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I
’
ve loved my
mother
’
s desk since I was
just tall enough to see above the top of it as
mother sat
doing letters. Standing by
her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and
white paper, I decided
that the act of
writing must be the more wonderful thing in the
world.
Years later, during
her final illness, mother kept different things
for my sister and brother. “But
the
desk,” she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth.
”
I never saw her angry,
never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed
it in action. But as a
young girl, I
wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and
daughter.
They never
happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was
“
too emotional(
易动
感情的
)
”
. But
she lived
“
on the
surface(
表面
)
”
.
As years passed I
had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked
her for our happy family. I
wrote to
her in careful words and asked her to let me know
in any way she chose that she did
forgive(
原谅
) me.
I posted the letter and
waited for her answer. None came.
My hope turned to
disappointment(
失望
), then
little interest and, finally,
peace
—
it seemed
that
nothing happened. I
couldn
’
t be sure that the
letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I
had written it, and I could stop trying
to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, as
she
’
d never been able to,
that she was pleased that writing
was
my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and
found some papers inside
—
a
photo of my
father and a one-page
letter, folded(
折叠
) and
refolded many times.
Give
me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you
choose. Mother, you always chose the act that
speaks louder than words.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1.
The writer began to love her
mother
’
s desk ______.
A. after Mother died
B. before she became a
writer
C. when she was a
child
D. when Mother gave it to
her
2. The
passage shows that ______.
A. mother was cold on the surface but
kind in her heart to her daughter
B. mother was too serious about
everything her daughter had done
C. mother cared much about her daughter
in words
D. mother wrote to
her daughter in careful words
3. The word “gulf” in the
passage means ____
__.
A. deep understanding between the old
and the young
B. different
ideas between the mother and the daughter
C. free talks between
mother and daughter
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D. part of the sea going
far in land
4.
What did mother do with her
daughter
’
s letter asking
forgiveness?
A. She had
never received the letter.
B. For years, she often talked about
the letter.
C. She
didn
’
t forgive her daughter
at all in all her life.
D.
She read the letter again and again till she died.
5.
What
’
s the best title of the
passage?
A. My letter to Mother
B. Mother and Children
C. My mother
’
s
Desk
D. Talks between Mother and Me
2
阅读理解并回答问题
One day the famous American
scientist Albert Einstein met an old friend of his
on a street in New
York.
“
Mr.
Einstein,”
said the friend, “ it seems that you need to put
on a new overcoat. Look, how
worn-
out it is!”
“
It doesn
’t
matter,” answered Albert Einstein. “No one knows
me here in New York.”
Several years later they met in New
York again. Einstein had been a world-famous
physicist after
then but he still wore
the same old overcoat.
Once more his
friend persuaded him to buy a new one.
“
There
is no need
now,” said Einstein, “Everybody here has known
me.”
根据短文内容，回答问题。
6.
Where did Albert Einstein meet an old friend of
his?
__________________________________
______________________________
7. What did the friend want him to buy?
_______________________________________
_________________________
8. How about
Einstein
’
s overcoat?
______________________________________________
__________________
9. Did Einstein
still wear the same old overcoat when he became a
world-famous physicist?
_______________
_________________________________________________
10. What did Einstein say when the
friend persuade once more him to buy a new
overcoat?
_____________________________
___________________________________
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Once Goethe,
the great German poet, was walking in a park. He
was thinking about something
when
he
noticed
he
came
to
a
very,
very
narrow
road.
Just
at
that
time,
a
young
man
came
3
towards him
from the other end of the road. It was too narrow
for both of them to pass through
at the
same time. They stopped and looked at each other
for a while. Then the young man said
rudel
y, “I never make way
for a fool.” But Goethe smiled and said, “I always
do.” Then he turned
back quickly and
walked towards the end of the road.
根据短文内容，回答问题。
11.
Where was Goethe walking?
_____________
__________________________________________________
_
12. Who came towards Goethe from the
other end of the road?
________________
________________________________________________
13. Was the road too narrow for both of
them to pass through at the same time?
__________________________________________________
______________
14. Did the young man
make way for Goethe?
__________________
______________________________________________
15. Who turned back quickly and walked
towards the end of the road?
__________
__________________________________________________
____
4
Not
many
years
ago,
some
farmers
were
worried
because
hawks
were
taking
many
of
their
chicken. The farmers
didn
’
t know what to do.
Finally they went to the country officials and
asked
for help.
“
Kill the hawks,” the
officials said, “We will even pay for them,” so
the farmers began to think of
ways to
kill the hawks.
The farmers
killed many hawks. They no longer had to worry
about their chickens. But they now
had
a new worry. Field mice were eating up a lot of
the farmers
’
grain.
How did this happen?
Hawks eat not only chickens
but also field mice. They eat more field mice than
chickens. But the
farmers
didn
’
t know this. When they
killed a lot of hawks, they changed the balance.
When people move into a new
place, they often destroy many wild plants. Often
these plants are
food for the animals.
If the animals can
’
t find
enough plants to eat, they will starve or have to
leave the place.
In one part of the USA, for example the
deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild
roses. The
mountain lions there eat the
deer. The number of deer, mountain lions and wild
roses doesn
’
t
change much if people leave things as
they are.
But people killed
many mountain lions in
order to protect
the deer. Soon there were so many
deer
that they ate up all the wild roses. Then the deer
began to eat the green leaves of young
trees. These trees were important to
the farmers. So the farmers thought of ways to
protect their
trees. Now the deer had
nothing to eat, and many of them died. This was
another lesson from
nature.
To keep the balance of nature is
important for us to remember.
根据以上短文内容判断正误，正确的用“
T
”表示，错误的用“
F
”表示。
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16. Finally the officials told the
farmers to kill the hawks.
17. Field mice eat not only chickens
but also the farmers
’
grain.
18. When the
animals can
’
t find enough
plants to eat in a place, they will starve or have
to leave.
19.
The number of animals changes much if people leave
things as they are.
20. It is important for us to keep the
balance of nature.
5
Little Tommy was doing very badly in
math. His parents had tried
everything
—
tutors
(
家庭教师
),
cards,
special learning centers
—
in
short, everything they could think of. Finally
they took Tommy
to a catholic
(
天主教的
) school.
After the first day, little Tommy came
home with a very serious look on his face. He
didn
’
t kiss his
mother hello. Instead, he went straight
to his room and started studying. Books and papers
were
spread (
铺开
)
out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at
work. His mother was surprised.
She
called
him
down
to
dinner
and
as
soon
as
he
finished
eating,
he
went
back
to
his
room,
without a word. In no
time he was back hitting the books as hard as
before. This went on for
some time, day
after day while the mother tried to understand
what was happening.
