还剩43页未读,继续阅读
本资源只提供10页预览,全部文档请下载后查看!喜欢就下载吧,查找使用更方便
文本内容:
九年级英语单元测试阅读短文回答问题练习题道53学校名称班级学号姓名
1.根据短文内容,回答问题Every Saturday,Grandpa and I walk to the nursing home to visit some of the oldand sickpeoplethere because they can t takecare of themselves.First wevisit Mrs.Sokol.I callher“The Cook.She likesto talkabout the timewhen she was awell-known cookin Russia.People wouldcome frommiles,just totaste herchicken soup.Next wevisit Mr.Lipman.I callhim“The Singervbecause heloves to sing forus.Wheneverhe does,his voicefills the air,clear andfull ofenergy.I alsoenjoy Mrs.Kagan sstories abouther ownexperiences during the olddays.I callher“The MemoryLady.”One dayGrandpa gotvery sickand the doctor said they didn t thinkhe wouldget better.It wastime tovisit the nursing home again.I had to goalone.Everyone wassurprisedwhen I told themthat mygrandpa wasill and in hospital.A few days later,Grandpa was not ableto sit up,eat andeven speak.I wentto the cornerof theroom soGrandpa wouldn t seeme cry.Suddenly,I heardsomeonesinging.I lookedup.It wasThe Singer.Behind herwere The Cook,andThe MemoryLady.TheCookbrought herfamous homemadechickensoup.The MemoryLady heldGrandpas hand and toldus howGrandpa oncecame tovisit herin asnowstorm,just tobringher someroses forher birthday.Before Irealized it,visiting hourswere up.That evening,Grandpa calledthe nursein and saidhe washungry.Soon he began tosit up.Finally hewas ableto getout ofbed.It is really amiracle surprisingevent,isn tit
81.Why didthe writerand hisgrandpago to the nursinghome everySaturday
82.Who wereGrandpa/s goodfriends in the nursinghome
83.Why didthe writercry
84.Please put the sentence«Before Irealized it,visiting hourswere up.into ChineseIn the early nineteenth century,people didnot usrstamps.They had to paypostage(邮费)when they received letters.Sometimes theydidn t want toreceive a letter at all,but they had to pay money for it.They wereunhappy aboutthis.The postagewas high atthat time,because the post officeshad to send many people to get the postage.Row landHill was a schoolteacher inEngland.He was the firstt think of using stampsin the1850s.He thoughtit would be mucheasier forpeople to use stamps.They couldgoto the post officeto buystamps and put themon envelopes(信封)before theysent theletters.The post office couldjust putseals(印i己)on the stamps so that peoplecouldnot usethe stamps again.In thisway,thepost office didnot need to sendpostmen to getpostage.It onlyneeded fewerpostmen tosend letters.
104.Did peopleuse stampsin theearlynineteenthcentury105what didthe people have to do when theyreceivedletters
106.why was thepostagehighatthat time
107.When didRowland Hillthinkof usingstamps
108.What didthepostoffice putseals on thestampsfor
11.根据短文内容,回答问题Sydney is a youngcity.Its historygoes backjust over200years.But inAustralia,it is the oldestcity.It is also thecountrys largestcity.Sydney is the capitalofNew SouthWales and the mostpopulous city of Australia.The climate(气候)of Sydney is verygood.It,snot too coldduring thewinter andnottoo hotduring thesummer.The skyis blue,the airis fresh(清新的),birds singin the garden.People wholive in Sydney seemto have an easylife style.They willtellyou,Dont worry.Many peoplethink thatSydney is one of the most attractive citiesin the world.Ithas manytall andmodern buildings.Among them,Centrepoint Toweris thetallest.Standingon the305-metre(80storeys)tower,you will have a great view(视野)of the city.Sydney isfamous for its deepharbor(港口).The harborhas manybays(湾)andbeautiful surfbeaches.Among them,Bondi beachis the most popular.Sydney Harboris notonlybeautiful,it alsoserves as a largeport.Ships carrywool,wheat andmeat fromSydneyto other countries.People livingin Sydneylike to call themselves Sydneysiders.They aremostly friendlyandeasygoing.When they are not working,they love to have a goodtime at the beach,swimmingand sailing.
1.How oldis Sydney
2.How is the climateof Sydney
3.How tallis Centrepoint Tower
4.What is Sydney famous for
5.What do people livingin Sydneylove to do when they are not working
12.根据短文内容,回答问题After Tomfinished hismiddle school,he went to workin apostoffice.He wasglad(高兴)to getthe work,because hecould sendthe letterson his bike.It waseasy andinteresting.One dayhe tooka letterto a house.When he got to the door,a bigdog ranfast to him.He was afraid of it very much andquickly threwthe letteron the ground.Tohis surprise(令他惊奇的是),the dogdidn tcome at him.It stopped before the letterand pickeditup with its mouth.The itcarried the letter into the house.Tom said to himself,“It does the same work as me.”
1、Where did Tom workIn a.
2、How didTom sendthe letterthe.
3、What didTom seewhen hearrived at the houseHe a big.
4、Did the dog make any troubleon Tom,i t.
5、What didthe dogcome toTom to doIt came to the letter.
13.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 mightat the front doorin waiting for youto return.”She said toJohn.“What an exampl oftrue love!”John answered.I wonderof youwould takecare ofmelike that.”“Of courseI would,“his wifeanswered,“If you are not at homeall the night,and I don t know where you are,you can be sureI11wait for you at the front door.”
1、Why was John in hospitalMaybe hewas.2How didthe dogshow lovefor JohnHe for John to come atthe front door.
3、Why didn t Johns wifestay atthe doorwaiting for himBecause shewhere John was andneed to do that.
4、How longwas John in hospitalseveral.
5、His wifedoesn tlove him,does she,she.
