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I Love You, Sweetheart Author(s): Elm Hill Books Publisher: Elm Hill Books Format: Hardcover List Price: $9.99 Our price: $4.99 Category: Self-Help Subject: Motivational & Inspirational ISBN-10: 1404185526 Language : English Pages: 24 Overview: A great gift for your sweetheart. This book contains 24 pages full of pictures and thoughts to remember. This perfect gift also contains a CD with 3 all-time favorite love songs and a place to write your own note of romance and love.

Eat Right for Your Metabolism Author(s): Kliment, Felicia Drury Publisher: McGraw-hill Companies Format: Paperback List Price: $16.95 Our price: $4.99 Category: Health & Fitness Subject: Diets ISBN-10: 0071460152 Language : English Pages: 312 Overview: Offer an eating plan. Help you keep your ideal weight without dieting or drugs.

The Girls Author(s): McLellan, Diana Publisher: LA eekly Books Format: Paperback List Price: $16.95 Our price: $3.99 Category: Acting Arts Subject: Film ISBN-10: 0312283202 Language : English Pages: 440 Overview: In The Girls, Diana Mclellan shows the complex(复杂的)and close connections that lay behind the public personae(表面形象)of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and the women who loved them.

The Twelve Dogs of Christmas Gift Set Author(s): Tommy Nelson Publisher: Tommy Nelson Format: Boxed-set List Price: $14.99 Our price: $6.99 Category: Children Fiction Subject: Holidays & Festivals -- Christmas ISBN-10: 140039404X Language : English Pages: 104 Overview: This delightful take(诠释)on the traditional song “Twelve days of Christmas” is the funniest, furriest, freshest way to laugh through the holidays.

【小题1】If Michelle, ten, wants some books to read, she may choose the work(作品) by _____.

A．Elm Hill Books	B．Kliment, Felicia Drury
C．McLellan, Diana	D．Tommy Nelson

【小题2】If John wants to build up his body, the book number he may choose is ________.

A．1404185526

B．0071460152

C．0312283202

D．140039404X

【小题3】The Girls is probably written for those who are interested in ______.

A．fiction

B．pop songs

C．acting arts

D．health

【小题4】Which will save the most money for you?

A．I Love You, Sweetheart

B．Eat Right for Your Metabolism

C．The Girls

D．The Twelve Dogs of Christmas Gift Set

【小题5】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The Girls is thicker than The Twelve Dogs of Christmas Gift Set.

B．There are only some beautiful pictures in I Love You, Sweetheart.

C．Eat Right for Your Metabolism tells us the connection between people.

D．Not only I Love You, Sweetheart but also The Girls is paperback.

Most Chinese people these days know what it is like to have an “English teacher”, since almost all pupils study English from their third year. Usually that first English teacher will be a young and lovely lady in primary school. But my first English teacher is no other than my father. Looking back, I can see that, when I was only a little girl, he created an English environment by providing me with flashcards，fun English- language toys and even dolls which can sing English songs! My interest in English had certainly been awakened (唤起) when I began to learn English at school. Just imagine, he went a step further and asked me to learn New Concept English by myself! I was puzzled and even angry. I could not understand why a father could be so strict with his little girl. All the same, he never gave up and he gently insisted that I follow through with his idea. At first, I read stories with tears and I actually hated them because they were too difficult for me. In the end, I came to love the funny stories and, to be honest, my father was always there with a helping hand. I am sure that my English would never have got so far without his support. And that’s why my father is not only my first English teacher but also my lifelong teacher. He is one who awoke my interest, and who gave me much confidence .

1.Most pupils in China begin to learn English________.

A．in primary school  B．from parents  C．at three years old  D．at home

2.The underline part ”no other than my father” in the passage probably means________.

A．like my father     B．not my father  C．my father himself D．not only my father

3.From the whole passage we can see that________.

A．the girl preferred playing to learning English

B．the girl hates her father because he was strict

C．the girl is very thankful to her father

D．the father gave up after knowing his daughter could not understand

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．How I learned English at school    

B．My father---my first and lifelong English teacher

C．The relationship between my father and me 

D．I’ve made progress in English learning

 

The boy said ________ couldn’t he work out the problem but his teacher didn’t know how to do it.

A．though

B．never

C．hardly

D．not only

 

_______,but it is also a great way to lower the number of greenhouse gases in the air.

A．Not only a fun thing is it to do      B．Not only a fun thing to do it is

C．Not only it is a fun thing to do      D．Not only is it a fun thing to do

Chaplin, one of the greatest and funniest actors, was born in London in 1889. When a poor boy, he was often seen waiting outside the London theatres, hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance, and above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn’t get work and therefore wandered about the city streets.
Charlie Chaplin first acted when he was five. He broke into show business because his mother, a music-hall performer, lost her voice during the performance and had to leave the stage, and Charlie went on and sang a well-known song. Halfway through the song, a shower of money poured onto the stage. Charlie stopped singing and told audiences he would pick the money first and then finish the song. The audiences laughed. This was the first of millions of laughs in Charlie Chaplin’s fabulous(神话) career.
Twenty years later the same Chaplin became the greatest and best loved comedian in the world. His dream came true in the world. His dream came true in the end. Chaplin became world-famous and almost a king in the world of the film.
Even people who don’t understand English can enjoy Chaplin’s films because they are mostly silent. The equipment for adding sound to films had not yet been developed. The development of films with sound became a problem for Chaplin, as he was uncertain about making films with dialogues. Instead, he coninued to make films without dialogue, but he added music, which he wrote himself. It isn’t what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy doesn’t depend on words. It depends on little actions which mean the same thing to people the world over.
Chaplin lived most of his life in America and the last years in Switzerland, where he was buried at Christmas 1977, at the age of eighty-eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.
In his book, Chaplin tells us how to succeed in life. He says, “You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret.”
【小题1】Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy mainly because______.

A．lots of people have seen his films

B．he could sing and dance well

C．he knew how to make people laugh

D．he acted out the common human situations best in his comedy

【小题2】What makes people laugh in Chaplin’s films?

A．It isn’t his words but his actions.	B．Neither his words nor actions.
C．Either his words or his actions.	D．Not only his words but also his actions.

【小题3】The only secret of Charles Chaplin’s huge success is that______.

A．he can make all people, men and women, old and young laugh

B．he has full trust in himself

C．he is always active and hard-working all his life

D．though he is always in trouble, he never loses heart

【小题4】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．He was too shy to meet the managers of the theatres.

B．People won’t stop laughing until tears run down Chaplin’s face.

C．People all over the world can enjoy Chaplin’s films without translation because most of them are silent.

D．He wouldn’t like to work at the theatre.