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九年级英语质量监控阅读短文回答问题练习题道49学校名称班级学号姓名
1.根据短文内容,回答问题Most newpeople wereborn in developing countries.These countries are foundin muchofAfrica,South Americaand someparts ofAsia.In thedeveloped countriesof EuropeandNorth America,the populationis growingvery slowly.This isbecause womenin these countrieshave,on average(平均),only oneor twochildren.In thedeveloping countries,many womenhavefive or more children.In1950,around onequarter of the world s population livedin thedeveloped countries.By2050,thesecountrieswill behome toonly aroundone tenthof the world,s people.In thedeveloping countries,more thanone billionpeople arestill living below thepoverty(贫困)line.These peopledo not have enoughfood to eat and they live in poorhousing.Children getlittle time at schooland peoplesuffer(遭受痛苦)from manykindsof diseases.At thebeginning of the21st century,the world,s populationwas aroundsix billionpeople.The U.N.has said that the world,s population will leveloff(平稳下降)at
12.5billion by the year
2100.Other groupsthink the worldspopulationwillcontinue to grow,reaching14billion beforeit becomesstable(稳定的),or evenfalls.
46.In what areas of the worldcan developingcountries befound
47.In1950,what percent(百分比)of the worldJ spopulationlivedindevelopingcountries
48.How canwe describethe peoplewho arelivingbelowthe povertyline
49.There will be twelveand ahalf billionpeople on the earthin2100,won t there
50.将文中画线部分翻译成汉语
12.根据短文内容,回答问题John was in hospitalfor a few days,and his wife toldhim that his dog really missedhim“He spends the nightat the front doorin waiting for youto return.She said toJohn.“What an example oftrue love!”John answered.I wonderif youwould takecare ofmelike that.”“Of courseI would,“his wifeanswered,“If you are notat homeall theni^it,and I don t know\vhere you are,you can be sureV11wait for you at the front door.”
1、Why was John in hospital Maybe he was.
2、How did the dogshow lovefor JohnHe for John to come at the front door.
3、Why didn t John,s wifestay at the doorwaiting for himBecause she where John was andneed to do that.
4、How longwas John in hospitalseveral.
5、His wifedoesn tlove him,does she,she.
13.根据短文内容,回答问题The TaiwanWork officesaidto the publicthat it would ease(放松)the restriction(限制)on touristvisits to Taiwan lastweek.But,because direct(直接的)flights are not in the works,a10-day tripwill costaround10,000yuan.That makesit almostas expensiveas aEuropean journey.But thecost couldcome downover time,because thedirect flightswould open,expertshave said.Mainlanders haveshown greatinterest inte tripafter they are to be allowedto travel toTaiwan.The travelrestriction ahsbeen inplace for the past20years.In2003,people inTaiwan made
2.4million tripsto themailand.In2004,the numberreached
3.7million,tha is35%up from the previousyear.But,only145,000mainlanders visitedTaiwanfor businessduring the same year.Before anytrips begin,there isstill a long way to go.
71.What didthe TaiwanWork officetell thepublic
72.Why is the10-day tripso expensive
73.What domainlanders feelabout thetrip toTaiwan
74.Which yearis“the previousyear”
75.How manymainlanders went toTaiwanfor businessin
200414.根据短文内容,回答问题Thomas Edisonlost the first job.For the next fiveyears,he wentaround thecountryfrom jobto job.At lastEdison went to New York.He hadlittle money.He couldnot buy enoughfood toeat.He hadno placeto live in.For manydays Edisonlooked for work.He washungry.At lasthe foundwork—mendingmachines.He alsomade newones.The headmanliked Edisons new machines.He was going togiveEdison40,000dollars for them.Edison wouldnow havemoney to do what he wanted.Thomas Edisonwas then
23.He usedthe moneyto build a shopI NewJersey.He hadmanypeople workingforhim.But he worked more than anyof them.He restedlittle.Soon he wasmaking more than fortynew things at onetime.
1.
1.Who wasThomas Edison
2.
2.How wasThomas Edisonin NewYork before he founda job
3.
3.How muchmoney didEdison getfor hisnewmachines
4.
4.When didEdison buildhis ownshop
15.根据短文内容,回答问题How dowe choosethe clotheswe wearOften wechoose clothesthat willprotect usfrom theweather.In colddays we wear warmclothes made of woolor animalskins.In hotdays wewearlight clothesmadeofcotton.When theweather is very hot,as it is indesert(沙漠),peoplewear long,wide clothes.These kinds of clothesgive protectionfrom thehot sunand letairin to help the people staycool.People alsochoose their clothes for the jobsthey do.The police,bus drivers and salesmenwearuniforms(制月艮),Workers andminers(矿工)wear clothesthat protectthem whiletheydo theirwork.In the past,most peoplemade their own clothes.Women usedcloth to make clothesforthemselves and their families.Later,people sometimeswent todressmakersMost of the time,rich people copied the styles(样式)of kingsand queens”(国王和王后).When kingsor queenswore a new style,peoplecopiedit.Travelers gotideas fornewstyles from other groupsof peopleduring theirvisit tosome other places.Today,high fashiondesigns(口寸装设计)from Europe,and morerecently(最近地)from Japan,are soldinternationally(国际化地).Fashion centerssuch asNewYork,Parisproduce theirown designs.People nolonger copythestylesof kingsand queens.Now theywant to look like theirfavorite moviestars andsingers.Many stylestoday areinternational.People inmany countriesin the world wearblue jeans(牛仔月艮)and T-shirts.Leather jacketsand kimonos(和月艮)migrate fromone cultureto another too.We want to buynew clothes.People willnotbuynew clothesso oftenif thestylesdo not changes somuch!The kind of clothesweweartell peopleabout us.We wearone kindof clothesto work.Wewear adifferent kindof clothesto relax(放松)at home after workor to go to a party.What kindof clothesdo youwear
21.What clothesdo people prefer towear incold weather,woolen orcotton clothes
22.According to the thirdparagraph,how didpeople get theirclothes
23.Whose stylesof clotheswere copiedby richpeople in thepast
24.Which citiesare fashioncenters accordingto the passage
25.When willpeople buyclothes accordingto the passage
16.根据短文内容,回答问题Tom was only sevenyears old,so when he went to camp里予营with a lot ofother smallboysin summer,his motherthought that he mightnot behappy and asked his aunts,hisgrandmother and all hisother relatives亲戚to writeto him.His motherhoped thathewould geta letterevery daywhile hewas at the camp.Of course,Tom geta letterevery daywhile hewas atthe campbut hewrote tonobody.A few days later,when hecame backhome,his mother saw himlooking atsome papersand askedhimwhat hewas doing.〃0h〃,he said,“They areletters.I gotthese letterswhile I wasat the camp.I did not havetime meto look at themwhen I was there.〃1What seasondid Tomgo to thecamp2Whom did he go to thecamp with■3What didhis motherhope4Tom didn,t writeto anybody,did he5Why didn,t Tomlook atthese letters
17.根据短文内容,回答问题Jan Melaisn”t likemost kids.Two yearsago,he lostan armandaleg.But thatdidn”t stophim.On Saturday,the15-year-old boyfrom Poland(波兰)walked to the North Pole(北极)without anyhelp.“If Ican do it,other people can dogreat things,too.Mela saidbefore he went.Polish newspaperssaid Melais the youngest person and the first handicapped(残疾的)person to walk to the North Pole.How didMela losean armandaleg He had anelectrical(电的)accident.Now,he walkswith the help of a62,000—yuan man-made leg.After theaccident,Mela feltsad forhimself.But hedidn“t losehope.One day,he metMarekKaminski,a Polishexplorer.Eight yearsago,Kaminski wentto the NorthPoleand theSouthPole in the sameyear.Mela wantedto see the NorthPole,too.So Melaasked Kaminskiif they couldgo togethernext time.Kaminski saidyes!It tookMela21days to get to theNorthPole.The lastthree or four dayswere reallyhardbecause ofbad weather.But Melakept going.“I didn”t thinkwe wouldmake it,“he said,“Then,things gotbetter.