14.根据短文内容,回答问题After Tomfinished hismiddle school,he went to workin apostoffice.He wasglad(萧巧to getthe work,because hecould sendthe letterson hisbike.It waseasy andinteresting.One dayhe tooka letterto ahouse.When hegot to the door,a bigdog ranfastto him hewas afraid of it verymuch andquickly threwthe letteron the ground.To hissurprise(令他惊奇的是),the dogdidn tcomeat him It stoppedbefore theletterand pickedit upwith itsmouth.Then itcarried theletter into the house.Tom saidto himself,“It doesthe sameworkasme.”
1.Where didTom workIn a.
2.How didTom sendtheletterthe.
4.Did the dog make any troubleon Tom,it
5.What didthe dogcome toTom to do It came to theletter.
15.根据短文内容,回答问题Johnwas in hospitalfor a fewdays,and his wife toldhim that his dogreally missedhim.“He spends thenightatthe frontdoorin waitingfor youto return.She saidtoJohn.“What anexanple oftrue love!”John answered.I wonderif youwould takecare ofmelike that.”“Of courseI would,“his wifeanswered,Tf you are notat homeall theni由t,andI don t knowwhere you are,you can be sureV11wait foryou atthe frontdoor.”
1、Why wasJohninhospital Maybe hewas.
2、How didthedogshow lovefor JohnHeforJohntocane atthefrontdoor.
3、Why didnt Johnswifestay atthe doorwaitingforhimBecause she汕ere Johnwas andneedto do that.
4、How longwasJohninhospitalseveral.
5、His wifedoesn tlove him,does she,she.
16.根据短文内容,回答问题The TaiwanWork officesaidto the publicthat itwould 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,becausethedirect 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
200417.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 to eat.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 hewasmaking more than fortynew thingsat 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
18.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 clothesmade ofcotton.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 jobs they do.The police,bus drivers and salesmenwearuniforms(制服).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 sometimeswenttodressmakers^.Most of thetime,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(时装设计)from Europe,and morerecently(最近地)fromJapan,are soldinternationally(国际化地).Fashion centerssuch asNewYork,Paris producetheirown designs.People nolonger copythestylesof kingsand queens.Now theywant tolook 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 kind of clothesto work.Wewear adifferent kindof clothesto relax(放松)at home after workor to go to a party.What kindof clothesdo youwear
21.What clothesdopeople prefer towear incold weather,woolen orcotton clothes
22.According to the thirdparagraph,how didpeople gettheirclothes
23.Whose stylesof clotheswere copiedby richpeople in thepast
24.Which citiesare fashioncenters accordingto the passage
25.When willpeople buyclothes accordingto the passage
19.根据短文内容,回答问题Tom was only sevenyears old,so when he wentto camp野营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 atthe camp.Of course,Tom getaletterevery daywhile hewas atthe campbut hewrote tonobody.A fewdays later,when hecame backhome,his mothersaw himlooking atsome papersand askedhimwhat hewas doing.〃0h〃,he said,“They areletters.I gotthese letterswhile I wasat the camp.I didnot havetime meto look at themwhen I was there.〃
(1)What seasondidTomgo to thecamp
(2)Whom did hego to thecamp with
(3)What didhis motherhope
(4)Tom didn,t writeto anybody,did he
(5)Why didntTom lookat theseletters
20.根据短文内容,回答问题Jan Melaisn”t likemost kids.Two years ago,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 hewent.Polish newspaperssaid Melais the youngest person and the first handicapped(残疾的)person to walkto 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
21.根据短文内容,回答问题Different peoplehave differentcolor skin.Some haveblack skin,some haveyellowskin,and somehave whiteskin.Once therewas awoman inAlaska.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 thedoctor.The doctorsaid,“Stopeating orangethings.Try somegreen things.The womandid so.And she wasn,t orangeanymore.
1.What color was thewomans skincolor inAlaska
2.Why did herskinturn orange
3.Why didshe go to thedoctor
4.What didthedoctor advise herto do
5.If you can chooseyour skin,s color,what colorwould you like Why
22.根据短文内容,回答问题After supperMr.Jackson turnedon thetelevision.He tried to find a footballgame onit.At thattime the telephone rangand hewentto answer it.“Hello,he said,“
7465487872135.”“It sBetty speaking,“said awoman.Henry isill.And I have to take himto thehospital.But Lucyis tooyoung,・・”“Don”t worry.I11go andlook after her.But where”s James”“He”s goneto London.He11be backat twotomorrow morning.”Mrs.Jackson wason dutyin thehospital that night andMr.Jackson hadto goto helphissister.Lucy wasonly four.She beganto crywhen hermother left.Mr.Jackson told her somestories,taught hera 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 aren”t,“said Mrs.Jackson.It”s Saturday.”
21.Why didBetty telephoneMr.Jackson
22.What didMr.Jackson doto makeLucy stopcrying
23.Why didMr.Jackson runto thegarage when he wokeup
24.On whatday didBetty callMr.Jackson
25.How many peoplehavebeen mentioned(提至lj)in this passage
23.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 morningtohim in Frenchand heansweredin thesame language.I knewa littleFrench.So wedidntspeak afterthat.When wereachedthe village,the young manaskedme veryslowly,“Do you speak English”I knewat oncethathe is also an
85.What do you thinkof Grandpa
2.根据短文内容,回答问题Most people in theUnited Statesspeak English.There are,over2000languages spokenall over the world.You know that everylanguage hasits own words.When youwant to learna foreignlanguage,you mustlearn itswords.You must know what the words mean,and youmustsay themin theright way.Words aremade upof(组成)sound,and differentlanguageshave differentsounds.There arethousands oflanguage sounds.When youspeak English,youare usingonly aboutfifty of them.Some languages are spokenfaster thanothers.English isspoken moreslowly than French.Women speakfaster thanmen.In America,women speakabout175words everyrainute.But menspeakabout only
150.How manywords doyouspeakevery minute
81.Most peoplein Americaspeak.
