Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner did not know what to do. The price was reasonable and the food was of good quality, but nobody seemed to want to eat there.

    Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant is always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a menu(菜单), The menu looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine. while the menu that he gave to the lady supplied a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous(慷慨) than he really was.

21. Why didn’t people come to the White Rose Restaurant to eat at first?

    A. Because the price was high.     B. Because the food was too cheap.

    C. Because the food was not good.  D. The passage didn’t mention.

22. According to the passage we can conclude that the people who eat at this restaurant are mostly _______.

    A. poor old people             B. rich young people

    C. men with their girl friends     D. parents with their children

23. The difference between the two kinds of menu lie in _______.

    A. the color     B. the shape       C. the price        D. the food

24. According to the passage we can infer that when men with their girl friends eat at this restaurant, the food was paid _______.

    A. always by the ladies only    B. always by the men only

    C. sometimes by the ladies      D. either by the men or by the ladies

25. According to the passage we can know that, generally speaking,_____.

    A. men are more generous than women  

    B. women are more generous than men

    C. men like their lady friends to be generous

D. women like their men friends to be generous

Put an ice cube（立方体冰块） from your fridge into a glass of water. You have a piece of string(线) 10 centimeters long. The problem is to take out that piece of ice with the help of the string. But you must not touch the ice with your fingers.

You may ask your friends to try to do that when you are having dinner together. There is a saltcellar（盐瓶）on the table. You must use salt when you carry out this experiment.

First you put the string across the piece of ice. Then put some salt on the ice. Salt makes ice melt(融化). The ice round the string will begin to melt. But when it melts, it will lose heat. The cold ice cube will make the salt water freeze again.

After a minute or two you may raise the piece of string and with it you will raise your piece of ice!

This experiment can be very useful to you. If, for example, there is ice near the door of your house, you must use very much salt to melt all the ice. If you don’t put enough salt, the water will freeze again.

26. We must use _______ when we carry out this experiment.

A. fridge       B. some food              C. a table     D. some salt

27. How long will it take to carry out this experiment?

A. More than three minutes.            B. Five minutes or so.

C. Only one minute or two.              D. About ten minutes.

28. What is the task of this experiment?

A. Put the ice cube into the glass of water with the help of the string.

B. Take out the ice cube in the glass of water with the help of the string.

C. Take out the ice cube in the glass of water with your fingers.

D. Put some salt on the ice cube and then put the string across it.

29. How many things at least are used in this experiment?

A. Three.      B. Four.               C. Six.           D. Seven.

30. We can learn something about _______ from the passage.

A. Physics    B. biology      C. chemistry  D. maths

 “The Lord of the Rings”(指环王), one of the best sellers in the new millennium（千年）, was made up of three parts——“The Fellowship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”. Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative masterwork.

       John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkien’s becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon.

       After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while recovering from trench fever, he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon listening to chapters of Tolkien’s imaginative work “The Hobbit”.

       Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for a local people that could best be described as half-sized members of the English rural（乡村的）class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them, Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves（侏儒）. On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.

       One of Tolkien’s students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwin, to look at a draft（草稿）. The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwin, thought that the best judge for a children’s book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937.

       It sold so well that Unwin asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readers—new and old —after their publication.

31.What can we learn from the text?

       A．“The Lord of the Rings” didn’t sell well in the last millennium.

       B．People know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.

       C．Tolkien was quite familiar with Old English.

       D．Tolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.

32.What can we learn about “Hobbit” that Tolkien created in his works?

       A．Hobbit was a race living in English downtown areas.

       B．Hobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong.

       C．Hobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles.

       D．Hobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves.

33. Which of the following helped most in making “The Hobbit” published?

       A．One of Tolkien’s students.        B．Stanley Unwin’s son.

       C．Allen & Unwin.                       D．Bilbo Baggins.

34. What is mainly discussed in the text?

       A．“The Lord of the Rings” and its writer.

       B．A completely new masterwork in the new millennium.

       C．a famous professor at Oxford University.

       D．The power of the magic ring.

35. Which of the following shows the right order of Mr J.R.R.Tolkien’s life experience?

       a．He had his “The Hobbit” published.

       b．He became a member of the lnklings.     

       c．He served in World WarⅠ

       d．He became an undergraduate at Oxford.

       e．His work “The Lord of the Rings” came to the world.

       f．He moved to England to live with his aunt.

       A．f-d-b-c-a-e     B．f-d-c-b-a-e       C．f-c-d-b-e-a    D．d-f-c-a-b-e

Five Things to Do in a Traffic Jam

Tired of traffic jams? Here are some tips that can help you to calm down in a traffic jam.

Listen to CD audio book
     It’s a good idea to keep several audio books in your car. 36   Listening to an exciting story is more interesting than sitting silently and being bored.

Sing loudly

If you begin getting angry because of a long traffic jam, turn your CD player on or radio up. 37   Imagine you’re a wonderful singer and the audience is listening to you in admiration. Your stress will disappear.

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You can use the radio and play entertaining games while waiting. For example, you can guess the song or the singer or to see how quickly you can recognize a new song.

Have a snack

Keeping a tasty snack in the car is especially good for waiting in traffic jams. Choose what you like most of all, so you will look forward to traffic jams to have a chance to eat the delicious snack.  39   In that case, time is the last thing to worry about.

Argue with the radio talk show host
Find a station with a radio talk show. 40  If you disagree, you can show your anger. Don’t be

afraid to call their ideas stupid. Only make sure that the car windows are closed so no one may hear

you.

Sitting in a traffic jam can be very stressful but next time you can use these simple tips, and you

won’t notice how long you have been waiting and soon you will be on your way.

A. Play games

B. Use the radio.

C. Enjoy every bite of it.

D. Listen to their debates carefully.

E. Loud singing can help to reduce stress.
F. Begin to enjoy them as quickly as you can.
G. The storyteller’s voice can clear all your bad emotions.

In order to know a foreign language thoroughly, four things are necessary. Firstly, we must understand the language when we hear __61_spoken.. Secondly, we must be able to speak it correctly with confidence and without hesitation.62____ ,we must be able to read the language , and fourthly, we must be able to write it. We must be able to make sentences that are grammatically correct.

   There is no easy way to success 63___ language learning. _64__ good memory is of great help, but it is not enough only _65____(memorize) rules from a grammar book. It is not much use learning by heart long list of words and __66__meaning, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language.___67___we are satisfied with only a few rules we have memorized, we are not really learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of __68__(advise) for those 69__are studying a new language. Practice is important. We must practice speaking and 70__(write) the language whenever we can