71.What happened to Melatwo yearsago
72.Why didPolish newspapersreport the travelto theNorthPole
73.How doesMela walkafter theaccident
74.Where didKaminski goeight yearsago
75.Why didMela makethetravel
18.根据短文内容,回答问题Different people have differentcolor skin.Some haveblack skin,some haveyellowskin,and somehave whiteskin.Once therewas awoman in Alaska.Her skinwas anorangecolor.It was almost thecolor oforange juice.How didthe womanbecome orangeShe atelotsof tomatoes,carrots andsquashes.She ateso manyorange things.This waswhy her skinturned orange.Why didshe eatso manyorange thingsShe thoughtshe neededmore sun.So sheate sunnythings.The womandidn,t want to beorange.She wentto the doctor.The doctorsaid,/zStop eatingorangethings.Try somegreen things.The womandid so.And she wasn,t orangeany more.
1.What color was thewoman sskin colorinAlaska
2.Why did herskinturn orange
3.Why didshe go to the doctor
4.What didthe doctor advise herto do
5.If you can chooseyour skin,s color,what colorwould you like Why
19.根据短文内容,回答问题After supperMr.Jackson turnedon thetelevision.He tried to find a footballgame onit.At that time the telephone rangand he wentto answer it.“Hello,he said,“
7465487872135.”It sBetty speaking,“said awoman.uHenry isill.And I have to take himto thehospital.But Lucyis tooyoung...”“Don tworry.I11go andlook after her.But wherevs James”“He”s goneto London.He11be backat twotomorrow morning.”Mrs.Jackson wason dutyin thehospital that night andMr.Jackson had togo to helphissister.Lucy wasonly four.She beganto crywhen hermother left.Mr.Jackson told her somestories,taught her a songand showedher somenice pictures.He didn“t stopuntil thelittlegirl wentto sleep.Mr.Jackson wenthomeafterJames came back.He was asleep soon afterhewentto bed.Hiswife came into thebedroom and it wokehim up.He had a lookattheclock on the wallandfound it was halfpast eight.He jumped off thebed andran to the garagewith hisbag.Hiswife tried to saysomething,but hecalled back,“I wasnever lateforwork,you know.ButI”m latethis morning.”“No,you arent,“said Mrs.Jackson.It sSaturday.”
21.Why didBetty telephoneMr.Jackson
22.What didMr.Jackson doto makeLucy stopcrying
23.Why didMr.Jackson runto the garage when he wokeup
24.On whatday didBetty callMr.Jackson
25.How many peoplehave been mentioned(提至lj)in this passage
20.根据短文内容,回答问题Last year,I wentto Francefor summerholidays.After Ileft a small villagecalledFarmland ofFrance,I droveon to thenextvillage.On thewaytoit a young man asked foralift(搭便车).When hegot intomy car,I saidgood morningto him in Frenchand heansweredin the same language.I knewa littleFrench.So wedidn tspeak afterthat.When wereachedthe village,the young manaskedme veryslowly,“Do youspeak English”I knewat oncethathe is also an Englishman.How disappointedI felt!Why nottalk to himin English Answerthefollowing questions:
86.What sthe name of the first village
87.Why didthe writer gotoFrance
88.Is the young manEnglish
89.They talkeda loton theway,didn tthey
90.Why didthe writerfeel disappointed
21.根据短文内容,回答问题The largewolf(狼)ran,and thesix wolvesin thegroup followed.She heardthe soundof a bigbird.She wastrying totake thegroup to the safetyof thetrees acrossthe field.Soon thewolf could not runanymore,and shefell to the ground.She didnot know about thedart(镖,箭)in herside.It was filled withmedicine tomake hersleep.When thewolf awoke,shewasconfused(困惑)by thestrange soundsand thedarkness.Suddenly,She sawanother wolf.It was her growndaughter!The twowolves werehappy to see each other.For a long,long time,the twowolves laytogether in this darkplace.The groundwas rockingunderthem.The rockingstopped andsuddenly sunlightappeared.Two strange people werestandingbefore them.The wolveshad neverseen peoplebefore.The largewolf showedherteeth and shouted at them.For ashort timethe twowolves livedinside afenced(栅栏)area.Meat wasbrought forthemtoeat,and they had each other forcompany.From insidethe fencethe wolvessaw treesandsnow.Soon theygot usedto thisnew place.One springday the strangers arrivedto openthe gate.The largewolf carefullywent neartheopening and then rushedout.She called,and herdaughter followed.They ranlike thewind.They werefree!〃May they have longand happylives herein YellowstoneNational Park!,z said the hopefulvoiceof the park ranger.
1.How manywolves werecaught bypeople
2.What didthestrangersdo with the wolves
3.How didthe wolvesfeel when they first see thestrangepeople
4.What didthe wolvessee fromthe fence
5.Why didtheparkranger openthe gate
22.根据短文内容,回答问题Computers areuseful machines.They can help peoplea lot in theirdaily life.For example,they can help people to savemuch timedo much work,and they can help people to work outmanyproblems theycan tdo easily.Our countryasks everyone to leanto use computers beforethetwenty-first century,except the old people.Today moreand morefamilies own computers.Parents buycomputers for their children.Theyhope computers can helpthem improvetheir studiesin school.Yet,many of their childrenuse computers to play games,to watchvideos or to singkaraoke,instead ofstudying.So,many teachersand parentscomplain thatcomputers can not help children tostudy butmakethem fallbehind.So computers are locked in boxesby parents.In some other countries,even somescientists alsohate computers.They saycomputers letmillionsof peoplelose their jobs orbring them a lot of trouble.Will computersreallybring trouble to peopleor canthey bringpeople happinessIt willbe decidedby todaysstudents themselves!
1.Why dowe say the computer is a useful machine
2.Why doparents buycomputers for their children
3.What domany teachersand parentscomplain about
4.In fact,what domany children usecomputers to do
5.What do you think of computersWhat dothey bringyou
23.根据短文内容,回答问题Some peoplelearn asecond languageeasily.Other peoplehave troublelearning anew language.How canyou helpyourself learn anew language,such asEnglish There are severalways tomakelearning Englisha littleeasier and more interesting.The firststep isto feelpositive aboutlearning English.If youbelieve that you canlearn,you willlearn.Be patient.You do nothave to understandeverything allat once.It isnaturalto makemistakes whenyou learnsomething new.We canlearn fromour mistakes.In otherwords,donotworry abouttaking risks.The secondstep isto practiceyour English.For example,write in a journalor diaryeveryday.Try toform thehabit ofwriting in English,and you will24根据短文内容,回答问题The firstnewspaper waswritten byhand and put upon walls.The earliestdaily newspaperwasstarted inRome in59BC.In the700s,the worlds firstprinted newspaper was published.In1609in Germanythe firstregular(定期的)newspaper wasstarted.The firstregular publishednewspaper in English wasprinted inAmsterdam in
1620.In1621,anEnglish newspaperwasstarted in London and was publishedonce aweek.The firstdaily Englishnewspaperwas theDaily Currant.It cameout inMarch
1702.In1690,Benjamin Harrisprinted the first Americannewspaper inBoston.But notlongafter itwas firstpublished,the government stopped thepaper.In1704,John Campbellstartedthe BostonNewsletter,the firstnewspaper publisheddaily in America.By1760,America hadmorethan thirtydaily newspapers.There arenowabout1800daily papersin theUSA.Tosay,as agroup,English languagenewspaper havethe largest circulation(发行量)in the world.But the largestcirculationfor anewspaper isthat of the JapanesenewspaperAsahi Shimbun.It sells morethaneleven millioncopies everyyear.
