Suppose you work in a big firm and find English very important for your job because you often deal with foreign businessmen. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English. Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.

Global English Center General English in all four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. * 3-month (700 yuan ), 6-month (1,200 yuan ) and one-year (2,000 yuan ) courses. * Choice of morning or evening classes, 3 hours per day, Mon. ~ Fri.. * Experienced college English teachers. Tel: 67605272         Add: 105 Zhongshan Road, 100082

 

Modern Language School Special courses in English for business, travel, banking, hotel management and office skills. * Small classes ( 12~16 students ) on Sat. & Sun. from 2:00~5:00 p.m.. * Native English teachers from Canada and the USA. * Language lab and computers supplied. * 3-month course: 1,050 yuan; 6-month course: 1,850 yuan. Add: Modern Language School, 675 Park Road, 100056 Tel: 67353019

 

The 21st Century English Training Center We specialize in effective teaching at all levels. * We offer morning or afternoon classes, both of which last three months and a half at a cost of 800 yuan. *Entrance exams: June 1 and Dec. 1. Call 67801642 for more information.

The International House of English A six-month English course for students of all levels at very low cost: 60 yuan for 12 hours per week. * Class hours: 9:00~12:00 a.m. and 2:00~5:00 p.m.. *Well trained Chinese and foreign teachers experienced in teaching English as a second/foreign language. Call 67353019 for further information.

1. Mr. White works in the daytime every day and the place he will choose is ______.

    A. Global English Center

    B. Modern Language School

    C. The 21^st Century English Training Center

    D. The International House of English

2. The 21st Century English Training Center is different from the other three. It ______.

    A. has a language lab and computers B. has more experienced teachers

    C. offers morning or afternoon classes  D. requires an entrance exam

3.If you want to attend the course at the International House of English, you’ll pay about

______.

    A. 1,200 yuan       B. 1,600 yuan       C. 1,500 yuan       D. 1,800 yuan

 

Will you be excited when you finally get to relax?

    What will the Junior 3 students do to celebrate after the senior high school entrance exams in June? Here, three of them tell us what they plan to do after the big exam.

Li Junzhe, 15, Huaihua, Hunan:

    My friends and I will travel to Beijing and the Shanghai Expo right after the exam.We planned to go by ourselves but were turned down by our parents.They said we were too young to travel alone.Actually I'm okay with it because I've already traveled by myself.

Zhu Hangian, 15, Dexing, Jiangxi:

     What am I going to do this summer? Of course I'll go to see the Shanghai Expo! But before that, I will watch movies.Because of the big exam, I haven't seen any movies for a long time.I will watch whatever is in the cinema! As for the Expo, I can't wait to see the seeds in the UK Pavilion.

Dong Xu, 14, Dalian, Liaoning:

       I will, no doubt, play computer games for days after the big exam.My mother never let me during the past few years.I can't imagine how exciting it will be now.Also my friends and I will go to see the Shanghai Expo.The first must-see on my list is the Liaoning Pavilion, our home pavilion.I'm curious (好奇的) about what we are showing to the world there.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢浮?/p>

1.The underlined word "Pavilion." means _______ in Chinese.

A.場館            B.水族館       C.溜冰場       D.臺球館

2.Who has the experience of travelling alone?

A.Dong Xu         B.Nobody

C.Zhu Hangjian        D.Li Junzhe

3.Zhu Hangian will ________ before traveling to Shanghai.

A.watch movies at home                                  B.play computer games

C.see films in the cinema                                 D.go to Beijing with his friends

4.The three students will be excited about their summer plans because_______.

A.they will go to see the Shanghai Expo                              B.they all want to see movies

C.they will play games for days                             D.they will travel to Beijing

5.What is the best title for this passage?

A.A Plan To The Shanghai Expo                              B.Summer fun ahead!

C.A trip To Shanghai                                      D.The Big Exam

 

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題并按要求完成第105題。

For Luo Xinying, sharing a textbook with a classmate is not a problem at all. The 15-year-old feels happy to be back to class.

　　A total of 355 schools in Ya’an, Sichuan Province, were closed after the 7.0-magnitude(級) earthquake struck the area on the morning of April 20, 2013.

　　Luo, along with thousands of students in the earthquake-hit area, will take the high school entrance examination from June12 to14.

