TRAINS
Trains run from 6 a.m. to midnight. Single trip tickets start at 80 cents. If you buy an EZ-Link card for $15, you can ride the trains and buses all you like.
If you need more information, just call Transit Link on 1800 767 4333.
BUSES
There are several bus services in Singapore and fares (车费) start at 80 cents. Be sure to always ask the driver the cost of your ticket as he can not give changes.
If you need help, just call Transit Link on 1800 767 4333.
TAXIS
There are three main taxi companies—City Cab (6552 2222), Comfort (6552 1111) and Tibs (6552 8888). Booking (预订) can also be made easily by calling the numbers listed above.
RENTAL (租) CARS
Driving in Singapore is a pleasure and if you like to travel at your own pace, renting a car is a good choice. Renting takes away the hassle of getting to places around Singapore. Just sit back and enjoy the city. It also means you’ll get to see a lot more that a train or a bus won’t let you see.
For car rental, call Avis on +65 6737 1668.
1. If you need to find the bus number, you may call____________.
| A．+65 6737 1668 | B．6552 8888 |
| C．1800 767 4333 | D．6552 2222 |
| A．both buses and trains | B．only trains |
| C．both buses and taxis | D．only rental cars |
| A．take your own license with you | B．ask the driver how much your ticket is |
| C．buy the bus map of Singapore | D．book your ticket ahead of time |
| A．麻烦 | B．乐趣 | C．景点 | D．费用 |
| A．A local has no trouble finding his way around. |
| B．It’s much cheaper to go around by bus than by train. |
| C．You can see a lot more in Singapore only by renting a car. |
| D．It’s very convenient for visitors to travel in Singapore. |
2 . Around the world, people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional foods also show a new year of good luck and good health.
An English Christmas dinner has a meal of turkey, and it also includes pies and plum puddings (李子布丁). In Germany, Christmas is celebrated with bread, cookies and cakes, which are made like Christmas trees. In France, Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter cream.
In southern parts of India, there is a three-day festival in mid-January called Pongal. It includes rice and a dish of rice cooked with sugar that is shared with families and friends.
Japan celebrates New Year with a seven-day festival. It begins from January (1)st. Food is prepared before the festival so people don’t need to cook during the festival. On New Year's Day, various dishes called Osechi Ryori (御节料理) are served—each dish is a wish for the New Year.
In most Asian countries, the New Year begins with the first full moon of the first Chinese Lunar (阴历的) month. Each place has its special food to welcome the coming year. People in China prepare their food ahead of time to avoid the possibility that using a knife during New Year's time might "cut luck". Foods with lucky names are popular, such as fish, which sounds like "surplus(剩余)".
1. What do you learn from the passage?| A．People have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. |
| B．New Year begins from January 10th in Japan. |
| C．In France, Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter. |
| D．Traditional foods only show a new of good luck. |
| A．Christmas | B．Pongal | C．New Year | D．Lantern Festival |
| A．turkey | B．dessert | C．Osechi Ryori | D．dumplings |
| A．different | B．same | C．expensive | D．few |
| A．必须性 | B．必然性 | C．可变性 | D．可能性 |
Messaging app WeChat is being used for an ever longer period of time and is growing into a lifestyle choice embedded into daily activities and communication，a new survey has found.
In 2016，one third of WeChat's 889 million monthly active users spend four hours or more per day on the app，twice that of a year ago，according to the survey showed by Penguin Intelligence，a research arm of Tencent Holdings.
The average（平均）daily time spent is also up a bit，now 66 minutes，more than Facebook's average 50 minutes recorded last year.
And it's becoming more popular than ever，spreading into new aspects of life from offline payments to receiving newsfeeds.
The survey has also found a large number of newly-added contacts（联系）of WeChat users are casual acquaintances（泛好友），especially in work-related communication. Such a developing situation is turning the app into a virtual workplace. Over 80%of users have handled office work on WeChat.
“The all-in-one super app is completely changing the way we live. When lining up for coffee，I can't see a single customer holding a wallet. __________，they hold mobile phones over a reader and coffee is theirs，”said Fred Wellington，an Australian auditor working in Shanghai.
1. 回答问题：How many WeChat's monthly active users spent four hours or more per day on the app in 2015？2. 将划线句子翻译成汉语。
3. 回答问题：Why is the app WeChat being turned into a virtual workplace？
4. 根据对文章的理解，在空白处填入一个合适的单词。
5. 请给文章拟一个恰当的标题。
4 . There are so many expressions in American English that sound pleasant but are not. “Face the music” is a good example. When someone says he has to “face the music”, it does not mean he is going to a concert. “Face the music” means accepting and dealing with the punishment of an action.
Americans often use the word “face” in this way. For example, “I can't face another night of camping! It's cold and rainy. ” or “In life, you must face your fears. ” “Face” used in this way is very common.