46.Where wathefirstregular publishednewspaper in English printed
47.When didthefirstdailyEnglishnewspaper comeout
48.How manymore newspapersare there inAmericanow thanthat in
176049.Does AsahiShimbun havethelargestcirculation of all the newspapers
50.Which Englishword hasthe closestmeaning toNewsletter?feel comfortableexpressingyour ideasinEnglish.After severalweeks,you willsee thatyour writingisimproving(提高).You mustspeak Englishevery day.You canpractice withyour classmatesoutsideclass.You willall makemistakes,but you will becomecomfortable talkinginEnglish.The thirdstep isto keepa recordof yourlanguage learning.You canwrite thisin yourjournal.After eachclass,think about what youdid.Did you answer a question correctlyDidyou understand something theteacher explained(解释)Perhaps thelesson wasdifficult,but youtriedtounderstand it.Write thesein yourjournal.
16.Can everyonelearnanewlanguageeasily
17.Does the writer giveus three orfoursuggestions(建议)
18.What dothe underlinedwords meanin the second paragraph
19.Which is the mostimportant stepmentioned in thepassage
20.Why mustwe keepa recordof ourlanguage learning
24.根据短文内容,回答问题For manyyears,Hawaii has been amagic nameto peoplewho like totravel.People,bothin Japanand inAmerica,dream ofseeing the beautiful islandsin themiddle of the PacificOcean(太平洋).Their dreams always include(包括)sunset over the ocean.The sundropslike aball ofgolden fireinto thesea,and itdrops so quickly thatyou canhardly seeitmove.The sunleaves behinda glow(霞光)that lightsthe skyand shinesin thequietwater.People oftenhave aquiet,peaceful timewhi1e walkingalong the beaches.The firststrangersto theseislands centuriesago werePolynesian peoplewho camefrom Tahitiin boats.Now nomatter wherethe peoplecome from,they reallywant to see the original beautyofHawaii.They want to seethe lovelybeaches and the mountaincalled DiamondHead whichis almost hiddenby thetall hotels.
1.How longhas Hawaiibeen amagic nameto thetravelers
2.Where doesHawaii lie
3.What sHawaii likewhen peopleare walkingalong itsbeaches
4.Who came to Hawaiifirst long,long ago
5.What isHawaii famous for
25.根据短文内容,回答问题I”m JoanCroft.I have to saythat Icame intonursing bychance(机会).I didn“t reallylikemy first job,which wasoffice work.Iwas a secretary.It was all right—but that“sjust aboutall you can sayabout it.I stayedin thesame placewiththesame peoplearoundme allday andevery day.Then Ibecame asinger,which Ienjoyed very much,but afterawhile thesinging groupbroke up(解散)and I had tostart lookingfor somethingelse.Some girlshave wantedto benurses eversince theywere children,but itnever enteredmyhead untilI sawan advertisement(广告)in a paper.I wrotein andthought,“Oh,well,I”11give it a try.”One thingI likedabout itwas goingaway fromhome.The trainingitself is very interestingand most of it is juston thewards(病房),sothat youvery quicklybegin nursingreal patients.I livedin thenurses”home whenI arrivedand Ihad myown room,which wasvery nice.I likenursing morethan Iever thoughtI would.I11always carryon nursing.I”ve gotaboyfriend whois adoctor so I hopeto getmarried sometime,but whereverI livethere”s sureto be a hospitalin theplace and there”salwaysa jobfor anurse.
21.What wasJoan“s firstjob
22.Why didn t Joanlike herfirstjob
23.Why didn”t Joango onwith hersecond job
24.How didJoan find out theinformation about the nursingjob
25.What isJoan”s planfor the future
26.根据短文内容,回答问题Everybody hasa self-concept—a kindof factsand ideasabout himself-that iscreated(产生)by externaland internal factors(因素).External factors are theexperiences thatinfluence(影口向)you fromthe outside.When youlookatthese,you willalmost certainlycomeface-to-face withsome pain.But here is yourpower(力量)Your external factorsarewhat they are:they”re history.You can“tchangeyour history.But you can changeyour internal responses(反应)to theseexternal factors.And theseinternal factorsinfluence howyou findyour placein theworldand what you thinkof yourself.Suppose you”ve failed anexam.That”sanexternalfactto whichyou have an internalresponse.Your responsemight be:Hey,I hatefailing exams,but Idid workhard.I amaclever student:it justdidn”t workout.It wasa learningexperience,and I will useitto dogood to me,so Iwon“t failnext time.You”re notsuffering a great blowto yourself-concept.On theother hand,maybe yourresponse is:I msuch aloser.The teachersaw rightthroughme,and Igot whatI needed.With thatinternalresponse,your self-concept willcertainlysuffer.You need to gethonest(诚实)about yourpersonal history.Before youstep out of yourpast,you needto realizeyour owninternal responses.
11.Does everybodyhave aself-concept
12.Which can be changed,externalfactorsor internalfactors
13.When dowe havean internalresponse
14.In whatway do internalfactorshelp us
15.How canwe stepout ofour past
27.根据短文内容,回答问题Mr.Knott wasa teacher.He taughtin a big schoolinLondon.He liveda longway fronttheschool,so hewas usuallyquite tiredwhen hegot home.At nineo clockone evening,when hewas in bed,the telephonebell rangin thehall of his smallhouse,so hewentdownstairs,picked up thetelephoneand said,“This isWhitebridge
3165.Who sspeaking,please“Watt,“a mananswered.What syour name,please”saidMr Knott.“Watt s my name,“was theanswer.“Yes,I askedyou that.What syour name”Mr Knott said again.“I toldyou Wattsmyname,“saidtheother man,“Are youJack smith”“No,I mKnott,v answeredKnott.^Will you give meyourname,please”said Mr Watt.“Will Knott.Answered Mr Knott.Both Mr Watt andMr Knottput theirtelephones downangrily andthought,“That wasarude,stupid man!”
11.Why wasMrKnottusually tiredin theevening
12.Why did he getup andgo downstairswhen hewas alreadyinbed
13.who telephonedhim
14.Whom didMrWatt wantto speak to
15.When MrKnottsaid,“Will Knott,what didMrWatt think
28.根据短文内容,回答问题Where doyou gofor shoppingSupermarkets ordepartment storesIn theUnited Statespeoplemay do someotherkinds of shopping.American peopleoften shopfrom catalogs(目录).There arespecial catalogsfor almosteveryneed including(包含)clothing,furniture(家具),health andbeauty products,and thingsfor thekitchen.When peopledecide to buy somethingon acatalog,they justorderit.People orderabout40%of theirmusic,for example,from musiccatalogs.Television shoppingbegan in
1986.About5%to8%of theAmerican peoplenow shopbytelevision.Therearemany TV shopping channelsin theUSA.People saythat TV shoppingchannel,find athing theywant,make atelephone calland pay for the thing bytheircredit-card(信用卡).TV shoppingchannels areon lateat night,so peoplecan“goshopping”at anytime.Now anew kindofshoppinghas foundits way into American families—computer shopping.About37%of Americanfamilies nowhave computers and shopping by computer(or shoppingonline)is interestingto morepeople everyday.Already,peoplecanuse their computersto orderdifferent things,such ascomputer products,flowers,food,T-shirts,andso on.Computer shoppingis evenbetter thanTVshoppingbecause peoplecannotonly shopfor anytime,but alsoanywhere in theworld.
