By the year 2015, all of China's museums will be free to enter. We_______visit any museum without paying.

A. can    b. need    C. must    D. should

Zhu Zhiwen’s never been to Hongkong, _______?

A. is he   B. isn't he   C. has he   D. hasn't he

When you read, don't________every new word in the dictionary. Try to guess its meaning.

A. look up    B. work out    C. make up    D. give up

—______did Prince William's wedding（婚禮） last?

—It lasted for about 5 hours.

A. How far  b. How long  C. How soon  D. How often

—There are 60 students in my class and 44 of them use weibo very often.

—44? That means about_______of your classmates are weibo users, right?

A. half   B. one third   C. two thirds   D. three quarters

In ancient times, dogs were mainly ______helping people hunt( 打獵) .Now they are more useful-they can help the blinds, search for the bad eggs,...

A. bad for   B. used to   C. used for   D. good at

—Do you know_______?

—Yes. At about twelve. I was just about to go to bed.

A. when he came back       B. when he will come back

C. when did you go to bed    D. whether he goes to bed late

Tony is reading an advertisement in a magazine.  It is about different evening classes or weekend classes.

The Learning Centre, Garden City

We have evening and weekend courses on ...

test preparation            friends and meeting people

jobs and making money     cooking and language learning

Some of this month's courses:

1. Get good grades!

Do you forget information and do poorly on tests? In this course, learn to...

※ remember more (95 percent of what you read).

※ think quickly and read fast (400 words per minute!).

※ do well on tests and get high scores.

2. Find true love...today!

Are you single and shy? Is it hard for you to talk to people?

In this course, learn to...

talk lo people; start a conversation with a man or woman.

be more friendly and outgoing.

※ understand a person's body language.

3. You are on TV!

Many actors get their start in television. You can too! In this course, learn to...

※ act in TV ads.

※ use your voice on the radio.

※ get TV and radio jobs.

4. Cook delicious and healthy food!

Are you interested in cooking? Do you want to keep healthy? In this course, learn to...

※ keep a balanced diet.

※ cook delicious traditional Chinese food.

※ make western-style food. This course is also online al www. dffh. net. cn.

1.In the Learning Center, you won't learn how to______.

A. prepare for a test    B. make money

C. learn a language     D. get along well with others

2. After taking course 1, you can't_______.

A. think quickly

B. improve your memory

C. remember everything you read

D. finish reading a 200-word passage in 30 seconds

3.After taking course 3, you can learn how to_______.

A. become an actor (actress)   B. become a radio reporter

C. become a TV host (hostess)   D. get a job in a radio station

4.Which course is allowed to take online?

A. Course 4.   B. Course 3.   C. Course 2.   D. Course 1.

5.What's the advertisement about?

A. Finding true love.         B. Getting good jobs.

C. Cooking delicious food.     D. Different evening and weekend classes.

A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口譯員) when she is only ten years

Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumour (腦癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.

Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.

Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (歐盟議員) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (議會(huì)). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.

Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就獎(jiǎng)). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "

1.How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?

A. 4.   B. 6.   C. 10.   D. 14.

2.When did Alexia Sloane become blind?

A. When she was born.

B. After she had a brain tumour.

C. After she became an interpreter.

D. When she was on holiday with her parents.

3.Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter?

A. Richard.   B. Isabelle.   C. Melissa.   D. Robert Sturdy.

4.What is right about Alexia Sloane?

A. She can speak five language fluently.

B. She is a talented language learner.

C. She is the only child in the family.

D. She went to France on holiday after she won the award.

5.What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me. "?

A. Never give up.          B. Believe in yourself.

C. Nothing is impossible.    D. Failure is the mother of success.

Online shopping has become something very common for young people, however, it's not easy for the old people to buy things on the internet. Therefore, offline Daigou stores, or buy-for-you stores, are becoming popular among the old.

64-year-old man Li Hui'an is searching for his favorite CD in an offline Daigou shop. He says, "It's very convenient to buy things online, however, I can't use the internet. After I happened to find this buy-for-you shop, I decided to try, as I wanted to buy an opera CD. Finally I got one I'd searched for for several years. I was so happy. I have become crazy about offline shopping. "

The store owner Liu Min says in order to meet the need of people who want to buy things online but can't use the internet, she started the business of offline buy-for-you. In only about ten days since the start of the business, she has received more than 20 orders from customers (顧客). Liu Min is not the only one who finds the large need of offline buy-for-you business in the market. In Dalian city, northeast China, more than 300 such stores opened their doors only in April.

In order to attract more customers, they have opened their shops in residential communities (居民區(qū)). And they charge a suitable service fee. For example, when buying things that cost less than 200 yuan for customers, they usually charge 5 yuan as service fee.

Though the offline buy-for-you service makes it easier for certain people to shop online, what if there is any problem with the ordered thing, let's say, like a quality problem? The shop owners say they will deal with any quality problems that may happen when using their Daigou service.

1.What is offline shopping?

A. Buying things in a common store.

B. Buying and selling things on the internet.

C. Buying things on the internet for the old.

D. Buying things on the internet for the people who can't use the internet.

2.Why do many old people like offline shopping?

A. They don't like going shopping.

B. They are good at buying things on the internet.

C. They don't like buying things online themselves.

D. Offline shopping makes it easier for them to shop online.

3.What's the meaning of the underlined word "charge"in the fourth paragraph?

A. 收費(fèi)        B.管理      C.交納       D. 繳稅      

4.Which of the following is NOT true about the offline Daigou service?

A. People can find buy-for-you shops in residential communities.

B. The customers have to pay a suitable service fee.

C. There are many problems with the ordered things.

D. The store owners deal with the quality problems.

5.We can know from the passage that________.

A. Li Hui'an is crazy about shopping online

B. offline buy-for-you business is in great need

C. Liu Min is the first one who has an offline Daigou store

D. there are about 300 buy-for-you stores in Dalian city