          c．content         d．writers 
e．prices          f．pages           g．book number

A．a,b,d,f

B．a,c,d,g

C．b,c,d,e

D．b,c,e,f

【小题3】The two books have in common everything EXCEPT         ．
A．the same interesting topics
B．the same level of learners
C．proper ways to excite the learners to talk
【小题4】The passage above is probably taken from the            section in a newspaper．

A．EDUCATION	B．NEWS
C．ENTERTAINMENT	D．BOOKSHELF

   Editor’s notes: AWL is well known for its dictionaries and English language teaching materials． Some readers have written in to ask us for the latest information on high quality books on English, so here we introduce two texts that aim to improve spoken English fluency．

Let’s speak （Beginner)

By Bev Dusuya, Naoko Ozeki and Kevin Bergman

ISBN: 962001359X

Speak Up（Pre-Intermediate)

By Bev Kusuya, Nako Zeki

ISBN: 0583338050

“Teach the students about your culture and help them talk about their own．” How often are these worthy goals kept from being achieved by the limitations of your beginner level learners? Students at all levels want to talk about culture．

Topics include food, shopping, sports, fashion, the roles of men and women, health, music, and many more．

These are all chosen from surveys of over 15,000 students about their own interests in cross-cultural communication．

“Let’s Speak” and “Speak Up” share a special but excellent way that allows all students to take part in．

 The series has questions which start thinking and then help collect opinions about personal topics． Conversation practice is provided by ready to use （现成的)models of basic exchanges on the topic． Also, the cultural information presented in the series comes in the form of interesting, relevant（相关的）facts and ideas from other countries through listening tasks and Culture Quiz exercises．

Team activities in books provide lively problem solving games to enable sharing and comparison of cultural values．

“Let’s Speak” is fit for entry level students of all ages． “Speak Up” provides for the needs of higher level beginners, offering the same careful listening and speaking help, but with slightly more open ended discussion．

For any information about AWL’s books, please get in touch with the following addresses:

Beijing Addison Wesley Longman Information Center

Room 2306, FLTRP Beijing

19 Xi San Huan Beilu, Beijing 100081

Tel: （010)68917488 （010) 68917788

Fax: （010) 68917499E-mail: zrh@public．bat．net．cn

In the sentence “Teach the students about your culture and help them talk about their own”, “your culture” here means the culture of           ．

    A．the English native speakers　   B．the English learners

    C．the readers of the two books     D．the readers of the newspaper

Which of the following are mentioned about the two books in the passage above?

    a．publisher    b．titles  c．content      d．writers 

    e．prices  f．pages    g．book number

    A．a,b,d,f　        B．a,c,d,g          C．b,c,d,e          D．b,c,e,f

The two books have in common everything EXCEPT         ．

    A．the same interesting topics

    B．the same level of learners

    C．proper ways to excite the learners to talk

The passage above is probably taken from the            section in a newspaper．

    A．EDUCATION        B．NEWS

    C．ENTERTAINMENT    D．BOOKSHELF