11.How manykinds ofshopping was mentioned in thispassage
12.What arethey
13.What do American peoplehave to do firstif theywantto dosomeshoppingbycomputer
14.Do mostAmericanfamiliesowncomputersWhy
15.Which shoppingdoAmericanpeopleprefer,TVshoppingor computershopping Why
29.根据短文内容,回答问题During the last winterholiday,I wentto Koreawith myparents.The five-day trip left mewithdeep impressions(E[]象).As thecapital ofKorea,Seoul is a very beautiful citywith freshair andclean streetswhichmake travelersfeel verypleased.To mysurprise,the peoplethere cookat homewithoutusing cookingoil.Later,Iwastold that they don”twanttomakethe airpolluted andnoone wasseen crossingthe street.Of all the placesI went,I likedJizhou Islandthe best.It liesin the south ofKorea.Although itwas winterwhen wewere there,we stillsaw greentrees andmany freshflowers.The wholeisland wasverybeautiful.In Guangshouwe visiteda verymodern footballfield.This yearvs worldcup willbe heldthere.I alsoenjoyed skiingin Fushan.Skiing is an interestingand excitingsport likedbymany people.In myeyes,Korea isa niceplace andKoreans are very kindpeople.In Metrostations,peoplehelp each other carryluggage(行李)and theyare verykind toforeigners.Travellers areusuallygiven acard bythe hotelthey stay at,on which is theaddress of the hotel.Withthe cardthey neverget lostin the city.The peoplethere ortaxi driversare alwaysreadyto lenda hand.The fivedays passedquickly,but thetripleftmea lot ofsweet memories.(记忆).
16.Did the writergoto HongKong with his parents
17.How manydays didthey staythere
18.What placeis the writer”s favouritein Korea
19.What is the meaningof thephrase ulenda hand”
20.What doyou thinkof the writer stravelling
30.根据短文内容,回答问题Today Newtownisaclean place.Many yearsago there were millionsof rats(老鼠)in Newtown.They attacked(袭击)the catsand dogs.Sometimes manyof themknocked amanor woman atnight.The rats were verylarge insize and they harmedmany people.The city office orderedeveryone tokill rats.Most peoplewere lazy,so theydid notkillmany.Then the city office promised to pay some money for each dead rat.That madethepeople very happy.They killedthousands ofrats everyday.A city official(官员)putall the dead ratstogether.Sometimes aman broughthundred inone day.After two weeks there were notmany rats in the city,but peoplestill broughtmanyrats to the cityoffice.The cityofficial thoughtthat peoplewere stealingdead rats.Heordered his men todig a big holeand put thedeadratsin it.Soon therewere nomore rats,andthe city officerdidnotpay anymore money.
11.How many ratswerethereinNewtownmany yearsago
12.what didthecityofficial ordereveryone to do
13.Why didthecityofficepromiseto paysomemoneyforeachdeadrat
14.What didthecityofficial thinkwhen peoplestill broughtmanyratsto thecity officeraftertwoweeks
15.What didthecityofficial orderhismento dothenChildren allovertheworld like to celebratetheir birthdays.American childrenareof nodifference.American childrenusually celebratewith aparty.They invitetheir friendstojoin thecelebration.The partymay not be heldon theexact dateof their birthday ifitcomes ona school day.It may be heldon theclosest weekendinstead.Today twokindsofparties arethe mostpopular.One is held at home.Parents makethehouse beautifulwith balloons(气球)and coloredpaper.They preparea special birthdaymeal.The childrenplay games.Another kindisheldaway fromhome.Some areat aspecialrestaurant.The childreneat pizzaand icecream.The waiters,who servethe food,also singandtell jokesto the children.Other partiesmaybeheld at a park,oramovie theater,or someotherplaces.Every birthdayparty hasa birthdaycake withcandles ontop.There is one candleforeach yearofa birthday boyor girls age.when thecandles arelighted,everyone singsthespecialbirthdaysongHAPPY BIRTHDAYTO YOU.As Americansgrow older,their birthdayparties change.In fact,many peoplestop havingthem.They saythey would like toforget howold theyare.Yet theydo liketo rememberthehappy birthdayparties Oftheir childhood(儿童时代).
86.How doAmerican childrenusuallycelebrate theirbirthdays
87.If theirbirthday isona schoolday,when willthey hold the party
88.When theyhold theparty athome,who maybe verybusy
89.If theyholdtheparty at a restaurant,what willthe waitersdo
90.Why domanypeoplestop havingtheirbirthdayparties now
32.根据短文内容,回答问题Jason Queallyisone of thefastest menin theworld ona bicycle.But doyou reallycall thethingin thepicture a bicycle Well,yes.Jason,s human-powered(人力的)machine,with itstwo wheelsis,of course,a bicycle.Every year,a very important human-powered bicyclerace isheld in Nevada,USA.Thespeed of the bikeis measured(测定)only200metres,but playerstake morethan akilometerto gettheir bikes going fast.Jason Queallys fastestspeed forthe200-metre racewas
103.5kilometres anhour.At this years race,Jason failedto reachthe finishingline.He wasspeeding alongat about seventykilometers anhour whenhe beganto losecontrol(控制)of his bike.When hetriedtoslow down,it beganto smoke.Soon theinside of hisbikewasfilledwithsmoke.He couldn tsee,and hecouldntbreathe.At seventykilometres anhour,a crash(撞击)could bevery serious.Jason wasfrightened,but hemanaged tostop the bike safely.He wouldrepair hisbicycle andtry again another timeto betheworld,s fastestman ona bike.Better lucknext time,Jason.Maybe youre surprisedthat thesebikesgosoquickly,but is it usefulIt could be.Cars arebecoming moreand morepopular,and theyareverysafe,comfortable andeasy todrive,but theyalso pollutethe airin ourcities.Scientists andengineers arelearningfrom fastracing bikeshow tomake human-powered vehicles(车辆)that mightbe usefulfordaily travel.
11.Is Jasons human-powered machineabicycle
12.How oftenis thehuman-powered bicyclerace held inNevada
13.Did Jasonstop hisbike safelyorwas he badlyhurt
14.Why did he losethisyears race
15.What sthe bestvehicle fordaily travellike accordingto thewriteBill Clintontook office(就职)on January20,1993and becamethe42nd U.S.president(/总统).He is thefirstU.S.president whowas bornafter WorldWar II(二次世界大战),He isalso oneof the youngest ofall U.S.presidents.Clinton was born in a poorfamilyin
1946.Three monthsbeforehewas born,his father,William Blats,died.Whenhe wassmall,his motherremarried(再婚)Norger Clinton,so theboy,s familyname waschanged.In thesummer of1963,Clinton wasasked tovisit thecityofWashington.Duringhis visit,he metPresident Kennedyin theWhite House.At that time,he wantedto becomeapresident,and nowhe is!
61.When didClinton becomethe42nd U.S.president
62.When didClinton,s fatherdie
64.Why didClinton come to thecityofWashington in
196363.Why wasthe boysname changed
65.What wasthe nameof Clintons father
4.根据短文内容,回答问题The computerisauseful machine.It canhelp peoplea lotin theirdaily life.Forexample,it canhelppeople to savemuch timeto domuchwork,and itcanhelppeople toworkout complicated(复杂的)problems that people cantdo easily.What,smore,it makesitmore convenient(方便)to sendand receiveKnowingabout yourselfmeans notonly thatyou findout what you”re good at and what youlike,it alsomeans discoveringwhatyou”renot good atandwhatyou don“t like.Bothhelp youto seeyour aim(目标)in life.Although moststudents would be unhappyiftheyfound that they hadfaileda very difficultphysicscourse,theyhavein factlearned a lot about themselves.They knowthat theyshouldnot becomeengineers orphysical scientists.So failingcanhelpa studentto livea muchhappierlife if heorshe drawssomething outof thefailing.They maythen decideon theiraimand choosethe kindof workthey would be fitfor andthey wouldliketo do.It isimpossible to decide whetheror notyou likesomething untilyou havetried it.Ifyou decidethatyouwouldliketoplaythe piano,you needtotakemorethanone lessonbefore youcanknow whetheryou arereally interestedinitoryou are able todowell.It is not enoughto wanttobe a great pianist.You alsohave tolike thehard practiceandlong trainingbeforeyoubecome one.If youwould enjoybeing agreatpianistbut hatethe work,forget it.It”sa good planto tryas manyideas aspossible whenyouarestill young.And thenyou willbe ableto findout whatyour true interests(兴趣)are.
