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    Tutoring (家教) has become more and more popular in South East Asia. One third of students in Hong Kong attend tutoring classes. But how do parents choose the right tutor? Kelly Mok a tutor queen, told BBC News: “There are so many tutors in Hong Kong. Students do not know who to choose. So they go for the tutor kings and tutor queens.”

    These tutors are usually young and good looking. They wear clothes that cost a lot of money. These tutors advertise themselves. People in Hong Kong see pictures of the tutor kings and queens everywhere. There are even advertisements for them on television.

    One advertisement is for a school called Beacon College. This school is owned by Richard Eng. He was the first tutor king. He printed his picture on books. And it worked! Students wanted to be in his class. And parents were willing to pay.

    Many school teachers feel that their students are too interested in tutoring. The students spend all day in school. And then they spend the rest of the day at private tutoring. Some students even fall asleep at school. Other students do their tutoring homework during their school classes.

    Rosa Wong, a mother of a 16-year-old, said: “In my heart, I do not agree with the practice. But everyone else takes their classes. If your children don’t, you are afraid they will not be able to perform as well as everyone else.”

    Doctor Catherine Chan, Hong Kong’s Deputy Secretary for Education isn’t sure that tutoring is the best way. But she says that students and parents should see if tutoring helps them. “I am worried with how students and parents use the service—whether the money is spent wisely. But if it really helps the students then I do not have any right to say it’s bad or wrong!” she said.

(1) What can we learn about tutor kings and tutor queens?

 

A. They are experienced school teachers. B. They dress smartly to attract students. C. They come from Beacon College. D. They help students choose tutors.
(2) Richard Eng     .

   

A. cared little about his appearance B. advertised himself on television C. set up the first tutoring school D. was popular among students
(3) What does the underlined part “the practice” refer to?

  

A. Taking tutoring classes. B. Falling asleep at school. C. Choosing tutor kings and queens. D. Doing tutoring homework in class.
(4) What does Catherine Chan think of tutoring?

 

A. It’s expensive. B. It’s disappointing. C. It’s hard to judge its value. D. It’s a good way to help students.

Saturday, March 24th

We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand(泰国). All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North.

Tuesday, March 27th

Bangkok is wonderful and surprising! The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai.

Friday, March 30th

Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life-no computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say "hello". Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.

(1) The diaries above show the writer's _____ days in Thailand.
A. 3 B. 7 C. 15 D. 30
(2) It seems that visitors _____ in Bangkok.
A. often feel hungry B. can always find cheap things C. can’t take any photos D. can enjoy themselves
(3) Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand. B. The writer left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai by bus. C. Chiang Rai is a boring city in the mountains. D. The writer is traveling alone in Thailand.

For one week, books will be everywhere in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. That’s because from May 3 to 10, the city will become a “ Reading Town”. It’s a project to grow a society in which everyone has an equal chance to become a lifelong reader.

During the special reading week, the 35,000 people there will have reading made into every part of their lives through several amazing events, according to the Reading Town website. For example, the town’s popular Crescent Park will set up a number of reading corners with chairs, blankets and of course books and magazines. People are encouraged to drop by the park and get a book.

When someone orders a pizza that week, they’ll get a poem along with their pepperoni pie. All of the babies born at the Moose Jaw Union Hospital during the city’s reading week will be given a gift bag with books sent by Canadian publishers.

There will be a “Caught Reading” contest on Twitter. People can take a photo of someone who is reading and post it on Twitter for a chance to win prizes.

On the town’s Main Street, a short story by Margaret Atwood will be posted page by page in shop windows so people walking along can read Death by Landscape.

 Even the town-criers (公告传报员) will be getting in on the act. During the reading week, instead of crying out the latest news, they will read popular poems. Moose Jaw was selected for the program because it has an interesting books, music and arts scene (现场), according to the Reading Town website.

(1) The writer explains the special reading week by 　　　.
A. telling several stories B. doing some research

  

C. answering some questions D. giving examples
(2) Who will probably be given prizes according to the passage?

        

A. Parents who are reading with their children. B. People who show pictures about reading online. C. The babies born at the Moose Jaw Union Hospital. D. People who have ordered a pizza and a pepperoni pie.
(3) According to the passage, in a reading corner 　　　.
A. books will be given to visitors as gifts B. people can do some reading while walking C. some popular poems will be read by town-criers D. people can read books there comfortably and freely
(4) The reading week is held in Moose Jaw in order to 　　　.
A. provide people with free books B. introduce people to lots of latest books C. help people get into the habit of reading D. make Moose Jaw a well-known reading city

If you want to fully enjoy your vacation, then you’d better check the Durban City Tours! This is actually one of the best choices in South Africa today.

