Jack is an English student. He always stays at home for his holidays. But last winter he thought, “I have never left the country. All my friends have been to Germany. They like it very much. So this year I’m going there for my holiday.”

    First he went to Berlin and stayed in a small hotel for a few days. One morning he went out for a walk. In his country people drive on the left, but in Germany they drive on the right. Jack forgot about this, and while he came to a busy street, a bike knocked him down.

    Jack lay on the ground for a few seconds and then he sat up and said, “Where am I?”  An old man was selling maps at the side of the street. He quickly came to Jack and said, “Maps of the city, Sir? “

1.Jack is a(n) _____________.

A. German student  B. American student 

C. English student  D. French student

2.Jack went to Germany ____.

A. to visit his friends    B. to see his parents       

C. to drive a car          D. to spend his holidays

3.In Germany people drive ____.

A. on the right  B. on the left   C. in the middle  D. in the air

4. What happened to Jack one morning?

A. He lost his way.         B. A bike knocked him down. 

C. His car broke down.     D. He didn’t find his hotel.

5. When Jack said “Where am I ? “ What did the old man think?

A. He thought Jack was hurt.   

B. He thought Jack wanted to go home. 

    C. He thought Jack wanted something to eat.

D. He thought Jack wanted a map.

Welcome to Qinghuayuan Hotel

Qinghuayuan Hotel is a three-star courtyard-style hotel. It lies close to Tsinghua University and Peking University. When you are free, you may enjoy yourself on foot on the campuses.

There are 280 guest rooms in the hotel, including standard(标准的) double-rooms(RMB380 per night), suit (RMB480 per night), single rooms (RMB580 per night), offices (talking face to face) and so on. All rooms are decorated with modern furniture, TV, air conditioner, computer, and fire alarm system, etc.

The hotel has 4 restaurants which can hold more than 500 people. The restaurants provide new style seafood, Cantonese, Sichuan, as well as Beijing Roast Duck.

There are other facilities in the hotel, such as a teahouse, a business center, a shopping center, different meeting rooms, and a multi-function(多功能) hall which can hold 300 people.

The transportation is very convenient. You can go to different places easily.

Beijing Airport         33km               40 minutes           By car

Beijing Railway Station   18km               30 minutes           By car

Tiananmen Square     15km               30 minutes           By car

The Summer Palace     3km                10 minutes           By car

Yuan Ming Yuan Ruins   2km                6 minutes            By car

Tsinghua University     300m               5 minutes            On foot

Peking University      1km                15 minutes           On foot

For more information, you can call us at 010-62573355 or visit our website http://www. Tsinghuayuanhotel. com

1.Mr Smith and his family want to stay in Qinghuayuan Hotel for two nights. He wants to book two double-rooms, a suit and a single-room. It will cost him___.

A．RMB1440         B．RMB2880          C．RMB3640         D．RMB580

2.You can’t eat ___ in the restaurant in the hotel.

A．Beijing Roast Duck.                      B．Cantonese style.

C．Sichuan style.                          D．Qingyuan chicken.

3.It takes you ___ to go to Tiananmen Square by car from the hotel.

A．40 minutes.                            B．30 minutes.

C．10 minutes.                            D．5 minutes.

4.From the passage above we know that___.

A．it is a four-star courtyard- style hotel.

B．The visitors can’t eat Beijing Roast Duck in the hotel.

C．The visitors can walk to Tsinghua University in five minutes.

D．if you want to get more information, you can call us at 010-62573366.

5.the passage above is probably a(n) ___.

A．news             B．notice            C．advertisement      D．letter

A big company wanted a clerk，so John went there. In the interview，the director asked him a question. “Who paid for your school?” “My mother paid for it by washing clothes.”

Hearing this，the director asked John to show his hands. John showed a pair of hands that were perfect . The director said，“When you go back today，go and clean your mother’s hands，and then see me tomorrow morning.”   

When John went back，he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands.

However，his tears fell as he cleaned his mother’s hands. It was the first time he noticed that there were too many bruises(伤痕)in his mother’s hands. After finishing the cleaning of his mother’s hands，John quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.

Next morning，John went to the director’s office. The director noticed the tears in John’s eyes and asked,“ Please tell me your feeling.”John said，“Number 1，I know now what appreciation(感恩) is. I would not be successful if my mother didn’t do these things. Number 2，by helping my mother，now I realize how difficult it is to get something done.”The director said，“This is what I want to be my clerk. You can get the job.”

1.John went to the big company to         .

 A. look for his mother       B. ask for a job    C. ask the director for help   D. look for the director

2.John’s mother was a(n)         .   

A. office clerk            B. director          C. farmer           D. clothes cleaner

3. From the underlined sentence，we learn        .

A. John tried his best to wash clothes for his mother

B. John often helped his mother do the housework

C. John hardly helped his mother wash clothes

D. John often helped his mother wash hands

4.John felt         when he cleaned his mother’s hands.

A. happy                B. sad             C. angry             D. tired

5.Why did the director hire(雇佣)John?

A .Because he thought John 1earned appreciation.

B. Because he thought John had a good education.

C .Because he thought John worked very hard.

D. Because he thought John could help his mother.

The Water World Swimming Pool is open every day from eight o’clock in the morning until half past seven in the evening. It costs two dollars sixty to enter the pool. There is a special cheap price for students with a student card. The price is one dollar forty. But you must bring your student card with you.

On Wednesday morning the pool is only open to mothers and babies. So mothers can enjoy themselves in the water with their babies. Please leave your older children at home on Wednesday morning.

The new Water World Café will be open up on June 22nd. From the café you can watch the swimmers or enjoy a drink after you swim.

Please call 2105369 for more information. We look forward to seeing you at the Water World Swimming Pool.

1.How long is the Water World Swimming Pool open every day?

2. What is the price for students with a student card to enter the pool?

3.A ten-year-old boy can’t go to the Water World Swimming Pool         .

4.From the café you can watch the swimmers or enjoy a drink after you swim ______.

5. This passage is a(n) ______.

先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词必须在答题卡标有题号的横线上完整写出。
Japan is e________ 【小题1】its worst crisis（危机）since World War II. A terrible earthquake a________ 【小题2】 northeast Japan on March 11th. It was measured at magnitude 9.0. This is the s________ 【小题3】earthquake in Japan’s recorded history.
The earthquake was f________ 【小题4】by a tsunami. Its wave was up to 10 meters high and s________ 【小题5】away everything in its path, including houses, cars, buildings and trees.
The number of death r________ 【小题6】 6,405 last Friday morning, with 10,259 missing. The number will likely go b________ 【小题7】10,000 in one state （县）alone. Survivors along northeastern coast were in great n________ 【小题8】of drinking water, electricity and proper food.
Compared with the earthquake, the nuclear leak（核泄漏）had a w________【小题9】effect on the people in Japan. An explosion（爆炸）had hit a building at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station and smoke r________【小题10】from the building last Friday. People were told to stay indoors if they lived w________ 【小题11】18 miles away from it. People were worried if the radioactive material would be blown over the area because of the wind d________【小题12】. According to the WHO, the radiation risk had no sign of threatening（威胁）anywhere else in Asia at present.
March 22nd , 2011