Here are several hotels in Tibet. Read the massages and do exercises.

☆     ☆☆☆ Lhasa Hotel

☆     Address: No 1, Minzu Nan Lu,  near Lhasa Snacks Street

☆     Serving : western food and Chinese food including Sichuan food, Cantonese food , Huaiyang food and the local Tibetan cuisine. 

Price: above RMB 750 （busy season）

Tel: 0891-6832221/6824509    Fax: 0891-6835796/6834117

☆     ☆☆Tibet International Grand Hotel

Address: No.1, Minzu Nan Road, Lhasa

Serving : Chinese and French food, an American style cigar bar.

Price : RMB 900 Tel: 0891-6832888  Fax: 0891-6820888

☆     ☆☆ Tianhe Hotel

With a garden on the top of the hotel building, where tourists can take good photos of Potala Palace（布达拉宫）.

Address:No.5 Yutuo Road, Lhasa City

Tel: 0891-6338238         Fax: 0891-6339562

☆☆☆ Shambhala Hotel

Address: No.28, Jiangsu Road, Lhasa City

Serving: Tibetan dancing performances, good coffee,

Tel: 0891-6338888             Fax: 0891-6331777

1. You can enjoy Sichuan food in ______.

  A. Lhasa Hotel                                     B. Tianhe Hotel     

  C. Tibet International Grand Hotel           D. Shambhala Hotel

2. Mr. Smith wants to watch Tibetan dancing performances. He may call_______.

A. 0891-6331777      B. 0891-6338888    C. 0891-6338238   D. 0891-6832221

3. Tom is taking the photo of Potala Palace. He is in ___.

  A. No.1, Minzu Nan Road                   B. No.28, Jiangsu Road

C. No.5 Yutuo Road                       D. No.2, Minzu Nan Road

4. All the hotels are in _____

  A. different places     B. Jiangsu            C. Minzu Nan Road       D. Tibet

5. How much will you pay if you stay in Shambhala Hotel?

  A. RMB 900            B. RMB 750          C. $ 750            D. The passage doesn’t tell us.

Pop music and movie star Jay Chou from Taiwan produced a song for the Beijing Games. It’s not an easy thing for him, because he had never tried to write this kind of music before. He worked on the song A Long Journey for five months and finished it in Taipei on March 9. Chou told the Shanghai-based Oriental Daily he rushed to complete the song and ended up e-mailing it to Beijing Olympic officials（组委会） at night just before the deadline.（1）

Beijing Olympic officials will reveal（展示） the songs for the Olympics 100 days before the Games start.

Chou, famous for his roles in the Zhang Yimou-directed Curse of the Golden Flower and Initial D, said the song was a new change for him. "I think the feeling of the electric guitars is a little stronger than just using the piano," Chou said. "If listeners from Europe and America hear this kind of music, I hope it can make them jump back a little!"（2）

The song blends（混合） Chou's traditional Chinese sounds with rock and electric instrument.（3）

His song says: "A long journey, countless nights, waiting for a clear moon, on the border of dreams, the wind blows ceaselessly, never feeling tired, the East is worthy, who is number one, let us pursue perfection."

March 10 was the closing date for the fourth round of Olympic song collection. Over 4,000 songs have been collected over the last four years, __5__Light the Passion, Share the Dream, I am a Star, Forever Friends, Wishing Star and so on.

1. What does the word “deadline” mean in Chinese?

2. Why does Chou say “it can make them jump back a little!"

3. Translate the sentence The song blends Chou's traditional Chinese sounds with rock and electric instrument into Chinese.

4. 从文中找出more than的同义词。

5. 根据上下文，请在最后一段的横线上填上一个适当的词或短语使文章完整。

Clay is 13 years old, and he lives in Miami, the United States. On the morning of Feb.23, when Clay is waiting for school bus, a man kidnaps（绑架） him.

The man takes him to a tree. He puts a stock in Clay’s mouth. Then he asks for money from Clay’s family.

