Three days ago, the boss of a gold shop received a letter. As he was very busy, the letter was on his desk till dinner time. When he opened it, a $1000 note fell out onto the desk. With the note was a short letter:
| Dear sir, I got married forty years ago. Unfortunately, at that time there was a lot of unemployment and I got no job. I was out of work for about six months before I got another one. Of course I was very short of money. I came to your shop to buy a wedding ring one day. The assistant brought some rings for me to have a look, later she was called away for a moment, and then I put one of the rings into my pocket. When she came back, I said I did not know the size of my girlfriend’s finger. So I left the shop with the ring but I didn’t pay for it. My wife died a month ago, and the fact that I never paid for her ring has been on my conscience(让我良心不安)all these years. I always feel guilty about that. At that time the ring cost $100, and I think that is about ten times at today’s price. Now, I am sending you that amount. Yours truly, A customer |
After reading the letter, the boss said,“Well, life is always full of surprise!”The boss of the gold shop got a _________ 3 days ago.
A. ring B. letter C. goldThe underlined word“unemployment”means“______”in Chinese.
A.辞职 B.失业 C.就业The ring the customer put into his pocket was __________ 40 years ago.
A.$1000 B.$10000 C.$100The customer wrote to the boss in order to ________.
A. send the money for the ring B. say thanks to him C. return the ringWhich is NOT wrong according to the passage?
A. The boss opened the letter by himself.
B. The boss didn’t think life was always full of surprise.
C. When the customer’s wife knew the fact, she was annoyed.
Dear Lin Xin,
Thank you very much for your e-mail! I love fall, too. In Canada, we have a holiday called Thanksgiving Day in fall. Family members（成员） always celebrate it together. People often eat turkey and pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving Day. On that day, I usually go to my grandparents’ house. My uncles, aunts and their children are there, too. We all enjoy ourselves on that day.
In Canada, Thanksgiving Day is in early October. In the USA, they celebrate Thanksgiving Day in late November.
I remember your birthday is in September. Have a good time on your birthday, Lin Xin! On my birthday this year, I had a cake with thirteen candles. Everyone sang the song “Happy birthday”. Then I blew out the candles! Do you have a cake for your birthday?
Your friend,
Tom Where does the writer usually celebrate Thanksgiving Day?
When do people in Canada celebrate Thanksgiving Day?
How old is the writer this year?
从短文中找出与下面的句子划线部分意思最相近的短语。
We all enjoy ourselves on that day.
Everyone sang the song “Happy birthday”. (改为一般疑问句)
Love is the most (最) important thing in the world (世界). We need love in our life and the world also needs love to get better.
When I was a little girl, I thought that my father didn’t love me. He let me do everything by myself. I was afraid of darkness (黑暗), but he let me walk home alone. When I did well in my study, he only said, “Be better.” I couldn’t understand (明白) him. Where was his love?
But one day, I understood his love. It was a rainy day. School was over. At first I was not happy because I didn’t have an umbrella.
But then I saw that my father with a big umbrella walking in the rain. He kept me away from the rain with the umbrella and we ran home together. He was all wet. On that day, I knew my father loved me very much. I understand what love is. The writer thinks the most important thing in the world is _________.
A. money B. time C. loveThe girl was not happy on a rainy day because________.
A. she didn’t see her father
B. she was afraid
C. she didn’t have an umbrella The underlined (划线的) word “wet” means “_______” in Chinese.
A. 累的 B. 湿的 C. 干的 Which is TRUE (正确的)?
A. The girl’s father didn’t love her.
B. The girl’s father often let her walk home alone.
C. The girl’s father took an umbrella to school every day. Which is the best title (标题) for the passage (短文)?
A. Father’ s Love
B. An Umbrella
C. My Father
根据海报内容，选择正确答案。
The movie will be on (上映)__________.
A. for nine days
B. for ten days
C. for eleven days
The movie Shrek III lasts for ___________.
A. one and a half hours
B. two hours
C. two hours and a half
We can see the movie___________.
A. on Monday morning
B. on the morning of 1st June
C. at nine o’clock in the evening
The tickets for a family of three are __________.
A. ¥ 40 B. ¥45 C. ¥50
Which of the following is TRUE?
A. We don’t know the address (地址) of the cinema (电影院).
B. We don’t know the name of the movie.
C. We don’t have the telephone number of the cinema.
In America, many teenagers have a part-time job. A part-time job is one that you do a few hours each week to make money. Do you have a part-time job?
Teens can have many different kinds of part-time jobs. Some teens work in a grocery(杂货) store bagging groceries. Others may work in other local business such as the clothes store or drag store. You may have friends who work in a fast food restaurant. They may make the food, or keep the restaurant clean. Many teens make extra money by baby-sitting younger children in the neighborhood. Some teens even have their own business. They cut grass and take care of pets in their neighborhoods while other people are on vacation.
Most teens who have part-time jobs work only a few hours after school, maybe two or three times a week. They often have to work all day on Saturday.