82.We oftenof thesounds when we speak English.
83.How manylanguagesarespoken allover the world.
84.Does Chinesehave itsownwords.
85.In America,who speakfaster womenor men.
3.根据短文内容,回答问题In general,laws for children area goodthing.One hundredyearsagoin industrialcountries,children worked18hours a day in afactory at age seven.The factoryowner could beat a child whofell asleepor was not fastenough.Both parentsand teacherscould dothesame.Englishman.How disappointedI felt!Why not talk tohimin English Answerthe followingquestions:
86.What sthe nameof the first village
87.Why didthe writer gotoFrance
88.Is the youngman English
89.They talkeda loton theway,didntthey
90.Why didthe writerfeel disappointed
24.根据短文内容,回答问题The largewolf(狼)ran,and thesix wolvesin thegroup followed.She heardthe soundof abigbird.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 to make hersleep.When thewolf awoke,shewasconfused(困惑)by thestrange soundsand thedarkness.Suddenly,She saw another 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!”said thehopefulvoice of the parkranger.
1.How manywolves werecaught bypeople
2.What didthestrangersdo with the wolves
3.How didthe wolvesfeel when they first see thestrangepeople
4.What didthe wolvessee from the fence
5.Why didthe parkranger openthe gate
25.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 theycantdo 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 help them improvetheir studiesin school.Yet,many of their childrenusecomputers to play games,to watchvideos or tosingkaraoke,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 doyou thinkof computersWhat dothey bringyou
26.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 asEnglishThere areseveral waystomakelearning Englisha littleeasier and more interesting.The firststep is to feelpositive aboutlearning English.If youbelieve that you canlearn,you willlearn.Be patient.You do not have to understandeverything allat once.It isnaturalto makemistakes when you 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 will feelcomfortable expressingyourideas in English.After severalweeks,you willsee that your writingis improving(提高).You mustspeakEnglishevery day.You canpractice with your classmatesoutside class.You willall makemistakes,but you will becomecomfortable talkingin English.The thirdstep isto keepa recordof yourlanguage learning.You canwrite thisin yourjournal.After eachclass,think about what youdid.Did youanswer aquestion correctlyDidyou understand something theteacher explained(解释)Perhaps thelesson wasdifficult,but youtriedto understand it.Write thesein yourjournal.
16.Can everyonelearnanewlanguageeasily
17.Does the writer giveus three orfoursuggestions(建议)
18.What dothe underlinedwordsmeanin the second paragraph
19.Which is the mostimportant stepmentioned in thepassage
20.Why mustwe keepa recordof ourlanguage learning
27.根据短文内容,回答问题For manyyears,Hawaii has been amagic nameto peoplewho like totravel.People,bothin Japanandin America,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 that you canhardly seeitmove.The sunleaves behinda glow(霞光)that lightsthe skyand shinesin thequietwater.People oftenhave aquiet,peaceful timewhile walking along the beaches.The firststrangersto theseislands centuriesago werePolynesian peoplewho camefrom Tahitiin boats.Now nomatter wherethe peoplecome from,they reallywant to see the original beautyofHawaii.They wantto seethe lovelybeaches and the mountaincalled DiamondHead whichis almost hiddenby thetall hotels.
1.How longhas Hawaiibeen amagic nameto thetravelers
2.Where does Hawaii lie
3.What,sHawaiilike when people arewalkingalongits beaches
4.Who cameto Hawaiifirst long,long ago
5.What isHawaii famousforI”m Joan Croft.I have to say that I cameinto nursing by chance(机会).I didn“t reallylike my first job,which wasoffice work.I wasa secretary.It wasall right—but that”s justabout allyou cansay about it.I stayedin thesame placewith thesame peoplearoundme all day andevery day.Then Ibecame asinger,which I enjoyed verymuch,but afterawhile the singing groupbroke up(解散)and I hadtostart lookingfor somethingelse.Some girlshave wantedto benurses eversince theywere children,but it never enteredmyhead until I sawan advertisement(广告)in a paper.I wrotein andthought,“Oh,well,I11give it a try.”One thingI likedabout it was going away from home.The trainingitself isvery interestingand mostofit is juston thewards(病房),so that you veryquickly beginnursing realpatients.I livedin thenursesv homewhen Iarrived and I hadmy ownroom,which wasvery nice.I likenursing morethan Iever thoughtI would.I11always carry on nursing.I”ve gota boyfriend who is a doctor so I hope to get married sometime,but whereverI livetherevs sureto be a hospitalin theplace andthere”salways a job for a nurse.
21.What wasJoan”s first job
22.Why didn”t Joanlike herfirst job
23.Why didn”t Joango onwith hersecond job
24.How didJoan find out theinformation about thenursingjob
25.What isJoan”s plan for the future
29.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(影响)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 youcan changeyour internal responses(反应)to theseexternal factors.And theseinternal factorsinfluence howyou find your placein the worldand what you thinkof yourself.Suppose you“ve failed anexam.That”sanexternalfactto whichyou havean internalresponse.Your responsemight be:Hey,I hatefailing exams,but I did workhard.I amaclever student:it justdidn”tworkout.It wasa learningexperience,and I will useitto dogood tome,so Iwon”t failnext time.You”renotsuffering a great blowto yourself-concept.On theother hand,maybe yourresponse is:I msuch aloser.The teachersaw rightthroughme,and Igot what1needed.With that internalresponse,your self-concept willcertainlysuffer.You needto gethonest(诚实)about yourpersonal history.Before youstep out of yourpast,you needto realizeyour owninternal responses.