But now, let's go back to facing the music. Imagine a friend asks you to take care of her beautiful red sports car. She gives you the keys and says, “Thanks so much for watching my car while I'm away. But please, do not drive it. It is an extremely（极其）fast car. ” But you do not listen. You want to show off to some friends. So, you drive it around town one night. As bad luck would have it, you lose control of the car and drive it into a stop sign. Bang!
When your friend returns, you must tell her what you have done and “face the music”. The “music” here is the result of your actions. It could be losing her friendship or paying for repairs to her sports car or both. Whatever the music is, you must face it.
There are other American expressions that mean the same thing as “face the music”. To “take your medicine” means accepting the results from something bad you have done. And if someone says, “You made your bed. Now lie in it. ” He means you created a bad situation and now you will experience the results!
1. 将划线短语 the punishment of an action 译为汉语。2. 列举两个表示承担自己不良行为所导致的结果的短语。
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3. 回答问题。What does“You made your bed. Now lie in it. ”mean?
4. 选出第四段中face the music中the music 指代的内容。
A. Lose the friendship.
B. Pay for repairs to the sports car.
C. Go to a concert.
D. Listen to the music.
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5. 找出最能表达文章主题的句子。
5 . Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of Lee MinHo on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?
Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and since the 19th century from wood. People leaned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand, As a result, they were expensive and rare (稀有的), And because there weren't many books, few people learned to read.
Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.
Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CDROMs or machines such as MP3 players.
Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced(替代) by computers one day? No, I don't think the Lee MinHo poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two meters high!
1. What does the writer do before he goes to sleep?| A．He reads books. | B．He reads newspaper. |
| C．He looks through magazines. | D．He looks at the posters on the wall. |
| A．About 2000 years ago. | B．In the 19th century. |
| C．About 1000 years ago. | D．In the 11th century. |
| A．People could not read. | B．People could not write words on paper. |
| C．People could not find silk, cotton or bamboo. | D．People could only produce books one at a time by hand. |
| A．People didn’t want to buy books. | B．Printing was invented in China. |
| C．Knowledge and ideas spread quickly. | D．The Internet was introduced to people soon. |
| A．People won’t need books any more. | B．Books won’t be replaced by computers. |
| C．People prefer to find information in books. | D．Computers have already replaced books. |
6 . Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van（住房汽车）.
A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded（拥挤）. A van hold seven persons easily, so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to travel together.
Mr. Hargen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. There are seven seats in the van, and two of them are used to put things on, for a family of five must carry many suitcase（衣箱）when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home, the suitcase are put into the two seats. And then they can carry their grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the moutains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks.
All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
1. From the passage, a van is also called .| A．a motor | B．a motor home |
| C．a motorbike | D．a big truck |
| A．sold their old house | B．moved to their grandparents’ house |
| C．built a new place for a van | D．sold their second car |
| A．a baby | B．much money |
| C．more than two kids | D．interest in vans |
| A．to travel with all the family members on holiday. |
| B．to do some shopping with all the family members. |
| C．to visit their grandparents at weekends. |
| D．to drive their children to school every day. |
| A．they can take people to another city when people are free. |
| B．they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays. |
| C．some people think motor homes are cheap. |
| D．big families can put more things in motor homes. |
7 . A life coach is somebody who helps you reach all kinds of personal and professional goals (目标) . Each of us has the ability to be our own life coach. Here are some tips for you:
♦ Pay attention to your relationships with others
Ask yourself the following questions: How do you deal with disagreements? When was the last time you showed your family members that you care for them? Your relationships with friends, family members and teachers show a lot about the kind of person you are.
♦ Face the fears about the future
Now, imagine that one of your good friends told you that he or she was not strong enough to go back to school. We often give better advice than we are willing to take ourselves. Remember that even the most successful people were probably told that what they wanted to do was impossible, but they followed their dreams and succeed.
♦ Develop your talents
If you want to reach your goals, you will have to spend more time developing the talents you already have, and uncovering any hidden talents that you haven’t discovered yet. So you can take classes in subjects that you are interested in, even if you have no experience.
♦ Be thankful
Take some time to be thankful for the things you do have. Remember positive memories.Think of the best day(s) you have had in the past month or year. Remember special parties, vacations and holidays. Appreciate the wonderful people you have in your life.
A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. Which tip do you think influences you most?
2. Why should you pay attention to your relationships with others?
B. 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
3.
4.
C. 请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
5.
We all waste food, you and me, every day, millions of tons of it. In China, enough food is wasted in restaurants every year to feed 200 million people. And the amount of food wasted by Chinese consumers is increasing fast. So our nation is being encouraged to stop wasting food.
So what should Chinese consumers do to prevent food waste?
♦ Keep a kitchen diary
All of us should keep a kitchen diary, and we can know that how much food we waste at home. The first thing for us to do is to stop throwing away food that we can still eat. We should eat everything we buy and if we cannot, we should buy less.
♦ Buy only what we need
We should ask for smaller portions in stores. We should also check how much food we have before buying more. We shouldn’t bring much food we don’t need home even if large posters ask us to do so.
