I have returned to my hometown after I was away ten years ago. So many things have changed around here. It has become better and better. When I left here, there was a small pool on the right of my house. Now the pool has gone and people have built a large shopping mall(商场) there.

The biggest changes have taken place in the center of the city. There are sidewalks on both sides of the street. You can see a street center with so many tall buildings around. You can’t drive there any more because no vehicle is allowed to pass there. A European-style fountain(喷泉) has been built in the street center garden.

There used to be an old school near my house. I spent my five years studying there. There was a small payground in front of the school. But now what I can see are five tall buildings standing there. There are two big classroom buildings and a library. A new post office has also been built just across from the new school.

1.I have been away from my hometown for ________.

A. ten months????????????? B. one year????????????? C. five years????????????? D. ten years

2.On the right of my house, there was a _________ ten years ago.

A. library????????????? B. garden????????????? C. supermarket????????????? D. pool

3.No vehicle is allowed to pass the _________.

A. center of the city????????????? B. old school????????????? C. street center????????????? D. playground

4.Which of the following is WRONG(错的)?

A. A fountain is in the street center garden.???

B. Now there is an old school near my house.

C. There are two big classroom buildings and a library in the new school.

D. There is a post office across from the school.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Great Changes in My Hometown.?? ????????????? B. A Wonderful Place

C. What a Nice Town????????????? ????????????? D. My School.

Long March exhibit

The Shanghai History Museum is putting on exhibition to remember the Long March(长征) which took place 75 years ago. More than 220 photos and 40 other things are on show. All the exhibition is explained in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.

Time: 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.

Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road

Ticket: 8 yuan for Chinese/15 for foreigners

Thai elephants

Eight elephants from Thailand are an attraction for visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, dancing and blowing a musical instrument. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and there is an extra show at 1:30 p.m. at weekends. The show will end on November 15.

Address:189 Daduhe Road

Ticket:30—40

Dancing dolphins

Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, dancing to music, kissing people and doing easy math problems, and seals and sea lions, also performing, have made a large part of the aquarium in Peace Park, which interests children greatly.

Hours: 10:30 a.m., 4:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.

Ticket: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.

1.Where can one see the Long March exhibition?

A．In Shanghai History Museum.              B．In Changfeng Park.

C．In Peace Park.                          D．On 189 Dahude Road.

2.How many shows do the Thailand elephants give at weekends?

A．One             B．Two              C．Three            D．Four

3.What may interest children very much in Peace Park?

A．Elephants playing basketball.               B．Dolphins dancing to the music.

C．Seals riding bikes.                       D．Sea lions blowing instruments.

4.How much should a child pay to go into Peace Park?

A．Five yuan.         B．Fifteen yuan.       C．Ten yuan.          D．Twenty yuan.

5.Which of the following is true?

A．The Long March exhibition is explained in English.

B．The sea animals can work out difficult math problems.

C．Thai elephants’ shows can only be seen in the day.

D．The sea animals perform three times a day.

Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the local people of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the local people become unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy(经济). It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance(推进) the well-being (health and happiness) of local people.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a lot of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first-class roads and other support facilities needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international-class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel will lose money.
Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.
【小题1】What is probably the reason if local people dislike tourists?

Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others．For example，some high school and college students in the U.S.A. often spend many hours as volunteers in the hospitals，orphanages（孤儿院）or rest homes．They read books to the people in these places，or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems．

Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old．They paint，clean up or repair their houses，do their shopping or mow（割；修剪）their lawns．For boys who no longer have fathers，there is an organization called Big Brothers．College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or fishing trip and help them get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers．

Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games．Some of these clubs show films or organize short trips to the mountains or some places of interest．Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to know the problems and needs of young boys and girls．

Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others．

根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。

1.In America，it takes most of high school and college students little time to be volunteers in hospitals，orphanages or rest homes.

2.Some young volunteers can go and play in the homes of people who are sick or old.

3.If a boy has no father，he can get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers in an organization called Big Brothers.

4.Most of the clubs don’t like to use the high school or college students as volunteers because they’re too young to remember anything.

5.If you bring happiness to others，you will feel happy too.

根据短文内容及所给的汉语，写出单词的正确形式，每空限填一词。

Some students dreams of being  1.(科学家) , some want to be teachers, and others may want to be doctors. Different people have different kinds of dream jobs. What’s your dream job? Do you want to be an island caretakers? If your answer is yes, here’s a dream job for you. In Scottish, there is an island  2.(叫做) Inchcolm. The island is in 3. (需要)of manager. The Scottish  4.(政府)advertises for the job. It offers more than 20,000 for the future manager every year.

There aren’t any people  5.(居住)on the beautiful island. But you won’t feel   6.(孤独的)when you stay here. Around ￡20,000 people visit the island every year. There are also many seals which live on the island. The new manager will live and work on the island eight months a year with   7.(另一个)member of staff.

“You have the whole island. In the evenings you can enjoy beautiful views and the peaceful island. You will feel  8.(放松的) when you stay here. I promise that you will fall in love with the beautiful island, said the spokesperson from the Scottish government. “Living on the island  9.(主动提供)an adventure and the  10. (机会) to experience new things,” the spokesperson added.