11.Is itpossible todecide whatyou likewithout trying
12.To decidewhat todoin thefuture,whichis more important,to findoutwhatyoulike,ortofindoutwhatyoudon“t like
13.In whichway isfailing importantto people
14.How canyou findout yourtrueinterests
15.What doesit taketo becomeagreatpianist
34.根据短文内容,回答问题An Englishmanarrived ata smallFrench townand wasstaying therewith his wife.One nighthewent outfor awalk alone.It waslate andthe smallstreet wasdark andlonely.Suddenlya Frenchmanquickly walkedpast him.Just thenthe Englishman found that his watchwas lost.He thoughtthat the Frenchman musthave takenhis watch.He decidedto followhim andcatchhim.Soon the Englishman foundthe Frenchman.He putfirst(拳头)in front of the Frenchman,s face,pointed tohis watch and shoutedat him.They couldn,t understandeach other,s language.So the Frenchman thoughtthat the Englishman wantedto havehis ownwatch andgave up hiswatch to him.The Englishmanreturned tohis roomand toldhis wifewhat hadhappened.Hiswife pointed to the table.He wassurprised to see his watch on the table.Now he knew whathe had bone.
66、Where didthe storyhappenIt happened ata small.
67、Why didtheFrenchmangive uphis watchto the EnglishmanBecause hecouldnt theEnglishman said.68He didn,t find his watch lost until a Frenchman passed him quickly,didhe69How doyou thinktheEnglishmanfelt whenhe knewit wasn,this own watchHe felt for he had done.
70、Where wasis theEnglishman swatch.It was_____________________________________
35.根据短文内容,回答问题An Englishmanarrived ata smallFrench townandwasstaying therewithhis wife.One nighthewent outfor awalk alone.It waslate andthe smallstreet wasdark andlonely.Suddenlya Frenchmanquickly walkedpast him.Just thentheEnglishmanfound that his watchwas lost.He thoughtthat theFrenchman musthave takenhis watch.He decidedto followhim andcatchhim.Soon theEnglishmanfoundtheFrenchman.He putfirst(拳头)in frontof theFrenchman,s face,pointedtohis watchandshoutedat him.They couldn,t understandeachother,s language.So theFrenchman thoughtthat theEnglishman wantedto havehis ownwatchandgave uphiswatch tohim.The Englishmanreturned tohis roomand toldhis wifewhat hadhappened.Hiswife pointedto thetable.He wassurprised tosee hiswatch on thetable.Now he knew whathehad bone.
66、Where didthe storyhappenIt happenedatasmall.
67、Why didtheFrenchmangive uphiswatchto theEnglishmanBecause hecouldn,ttheEnglishman said.
68、He didntfindhiswatchlostuntilaFrenchmanpassedhimquickly,didhe,he69How doyou thinktheEnglishmanfelt whenhe knewit wasnthisownwatchHefelt_____forhehaddone.
70、Where wasistheEnglishman swatch.It was_____________________________________
36.根据短文内容,回答问题It was Mothers Day,but the young motherwasalittle unhappy,because shewas800miles awayfrom herparents.In themorning shephoned hermother towish hera happyMothersDay,and hermother toldher aboutthebeautifullilacs(丁香)in the garden.Later thatday,when she toldherhusband aboutthe lilacs,he said,I know where we can findall thatyouwant.Get ourchildren Peterand Lily,and comeon.”So theywent,driving down thecountry roads.There onasmallhill,they sawa lot of beautifulpurple lilacs.The young woman ranquicklyto enjoythe flowers.Carefully,she pickeda fewhere anda fewthere.On theirwayhome therewasasmile onher face.When theywere passinga nursinghome(敬老院),the youngwoman sawan old grannysitting in a chair.She hadno childrenwith her.They stoppedthe carandtheyoung womanwalkedto the old woman,putthe flowers inher hands,and smiledat her.The oldgrannythanked heragain andagain.She smiledhappily,too.When theyoung mothercameback to hercar,her childrenasked her,“Who isthat oldgrannyWhy didyougiveour flowersto her”“I don t knowher,their mothersaid.“But it sMothers Day,and she has nochildren.Ihaveboth of you,and Istill havemy mother.Just thinkhow muchthose flowersmeantto her.”
21.Why wastheyoungwomanalittle unhappyon Mothers Day
22.How manychildren didtheyoungwoman have
24.Why didtheyoungwoman give theflowersto the oldgranny
25.What doyou thinkof theyoungwoman
37.根据短文内容,回答问题At present,Beijingers areall tryingtodosomething forthe Olympic Games.They thinkitwillbe awkward iftheyare not abletospeakEnglish whenmany foreignerscome toBeijingin
2008.Beijing ssuccessful bidforthe Olympic Gameshas stirred upthe residentsenthusiasm inlearning English.Now the100,000civil servantsin governmentdepartmentsare takingthe leadto learn,each of the40,000police has been useEnglish in their service,English signscanbeseen atairports,streets,bus stops,parks,museums andexhibitionhalls.In asense,learning Englishhas becomean importantpart ofBeijing residentslifein theirspare time.
1.What hasstirreduptheresidentsenthusiasm inlearning English
2.What areBeijingers tryingtodofortheOlympicGames
3.What sthe meaningof“residents”inthispassage
4.In whichyear willtheOlympicGames beheldin Beijing
5.If aforeign friendcomes toa parkinBeijing,will heknow thenameofthe parkWhy
38.根据短文内容,回答问题Friends arevery importantin peoples lives.No onecan livealone in theworldwithoutfriends.I thinkitseasy tomake friends with otherpeople andbuilda friendship(友谊)between eachother.However,itisnot easyto get true friendship,I think.So whatis true friendship Inmy opinion,true friendshipincludes(包括)First ofall,true friendshipmust treattheir friendsloyally(忠诚地)and helpeachother.In otherwords,you mustnot takeadvantage of(禾用)your friends,and youmustnt cheat(欺骗)them.For example,some unfriendlypeople makefriends inorder tocheatmoney andfeelings,or geta certainsecret andsoon.I don t thinkthese aretruefriendship.Second,true friends must trytheir besttohelpeachother.For example,if afriendis indeedin needof moneyto escapefrom sometrouble,true friendsmight lendit and helphim orher.Third,friendsmustshare theirhappiness andsadness.One ofthe greatestmen oncesaid,“If youtell yourhappiness to your friend,you willget doublehappiness.If youtellyour sadnesstoyourfriend,youwillget half.”
11.Are friendsveryimportantinpeople slives
12.Is iteasy ordifficult to gettrue friendship
13.Why dosome unfriendlypeople makefriends
14.What shouldtruefriendsdo ifafriendis indeedin needof money
15.What istruefriendship
39.根据短文内容,回答问题Lots of people likediving intowater because theycanexplore(探索)the underwaterworld.But there is anotherkindofdiving.Some peopledive into the sky!This is really a veryexciting sport.A skydivergoes highup in the aironaplane,jumps off the planeand floatsin the airwiththehelpofa parachute.A parachuteis likea hugeumbrella.It isputon theback ofthe skydiver.When theskydiver reachesa certainheight,he willpull astringandtheparachute willopen upin secondsand carrydown to the ground.Skydiverslike doingalotof dramatictricksin the air.After jumpingoffthe plane oneafter another,they willtry to stayin theair andhole eachothershands.They canform differentshapes.Is itsafe todo skydivingYes,as longas wereceive right.But sometimes,accidents dohappen.In Canada,two skydiverswere killedin1991when theyjumpedofftheplane.Becausetheir parachutesgot tiedup witheachother.The parachutescouldnotopen up and bothcrasheddown anddied.
