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Macau Neighborhood Festival 2008

       Various celebratory activities will be hosted by the General Union of Neighbors Association of Macau from July 9 to 31 in celebration of the “Macau Neighborhood Festival”. A live performance and picture exhibition will be mounted (組織開(kāi)展) on July 9. Visitors and local residents are welcome.

Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm         Free admission

Venue: Courtyard of Lok Yeung Garden, Fai Chi Kei

Telephone enquiries: (853) 333 614

Lao Man Chau Photography Exhibition       2 to 9 Jul.

       Throughout his travels to various natural beauty cities, Lao Man Chau had plenty of opportunities to indulge（滿足） his passion for painting, music, calligraphy (書(shū)法) and philosophy. He is to share the delights of photography in his seminar on July 2 at 3:30 pm. All are welcome to come and share the experience.

Opening hours: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm    Free admission

Venue: Millennium Gallery, Av. da Praia Grande, No. 599

Telephone enquires: (853) 557 672       www.mdpa.org.mo

Permanent Activity — San Kio Fair

       San Kio Fair is specially designed to offer entertainment, culture and shopping to visitors. Different stalls (攤位) will be set up outside the Lin Kai Temple to provide visitors with toys, garments and food. Cantonese Operas are held on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Time: 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm             Free admission

Venue: In front of Lin Kai Temple

Telephone enquires: (853) 324 622

4th Macau Pop Music Festival

       Major local music event Macau Pop Music Festival acts as a platform for bands and singers from Hong Kong and Macau to exchange musical genres （類型）. This year, performers will stage two concerts in Sai Van Lake Square on July 16 at 7:30 pm and Macau Forum on July 23 at 8:30 pm.

Admission: MOP $80

Telephone enquires: (853) 9884 130, 9884 000

If you plan to leave Macau at 8:00 pm on July 9, how many activities can you take part in at most?

A. Four.     B. Three.           C. Two.       D. One.

The 4th Macau Pop Music Festival is different from the other three in that ______.

A. it requires admission charges

B. it lasts for more than one week

C. you can enjoy a performance there

D. you can go there in the evening

From the passage we can know that ______.

A. singers from different countries can take part in Macau Pop Music Festival

B. if you want to know more about the culture of Macau, you should go to Sai Van Lake Square

C. Lao Man Chau is a photographer of many talents

D. you can enjoy a live performance at Courtyard of Lok Yeung Garden from July 9 to 31

The main purpose of announcing the above is to give information about ______.

A. some bands and singers       B. some activities for July

C. a famous photographer       D. celebratory activities

閱讀以下人物情況和書(shū)籍介紹，請(qǐng)選擇適合他們的書(shū)籍。其中有一項(xiàng)是多余項(xiàng)。

___ 1. Next Saturday is Peter’s grandfather’s birthday. As the old man is seventy-five years old, he often feels pain in his knees and back. Peter intends to buy his grandfather a book which will help him keep healthy.

___ 2. Helen’s son is very active in sports and he wishes to be a famous football player in the future. Helen decided to buy a book for her son so that he can know the life of famous people and learn valuable lessons.

___ 3. Last month Catherine’s mother was told that she was suffering from lung cancer. Since then the woman has been in low spirits. Catherine tries to get a book to encourage her mother to fight against cancer.

___ 4. Elizabeth likes running very much as she knows that running can help people keep healthy and strong. Now she is going to buy a book which can tell her how to run in a scientific way.

___ 5. Levin is a cyclist and he often rides his bicycle to the countryside to spend his holidays. Now he needs a book from which he can learn how to repair his bicycle.

A．FirstThingsFirst: TheRulesofBeingaWarner

The book contains very inspiring stories of famous people which will teach you very simple and meaningful lessons. Enjoy their stories and see what life is like in the spotlight and how they handle fame and fortune. See how they help others by donating their time, money and energy.

B．It’sNotabouttheBike

So much more than an athlete’s biography, this is a wonderfully told story about the victory of the human spirit. The detailed description of Lance’s illness, treatment, and recovery is truly inspiring. The book gives you an insight (洞悉) into Lance’s childhood, his love life, his amazing journey into fatherhood, and his role as a cancer activist.

C．ThinkLikeaHorse

The book provides information about the horse, its history and the way it thinks. It helps you promote horse awareness and have a better understanding of the horse, which hopefully improves the life of the horse.

D．TheBicyclingGuidetoCompleteBicycleMaintenanceandRepair

The book contains all the latest models, repair techniques, and money-saving tips to keep any ride in tiptop (一流的)shape. Beginners and experienced cyclists alike can depend on this book to get their bikes out of the shop faster and keep them on the road longer. If you are a cyclist, this is the best book for you.

E. Daniels’ RunningFormula

It’s a very good and useful book. It offers a truly scientific way of training. Each and every point is thoroughly explained. A book like this is an absolute delight for the thinking runner who not only wants to know what to do, but also why.

F. ChiWalking: FitnessWalkingforLifelongHealthandEnergy

In Chi Walking, Danny and Katherine Dreyer teach the walking technique they created that turns walking into deeply rewarding. It provides tips for increasing energy and strength and keeping healthy.

 

DGEWOOD — Every morning at Dixie Heights High school, customers pour into a special experiment: the district’s first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs.

Well before classes start, students and teachers order Lattes, Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates. Then, during the first period, teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries.

By closing time at 9:20 a.m., the shop usually sells 90 drinks.

“Whoever made the chi tea, Ms. Schatzman says it was good,” Christy McKinley, a second year student, announced recently, after chatting with the teacher on the line.

