Our Pinky Street, one of the oldest streets in the world, was almost lost to a big fire last night. Most of the old houses on Pinky were burned down. The living history we are proud of is dying. But we should never give up. Pinky is like a parent, always there caring for our town. Now we must do something together to get the old Pinky back. There will be a meeting at 2:00 this Saturday afternoon at Town Office. Anyone who wants to help is welcome. Let's see what we can do.
Adam Bolton, Town Office
March 9
What is the reading for?
（A）Finding out why the old street was on fire.
（B）Inviting people to do business on the old street.
✓（C）Getting people to find ways to save the old street.
（D）Asking for help for people who got hurt in the fire.
Our Pinky Street, one of the oldest streets in the world, was almost lost to a big fire last night. Most of the old houses on Pinky were burned down. The living history we are proud of is dying. But we should never give up. Pinky is like a parent, always there caring for our town. Now we must do something together to get the old Pinky back. There will be a meeting at 2:00 this Saturday afternoon at Town Office. Anyone who wants to help is welcome. Let's see what we can do.
Adam Bolton, Town Office
March 9
Which is NOT used in the reading to talk about the old street?
No idea where to spend your vacation? If you are a big fan of sun, beach, and water sports, then you must join FunGana 2016!
Over the years, FunGana has taken people to many places in Gana. This year, we are taking you to Piso Island, one of Gana's beautiful islands. Piso Island is adjacent to Wako Island, the biggest island in Gana, so it is only 15 minutes away by boat from Wako Island. The best time to visit? All year around, the weather on Piso Island is just wonderful for a vacation. You can sail out to watch whales, or enjoy one of the best mud springs in the world. We will also show you around the island in a special car, the Cocoon Rider. It's our pleasure to help you enjoy your stay on Piso Island. Find out more about FunGana 2016 at http://www.fungana2016.com.gn.
No idea where to spend your vacation? If you are a big fan of sun, beach, and water sports, then you must join FunGana 2016!
Over the years, FunGana has taken people to many places in Gana. This year, we are taking you to Piso Island, one of Gana's beautiful islands. Piso Island is adjacent to Wako Island, the biggest island in Gana, so it is only 15 minutes away by boat from Wako Island. The best time to visit? All year around, the weather on Piso Island is just wonderful for a vacation. You can sail out to watch whales, or enjoy one of the best mud springs in the world. We will also show you around the island in a special car, the Cocoon Rider. It's our pleasure to help you enjoy your stay on Piso Island. Find out more about FunGana 2016 at http://www.fungana2016.com.gn.
No idea where to spend your vacation? If you are a big fan of sun, beach, and water sports, then you must join FunGana 2016!
Over the years, FunGana has taken people to many places in Gana. This year, we are taking you to Piso Island, one of Gana's beautiful islands. Piso Island is adjacent to Wako Island, the biggest island in Gana, so it is only 15 minutes away by boat from Wako Island. The best time to visit? All year around, the weather on Piso Island is just wonderful for a vacation. You can sail out to watch whales, or enjoy one of the best mud springs in the world. We will also show you around the island in a special car, the Cocoon Rider. It's our pleasure to help you enjoy your stay on Piso Island. Find out more about FunGana 2016 at http://www.fungana2016.com.gn.
Here is the schedule with the notice of the summer school that Tina goes to.
schedule 課表
Time
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
09:30 ~ 10:30
English
English
English
Piano
Computer
10:40 ~ 11:40
English
Painting
Dancing
Dancing
Painting
13:30 ~ 14:30
Tennis
Painting
Computer
Baseball
Swimming
14:40 ~ 15:40
Basketball
Basketball
Piano
Tennis
Baseball
NOTICE
The school restaurant is closed during the summer school (7/4~7/31). Please bring your own lunch. If you need to order lunch, please tell your class leader the day before.
Dancing shoes can be borrowed with your summer school card. Please find Mr. Shum in Room 117.
During the third week, the gym will be used for the High School Ball Games. Please go to the playground for the basketball classes of the week.
