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英語大世界

隨著中國加入世貿(mào)組織，英語變得越來越重要了。納悶，我們要想提高英語水平，尤其是口語水平，該上哪兒尋求幫助呢?讀過本文之后，相信你會(huì)找到理想的地方。

Suppose you work in a big company and find English very important for your job. Now you are looking for a place where you can improve your English， especially your spoken English.

Here are some advertisements about English language training from newspapers. You may find the information you need.

Global English Center

General English in all four skills: listening， speaking， reading and writing

3-month (700 yuan)， 6-month (1，200 yuan) and one-year (2，000 yuan)

Choice of morning or evening classes， 3 hours per day， Mon.-Fri.

Experienced (有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的) college English teachers

Close to city center and bus stops

Tel: 67605272

Add: 105 Zhongshan Road， 100082

Modern Language School

Special course (課程) in English for business， travel， banking， hotel management.

Small classes (12-16 students) on Sat.Sun. from 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

English teachers from Canada and the USA

Language lab and computers supplied

3-month course: 1，050 yuan; 6-month course: 1，850 yuan

Write or phone: Modern Language School， 675 Park Road， 100056 Tel: 67353019

The 21st Century English Training Center

We offer morning or afternoon classes， both of which last three months and a half at a cost of 800 yuan.

We also have a six-week TOEFL (托福) preparation class during winter and summer holidays.

Entrance exams: June 1 and Dec. 1

Only 15-minute walk from city center

Call 67801642 for more information.

The International House of English

Three/Six-month English courses for students at very low cost: 60 yuan for 12 hours per week; convenient (方便的) class hours: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

A four-month evening program for developing speaking skills (same cost as day classes).

Best foreign teachers experienced in teaching English as a second foreign language.

Free sightseeing and social activities.

Very close to the Central Park.

For further information call 67432308.

1. If you work from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day， you should choose ____.

A. Global English Center and the International House

B. Global English Center and Modern Language School

C. Modern Language School and the 21st Century

D. The 21st Century and the International House

2.The 21st Century is different from the other three schools in that ____.

A. its teaching quality is betterB. it is nearest to the city center

C. its courses are more advancedD. it requires an entrance examination

3.If you take the evening program at the International House， you will pay about ____.

A. 60 yuanB. 240 yuanC. 720 yuanD. 1，000 yuan

4.You will probably prefer to go to the International House because it ____.

A. offers free sightseeing and social activities

B. has a special course in spoken English

C. costs less than the other schools

D. has foreign English teachers

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未來的衛(wèi)星

在太陽系的八大行星中，木星是最大的一顆。圍繞其旋轉(zhuǎn)的衛(wèi)星有很多，但你知道它們是如何旋轉(zhuǎn)的嗎?科學(xué)家們已揭開了這個(gè)謎。

The many moons of Jupiter travel around the planet in different directions (方向).

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Over the years， scientists have found that Jupiter has its own small solar system. Earth has one moon. Jupiter has at least sixteen and probably more.

Since there are so many moons， scientists began to number them. The numerals (numbers) tell the sequence， or order， in which the moons were found. They were slower to name the moons. All of Jupiter’s moons now have a name as well as a number.

The first five moons to be discovered are known as the “inner moons”. But they are not the closest to the planet. The closest is only 127，600 kilometers away from Jupiter. All the inner moons circle the planet in counter-clockwise direction， that is， opposite of the hands of a clock.

Jupiter’s middle group of moons are at least 11，100，000 kilometers from the planet. They also move in a counter-clockwise motion (moving). The four farthest moons are at least 20，700，000 kilometers away. These are called “outer moons”. They circle in a clockwise motion.

How many more moons do you think will be discovered?

1. “Solar system” in this passage means ____.

A. 銀河系B. 宇宙空間C. 流星雨D. 太陽系

2.Things that travel in the same direction as the hands of a clock are said to be traveling in a ____.

A. clockwise directionB. counter-clockwise direction

C. same direction D. different direction

3. Jupiter’s ____ group of moons travel in a clockwise direction.

A. planetsB. innerC. middle D. outer

4. The numbers given to Jupiter’s moons tell ____.

A. the order in which they were discovered

B. the order in which they travel

C. the order of their distance from Jupiter

D. the order of names

5. According to the passage， which of the following statements is TRUE? ____.

A. None of Jupiter’s moons have names

B. Most of Jupiter’s moons circle clockwise

C. Jupiter’s inner moons were discovered first

D. Jupiter is the nearest planet to the earth

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