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the famous guitar player. This is his third visit to Shanghai.

Scottish(苏格兰的) Dancing Take your friends and get ready to dance till you get tired. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn. Teachers there will teach you to dance.

Exhibitions-Shanghai Museum There are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history. It’s always interesting to visit.

1. If you want to watch John’s show, you can call at ________ to book a ticket. A. 6466—1877 B. 6888-6888 C. 6402-1877 D. 6466-8736

2. Daniel and his friend want to go Scottish dancing. They should prepare ________ for the tickets.

A. ￥180 B. ￥120 C. ￥90 D．￥60 3. At 2 p.m. on Monday, you can ________.

A. enjoy real American jazz B. take your friend to do Scottish dancing

C. go to visit Shanghai Museum D. see the whole of the world history

B

So you want to have a tarantula(狼蛛) as a pet? You want to join the fastest growing hobby in the US? Read this beginner’s guide to learn the most important

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facts.

4 Tarantulas are primitive spiders(远古的蜘蛛). They are larger than normal(正常的) spiders and they usually have more hair.

Why keep tarantulas?

Tarantulas are really interesting pets. They aren’t expensive to feed, they live a long time, they don’t make much mess(脏乱), and they aren’t dangerous.

When did people start keeping tarantulas as a hobby?

They started in the 1970s when some people brought the ‘Mexican Redknee’ to the US. By the 1990s there were about 200 different kinds of tarantulas in the US, but some are better for beginners because they are not so dangerous as the other kinds.

5 You can keep tarantulas in big glass boxes. They need a water bowl in the box and you should feed them once a week. Tarantulas eat insects, small mice and lizards(蜥蜴). You can buy these (already dead) from a pet shop. You only need to clean the glass box about once every six months.

Can I hold tarantulas in my hands?

No! A tarantula is not a pet like a dog, a cat or a rabbit. Never hold them in your hands. Just keep it in the glass box and watch it.

Are tarantulas dangerous?

Nobody has ever died from a tarantula bite, but some kinds of tarantula

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could give you a bad bite. Usually they would like to run away from you instead of biting you.

6 Look for a club near you for people who keep tarantulas as a hobby. You can also find some information about it on the Internet or find some books. 4-6. Please choose the best title for each box. A. What is a tarantula? B. How can I find out more? C. Where can I buy tarantulas? D. How do I look after a tarantula?

C

DIY, which means Do It Yourself, is quite popular in the UK. Lots of stores and supermarkets sell DIY materials. TV shows also teach people how to DIY.

British people like DIY. If there is anything that needs fixing around their homes, such as painting the walls or fixing the broken furniture (家具), they will do the jobs themselves. They share DIY with their friends. More and more people enjoy DIY and have found the joy of DIY. Sometimes people also DIY for saving money. At present, many people don’t have enough money to buy a big house. They are looking at how they can make their houses better without spending a lot of money. That’s why DIY is so popular.

DIY can be difficult. There is a large market for DIY furniture which needs to be got together by people themselves with a few tools. However, people often find it

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not easy to build a piece of furniture because they can’t understand the instructions. Sometimes the instructions are easy and clear, but the furniture itself is difficult to build. DIY can also be dangerous if you are not careful enough. It is reported that in just one year more than 230,000 people were hurt while doing DIY in the UK, including (包括) 41,000 who fell off ladders (梯子).

DIY can bring us a lot of fun and can help us save some money, but it is not always as easy as it seems to be if we bite off more than we can chew(咀嚼). Maybe factories should make things that are easier and safer for us to DIY. 7. Why do British people like DIY ? A．Many stores sell DIY things. C．TV programs teach them to DIY. 8. Which of the following belongs to DIY? A. Order a pizza on the Internet. B. Buy a birthday cake for my father.

C. Pay the worker＄100 to fix the broken furniture.

D. Make lanterns out of pumpkins for my children on Halloween. 9. What does the sentence we bite off more than we can chew mean?

A .We can eat everything we like. B .We should do something difficult.

C .We do something that is too difficult. D .We eat too much food that is not safe.

10. What can we learn from the passage?

B．DIY can bring them fun. D．All DIY projects are easy.

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