The first restaurants were in ancient Greece and ancient Rome. These restaurants served food in large stone bowls. People didn't order food from a menu. Everyone used to share the food from big bowls. People believe that these places were very popular because most homes in ancient Greece and Rome did not have kitchens. Also, people didn't have to store food at home if they ate their meals at these restaurants.

Later, restaurants began to open in China. In the early 1100s, more than 1 million people lived in the city of Hangzhou, China. It was a very busy city, and people had money. All of these people had to eat. Smart cooks started cooking and selling food along the Imperial Way, a very big street in the city. Unlike in ancient Greece and Rome, people in China could choose food from a menu. They didn't have to eat the same food as everyone else.

For the next several centuries, there were restaurants all over the world. People could buy food on the street or at inns- small hotels. Then, in the middle of the 1700s, restaurants started opening in Paris. These restaurants were more similar to restaurants we know today. There was a bigger. variety of food, and eating in these restaurants was a more enjoyable experience. In the 19th century, trains made travel much faster and simpler. In the end, this kind of restaurant began to appear all over Europe and in other parts of the world.

Now, restaurants are everywhere. You can buy a variety of different kinds of food. You can have food sent to your door. But remember it wasn't always like that.

【1】It is believed that these first restaurants were popular because.

A. people could eat different food. B. the food there was very cheap.

C. people were too busy to cook. D. most homes didn't have kitchens.

【2】How were the restaurants in Hangzhou different from the first. restaurants?

A. They offered menus to customers.

B. They usually served the same food.

C. They sold the food in large stone bowls.

D. They prepared food for all people in the city.

【3】The underlined part "these restaurants” in Paragraph 4 means.

A. restaurants in ancient Greece and ancient Rome

B. restaurants in Hangzhou in the early 1100s

C. restaurants in Paris in the middle of the 1700s

D. restaurants all over Europe in the 19th century

【4】The author wrote this article to .

A. help us to choose restaurants B. tell us the history of restaurants

C. encourage us to eat at restaurants D. show us the changes of eating habits

Good and bad manners make up the social rules of a country. They are not always easy to learn because they’re often not written in books. Let’s have a【1】 at some social rules in Britain.

In the past, British women didn’t go to pubs(酒吧) because it 【2】 (consider) bad behavior for a woman. But as time goes by, 【3】 women and men can drink freely in pubs now.

Visitors to Britain often see British people wait in queues(行列) in public places, like the bus stop. It is considered impolite to get on a 【4】 without waiting your turn in the queue. Queuing is a national habit in Britain and it’s considered good manners to wait your turn.

In some countries, it’s considered bad manners to eat on the street. 【5】, in Britain, it’s common for you to see people having a snack ahead 【6】 you on the street.

British people used 【7】 (be) surprised to see young children weren’t usually taken out to restaurant late at night. And if they 【8】 (make) a noise in a restaurant, it was regarded as impolite behavior. Nowadays, children are playing a more active role and they 【9】 (accept) in many pubs and restaurants.

Recently, many British companies have banned smoking in the offices and canteens. Smoking is a also banned on the London. Underground, in cinemas and on most buses. If someone breaks the rule, he/she 【10】 (pay) for it. In general, it’s becoming less acceptable to smoke in a public place than before. Social rules are an important part of every country. The British have an expression for following these “unwritten rules”: When in Rome, do as Romans do.

What is life's greatest gift? It is choice. Choice is the ability to choose some actions from a set of things to achieve a goal. 【1】 The reason is that it turns us from dumb animals into artists. Choice becomes the tool we use to sculpt(雕刻) our life. The tool doesn't come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility.【2】 It is enjoyment.

Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life. Life is always changing and we have to make lots of choices. 【3】 We often need to check where we are on our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what action will I take now to make myself realize my goals?

【4】And our life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example, you decide which store to shop at and which bus station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our lives are much more important than deciding where to shop. The more we understand the difference between small and big decisions, the more pleasure we will get.

Life is like a chess game.【5】 All chess lovers realize that it isn't necessary to win to enjoy the game. Make the best moves you can under the conditions. Then you can enjoy your life.

A．Why is choice so great?

B．The pleasure is in the playing.

C．In fact, we have to make choices every day.

D．But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return.

E．Because making right choices is more important than working hard.

F．Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals.

G．Do you enjoy making choices?

【1】She ________(答應(yīng)) to buy you a gift yesterday.

【2】It snowed heavily last night and the ground ______________(覆蓋) with white snow.

【3】The harder you study, the better _______ (achieve) you will get.

【4】When they saw the sun rising, they jumped up and down in e_______.

