—How many people are there in your city?

—There are__________people．

A．eight million                    B．eight millions

C．eight millions of                 D．eight million of

Travel in New York
Public transport
Traffic is quite convenient in New York. The bus is cheap and the subway is common. What’s more, you can take both the bus and the subway with the same transit card. If you have something urgent to do. You’d better take a taxi because that’s fast.
Hotels
There are a lot of hotels in New York. The Plaza Hotel is the best and the most expensive one. If you want to pay less for your stay, there are many smaller hotels. The YMCA near Central Park is suitable for young people.
Eating out
Restaurants provide good service in New York. You don’t have to eat at McDonald’s every day and you can try different kinds of food from many countries. You can also enjoy tasty Chinese food in Chinatown.
Shopping
Shopping in New York is fun. You can see big shops everywhere in this modern city. Stores are open seven days a week, but be careful when you look at the prices because you have to pay taxes on everything you buy. That means you have to pay an extra fee which in New York city is eight percent of the purchase price.
Places to visits
There are too many places to visit in New York—Times Square, the Empire State Building, and, the Statue of Liberty.
【小題1】If you decide to buy a book ＄10 in New York, you should pay a total of how much after tax?

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How much pocket money do you get from your parents every month? Maybe 200 yuan? But for Li Beibei, 30 yuan each month is enough. The only thing she buys is lunch—1.5 yuan each day. “Meat is too expensive for me,” said Li.

Li, 14, is a Junior 1 student at Beijing’s Xingzhi Experimental School. Her parents are migrant workers(外來(lái)務(wù)工人員). They came to Beijing from a village in Luohe, He’nan two years ago. Her father now works as a cleaner and gets 500 yuan every month. Her mother has no job.

Li Beibei has 460 friends at Xingzhi. Every day, Li gets up at 5:30 am and rides her bike for 20 minutes to get to school. Like many teens, Li has a lot of homework—usually at least one hour every day. But that is not all her work. During the weekdays she helps her mum cook. On weekends, she helps wash clothes. “I could cook when I was eight. Dad said sometimes I cook better than Mum!”

Li said she wanted to be a doctor. “I watch TV and find out there are many people with AIDS in He’nan. Some are kids. They need help,” said Li.

But she is afraid to leave school. “I hope I will always be in school,” said Li. “Dad works hard to get money. I promise him I will study hard to be a good student and a good doctor in the future.”

1.Li Beibei came from ______.

2.Which of the following sentences is TRUE? ______.

3.She spends ______ on her homework everyday.

4.Her wish is to be a doctor because she wants to ______.

5.The best title of the passage should be ______.

This is the way things go in France．

   If you were French，your family might have come from another country．A quarter of French people have grandparents who came from other countries．

   If you were French，you should almost certainly live in a town or a city because three quarters of French people live in towns or cities．But perhaps you would enjoy living in the beautiful French villages．There are many different houses in different villages．

   If you were French, you would go food shopping in the supermarket，but also in the weekly open market in your neighborhood．There you would find anything from fresh vegetables to fruits，bread，cheese and meat．They all come straight from the farm．You would eat three meals a day：breakfast when you get up in the morning，lunch at about noon and dinner at about eight o'clock in the evening．

   If you were French，in July or August，like almost all French school children，you would go on vacation with your parents．You would likely go to the seashore．In winter，you might go skiing in the Alps or Pyrenees．You would be sure to see many foreigners on vacation：millions of tourists go to France every year．

1．How many French people have grandparents that came from other countries?

    A．25％．                B．50％．                C．75％．                   D．l00％．

2．Most French people live in                           ．

A．towns                  B．cities                   C．villages                  D．towns or cities

3．Where does the food in the weekly open market come from?

A．Supermarkets．                                        B．Farms．

C．Gardens．                                                        D．Other countries．

4．When do French people have dinner?

A．At about 7：00 pm．                               B．At about l0：00 pm．

C．At about 6：00 pm．                                  D．At about 8：00 pm．

5．What do French kids do in winter?

A．They makes snowmen．                          B．They go to the seashore．

C．They go skiing．                                        D．They go shopping．

Foreign visitors are often puzzled in Japan because most streets there don’t have names. In Japan, people use landmarks instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is just across the bus stop.”
In the Midwest of America, usually there are not many landmarks. So people will tell you directions(方向) and distance. In Kansas(堪薩斯州), for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”
People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map. They measure(測(cè)量) distance by telling time. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.
People in Greece(希臘) sometimes do not even try to give directions because few visitors understand the Greek language. Instead of giving you the direction, a Greek will often say, “Follow me.” Then he’ll lead you through the streets of the city to the post office.
Sometimes a person doesn’t know the answer to your question. A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico(墨西哥), no one answers “I don’t know.” People in Yucatan think “I don’t know” is not polite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A visitor can get very, very lost in Yucatan!
One thing will help you everywhere. You might not understand a person’s words, but maybe you can understand his body language. He or she will usually turn and then point in the correct direction. Go on in that direction, and you may find the post office!
【小題1】What do you think of the word “landmarks” mean?