1.Why dopeople likediving intowater
2.How doesa skydivergo upinto thesky
3.What doesthe word“parachute”probably meanin Chinese
4.What doesa parachutelooklike
5.Why didthe twoskydivers diein Canadain
199140.根据短文内容,回答问题One eveningtwo youngmen werewalking in the streettogether.They triedto findachance(机会)to steal(偷)something.The clockstruck(敲打)twelve.Mostof thepeople wentto bed.Quickly theycame toa houseanditseemed thateveryonein the house hadfallen asleep.Standing atthe frontgate,one saidinEnglishtothe otherinalow voice,“You waithere.I11go aroundto theback doorand thengetinto the house.”Suddenly outofthe house rana dog,barking(吠)atthem.The twomen wereveryafraid andran awayas fastas theycould.They didn tstopuntil theygot toalonely place.The mansaid onsurprise,It stoo bad・I hadnt thoughtthatthe dogcould understand English.”
102.When didthey cometothe house9*
103.Did theman sayinEnglishloudly orquietly_—9•
104.Were themen veryafraid ofthe,dog
105.Could the dogreallyunderstandEnglish9•
41.根据短文内容,回答问题A farmis alwaysa busyplace.One ofthe busiestthings iswhen the farmer isgettingland readytogrowplants.If the farmer isgoing togrow wheat,he hasto turnthe groundover first.The farmerdrivesupanddownthepaddock ontractor.When the ground isready,the farmersows theseeds.He doesthis witha machinethatthetractor pullsalong.Now,one farmand onemachinecan doas mucha day as twentymen usedtodowithout amachine.After the wheat hasbeensown,thefarmerkeeps alookout forrain.Wheat needsrain andwarm sunnydays tomakeit grow.When thewheat hasgrown,it turnstoalovely goldencolour.When thewheat isfully grown,youcanseetheseeds onthewheatplants.These havetobe outoff andput inbags orbig truckstobetaken toa factorywhere theyare madeintoflour.It sa verybusy timeon farmwhen thewheat isbeing cut.Everyone helpsso that allthe wheatcanbetaken fromthe paddocksbefore therain comes.If heavyrain falls,thefarm mustwait forthegrounddry outbefore themachine cancut thewheat.Farmers alwayshavealottodothrough theyear.
1.What isthe busiestthing
2.What doesthefarmerhave todo whenhe isgoing togrow wheat
3.Why wasmuch moretime spenton sowinginthepast
4.What doesfarmer not need when they cutwheat
5.Does everyonehelp tocut thewheat
42.根据短文内容,回答问题There isasmallvillage inthesouthof Englandcalled Whitesands.It sa fishingvillage.The fishermengo outin theirsmall boatsto catchfish.The seahereisverydangerous,so,if thereisastrong wind,the boatsdont go outat all.If theydid goout,they mightnotbeableto get back.They mightbe sweptaway formany kilometres.Every yearthereisaveryimportant springfestival herein May.Everyone inthe villagespendsthe weekbefore the festival preparingthings.They makespecial cakes,using eggs,butter,sugar andoranges.They madespecial clothes,too-coloured shirtsand trousers.On the day before thefestival,thechildrengo into the fieldsand woodsand pickwildflowers.On thethirteenth ofMay,theyounggirls inthe villageput wild flowers intheir hair.Then theyput flowerson all the fishingboats.On eachboat theyput alot gardenflowersand alotofwildflowers.They dothis everyyear towish all the fishermena goodfishingseason.Then thereisameal for allthepeople inthe village.They singand danceandenjoy themselves.
1.Where isWhitesands
2.What kindof villageisit
3.Why dopeople spendthe wholeweek preparingforthefestival
4.When isthe springfestival here
5.What dopeople prepareforthefestivalJoe wantedabike.He hadasked his parents forthe moneyandtheyhad saidhe mustearn(赚得)it himself.But how0ne dayhe thoughtabout itas hewalked home.Not manypeoplewanted toask kidsto workfor them.Maybehecould clearaway snowfortheneighbours.But thiswas summer.He dhave towait for alongtime forthat.He couldnt cutgrassfor theirgardens because hehadno tooltodothe workwith.Then Joe saw oneofhisclassmates,Dick,delivering(投JM)newspapers.I couldto that,“he thought.Maybe I could evengetthebikeright away.Icouldpayfor italittle each week.He ranto catchup withDick.Joe askedalotof questionsabout havingapaperroute(路线).He learntthat itwaspossible toearn twenty-five dollarseachweek.He learntthatthejob tookabout threehourseach night.Dick gavehim thephone numberofthenewspaper manager.Joe almostflew home.After hehad explainedhis plan,his mother smiled.I thinkitis agreat idea,“she said,“I willcallthenewspaper•••n“Wait,Mom,Joe said.I willcall,after all,I mgoing tobeabusinessman now.Joesmothersmiledproudly.
1.Why didJoe wantto geta jobthat summer
2.Why didn thisparents givehim the money
3.How wasJoe ableto getthe money
4.What probablyhappenedatthe endofthestory
5.What canyou learnfromthestorymessages.In thenew century,it seemsthat it,sverynecessary foreveryonetolearn howtousecomputers,even forthe oldpeople.The computerisreallyan importanttool inmodernlife.Today moreand morefamilies havecomputers.Parents buycomputers fortheir children.They hopecomputerscanhelp theirchildren improvetheir studiesat school.Yet,many oftheirchildrenusecomputerstoplay games,to watchvideos,or singkaraoke,instead ofstudying.So,many teachersand parentscomplain thatcomputers cannothelpchildren tostudy but instead makethem fallbehind.Because of this,computersarelockedinboxesby parents.In someother countries,even somescientists hatecomputers.They saycomputers causemillionsofpeopleto losetheirjobsor causethemalotoftrouble.Who knowswhat thecomputers of tomorrow willbe likeWill theyreally makelife better,or willthey bringtroubletopeople Thestudents todaywill havetodecidehow tousethe computersoftomorrow.
1.Why doesthe writersaythecomputerisausefulmachine Thewriter saysthis because.
2..Why dothe parentsbuy theirchildren computersThey thinkcomputers.
3..What dosome teachersand parentscomplain aboutThey complainthat.
4.Do computersonly makeour lifebetter No,they.