【5】It is not _______ (usually) for teenagers nowadays to study for 16 hours a day.

【6】Music and lighting are often used to e________ customers to buy more.

【7】It remains to be seen w_______ or not this idea can be put into practice.

【8】I s___________ going out for a walk after supper, and everyone agreed.

【9】He is in hospital and has been a______ from his desk for two weeks

【10】I broke my glasses yesterday. I have to get them __________(repair) before my class begins

One day, a man saw a cocoon(蠶繭). He loved butterflies and had a craze for its wonderful colours. In fact, he spent a lot of time around butterflies. He knew how a butterfly would struggle(掙扎,奮斗) to turn into a beautiful one from an ugly caterpillar.

He saw the cocoon with a tiny opening. It meant that the butterfly was trying to make its way out to enjoy the world. He decided to watch how the butterfly would come out of the cocoon. He was watching the butterfly struggling to break the shell for several hours. He spent almost more than 10 hours with the cocoon and the butterfly. The butterfly had been struggling very hard for hours to come out through the tiny opening. Unfortunately, even after it continuously tried for several hours, there was no progress. It seemed that the butterfly had tried its best and could not give any more try.

The man, who had a passion and love for butterflies, decided to help the butterfly. He got a pair of scissors and tweaked the cocoon to make larger opening for the butterfly and removed the remaining cocoon. The butterfly came out without any struggle!

Unfortunately, the butterfly looked no longer beautiful and had a swollen body with small and withered(凋謝的) wings.

The man was happy that he had made the butterfly come out of the cocoon without any more struggles. He continued to watch the butterfly and was quite eager to see it fly with its beautiful wings. He thought that at any time, the butterfly might spread its wings, shrink(收縮) the body and the wings could support the body. Unfortunately, _____________ 91_______________

Instead, the butterfly just crawled around with withered wings and a huge body. It was never able to fly. Although the man did it with a good intention(意圖), he did not know that only by going through struggles the butterfly can come out to be beautiful, with strong wings.

The continuous effort from the butterfly to come out of its cocoon would let the liquid stored in the body be turned into wings. Thus, the body would become lighter and smaller, and the wings would be beautiful and large.

If we don’t want to undergo any struggle, we won’t be able to fly! Life is difficult, but struggles make us shine!

【1】Why was the man crazy about the butterflies?

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【2】The butterfly didn’t come out of the cocoon successfully by itself, did it?

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【3】How did the man help the butterfly?

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【4】What can be filled in the blank in the sixth paragraph？

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【5】Why did the normal butterfly have a small body but large wings?

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【6】How do you understand the last sentence “Life is difficult, butstruggles make us shine!”?

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When they were 15, they spent a summer in Quebec camping in an old tent. The year after graduating from college, they drove to Central America and rode a train through jungles.

After that. they went their separate ways. Jim took a job as a teacher at a school. Danny became a journalist and lived in Boston. They sent each other Christmas cards, but found it difficult to stay in touch. Their careers took them in different directions, giving them different experiences.

The years went by. They aged. They both turned 60. And then, miles apart, they both woke up one morning and knew it was time to retire. Both of them realized it was time to leave the jobs that had kept each of them excited for 35 years.

It was time to begin a new chapter of life.

Danny had heard about a research project in Argentina. A team of scientists was searching for

the planets oldest dinosaur fossils(化石). And the team wanted some volunteers.

Danny called his friend of 55 years. He told him about this project. Then, he asked him whether he would consider going on such a trip. The answer was: Yes!

A few months later, just retired, they were setting up a tent at the foot of the Andes. Every day for the next two weeks, they hiked across the desert, searching for the fossils of ancient animals.

Late at night, lying in their sleeping bags, they looked up at the cold black sky. They talked about the time they had camped in the past.

As Jim and Danny had back then, they started to laugh. They couldnt stop.The years between them fell away. Circles reconnected. They were boys again.

【1】Did Jim and Danny do many same things when they were young?

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【2】When did they begin to love the overnight trips?

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【3】How did they keep in touch just after they went their separate ways?

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【4】Why was it time for them to begin a new chapter of their life?

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【5】What were they doing while they were hiking across the desert?

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【6】According to the passage, what does the underlined part They were boys again. mean?

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The ship sailed from New York on 7th November, 1872, for the port of Genoa in Italy. It was carrying a cargo (貨物) of 1,700 barrels of American alcohol which was worth 35,000 dollars. There were 10 people on board the ship: the captain, Briggs, his wife, Sarah, their two-year-old daughter, and seven crewmen. Briggs had a good fame as a captain. He was also a religious man who did not drink alcohol.

