Lao She wrote Teahouse in 1957．The play shows the audience life in China between1898 and 1945．It takes place in a teahouse in old Beijing and it tells us the story of Wang Lifa and his customers．It asks us to see the teahouse as the centre of the neighbourhood．Finally , it says goodbye to old Beijing and its people．

     The story starts in 1898 during the Qing Dynasty．It continues in 1916, and finally, it brings the audience to the end of the Anti - Japanese War in 1945．After the war, Wang loses the teahouse and he dies．

     Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899．His parents sent him to the Teacher' s School in Beijing and he learned to teach．From 1924 to 1929 he taught Chinese to the English in London．He wrote many plays, novels and short stories．He was named a “People' s Artist”                                                                                       and a “Great Master of Language”．He was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20 th century．

     In Lao She Teahouse today, waiters bring tea to the customers and sell them delicious                                                                               Chinese food．If you like Beijing Opera, folk music, acrobatics or magic shows, you can enjoy them in the teahouse．Lao She Teahouse gives a wonderful welcome to everyone from China and from all over the world．

1．When did Lao She write Teahouse?

      A．In 1950              B．In 1954              C．In 1957

2．Does Wang Lifa die finally in the story?

    A．Yes, he does．       B．No, he doesn't．     C．We don' t know．

3．What did Lao She teach in London?

      A．English               B．Chinese             C．Japanese

4．What can you enjoy in Lao She Teahouse today?

    A．Beijing Opera, folk music, magic shows

    B．Beijing Opera, ballet, acrobatics

    C．Jazz, acrobatics, magic shows

5．Where is Lao She Teahouse?      

    A．In London        B．In Beijing               C．In Jinan

If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?

Don’t listen to people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

1.Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ____ helping others.

A. school holidays????????????? B. weekdays???????????????? C. every morning.

2.What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?

A. To sleep under the stars.?

B. To spend the whole summer living in a tent

C. To help build new hiking paths in the mountains.

3.From the passage, we know that Jason Moore _____.

A. likes reading?????????????? B. is 18 years old?????????????? C. isn’t very rich

4.________ wants to be a teacher.

A. Alice Hamilton???????????? B. Jason Moore???????????????? C. Trish Anderson

5.Which is the most possible title for this passage?

A. Reading for Life.???? B. The Forest Center??????? C. Young American Volunteer.

In American schools there is something called Home-coming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a home-coming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation (毕业) day. Students plan Home-coming Day for many weeks in advance.
Several days before Home-coming ,students start to decorate (装饰)the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Home-coming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The members of school clubs build booths (摊位) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band (乐队)comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Home-coming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Home-coming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Home-coming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Home-coming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.
【小题1】The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is_______.

Kelly Christopher, a student at Lutheran High School in California, US, loves oranges. One day last week, she used a pole(竿子) to pick oranges off trees and collect them in baskets. It's the first time in her 15 years she's picked fruit from trees.
"This is quite different from buying oranges in the supermarket," said Christopher. "Every time I eat an orange, I'll remember this experience."
Christopher was one of the 30 student volunteers at Soil Born Farms. She volunteered as part of a project which was set up in 2009 to help homeowners in South Land Park pick oranges and other fruits out of their backyards. Before, the fruit would rot on the ground or get eaten by animals. Now the fruit is donated to those who need it.
"It is good for many people", said Randy Stannard, who works for the project. "The homeowner gets fruit picked and more people can have healthy food."
"Two harvests (收成 ) were organized in 2009 and volunteers picked 3,000 pounds (1,360kg) of fruit", Stannard said. In 2010, the number was 20,000. This year, Soil Born Farms hopes to get 40,000 pounds. They will harvest every weekend from January to April.
Shannon Galloway, Christopher's science teacher, brought her students into the project this year.
"You're making use of a resource that might be wasted," she said. "I think it's meaningful to everyone."
Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up a ladder(梯子) and gets on the top of the tree.
"Standing on the treetop is pretty cool," Frazier said. "I can see clearly that many baskets are filled up, and even see that many people are eating healthy fruit because of our volunteer work."                                          
【小题1】Christopher and other students went to pick fruits from real trees because they wanted to _____.

Martin Lynch, an American businessman, had been going on vacation to a small Mexican fishing village for a number of years. One morning while going for a walk along the beach, he saw his friend Pablo Perez, a local fisherman. Martin watched Pablo unload his boat and pack the fish in a box.

Martin noticed Pablo was smiling and looked very happy. He could also see several large fish in the boat. Martin greeted Pablo and asked how long it took to catch the fish. “Just a few hours,” replied Pablo. Martin asked, “why didn’t you stay longer and catch more fish?” “I have enough for my family,” Pablo said, “ And what do you do with the rest of your day?” asked Martin. “I take a nap, play with my children, spend time with my wife, and go into the village to see my friends and play cards. I have a full and busy life.” Martin explained that if Pablo worked longer hours and caught more fish, he could make more money. With the extra money, Pablo could buy more boats and catch many more fish. By selling the fish, Pablo could open his own factory and sell direct to supermarkets.

“Then what?” asked Pablo. “Well you would probably have to move to Mexico City to run the business. Finally, you would be about to sell your business and make millions of dollars,” replied Martin, “ How long will that take?” asked Pablo.

Martin thought for a while and said it would probably take at least 15 years.

“and then what?” asked Pablo.

“well, that’s the best part,” Martin said. “you will be able to retire, buy a house near the ocean, sleep longer, play with your children, spend more time with your wife, see your friends, and play cards.”

66: What is the story mainly about?

A businessman and a fisherman have become friends.

A business learns how to fish from a fisherman.

A fisherman wants to become a business.

A business gives advice to a fisherman.

67: How can the fisherman make more money in the business’s view?

many friends to visit him

a full and busy life

more boats and more fish

the house near the ocean

68: How can the fisherman make more money in the business’s view?

By buying a supermarket.

To move to Mexico City.

By selling his won business.

To work longer and catch more fish.

69: The underlined word “ unload” in the passage means__________.

A. put…into　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. take…away from

C. break down D. set off

70: We can infer from the passage that__________.

the fisherman will stay the same with his life

the fisherman will leave the village for Mexico City

the business man will buy the fisherman’s boat

it takes all day for the fisherman to catch large fish