11.Does everybodyhaveaself-concept
12.Which canbe changed,externalfactorsor internalfactors
13.When dowe havean internalresponse
14.In whatway do internalfactorshelp us
15.How canwe stepout ofour past
30.根据短文内容,回答问题Mr.Knott wasa teacher.He taughtinabig schoolin London.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 upthetelephoneand said,“This isWhitebridge
3165.Who sspeaking,please“Watt,“a man answered.What syour name,please”saidMr Knott.“Watt s my name,“wastheanswer.“Yes,I askedyou that.What syour name”Mr Knott said again.“Itoldyou Wattsmyname,“saidtheother man,“Are youJack smith”“No,I mKnott,answered Knott.uWill 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 downstairswhenhewas alreadyinbed
13.who telephonedhim
14.Whom didMrWatt wantto speak to
15.When MrKnottsaid,“Will Knott,what didMrWatt thinkWhere doyou gofor shoppingSupermarkets ordepartment storesIn theUnitedStates peoplemay 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 tobuy somethingon acatalog,they justorderit.People orderabout40%of theirmusic,for example,from musiccatalogs.Television shoppingbegan in
1986.About5%to8%of theAmerican peoplenow shopbytelevision.There aremany TV shopping channelsin theUSA.People say that TV shoppingchannel,findathing theywant,makeatelephone calland pay for the thing by theircredit-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 American families 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 peoplecannot only shopfor anytime,but alsoanywhere in the world.
11.How manykinds ofshopping wasmentioned in thispassage
12.What arethey
13.What do American peoplehave to do firstif theywantto dosomeshoppingbycomputer
14.Do mostAmericanfamiliesowncomputersWhy
15.Which shoppingdoAmericanpeopleprefer,TVshoppingor computershopping Why
32.根据短文内容,回答问题During the last winterholiday,I wentto Koreawith myparents.The five-day trip leftme withdeep impressions(E[]象).As the capital ofKorea,Seoul isa very beautiful citywith freshair andclean streetswhichmake travelersfeel verypleased.To mysurprise,thepeoplethere 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 winterwhenwewere there,we stillsaw greentrees andmany freshflowers.The wholeisland wasverybeautiful.In Guangshouwe visiteda verymodern footballfield.This yearvs worldcup willbe heldthere.I alsoenjoyed skiingin Fushan.Skiing isan 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 stayat,on which is theaddress of the hotel.Withthe cardthey neverget lostin the city.The peoplethere ortaxi driversare alwaysreadyto lend a 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 KoreaToday,there aremany lawsabout childrenallovertheworld.Some peoplethink childrenmustobey rulesor theyshould bepunished,others donot agree.The Inuitsor EskimosinAlaska almostnever punishtheir children.The parentsdon,t hitthem.If the childrengo toofar,the parentspunish themby makingfun of them.Children inother partsof theworld are not aslucky asEskimo children.Americanparents canspank(打臀部)their childrenat home,buta teachercannot hit achild inapublic school.This isalso truein Germany.In contrast(对比),it isagainst thelaw for anyone tohit achildinSweden.Swedish parentscannotspank their children.The childrenalso havea specialgovernment officialwho worksfortheir rights.There iseven a plan forchildren to divorce from their parentsthough thisis notalaw yet!
106.How were children treatedin industrialcountries lOOyearsago
107.W hatdoestheauthor meanby“go toofar
108.Can ateacher in Germany hit his studentsin publicschool
109.What kindof peoplecan beatchildren inSweden
110.What doesit meanby“aplanforchildren todivorcefromtheirparents
19.What is the meaning of thephrase“lendahand”
20.What doyou thinkof the writer“s travelling
33.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 topay some money for each dead rat.That madethepeople veryhappy.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 broughtmany ratsto the cityoffice.The cityofficial thoughtthat peoplewere stealingdead rats.He orderedhis men todig abig holeand put thedeadratsin it.Soon therewere nomore rats,andthe cityofficer didnot payany moremoney.
11.How many ratswerethere inNewtown manyyearsago
12.what didthecityofficial ordereveryone to do
13.Why didthecityofficepromisetopaysomemoneyforeachdeadrat
14.What didthecityofficial thinkwhenpeoplestill broughtmanyratsto thecityofficer aftertwoweeks
15.What didthecityofficial orderhismentodothen
34.根据短文内容,回答问题Children allovertheworld like to celebratetheir birthdays.American childrenareof nodifference.American childrenusually celebratewith aparty.They invitetheir friendstojoin thecelebration.The partymay notbe heldon theexact dateof their birthday ifitcomes ona school day.It may be heldonthe closest weekendinstead.Today twokindsofparties arethe most popular.One is held athome.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 thechildren.Other partiesmaybeheld at a park,oramovie theater,or someotherplaces.Every birthdayparty hasa birthdaycake withcandles ontop.There isone candleforeach yearofa birthday boyor girls age.when thecandles arelighted,everyone singsthespecialbirthdaysongHAPPY BIRTHDAYTO YOU.As Americansgrow older,their birthdayparties change.In fact,manypeoplestop 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 isonaschoolday,when willthey hold the party
88.When theyhold theparty athome,who maybe verybusy
89.If theyholdtheparty ata restaurant,what willthe waitersdo
90.Why domanypeoplestop havingtheirbirthdayparties now
91.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.The speedof the bikeis measured(测定)only200metres,but playerstake morethan akilometer togettheir bikes going fast.Jason Queallys fastest speedforthe200-metre racewas
103.5kilometres anhour.At this year,s race,Jason failedto reachthe finishingline.He wasspeeding alongatabout seventykilometers anhour whenhebeganto losecontrol(控制)of hisbike.When hetriedtoslow down,it beganto smoke.Soon theinside ofhisbikewasfilledwithsmoke.He couldn tsee,and hecouldntbreathe.At seventykilometres anhour,a crash(撞击)could bevery serious.Jason wasfrightened,but hemanaged tostop thebike safely.He wouldrepair hisbicycle andtry againanother timeto betheworldsfastestman onabike.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 Jasonshuman-powered machineabicycle
12.How oftenisthehuman-powered bicyclerace held inNevada
13.Did Jasonstop hisbike safelyorwas he badlyhurt
14.Why didhe losethisyears race
15.What sthe bestvehicle fordaily travellike accordingto thewrite
36.根据短文内容,回答问题Knowing about yourself meansnotonlythatyou find out what you“re good at and what youlike,it alsomeans discoveringwhat you“renot good atandwhat you don”t like.Bothhelp youto seeyour aim(目标)in life.Although moststudents would be unhappyiftheyfound that theyhadfaileda very difficultphysicscourse,theyhavein factlearned a lot about themselves.They knowthat theyshouldnot becomeengineers orphysical scientists.So failingcan helpa studentto livea muchhappierlife if heorshe drawssomething outof thefailing.They maythen decideon theiraimand choosethe kindof workthey wouldbe fitfor andthey wouldliketodo.It isimpossible to decide whetheror notyou likesomething untilyou havetried it.Ifyou decidethatyouwouldliketoplaythe piano,you needtotakemorethanone lessonbeforeyou canknow whetheryouarereally interestedinitoryouare abletodowell.It isnot enoughto wantto be agreat pianist.You alsohave tolike thehard practiceandlong trainingbefore youbecome one.If youwould enjoybeing agreatpianistbut hatethework,forget it.It“sa good planto tryas manyideas aspossible whenyouarestill young.And thenyou willbe ableto findoutwhatyour true interests(兴趣)are.