5.Can computersreally helpchildrentostudy・
6.Someone saidthat itsnecessary forus middle school studentsto spendsome timeoncomputers everyday.What doyou thinkof it
5.根据短文内容,回答问题Barky and I talk everyday.When Icome home,we discusswhat Imhaving fordinner,but strictlyspeaking hedoesnt talkback.I usuallyask himwhat he hasbeendoing allday,and hetells mehehasbeen swimmingaround andlookingAbout ayear ago,I wenttostayataDetroit hotel.I didntwanttocarry muchmoneywith me,soIasked the desk clerkto puta hundred-dollar billinthesafe(保险箱)for me.The nextmorning,however,the clerksaidthatheknew nothing aboutthemoney.I didnothave anyproof(证据)Ihad given theman themoney.There wasclearly nothingleftto dobut gotothenearest lawyer.The lawyeradvised meto returntothehotel withhim andgive anotherhundred-dollarbill tothe clerk.So wedid.An hourlater,I wentbacktothedeskand askedfor mymoney.Since Ihad the lawyer asan eyewitness(目击者)tothesecond hundred-dollar bill,theclerk couldnot sayheknewnothing aboutit.Another hourlater,I putthesecondpart ofthe lawyer,s planinto action«寸诸彳亍动).This timeboth thelawyer and I wenttothehotel toask forthe hundred-dollar billonceagain,and whenthe clerkinsisted hehadgivenit to me,I saiditwas not true.Thelawyer saidtohim,saw thisgentleman giveyouahundred-dollar bill.If youdon,t handitin atonce,Iwillbe forcedto callthe policeman.z/The clerkrealized hehad beencheated,so hegave meback thefirst hundred-dollar bill.〃Idon,tknow how tothank youenough forgetting mymoney back,〃I saidtothelawyer.And whatdoyousuppose heanswered Hesaid,〃0h,don,t thankme.That willbe onehundreddollars,please.〃
1.Why didthewritergotothelawyer
2.How manydollars didthewritergivethe clerk
3.Did theclerk saythatheknewnothingaboutthemoney whenthewriterwenttoaskfor hissecond hundred-dollar bill
4.At lasttheclerkdidn,t returnallthemoney backtothewriter,didhe
5.How muchmoney doyou thinkthewritergot backat lastJohnnySmith wasa goodmath studentatahigh school.He lovedhis computer.He camehomeearly everyday,and thenheworkedwith ittill midnight.But Johnnywas nota goodEnglishstudent,notgoodatall.He gotan Fin his English class.One dayafter school,Johnny joinedhis computertothecomputer in his highschool office.The schoolofficecomputer hadthe grades(成绩)ofallthe students;the mathgrades,the sciencegrades,the grades in artsand musicandthegradesinEnglish.He foundhisEnglishgrade wasanF!Johnny changedit fromF toan A.Johnny sparents lookedat hisschool reportercard.They wereveryhappy.“An AI English!”said father,“youareaveryclever boy,Johnny.Johnny isa hacker(黑客).Hackers knowhow totake informationfromothercomputersandput newinformationin usinga mode,they jointheircomputersto otherones secretly(秘密地).schoolheadmasters andteachers areworried abouthackers,so arethe police.For somepeople eventakemoney frombank computeraccounts(账户)andputit intotheirownones.And theyneverhave leavehome todoit!They arecalled hackers.
1.What subjectis Johnnygoodat
2.Why wereJohnny,sparentshappy whenthey lookedathisreport
3.Who areworried abouthackers inthepassage
4.What isa hacker
5.Is ahacker criminalBarkyandItalkeveryday.When1come home,we discusswhat Imhaving fordinner,but strictlyspeaking hedoesnt talkback.I usuallyask himwhat hehasbeendoing allday,and hetells mehehasbeen swimmingaround andlooking afterthe house.Hes a goodguard fish.He wouldknow iftherewere intruders(闯入者)inthekitchen andwould starethem out.His favouritehobby iswatching television.He pusheshis faceup tothe glasstosee.We watchCoronation Streetand EastEnders together,and heenjoys football.I thinkhelikes thecolours,and hedefinitely prefersnorthern teams.He mustbeaManchesterUnited fan,ashehas somuch redin his bowl.Alex Fergusonwouldbeproud.If Barkyis everupset,he squirts(使喷出)water outofthetop ofhis bowl,sothere isno chanceof usforgetting hisbirthday.He willbe twoyears oldin September,butinfish years that ismore like30,so hecould beplanning abig nightout.We willgivehim extrafood andan icedgem asa birthdaycake.However,what hereally wantsisa mate,so wewill havetosee what we can arrange.I wouldnever swapBarky.He isa goodlistener.The childrenlike himand hedoesn,t needwalking.When hewas in his teens,he usedto tryto sneakout,but hebehaves now.He isfor keeps.请根据短文内容回答下列问题
21.Who is Barky
22.What,sBarky,s hobby
23.What willBarky doif heis unhappyUniversal(世界的)Children,sDaywas createdbytheUN in1954for allcountriesto payspecial attentiontotheworlds children.It isan importantday topromote(促进)the worldwidefraternity(友爱)and understandingbetween young people.And yetforalmost50years inthe UKit haspassed withoutthe recognition(承认)it deserves.James Michael,16and Natasha Reddy,15report onan eventwhich veryfew peopleinthis countrywould haveknown aboutbecause weare oneofthefew countriesintheworld,which does not celebrateit.It seemsstrange thatthe UKgovernment refusesto establishtheday.Shouldnt webeencouraged,like otheryoung peopleall aroundtheworld,to lookupon thedayasa timesetaside tospecifically tocelebrate andpromote ourrights(权利),rather thanseeingit asjust anotherdate inthe calendar(日历)?The introductionof UniversalChildren,sDayin Britainwould goalongwayinhelpingyoung peopletake prideintheircountry.It iswe whowill finallyinfluence theway ourcountrymoves forward,so isntit timethat wewere offeredall thatwecanbe offeredtofully understandwhat ourrights asyoungpeopleare
26.How longisthehistory of Universal Childrens Day
27.Can youname onecountry whichdoesnotcelebrate UniversalChildrensDay
28.What isthe authorsattitude towardsthe introductionofUniversalChildren,sDay inthe UK
29.What isthe purposeofthisreport writtenby JamesMichael andNatashaReddy
30.What,sthe main idea ofthelast paragraphinthisreportA veryold ladywon a million dollars ina lottery.Her son and hiswife heardthenews onthe radio.〃How arewe going to tellyour mother the wifeasked.The newsmight killher!〃“Thats true,〃the sonsaid.Perhaps wedbetter speakto herdoctor aboutit.He,11knowhowto bringthenews to hergently.〃They toldthe old lady,s doctorabout this.z,rmglad youtold me,〃he said.〃A shock,even ahappy one,could giveheraheartattack.Leave it tome.I11findaway ofbringing thenewstoher.〃He thoughtabouttheproblem forseveral days,then decidedwhat hewould say.He calledonthe oldladyand satby herbedside.He tookher handin his.〃Lets playa game,my dear,he said.〃ALets Pretendgame.〃〃0h,yes,〃theoldlady said.〃I loveLetsPretend game.〃“Good,r11ask youaquestionfirst,z/the doctorsaid.Then youcan askme one.〃He pretendedto thinkforafew minutes.Then hesaid,“Tell me,what wouldyou doifyou wonamilliondollarsinalottery”〃0h,thats an easy one,〃theoldlady said.〃Id givemostofittoyou,doctor,because youhavebeenso goodtomeall theseyears.The doctorwas thenlying onthe floor.Hehaddied ofshock.
46.Why didntthesonand hiswifetell hismotherthegood newsimmediately
47.What wasthe doctorworried
48.Why didthedoctorgototheoldladys house
49.Why wasthedoctorlying onthe floor
50.How longdidthedoctor wait for beforehetoldtheoldlady thenews
49.根据短文内容,回答问题Walt Disney,the greatfilm-maker,wasbornin
1901.When hewasayoungman,He oftensatinthefamily garageand drawpictures there.One daya mousecameintothegarageandplayed onthe floor.He stoppeddrawing andwatched the mouse.The mousecame towardshim,so hegave the mouse apiece ofbread.Day afterday theybecame goodfriends.Some yearslater,Disney movedtothewest coastoftheUSA.He triedtogetwork asanartist,but stillhewasunsuccessful.One dayhe rememberedthemousethat usedto comeoutinhisfather sgarage.He pickeduphispencil andstarted todraw.At lasthe waspleasedwith oneofhispictures ofthemouse.He calledit MickeyMouse.His successasacartoon-maker hadbegun.He madescores ofcartoons.All ofthem werelikedverymuchby children.He diedin
1966.But thestudios whichhe startedare stillbusytoday,producing moreandmoreinteresting films.