Finally, little Tommy brought home his
report card. He quietly put it on the table and
went up to
his room and hit the books.
His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little
Tommy got an A in
math. She could no
longer hold her curiosity
(
好奇心
). She went to his room
and asked,
“
Son,
what was it? Was it the nuns
(
修女
)?
”
Little Tommy looked at her and shook
his head, “No. ”
“
Well then,” she asked
again. “WHAT was it?”
Little
Tommy
looked
at
her and
said,
“
Well,
on
the
first
day
of
school,
when
I
saw
that
man
nailed
(
钉
) to the plus sign
(
加号
), I knew they
weren
’
t joking.
”
根据以
上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
21. Why did
Tommy
’
s parents send him to
a catholic school?
A. Because he could
eat well there.
B. Because
he could earn more about nuns.
C. Because his parents wanted him to do
better in his math.
D.
Because his parents didn
’
t
want him to learn math any more.
22.
Tommy
’
s mother felt
surprised that his son _______.
A. was still the same as usual
B. ate so much at dinner
C. kissed her hello after school
D. worked hard but said
little
5
2
3. “Hitting the books”
means “_______” in Chinese.
A.
用功
B.
捶书
C.
发泄
D.
振作
24. The last sentence in the passage
shows that _______.
A.
Tommy felt sorry for the mail
B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed
C. Tommy didn
’
t
like the plus sign
D. Tommy
liked playing jokes on others
25. From the passage, we can infer
(
推断
) that _______.
A. teachers should be
strict with their students
B. mistaking
(
误解
) might do good sometimes
C. a catholic school is much better
than other ones
D. nuns are good at
helping children with their math
6
When
my
family
moved
to
America
from a
small
village
in
Guangdong,
China,
we brought
not
only our luggage, but also our village
rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is
that young
people should always
respect(
尊敬
) elders.
Unluckily, this rule led to my very first
embarrassment
in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a
waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I
was serving food to a
middle-aged
couple, the wife asked me how the food could be
served so quickly. I told her that I
had made sure they got their food
quickly because I always respect the elderly. As
soon as I said
that, her face showed
great displeasure. My manager, who happened to
hear what I said, took
me
aside
and
gave
me
a
long
lecture
about
how
sensitive(
敏感
)
Americans
are
and
how
they
dislike
the description
“
old
”
.
I then walked back to the table and apologized to
the wife. After
the
couple
heard
my
reason,
they
understood
that
the
problem
was
caused
by
cultural
differences, so
they laughed and were no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are
proud of being old. Not so many people live to be
seventy or
eighty,
and
people
who
reach
such
an
age
have
the
most
knowledge
and
experience.
Young
people always respect older people
because they know they can learn from their rich
experience.
However, in the
United States, people think “growing old” is a
problem since “old” shows that a
person
is
going
to
retire
or
that
the
body
is
not
working
well.
Here
many
people
try
to
keep
themselves
away
from
growing
old
by
doing exercises
or
jogging,
and women
put
on
makeup,
hoping
to look young. When I told the couple in the
restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got
angry because this caused them to feel
they had failed to stay young. I had told them
something
they
didn
’
t want to hear.
After that, I changed the
way I had been with older people. It is not that I
don
’
t respect them
anymore; I still respect them, but now
I don
’
t show my feelings
through words.
6
By Jack
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选
项。
26. Jack brought the
couple their food very fast because _______.
A. the manager asked him to
do so
B. he
respected the elderly
C. the couple
wanted him to do so
D. he
wanted more pay
27
. When Jack called the
couple “elderly”, they became _______.
A. nervous
B. satisfied
C.
unhappy
D. excited
28. In
Jack
’
s hometown, _______.
A. people dislike being
called “old”
B. people are
proud of being old
C. many people reach
the age of seventy or eighty
D. the elderly are the first to get
food in restaurants
29.
After this experience, Jack _______.
A. lost his job in the restaurant
B. made friends with the
couple
C. no longer respected the
elderly
D. changed his way
with older people
30. Which
of the following is TRUE?
A. The more
Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B. Jack wanted to show his
feelings through words after his experience.
C. The manager went back to
the table and apologized to the couple.
D. From this experience,
Jack learned more about American culture.
7
Jean
is
a
bright
young
woman
who
comes
from
a rich
and
famous
family.
She
goes
to
a
good
university
and has everything that money can buy. Well,
almost everything. The problem is that
the people in
Jean
’
s family are so busy
that they can hardly find time to be with her. In
fact, Jean
is quite lonely.
So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ.
She likes being
anonymous(
匿名
), talking to
people who
do not know about her famous
family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda
on QQ and has
made a lot of friends who
she keeps in touch with quite often.
7
Last year Jean
made a very special friend on QQ. His name was
David and lived in San Francisco.
David
was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a
common(
共同的
) interest in rock
music and
modern
dance.
So
it
always
took
them
hours
to
talk
happily
on
QQ
and
sometimes
they even
forgot their time. Of course, they
wanted to know more about each other. David sent a
picture of
himself: He was a tall,
good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As
time went by, they
became good friends
and often sent cards and small things to each
other.
When
Jean
’
s father told her that
he was going on a business trip to San Francisco,
she asked him
to let her go with him so
that she could give David a surprise for his
birthday. She would take him
the
latest
DVD
of
their
favorite
rock
singer.
But
when
she
knocked
on
David
’
s
door
in
San
Francisco, she found that her special
friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所
给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
31. Jean
spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is
_______.
A. rich
B. famous
C. young
D. lonely
3
2. Jean thought “David” was
special because he _______.
A. made her quite happy on QQ
B. was from San Francisco
C. sent her a picture of himself
D. was tall and
good-looking
3
3.
When Jean and “David” met and introduced
themselves to each other, who felt
surprised?
A. “David”.
B.
Both “David” and Jean.
C.
Jean.
D. Nei
ther
“David” nor Jean.
34. What
’
s the
main idea of the passage?
A.
Don
’
t believe those you get
to know on QQ so easily.
B.
People don
’
t use their real
names on QQ so often.
C.
Don
’
t go to meet those you
get to know on QQ.
D.
People should tell their real names to others on
QQ.
8
Linda Evans
was my best friend
—
like the
sister I never had. We did everything together:
piano
lessons, movies, swimming,
horseback riding.
When I
was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept in
touch through letters, and we saw
each
other
on
special
time
—
like
my
wedding
(
婚礼
)
and
Linda
’
s.
Soon
we
were
busy
with
children and moving to new homes, and
we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent
came
back, stamped
“
Address
(
地址
) Unknown.