♦ Develop the habit of packing food
Chinese consumers are generous and friendly. In restaurants, often too much food is ordered and served. So when ordering out, we are supposed to exclude the food in the order if we don’t plan to eat it. And order smaller servings in restaurants and take home what we cannot finish.
Don’t put it off! Let’s stop food waste today!
1. Why is our nation being encouraged to stop wasting food?| A．Because there’s enough food for Chinese people. |
| B．Because Chinese consumers like to try delicious food. |
| C．Because the number of food wasted by us is growing fast. |
| D．Because it’s traditional to invite friends to dinner in China. |
| A．keep a kitchen diary | B．buy things as much as possible |
| C．cook too much food for her family | D．keep the food as long as possible |
| A．Enjoy the food! | B．Keep healthy! | C．Share the dish! | D．Waste not, want not! |
| A．He asks for the right portions. |
| B．You leave a lot of food on the table. |
| C．You ask your friend to order less food. |
| D．He takes away the food that you can still eat. |
| A．Have a balanced diet. |
| B．Eat less food to keep fit. |
| C．Keep the balance of nature. |
| D．Have a good habit of clearing the plate. |
We’ll finally grow up someday, leaving our parents and facing the challenges in life. Parents may not be able to solve every problem for us. Instead, we should have enough life skills to deal with the problems that come our way.
This is what our countries to do now: Helping more students gain working spirit. To stress the importance of hardworking spirit education (劳动教育) among students of different ages. A guideline (指南) was released (发布) recently. The guideline calls for students to respect work. Students should learn basic life skills and form good working habits through such education.
The government has been trying to stress the importance of hardworking spirit education. But this has been overlooked (忽略) in recent years. Many teens do not value the importance of working hard and are uninterested in doing so.
According to a study of nearly 3,000 students that was done by Ningbo Evening News in March, only 22 percent of primary and middle school students help with everyday chores around the house.
Schools and families play an important role in teaching students about the value of working hard, the guideline says. Primary and middle schools should provide students with hardworking spirit classes every week. Schools can also hold activities to give students real - world work experience. For example, schools can teach children how to plant trees on Tree - Planting Day.
As children' s first teachers, parents should also encourage children to learn how to do chores at home. Students should master one or two life skills every year. These skills can include cooking, washing their own clothes and tidying their rooms.
1. The guideline was released in order to _________.| A．teach students how to do chores at home |
| B．call for students to respect work |
| C．help students solve life problems |
| D．ask students to be more independent |
| A．Challenges in life. | B．Basic life skills. |
| C．The recently released guideline. | D．Hardworking spirit education. |
| A．Only 3,000 students help with housework. |
| B．Students pay no attention to work spirit. |
| C．About one - fifth of students help with housework. |
| D．Students are very dependent on their parents. |
| A．provide both guidance and chances for real work |
| B．hand out die guideline to every student |
| C．teach students how to plant trees |
| D．give parents homework |
10 . When spring is in the air, everyone looks forward to seeing the beautiful and eye-pleasing flowers and plants. The following flowers and plants might not be so eye-pleasing, but are certainly eye-catching!
Lady's SlipperThis flower is amazing. It looks like a shoe. To be more exact, it is like a lady's slipper. That's how it gets its name. Although it was once found across Europe and the UK, now Lancashire in England is the only place where this plant can be found. The flower was so unusual that people picked almost all of them. Besides, it is one of the most difficult plants to grow. Fortunately, strict rules have been made to protect this endangered plant.
Hot Lips
When you see a plant like this, don't get shocked! No, they are not a woman's lips （唇）! You can find these plants in countries with tropical （热带的） rain forests, such as Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama. Because of the cutting down of trees, these unusual plants have become endangered.
Black Bat Flower
The black bat flower is an unusual flower that grows in the wild and tropical forests of Yunnan Province in China. It is famous for its bat﹣shaped black flowers. It needs special environmental conditions to grow. This is the reason why it is an endangered plant.
You can consider yourself lucky if you actually see one of the plants mentioned above. After all, they are all endangered and disappearing from the earth. Hopefully, there are other unusual flowers that are left and undiscovered, because the world is full of surprising things!
1. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean？________
| A．When spring comes. |
| B．When spring flies. |
| C．When spring is gone. |
| D．When the air is fresh. |
| A．One. |
| B．Two. |
| C．Three. |
| D．Four. |
a.
b.
c.
d.
| A．Lady's slipper（a）, Hot lips（b）, Black bat flower（c） |
| B．Lady's slipper（c）, Hot lips（a）, Black bat flower（b） |
| C．Lady's slipper（d）, Hot lips（c）, Black bat flower（b） |
| D．Lady's slipper（d）, Hot lips（c）, Black bat flower（a） |
| A．Get to know these eye﹣pleasing flowers |
| B．Three kinds of unusual tropical flowers |
| C．The world is full of surprising things |
| D．How to protect the endangered plants |
