The Bermuda Triangle(百慕大三角)is in the Atlantic Ocean, near Florida in the USA. During the past 60 years, more than 1,000 seamen in ships and pilots in planes have lost their lives. It is known as “The Triangle of Death”for its strange seawater and sudden storms. What’s the strangest is the light of the seawater, which looks so bright that it can be seen even from an outer spaceship.
　　At 2:00p.m. on Dec. 5, 1945, five planes took off in fine weather from the airport of Florida, on a training task. Two hours later, the leader in the sky radioed that he was “completely lost”. Then there was silence. Another plane was sent to look for them and also disappeared.
　　One of the largest ship that had disappeared in the triangle was an American coal ship, 500meters long. The weather was good, and there were no messages for help before it was “gone”. No broken ships or dead bodies have been found so far.
　　No one is able to tell how all these accidents have happened. A group of Japanese scientists were there to see what it was really like in 1995, but nothing has been heard of them ever since.
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Happy Children’s Palace

MONDAY 19:00—20:30 English learning Prof. G. White Would you like to improve your English? This is for middle school students. (2 weeks) TUESDAY 17:30—19:00 Photography(摄影) Mr. Green Learn to take good pictures. Bring your own camera with you. (4 weeks) WEDNESDAY 18:00—19:00 Office 2000 Prof. Wang Lan Learn how to use the new software. (10 weeks)   FRIDAY 19:00—20:30 Painting Miss Yang Jing Would you like to learn painting? It is for beginners only. (16 weeks) SATURDAY 15:00—16:30 Cambridge Young Learner’s English Prof. J. Brown This course is for the children at primary school(小学). (20 weeks) SUNDAY 10:00—12:00 Swimming, club Coach: Liu Xin Want to swim as fast as a fish? (9 weeks)

1.You can go to Happy Children’s Palace to learn some skills(技能) exc

ept ________.

2.If you want to improve your English, you’d better learn it from ______.

3.If you are interested in painting and want to be an artist, Miss Yang Jing    can teach you ______.

4.If you don’t have enough time and you want to learn a skill in two months, you’d better learn ____.

5.Which of the following statements(陈述) is TRUE?

Happy Children’s Palace
MONDAY 19:00—20:30 English learning Prof. G. White Would you like to improve your English? This is for middle school students. (2 weeks) TUESDAY 17:30—19:00 Photography(摄影) Mr. Green Learn to take good pictures. Bring your own camera with you. (4 weeks) WEDNESDAY 18:00—19:00 Office 2000 Prof. Wang Lan Learn how to use the new software. (10 weeks)   FRIDAY 19:00—20:30 Painting Miss Yang Jing Would you like to learn painting? It is for beginners only. (16 weeks) SATURDAY 15:00—16:30 Cambridge Young Learner’s English Prof. J. Brown This course is for the children at primary school(小学). (20 weeks) SUNDAY 10:00—12:00 Swimming, club Coach: Liu Xin Want to swim as fast as a fish? (9 weeks)

1. 1.

   You can go to Happy Children’s Palace to learn some skills(技能) except ______.

   1. A.
      on Monday
   2. B.
      On Wednesday
   3. C.
      On Thursday
   4. D.
      on Sunday
2. 2.

   If you want to improve your English, you’d better learn it from ______.

   1. A.
      Miss Yang Jing
   2. B.
      Prof. J. Brown
   3. C.
      Prof. Wang Lan
   4. D.
      Prof. G. White
3. 3.

   If you are interested in painting and want to be an artist, Miss Yang Jing    can teach you ______.

   1. A.
      from 19:00 to 20:30 on Monday
   2. B.
      from 17:30 to 19:00 on Tuesday
   3. C.
      from 7:00 to 8:30 on Friday evening
   4. D.
      from 18:00 to 19:00 on Wednesday
4. 4.

   If you don’t have enough time and you want to learn a skill in two months, you’d better learn ______.

   1. A.
      how to use the new software
   2. B.
      swimming
   3. C.
      how to take pictures
   4. D.
      painting
5. 5.

   Which of the following statements(陈述) is TRUE?

   1. A.
      Prof. G. White gives a talk about English learning for students on Monday morning.
   2. B.
      You can go to learn how to use Office 2000 from Prof. J. Brown.
   3. C.
      If you want to learn swimming, you should go there on Sunday afternoon.
   4. D.
      Prof. J. Brown teaches children English from 3:00—4:30 on Saturday afternoon.