While some think the Internet has made e-books more popular, paperback ones are still going strong．Now let me take you to visit some new concept bookstores．

Dukou Bookstore

Opened only a few months ago, Dukou Bookstore has already gained interest among Shanghai’s fashionable people．Book lovers come here to read books and magazines while having a cup of tea or coffee．Unlike most bookstores, books here are not catergorized.（分類）

Location：No．830 Julu Lu, Jing’an District

Tel：021-62496339

Monsoon Bookstore

Drinks at Monsoon Bookstore are cheap．They help readers have a better experience at the store．In terms of books, Monsoon has a wide selection of the latest books as well as new and cheap books．The store’s location are inside railway stations．

Location: Huaihai Nanlu/ Shaanxi Lu/ Lianhuang Lu subway station．

Tel：021-62555339

Diaoke Shiguang Cafe

Diaoke Shiguang has a large customer base of college students．Combining the function of cafe and bookstore, Diaoke Shiguang has books mainly for reading instead of buying．It was founded by a young couple who had been to Xin jiang and were struck by the natural scenery．It was then that they decided to live a quiet life．They named it after a book by Russian movie director Andrei Tarkovsky．

Location: No．7, Weigongcunlu, Haidian

Tel: 010-68946825

The Bookworm

The Bookworm is a mixture of a lending library, a cafe and a bar．By paying 200 yuan for 6 months or 300 yuan for a year’s membership, readers can borrow books from here．In addition, the Bookworm readers can also attend lectures given by visiting authors．To know the latest upcoming activities, readers can check out their website at www．beijingbookworm．com．

Location: Nan Sanlitun Road

Tel: 010-65869507

1．Compared with the other bookstores, Monsoon Bookstore is special because ______．

    A．it has the widest range customers from kids to the old

    B．its location provides convenience for passengers to buy books

    C．it offers readers not only paperback books but also e-books

    D．it provides readers with websites to get more information

2．What can we learn about Diaoke Shiguang Cafe?

    A．It is really more a place to read rather than buy books．

    B．It has some branch stores in different areas．

    C．The first of its bookstores was founded in Xinjiang．

    D．A Russian movie director helped to set up the bookstore．

3．From which of the stores can readers borrow books?

    A．Dukou Bookstore                                 B．Monsoon Bookstore

    C．Diaoke Shiguang cafe                           D．The Bookworm

4．All the bookstores in the passage share the similarity that ______．

    A．customers can surf the Internet at any time

    B．customers can enjoy drinks while reading

    C．customers are provided with various books

    D．customers can order books through the Internet．

Rome has the Forum．London has Speaker’s Corner．Now always-on-the-go New Yorkers have Liz and Bill．

Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway and on busy street corners．Just talk．

Using a 2-foot-tall sign that says, “Talk to Me”, they attract conversationalists, who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits．

They don’t collect money．They don’t push religion．So what’s the point?

“To see what happens,” said Liz．“We simply enjoy life with open communication．”

Shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, they decided to walk from New York City to Washington, a 270-mile trip．They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to continue talking with strangers after their return．

“It started as a crazy idea,” Liz said. “We were so curious about all the strangers walking by with their life stories．People will talk to us about anything: their jobs, their clothes, their childhood experiences, anything．”

Denise wanted to talk about an exam she was about to take．She had stopped by for the second time in two days, to let the two listeners know how it went．

Marcia had lost her husband because of a serious disease．“That was very heavy on my mind,” Marcia said. “To be able to talk about it to total strangers was very good,” she explained.

To celebrate a year of talking, the two held a get-together in a city park for all the people they had met over the past year．A few hundred people showed up, as well as some television cameramen and reporters．

They may plan more parties or try to attract more people to join in their informal talks．Some publishers have expressed interest in a book, something they say they’ll consider．

1．What did Liz and Bill start doing after September 2001?

      A．Chatting with people                   B．Setting up street signs

      C．Telling their stories to strangers       D．Organizing a speaker’s corner

2．What they have been doing can be described as _____．

      A．pointless                                       B．successful

       C．failure                                         D．normal

3．Why are Denise and Marcia mentioned in the text?