Mr. Reed was really crazy to give us so many new words at one time. Who can possibly remember all of them in a night? In our art class, when Ms. Grant asked us to draw a picture, I just drew a mad me looking at Mr. Reed. But then I totally forgot about Mr. Reed after two hours of PE classes in the afternoon. I was just too tired to think! Luckily, there was no computer class today to make it a really bad day.
What do we know from the notice?
（A）The summer school is three weeks long.
（B）Students can order lunch from the school restaurant.
✓（C）There are basketball classes in the gym every week except the third week.
（D）Those who need to borrow dancing shoes must tell Mr. Shum the day before.
Here is the schedule with the notice of the summer school that Tina goes to.
schedule 課表
Time
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
09:30 ~ 10:30
English
English
English
Piano
Computer
10:40 ~ 11:40
English
Painting
Dancing
Dancing
Painting
13:30 ~ 14:30
Tennis
Painting
Computer
Baseball
Swimming
14:40 ~ 15:40
Basketball
Basketball
Piano
Tennis
Baseball
NOTICE
The school restaurant is closed during the summer school (7/4~7/31). Please bring your own lunch. If you need to order lunch, please tell your class leader the day before.
Dancing shoes can be borrowed with your summer school card. Please find Mr. Shum in Room 117.
During the third week, the gym will be used for the High School Ball Games. Please go to the playground for the basketball classes of the week.
Mr. Reed was really crazy to give us so many new words at one time. Who can possibly remember all of them in a night? In our art class, when Ms. Grant asked us to draw a picture, I just drew a mad me looking at Mr. Reed. But then I totally forgot about Mr. Reed after two hours of PE classes in the afternoon. I was just too tired to think! Luckily, there was no computer class today to make it a really bad day.
Below is what Tina told her friends about the classes in her summer school schedule.
Mr. Reed was really crazy to give us so many new words at one time. Who can possibly remember all of them in a night? In our art class, when Ms. Grant asked us to draw a picture, I just drew a mad me looking at Mr. Reed. But then I totally forgot about Mr. Reed after two hours of PE classes in the afternoon. I was just too tired to think! Luckily, there was no computer class today to make it a really bad day.
Which day was Tina talking about?
The wind keeps blowing.
The door keeps opening.
Will you be with me, my dear Lucy,
When I look for candy
Down there in the dark, dark kitchen?
The wind keeps crying.
The door keeps shaking.
Will you be with me, my dear Lucy,
When I pick up my toy puppy
Out there on the high, high balcony?
Wish you could always be with me
And make them go away with your Do-Re-Me.
I remember last Halloween
They ran away when you started to sing,
“Dear Tommy, my little king,
Close your eyes and have a sweet dream.”
So please stay with me and sing
To stop them kicking the door, riding the wind,
And pulling me down to their house under the ground.
They'll go away if you sing here for me,
In a voice that gets a black cat's hair standing,
The strongest legs shaking, and the window glass breaking.
(ideas from Matthew Sweeney's poem)
likely 可能
poem 詩
Which is most likely true about the speaker in the reading?
（A）He thinks a black cat is hiding somewhere in the house.
（B）He feels lonely because he is the only child in his family.
（C）He is looking for something he left somewhere in the house.
✓（D）He is afraid of being by himself when he feels ghosts around.
The wind keeps blowing.
The door keeps opening.
Will you be with me, my dear Lucy,
When I look for candy
Down there in the dark, dark kitchen?
The wind keeps crying.
The door keeps shaking.
Will you be with me, my dear Lucy,
When I pick up my toy puppy
Out there on the high, high balcony?
Wish you could always be with me
And make them go away with your Do-Re-Me.
I remember last Halloween
They ran away when you started to sing,
“Dear Tommy, my little king,
Close your eyes and have a sweet dream.”
So please stay with me and sing
To stop them kicking the door, riding the wind,
And pulling me down to their house under the ground.
They'll go away if you sing here for me,
In a voice that gets a black cat's hair standing,
The strongest legs shaking, and the window glass breaking.
(ideas from Matthew Sweeney's poem)
likely 可能
poem 詩
Alec: So, what do you think about it?
Ellie: It's…interesting.
