—______did Prince William's wedding（婚禮） last?
—It lasted for about 5 hours.
A. How far  b. How long  C. How soon  D. How often

—There are 60 students in my class and 44 of them use weibo veryoften.
—44? That means about_______of your classmates are weibo users, right?

A．half

B．one third

C．two thirds

D．three quarters

In ancient times, dogs were mainly ______helping people hunt( 打獵) .Now they are more useful-they can help the blinds, search for the bad eggs.

A．bad for

B．used to

C．used for

D．good at

—Do you know_______?
—Yes. At about twelve. I was just about to go to bed.

A．when he came back

B．when he will come back

C．when did you go to bed

D．whether he goes to bed late

Tony is reading an advertisement in a magazine.  It is about different evening classes or weekend classes.
The Learning Centre, Garden City
We have evening and weekend courses on ...
test preparation            friends and meeting people
jobs and making money     cooking and language learning
Some of this month's courses:
1. Get good grades!
Do you forget information and do poorly on tests? In this course, learn to...
※ remember more (95 percent of what you read).
※ think quickly and read fast (400 words per minute!).
※ do well on tests and get high scores.
2. Find true love...today!
Are you single and shy? Is it hard for you to talk to people?
In this course, learn to...
talk to people; start a conversation with a man or woman.
be more friendly and outgoing.
※ understand a person's body language.
3. You are on TV!
Many actors get their start in television. You can too! In this course, learn to...
※ act in TV ads.
※ use your voice on the radio.
※ get TV and radio jobs.
4. Cook delicious and healthy food!
Are you interested in cooking? Do you want to keep healthy? In this course, learn to...
※ keep a balanced diet.
※ cook delicious traditional Chinese food.
※ make western-style food. This course is also online al www. dffh. net. cn.
【小題1】In the Learning Center, you won't learn how to______.

A．prepare for a test

B．make money

C．learn a language

D．get along well with others

【小題2】After taking course 1, you can't_______.

A．think quickly

B．improve your memory

C．remember everything you read

D．finish reading a 200-word passage in 30 seconds

【小題3】After taking course 3, you can learn how to_______.

A．become an actor (actress)

B．become a radio reporter

C．become a TV host (hostess)

D．get a job in a radio station

【小題4】Which course is allowed to take online?

A．Course 4.

B．Course 3.

C．Course 2.

D．Course 1.

【小題5】What's the advertisement about?

A．Finding true love.

B．Getting good jobs.

C．Cooking delicious food.

D．Different evening and weekend classes.

A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口譯員) when she is only ten years.
Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumor (腦癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.
Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.
Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (歐盟議員) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (議會(huì)). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就獎(jiǎng)). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "
【小題1】How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?

A．4.

B．6.

C．10.

D．14.

【小題2】When did Alexia Sloane become blind?

A．When she was born.

B．After she had a brain tumor.

C．After she became an interpreter.

D．When she was on holiday with her parents.

【小題3】Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter?

A．Richard.

B．Isabelle.

C．Melissa.

D．Robert Sturdy.

【小題4】What is right about Alexia Sloane?

A．She can speak five language fluently.

B．She is a talented language learner.

C．She is the only child in the family.

D．She went to France on holiday after she won the award.

【小題5】What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me. "?

A．Never give up.

B．Believe in yourself.

C．Nothing is impossible.

D．Failure is the mother of success.

Online shopping has become something very common for young people, however, it's not easy for the old people to buy things on the internet. Therefore, offline Daigou stores, or buy-for-you stores, are becoming popular among the old.
64-year-old man Li Hui'an is searching for his favorite CD in an offline Daigou shop. He says, "It's very convenient to buy things online, however, I can't use the internet. After I happened to find this buy-for-you shop, I decided to try, as I wanted to buy an opera CD. Finally I got one I'd searched for several years. I was so happy. I have become crazy about offline shopping. "
The store owner Liu Min says in order to meet the need of people who want to buy things online but can't use the internet, she started the business of offline buy-for-you. In only about ten days since the start of the business, she has received more than 20 orders from customers (顧客). Liu Min is not the only one who finds the large need of offline buy-for-you business in the market. In Dalian city, northeast China, more than 300 such stores opened their doors only in April.
In order to attract more customers, they have opened their shops in residential communities (居民區(qū)). And they charge a suitable service fee. For example, when buying things that cost less than 200 Yuan for customers, they usually charge 5 Yuan as service fee.
Though the offline buy-for-you service makes it easier for certain people to shop online, what if there is any problem with the ordered thing, let's say, like a quality problem? The shop owners say they will deal with any quality problems that may happen when using their Daigou service.
【小題1】What is offline shopping?

A．Buying things in a common store.

B．Buying and selling things on the internet.

C．Buying things on the internet for the old.

D．Buying things on the internet for the people who can't use the internet.

【小題2】Why do many old people like offline shopping?

A．They don't like going shopping.

B．They are good at buying things on the internet.

C．They don't like buying things online themselves.

D．Offline shopping makes it easier for them to shop online.

【小題3】What's the meaning of the underlined word "charge” in the fourth paragraph?

A．收費(fèi)

B．管理

C．交納

D．繳稅

【小題4】Which of the following is NOT true about the offline Daigou service?