”
I had no idea
how to find Linda.
Over the
years, I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share
(
分享
) happiness of my
children and
then grandchildren. And I
needed to share my sadness when my brother and
then mother died.
There was an empty
place in my heart that only a friend like Linda
could fill.
One day I was
reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a
young woman who looked very
8
much
like
Linda
and
whose
last
name
was
Wagman
—
Linda
’s
married
name.
“There
must
be
thousands of Wagmans,” I
thought, but J still wrote to her.
She called
as soon as she
got my letter. “
Mrs.
Tobin!”
she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is
my mother. ”
Minutes later I heard a voice that I
knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and
cried and
caught up on each
other
’
s lives. Now the empty
place in my heart is filled. And
there
’
s one thing
that Linda and I know for sure: We
won
’
t lose each other again!
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所
给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
35. The
writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans
_______.
A. at the age of
13
B. before she
got married
C. after they moved to new
homes
D. before
the writer
’
s family moved
away
36. They
didn
’
t often write to each
other because they _______.
A. got married
B. had little time to do so
C. didn
’
t like
writing letters
D. could see
each other on special time
37. There was an empty place in the
writer
’
s heart because she
_______.
A. was in trouble
B. didn
’
t know
Linda
’
s address
C. received the card that she sent
D. didn
’
t have a
friend like Linda to share her happiness or
sadness
38. The writer was
happy when she _______.
A.
read the newspaper
B. heard
Linda
’
s voice on the phone
C. met a young woman who looked a lot
like Linda
D. wrote to the woman whose
last name was Wagman
39.
They haven
’
t kept in touch
_______.
A. for about 40
years
B. for about 27 years
C. since they got married
D. since the
writer
’
s family moved away
9
A man went to see his
doctor one day, because he was suffering from
pains in his stomach. After
the doctor
had examined him carefully, he said
to
him, “Well, there’
s nothing really
wrong with
you,
I
’
m glad to say. Your only
trouble is that you worry too much. Do you know, I
had a man with
the same trouble as you
here a few weeks ago, and I gave him the same
advice as I am going to
give you. He
was worried because he
couldn
’
t pay his
tailor
’
s bills. I told him
not to worry about
the bills any more.
He took my advice and when he came to see me again
two days ago, he told
me that he now
felt quite all right again. ” “Yes, I know all
about that,” answ
ered the patient
sadly.
9
“You
see, I’
m that man
’s
tailor!”
根据以上短文内
容判断正误，正确的用“
T
”表示，错误的用“
F
”表示。
40.
The tailor went to see his doctor
because he has got a headache.
41.
There is nothing serious with the
tailor.
42.
A man with
the same trouble as the tailor a few days ago.
43.
The doctor gave the man and the tailor
the same advice.
44.
The tailor
was worried because a man
couldn
’
t pay his bills.
10
I worked for a short time
as a cashier(
出纳员
) at a
restaurant a few months ago. I also helped to
clean up the tables when it was very
busy. One night, just before Christmas, I found a
large black
wallet on the floor near
one of the tables. I guessed I should check it to
find out who was the
owner, but I was
very busy at the time. And I imagined that if
there was something
valuable(
有价
值的
) in
the wallet, the owner would be back. Sure enough,
an hour later a man came up to the
counter and asked if anyone had found a
wallet. I asked him to describe the lost wallet,
and after
he described it exactly, I
gave him the wallet. He expressed his thanks when
I handed it to him. He
asked me if I
had opened it, and when I told him “no”. At once
he opened it and showed that i
t
had nearly $$ 800 in
cash(
现金
). He took out a
twenty-dollar bill and handed it to me and I was
amazed at this.
“
A
reward(
酬劳
) for your
honesty,
”
he said
and then turned and walked away.
Thinking about it later, I began
wondering whether I would have been honest if I
had known what
was in the wallet! I
thought that if I had no way to find the owner and
no one returned to get it, I
might keep
it. But it also came into my mind that I actually
saved someone
’
s Christmas
plans by
finding
and
returning
the
wallet.
The
good
feeling
it
gave
me
was
worth
more
than
anything
could buy.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所
给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
45. Which of
the following is true?
A. The owner of
the wallet found a twenty-dollar bill gone.
B. The writer
wasn
’
t surprised when the
man gave her a reward.
C.
Nothing in the wallet was missing.
D. The man was very, very excited when
he got his wallet back.
46. The writer returned the wallet to
the owner because _______.
A. she thought Christmas was coming
B. the owner
came back too soon
C. she
didn
’
t know there was so
much money in it
D. as an honest
person, she didn
’
t care much
about money
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47. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The writer accepted a
reward of $$ 20.
B. The
writer regretted(
后悔
) that
she had returned the wallet.
C. The writer
didn
’
t return the wallet
until the owner came back.
D. The writer fell very happy after she
returned the wallet.
11
A
friend of mine named Paul received an expensive
car from his brother as a Christmas present.
On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of
his office, a street
urchin(
顽童
) was walking
around the
shining car.
“
Is this your car,
sir?
”
he asked.
Paul answered,
“
Yes, my brother gave it to
me for Christmas.
”
The boy was surprised.
“
You
mean your
brother gave it to you and it did cost you
nothing? Sir, I wish
„”
He hesitated(
犹豫
).
Paul
thought
of
course
he
knew
what
the
boy
wanted,
but
what
the
boy
said
surprised
him
g
reatly. “I wish,” the boy
went on, “that I could be a brother like that.”
Paul looked at the boy in
surprise, and
then he said again, “Would you like to take a ride
in my car?” “Oh yes, I’d love to,”
the
boy answered.
After a short ride, the
boy turned and
with his eyes shining,
said, “Sir, would you mind driving in
front of my house?”
Paul smiled a little. He thought he
knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his
neighbors
that he could ride home in a
big car. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop
w
here those two
steps are?”
the boy asked.
He ran up to
the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him
coming back, but he was not coming
fast. He was carrying his little
crippled(
残疾的
) brother. He
sat down on the step and pointed to
the
car.
“
There he
is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His
brother gave it to him for Christmas and it
didn
’
t cost him a
cent. And some day I
’m going to give
you one just like it…then you can see for
yourself all the nice things in the
Christmas windows that I
’
ve
been tr
ying to tell you
about.”
Paul got out and
lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The
shining-eyed elder brother climbed
in
beside him and the three began an unforgettable
holiday ride.
根
据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
48. The street urchin was very
surprised when _______.
A.
he met Paul
B. Paul told him about the
car
C. Paul received an
expensive car
D. he was walking around
the car
49. From the story
we can see the urchin _______.