11.Is itpossible todecide whatyou likewithout trying
12.To decidewhat todoin the future,whichis more important,to findoutwhatyoulike,ortofindoutwhatyou don”t like
13.In whichway isfailing importantto people
14.How canyoufindoutyourtrueinterests
15.What doesit taketo becomeagreatpianist
37.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 Frenchmansface,pointed tohis watch and shoutedathim.They couldn,t understandeach others language.So the Frenchman thoughtthat the Englishman wantedto havehis own watch andgave uphiswatch tohim.The Englishmanreturned tohis roomand toldhiswifewhat hadhappened.Hiswife pointed to the table.He wassurprised to see his watch onthe table.Now he knew whathe had bone.66Where didthe storyhappenIt happened ata small.67Why didtheFrenchmangive uphis watchtothe EnglishmanBecause hecouldnt theEnglishman said.68He didn,t findhis watchlost untila Frenchmanpassed himquickly,didhe,he.
69、How doyou thinktheEnglishmanfelt whenhe knewit wasn,this ownwatchHe felt forhe haddone.
70、Where wasistheEnglishman swatch.It was.
38.根据短文内容,回答问题An Englishmanarrived ata smallFrench townand wasstaying therewithhiswife.One nighthewent outfor awalk alone.It waslate andthe smallstreet wasdark andlonely.Suddenlya Frenchmanquickly walkedpast him.Just thentheEnglishmanfound thathis watchwas lost.He thoughtthat theFrenchman musthave takenhis watch.He decidedto followhim andcatchhim.Soon theEnglishmanfoundtheFrenchman.He putfirst(拳头)in frontof theFrenchman,s face,pointedtohis watchandshoutedathim.They couldn,t understandeach other,slanguage.So theFrenchman thoughtthat theEnglishman wantedto havehisownwatchandgave uphiswatch tohim.The Englishmanreturned lohis roomand toldhiswifewhat hadhappened.Hiswife pointedtothetable.He wassurprised tosee his watch onthetable.Now he knew whathe had bone.
66、Where didthe storyhappenIt happenedatasmall.67Why didtheFrenchmangive uphiswatchtotheEnglishmanBecause hecouldn,ttheEnglishman said.68He didn,t findhiswatchlost untila Frenchmanpassed himquickly,didhe,he.
69、How doyou thinktheEnglishmanfelt whenhe knewit wasn,thisown watchHefeltforhehaddone.70Where wasistheEnglishman swatch.It was.
39.根据短文内容,回答问题It was Mothers Day,but the young motherwasalittle unhappy,because shewas800milesaway fromher parents.In themorning shephoned hermother towish hera happyMothers Day,and hermother toldher aboutthebeautifullilacs(丁香)in the garden.Later thatday,when shetoldherhusband aboutthe lilacs,he said,I knowwhere we canfind al1thatyou want.Get ourchildren Peterand Lily,and comeon.»So theywent,driving down thecountry roads.There onasmallhill,they sawalot of beautifulpurple lilacs.The young woman ranquicklyto enjoythe flowers.Carefully,she pickeda fewhere andafewthere.On theirwayhome therewasasmile onher face.When theywere passinga nursinghome(敬老院),the youngwoman sawan old grannysitting ina chair.She hadno childrenwith her.They stopped the carandthe young womanwalkedtotheold 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 tknowher,“their mothersaid.But itsMothers Day,and she has nochildren.Ihaveboth ofyou,and Istill havemy mother.Just thinkhow muchthose flowersmeantto her.”
21.Why wastheyoungwomanalittle unhappyon MothersDay
22.How manychildren didtheyoungwoman have
23.Where didthey findmany beautifulpurple lilacs
24.Why didtheyoungwoman give theflowerstotheoldgranny
25.What doyou thinkof theyoungwoman
40.根据短文内容,回答问题At present,Beijingers areall tryingtodosomething forthe Olympic Games.They thinkitwill beawkward iftheyare not abletospeakEnglish whenmany foreignerscome toBeijingin
2008.Beijing,s successfulbid forthe OlympicGames hasstirred upthe residentsenthusiasm in learning English.Now the100,000civil servantsin governmentdepartmentsare takingthe leadtolearn,each of the40,000police has been useEnglish in their service,English signscanbeseen atairports,streets,bus stops,parks,museums andexhibitionhalls.Inasense,learning Englishhas becomean importantpart ofBeijing residentslifein theirspare time.
