The Lantern Festival is around the corner. In Beijing, there are many events to celebrate this big day.
Beijing Happy Valley
Date: Until 4th March.
To celebrate this festival, Happy Valley has extended(延长) its opening hours to 20:00. There will be many excellent entertainers and lots of interesting activities like the lion dance, Tibetan song and dance, harlequinade（滑稽表演）and magic performances. Free for visitors.
Address: Xiaowuji N. Rd, E.4 Ring Rd, Chaoyang District
Tel: 010-67383333
Chaoyang Park
Date: Until 5th March
During the Lantern Festival, Chaoyang park will hold a grand Lantern Fair where you can find beautiful lanterns in different shapes and colors. Visitors can also enjoy wonderful folk dances.
Address: No.1, Nongzhanguan Nanlu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 010-65915258
Entrance fee: RMB 20
Kaikang International Hotel
Date: 4th March
From 14:00 to 18:00, this hotel will hold a large singles activity. If you still haven’t found a lover and do not want to celebrate this day alone, you can come here to enjoy the day with other singles. Why not give it a try ? Maybe you will find your true love!
Address: F3 No. 15. Third District, An Zhen Li, Chaoyang District
Cost: RMB 120 per person
Tel: 010-64445364，64428783
4）Beijing Garden of World Flowers
Date: Until 5th March
This fair is an exhibition of traditional Taiwanese lantern arts. There is also a Plum Blossoms display in the Pen Gallery, where you can find blossoms from Sichuan, Hubei and Zhejiang Provinces.
Address: To the north of Majialou Bridge, S.4 Ring Rd.
Entrance fee: RMB 80 per person.
Tel: 010-87500721
59.If you live the east of the Fourth Ring Road, and you want to see performances near your home, you may call________.
A.010-67383333                        B.010-87500721     
C.010-64445364                        D.010-65915258
60.How many places can you visit with no more than 100 RMB ?
A. Two            B. Three                 C One.                    D.Four
61.Mr. Zhang is new in Beijing. He is eager to make friends. Which of the following is the best choice for him ?
A. Beijing Happy Valley                     B. Chaoyang Park
C. Beijing Garden of World Flowers        D. Kaikang International Hotel

The key to learning English well is to overcome your shyness and fear , said taxi driver Zhang, who is attending the English training program run by the West Lake Taxi Company. “Out teacher Mrs.Yang encourages us many times to open our mouths and speak English out loudly in her class ,” said Zhang.
Chen Zhong, another fluent(流利的) English speaker, shared his opinion. “I didn’t think English was important to us at the beginning since many foreign passengers could speak some Chinese to me. But when I did speak some English, the foreigners were always pleased and said I was the first taxi driver they had met who could speak English.
Chen said he found studying English extremely interesting. The 160 minutes’ study per week was simply not enough for him. He bought books , tapes and VCDs to learn English on his own.. “Though it cost me a lot of time and energy , I did find it is useful in the long term” he said.
The reward of learning English is more than Chen has expected. Now he has made several foreign friends who book his taxi when they need. Some foreign passengers even give him tips (小费when he communicates with them in English.
To facilitate their studies, the company developed a bilingual(双语的) tape which includes the most frequently used sentences for taxi drivers and the names of major streets and buildings in Shenzhen.
“It has helped me out, ” said Chen. “Once I failed to express ‘Chinese Folk Culture Villages’ in English when I was asked to go there by a foreigner, I played the tape and got its meaning.”
59. What difficulty did Mr.Zhang have learning English at first?
A. He had no time to study English
B. His company didn’t allow them to study English
C. He had no courage to speak out.
D. He had no chance to speak English.
60. Which of the following is NOT the benefit Chen gets from learning English?
A. He gets some good advice on learning English from foreigners.
B. He earns more money from some regular foreign customers.
C. He has to spend both money and effort learning English.
D. He gets great fun and encouragement in learning English.
61. We can infer from the passage that _____.
A. the company is the first to encourage its drivers to learn English
B. all the drivers have made money after learning English
C. the company has developed and English tape for its drivers
D. the tape is welcomed by the drivers learning English
62. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “facilitate” in the fifth paragraph?
A. To make easy  B. To increase     C. To encourage   D. To check

--- Would you like to______ Mr. Zhang’s lecture this afternoon?

--- Sorry, I have a class meeting to______.

A．attend; join        B．join; attend        C．join; take part in    D．attend; attend

I think it necessary that you should try your best to use English. We study English, not study about English. That person knows a set of grammatical rules and a lot of English words does not mean that he has mastered English. A students’ mastery of English is ultimately measured by how well he can use it, not by how much he knows about it. I believe that learning English is just like learning to play the piano. So you should also have such a purpose —you are able to use English.

Using English consists of speaking English and writing compositions in English. In order to improve your spoken English, you’d better take an active part in the teacher’s lectures, answer his questions in English, and try to speak as much English as you can after class.

Writing English journals(日记) is the best way to improve your writing. At the same time, you should listen to and read more English.

1. “We study English, not study about English. ” This sentence implies __________.

A. that we study the English language in order to use English, not only to grasp some grammatical rules

B. that we needn’t study English grammatical rules

C. that we should study English grammatical rules very well

D. that we study the English language in order to grasp some grammatical rules

2. Which is the True statement according to the passage?

A. Mr. Wang has a good mastery of the English language, so we come to the conclusion that he knows a set of grammatical rules and a lot of English words.

B. Mr. Zhang knows a set of grammatical rules and a lot of English words, so he has mastered English.

C. Xiao Wang knows a lot of English words and a set of grammatical rules, so that he speaks English well.

D. Xiao Zhang knows much about English, so he can use English.

3. From the author’s point of view, __________.

A. learning English is very important because of the grammatical rules

B. English is of importance to us Chinese

C. learning English is not like learning to play the piano

D. a student’s mastery of English is not measured by how much he knows about it

4. According to the passage, we__________.

A. want to be able to get good results in English exams

B. should try our best to use English

C. should have the same purpose as a student of the piano lessons

D. should study English well because of its importance

5. __________is the best way to improve your spoken English.

A. Knowing a lot of English words

B. Answering the teacher’s questions in English

C. Trying to speak as much English as you can after class

D. B and C

Mr Zhang gave all the textbooks to all the pupils , except _____ who had already taken them .  A. these          B. ones                C. the ones           D. the others