News one: As the pace of life in big cities is getting faster, people are looking for more ways to relax. Let’s take a look at one way people are reducing stress in Beijing. The game is “Room Escape”. “Room Escape” was originally a computer game. In recent years, it has been adapted to a real life game. There are more than 10 places in Beijing where people can play this game.

According to the rules, the players are first taken to a house with several iron doors. They then need to find a way out of the house in one hour. Different houses have different ways of escaping, all of which require players’ bold(大胆的), careful thought, and teamwork.

News two: The Chinese government has published a list of 24 guidelines(指南) on how to take better care of parents. They are a modern update to 24 old stories about respectful children from the Yuan Dynasty.

The guidelines list 24 things to do with parents, including giving them a call every week, teaching them to use the internet, and supporting single parents’ remarriage. The guidelines stem from a Yuan Dynasty book, about 24 filial-hearted children who treated their parents very well. It is a value younger generations should never forget.

1.Why do people play “Room Escape”?

A．They play it for fun                      B．They want to know how clever they are.

C．They want to find out different ways of escaping.    D．To relax themselves.

2.They must escape from the house__________.

A．in an hour         B．in two hours       C．in several hours     D．in at least an hour

3.To escape from the house, they don’t need___________.

A．a strong body      B．to act fearfully      C．to think carefully    D．to work together

4.What should we not do to our parents?

A．Teach them to get online                  B．Often talk with them

C．Ask them to marry again                  D．Treat them carefully

5.What does News Two tell us?

A．It asks us to read books from Yuan Dynasty.

B．It asks us to give our parents money.

C．It asks us to respect our parents.

D．It asks us to give them a call.

 

Table of hotels from the Tour Guide(指南) for the city of Mystic and Mystic nearby.

【小题1】There are ____ hotels with indoor swimming pools.

A．two

B．four

C．six

D．eight

【小题2】To get the free Internet, you’d better choose______.

A．Sleep Hotel

B．Groton Hotel

C．Quality Hotel

D．Hampton Hotel

【小题3】You can _____ if you live in Roadway Hotel for holidays.

A．swim indoors

B．play tennis

C．ride bikes

D．do running

【小题4】The cheapest hotel with a restaurant is ______.

A．Howard Hotel

B．Roadway Hotel

C．Holiday Hotel

D．Comfort Hotel

【小题5】We can find out that ____ from the table above.

A．the largest hotel has 136 rooms

B．five hotels have meeting rooms

C．people can’t smoke in Sleep Hotel

D．kids needn’t pay for meals in Holiday Hotel

阅读下面对话，从方框中7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。 

A．The bus ride takes about 6 hours

B．What about the hotels?

C．Good idea.

D．We have two tours each week.

E. What are you going to do?
F. Two days.
G. That sounds good.
A: Is there anything I can do for you, sir?
B: I read in your travel guide (旅游指南) about the tour to Xi’an.
A: Yes.     1    , leaving on Monday and Thursday mornings.
B: How long is the tour？
A:   2   And it costs 360 yuan.
B: Can you give me more information on the tour?
A: Sure. The bus leaves at nine, in front of our office.     3  , with two stops to see some places of interest.
B:  4 
A: You’ll be staying at California Hotel. It’s a three-star hotel. And the meals are free.
B:   5  . We will talk about it and tell you whether we will go or not.
A: All right.

Ironing a shirt is easy to learn. Just follow the steps in this short guide (指南), and you’ll learn how to iron your shirt properly with the help of the video. The most important thing is this: don’t try to iron a dry shirt.
● Get ready
You will need an iron, an ironing board and a bottle of water. Place the shirt on the ironing board. You can iron in whatever order you like, but most people like to start at the top — the collar. Have a bottle of water ready. Spray (喷) it onto the shirt to make it easier to iron.
● Do the ironing
First, iron the inside of the collar. Second, turn the collar over and iron the other side. Third, iron the back shoulders of the shirt. Fourth, iron the cuffs. Iron the inside, then the outside of the cuffs. Fifth, iron the sleeves. Sixth, iron the back of the shirt. Finally, iron the front of the shirt. Do one side, and then do the other side.
● Dry the shirt
Check your shirt and iron it again if you need to. Now put your shirt on a hanger and let it dry.

【小题1】 What’s the most important thing if you want to iron a shirt?

A．Have a bottle of water ready.

B．Don’t try to iron a dry shirt.

C．Wash your shirt carefully.

D．Place the shirt on the ironing board.

【小题2】You will need all of the following things EXCEPT ________ before you iron a shirt.

A．a ruler	B．an iron
C．an ironing board	D．a bottle of water

【小题3】Most people like to start with ironing ________ of a shirt.

A．the sleeves	B．the back shoulders
C．the cuffs	D．the collar

【小题4】How many steps are there to do the ironing, according to this guide?

A．Five.	B．Six.
C．Seven.	D．Eight.

【小题5】The writer tells us it’s easy to learn how to iron a shirt by ________.

A．reading a book	B．watching a video
C．listening to the radio	D．reading the newspaper

Table of hotels from the Tour Guide(指南) for the city of Mystic and Mystic nearby.

1.There are ____ hotels with indoor swimming pools.

A．two              B．four              C．six               D．eight

2.To get the free Internet, you’d better choose______.

A．Sleep Hotel        B．Groton Hotel       C．Quality Hotel       D．Hampton Hotel

3.You can _____ if you live in Roadway Hotel for holidays.

A．swim indoors       B．play tennis         C．ride bikes         D．do running

4.The cheapest hotel with a restaurant is ______.

A．Howard Hotel      B．Roadway Hotel      C．Holiday Hotel       D．Comfort Hotel

5.We can find out that ____ from the table above.

A．the largest hotel has 136 rooms

B．five hotels have meeting rooms

C．people can’t smoke in Sleep Hotel

D．kids needn’t pay for meals in Holiday Hotel