The shop is called the Dixie PIT, which stands for Power in Transition. Although some of the students are not disabled, many are, and the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school. They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs. They keep a timecard and receive paychecks, which they keep in check registers.

Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia.

Not that it was easy. Chevalier’s first problem to overcome was product-related. Should schools be selling coffee? What about sugar content?

Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped. She made sure all the drinks, which use non-fat milk, fell within nutrition (營(yíng)養(yǎng)) guidelines.

The whole school has joined in to help.

Teachers agreed to give up their lounge (休息室) in the morning. Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall. Business students designed the paychecks. The basketball team helped pay for cups.

What is the text mainly about？

   A. A best-selling coffee.                               B. A special educational program.

   C. Government support for schools               D. A new type of teacher-student relationship.

The Dixie PIT program was introduced in order to       .

   A. raise money for school affairs                  B. do some research on nutrition

   C. develop students’ practical skills               D. supply teachers with drinks

How did Christy McKinley know Ms. Schatzman’s opinion of the chi tea？

   A. She once met her in the shop.                  B. She heard her saying it with others.

   C. She talked to her on the phone.                D. She went to her office to deliver the tea.

We know from the text that Ginger Gray       .

   A. starts the guidelines for coffee shops       B. sees that the drinks meet health standards

   C. teaches at Dixie Heights High School        D. manages the Dixie PIT program in Kenton County

Carly Zalenski’s eyes were filled with tears as the dusty bus ran down a dirt road in southern Vietnam. She and her parents had travelled to Ho Chi Minh City by plane from Canton, Ohio of the USA. As they became     to the village, hundreds of cheering      stood in lines at the      to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had      money for.

  Carly started helping      when she was eight. She often walked about to send Thanksgiving baskets at church to families in need. When she saw one girl      very little in a snowy day and others didn’t have warm     , she went door-to-door asking for      coats, hats, gloves, and scarves, then handed them     to the poor families with the baskets.

  However, Carly wanted to do     more—she wanted to “change these children’s     with her efforts”. She remembered that her grandmother’s Rotary club had collected money to build a     in Vietnam a few years ago. She wanted to build a school,      .

  She put together a short show on the people and culture of Vietnam to his audience.    her new braces(腳支架) made it      to make the speech, she was full of enthusiasm, “I want to give them a place to     their lives better.”

  That summer, Carly     with her family across Ohio, visiting three or four Rotary clubs a week. “We travelled like      people to all these meetings,” said her mother. In two years, Carly had raised $50,000. At the donation    in Hoa Lac, the school principal was deeply    by the little girl. “How wonderful it is,” he said, “that a girl at her age wants to do something for kids so far away.”

1.A. farther                     B. closer                C. higher                        D. faster

2.A. adults                       B. farmers                       C. workers                  D. children

3.A. entrance        B. centre                    C. top               D. exit

4.A. collected                   B. borrow                      C. saved             D. earned

5.A. another          B. the others                     C. others            D. the other

6.A. wearing                    B. putting on                     C. dressing           D. taking off

7.A. houses           B. beds                          C. clothes                     D. food

8.A. new                        B. beautiful                      C. used              D. broken

9.A. out              B. up                            C. back               D. over

10.A. anything        B. something                    C. everything                  D. nothing

11.A. moods         B. works                        C. studies                      D. lives

12.A. church        B. village                 C. library                        D. school

13.A. either                   B. also                   C. too                         D. neither

14.A. Because                 B. Unless                C. Although                    D. When

15.A. hard           B. funny                 C. easy                        D. happy

16.A. remain        B. make                         C. turn                         D. allow

17.A. set off                    B. take off                        C. turn off                      D. pay off

18.A. sick                       B. disabled              C. crazy              D. friendly

19.A. ceremony    B. tradition                       C. currency          D. condition

20.A. surprised                B. pleased                       C. excited            D. touched

 

EDGEWOOD—Every morning at Dixie Heights High School, customers pour into a special experiment: the district’s first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs.

Well before classes start, students and teachers order Lattes, Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates. Then, during the first period, teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries.

By closing time at 9:20 a.m. , the shop usually sells 90 drinks.

“Whoever made the chi tea, Ms. Schatzman says it was good,”Christy McKinley, a second year student, announced recently, after hanging up the phone with the teacher.

The shop is called the Dixie PIT, which stands for Power in Transition. Although some of the students are not disabled, many are, the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school.

They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs. They keep a timecard and receive paychecks, which they keep in check registers.

Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia.

Not that it was easy. Chevalier’s first problem to overcome was product-related. Should schools be selling coffee? What about sugar content?

Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped. She made sure all the drinks, which use non-fat milk, fell within nutrition(營(yíng)養(yǎng)) guidelines.

The whole school has joined in to help.

Teachers agreed to give up their lounge(休息室) in the mornings. Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall. Business students designed the paychecks. The basketball team helped pay for cups.

1.What is the text mainly about?

A. A best-selling coffee

B. A special educational program.

C. Government support for schools

D. A new type of teacher-student relationship.

2.The Dixie PIT program was introduced in order to        .

A. raise money for school affairs

B. do some research on nutrition

C. develop students’ practical skills

D. supply teachers with drinks

3.How did Christy McKinley know Ms. Schatzman’s opinion of the chi tea?

A. She met her in the shop

B. She heard her telling others.

C. She talked to her on the phone

D. She went to her office to deliver the tea.

4.We know from the text that Ginger Gray        .

A. manages the Dixie PIT program in Kenton County

B. sees that the drinks meet health standards

C. teaches at Dixie Heights High School

D. owns the school’s coffee shop