A. wished to give his brother a car
B. wanted Paul
’
s
brother to give him a car
C. wished he
could have a brother like
Paul
’
s
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D. wished
Paul could be a brother like that
50. The urchin asked Paul
to stop his car in front of his house ______.
A. to show he had a rich
friend
B. to show his neighbors the big
car
C. to let his brother ride in the
car
D. to tell his brother about his
wish
51. We can find from
the story that _______.
A.
the urchin wished Paul to give his car to Buddy
B. the urchin wished to have a rich
brother
C. the urchin had a
deep love for his brother
D. the
urchin
’
s wish came true in
the end
52. The best name
of the story is _______.
A.
A Christmas Present
B. Paul, a Kind-hearted
Person
C. A Brother Like That
D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride
12
Last Friday a storm swept
through two villages in the New Territories,
destroying (
摧毁
) fourteen
homes. Seven others were so badly
damaged (
破坏
) that their
owners had to leave them, and
fifteen
others had broken windows or broken roofs. One
person was killed, several were badly
hurt and taken to hospital, and a
number of other people received smaller hurt.
Altogether over
two hundred people were
homeless after the storm.
A
farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early
in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“
I was eating
with my wife and children,” he said, “When we
heard a loud noise. A few minutes
later
our house fell down on top of us. We tried our
best to climb out but then I saw that one of
my children was missing. I went back
inside and found hi
m, safe but very
frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei
Fong said that her husband had just left for work
when she felt that her house was
moving. She ran outside at once with
her children.
“
There was no time to take
anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the
roof
came down.”
Soldiers helped to take people out of
the flooded (
水淹的
) area and
the welfare department
(
福
利机构
) brought
them food, clothes and shelter.
53. How many homes
altogether (
总共
) were damaged
in the storm?
A. Fourteen
B.
Twenty-one
C. Twenty-nine
D. Thirty-six
54. Where was Mr. Tan when the storm
first began?
A. He was in bed.
B.
He was inside the house.
C.
He was outside the house.
D.
He was on the roof.
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55. Mrs. Woo
and her family didn
’
t get
hurt because _________.
A.
her husband knew there would be a storm
B. they were all outside the house when
the storm became worse
C. she felt the
house was moving
D. the welfare
department helped her
56
. The underlined word
“shelter” in this passage means ______.
A. something to eat
B
. something to wear
C. somewhere to study
D. somewhere to stay
57. Which of he following may be the
best title for this passage?
A. A
Terrible Storm
B. A Lucky Woman
C. Good Soldiers
D. Clever People
13
We know the mosquito very well.
Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found
almost all over
the world, and there
are more than 2,500 kinds of them.
No one likes the mosquito. But the
mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes,
she. It
’
s
true
that male mosquito doesn
’
t
bite(
咬
) and only the female
mosquito bites because she needs
blood
to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or
people she wants to bite. If she likes what
she finds, she bites. But if she
doesn
’
t like your blood, she
will turn to someone else for more
delicious blood. Next time a mosquito
bites you, just remember you are chosen.
You
’
re different
from the others!
If
the
mosquito
likes
you,
she
lands
on
your
body
without
letting
you
know.
She
bites
you
so
quickly
and
quietly
that
you
may
not
feel
anything
different.
After
she
bites,
you
will
have
an
itch(
痒
) on your
body because she puts something from her mouth
together with your blood. By
the time
the itching begins, and she has flown away.
And then what happens?
Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito
feels tired. She just wants
to find a
place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a
wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of
eggs.
58
. “Mosquito”
means _______ in Chinese.
A.
苍蝇
B.
蜻蜓
C.
跳蚤
D.
蚊子
59. We know mosquitoes very well
because ___________.
A.
they can be found easily
B. they fly
here and there
C. there are many kinds
of them
D. they can fly
60. If the mosquito
doesn
’
t bite you, it will
________.
A. get angry with
you
B. be afraid of you
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C. make a lot
of noise
D. choose another one
61. The
mosquito bites you _________.
A. when you
’
re
asleep
B.
because you have choose it
C. too quickly to let you know
D. but
doesn
’
t like you
62. Which of the following sentences is
wrong?
A. The itching begins after the
mosquito bites you.
B. You
feel terrible when the mosquito bites you.
C. Mosquitoes use blood to
lay eggs.
D. All the
mosquitoes don
’
t like to
bite people for blood.
14
Shlander is a man from
space. He thinks the people and things on the
earth are very strange. He
is now
writing a letter to his friend at home. Here is
part of his letter. Read it and answer the
questions.
Now I am in a
strange world. It is very nice. There are many new
things here. There are many
earth
monsters here, too. The earth monsters look very
funny. They have just one head, two arms
and two legs. They have thin black
strings on their heads. Some earth monsters have
brown or
yellow strings. The earth
monsters have a hole in their face. Every day,
they put nice things and
balls from the
trees into the hole. They put water into the hole,
too. The earth monsters do not
walk
very fast. They move from place to pace in tin
boxes.
At night, the earth monsters
like to look at a square window box. This box has
very small earth
monsters in it.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
63.
Shlander thinks the people and things on the earth
are very ________.
A. strange
B. nice
C. different
D. beautiful
64.
Shlander thinks man on the earth is ________.
A. a monkey
B. a earth
monster
C. a
tin box
D.
a strange world
65. The
earth monster doesn
’
t have
________.
A. heads, arms and legs
B. brown or yellow strings on its head
C. a hole on
its face
D.
a swing on its body
66. The
earth monsters don
’
t put
________ on their holes.
A. nice things
B. balls
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C. fire
D. water
67. The square window box is ________.
A. a car or a bus
B. a very small earth monster
C. a TV set
D.
a radio
15
Alfred Nobel, the great
Swedish inventor and industrialist, was born in
Stockholm on October 21,
1833, but
moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where
his father, Immanuel, made a strong
position for himself in the engineering
industry. Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and
made a
lot of money from the government
during the Crimean War, but went bankrupt soon
after. Then,
the
family
returned
to
Sweden
in
1859,
where
Alfred began
his
own
study
of explosives
in
his
father
’
s lab. He
had never been to school or university but had
taught himself, and by the time he
was
twenty,
he
became
a
skillful
chemist
and
excellent
linguist,
speaking
Swedish,
Russian,
German,
French
and
English.
He
built
up
over
80
companies
in
20
different
countries.
He
was
always
searching for a meaning to life. He spent much
time and money working on how to end
the wars, and the peace between
nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His
famous last will, in
which
he
left
money
to
provide
prizes
for
outstanding
work
in
physics,
chemistry,
physiology,
medicine,
literature
and
peace,
is
a
memorial
to
his
interests
and
ideas.
