| because, fun, hobby, use, |
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| I"m taking my family to some other countries for a trip. My wife and I, and our two children are all 1 . My older brother will 2 with us, too. He never went to other countries 3 . He is even more 4 than the children. My father is old now, so he wants to stay at home to 5 the house. We"re on the train to New York now, and then we will 6 a ship to Europe. England will be the first place for us to visit. After visiting there, we will go to some other countries to do some sightseeing. When we 7 France, we"ll go to different places either by train or by bus. Then we"re going to fly home. It took us a long time to 8 where to go, but I think we"ll have a very interesting trip. We"ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about 9 we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly there because it would be faster and 10 a lot of time for us, but my brother liked traveling boat trips, and the children liked ship trips, too. |
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| Do you see many signs around you? Do you know the signs are an important part of our daily life? They can be in pictures or in words to give people information. What do people think are good signs? If you are thinking about making signs for others, what should you know? The most important thing is that signs should be simple and easy to understand. It is important to use clear language. On the other hand, the words should be easy to write and you just need to write down what you want to do. "Keep off the grass" is a very good example. It means "Don"t touch or walk on the grass". Nowadays, there is a saying that "A picture paints a thousand words". Perhaps that"s why we are seeing more and more signs in pictures, or a combination of pictures and words. However, that"s the difficult part, because picture signs may have different meanings in different countries. |
| 1. First, a good sign should be ____. |
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| A. clear B. beautiful C. funny D. interesting |
| 2. The writer uses "A picture paints a thousand words" to show that ____. |
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| When our friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry or looking at their watches always. It isn"t that our friends are all very busy. It is just because we haven"t a TV set. They think that we are very strange. But what do you do in the evening? They always ask. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don"t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often has evening classes for foreign languages. This is very useful because we often go to other countries for our holidays. I collect stamps and I am always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to music and playing chess together. Sometimes there is power cut and the house is dark. We are not worried because we can just light candles and chat with each other about what we did before. Our friends are upset at that time because they don"t know what to do without a TV set. On such evenings, our house is always full because my friends all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games. |
| 1. When friends visit my wife and me, they ____. |
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| A. seem to be very busy B. feel very upset C. like to talk much D. are very friendly |
| 2. The couple haven"t a television, because ____. |
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| Newspapers are very important in our daily life. Many people begin their day by reading the paper. In this way they learn what is going on in the world. Sometimes, however, they didn"t have the time to read the news carefully and must be pleased with a quick look at the front page. At other times they may be in such a hurry that they have time only to have a quick look at the headlines. There are newspapers to please every reader. In big cities there are many types with several different editions (版) every day. In some towns there are fewer newspapers and perhaps only one edition each day. In some places the paper is printed (印刷) weekly. Most papers have several editions, especially on Sundays when the edition is larger than usual. There are besides the front page with the most important news, the sports news, the amusement page, a business page and so on. |
| 1. People read newspapers to ______. |
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| A. learn about the less important news B. be pleased C. learn about whatever they want D. get some information |
| 2. Reading the headlines, people can know ______. |
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