Alec: Oh, no, don't say that.
Ellie: The first thing you should know about Olivia is that she's scared of anything with six legs. I don't think she'll be able to walk past the gate of Buzzing World.
Alec: But she loves butterflies! Well, she loved the photos of butterflies I took last time I was there.
Ellie: Only when they're not moving.
Alec: Fine. I'll just take her somewhere else, and that'd be OK. Right?
Ellie: Umm, you're taking her to Wavelength for dinner?
Alec: What's wrong with that?!
Ellie: I wouldn't say a dead fish is really her idea of a nice dinner, and this restaurant sells seafood…
Alec: Now you're wrong about this one. She loved my mom's fish balls. She had several last time!
Ellie: OK, let's ask someone else. Oh, there's Lori. Hey, Lori, could you look at Alec's plan? He's taking Olivia out.
Lori: Wow! Everything's written down on paper! Hmmm… I thought you wanted her to be your girlfriend.
Alec: I do!
Lori: If you follow this plan, I'm sure it'll be your only date with her.
seafood 海鮮
likely 可能
Alec: So, what do you think about it?
Ellie: It's…interesting.
Alec: Oh, no, don't say that.
Ellie: The first thing you should know about Olivia is that she's scared of anything with six legs. I don't think she'll be able to walk past the gate of Buzzing World.
Alec: But she loves butterflies! Well, she loved the photos of butterflies I took last time I was there.
Ellie: Only when they're not moving.
Alec: Fine. I'll just take her somewhere else, and that'd be OK. Right?
Ellie: Umm, you're taking her to Wavelength for dinner?
Alec: What's wrong with that?!
Ellie: I wouldn't say a dead fish is really her idea of a nice dinner, and this restaurant sells seafood…
Alec: Now you're wrong about this one. She loved my mom's fish balls. She had several last time!
Ellie: OK, let's ask someone else. Oh, there's Lori. Hey, Lori, could you look at Alec's plan? He's taking Olivia out.
Lori: Wow! Everything's written down on paper! Hmmm… I thought you wanted her to be your girlfriend.
Alec: I do!
Lori: If you follow this plan, I'm sure it'll be your only date with her.
seafood 海鮮
likely 可能
Alec: So, what do you think about it?
Ellie: It's…interesting.
Alec: Oh, no, don't say that.
Ellie: The first thing you should know about Olivia is that she's scared of anything with six legs. I don't think she'll be able to walk past the gate of Buzzing World.
Alec: But she loves butterflies! Well, she loved the photos of butterflies I took last time I was there.
Ellie: Only when they're not moving.
Alec: Fine. I'll just take her somewhere else, and that'd be OK. Right?
Ellie: Umm, you're taking her to Wavelength for dinner?
Alec: What's wrong with that?!
Ellie: I wouldn't say a dead fish is really her idea of a nice dinner, and this restaurant sells seafood…
Alec: Now you're wrong about this one. She loved my mom's fish balls. She had several last time!
Ellie: OK, let's ask someone else. Oh, there's Lori. Hey, Lori, could you look at Alec's plan? He's taking Olivia out.
Lori: Wow! Everything's written down on paper! Hmmm… I thought you wanted her to be your girlfriend.
Alec: I do!
Lori: If you follow this plan, I'm sure it'll be your only date with her.
seafood 海鮮
likely 可能
What can we learn about Alec?
（A）He was told that Olivia likes nice surprises.
（B）He decided to cook Olivia a nice seafood dinner.
（C）He was happy that Olivia was finally his girlfriend.
✓（D）He gave up the idea of taking Olivia to Buzzing World.
Alec: So, what do you think about it?
Ellie: It's…interesting.
Alec: Oh, no, don't say that.
Ellie: The first thing you should know about Olivia is that she's scared of anything with six legs. I don't think she'll be able to walk past the gate of Buzzing World.
Alec: But she loves butterflies! Well, she loved the photos of butterflies I took last time I was there.
Ellie: Only when they're not moving.
Alec: Fine. I'll just take her somewhere else, and that'd be OK. Right?
Ellie: Umm, you're taking her to Wavelength for dinner?