And
so,
the
man
is
remembered and respected long after his
death.
根据短文内容，选择能回答所提问题的正确答案。
68. Where was Alfred Nobel born? He was
born in ________.
A. Sweden
B.
Stockholm
C. Russia
D. Moscow
69.
What did Immanuel Nobel invent during the Crimean
War?
A. The engineering industry.
B. A strong
position.
C. Landmine.
D. Study of explosives.
70. Why did
Alfred Nobel return to Sweden? Because his father
________.
A. went bankrupt
B. was put in prison
C.
was ill
D. died
71. How many
companies did Alfred Nobel build up? He built up
________ companies in different
countries.
A. 20
B. 40
C. 60
D. 80
72. What was Alfred Nobel always
searing for? ________.
A. More time and
more money
B.
A meaning to life
C. How to end the war
D. The peace between nations
15
16
An eight-year-old child
heard her parents talking about her little
brother. All she knew was that he
was
very sick and they had no money. Only a very
expensive operation could save him now and
there was no one to lend them the
money.
When she heard her daddy say to
her tearful mother, “Only a miracle can save him
now,” the little
girl went to her
bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place
and counted it carefully.
She hurried
to a drugstore (
药店
) with the
money in her hand.
“
And
what
do
you
want?”
asked
the
salesman.
“It’s
for
my
little
brother,”
the
girl
answered.
“He’s really, really sick and I want to
buy a miracle.” “Pardon?” said the
salesman.
“
My
brother
Andrew
has
something
bad
growing
inside
his
head
and
my
daddy
says
only
a
miracle
can save him. So how much does a miracle cost?”
“We don’
t sell a miracle here, child.
I
’
m
sorry,” the
salesman said with a smile.
“
Listen, if it
isn
’
t enough, I can try and
get some more. Just tell me how much it
costs.”
A
well-
dressed man heard it and asked,
“What kind of a miracle does your brother
need?”
“
I
don
’t know,” she answered with her eyes
full of tears. “He’
s really sick and
mum says he needs
an operation. But my
daddy can
’t pay for it, so I have
brought all my money.”
“
How
much
do
you
have?”
asked
the
man.
“$$
1.11,
but
I
can
try
and
get
some
more,”
she
answered.
“
Well,
what luck,” smiled the man. “$$ 1.11, the price of
a miracle for little brothers.”
He took up the girl
’s hand
and said, “Take me to where you live. I want to
see your brother and
meet your parents.
Let
’s see if I have the kind of miracle
you need.”
That well-dressed
man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor. The
operation was successful
and it
wasn
’
t long before Andrew
was home again.
根据以上短文内容，然后
从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
73. What
was the trouble in the little
girl
’
s family?
A.
Her brother was seriously ill.
B. They
had no money.
C. Nothing could save her
brother.
D. Both A and B.
74. In the eye of the little girl, a
miracle might be _______.
A. something
interesting
B. something
beautiful
C. some wonderful medicine
D. some good food
75
. The little
girl said again and again “...I can try and get
some more.” That shows _______.
A. she had still kept some money
B. she hoped not to be
refused
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C.
There was no need to worry about money
D. she thought money was easy to get
76. What made the miracle
happen?
A. The
girl
’
s love for her brother.
B. The
girl
’
s money.
C.
The medicine from the drugstore.
D. Nobody can tell.
77. From the passage we can infer
(
推断
) that _______.
A. The doctor
didn
’
t ask for any pay
B. A miracle is sure to happen if you
keep on
C. The little girl is lovely
but not so clever
D. Andrew was in fact
not so sick as they had thought
17
This is a song millions of Americans
will hear this New Year
’
s
Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne
(
《友
谊地久天长》
). It is
the traditional music played during the New
Year
’
s celebration. Auld
Lang
Syne is an old Scottish poem. It
tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words
“
auld
lang syne
”
mean
“
old long
since
”
. No one knows who
wrote the poem first.
However, a
version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published
(
出版
) in 1796. The words and
music we know today first appeared in a
songbook three years later.
The
song
is
played
in
the
United
States
mainly
on
New
Year
’
s
Eve.
The
version
(
译文
)
you
are
hearing
today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As
we end our program with Auld Lang
Syne.
I would like to wish all of our radio friends a
very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所
给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
78. Where is
this passage from?
A. A newspaper.
B. A magazine.
C. A TV
program.
D. A radio program.
79. Who is introducing Auld
Lang Syne to us?
A. Robert Bums.
B. The Washington Saxophone Quartet.
C. Buddy Thomas.
D. The
passage doesn
’
t tell us.
80. When is Auld Lang Syne
mainly played in the USA according to the passage?
A. On New Year
’
s
Eve.
B. On Christmas Eve.
C.
On weekends.
D. On holidays.
81. When did the words and music of
Auld Lang Syne we know today first appear?
A. In 1790.
B. In 1793.
C. In 1796.
D. In 1799.
17
82. What
’
s Auld
Lang Syne about?
A.
It
’
s about the history of
Scotland.
B. It
’
s
about an old Scottish poet.
C.
It
’
s about the need to
remember old friends.
D.
It
’
s about the wishes to the
radio friends.
18
Have you ever heard of a girl of 15,
who set up a company of her own? Wendy Wong is the
girl.
She
started
the
business
two
years
ago.
She
has
already
written
several
successful
computer
games.
They
are
so
popular
that
over
half
a
million
games
are
sold every
year.
Now
all
of
her
family work in her
business, and she is still at school.
She
gets
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
then
she
talks
with
her
family
about
the
business
over
breakfast. Every day she goes to school
in her own car with a driver, for she is not old
enough.
She enjoys her school, but some
of the work is too easy for her to feel
interested. She usually gets
‘
A
’
grades in all her subjects, so the other students
often ask her for help.
She
finished her homework in half an hour after her
driver takes her home. After dinner, she goes
to
her
office
and
goes
on
working
on
her
computer,
writing
games
until
2
am.
She
does
not
usually need so much
sleep as other children.
根据短文内容，回答问题。
83.
When did Wendy Wong start the business?
________________________________________________
84. What has Wendy Wong
already written successful?
___________
_____________________________________
85. How does Wendy Wong go to school
every day?
____________________________
____________________
86. How about her
grades in all her subjects?
___________
_____________________________________
87. How long can she finish her
homework?
_____________________________
___________________
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Henry
was
an
office
worker
in
a
big
city.
He
worked
very
hard
and
enjoyed
traveling
in
his
holidays.
He
usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw
an advertisement in a newspaper. “Enjoy
country life. Spend a few weeks at West
Hill Farm. Good food. Fresh air. Horse riding.
Walking.
Fishing. Cheap and
interesting.”