1.What hasstirred upthe residentsenthusiasminlearningEnglish
2.What areBeijingers tryingtodoforthe OlympicGames
3.What sthe meaningof“residents”inthispassage
4.In whichyear willtheOlympicGames beheldin Beijing
5.If aforeign friendcomes toa parkinBeijing,will heknow thenameof thepark Why
41.根据短文内容,回答问题Friends arevery importantin peoples lives.No onecan livealone in theworldwithoutfriends.I thinkitseasy tomake friendswith otherpeople andbuilda friendship(友谊)between eachother.However,it isnot easyto get true friendship,I think.So whatis true friendship Inmy opinion,true friendshipincludes(包括)First of all,true friendshipmust treattheir friendsloyally(忠诚地)and helpeachother.In otherwords,you mustnot takeadvantage of(利用)your friends,and youmustnt cheat(欺骗)them.For example,some unfriendlypeople makefriends in order tocheatmoney andfeelings,or geta certainsecret andsoon.I dontthinkthese aretrue friendship.Second,true friends must trytheir bestto helpeachother.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 will get doublehappiness.If youtell yoursadnesstoyourfriend,youwillget half.”
11.Are friendsveryimportantin peopleslives
12.Is iteasy ordifficult togettrue friendship
13.Why dosome unfriendlypeople makefriends
14.What shouldtruefriendsdo ifafriendis indeedin needof money
15.What istruefriendship
42.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 isreally a very excitingsport.A skydivergoes highup in the aironaplane,jumpsoff the plane andfloats in the airwiththehelpofa parachute.A parachuteis likea hugeumbrella.It isput onthe backoftheskydiver.When theskydiver reachesa certainheight,he willpull astring andthe parachutewill open up inseconds andcarry downtotheground.Skydivers likedoing alot ofdramatic tricksin the air.After jumpingoff theplane oneafteranother,they willtry to stay in theairand holeeachothers hands.They canformdifferent shapes.Is itsafe todo skydivingYes,as longas wereceive right.But sometimes,accidents dohappen.In Canada,two skydiverswere killedin1991when theyjumpedofftheplane.Becausetheir parachutesgot tiedup witheachother.The parachutescouldnotopenup and bothcrasheddown anddied.
1.Why dopeople likediving intowater
2.How doesa skydivergo upintothesky
3.What doesthe word“parachute”probably meanin Chinese
4.What doesa parachutelooklike
5.Why didthe twoskydivers diein Canadain
199143.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 theycametoahouseand itseemed thateveryonein the house hadfallen asleep.Standing atthefrontgate,one saidinEnglishtothe otherinalow voice,“You
4.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 isthecapitalof NewSouthWales andthe mostpopulous(人口稠密的)cityofAustralia.The climate(气十笑)of Sydney isverygood.Its nottoo coldduring thewinter andnottoo hotduringthesummer.The skyis blue,theairis fresh(清新的),birds singin thegarden.People wholivein Sydney seemto havean easylife style.They willtellyou,Dont worry.Many peoplethink thatSydneyisoneofthe mostattractive citiesin theworld.Ithas manytall andmodern buildings.Among them,CentrepointToweristhetallest.Standingon the305-metre(80storeys)tower,youwill haveagreat view(视野)ofthecity.Sydneyisfamousforits deepharbor(港口).The harborhas manybays(湾)andbeautiful surfbeaches.Among them,Bondi beachisthemostpopular.Sydney Harboris notonlybeautiful,it alsoserves asa largeport.Ships carrywool,wheat andmeat fromSydneyto othercountries.People livinginSydneyliketocall themselves Sydneysiders.They aremostly friendlyandeasygoing.When theyarenot working,they loveto havea goodtime atthebeach,swimmingand sailing.
71.How oldisSydney
72.How isthe climateof Sydney
73.How tallis CentrepointTowerwait here.I11go aroundtotheback doorand thenget intothe house.”Suddenly outofthe house rana dog,barking(吠)atthem.The twomen wereveryafraid andran awayas fastas theycould.They didntstopuntil theygot toalonely place.The mansaid onsurprise,It stoo bad.I hadnt thoughtthat thedogcould understand English.”9*
101.What didthe twomen wanttodo
102.When didthey cometothehouse9•
103.Did theman sayinEnglishloudly orquietly——9*
104.Were themen veryafraid ofthedog
105.Could thedogreallyunderstandEnglish9•
44.根据短文内容,回答问题A farmis alwaysa busyplace.One ofthe busiestthings iswhen the farmer isgettingland readyto growplants.If the farmer isgoing togrow wheat,he hasto turnthegroundover first.The farmerdrivesupanddownthepaddock ontractor.When theground isready,the farmersows theseeds.He doesthis witha machinethatthetractor pullsalong.Now,one farmand onemachinecan doas muchaday as twentymen usedtodowithout amachine.After the wheat hasbeensown,thefarmerkeeps alookout forrain.Wheat needsrain andwarm sunnydays tomake itgrow.When thewheat hasgrown,it turnstoalovely goldencolour.When thewheat isfully grown,youcanseetheseeds onthewheatplants.These haveto be outoff andput inbags orbig trucksto betaken toa factorywhere theyare madeintoflour.It sa verybusy timeon farmwhenthewheat 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 sowingin thepast
4.What doesfarmer not need whenthey cutwheat
5.Does everyonehelp tocut thewheat
45.根据短文内容,回答问题There isasmallvillage inthesouthof Englandcalled Whitesands.It sa fishingvillage.The fishermengo out in theirsmall boatsto catchfish.The seahereisvery dangerous,so,if there isastrong wind,the boatsdontgo outat all.If theydid goout,they mightnotbe abletogetback.They mightbe sweptaway formany kilometres.Every yearthereisaveryimportant springfestival herein May.Everyone inthe villagespendsthe weekbefore thefestival preparingthings.They makespecial cakes,using eggs,butter,sugar andoranges.They madespecial clothes,too-coloured shirtsand trousers.Onthe daybeforethefestival,thechildrengo intothe fieldsand woodsand pickwild flowers.On thethirteenth ofMay,theyounggirls inthe villageput wild flowers in their hair.Then theyput flowerson all the fishingboats.On eachboat theyput alot gardenflowersand alot ofwildflowers.They dothis everyyear towish all the fishermena goodfishingseason.Then thereisameal for allthepeopleinthe village.They singand danceand enjoythemselves.