Alec: What's wrong with that?!
Ellie: I wouldn't say a dead fish is really her idea of a nice dinner, and this restaurant sells seafood…
Alec: Now you're wrong about this one. She loved my mom's fish balls. She had several last time!
Ellie: OK, let's ask someone else. Oh, there's Lori. Hey, Lori, could you look at Alec's plan? He's taking Olivia out.
Lori: Wow! Everything's written down on paper! Hmmm… I thought you wanted her to be your girlfriend.
Alec: I do!
Lori: If you follow this plan, I'm sure it'll be your only date with her.
seafood 海鮮
likely 可能
Emily is a friend of Olivia's. If she agrees with Lori, what would she most likely say to Alec?
（A）“This is just what Olivia would want!”
（B）“You never know what a girl like Olivia would want.”
✓（C）“Make a different plan or have a date with a different girl!”
（D）“She never cares what she does on a date; she cares who she has a date with.”
Since the first case of “Cow Cold” was reported in Kirk State in June, this killer cold has moved up north faster than we thought it would. By July, almost every part of the country had been attacked by Cow Cold. In only two months, the number of dead cows has risen to 5,000. Though Cow Cold started in the south, the east of the country is the worst hit area. By this week, 80% of the farms in Osten State have reported cases of Cow Cold.
The sale of milk in Osten State has slumped because of Cow Cold. Before Cow Cold, the sale of milk in Osten State was ＄2.5 million each week; now it is less than ＄500,000.
Odin State is the only area in the north without cases of Cow Cold. Before we know how to deal with Cow Cold, we can only hope Odin State will be lucky enough not to experience the power of this killer cold.
(Elaine Baker, City Post)
case 案例 area 區域
It was 11 p.m. and Molly walked out of her bakery. She turned and looked at her store one last time. She wanted to remember what it 35 at the moment. A few hours later, people would come and clean out everything in the store. A young man had bought it. He 36 it into a flower shop.
Before it was a bakery, this place 37 a small coffee shop. Molly worked in the shop as a waitress. But taking orders was never Molly's dream; baking was. When she knew her boss planned to sell the shop, she borrowed money and bought it.
Her bakery had been open for thirty years. Thirty very wonderful years. However, it would all come to an end tonight. Molly 38 the bakery to be a family business. But her daughter was never interested in baking. Molly did not want her business in a stranger's hands, so after some serious thinking, she decided to close it.
“Goodbye, my dear old friend,” Molly looked at the store, whispering.
whisper 低語
Molly walked out of her bakery. She wanted to remember what it 35 at the moment.
It was 11 p.m. and Molly walked out of her bakery. She turned and looked at her store one last time. She wanted to remember what it 35 at the moment. A few hours later, people would come and clean out everything in the store. A young man had bought it. He 36 it into a flower shop.
Before it was a bakery, this place 37 a small coffee shop. Molly worked in the shop as a waitress. But taking orders was never Molly's dream; baking was. When she knew her boss planned to sell the shop, she borrowed money and bought it.
Her bakery had been open for thirty years. Thirty very wonderful years. However, it would all come to an end tonight. Molly 38 the bakery to be a family business. But her daughter was never interested in baking. Molly did not want her business in a stranger's hands, so after some serious thinking, she decided to close it.
“Goodbye, my dear old friend,” Molly looked at the store, whispering.
whisper 低語
A young man had bought it. He 36 it into a flower shop.
It was 11 p.m. and Molly walked out of her bakery. She turned and looked at her store one last time. She wanted to remember what it 35 at the moment. A few hours later, people would come and clean out everything in the store. A young man had bought it. He 36 it into a flower shop.
Before it was a bakery, this place 37 a small coffee shop. Molly worked in the shop as a waitress. But taking orders was never Molly's dream; baking was. When she knew her boss planned to sell the shop, she borrowed money and bought it.
Her bakery had been open for thirty years. Thirty very wonderful years. However, it would all come to an end tonight. Molly 38 the bakery to be a family business. But her daughter was never interested in baking. Molly did not want her business in a stranger's hands, so after some serious thinking, she decided to close it.
