A: Hi,Tom !

B: Hi, Alice !

A:   1.      

B: No, not much. But I travel quite a lot in Beijing.

A:    2.       

B:The Temple of Heaven , the Great Wall , Tian’anmen Square, Yuanmingyuan Park and so on.

A:What do you think of Beijing’s traffic?

B:    3.    But I also like the buses especially for short journeys.

A: But don’t you think the buses are rather slow ?

B:Yes, I do . But it’s very cheap.

A:     4.  

B: Taxi often gets us in traffic jams , and besides, they ’re too expensive.

A:   5.    .

B:I think taking the subway is the best way to travel.

T: Hello, Maria.
M: Hi, Tony. How is it going?
T: I am a little bit __1___.
M: What do you do?
T: I am a __2___ now
M: Oh, I see. Where are you going now?
T: I want to give this __3___ to my mother, or she can’t open the door when she gets home. But I need to do a report now .What can I do?
M: You’re really busy. Don’t worry. Let me help you take it to her.
T: Thanks a lot. But do you know my mother?
M: No, I don’t. __4___ is your mother now and what does she look like?
T: She works in the Ann’s __5___ house. She wears a white uniform, she has long black hair and a pair of __6___
M: She is an __7___ of the dumpling house!
T: Yes, you’re right
M: I‘m __8___ now, so I can also have my lunch there.
T: Of course, you can eat __9___ 2 today. It’s beef and __10___ dumplings. They’re very delicious.
M: Thank you. I like onions a lot. I’ll have a try. Bye!
T: Thanks, Maria bye!

ASK THE BLOG!
Post your problems on the blog and get other bloggers’ advice!
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My problem is my parents. They never stop going on about how I should keep my room tidy, keep my hair tidy and wear smart clothes. They even make me do the washing-up after dinner every night! None of my friends have got such tenable parents.  What should I do?
Helen, USA
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Hi, Helen. I think you should do what your parents ask. They’re much older than you and you should respect them. It’s their house you live in and their money you spend.
Emily, Australia
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Helen, why should your parents do all the housework? You should help around the house. –it’s only fair. I don’t think you should change your appearance though. Teenagers should look like teenagers.
Simon, England
【小题1】What is Helen’s problem?

从方框中选择最恰当的选项完成下列对话，并将答案写在相应的横线上，方框中有两个选项是多余的。

A：Hi，Peter!   66

B：I’m going to the zoo.

A：  67  What animal do you like?

B：  68 

A：Why？

B：Because they’re strong and intelligent. What about you?

A：  69  Because they’re cute.

B：Where are the koala bears from?

A：Oh.   70 

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Clothes are important in our life. Different people wear   1  clothes. Now let’s  2  some people talking about clothes.

Hello, my name is Betty. I started working this year, so I’m able to get new clothes more often  3

before. There are different people in my working place every day. If someone sees me in  4 

once, I don’t like to go out in it again. I like to wear bright colors and always dress up when I go to parties. I buy all kinds of clothes and I try to follow the latest way of   5  .

Hi, I’m Jack. I don’t have much to say about clothes. Shopping   6  clothes isn’t really the way of life I’m interested in. Since I’m still at college, I don’t really mind   7  . I have two jackets and I often wear   8  . I know little about the way of dressing. I don’t like the serious look.

My name is Alice. I’d like to say that my clothes have to be comfortable and make me   9   

easy as soon as I put them on. Sometimes I buy clothes in some small markets—they’re less expensive there. I go shopping for clothes about once a month. If I see   10   and fit for me, I would maybe go for it there and then.

1.A. the same           B. different       C. beautiful        D. comfortable

2. A. listen to         B. hear            C. to listen to     D. to hear

3. A. as                B. like            C. than             D. long

4. A. something         B. anything        C. nothing          D. everything

5. A. dress             B. dressing        C. dresses          D. to dress

6. A. of                B. in              C. for              D. on

7. A. what I wearB. what do I wear         C. what I wore     D. what did I wear

8. A. it                B. them            C. their            D. they

9. A. feel              B. feels           C. feeling          D. to feel

10. A. something comfortable               B. anything comfortable

           C. comfortable something        D. comfortable anything