1.Who isWalt Disney
2.Where didhe makefriendswiththat mouse
3.He thoughtthat mousewas lovely,didnthe
4.How longdidheliveintheworld
5.What isthemainideaofthis passageafterthehouse.He,sagood guardfish.He wouldknow iftherewereintruders(闯入者)inthekitchen andwould starethemout.His favouritehobby iswatching television.He pusheshis faceup tothe glasstosee.We watchCoronation Streetand EastEnderstogether,and heenjoys football.I thinkhe likesthecolours,and hedefinitely prefersnorthern teams.He mustbeaManchester Unitedfan,ashehas somuch redinhisbowl.Alex Fergusonwouldbeproud.If Barkyis everupset,he squirts(使喷出)water outofthetop ofhisbowl,so thereisno chanceof usforgetting hisbirthday.He willbe twoyears oldin September,but infishyearsthatismorelike30,so hecouldbeplanning abig nightout.We willgive himextrafood andan icedgem asabirthdaycake.However,whathereally wantsisamate,sowe willhavetoseewhatwecanarrange.I wouldnever swapBarky.He isagoodlistener.The childrenlike himandhedoesn,tneedwalking.When hewasinhis teens,he usedto tryto sneakout,but hebehaves now.He isfor keeps.
41.Who isBarky
42.Whats Barky,s hobby
43.What willBarky doifheis unhappy
6.根据短文内容,回答问题Hank wason holidaytravelling throughEurope bytrain withhis twochildren,Tina andMax.Their seatswereinthelast carriage ofthe train.After theyhad eatentheir lunch,Hank gotup.〃Im justgoing downtothe dining cartoget acoffee.I11be backsoon.We won,t gettothestation tillfive thisafternoon.The diningcar wasnear the frontofthe train.As thetrain wastravelling fastand movingfromside toside,Hank decidedto drinkhis coffeethere andnot tocarry itback tohisseat.Soon hegot talkingto anotherperson whohappenedtobe fromAmerica,too,They foundthat theyhadalotincommon andgot onwell.There wasan announcement(通矢口)in Germanwhenthetrain startedmoving again.But Hankpaid noattention.Finally theysaid goodbyeto eachother andHank startedtowalkthrough thecarriages whenhefound hecouldn,tgoon further.He wasinthelastcarriage!At thatmoment,his childrenwere enjoyingtheir trip.They lookedoutofthe windowandtalked happily.They thoughttheir fatherwasonthesametrain.At aboutthreeo clockTina decidedtoseewhat their dad wasup to.But whenshe wentthrough justafewcarriages,she foundherself atthefrontofthetrain.Finally shediscovered thetruth.The trainhaddivided(分开)inthestation wheretheyhadstopped.The frontpart wasgoingto Frankfortandtheother partwasgoingto Bonn.Then theyknew theyhad losttheirdad.At fiveoclocktheir trainstopped inBonn Station.But Hankwasnotwith them.Where washe
61.Where wereHank andhis twochildren travellingto
62.Why didHank leavehis children
63.What didHank do whenhegot tothediningcar
64.When didthe twochildren realizethat theyhad losttheirdad
65.Which partofthetrain wasgoingtoFrankfort
7.根据短文内容,回答问题Passage6In theearly nineteenthcentury,people didnot usrstamps.They had topaypostage(由B费)whenthey received letters.Sometimes theydidntwanttoreceive a letter atall,but theyhadtopay moneyforit.They wereunhappy aboutthis.The postagewas highatthattime,becausethe post officeshadto send manypeopletogetthe postage.Row landHill wasaschoolteacher inEngland.He wasthefirsttthinkof using stampsin the1850s.He thoughtitwouldbe mucheasier forpeopletouse stamps.They couldgoto the post officetobuystamps andput themon envelopes(信封)before theysent theletters.The post office couldjust putseals(印i己)onthe stamps sothatpeoplecouldnot usethe stampsagain.In thisway,thepost office didnot needtosendpostmen togetpostage.It onlyneeded fewerpostmen tosend letters.
104.Did peopleuse stampsintheearly nineteenthcentury105what didthepeoplehavetodo whentheyreceivedletters
106.why wasthepostagehigh atthattime
107.When didRowland Hillthinkofusingstamps
108.What didthepostoffice putseals onthestampsfor
8.根据短文内容,回答问题Sydney isayoungcity.Its historygoes backjust over200years.But inAustralia,itisthe oldestcity.It isalso thecountrys largestcity.Sydney isthe capitalofNew SouthWales andthe mostpopulous cityof Australia.The climate(气候)of Sydney isverygood.Its nottoo coldduring thewinter andnottoo hotduring thesummer.The skyis blue,theairis fresh(清新的),birds singinthegarden.People wholivein Sydney seemto haveaneasylife style.They willtellyou,Dont worry.Many peoplethink thatSydney isoneofthe mostattractive citiesintheworld.Ithas manytall andmodern buildings.Among them,Centrepoint Toweristhetallest.Standingon the305-metre(80storeys)tower,youwillhaveagreat view(视野)ofthecity.Sydneyisfamousforits deepharbor(港口).The harborhas manybays(湾)andbeautiful surfbeaches.Among them,Bondi beachisthemostpopular.Sydney Harborisnotonly beautiful,it alsoserves asa largeport.Ships carrywool,wheat andmeat fromSydney toother countries.People livingin Sydneyliketocall themselves Sydneysiders.They aremostly friendlyandeasygoing.When theyare not working,they love to haveagoodtime atthebeach,swimmingand sailing.
1.How oldis Sydney
2.How isthe climateof Sydney
3.How tallis CentrepointTower
4.What isSydney famousfor
5.What dopeople livinginSydneylovetodowhentheyarenotworking
9.根据短文内容,回答问题After Tomfinished hismiddle school,hewentto workinapostoffice.He wasglad(高兴)togetthe work,because hecould sendthe letterson hisbike.It waseasy andinteresting.One dayhe tooka lettertoahouse.When hegot tothe door,abigdog ranfast tohim.He wasafraid ofit verymuch andquickly threwthe letterontheground.Tohis surprise(令他惊奇的是),the dogdidntcome athim.It stoppedbefore the letterand picked it upwith itsmouth.The it carried the letter intothehouse.Tom saidto himself,“It doesthesamework asme.”
1、Where didTom workIn a.
2、How didTom sendthe letterthe.
3、What didTom seewhenhearrived atthehouseHe abig.
4、Did the dog makeany troubleon Tom,it.
5、What didthe dogcometoTom todoIt cametothe letter.
10.根据短文内容,回答问题Johnwasinhospitalforafewdays,andhiswife toldhim thathis dogreally missedhim.He spendsthe mightatthefrontdoorin waitingfor youto return.”She saidtoJohn.“What anexampl oftrue love!”John answered.I wonderofyouwould takecare ofmelike that.”“Of courseI would,“hiswifeanswered,“If youarenotathomeallthenight,andIdontknowwhereyouare,youcanbe sureI11waitforyou atthefrontdoor.”
1、Why wasJohninhospitalMaybe hewas.
2、How didthe dogshow lovefor JohnHeforJohntocome atthefrontdoor.
3、Why didnt Johnswifestayatthe doorwaitingforhim BecauseshewhereJohn wasandneedtodo that.
4、How longwasJohnin hospitalseveral.
5、His wifedoesn tlove him,does she,she.
11.根据短文内容,回答问题After Tomfinished hismiddleschool,hewenttoworkinapostoffice.He wasglad(高兴)togetthework,becausehecould sendthe letterson hisbike.It waseasy andinteresting.One dayhe tookalettertoahouse.When hegot tothe door,abigdog ranfasttohim hewasafraid ofit verymuch andquickly threwthe letterontheground.To hissurprise(令也勺的,thedogdidntcomeathim.It stoppedbeforetheletter andpickeditup withitsmouth Thenitcarriedtheletterintothehouse.Tan saidto himself,“It doesthesame workasme.”
1.Where didTom workIna.
2.How didTom sendtheletterthe.
3.What didTom seevhen hearrived atthehouseHe abig.
4.Did thedog makeany troubleon Tom,it
5.What didthedogcane toTan todo Itcametotheletter.。