Teahouses in Chengdu There is a saying, "China has the best teahouses in the world and Chengdu has the best teahouses in China."Chengdu has not only many teahouses but also the special ways of serving and drinking tea. As soon as the visitors enter the teahouses, the waiters or waitresses will greet them with teapots and cups in their hands. The cups often have special covers and saucers . The covers can keep the water warm. People who go to the teahouses are not all thirsty. Retired people pay a little money to the teahouses and then sit there all day long to chat with others. Sometimes, people have parties in the teahouses. They eat fruit and sunflower seeds while they chat and return home when they are tired. Teahouses are also good places for people to talk about businesses. Some of the teahouses even have stages for performances, such as storytelling, cross talk and Sichuan Opera. Sometimes when people have a quarrel, a mediator will bring them to the teahouse. After their problem is solved, the person who is wrong will pay for the tea. It is interesting that as soon as the quarrelers enter the teahouse and sit down to drink tea, they have almost calmed down. With the help of the mediator, their problems can be easily solved then. Maybe we can say the teahouses have some special social functions. This passage mainly talks about _ . A) how to make tea B) how to open a teahouse C) the special functions of the teahouses D) the special way of enjoying tea
C
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Many young people want to become pop-stars. It is their great ambition in life. They think pop-stars earn a lot of money, they lead interesting and exciting lives, thousands of fans love them, and they become famous! Yes, but first they must become stars. Most performers star life with a group. This is the pattern nowadays. But there are many groups and competitions are hard. Groups appear and disappear almost overnight. Only a small number survive. Almost without exception they have to work very hard before they reach the top. And very few reach the top and stay there. In England there are perhaps thirty or so groups at the top. Most of these do not earn so much money, perhaps 500 pounds each time they perform. What's more, they have quite a lot of expenses . They have to pay a manager, for example. He is the key person in their lives and takes about 20% of their earnings-perhaps more. Then there are their clothes, their instruments and their van. Sometimes they are still playing for the last two items. And don't forget, they have to travel a great deal-sometimes 2,000 miles in one week. At times they even sleep in their van instead of a hotel, just to save money. So now, what do you think? Are pop-stars so rich? And do they have such exciting lives? Why is the group's manager well paid? Because _ . A) he runs this group B) he looks after them C) he is important to them D) he buys them clothes and instruments
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C
Ques: Live Music----Late Night Jazz Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He is known to play well in the early hours. So don't want to get much sleep. PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15-23, June PRICE: Y=200-250 TIME: 10 p.m. till late TEL: 4668736 Scottish Dancing Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given. PLACE: Jack Stein's DATES: 10-20, May PRICE: Y=180 TIME: 7--10 p.m. TEL: 4021877 Shows -Anhui Museum There are 12,000 pieces on shows here. You can see the whole Chinese history. PLACE: Anhui Museum DATES: 1Mar--30 Jun PRICE: Y=60 (Y=30 for students) TEL: 4888688 TIME: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. -5 p.m. Weekends 9 a.m.--9 p.m. You can enjoy _ at Jack Stein's. A) American jazz B) Scottish dancing C) 12,000 pieces on show D) yourself at night
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Some parents are worrying that their children wouldn't like meals. In fact, most children are usually ready to eat almost anything that is offered to them. A child often likes food unless it is badly cooked. Never ask a child whether he likes or dislikes a food, never discuss likes and dislikes in front of him or allow anybody else to do so . If the father says that he hates fat meat or the mother refuses some vegetables in the child's hearing, he may copy this action. Parents should agree to the fact that he likes everything and he probably will . At meal times, it is a good idea to give a child a small part at one time rather than give him as much as he may eat all together. Do not talk too much to the child during meal times, but let him get on with his food. And do not allow him to leave the table at once after a meal , or he will soon learn to eat his food hurriedly so he can hurry back to the toys in his room . Never coax or make a child eat, or he will think he eats for you. Don't you think it is the same with study ? A child will probably eat _ if it is not badly cooked. A) only a little of the food B) almost all of the food C) some of the food D) all of the food
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Question: Seven years ago, a small town in Changhua started to grow healthy rice. What surprised us was that the "farmers" were not really farmers. They were students from a small middle school. Now everything on the farm goes well. And there are stories behind rice, too. The idea of growing rice came from the school teachers decided to teach students how to grow healthy rice on the school land . They wanted the students to be close to(......) the land and learn to help each other outside the classroom. The students and the teachers ate the rice. The school made money by selling the rice and giving farming classes to the community. With the money, the school could help some students go to foreign countries some day. Today _ comes true--the students are flying to Japan to share their special farming stories, and have fun over there, of course! "We all feel very happy that even students from a small town can make themselves stars," said one of the teachers. What can be the best title of the article? A) Healthy Rice B) Small Rice, Big Dream C) Small School, Healthy Life D) Growing Rice, Making Money
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B