This April is a busy month in Shanghai. There’s a lot to do. Here is some information.
Live Music - Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet (小号) player. This is Herbie’s third visit to Shanghai. The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.
Scottish Dancing
Take your partners and get ready to dance. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn.
Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum
There are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history there.
Dining - Sushi(寿司) in town
Sushi is getting really big in Shanghai. In Japan, it’s become an art form. The most famous Sushi ‘artist’ is Yuki Kamura. She’ll be at Sushi Restaurant all of this month.
For a full listing of events, see our website.Suppose you are going to attend an activity at 8: 00p. m. on Saturday, which one can you choose?
| A．Live Music - Late Night Jazz |
| B．Scottish dancing |
| C．Exhibitions - Shanghai Museum |
| D．Dining - Sushi in town |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the advertisements?
| A．Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that you will never get bored. |
| B．The performance given by the American jazz will last for over two weeks. |
| C．Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food. |
| D．It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for Japanese history. |
From the text we may learn that Kamura is _________.
| A．a cook | B．a waitress |
| C．an actress | D．an artist |
Mr. Smith works in an office. He’s very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he’s always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after supper. She doesn’t stop talking until she falls asleep.
One day Mr. Smith felt terrible and couldn’t go to work. He decided to go to see a doctor. And Mrs. Smith went to the hospital with him. Before her husband said what was the matter with him, she had told the doctor all and the doctor understood why. He wrote out a prescription (药方). And when Mrs. Smith brought the medicine to the resulting room (门诊室), The doctor said to her, “The bottle of medicine is for your husband and the pills are for you.”
“For me?” Mrs. Smith said in surprise. “I’m fine. I don’t need any medicine!”
“I don’t think so, madam,” said the doctor. “They are sleeping pills. Your husband will soon be all right if you take them.”Mr. Smith is ____________.
| A．too busy to have a good rest |
| B．too busy to have a good time |
| C．busy enough to have a good rest |
| D．too busy to enjoy himself |
“His wife doesn’t stop talking until she falls asleep” means “____________”.
| A．She doesn’t stop talking when she falls asleep |
| B．She doesn’t stop talking after she falls asleep |
| C．She keeps talking until she falls asleep |
| D．She stops talking before she falls asleep |
Why does Mr. Smith have to get up when his wife is asleep in the morning?
| A．Because he can’t fall asleep. |
| B．Because he has to go to work. |
| C．Because he doesn’t want to sleep. |
| D．Because he has to see a doctor. |
The doctor meant that her husband would be all right if _______________.
| A．her husband took the pills. |
| B．she took the bottle of medicine |
| C．she and her husband took the bottle of medicine |
| D．she stops talking too much at night |
| Channel 1（一频道） |
Channel 2 |
| 18:00 Around China |
17:45 Computers today |
| 18:30 Children’s programmer |
18:10 Foreign arts |
| 19:00 News |
18:30 Modern English |
| 19:30 Weather report |
19:00 Animal world |
| 19:40 Around the world |
19:25 In Asia |
| 20:10 TV play: Sisters |
20:20 Sports |
| 21:00 English for today |
21:00 Sports player: Yao Ming |
| 21:15 Pop music |
21:45 English news |
| 21:55 Talk show |
22:05 On TV next week |
You’ll know something about _____ at 19:00 on Channel 2.
| A．animals | B．news |
| C．foreign arts | D．Asia |
If you want to watch NBA, the best programmer for you would be ______.
| A．Sports | B．Around the world |
| C．Foreign arts | D．English news |
“Modern English” is a programmer that ______.
| A．teaches you English |
| B．tells you something about English classroom |
| C．lets you know English news |
| D．makes foreign friends |
People use money to buy food, books and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in ancient (古代的) time people often used all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells (贝壳).
In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks (象牙), monkey tails and salt were used in some pans of Africa (非洲). Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people in some islands.
Cows and other animals were used as money, too.
The first copper coins(硬币) were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver (银). But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.
Money has had an interesting story from the days of shell money till today.People usually use money .
| A．to buy gold |
| B．to get something they want |
| C．to buy shells |
| D．to buy something expensive |
In the past ,the ancient (古代的)Chinese used to have cloth and knives ____.
| A．as a tool | B．as money |
| C．as a gift | D．as a kind of goods |
was also a kind of money used by the people on some islands．
| A．Gold | B．Animals |
| C．Rice | D．Knives |
The first paper money ___ .
| A．looked like the same as the paper money used today |
| B．looked interesting |
| C．looked like a note |
| D．had a square hole in the center |
Betty is an American school girl. She is very happy because her parents will take her to China for a visit. They are going to fly from New York on June 30 and get to Beijing on July 1. They will stay at Lido Holiday Inn. Their Chinese friends will show them around Beijing. They are going to visit the Palace Museum, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall. They will also visit some Chinese homes and try some Chinese food. They will spend a week in Beijing and then go to Xi’an, Guilin and some other places for sightseeing. The whole trip will take three weeks and she is sure she will have a great time in China. Betty is very happy because she will _______ with her parents.
| A．visit New York | B．go home |
| C．watch TV | D．visit China |
Their _______ friends will show them around Beijing.
| A．Australian | B．Chinese |
| C．American | D．pen |
From the text we can know that they will _______ in Beijing.
| A．cook Chinese food | B．speak Chinese |
| C．try some Chinese food | D．play games |
After they visit Beijing, they will go to _______.
| A．Xi’an and Guilin | B．The Summer Palace |
| C．Shanghai | D．the Great Wall |
There is a library in John’s school. It’s new and big. It’s behind the classroom building. It has three floors.
On the first floor, there are two reading rooms. There are five big desks and thirty chairs in each reading room. John comes here and does his homework after class every day. On the second floor, there are a lot of books for students and teachers. They can’t take the books away. They can only read books in the library. John thinks that it is bad. On the third floor, there is a computer room with sixty computers. Students have IT lessons here. It’s John’s favourite lesson. What’s the library like?
| A．It’s small. | B．It’s big but old. |
| C．It’s big and new. | D．It’s small but new. |
How many chairs are there in the two reading rooms?
| A．There are 5. | B．There are 15. |
| C．There are 30. | D．There are 60. |
What does “it” refer to(指的是)in the passage?
| A．The library. |
| B．The book. |
| C．They can take books away. |
| D．They can only read books in the library. |
What do students do on the third floor?
| A．They read books. | B．They have IT lessons. |
| C．They do their homework. | D．They play basketball. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．John’s favourite lesson isn’t IT. |
| B．The library is behind the office building. |
| C．The books on the second floor are for teachers. |
| D．There are 60 computers in the computer room. |
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