1.Where isWhitesands
2.What kindof villageisit
3.Why dopeople spendthe wholeweek preparingforthefestival
4.When isthe springfestival here
5.What dopeople prepareforthefestival
46.根据短文内容,回答问题Joe wanteda bike.Hehadasked hisparents forthe moneyandtheyhad saidhe mustearn(赚得)it himself.But how0ne dayhe thoughtabout itas hewalked home.Not manypeoplewanted toask kidstoworkfor them.Maybehecould clearaway snowfortheneighbours.Butthis wassummer.He dhave towait foralongtime forthat.He couldnt cutgrass fortheirgardens becausehehadno tooltodothe workwith.Then Joe saw oneofhisclassmates,Dick,delivering(投iM)newspapers.I couldto that,he thought.Maybe I could evenget thebikeright away.Icouldpayforitalittle each week.He ranto catchupwithDick.Joeasked alotofquestions abouthaving apaper route(路线).He learntthat itwas possibletoearn twenty-five dollarseachweek.He learntthatthejob tookabout threehours eachnight.Dick gavehim thephone numberofthenewspaper manager.Joe almostflew home.After hehad explainedhis plan,his mother smiled.I thinkitis agreat idea,“she said,“I willcallthenewspaper*“Wait,Mom,Joe said.I willcall,after all,I,m going tobea businessmannow.Joesmothersmiledproudly.
1.Why didJoe wanttogeta jobthat summer
2.Why didn,thisparents givehim the money
3.How wasJoe abletogetthe money
4.What probablyhappenedatthe endofthestory
5.What canyou learnfromthestory
47.根据短文内容,回答问题About ayear ago,I wenttostayataDetroit hotel.I didn,twantto carrymuch moneywithme,so Iasked the desk clerkto puta hundred-dollar billinthesafe(保险箱)for me.The nextmorning,however,the clerksaid thatheknew nothing aboutthemoney.I didnothave anyproof(证据)I had 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 I had the lawyer asan eyewitness(目击者)tothe second hundred-dollar bill,theclerk couldnot sayheknewnothing about it.Another hourlater,I putthesecondpart ofthe lawyer,s planinto action(付诸彳亍动).This timeboth thelawyer andI wenttothehotel toask forthe hundred-dollarbill once again,and whenthe clerkinsisted hehadgivenit tome,I saiditwas not true.The lawyersaidtohim,〃I sawthis gentlemangive youa hundred-dollar bill.If youdon,t hand it inat once,Iwillbe forcedtocallthe policeman.z/The clerkrealized hehadbeen cheated,so hegave meback the first hundred-dollar bill.〃Idon,tknowhow tothank youenough forgetting mymoney back,I saidtothelawyer.And whatdoyousuppose heanswered Hesaid,〃0h,don,t thankme.That willbe onehundreddollars,please.z,
1.Why didthe writergotothelawyer
2.How manydollars didthewritergivethe clerk
3.Did theclerk say thatheknewnothingaboutthemoney whenthewriterwenttoaskfor hissecond hundred-dollar bill
4.At lasttheclerkdidnt returnallthemoney backtothewriter,didhe
5.How muchmoney doyou thinkthewritergot backat last
48.根据短文内容,回答问题Johnny Smithwasa good mathstudent ata high school.He lovedhis computer.He camehomeearly everyday,andthenheworkedwithittill midnight.But Johnnywasnota goodEnglishstudent,notgoodatall.He gotan“F in his Englishclass.One dayafter school,Johnnyjoined hiscomputer tothe computerin hishighschooloffice.The schooloffice computerhadthe grades(成绩)ofallthe students;the mathgrades,the sciencegrades,the gradesinarts andmusic andthe gradesinEnglish.He foundhis Englishgrade wasanF!Johnnychanged itfrom FtoanA.Johnny sparents looked athisschool 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).school headmastersandteachers areworried abouthackers,so arethe police.For some people eventake moneyfrombank computeraccounts(贝长户)andputit intotheirownones.And they never haveleavehometodoit!They arecalled hackers.