      A．They knew Liz and Bill very well．

      B．They are examples of those who talked to Liz and Bill．

      C．They organized the get-together in the city park．

      D．They happened to meet the writer of the text．

4．What will Liz and Bill do in the future?

      A．Go in for political activities              B．Do more television programs

      C．Continue what they are doing             D．Spend more time reading books

A 10-year-old boy fatally shot his father Friday, striking him several times as he sat in the front seat of a SUV to pick up the boy from his mother’s home for a weekend visit．

       The incident happened about 3:45 p．m．on a cul-de-sac（死胡同） in the 1700 block of Cedar Cove Court, said Sgt． B．E．Williams of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department．

       An investigation found that Rick James Lohstroh, 41, was shot by his son, who was sitting in the back seat of the man’s Toyota 4-Runner, said Sgt． B．E．Williams of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department．The shooting took place outside the home of Lohstroh’s ex-wife, where the boy lives with his mother and a 7-year-old brother．

       “We’re not certain of anything until we finish our investigation,” Williams said. “The information we have at this time is that the 10-year-old did fire the weapon．”

       The mother and the 7-year-old were inside the house when the shooting occurred, said Williams．

       Williams said the gun belonged to the boy’s mother．After firing shots through the back seat, the boy exited（退出） the back of the vehicle and continued to fire at the car．

       The man died on the way to Memorial Herman Hospital．Lohstroh was a doctor at the University of Texas Medical Branch．The man and woman shared custody（監(jiān)護(hù)）of the children．Williams said the mother and the boy were still in the home talking to investigators Friday night．

Neighbors described the family as being quiet and keeping to themselves．

Justin Gray, 17, was walking in the neighborhood when he heard gunshots．“We’ve had a suicide（自殺）in this neighborhood once, but never anything like this,” Gray said.

1．The best title for the news should be         ．

    A．A Boy Shot His Father                          B．Shooting Kill a Father

    C．An Unbelievable Tragedy                       D．A Ten-Year-Old Boy’s Cruelty

2．Which of the following is TRUE according to the news?

        A．The father is not responsible for the boy．

        B．The family don’t like associating with their neighbours．

        C．The boy lives with Rick James Lohstroh．

        D．The boy has no brothers or sisters．

3．What can we infer from the report?

        A．The tragedy happened because the boy had seen too many films showing violence．

        B．The boy killed his father after he quarreled with his father．

        C．Such things often occurred in this neighbourhood.

        D．The boy’s parents got divorce

4．The reason why the boy shot his father       ．

       A．is clear                                            B．can’t be made out 

       C．is not known                                     D．is quite simple

A recent experiment held in Japan shows that it is almost impossible for people to walk exactly straight for 60 metres．Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology found 20 healthy men and asked them to walk as straight as possible to a target 60 metres away at the normal speed. Each man had to walk on white paper fixed flat to the floor wearing wet colored socks．The footprints revealed that all walked in a winding rather than a straight line．Researchers found that people readjust the direction of walking every few seconds．The amount of the winding differed from subject to subject．This suggests that none of us can walk in a strictly straight line．We walk in a winding way mainly because of a slight structural or functional imbalance of our limbs （四肢）．Although we may start walking in a straight line, several steps afterwards we have changed direction．

   Eyesight helps us to correct the direction of walking and leads us to the target．Your ears also help you walk．After turning around a lot with your eyes closed, you can hardly stand still, let alone walk straight．

   It’s all because your ears help you balance．Inside your inner ear there is a structure which contains liquids．On the sides of the organ are many tiny hair-like structures that move around as the liquid flows．When you spin （旋轉(zhuǎn)） the liquid inside also spins．The difference is that when you stop, the liquid continues to spin for a while．Dizziness （眩暈） is the result of these nerves in your ear．When you open your eyes, although your eyesight tells you to walk in a straight line, your brain will trust your ears more, thus you walk in a curved line．

1．The experiment held in Japan proved that _______．

   A．the participants kept readjusting their direction of walking

   B．a(chǎn)ll the participants （參與者） had a good sense of direction

   C．the experiment was done in different ways

   D．none of the participants finished the 60 metres

2．What helps to readjust our walking direction?

