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New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Price: £28.00

Publication Date: 30/11/2006

Publisher’s description:

Collect Doyle’s fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society.

Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind

Price: £16.00

Publication Date:11/10/2006

Brief description:

This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope. For Daniel Libeskind, life’s adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience. Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future. This biology of one man’s journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision.

In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman

Price: £16.00

Publication Date:02/09/2006

Brief description:

On 11th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the world Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead. Once she was found safe---in her school at the foot of the burning towers---he returned home, to mediate(反省) on the trauma(创伤), and to work on a comic strip(连环漫画). In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman’s extraordinary account of “the hijacking(劫机) on 9.11 and the following hijacking of those events” by America.

Light on Snow by Anita Shreve

Price: £14.00

Publication Date:07/10/2006

Publisher’s description:

This is the 11th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller. A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself.

Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

Price: £20.99

Publication Date:11/08/2006

Brief description:

Camping in the garden, riding bikes through the woods, climbing trees, picking wildflowers, running through piles of autumn leaves… these are the things childhood memories are made of. But for a whole generation of today’s children the pleasures of a free-range childhood are missing, and their indoor habits contribute to obesity, attention disorder and childhood depression. This book shows how our children have become increasingly distanced from nature, why this matters and how we can make a difference. Richard Louv is chairman of the Children and Nature Network and co-chair of the National Forum on Children and Nature. He is the author of seven other books and has written for newspapers and magazines including the New York Times and the Washington Post.

1.Who is the writer of the latest book published among the four books?

A.Arthur Conan Doyle                     B.Daniel Libeskind

C.Art Spiegelman                         D.Anita Shreve

2.If one wants to know something about Victorian society, he or she may read____.

A.Light on Snow                          B.In the Shadow of No Towers

C.Breaking Ground                        D.New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

3.Which of the following refers to tragedies?

A.Light on Snow & Breaking Ground

B.Light on Snow & In the Shadow of No Towers

C.In the Shadow of No Towers & Breaking Ground

D.New Annotated Sherlock Holmes & In the Shadow of No Towers

4.Which book is based on a real big event?

A.Breaking Ground                        B.In the Shadow of No Towers

C.Light on Snow                          D.Last Child in The Woods

5.Who has also written for newspapers and magazines according to the text?

A.Arthur Conan Doyle.                     B.Daniel Libeskind

C.Art Spiegelman                         D.Richard Louv

 

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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

  You should make thorough plans before you do a camping trip.Just follow these simple camping guidelines to make your trip safe and rewarding.

  Selecting a suitable tent

    1  .When determining the size of your tent, you should take into account the number of campers as well as the camping equipment necessary for your trip.There should be enough room in the tent for the camping equipment.  2  .

  Importance of food

  While camping, you will need enough food to give you enough energy for your outdoor work.  3  .You should use a two burner stove to do all your cooking.Insist on simple cooking and use vegetables and ready-made food during your trip to reduce cooking time.

  Adequate(enough)sleep

    4  .Nights are generally cooler than the days so you need to have enough warm clothes to feel comfortable enough to sleep during the night.When buying a sleeping bag, check that you feel comfortable in it.Extra air mattresses(气垫)may be included in your camping equipment to make your bed more comfortable.

    5  .Keep these camping guidelines in mind and make sure you are fully prepared to enjoy your camping trip.

A.All campers should have adequate sleep during the night.

B.Thus you must have an efficient arrangement(安排)for food preparation.

C.The best camping trips are had by those people who prepare the best.

D.Take healthy food with you to meet energy demands during your trip.

E.The comfort level in a tent determines(决定)the success of a camping trip.

F.The size is the most important thing you should carefully consider when choosing a tent.

G.It will destroy the mood of the entire camping trip if you don’t have a good sleeping bag.

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  At dusk, when walking across the Central Street in Harbin and stepping into Pisa Restaurant, we watched a   1   lady coming towards us.She greeted us in   2   with a bit foreign accent.“Hello!  3   to Pisa Restaurant.”That is Rena, a Russian, and   4   works as a waitress in Harbin.

  Since China   5   the opendoor policy years ago there has been more and more frontier(边界)  6   between China and Russia along the area.Once when Rena and her fellow townsman were traveling in Harbin, she   7   that Pisa Restaurant intended to hire a Russian girl as a   8  .Rena immediately applied for the job.On   9   of the fact that she not only could speak English but was   10   with restaurant service as well, Rena was hired, with a   11   of 350 yuan per month.

  Rena is very hard working and all the customers prefer to be   12   by her due to her cordial smile as   13   as her nice voice with Russian flavour.Many people have been   14   to Pisa Restaurant by Rena and wanted to   15   photos with her.Rena always tries her best to   16   them.Therefore business is really brisk(兴隆的)in Pisa Restaurant.

  When we   17   Rena how she arranged her free time.She told us that on her day   18   she usually went shopping or went to parks with her Russian friends who were also   19   in China.Taking photos and shopping are their   20   hobbies.

(1)

[  ]

A.

Chinese

B.

Russian

C.

Japanese

D.

German

(2)

[  ]

A.

Russian

B.

English

C.

Chinese

D.

Japanese

(3)

[  ]

A.

Go

B.

Get

C.

Play

D.