There is nothing more relaxing than to think about it that there is a place to go and relax, right? City life is stressful, but you can escape this situation and be in the place where there is noting but fun. Here in Durban you will get to see all the amazing tourist attractions. If you love animals and want to see some elephants wandering around the streets, then Durban is the place to go. You can even get to ride one if you want!

Here you will also get to taste all the delicious South African food. You can choose from Italian cooking to its native dishes. Durban is a great place to tour with your friends and family. You will learn a lot about its history through the landmarks you will see down the streets. Tourists and even the local villagers just can’t get enough of these treats!

However, it is important that you make the necessary arrangements. There are actually lots of tour guides that will help you as you make your journey along the streets of Durban. But if you prefer the best tour guides here in Durban, then you’d better settle for the Street Scene Tours. Their staff are all well-trained and professional. They will certainly make your stay here an unforgettable one. No wonder tourists prefer the Street Scene Tours when it comes to Durban City Tours.

(1) What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A. Durban is a relaxing city. B. City life means high pressure. C. It is good to have a place to relax. D. One can have fun riding elephants.
(2) If you walk in the street of Durban, what will impress you most?
A. Tourists from all over the world. B. The buildings and many kinds of animals. C. The streets and some wandering elephants. D. The friendly local people and the scenery.
(3) What does the last sentence in Paragraph 3 show?
A. The food can’t satisfy them. B. They are bored with the streets. C. They are treated very well here. D. They never get tired of the sights.
(4) The author wrote the last paragraph mainly to      .
A. attract tourists to Durban B. help readers make arrangement C. introduce the tour guides in Durban D. persuade tourists to choose the Street Scene Tours

Conflict is on the menu tonight at the café La Chope. This evening, as on every Thursday night, psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of France’s favorite pastimes, coffee drinking and the “talking cure”. Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings. It isn’t always easy. They customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 (plus drinks) per session-care quick to intellectu alize (高谈阔论)，slow to open up and connect. “You are forbidden to say ‘one feels,’ or ‘people think’,”Lehane told them. “Say ‘I think,’ ‘Think me’.”    A café society where no intellectualizing is allowed? It couldn’t seem more un-French. But Lehanne’s psychology café is about more than knowing oneself: It’s trying to help the city’s troubled neighborhood cafes. Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation’s desire to spend more time at home. Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation. Cafes focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.
    The city's psychology cafes, ​which offer great comfort, are among the most popular places.​Middle-aged homemakers, retirees, and the unemployed come to such cafes to talk about lover,​anger, and dreams with a psychologist.​And they come to Lehance‘s group just to learn to say what ​they feel.​There‘s a strong need in Paris for communication, says Maurice Frisch,​a ca​fe La Chope ​regular who works as religious instructor in a nearby ​church.​ ---People have few real friends. ​And they need to open up ​Lehanne says she‘d like to see ​psychology cafes all over France.---​If people had ​normal ​lives,​these cafes would‘t exist, she says,If life weren‘t ​a battle, people wouln‘t need a special place just to ​speak. ​But them, it wouldn‘t be France.

(1) What are people encouraged to do at the cafe La Chope?
A. Learn a new subject. B. Keep in touch with friends. C. Show off their knowledge. D. Express their true feelings.
(2) How are cafes affected by French lifestyle changes?
A. They are less frequently visited. B. They stay open for longer hours. C. They have bigger night crowds. D. They start to serve fast food.
(3) What are theme cafes expected to do?
A. Create more jobs. B. Supply better drinks. C. Save the cafe business. D. Serve the neighborhood.
(4) Why are psychology cafes becoming popular in Paris?
A. They bring people true friendship. B. They give people spiritual support. C. They help people realize their dreams. D. They offer a platform for business links.