   Clay is very scared（害怕）. But he remembers there is a safety pin（安全别针） in his pocket. He takes out the pin and cuts through the rope（绳子）. Finally he gets free. Clay calls his mother

with a farmer’s cell phone. Soon the police comes and Clay is safe.

The police thinks highly of（高度评价） Clay. “This man kidnaps the wrong boy,” Charly Wells, a policeman says. “This boy notices things. And he’s very brave（勇敢）.”

1. The man kidnaps Clay ___.

A. on Clay’s way home                   B. on Clay’s way to school 

C. when Clay is shopping             D. in a park

2. After taking Clay to a tree, the man ___.

A. kills（杀死）the boy            B. hurts the boy

C. asks for money from his family   D. calls the police

3. Clay uses___ to help him run away.

A. a rope         B. a safety pin            C. a gun              D. a knife

4. We can tell from the story that Clay is ___.

A. brave            B. smart                             C. both A and B      D. hard-working

5. Why does the police say “This man kidnaps the wrong boy” Because Clay is _____

  A. a foreign boy  B. brave                       C. too young       D. a policeman’s son

1.The babysitter will work___ hours from Monday to Friday altogether（总共）.

A.6                        B. 10                        C.15                      D.20

2. The babysitter will usually work___.

A. in the morning        B. in the afternoon       C. in the evening    D. at night

3. The babysitter will get ___ for working on Monday only.

A. ￡4              B. ￡8                     C. ￡12           D. ￡16

4. What is NOT the babysitter’s job?

A. Cleaning the child’s house.                B. Playing games with the child.

C. Reading books to the child.              D. Taking care of the child.

5. Which of the following is true?

A. The pay every hour is more at the weekend.

B. If you want to get the job, you must call Ms. White.

C. The babysitter must work 6 hours a week.  

D. The child is 9 years old.

    The Olympic Games have a history of more than two thousand years. The Games are held

every four years. There are five rings on the Olympic flag which are considered to symbolize （象征） the five continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and America. The Olympic motto is: swifter, higher,  stronger. Many countries try their best to hold the Olympic Games. Every country does its best to get more medals（奖牌） in the Games. In 2004, Athens held the 28th Olympic Games. Over one hundred countries joined the games. We won 32 gold medals that year and came second in the Games. China, a large sports country, will hold the 29th Olympic Games in 2008. It is the first time for China to hold such an important match. We have no experience（经验）, but the people all over the country are participating（参与） in all kinds of activities and getting ready for it. Chinese people will give the world the best Olympic Games in history. It is

also a good chance for China.

1. How often is the Olympic Games held?

  A. Every year.    B. Every three years.     C. Every four years.      D. Every two years.

2. What’s the motto of the Olympic Games?

  A. One world, one dream.                 B. New Beijing, New Games  

C. Green Games, Science Games                 D. swifter, higher, stronger.

3. How many gold medals did we get in the Athens Games in 2004?

  A. 28.             B. 32.                        C. 29.                       D. 2004.

4. Beijing will hold the __________ Olympic Games this year.

  A. 27^th             B. 28^th                       C. 29^th                      D. 30^th

5. Does China hold Olympic Games before?

  A. No, it doesn’t.       B. Yes, it does.            C. Yes, it is.            D. No, it isn’t.

1. Bluebeard tells Jimmy there is _____ in the garden.

A.$5                      B. a story book   C. a hole             D. money

2. It takes Jimmy _____ to dig the hole.

A. a day                  B. a night             C. three hours      D.5 hours

3. Jimmy finds _____ in the hole.

A. some money         B. a bone              C. a stone            D. Bluebeard

4. Jimmy gets $5 from _____.

  A. his grandma         B. the hole            C. Bluebeard         D. his mother

5. Which of the following sentences is right?    ______

A. Jimmy believes（相信） what Bluebeard says to him.

B. Jimmy didn’t sleep the whole night.  

  C. Jimmy gets up early every day.

  D. Both A and B.

Are you tired after studying hard? American country music(美国乡村音乐) will take you away for a while. The guitars and songs will take you to the mountains and fields there.

