Unit One1. Directions: Put the following sentences into English by using the words or phrases below. offer; find out; sign up for; arrange for; expect 1) 我已经报名参加当地大学开设的一门课程。 答：I have signed up for a course in a local university. 2) 我父亲安排好让他的司机到机场来接我。 答：My father has arranged for his driver to pick me up at the airport. 3) 请你设法打听一下飞机什么时候起飞好吗？ 答：Could you please find out when the plane takes off? 4) 你不能指望别人一直帮你。 答：You cant expect that others will always help you. 5) 露西表示愿意帮我找到那本书。 答：Lucy offers to help me find that book.2. Reading Comprehension Directions: Read the following passages and decide which of the following is the best answer to each of the questions or statements. Passage 1 During the summer holidays there will be a revised schedule (修改过的时刻表) of services for the students. Changes for dining-room and library service hours and for bus schedules will be posed on the wall outside of the dining-hall. Weekly film and concert schedules, which are being arranged, will be posted each Wednesday outside of the student club. In the summer holidays, buses going to the town concert will leave the main hall every hour on the half hour during the day. The dining-room will serve three meals a day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm during the week and two meals from noon to 7:00 pm on weekends. The library will continue its usual hours during the week, but have shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekend hours are from noon to 5:00 pm. All students who want to use the library lending services must have a new summer card. This announcement will also appear in the next weeks student newspaper. 1) The main purpose of this text is to _A_.A. tell students of important schedule changesB. tell students of new bus and library servicesC. show the excellent services for studentsD. ask students to renew their library cards 2) Where will film and concert schedules be posted? (B)A. On the wall outside of the dining-hallB. Outside of the student clubC. Outside of the libraryD. Outside the main hall where the buses leave 3) At which of the following times will the bus leave the main hall? (D)A. 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00B. 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 12:30C. 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00D. 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 4) In the summer holidays, the library will have _C_.A. no special hoursB. special hours on weekdaysC. special hours on weekendsD. special hours both on weekdays and weekends 5) We may infer that during the summer holidays _B_.A. few students will stay in the universityB. no breakfast will be served on weekendsC. the students newspaper will sell more copiesD. there will be a concert or a film each WednesdayPassage 2 A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. “Last week,” said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didnt get it back.” “How did you write your advertisement?” asked one of the listeners, a merchant (商人). “Here it is,” said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read. “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings (先令) on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street.” “Now,” said the merchant, “I often advertise, and find it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Lets try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, Ill buy a new one.” The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesnt wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known.” This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was surprised when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in, and his own was among the number. Many of them had notes to fastened (系) to them saying they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter. 6) The result of the first advertisement was that _B_.A. the man got his umbrella backB. the man wasted some money advertisingC. nobody found the missing umbrellaD. the umbrella was found somewhere near the church 7) One of the listeners, a merchant asked _B_.A. when he lost his umbrellaB. how he wrote his advertisementC. where he lost his umbrellaD. what he did after losing his umbrella 8) The merchant suggested that the man should _C_.A. buy a new umbrellaB. go on looking for his umbrellaC. write another and better advertisementD. report to the police 9) Why did the merchant say “I often advertise and fin it pays me well”? AA. He knew how to advertise.B. He had more money for advertising.C. He found it easy to advertise.D. He had a friend in the newspaper where he advertised. 10) This is a story about _