“Goodbye, my dear old friend,” Molly looked at the store, whispering.
whisper 低語
Before it was a bakery, this place 37 a small coffee shop.
It was 11 p.m. and Molly walked out of her bakery. She turned and looked at her store one last time. She wanted to remember what it 35 at the moment. A few hours later, people would come and clean out everything in the store. A young man had bought it. He 36 it into a flower shop.
Before it was a bakery, this place 37 a small coffee shop. Molly worked in the shop as a waitress. But taking orders was never Molly's dream; baking was. When she knew her boss planned to sell the shop, she borrowed money and bought it.
Her bakery had been open for thirty years. Thirty very wonderful years. However, it would all come to an end tonight. Molly 38 the bakery to be a family business. But her daughter was never interested in baking. Molly did not want her business in a stranger's hands, so after some serious thinking, she decided to close it.
“Goodbye, my dear old friend,” Molly looked at the store, whispering.
whisper 低語
Molly 38 the bakery to be a family business. But her daughter was never interested in baking.
What does the word family mean to you? An American study in 2006 showed that people today 39 . Over 99% of the people who were interviewed agree that a husband, a wife, and a child are a family. At the same time, 94% see a parent with a child as a family, 91% say a husband and a wife, without children, are a family, and 81% think a man and a woman, with a child, but not married, are a family too.
The study also found that 40 is very important in the modern thinking on family. Though 81% think a man and a woman, not married, with a child, are a family, the percentage (%) drops to 40% if the couple doesn't have a child. This is also true with same-sex couples. About 60% see two men, or two women, with a child, as a family, but only 32% think so when the couple doesn't have a child.
In the study, those who see two men or two women that live together as a family often find it OK for same-sex couples to get married. 41 . However, not everyone opens their arms to same-sex couples: the study said 30% have no problem seeing pets as part of one's family, but they do not think a same-sex couple is a family.
couple 伴侶 same-sex 同性
An American study in 2006 showed that people today 39 .
（A）think differently about when to start a family
（B）do not find family as important as their parents did
（C）want many different things when they start a family
✓（D）have several different ideas about what makes a family
What does the word family mean to you? An American study in 2006 showed that people today 39 . Over 99% of the people who were interviewed agree that a husband, a wife, and a child are a family. At the same time, 94% see a parent with a child as a family, 91% say a husband and a wife, without children, are a family, and 81% think a man and a woman, with a child, but not married, are a family too.
The study also found that 40 is very important in the modern thinking on family. Though 81% think a man and a woman, not married, with a child, are a family, the percentage (%) drops to 40% if the couple doesn't have a child. This is also true with same-sex couples. About 60% see two men, or two women, with a child, as a family, but only 32% think so when the couple doesn't have a child.
In the study, those who see two men or two women that live together as a family often find it OK for same-sex couples to get married. 41 . However, not everyone opens their arms to same-sex couples: the study said 30% have no problem seeing pets as part of one's family, but they do not think a same-sex couple is a family.
couple 伴侶 same-sex 同性
The study also found that 40 is very important in the modern thinking on family.
What does the word family mean to you? An American study in 2006 showed that people today 39 . Over 99% of the people who were interviewed agree that a husband, a wife, and a child are a family. At the same time, 94% see a parent with a child as a family, 91% say a husband and a wife, without children, are a family, and 81% think a man and a woman, with a child, but not married, are a family too.
The study also found that 40 is very important in the modern thinking on family. Though 81% think a man and a woman, not married, with a child, are a family, the percentage (%) drops to 40% if the couple doesn't have a child. This is also true with same-sex couples. About 60% see two men, or two women, with a child, as a family, but only 32% think so when the couple doesn't have a child.
In the study, those who see two men or two women that live together as a family often find it OK for same-sex couples to get married. 41 . However, not everyone opens their arms to same-sex couples: the study said 30% have no problem seeing pets as part of one's family, but they do not think a same-sex couple is a family.
couple 伴侶 same-sex 同性
Those who see two men or two women that live together as a family often find it OK for same-sex couples to get married. 41 .