A．People can find buy-for-you shops in residential communities.

B．The customers have to pay a suitable service fee.

C．There are many problems with the ordered things.

D．The store owners deal with the quality problems.

【小題5】We can know from the passage that________.

A．Li Hui'an is crazy about shopping online

B．offline buy-for-you business is in great need

C．Liu Min is the first one who has an offline Daigou store

D．there are about 300 buy-for-you stores in Dalian city

For many years I had a good life. My illness was reasonably (適度的) under control, I had a nice relationship with my husband, I did work, I didn't hate. It was, as I said, a good life.
But there's a saying that the good is the enemy of the best. I finally realized this one day, and began making my best life. I changed doctors and tried a new way that could relieve(減輕) my symptoms (癥狀) , rather than just making them easier to deal with. I started talking more with my husband and listening to what he had to say. And I quit(辭掉) my job and started working for myself.
I have the best life I've ever had. I'd call it great. It is possible there's a better life for me, which would then be my "best life" , but for now I don't think so. I've started a business I love. My husband and kids are wonderful. I have a good friend and I'm close to my older sister who lives in town. Could it get better? I suppose so. But for me I think this is the best life I can have right now.
Think more about your life. Where are you living? Are you in a job you just don't mind? What makes your life "good" ? Why isn't it great? What's the enemy of the best and what can you do about it?
Enjoy your best life. We're only here for a short while, and we all need to have the best possible time we can. It's like going to Disney World. If you spend too much time standing in line waiting for the ride, pretty soon your time's up. Get out of the "good" line and have your best life.
【小題1】Which of the following is NOT included in the writer's "good life" ?

A．Having a job.

B．Having no hate.

C．Getting on well with her husband.

D．Living close to her good friend.

【小題2】The writer quit her job because she________.

A．was ill

B．didn't like working

C．wanted to go for her best life

D．wanted to enjoy her good life

【小題3】What did the writer do to make her best life?
①She visited other doctors.
②She started a business she loved.
③She played more with her kids.
④She talked more with her husband.
⑤She spent much time in Disney World.

A．①②④

B．②③④

C．①③⑤

D．①②⑤

【小題4】What's the enemy of the best?

A．Illness.	B．A good job.
C．Being proud.	D．Being satisfied.

【小題5】What is the best title for the article?

A．Attitude to Life

B．Making Your Best Life

C．What Makes Your Life "Good"

D．A New Way to Treat the Illness

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“Everything happens for the best," my grandmother said whenever things weren't going my way. "Don't worry, one day your luck 【小題1】_______(change). "
Grandmother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college. I had decided to be sports announcer (廣播員) in a radio station, so I 【小題2】_______ ( go) to Shanghai and knocked on the door of every station. But I got refused every time.
In one station, a kind lady said my problem was short of experience. " Get some work with a small station and 【小題3】_______(work) your way up ," she said.
I couldn't get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a company and needed someone 【小題4】_______ ( manage) the sports center. But again, I didn't get the job.
I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Granny reminded me. I tried another radio station in Beijing. But the owner, a nice man, told me he already had someone.
As I left his office, I asked, " How can someone be a sports announcer if he 【小題5】_______(not, get) a job in a radio station?"
I 【小題6】_______( wait) for the elevator when I heard the man call, " What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" I 【小題7】_______(put) in front of a microphone and asked to imagine I was commenting (評(píng)論) on a football game. "Now you 【小題8】_______ (watch) the football game between Lu Neng and Shen Hua. . . "
On my way home, Granny's words came back to me, " One day your luck will change, boy. And when it 【小題9】 _______( happen) , it'll feel twice as good because of all the disappointment (失望) you 【小題10】_______ ( have) . " At that moment I knew just what she meant.

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Coober Pedy is a small town in the Australian desert (沙漠). It's famous not only for its opals (貓眼石) , but also for a very unusual【小題1】 r________—the people live and work underground.
Why do people choose to live under the ground? To avoid (避開) the【小題2】h_______ days and cold nights-daytime temperatures can rise to 50 °C or more and on a cold night they can fall to 【小題3】z_______. The locals say that their strange lifestyle is the only answer【小題4】t________ the unpleasant climate (氣候) . In the underground homes, the temperature is always a very pleasant 19°C to 24°C .But that's not the only advantage ; the people there don't need to pay builders if 【小題5】 t_______want to build a home or make any changes.
You would be very surprised to see 【小題6】 h________well people manage to live underground. They have modern kitchens and bathrooms, sometimes even spas (溫泉)“People think it's impossible to live here and that we're like ancient people, 【小題7】b_______ that's not true. " says Bev Smith, who has lived in Coober Pedy for over 30 years. When my husband, Larry, and I first came here, life was very 【小題8】d _______ and many people decided to leave. But now, things have 【小題9】c________a lot and we’re very comfortable. We now have underground shops, hotels, restaurants, cafes and churches!”
Abigail and Brian Tynan 【小題10】 1_______ their large house in Melbourne(墨爾本) two years ago to have in an underground home. "My mouth fell open when I saw my wonderful underground home," remembers Brian. " I really enjoy living here. "