“
This sounds a good idea,”
he thought. “I’
ll spend a month at West
Hill Farm. I think I can enjoy
horse
riding,
walking
and
fishing.
They
’
ll
make
a
change
from
sitting
by
the
seaside
and
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swimming.”
He
wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he
would like to spend all of July there. Then on
the first of July, he left for West
Hill Farm.
But four days
later, he returned home.
“
What
was
wrong
with
West
Hill
Farm?”
his
best
friend,
Ed,
asked
him.
“Di
dn
’
t
you
enjoy
country
life?”
“
Country
life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was
another problem.”
“
Oh. What?”
“
Well,” he said, “the first
day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast
mutton for dinner.”
“
What
’s wrong
with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the
best.”
“
I know,
but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast
beef for dinner.”
“
Lucky you!”
“
You
don
’t
understand,”
Henry
said.
“on
the
third
day
a
pig
died
and
we
had
roast
pork
for
dinner.”
“
A different meat every
day,” Ed said loudly, “and you are
complaining!”
“
Let me
finish,
”
Henry
said.
“
on the fourth day the
farmer died, and I didn
’
t
dare (
敢
)stay for
dinner!
”
88. How did Henry find out
about the farm?
A. He saw it in a
newspaper advertisement.
B.
His best friend told him.
C. He wrote to the farmer.
D. Maybe he learned it from the radio.
89. Henry came
back home several days later because
______________.
A. he
didn
’
t like the country life
at all
B. the farmer
wasn
’
t friendly to him
C. his holiday was over
D. he thought he might have to eat the
farmer
90
. “…and
you are complaining!”, the word “complain” means
__________.
A.
夸奖
B.
说三道四
C.
抱怨
D.
故弄玄虚
91. Which of the following sentences is
true?
A. Ed could eat a different kind
of meat every day.
B. Henry
thought he could enjoy a change.
C. Henry couldn
’
t
think of anything else to do, so he went to the
farm.
D. The farmer died
because of the bad meat he ate.
92. Which is the best title
for the passage?
A. What a beautiful
farm!
B. Have a good time.
C. A short holiday
D. Henry and the farmer.
19
20
Paragraph 1
Scientists have learned a lot about the
kinds of people need. They say that there are
several kinds
of food that people
should eat every day, they are: (1) green and
yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2)
citrus (
柑桔
)
fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits
and vegetables; 94) meat of all
kinds,
fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk;
(6) bread or cereal (
谷类
),
rice is also in
this kind of food; (7)
butter, or something like butter.
Paragraph 2
People in
different countries and different places of the
world eat different kinds of things. Foods
are
cooked
and
eaten
in
many
different
kinds
of
ways.
People
in
different
countries
eat
at
different
times
of
the
day.
In
some
places
people
eat
once
or
twice
a
day;
in
other
countries
people eat three
or four times a day. Scientists say that none of
the differences is really important.
It
doesn
’
t matter whether foods
are eaten raw or cooked, canned
(
罐装的
) or frozen
(
冷冻的
). It
doesn
’
t matter if
a person eats dinner at 4
o
’
clock in the afternoon or
at eleven o
’
clock at night.
The important thing is what you eat
every day.
Paragraph 3
There are two problems, then, in
feeding the large number of people on the earth.
The first is to
find some way to feed
the world
’
s population so
that no one is hungry. The second is to make
sure that people everywhere have the
right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong
and
healthy.
93. According
to(
依据
)the
scientists
，
which of the
following groups of food is the healthiest for
your lunch
？
A. Chicken, apples, cereal and
cabbages.
B. Potatoes,
carrots, rice and bread.
C.
Oranges, bananas, fish and tomatoes.
D. Beef, pork, fish and milk,
94. It is important for
people to eat ______.
A.
three times a day
B. dinner
at twelve o
’
clock
C. cooked food all the time
D. something from each of
the seven kinds of food every day
95. People in different
countries and different places of the world
________.
A. have the right
kinds of food to eat
B. cook their food
in the same way
C. have
their meals at the same time
D. eat
food in different ways
96. Which of the following is not
true
？
A. People
in some places don
’
t have
enough to eat.
B. There are
too many people in the world.
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C. One of the
problems is that no one is hungry.
D. The scientists are trying to make
people grow to be strong and healthy.
97. If there is Paragraph
(
段落
) 4, what do you think is
going to be talked about
？
A. When people eat their lunch.
B. What to do with the two
problems.
C. How to cook
food in different ways.
D.
Why people eat different kinds of food.
21
People of
ten
say, “Children can’
t do math problem,
it
’
s because parents
can
’
t do their
children
’
s
homework.” Here’
s an example
to show what I mean.
The
other day my daughter brought home her math
homework.
“
I have to
subtract (
减
) 179
from 202,
”
she said.
“
It
’
s
qu
ite easy,” I said. “You put the 202
over the 179.”
“
But we need a 10 here.
Where is the 10?”
“
I
don
’
t
know where
the 10
is. Let
’
s
just
subtract
179
from 202.
Nine
from
two
is
three.
You
carry one and add it to
seven. Eight from zero is two. The answer is
2
3.”
“
We can
’t do it
that way. We have to use the 10.”
“
Well, I
’m going
to call your teacher to see how she subtracts 179
from 202.”
Over the
telephone, I said that I was having a bit of
trouble with the homework she had given to
my daughter. The teacher said,
“
In the right-hand column
(
栏
) we have units of one.
The two in
that
column
counts
for
two
ones.
The
zero
in
the
center
counts
for
zero
tens.
The
two
in
the
left-
hand column counts for
hundreds. Are you clear?” But I didn’
t
think I was clear.
I hung
up and found my way to the medicine box. My head
was now hurting. I started putting
pills of medicine into my mouth. “How
many did you take?” my wife asked. “I took one and
then I
took another…I know one and one
was two, but don’t ask me what it is
now.”
98. The
daughter wanted ______ the other day.
A. to give her father a lesson
B. to show how difficult
math was
C. her father to
phone her teacher
D. her father to
help her with her homework
99. Which of the following sentences is
not true?
A. The father had a different
way to do the math problem.
B. The father
couldn
’
t do his
daughter
’
s homework.
C. The daughter
couldn
’
t understand her
father
’
s way.
D. The daughter had some trouble doing
the math problem.
100. From what the teacher said, we
know th
at the word “units” means ______
here.
A. whole numbers less
than 10
B. whole things
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C. groups of
lessons
D. the smallest numbers
101. What the
teacher said made the father _________.
A. angry
B.
worried
C. sad
D. tired
102. Can you guess what
would happen next in the story?
A. The
father would go to school and begin to learn math.
