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

A．Eleven hours.	B．Seven hours.
C．Eleven and a half hours.	D．Seven and a half hours.

【小题2】 What is the price for students with a student card to enter the pool?

A．Two dollars.	B．One dollar forty.
C．Two dollars sixty.	D．One dollar.

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

A．on Saturday	B．on Sunday
C．on Wednesday afternoon	D．on Wednesday morning

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

A．on May 21st

B．on May 22nd

C．on June 23rd

D．on June 21st

【小题5】 This passage is a(n) ______.

A．advertisement

B．note

C．story

D．slogan

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Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Susan wants to give a present to her mother. Father tells her to go to the shop and try to find something. Susan hurries(匆忙) to the shopping center(中心) and goes to the women's store. She has $3.00. First she thinks she will get her mother something to wear. Then she thinks she will buy something for her to use (使用).

But she only has $3.00. She can't buy any nice dress. She sees a nice red hat. She knows her mother will like it. But it is too expensive. It is $10.00.

The saleslady looks at her and then looks at the hat. She takes off(取下) the price tag(标签) and says, "That's exactly(恰好) $3.00. "

1.Why does Susan want to give a present to her mother?

A. She loves her mother.

B. Her father asks her.

C. Tomorrow is Mother's Day.

D. She is a good girl.

2.Where does Susan go?

A. To the shop.

B. To a book shop.

C. To the women's store.

D. To the supermarket.

3.What’s the meaning of ‘saleslady’?

A. 妇女            B. 母亲           C. 女售货员         D. 工人

4.What is the price on the price tag?

A. $3.00.          B. ￥3.00.       C. $10.00.      D. ￥10.00.

5.Why doesn't Susan buy the dress?

A. She doesn't like it.

B. Her mother doesn't like it.

C. The dress is not beautiful.

D. She doesn't have much money (钱) with her.

 

Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Susan wants to give a present to her mother. Father tells her to go to the shop and try to find something. Susan hurries(匆忙) to the shopping center(中心) and goes to the women's store. She has $3.00. First she thinks she will get her mother something to wear. Then she thinks she will buy something for her to use (使用).
But she only has $3.00. She can't buy any nice dress. She sees a nice red hat. She knows her mother will like it. But it is too expensive. It is $10.00.
The saleslady looks at her and then looks at the hat. She takes off(取下) the price tag(标签) and says, "That's exactly(恰好) $3.00. "
【小题1】Why does Susan want to give a present to her mother?

A．She loves her mother.

B．Her father asks her.

C．Tomorrow is Mother's Day.

D．She is a good girl.

【小题2】Where does Susan go?

A．To the shop.

B．To a book shop.

C．To the women's store.

D．To the supermarket.

【小题3】What’s the meaning of ‘saleslady’?

A．妇女

B．母亲

C．女售货员

D．工人

【小题4】What is the price on the price tag?

A．$3.00.

B．￥3.00.

C．$10.00.

D．￥10.00.

【小题5】Why doesn't Susan buy the dress?

A．She doesn't like it.

B．Her mother doesn't like it.

C．The dress is not beautiful.

D．She doesn't have much money (钱) with her.

You might have noticed that the cost of food has gone up.In fact the price of wheat and rice has nearly doubled in the past few years.It’s thought that right now，850 million people—that’s more than 10 times the population of the UK—are short of food because it’s too expensive or there’s not enough of it.

The price of basic food such as wheat and corn has stayed the same for quite a long time，about 30 years.But as the world’s population is getting bigger，there’s more pressure to feed more people，plus there’s less land and water to go round.

Another reason is climate（气候）change.Droughts and floods make it hard to grow crops like rice and grain.The price of oil has gone up and that makes it more expensive for farmers to run their tractors and to transport the food they make.And lots of fields are being used to grow crops to make other things that can’t be eaten—which is bad news for hungry people.

The main losers are poor people who live in cities in poor countries，who are facing higher prices for food.Some people are doing well out of the food crisis（危机） though.Farmers in rich countries like the US，Canada and Australia are getting record prices for their harvests.

World leaders are meeting in the Italian capital Rome to talk about the problem of rising food prices.Some countries are helping out with the cost of foods and international aid agencies have called for more money for food production in poor countries.

1.The price of food goes up because all of the following EXCEPT _____.

A．there are more and more people in the world.

B．American farmers are getting richer and richer.

C．many farm lands are used to make other things rather than food.

D．climate change makes it harder to grow food.

2.Who lose the most because of the food crisis?

A．Farmers in rich countries.

B．Farmers in developed countries.

C．Poor people in cities in poor countries.

D．Poor people in cities in developed countries.

3.What does the food crisis mean to farmers in Canada?

A．They can get a lot of money from the government.

B．They have to save a lot of money.

C．They can make more money from the high price.

D．They are losing a lot of money.

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A．Why is the Price of Food Going Up？

B．How Many People are Short of Food?

C．What Can We Learn from the Food Crisis?

D．Who Can Benefit（受益） from the Food Crisis?

 

 The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian. Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries. People usually start collecting cards because they are small and light and you do not need much space for them. It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business. In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can only buy telephone cards, and some cards cost up to ￡4,000.The first Japanese card has a value of about ￡28,000. Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors’ magazine.

1. When were the first Italian telephone cards produced?

2.How many countries can produce telephone cards now?

3.Where can we find a market to buy telephone cards?

4.What is the price of the first Japanese telephone card?

5.In which magazine do most people see cards with prices?