The mystery begins on 15th November, 1872. The Mary Celeste was between the Azores and the coast of Portugal when it was seen by the captain of another ship, Captain Morehouse. Captain Morehouse was immediately worried because he could see that the Mary Celeste was out of control. He was also very surprised because he knew that Captain Briggs was a good sailor. There were no distress (求救) signals from the Mary Celeste and no reply when Morehouse tried to make contact, so he decided to take a small boat and climb on board the Mary Celeste. There was nobody on board!

There didn’t seem to be much wrong with the ship: it was not in danger of sinking, so there was no need for panic. However, the ship’s register and other paperwork were missing; the navigation instruments were missing; and everything on the ship, including the captain’s bed, was wet through. Another important fact is that there were no boats on board. And a strange fact is that when the cargo was finally unloaded in Genoa, nine barrels of alcohol were missing. Can we find an explanation which fits all the known facts?

Morehouse guessed that the crew must, for some reason, have thought that the boat was sinking and panicked. But why did they think it was sinking? It is possible that, as the cargo was alcohol, there might be an explosion which would cause everyone on board to panic. The crew might have climbed into the boat and tied the boat to the main ship while they checked if the ship really was sinking. Perhaps a storm broke the rope and left them all in a small boat on stormy seas.

It seems that 92 now, but I am sure that people will keep thinking of possible solutions, and the only limit to these solutions will be the human imagination!

【1】Which place did the Mary Celeste leave for?

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【2】What do you know about Briggs besides having a family of three people?

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【3】How did Morehouse feel when he saw the Mary Celeste was out of control?

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【4】Why did Morehouse guess that the crew panicked at that time?

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【5】What can be filled in the blank in the last paragraph?

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【6】Where do you think all the people on the ship might go? Show your possible reason(s)!

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Popular Bookmall had already set up such a shop in Nanjing. The organizers of the Nanjing store report that it was a great success; enough customers voluntarily paid for their books. But most older “honesty stores” in China did not receive enough honest customers. For example, a self-service restaurant opened in Fujian province years ago. It allowed customers to pay whatever they chose, but about one-fifth of customers paid nothing. The organizers of the “honesty stores” say that their goal is to encourage people in China to remember how important honesty is.

Many Chinese are worried about dishonesty in China. Even at Popular Bookmall, not everybody chose to pay for their books. Is it a good way to solve it by law? Maybe not. We should listen to our conscience (良心). This has deep roots in Chinese culture. Confucius (孔夫子) taught Chinese to be conscientious and honest.

But there are also a great rational (理性的) reason for “honesty stores”: the more honest people there are in society, the more reasons we have to trust others. And if people trusted each other, they’d be more willing to share. For example, in a “sharing economy”, we do not have to think about saving or spending money all the time. We should try to help other people. In brief, society is built on trust, not only trade (商業(yè)).

【1】What is the special style of book distribution in “Popular Bookmall”?

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【2】“Popular Bookmall” in Nanjing was a great success, wasn’t it?

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【3】Why did organizers open many “honesty stores” in China?

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【4】What are many Chinese worried about?

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【5】According to Confucius, how should we encourage ourselves to be honest?

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【6】What does the underlined part “society is built on trust, not only trade” try to tell us?

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As I entered, I found a very old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the table-top. I sat down facing her two tables away.

“Poor woman,” I thought. “What does she get out of life? Why does God let people live so long past their prime(鼎盛時期)?”

As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years… In minutes the two of them were trembling (顫抖) with laughter.

I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself.

I was wearing a dirty shirt.

She was well dressed in white, gold rings on her fingers.

I was in low spirits. She was laughing, smiling.

I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall.

She was old but it wasn’t hurting her.

As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish questions about God letting People past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive than I was. Age has not bent her spirit (精神).

【1】The story happened in a coffee shop in July, didn’t it? （此題1分）

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【2】What did the writer think of the first woman when she saw her in the shop?

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【3】How did the two aged ladies feel when they were talking about their childhood days?

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【4】What does the underlined sentence “I was putting the pieces of my life together” mean?

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【5】How did the young writer and the old woman live according to the passage?

The old woman lived a ____________ life, while the young writer led a ____________ life.

【6】What did the young writer try to tell us in the story? （此題3分）

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【1】To be a member Metropolis Book Club, do you need to post the completed form back?

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【2】How does a new member of the club get a free watch?

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【3】When must you join the club if you want to get another free book?

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【4】What information do the members get from the free club magazine?

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【5】What does a member have to do during the first year?

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【6】Would you like to be a member of the club? Why or why not? ( at least two reasons)

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