Having a part-time job has many advantages. The job teaches you new skills that you can use as an adult. The job also teaches you responsibility(责任). The person who paid you for the job expects you to be there when you are supposed to and to do your job well. The job also pays you money that you can use for many different things. Your family might need the money to help with the family budget(预算). If you're lucky, you could use the money to buy music and videos. You might want to save the money to buy a new bicycle or maybe even a car.
In some families, teens have part-time jobs to help make money to go to college. Going to college is very expensive. Many parents cannot pay for their child's education without help from the child. In some families, at least half of what a teen makes at a part-time job goes into a college savings account(账户). The teen can spend the rest of the money on what he or she needs or wants.
Many teenagers have part-time jobs and still have time for their friends and families. Many still belong to clubs at school and even have time to play sports. If you have a part-time job，you need to have a good plan to help you do everything you want and have to do. Do your homework and chores as soon as you can. Don't let the work wait and pile up(堆积). Make sure you get to your job on time. Do the things that are most important to you. Spend time with the people you care about most.
根据短文内容完成句子填空（每空限填一个单词)。From the second paragraph of the passage, we know the American teenagers do ____________ kinds of part-time jobs to___________ some extra money.
根据短文内容完成句子填空(每空限填一个单词)。
In some families, the parents____________ the money made by their child to ____________to send their child to college.根据短文内容回答问题。
According to the passage, what can the teenagers learn from doing part-time jobs?
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___________________________________________________________________________________把短文中画底线的句子译成汉语。
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___________________________________________________________________________________根据短文内容用一个完整的英文句子(限15个词以内)回答问题。
What is the main idea of the passage?
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In 2004, three young men went to a dinner party in San Francisco. Afterward(过后),they wanted to share(分享) a video from the party with their friends. They wanted to send it over the Internet. But at the time, the process(过程) of sharing videos that way was difficult. Using e-mail did not work and the friends complained that there, was no website to help them. So they created their own. They called their website YouTube. It made sharing videos easy, so the website soon became very popular. People watched 2.500 million videos in the first six months!
Today, more than 70,000 new videos go up on YouTube each day. People watch more than 1,000 million videos a day. Many last no more than 10 minutes. These videos show all kinds of things, from sleeping cats to earthquakes. Most of the filmmakers are not professionals. They are just everyday people making videos, and they use the website in many interesting ways.
First many people use YouTube to entertain others. One example is Judson Laipply. He made a funny dance video and put it on YouTube in 2006. People watched the video more than 10 million times in the first two weeks. Now people stop Judson on the street to ask, "Are you the dance guy on Youtube?" Some people have invited him to dance at their parties. A few women even asked to marry him. Judson wants to make more dance videos, and people look forward to seeing them.
Other people use YouTube to advertise a business. David Taub does this. He is a guitar teacher and he sells videos of guitar lessons on his own website. He wanted to increase his business, so he put short videos with free lessons on YouTube. People enjoyed watching the lessons on YouTube, and afterward, many decided to go to David’s own website. Now David sells hundreds of guitar lesson videos each week.
People also use YouTube to help others. Ryan Fitzgerald is one example. Ryan is friendly young man who knows that some people are lonely and have no one to talk to. One day, he made a video of himself for YouTube. In the video, he gave his phone number and invited people to call him. In less than a week, he had more than 5,000 calls and messages from all over the world. These days, he is very busy talking on the phone. He helps people when he can, but mostly, he just listens, like a friend.
Finally, some filmmakers use YouTube in a more serious way. They want to inform people about important events happening in the world. For example, they show clips(片段)of videos from countries at war, or they show people in need of help after a storm. Sometimes TV news shows do not give enough information about these events. Thanks to YouTube filmmakers, people can go to their computers and learn more.
For many people, YouTube is more than just another website to visit. It is a way to communicate with others. More and more people are using it every day, and they will probably find even more ways to use it.From the first paragraph of the passage, we know three young men _______.
| A．shared a video right at a dinner party |
| B．sent a video by using the e-mail |
| C．set up a new website YouTube |
| D．became very popular in a few months |
Which of the following is NOT true about YouTube?
| A．YouTube makes sharing videos easy. |
| B．Over 70,000 filmmakers are not professionals. |
| C．Many videos on YouTube are short. |
| D．Most of the filmmakers are just everyday people. |
Judson Laipply became popular _______.
| A．only because he was a good dancer |
| B．after he put his funny dance video on YouTube |
| C．because he wanted to make more dance videos for the website |
| D．because people watched all kinds of videos 10 million times a week |
YouTube is used by David Taub ______.
| A．to sell his guitars |
| B．to start his new busincss |
| C．to advertise his business |
| D．to set up his own website |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Most of new videos made by professionals go up on YouTube every day. |
| B．People use the website YouTube to entertain others, help others, or inform others. |
| C．YouTube gives people a place to put videos so they can share or enjoy different shows. |
| D．For many people, YouTube is not only just a website to visit but also a way to communicate with others. |
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