B. The father would become
very ill and have to take more medicine.
C. The father would never
do his daughter
’
s math
problems again.
D. The
father would go to the school and fight with the
teacher.
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Robert
is
fifteen
now.
Two
and
a
half
years
ago
he
came
to
the
city
and
began
to
study
in
a
middle
school.
He
studies
hard
and
gets
on
well
with
his
classmates.
And
he
often
helps
his
friends with their
lessons. But as he comes from a village, the
headmaster who was born in a rich
family is bad to him and does his best
to make excuses to punish him. The boy knows it
and takes
precautions
against(
提防
) it.
One
afternoon
all
the
students
went
to
have
lunch
and
he
bought
a
piece
of
bread.
He
was
reading
a
book
under
a
big
tree,
while
a
dog
was
standing
near
him.
At
that
moment
the
headmaster
came
out
and
saw
it.
He
became
angry
and
said,
“Don’
t
you
know
we
don
’
t
let
anybody rear
(
饲养
) dogs in the
school?
”
“
Yes, I do, sir.
”sai
d the boy.
“
Why have you brought your
dog to school, then?”
“
It isn
’t my dog.
”
“
Why is it
following you, then?”
“
You
’re following
me now, sir. ” said the boy, “Can you say you are
mine?”
< br>请根据以上短文在改写后短文的空白处填入适当的词，使其完整。
Robert
is
fifteen.
He
is
in
Grade
_______(103)
now.
He
studies
hard
and
his
classmates
are
_______(104) to him. And he often helps
his friends to _______(105) their lessons. But as
he was
_______(106) in a farmer family,
the headmaster from a _______(107) family is bad
to him and
does_______(108) he can to
punish him.
One day in the
_______(109), all the students went _______(110)
lunch and he bought a piece of
bread,
reading a book under a tree. At the moment a dog
was standing near him. _______(111)
the
headmaster saw this, he wanted to_______(112) him.
But he failed that day again.
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Now satellites are helping to
forecast(
预报
) the weather.
They are in space, and they can reach
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any part of the world.
The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere
(
大气
), because this is where
the
weather
forms
(
形
成
).
They
send
these
pictures
to
the
weather
stations.
So
meteorologists(
气象学家
) can see the weather of any part
of the world. From the pictures, the
scientists can often say how the
weather will change.
Today,
nearly
five
hundred
weather
stations
in
sixty
countries
receive
satellite
pictures.
When
they receive new
pictures, the meteorologists compare them with
earlier ones. Perhaps they may
find
that the clouds have changed during the last few
hours. This may mean that the weather on
the ground may soon change, too. In
their next weather forecast, the meteorologists
can say this.
So the
weather satellites are a great help to the
meteorologists. Before satellites were invented,
the
scientists
could
forecast
the
weather
for
about
24or
48
hours.
Now
they
can
make
good
forecasts for three or five days. Soon,
perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather
for a
week or more ahead
(
提前
).
113. Satellites travel
__________.
A. in space
B. above space
C. above the ground
D. in the atmosphere
114.
Why
do
we
use
the
weather
satellites
to
take
pictures
of
the
atmosphere
？
Because
_______.
A. clouds form there B. the weather
forms there
C. the weather
satellites can do it easily D. the pictures can
forecast the weather
115. Meteorologists forecast the
weather _______.
A. without
studying satellite pictures
B. before they receive satellite
pictures
C. when they have
received satellite pictures
D. after they have compared the new
satellite pictures with the earlier ones
116. Maybe
we
’
ll soon be able to
forecast the weather for _________.
A. one day B. two days
C. five days D. seven days or even
longer
117. The
main idea of this passage is that satellites are
now used in __________.
A.
taking pictures of the earth B. receiving pictures
of the atmosphere
C.
weather forecasting D. doing other works in many
ways
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There was once a man called Mr.
Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He
spent all his
free time in one of his
four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color,
with long and difficult
names, for
competitions (
比赛
). He tried
to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver
cup (
银杯
)
for the
Rose of the Year.
Mr.
Flowers
’
glass-houses were
very near to a middle school. Boys of around
thirteen of age were
often tempted
(
引诱
) to throw a stone or two
at one of Mr. Flowers
’
glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers
did his
best to be in or near his glass-houses at the
beginning and end of the school day.
But it was not always possible to be on
watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in
many ways
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to
protect
his
glass,
but
nothing
that
he
had
done
had been
useful.
He
had
been
to
school
to
report to the headmaster;
but this had not done any good. He had tried to
drive away the boys
that threw stones
into his garden; but the boys could run faster
than he could, and they laughed
at him
from far away. He had even picked up all the
stones that he could find around his garden,
so that the boys would have nothing to
throw; but they soon found others.
At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He
put up a large notice (
布告
)
made of good, strong wood,
some
meters
away
from
the
glass-houses.
On
it
he
had
written
the
words:
DO
NOT
THROW
STONES AT THIS NOTICE.
After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble;
the boys were much more
tempted to
throw stones at the notice than at the glass-
houses.
118. It
was Mr. Flowers
’
hope to
________.
A. build glass-
houses in his free time
B. grow the
Rose of the Year in a silver cup
C. win
a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color
D. grow a rose with the longest name
119. Boys were often
tempted to ________.
A.
throw stones at Mr. Flowers
’
glass-house
B. throw stones at Mr.
Flowers from their school
C. be in or
near by Mr. Flowers
’
glass-
houses
D. play with Mr. Flowers near
his glass-houses
120. Mr.
Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses
_______.
A. at times when
school-boys were walking near them
B.
all the school day when there were no boys about
C. where he could not be seen by the
boys passing
D. in his free time at the
beginning and end of the school day
121. Mr. Flowers had tried to ______ to
protect his glass.
A. be on
watch in his free time B. ask the headmaster for
help
C. pick up all the stones around
his garden D. do all the above
122. Mr. Flowers
’
good idea was to ______.
A.
write some words on the glass
B. put up
a large notice to cover his glass-houses
C. give the boys something else to
throw stones at
D. send for policemen
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Come to Austria!
Soll is a
village in the mountains in western Austria, and
the Hotel Post, opened by a local
(
当地
的
) family, is
clean and not expensive. From the hotel you can
see the whole village, the forest
and
the mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually
20
℃
to
25
℃
in the
daytime, but much
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cooler by evening.
Enjoy Thailand!
When you
visit Bangkok in Thailand,
don
’
t miss the early morning
river boat trip to the Floating
(
漂浮的
)
Market
just
outside
the
city.
There you
will find
many
kinds
of fruits
and
vegetables.
There
you
can
pay
for
them
when
you
sit
in
your
boat.