   A．Limbs．        B．Ears．           C．Eyes．         D．Footprints．

3．The underlined word “subject” in Para. 1 refers to ________．

   A．a(chǎn) person with a functional imbalance

   B．a(chǎn) person chosen to be studied in an experiment

   C．the subject one studies at school

   D．the direction of walking

4．The purpose of writing the article is to ________．

   A．prove that ears can help us to walk straight

   B．explain why we can hardly walk in a strictly straight line

   C．point out the importance of noticing everyday science

       D．tell us if we try, we can walk in a straight line．

根據(jù)下列句子及所給漢語注釋，在橫線上寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。（每空只寫一詞）

1．A _____ （淹死） man was saved by my brother．

2．We ______（討價(jià)還價(jià)） with the farmer for a supply of milk and butter．

3．Her husband takes a _____（包裝） lunch to work every day．

4．Go into that _____ （對面）room, and wait there till I come．

5．Big men are not ______（必然地） strong men．

6．Are you ______（二十） or twenty-first on the list?

7．On ______（運(yùn)動(dòng)） day we have competitions in running, jumping, etc.

8．I saw him light a ______（香煙） for her．

9．No matter how frequently ______（表演）, the works of

Beethoven are still popular．

10．Salt water _____（凍結(jié)） at a lower temperature than fresh water．

      11．They keep two _______（仆人）: a cook and a gardener．

12．_______ （和…比） with many women, she is indeed fortunate．

13．The more careful you are, the ____（少） mistakes you will make．

14．You can eat a potato _______（烤）, boiled, or fried.

15．“She is a fool,” said Peral _______（憤怒地）．

單句改錯(cuò)，每句只有一處錯(cuò)誤。

1．What a fun it is to join them in playing golf !                                            1．__________

2．Today, we’ll discuss a number of cases which beginners of  English fail to use the language

properly．                                                                                          2．__________

3．Every means have been tried.                                                                 3．__________

4．The reason was because more than 90%of the students had been admitted to key

universities．                                                                                            4．__________

5．Who do you suggest that should be sent to work there?                            5．___________

6．Might the present unemployment continue, the society would face a more troublesome situation．                                             6．___________

7．Wang Meng won the gold medal in the 20^th Winter Olympic Games, though none of us expected it．                                                     7．___________

8．The eighteenth century developed a completely new kind of the novel．     8．________

9．All people, however they are old or young, rich or poor, have been trying their best to help those in need since the disaster．                                        9．___________

10．Only after my friend came the computer repaired.                                   10．_________

11．There are many woman doctors in the hospital．                                    11．_________

12．Can those seat at the back of the classroom hear me?                              12．_________

13．I have to go to work by taxi because my car is repaired at the garage．   13．_________

14．He seems to be very awake．                                                               14．_________

15．The director got her assistant pick up some hot dogs for the meeting．    15．_________

句型轉(zhuǎn)換，使上下兩句意思相同。

1．If you work hard , you’ll succeed.

_____   _____ and you’ll succeed.

2．The pictures that hangs on the wall is a gift from my nephew．

    The pictures _______ on the wall is a gift from my nephew．

3．As it is written in simple English, the book is easy to understand.

_______ in simple English, the book is easy to understand.

4．He didn’t find that he had got his wallet stolen until he got off the bus．

_____   _____ he got off the bus _____ he find that he had got his wallet stolen．

5．Although it rained heavily, everyone came to the meeting on time．

______   ______   ______ the heavy rain, everyone came to the meeting on time．

1．他總是最后一個(gè)離開辦公室。

   _______________________________________________________________________

2．要是沒有你的幫助，我們不可能完成了工作。

   _______________________________________________________________________

3．我們正在湖里游泳這時(shí)暴風(fēng)雨來了。

   _______________________________________________________________________

4．這些門窗需要油漆了。

   _______________________________________________________________________

5．不管他說什么，我們都不相信他。

   _______________________________________________________________________

---Is there anything wrong with my baby?

--- Nothing _____._____.

A．seriously; Take easy                       B．seriously; Take it easy 

C．serious; Take easy                               D．serious; Take it easy

Many people are still in _____ habit of writing silly words in _____ public places.

A．the; the 　    B．/ ;  /           C．the; / 　        D．/ ; the