Country is simple music. It talks of everyday life and feelings (情感). It's the "spirit (精神) of America", easy to understand, slow and basic (基本的).
  Country music developed in the Southern United States. It was the folk music of the American countryside. Many of the songs tell about the lives of farmers. They talk about love, crops (庄稼) or death.
  _Rural_ life can be hard, so the words are often sad. At first, people played the music only at family parties. But it became more popular. In the 1920s, country songs were played on the radio and were made into records (唱片).
  When people moved to towns and cities to look for work, they took their music with them. Country music continued to change and became popular across America.
  John Denver was one of America's most famous country singers in the 1970s. His song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is well-known and people still play it today.

1. Which of the following is NOT true about country music?

A. It's fast and loud.      

B. It's usually about everyday life.
C. It started in the south of the US.

D. The words about rural life are often sad.

2. The underlined word "rural" probably means "_____".

A. of the city       B. of the countryside 

C. about work      D. about school
3. Country music is often played by ___.

A. the guitar  B. the piano  C. the violin   D. drum(鼓)

4. When were country songs made into records?

  A. In the 1920s.    B. In 1920.    C. In the 1970s.    D. In 1970.

Spring's warm wind, blooming(盛开的) flowers and green grass tell us it's time to go outdoors .Lots of activities suit the cheerful season, let's check out.

 Outdoor walking

Have chicken and beef , then call several friends and go walking together in a sunny day.

 Horse riding

  To most people, horse riding is a kind of expensive sports. A good horse may have the same price as an expensive car. Besides, you need take training courses before riding horses. The courses cost a lot of money, too. Spring is a good season for the sport. If you'd like to have a try, you can borrow anything necessary from the following clubs.

Golf

  In early spring, the following clubs will offer you anything you need if you want to play golf.

1. The passage offers ___ activities in spring.

A. 1                    B. 2                          C. 3                   D. 4

2. You live in Chaoyang District, Beijing.If you want to borrow something to play golf, you can call_______.

A. 010-84341155     B. 010-64368181           C. 021-56590008   D. 010-89489340

3. Mr. Wang is in Shanghai. One day, he called 021-50848898 to borrow something for horse riding. Which club is called by him?

A. Shanghai Lujiazui Golf Club          B. Shanghai Horseman China Equestrian Club

C. Shanghai Huihuang Equestrian Club   D. Jade Lake International Health Club

4. Which of the activities costs least money?

A. Golf.            B. Beijing’s.               C. Horse riding.     D. Outdoor walking.

假如你叫Shirley，在圣诞节的晚会上把手表丢在音乐大厅里。请完成这则寻物启事，每空一词。

     Julia Hill, an American woman, was born in 1974． She was 23 years old when she discovered that a company wanted to cut down part of a forest in California. In the forest there were lots of redwood trees. One of the trees was 70 meters tall and 1,000 years old.

       Julia didn’t want the company to do so. She traveled to California and climbed up the tree. “If I sit in the tree,” she said, “the company can’t cut it down.” At the beginning, Julia planned to stay in the tree for two weeks. She lived in a small tree-house and her friends were very helpful-they cooked food for her every day. She used her mobile phone to talk to her family and to the news reporters. She stayed in the tree day and night.

    Environmental organizations supported her, but other people weren’t on her side and they tried to stop her. The company used a helicopter to stay near her tree-house for a long time. The helicopter was very noisy and there was a lot of wind. Julia didn’t like it, but she stayed in the tree.

       In the end, she was successful. The company agreed not to cut down the redwood. Finally, after two years and eight days in the tree, Julia Hill climbed down and walked on the ground again. She and her friends were very happy.

根据短文内容，回答问题。

1．Where does Julia Hill come from?

2．How did she communicate with others while staying high in the tree?

3．Why did Julia Hill stay in the tree?

4．How long did Julia Hill stay in the tree?

5．Julia Hill was successful at last, wasn’t she?