SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEKEND

Captain Good fellow

Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00. Free.

Walking Tour of the Town

    Forget your worries on Saturday morning. Take a beautiful walk and learn about local history. Meet at the front entrance of City Hall at 9:30. Wear comfortable shoes!

Films at the Museum

    Two European films will be shown Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.

International Picnic（野餐）

    Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 p.m.

Take Me out to the Ballgame

    It’s October, and tonight is your last chance to see the Redbirds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold …, don’t forget to wear sweaters and jackets.

Do You Want to Hear “The Zoo”?

“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert tomorrow night at 8 at Rose Hall, City College.

If you get to the Museum Theatre at 3:30 on Saturday afternoon, you can       .

A. enjoy the film: The Workers                    B. enjoy the film: See Broken Window

C. enjoy interesting stories                       D. enjoy the concert

You can probably eat Chinese, Italian, and Arabic food ______.

A. at the front entrance of City Hall                   B. at the ballgame

C. at 5:00 p.m.                                                 D. at Central Park on Saturday

If you are going on the Walking Tour, don’t forget ______.

A. your worries                                                B. your beautiful dog           

C. your learning about local history                   D. your comfortable shoes

The Redbirds ballgame ______.

A. is in the afternoon    B. is outside                  C. is at the gate             D. might be cold

“The Zoo” is ______.

A. a park with lots of animals there                    B. US concert

C. a music group                                              D. going to give the concert at 8 a.m. tomorrow

1. She has great p       and will surely become very successful if

she is given the opportunity.                                  ___________

2.Some dogs are trained to help people who are v      impaired.      ___________

3. When we are learning new things, it is important to make use of

   p       knowledge.                                         ___________

4. There is no quick way of finding a cure for any disease; it is always

   a process of trial and e     .                                    ___________

5.It will take us an hour to get to the airport, a      for traffic delays.   ___________

6. If you try to look up every word you come across in a reading passage,

   you will soon get s      and it will slow down your reading.         ___________

7. Do as you are told to, o      you will be in real trouble.            ___________

8. He worked hard for a while, but e      he got tired of trying so hard.   __________

9. The food in this restaurant is delicious and the prices are r      .      __________

10. Parents should face the fact that most children are of a      intelligence. __________

An explosion on Thursday killed one and injured 21 in a busy street in Tongren, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province.

　　The bomb was hidden in a rubbish bin in the city’s commercial hub（商业中心），where lots of shops and restaurants are concentrated.

　　The ear-splitting blast was heard around 12∶50 p.m.，said a local newspaper, citing witnesses. The power of the blast shattered（使粉碎）nearby shop windows and ripped the stainless（不生锈的）steel rubbish can to pieces.

　　One passer-by，identified（确认）only as Zhang，said she was shocked by the noise and saw a lot of pedestrians lying on the ground when she got to the scene.

　　Thirteen of the injured were taken to a local hospital after the explosion. A doctor there said five were in serious condition but already out of danger after emergency treatment. The others were just slightly hurt.

　　The cause of the explosion is still under investigation, said an officer with the Tongren police, but refused to speculate as to the cause.

It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

　　A. All the injured were taken to a hospital

　　B. 8 of the injured were not taken to a hospital

　　C. The rubbish bin with a bomb was in a restaurant

　　D. The rubbish bin with a bomb was in a shop

Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

　　A. One passer- by, indentified only as Zhang, saw the man throwing a bomb into a bin.

　　B. Some customers in restaurants were injured.

　　C. The writer didn’t get to the scene.

　　D. All customers in shops got hurt.

In the last paragraph the underlined word“ speculate” probably means ________.

　　A. tell　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. guess

　　C. discuss　　　　　　　　　　　　D. talk

第一节：对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

M: Excuse me, how can I get to the Riverside Theatre?

W: Sorry．I didn't catch 1.w________ you said．     

M: Please 2.s________ me where the Riverside Theatre is.          

W: Do you speak French? I'm a 3.f________ here.                  

M: Oh, wonderful! I come from Paris．Is there a Riverside Theatre near here?

W: OK．Let me tell you the way．Walk 4.a________ the river and take

the fourth 5.t________ on the left, then go down until you reach the 

second set of traffic 6.l________．Turn right at the end of the road

and you will see the theatre.

M: Good heavens! What a long way!

W: You can take a taxi if you can't 7.r________ what I told you or if you _

don't want to walk a long way.

M: Well, I like 8.w________．It's a fine day for it, isn't it? And        

Shakespeare's play is worth the 9.e________!                   

W: Yes, you are right．I like Shakespeare too!

M: Thank you very much.

W: It's a 10.p________． 

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It' s six o' clock on a cold Saturday morning．Liu Zifan reluctantly gets out of the warm bed．
"I wish I could sleep  36  more," says Liu．
The 12-year-old seventh grader from Beijing Guangqumen   37  School must take an - hour - ride to get to the school for the   38 curriculums that occupy her whole Saturday morning．  39 Sunday afternoon, she has music lessons from 3 p．m．to 7 p．m．．
During weekdays, Liu has to get up around five in the morning, and  40 home by six．
" My teacher  41 us to eat an apple in the morning so that we won' t feel  42 " , she says．
In primary school, Liu  43 taking the New Concept English class every Saturday morning, and Chinese, English and Olympic maths classes in the afternoon．On Sunday morning, she had to do  44 at home．In the afternoon, she took Cambridge English class．
"I didn't have time to rest,   45 on Friday night," Liu recalls．
The family has a monthly  46 of about 1,700 yuan．Liu Zifan' s  47 classes cost 2, 000 yuan each term．
" I think it' s   48 the money," Liu' s father says．" We do everything we can to provide her with good education,   49  she will get a good job in the future．"
Chinese children face   50 pressures on study．Some parents make their children study 51    First graders start to take classes for second graders, and so on, therefore they can get an   52 in exams．Most Chinese   53 believe high academic credentials （成绩） mean a better school, a brighter future．So they   54  their children to extracurricular classes like music, English and maths to develop a special   55 , which later might be a stepping stone to a good school．  
36．A．any           B．some          C．even           D．far
37．A．Secondary                                     B．Training        C．Language     D．Primary
38．A．super          B．extra          C．huge           D．usual
39．A．In             B．For            C．At            D．On
40．A．get                                           B．stay            C．leave            D．drive
41  A．orders          B．recommends     C．persuades        D．suggests
42．A．sleepy            B．tired               C．cold                 D．thirsty
43．A．stopped              B．finished            C．enjoyed              D．started
44．A．housework          B．washing           C．homework       D．writing
45．A．besides            B．including            C．since             D．except
46．A．pay                  B．cost                    C．income                D． money                                 
47．A．weekend           B．Sunday            C．everyday             D．Saturday
48．A．wasteful         B．worth                  C．valuable              D．worthy
49．A．so that                B．since               C．now that              D．while
50．A．challenging      B．increasing            C．developing      D．changing
51．A．ahead              B．hard              C．late                 D．away
52  A．average            B．achievement        C．advance          D．advantage
53．A．teachers              B．students           C．friends           D．parents
54．A．send            B．hope                   C．take                    D．wish
55．A．strength        B．interest             C．talent              D．skill