It gives me great pleasure today to say a few words in praise of a man we will all miss very much. To be honest, I can’t imagine we will do without him when he’s go-ne.  Bill Masters almost single–handed built up our sales force in the  Houston area and developed the market position that we enjoy today. In only six years, he has brought the firm from a very low fifth position in the area sales to the point where we now outsell all but one of our competitors. Not only have we got 37 percent of the 

market under Bill’s leadership; we are increasing our share with each passing month.   As you know, the company has moved Bill to northern California to work his sales magic in one of this company’s most competitive(竞争的) areas. But we know

 that if anyone can do it, Bill Masters can, and I know you all join me in wishing him the best of luck in his new work. 

(1)  The speech was made _______.
A. at a welcome meeting B. at the opening of a new school term C. when somebody was leaving D. when they had a new manager
(2)  How long did Masters worked there?
A. 37 years B. less than 5 years C. about six years D. since he began to work
(3)  When Bill started to work in  Houston area, he had _______to help him.
A. many people B. nobody C. about 37 people D. very few people
(4)  Bill in  creased the company’s sale _______.
A. by 37 per cent every month B. to the second largest in the area C. to be the fifth largest in the area D. five times as much as before

Young people almost never get a good press(评论) these days . “Their outlook is centered on trashy books and films,” expressed one citizen(市民)in a letter I recently came across in the Daily Mail . It seems that people have been complaining about the young since ancient times. However, the young are probably no worse than they’ve ever been. And I think they’re better .Teenagers today are brighter, more energetic, more outgoing, and more interesting than any generation before.

The truth is , we hear plenty of bad news about youth, but we never hear about the majority. Surely they all want to be footballers or attractive models? Not a bit of it. When research company Britain-Thinks examined teenagers’ attitudes earlier this year, they found that most popular goal( shared by 70 percent) was to “have a job you love”, followed by having a university degree , owning your own home and being in a happy, long-term relationship . It tallies with another study by Institute for Economic and Social Research , which found that what made teenagers happiest wasn’t a new smart phone or pair of shoes , but “the simple things in life”, such as close friends, going swimming and spending time with their parents.

Indeed, the more you look at the young, the more impressive they seem. They are, of course ,more technologically knowledgeable and skillful than any generation before them . But the interesting thing is that they’re not merely consumers(消费者); they’re creators . Think of all those young people developing their own websites or machines.

Seventeen-year-old Nick D’ Aloisio is an example .He invented a news-summary app(应用程序) called Summly and sold it to Yahoo this year for a reported ￡18 million .The company offered him a job in California, but he turned it down. “I’ll be staying in London,” he explained. “I want to finish my A levels and I couldn’t really live on my own there.” Of course they aren’t perfect , and every generation has its fair share of bad apples. But I think our future is in safe hands.

(1) The underlined part “ tallies with” in paragraph 2 probably means “__________”.

      

A. focuses on B. agrees with C. leads to D. belongs to
(2) The example of the seventeen-year-old is to show that young people _______.

      

A. are quite creative B. can find a job easily

      

C. can earn a living by themselves D. are homesick for their hometown
(3) What’s the author’s attitude towards the young generation?

      

A. Worried B. Doubtful C. Hopeful D. Uninterested
(4) The text is mainly written to __________.

      

A. tell us how to deal with teenagers B. show the difficult situation of youth

      

C. discuss the young people nowadays D. tell us how to help the young generation

      Tokyo—With wages across Asia rising, Japan is gradually losing its appeal as a destination for foreign workers.

        The number of foreign workers in Japan is on track to top 1 million by the end of this year, but this trend may not last, even if the country adopts a more welcoming immigration policy.

      One reason is that South Korea and Taiwan are fast gaining on Japan in terms of wages and other working conditions for foreign workers. Another is that job opportunities are improving in China, a major source of overseas workers in Japan.

      The owner of a long-established Chinese restaurant in Tokyo’s Akasaka district is already feeling the effects of these changes.

         When he was looking for a new part-time worker recently, a young Chinese application demanded a monthly wage of 300000 yen($2833), twice the amount he has traditionally paid such employees.

“I can’t afford monthly wages that high,” the owner grumbled (抱怨).

       The applicant said the restaurant’s current pay level is not different from what he could earn back in China. The average monthly income of workers in Shanghai reached 5451 yuan ($813) in 2014 and has continued to rise.

       Rising wages in China are also affecting rural Japan, where a shrinking working-age population is causing serious problems. Chinese nationals once accounted for more than 70% of foreign workers here. But the minimum monthly wage for full-time workers there is about 110000 yen, not much different from pay levels in urban areas of China.

