October 1st, 2011
Dear Ann,
　　I hope that you and your children will be here in two weeks. My husband and I will  go to meet you at the train station. Our town is small but it is nice and beautiful. Your son Tom can go to the sports center every day. He can play games and go swimming there. Jill  is also lucky. My son has a cat and two sheep and I have two horses. She can play with them all day.
Please don't worry. I'm sure you’ll have a good time here.　See you soon.
Best wishes,
Linda
【小题1】The letter was from ________________.

A．Ann

B．Linda

C．Jill

D．Tom

【小题2】Ann and her children will go to Linda’s home on about______________.

A．October 1	B．October 7
C．October 15	D．October 28

【小题3】Linda lives in ________________ .

A．a big city	B．a small town
C．a big town	D．a country

【小题4】Ann and her children are going to Linda’s home _____________.

A．by bus

B．by car

C．on foot

D．by train

【小题5】From the letter we know that Tom loves        and Jill loves          .

A．sports, animals	B．music, animals
C．sports, dancing	D．animals, sports

Dear Mom, I’m sorry that I can’t go back home for Mother’s Day next week.  On that day, I’ll have to go to an important meeting for my boss, who helps me a lot with my work and life here.  But I’ll find time to see you at home soon. Mom, thank you for everything you’ve done for Tim and me.  After Dad died ten years ago, you had to work in a supermarket in the daytime and in a restaurant at night.  But you always gave us two your love and care.  Though you don’t have to work now, I still remember your coming home and feeling tired many evenings. Tim is going to finish his studies next month.  He said he would move back from school and look for a job neat home.  I’m glad you won’t live by yourself anymore.  Let’s plan to take a trip in the near future.  It’s been years since the three of us took a trip together. Happy Mother’s Day.  I love you, Mom. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Best wishes, 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　John 【小题1】What can we learn about John’s mother? A．She lives by herself now. B．She still works day and night. C．She will make a plan to save money. D．She used to be too busy to care for her children. 【小题2】What do we know from the letter? A．John has two brothers. B．John is unhappy with his boss. C．John has to work on Mother’s Day. D．Tim will leave home for his job soon. 【小题3】Which is said in the letter? A．John’s father died at work. B．Tim will look for a teaching job. C．John bought a gift for his mother. D．John hopes to take a trip with his family.

 

There are many things we need to know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare(比较) the prices of the things in different shops. We also need to know how to make the best choice when we shop.

Knowing how to make such choices is a life skill, and we need to practice it in our daily life.

Supermarket W

Business hours: 6:00 a.m – 10:30 p.m.

Eggs (1 kilo): ￡ 6.50

Apples(1 kilo): ￡3.80

Pork ( 1 kilo): ￡18.20

Tomatoes (1 kilo): ￡1.58

Environment: Very good

Service: Good

Supermarket M

Business hours: 5:30 a.m – 10:30 p.m.

Eggs (1 kilo): ￡6.60

Apples(1 kilo): ￡3.96

Pork ( 1 kilo): ￡18.20

Tomatoes (1 kilo): ￡1.50

Environment: Very good

Service: Good

Supermarket Y

Business hours:6:00 a.m – 10:00 p.m.

Eggs (1 kilo): ￡ 6.20

Apples(1 kilo): ￡3.30

Pork ( 1 kilo): ￡17.20

Tomatoes(1kilo):￡1.30

Environment: Need improving

Service: Just so-so

Supermarket T

Business hours: 6:00 a.m – 9:30 p.m.

Eggs (1 kilo): ￡6.90

Apples(1 kilo): ￡4.00

Pork ( 1 kilo): ￡18.60

Tomatoes (1 kilo): ￡1.60

Environment: Just so-so

Service: Bad

1.Which supermarket has the longest Business Hours?

A．Supermarket W.                        B．Supermarket T.

C．Supermarket Y.                         D．Supermarket M.

2.The price of the pork in ___________ is the same as that in ___________.

A．Supermarket W; Supermarket M

B．Supermarket Y; Supermarket T

C．Supermarket W; Supermarket Y

D．Supermarket M; Supermarket T

3.If you want to spend the least money on eggs, which supermarket will you go to?

A．Supermarket W.　　　　　　　　         B．Supermarket M.

C．Supermarket Y.　　　　　　　　           D．Supermarket T.

4.From above, which supermarket may have the fewest shoppers?

A．Supermarket W.　　　                   B．Supermarket T.

C．Supermarket M.　　　　                 D．Supermarket Y.

5.What may be the reason if a shopper usually shops in Supermarket Y?

A．The Environment.                       B．The Service.

C．The Business hours.                      D．The Price.

 

Ang Lee won the Best Director Oscar for his adventure film Life of Pi at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013.
　　Life of Pi shows a young Indian named Pi, who finds the world he knows swept away when his family sells their zoo and sets sail for Canada with a few animals. Only Pi escapes from the storm and floats in a lifeboat with a giant Bengal tiger.
　　“I really want to thank you for believing this story and sharing this unbelievablejourney with me,” Lee said in his speech. The film also won three other Oscars, for best original music, best cinematography(电影艺术) and best visual(视觉) effects. It won more awards than Lincoln and Argo which were also among the hottest nominees.
　　Coming from China's Taiwan, the 58-year-old Lee won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001 for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and another for Best Director in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain. He is the only person of Asian to win the directing award and one of the rare people who won that award more than once.
In an after-ceremony interview, Lee said he believed Asian films would come to the main stage of the world sooner or later. "I was born in Asia and grew up with Chinese education. It is natural for me to put Asian thinking into Western things." The film, which cost 120 million U.S. dollars, has earned nearly 600 million dollars worldwide. Lee said most of the earnings came from outside China. Lee said he felt warm that he won the award on the day of the Lantern Festival, a Chinese traditional festival on which families get together to solve puzzles on lanterns and eat Tang Yuan. He wished everyone a happy new year of the snake and everybody gets lucky.
【小题1】What kind of film does Life of Pi belong to?

A．Comedies.	B．Tragedies.
C．Detective films.	D．Adventure films.

【小题2】So far, how many Oscar directing awards has Ang Lee won?

A．One.	B．Two.
C．Three.	D．Four.

【小题3】How do Chinese people celebrate the Lantern Festival?

A．Families get together and have rice dumplings.

B．Children make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins.

C．People solve puzzles on lanterns and enjoy Tang Yuan.

D．Children go to the display of lanterns and receive red packets.

【小题4】What can we know from the passage?

A．The 85th Academy Awards was held in Hollywood, California this year.

B．Pi was a young American who had an adventure trip with a tiger in India.

C．Lincoln and Argo won more awards than Life of Pi.

D．Asian films have come to the main stage of the world.

【小题5】Which of the following about Life of Pi is true?

A．It was a great success as it won four Oscars.

B．It earned nearly 600 million dollars in China.

C．It describes Pi’s escape from a terrible earthquake.

D．It is the only successful film Ang Lee has ever made.

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why    animal    danger    live    lovely

The panda is one of the most popular 　1.　 in the world. A panda can grow up to 1.5 meters long and weigh up to 160kg. People think the panda is very　2.　. So it is not surprising that the WWF（世界自然基金会）chose the panda as its symbol. The WWF tells people about animals that are in 　3.　and raises money to save them. The panda only 　4.　 in the wild in China. In the early 1980s, there were only 1,000 left in the wild. The main reason 　5.　 pandas are endangered is that the area where pandas can live has become smaller.