Welcome

(4)

[  ]

A.

now

B.

before

C.

ever since

D.

turn

(5)

[  ]

A.

carried on

B.

admitted

C.

adopted

D.

received

(6)

[  ]

A.

information

B.

communication

C.

connection

D.

friendship

(7)

[  ]

A.

guessed

B.

supposed

C.

learnt

D.

thought

(8)

[  ]

A.

waitress

B.

waiter

C.

cook

D.

servant

(9)

[  ]

A.

results

B.

amount

C.

reasons

D.

account

(10)

[  ]

A.

familiar

B.

strange

C.

similar

D.

satisfied

(11)

[  ]

A.

money

B.

wage

C.

outcome

D.

salary

(12)

[  ]

A.

treated

B.

waited

C.

served

D.

accepted

(13)

[  ]

A.

good

B.

well

C.

nice

D.

sweet

(14)

[  ]

A.

attracted

B.

invited

C.

taken

D.

brought

(15)

[  ]

A.

make

B.

get

C.

take

D.

have

(16)

[  ]

A.

amuse

B.

satisfy

C.

joke

D.

cheat

(17)

[  ]

A.

told

B.

knew

C.

wondered

D.

asked

(18)

[  ]

A.

out

B.

off

C.

away

D.

free

(19)

[  ]

A.

employed

B.

invented

C.

asked

D.

attracted

(20)

[  ]

A.

worse

B.

good

C.

bad

D.

favourite

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New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Price: £28.00
Publication Date: 30/11/2006
Publisher’s description:
Collect Doyle’s fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society.
Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind
Price: £16.00
Publication Date:11/10/2006
Brief description:
This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope. For Daniel Libeskind, life’s adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience. Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future. This biology of one man’s journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision.
In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman
Price: £16.00
Publication Date:02/09/2006
Brief description:
On 11th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the world Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead. Once she was found safe---in her school at the foot of the burning towers---he returned home, to mediate(反省) on the trauma(创伤), and to work on a comic strip(连环漫画). In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman’s extraordinary account of “the hijacking(劫机) on 9.11 and the following hijacking of those events” by America.
Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
Price: £14.00
Publication Date:07/10/2006
Publisher’s description:
This is the 11th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller. A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself.
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
Price: £20.99
Publication Date:11/08/2006
Brief description:
Camping in the garden, riding bikes through the woods, climbing trees, picking wildflowers, running through piles of autumn leaves… these are the things childhood memories are made of. But for a whole generation of today’s children the pleasures of a free-range childhood are missing, and their indoor habits contribute to obesity, attention disorder and childhood depression. This book shows how our children have become increasingly distanced from nature, why this matters and how we can make a difference. Richard Louv is chairman of the Children and Nature Network and co-chair of the National Forum on Children and Nature. He is the author of seven other books and has written for newspapers and magazines including the New York Times and the Washington Post.
【小题1】Who is the writer of the latest book published among the four books?

A.Arthur Conan DoyleB.Daniel Libeskind
C.Art SpiegelmanD.Anita Shreve
【小题2】If one wants to know something about Victorian society, he or she may read____.
A.Light on SnowB.In the Shadow of No Towers
C.Breaking GroundD.New Annotated Sherlock Holmes
【小题3】Which of the following refers to tragedies?
A.Light on Snow & Breaking Ground
B.Light on Snow & In the Shadow of No Towers
C.In the Shadow of No Towers & Breaking Ground
D.New Annotated Sherlock Holmes & In the Shadow of No Towers
【小题4】Which book is based on a real big event?
A.Breaking GroundB.In the Shadow of No Towers
C.Light on SnowD.Last Child in The Woods
【小题5】Who has also written for newspapers and magazines according to the text?
A.Arthur Conan Doyle.B.Daniel Libeskind
C.Art SpiegelmanD.Richard Louv

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When I was young, I really doubted whether there was love between my parents. Every day they were busy earning money so that they could   41  the high tuition my brother and I needed. They didn’t   42  in the romantic ways that I read in books or saw on TV.

One day, Mom was sewing a quilt(被子). I  43 sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a  44  here,” I said after a while. “Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very 45 voice.

Mom stopped her work and raised her head with   46  in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. She bent her head and continued to sew the quilt. I was   47  if I had hurt her. I was in great embarrassment and I was at a loss what to do. But at last she said, very   48  , “Susan, look at this   49 . Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and lasting. If   50  is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen, but it’s really there.   51  is inside.”

I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until years later.

One day, Dad accidentally got   52  while on duty. Ever since then he could no longer   53 properly. Every morning and dusk Mom would help Dad walk slowly on the country road. Along the country road, there were beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The leaves were gently glistening(发光)   54  the sun shining upon them. All of these made up the most beautiful   55  in the world.

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day. “Susan, don’t worry about me,” he said gently. “I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Looking into his eyes, I  56 what they meant.

The doctor had said Dad would   57 in two months. But that day never came. He   58 away in peace.

59 I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this   60 , I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life, which makes life strong and warm…

1.                A.afford          B.cost            C.spend    D.offer

 

2.                A.go             B.live            C.act  D.walk

 

3.                A.happily         B.silently         C.secretly  D.nervously

 

4.                A.request        B.problem        C.message  D.question

 

5.                A.loud           B.light           C.low  D.clear

 

6.                A.surprise        B.anger          C.stress    D.horror

 

7.                A.amazed         B.confused        C.shocked  D.ashamed

 

8.                A.quickly         B.excitedly        C.bitterly   D.gently

 

9.                A.quilt           B.needle         C.thread   D.sewing

 

10.               A.belief          B.work           C.experience D.life

 

11.               A.Warmth        B.Thread         C.Cotton    D.Love

 

12.               A.tired           B.drunk          C.ill    D.injured

 

13.               A.talk            B.walk           C.work D.think

 

14.               A.with           B.as             C.for   D.by

 

15.               A.signs           B.symbols        C.pictures   D.reflections

 

16.               A.read           B.doubted        C.translated  D.recognized

 

17.               A.retire          B.recover        C.regain D.remove

 

18.               A.passed         B.escaped        C.faded D.turned

 

19.               A.Again          B.Once          C.Then D.Later

 

20.               A.word          B.account        C.experience D.accident

 

 

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