　  The teen goes to Longmen Chenyang Hope School, the largest school in Longmen Village, Lushan County. Nearly 80 students at the school went back to class in a tent on April 25.

The village is among the hardest hit by the earthquake. Students elsewhere in the earthquake-hit area returned to class the day before. Students who face college or high school entrance exams were first to come back.

　　Some students are worried about the high school entrance exam and they are frightened of aftershocks(余震) all the time.

Schools in the earthquake-hit area have offered crisis counseling(災(zāi)后心理輔導(dǎo)) to those students who need help.

1.How does Luo Xinying feel when he/she is back to class?

2.How many schools in Ya’an, Sichuan Province were closed after the earthquake?

3.When will Luo take the high school entrance examination?

4.Longmen is one of the hardest earthquake-hit villages, isn’t it?

5.請將劃線句子翻譯成漢語。

 

Hu Yaohui, a schoolgirl in Zhejiang province, didn’t want to speak or eat for a week. She kept worrying about her scores on the exam. “I can’t stop thinking about my place in the class,” she said. “I feel stressed out.”
Hu is not the only one who faces stress. According to a recent survey conducted by Wuhan University of Hubei province, 70 percent of the 2,000 students who are going to take the college and high school entrance exams feel under pressure (壓力).
Stress is a normal physical response (反應(yīng)) to things that make people feel worried or break their balance of life in some way.
Stress isn’t always bad. Sometimes, people’s stress is important during emergency situations, such as when a driver has to stop his car to avoid an accident. Sometimes, stress can help people do their best — like while getting ready before a big competition or exam.
However, too much or long-term stress gives people a stress overload (負(fù)荷過多). People with stress overloads may have problems remembering or concentrating on things. They are quick to get angry or lose patience. They may even have other problems, such as sleeping problems, headaches and often getting colds.
The most helpful way to deal with stress overloads is to learn how to manage the stress. For example, you might manage it by getting a good night’s sleep, or by exercising every day.
Another good way to deal with stress is to ask parents or friends for help. Everyone has stress. For many people, stress is so common that it has become a way of life. Don’t be too shy to tell others that you are having a hard time. They may comfort you or give you some useful advice. Sometimes just sharing your problems with someone else can make you feel better.
【小題1】Hu Yaohui felt stressed out about __________.

A．her marks on the exams

B．which seat to take during exams

C．not being able to sit in the front

D．not being allowed to eat in class

【小題2】According to the survey in Paragraph 2, __________ of the 2,000 students who will take entrance exams feel stressed.

A．nearly half	B．a(chǎn)bout 1,400
C．a(chǎn)lmost seven hundred	D．a(chǎn)bout one seventh

【小題3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Stress is a kind of serious heart disease.

B．Stress is always bad for people.

C．Stress is always useless for an exam.

D．Stress is greatly needed sometimes.

【小題4】The best title of this passage is “__________”.

A．Many students face stress now.

B．People’s stress is sometimes important.

C．How to get less stress

D．How to get good results with the help of stress.

 

Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy .He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam in2014 instead of 2016.

On October 22,Beijing Municipal Commission of Education* announced that, from 2016,the English scores in the senior high school entrances exam will be reduced* from 120 to 100.Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50.Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.

“The change won’t affect me. I fell so lucky because English is my strongest subject,’’ said Wang. Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study and reduces students’ pressure, said Li Yi, a spokesman of the commission.

“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage of English.,’’ said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”

There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams.

For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its Gaokao. But, “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.

English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Wang Jiaming said he understood the change.

“Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue*,” he said. “ but still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”

1. In the Beijing senior high school entrances exam of 2016, the English scores will be cut down to __________.

A. 50                 B.  100            C. 120           D. 150

2. Wang Jiaming feels lucky because _______

A. the exam change from 2016 doesn’t affect him

B. he doesn’t need to take the important exam

C. Chinese is his strongest subject

D. he is not good at chemistry

3.The sentence “ being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” in the passage means ______________

A. the students can spend less time on English.

B. it’s harder to for the students get a high score.

C. English is not as important and useful as before

D. studying English is still important for the students.

4. What is the main purpose of the change?

A. To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English.

B. To make students to learn to read English news on mobile phones.

C. To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam.

D. To make students pay more attention to learn Chinese.