New Books this Month

The Long Night

This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years.

Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and …    Hard Work

This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth.

Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop… Hospital or Cinema

Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year.

Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?

1.The Long Night was written by _________.

A．David Reilly        B．Maha             C．Joanna            D．Marcie Jacome

2.The story of Hard Work happened in _______.

A．Australia          B．Thailand           C．India             D．England

3.From the passage we can see Tina is_________.

A．a doctor          B．a film star          C．a writer           D．a college(大学) student

4._______ is about a difficult journey.

A．Hospital or Cinema  B．Hard Work         C．The Long Night     D．Harry Potter

5.The passage above is___________.

A．an advertisement(广告)                  B．a story            C．a novel D．a diary

　　Mr.White comes __1__ Canada. He works in a __2__ hospital in Beijing now. He goes __3__ six days a week. He ___4__ the children and __5__ like him, too. He can __6__ a little Chinese. But he tries __7__ to the Chinese in Chinese. He also __8__ Chinese from his workmates. He works very __9__ .The people in the hospital __10__ to him.

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　　Helen is a student. 1 lives far (住得远) from her school. So she often 2 a bus to school. She goes to school at about 6:30 3 . every morning. She 4 want to be late.

　　The first class 5 at eight and there are four classes 6 the morning and two or three in the afternoon. She doesn't go home 7 lunch. She has lunch 8 .

　　Helen studies Chinese, English, maths and other subjects at school. She works hard. In the evening, she usually 9 her homework. Sometimes (有时) she 10 TV. She goes to bed early.