Don
’
t
forget
your
hat:
the
sun
can
be
strong and it may be as
hot as 40
℃
about
midday!
Visit Hawaii!
Maybe
the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You
can visit its long, sandy beaches in the
south and west of the island, and
mountains and forests in the north, but be
careful: there are
many mosquitoes
(
蚊子
), and
don
’
t be surprised if it
rains in the center of the island. Daytime
temperatures there are usually around
24
℃
to
26
℃
by the sea,
and only a little cooler by late
evening.
根据上面的三则广告，在下面句子的空白处填入适当的词。
123. If you stay at the Hotel Post, you
have a view (
风景
) of______.
124. At the
Floating Market you can buy things in ______.
125. Because
the sun is strong in Bangkok, you should
bring______.
126. In the north of Kauai Island there
are______.
127.
The warmest place of the three is______.
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Napoga is a
12-year-old girl in
Ghana(
加纳
), Africa. It is
hard for her family to get clean water.
Every morning, she leaves home at half
past five to get clean water for her family in a
village far
away. It takes her six
hours to get enough clean water for
daily(
日常
) cooking and
drinking. She
has no time to go to
school or to play with her friends. Millions of
people in the world are like
Napoga.
They can
’
t get enough clean
water to keep healthy.
Earth Day is April 22. But on all other
days, we must also remember it. The water we use
is the
most important natural
resource(
自然资源
) on the earth.
Water covers 70% of the
earth
’
s
surface(
表面
). But most of
that is sea water. We can
’
t
use it for
very many things. Fresh
water covers only 1% of the
earth
’
s surface.
You probably feel lucky that your life
isn
’
t as hard as
Napoga
’
s. But that
doesn
’
t mean you
don
’
t
have to
worry about water. We all face serious water
problems. One of them is water pollution.
All kinds of things from cars,
factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes,
and oceans dirty.
Polluted water is
very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is
bad for fish, too. Now, 34% of all
kinds of fish are dying out.
How do cars and factories
make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air.
Then, when it rains,
the rain water
comes down and makes our drinking water dirty.
Dirty rain, called acid
rain(
酸雨
),
is also
bad for plants, animals and buildings.
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Scientists
say that in 30 years, more than half of the people
in the world won
’
t have
enough clean
water. We have to learn
how to save more water for ourselves and our
children. Here is some
advice for
saving water:
●
Turn
off
the
water
while you
brush
your
teeth.
You
can
save
as
much
as
450
liters(
升
)
each
month.
●
Leaky
taps(
漏水的龙头
) waste a lot of
water. Fix them right away!
●
You can easily cut your
10-minute showers(
沐浴
) in
half
—
and
you
’
ll be just as clean.
●
When you wash
dishes, don
’
t let the water
run.
●
Only
wash
clothes
when
you
have
a
lot
to
wash.
If
your
washing
machine
isn
’
t
full,
you
’
re
wasting water!
根
据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
128. Every morning Napoga went to get
clean water _______.
A. before she went
to school
B.
after she finished school
C
without going to school
D.
after she played with her friends
129. On the
earth, _______.
A. sea
water is widely used than fresh water
B. there is
very little water for our living
C.
there is 71% of fresh water
D
. we
don
’
t need to worry about
water
130. Acid
rain _______.
A. is only
bad for living things
B. can be
produced in factories
C.
doesn
’
t do harm to people,
but it
’
s bad for plants,
animals and buildings
D.
doesn
’
t just do harm to
human beings but to animals, plants and buildings
131. Which of the following
wastes water?
A. We need ten minutes if
we want a clean shower.
B.
We should put in enough clothes when we wash them
in washing machines.
C. You
can keep yourself clean by having a shower for
five minutes.
D.
Don
’
t let the water run when
we brush our teeth and wash dishes.
132.
What
’
s the main idea of the
passage?
A. Something must be done to
prevent water form being polluted.
B. Clean water means much to human
beings and living things around us.
C. It
’
s time to
take care of the water we use.
D. Water is the most important natural
resource on the earth.
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Waste can be seen everywhere in the
school. Some students ask for more food than they
can eat
and others often forget to turn
off the lights when they leave the classroom. They
say they can
afford these things. But I
don
’
t agree with them.
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Waste can bring a lot of problems.
Although China is rich in some
resources(
资源
), we are short
of(
缺乏
) others,
for example, fresh
water(
淡水
). It is reported
that we will have no coal(
煤
)
or oil
to
use
in
100
years.
So
if
we
go
on wasting
our resources, what
can
we
use
in
the
future
and
where can we move? Think about it. I
think we should say no to the students who waste
things
every day. Everybody should stop
wasting as soon as possible.
In our everyday life, we can do many
things to prevent waste from happening, for
example, turn
off
the
water
taps(
水龙头
)
when
we
finish
washing,
turn
off
the
lights
when
we
leave
the
classroom, try not to order more food
than we need, and so on. Little by little,
everything will be
changed. Waste can
be stopped one day, if we do our best.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所
给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。
133. From the
passage we know that some students often _______
in the school.
A. eat too
much
B.
don
’
t work hard
C. waste things
D. throw rubbish everywhere
134. Which is not mentioned in this
passage?
A. Fresh water.
B. Forest.
C. Oil.
D.
Coal.
135. What
may happen in 100 years?
A.
We may still have enough oil.
B. We may still have enough coal.
C. We may have a little
oil.
D. We may have no coal
or oil to use.
136. Which of the following is right?
A. Waste brings problems.
B. Waste can bring no
problem.
C. China is rich
in fresh water.
D. Students
never waste things.
137. Which is the best title of this
passage?
A. Stop Wasting
B.
School life
C. Waste in the School
D.
Rich Resources in China
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Christmas
Eve
means
a
warm
get-together
with
friends,
a
candlelight
dinner,
or
perhaps
a
celebration at a
pub(
酒馆
) for students. But,
for Cai Yingjie, the night has a different
meaning:
helping
beggars(
乞丐
) and the
homeless(people without homes).
Cai,
who
is
a
student
in
journalism
at
Tsinghua,
could
be
found
at
Beijing
’
s
Wudaokou
Light
Railway Station that special evening.
When she saw an old beggar, she took the cold,
rough hands
of the woman with her warm,
clean hands, and gave the woman some warm bread
and helped
her put on a pair of new
gloves(
手套
).
The woman was surprised for a few
seconds, then burst into tears, saying
“
for the first time I feel <
/p>
respected(
尊重
)
”
.
Cai said, “A
beggar’
s life is very hard.
That
’s why I want to help them.”
Cai was one of 14 Tsinghua
students spending Christmas Eve among the poor.
They walked in the
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