(1) Why is Japan losing its attraction to foreign workers?
A. Because Japan adopted a more welcoming immigration policy. B. Because the economy of Japan has serious problems. C. Because employers in Japan can’t afford higher wages. D. Because China restricts its citizens from working in Japan.
(2) The current pay level of the Chinese restaurant mentioned in the passage is most probably ________.
A. 150000 yen B. 90000 yen C. 300000 yen D. 190000 yen
(3) According to the passage, what is causing serious problems in rural Japan?
A. The working conditions in rural Japan is much worse than large cities. B. The number of people in working age is declining. C. Workers from urban areas of China don’t like living in the countryside. D. Chinese workers are so greedy that they often demand high wages.
(4) What does the passage suggest?
A. Working conditions in China is now better than Japan. B. Workers from South Korea and Taiwan are leaving Japan. C. Japanese people fear that Chinese workers will take their jobs. D. The average income of workers is increasing in China.

You get on an almost-empty bus, but the next passenger decides to ignore all the empty seats to sit right next to you. While you are waiting in line at the supermarket, the next customer stands just behind you shouting into his phone.

       These are attacks of the personal space invaders(侵犯者). Though preferences for personal space differ from culture to culture, we Britons do love our independence and privacy (清静).

       As the British etiquette (礼仪) website Debrett’s puts it, as a British person, somebody standing too close may make you “focus less on what somebody is saying than on how close they are to you”. Simple acts like putting an arm around someone you don’t know that well may seem friendly in China, but they can make us very uncomfortable. The ediplomat.com website explains: “The British are not back slappers (拍打者) or touchers and generally do not show affection (喜欢) in public.”

       Being a British person around people from other countries can therefore be full of problems. People from many European countries such as France and Spain kiss each other on the cheek when they meet, yet to us this seems too friendly and “touchy-feely”.

       Simple matters like how close others stand can be problematic to Britons who want to keep their own personal space. Giving advice on how to behave around a British person, Debrett’s says that “if you can feel the warmth of their worried breath upon your face, then you’re standing too close”.

       So, are British people unfriendly? Far from it. The ediplomat.com website explains that we are not as “indifferent” as we may seem, but “very friendly and helpful to foreigners”. However, we do have different ideas about our own space to many people from other countries. Just let us know if you’re going to come any closer than arm’s length, and you’ll be fine!

(1) What is the article mainly about?
A. How to make friends with British people. B. Some tips on British table manners. C. British people’s preference for personal space. D. Ways in which British people show affection.
(2) If you were meeting a British person for the first time, it would be polite of you to ______, according to the article.

 

A. kiss him/her on the cheek B. put an arm around him/her

 

C. slap his/her back or shake his/her hands. D. keep an arm’s length away from him/her
(3) The underlined word “indifferent” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “______”.

 

A. modest B. cold C. gentlemanlike D. independent
(4) What can we conclude from the article?
A. British people are helpful, although they may not appear to be. B. British people like to sit next to others on empty buses. C. British people do not like staying with other Europeans. D. British people are happy to show affection in public.

C

     LEEDS, England--- A Leeds University psychology professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Bristons forgive their enemies.

    “The hatred we hold within us is a cancer,” Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

     More than seventy people have become members in Hart's first 20-week workshop in London--- a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.

     These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian- born Hart.

    The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.

    The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people. “People have lots of the attitudes towards forgiveness,” he said. “People confuse forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.”

     Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed.

     “The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you're angry with,” said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project. Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people “want to get free of the past.”

(1) According to the passage if you're angry with somebody, you should ________.
A. try your best to defeat him or her B. break off  relations with him or her C. persuade him or her to have a talk with you D. relax yourself by not thinking of him or her any more
(2) Afrer reading the passage we are more aware that ________.
A. high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hatred B. high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors C. people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies D. without hatred people will have less trouble connected with blood and heart
(3) If you're a member of Hart's workshop, you'll _______.
A. pay a large amount of money B. attend a gathering twice a month C. go to the course every night in twenty weeks D. pour out everything stored in your mind in the workshop
(4) The author wrote this passage in order to _______.
A. persuade people to go to Hart's course B. tell us how to run a workshop like Hart's C. tell us the news about Hart's workshop D. help us to look at various kinds of anger