1.What subjectis Johnnygoodat
2.Why wereJohnny sparents happywhentheylookedathis report
3.Who areworried abouthackers inthepassage
4.What isa hacker
5.Is ahacker criminal
49.根据短文内容,回答问题Barky andI talk everyday.When Icome home,we discusswhat Imhaving fordinner,but strictlyspeaking hedoesn,t talkback.I usuallyask himwhat he hasbeendoing allday,and hetells mehehasbeen swimmingaround andlooking afterthehouse.He,sagoodguard fish.He wouldknow iftherewere intruders(闯入者)inthekitchen andwould starethemout.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 mustbeaManchester Unitedfan,ashehas somuch redin his bowl.Alex Fergusonwouldbeproud.If Barkyis everupset,he squirts(使喷出)water outofthetop ofhis bowl,so thereisno chanceof usforgetting hisbirthday.He willbe twoyears oldin September,but infish years that is more like30,so hecouldbeplanning abig nightout.We willgive himextrafood andan icedgem asa birthdaycake.However,what hereally wantsisamate,sowe willhavetosee what we can arrange.I wouldnever swapBarky.He isagoodlistener.The childrenlike himand hedoesn,t needwalking.When hewasinhis teens,he usedto try to sneakout,but hebehaves now.He isfor keeps.请根据短文内容回答下列问题
21.Who isBarky
22.Whats Barky,s hobby
23.What willBarky doif he is unhappy
50.根据短文内容,回答问题Universal(世界的)Childrens Daywas createdbytheUN in1954forallcountriesto payspecial attentiontotheworld,s 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 establishthe day.Shouldnt webeencouraged,like otheryoung peopleall aroundtheworld,to lookupon thedayasa timesetaside tospecifically tocelebrate andpromote ourrights(权禾ll),rather thanseeingit as just 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,s Dayinthe UK
29.What isthe purposeof thisreport written by JamesMichael andNatashaReddy
30.What,sthemain ideaofthe last paragraphinthisreport
51.根据短文内容,回答问题If yougo intothe forestwithyour friends,stay with them.If youdont,you mayget lost.If youget lost,this iswhatyoushould do.Sit downand staywhereyouare.Don,t trytofind yourfriends#0;let themfind you.You canhelpthemfind youby stayingin oneplace.There isanother waytohelpyourfriendsor otherpeopletofindyou.You canshoutor whistle(吹口口肖)three times.Stop.Then shoutor whistlethree timesagain.Anysignal(信号)given threetimes isa call for help.Keep upshouting orwhistle.Always threetimes together.When peoplehear you,they willknowthatyouarenotjust makinga noisefor fun.They willlet you knowthat they haveheardyour signal.They willgive youtwo shouts or two whistles.When asignal isgiventwice,itisananswertoacall forhelp.If youdont thinkthatyouwillgethelp beforenight comes,trytomakealittle housewithbranches(树枝)Make yourselfa bedwith leavesand grass.When youneed somewater,you haveto leaveyour littlebranch houseto lookforit.DorTtjust walkaway.Pick offsmall branchesand dropthem asyou walkinordertogoback againeasily.When youare lost,themostimportant thingtodoistostay inone place.What shouldyoudoif youget lostintheforest
2.Which signalisacallforhelp
3.What doyou knowwhenyouhear twoshoutsortwowhistles
4.What〃sthelittle housemadeof
5.What〃sthemeaningofthe underlinedsentences inChinese
52.根据短文内容,回答问题Some peoplesaythat they neverdream.But thatisnottrue.Everybody hasdreams,butsome peoplejust havea bettermoneyforthem thanothers.Every oneandahalf hoursinthe wholenight weenjoy ourfree timein ourdreams.We canforget thegood behaviourofthe dayand weare freeto actin almostany waywe like.Things fromour pastand thingsfromnow cometogether.But assoon aswe wake,the dreamis gone,andthe more wetry torememberthe thingsinthedream,themorewe forgot.“Ihada dreamlast night.I musttell youabout it.Iwasin myold school,but itwasntaschool,anditwasakindofa・・・er・・・I reallydontknow whatitwas.”So,why dowe dreamAre dreamsimportant Theexperts(专家)tell ustheyareimportant,becausetheycanhelp us getready forthe problemsof everydaylife.The thingsin ourdreamshave meanings.They canhelpustounderstandourselves.
1.Why dosomepeoplesaythattheyneverdream
2.What doyouknowfromthepassage
3.What doesthesecondparagraph tellus
4.What doesthe underlinedword“they inthelastparagraph referto
5.Can thedreams behelpful tous
53.根据短文内容,回答问题I mJoanCroft.I musthavetosaythatIcameintonursingbychance.Ididntreallylikemyfirst job,which wasoffice work.It wasall right-but thatsjustabout allyoucan sayaboutit.I stayedinthesame placewiththesame peoplearound mealldayand everyday.Then Ibecame asinger,w hichIenjoyedverymuch.But aftera whilethesinginggroupbroke up(解散)andIhadtostart lookingfor somethingelse.Some girlshave wantedtobenursed eversince theywerechildren,but itneverenteredmy headuntilIsawanadvertisement inapaper.I wrotein andthought,v Oh,well,I willgiveitatry.One thingI likedaboutitwa sgoingawayfromhome.The trainingitself isvery interestingand mostofitis justonthewa rds(病房),sothatyou veryquickly beginnursing realpatients.I livedinthenurses homewhen Iarrived andIhadmy ownroom,which wasvery nice.I likenursing morethan Iever thoughtI would.Ill alwayscarryonnu rsing.I havegotaboyfriend,whoisadoctor,soIhopetogetmarrieds ometime,but whereverI livetheres suretobea hospitalintheplace andthereisalwaysajobforanurse.
1.What wasJoan s firstjob
2.Why didnt Joanlike herfirstjob
3.Why didnt Joango onwith hersecond job
4.How didJoan findouttheinformation aboutthenursingjob
5.What wasJoan splanforthefuture
74.What isSydney famousfor
75.What dopeople livinginSydneylovetodo whentheyarenotworking
5.根据短文内容,回答问题The firstnewspaper waswrittenbyhand andput upon walls.The earliestdaily newspaperwasstarted inRome in59BC.In the700s,theworldsfirstprinted newspaper was published.In1609in Germanythe firstregular(定期的)newspaper wasstarted.The firstregular publishednewspaper inEnglish wasprinted inAmsterdam in
1620.In1621,anEnglish newspaperwasstarted inLondon andwas publishedonceaweek.The firstdaily EnglishnewspaperwastheDaily Currant.ItcameoutinMarch
1702.In1690,Benjamin Harrisprinted thefirst Americannewspaper inBoston.But notlongafter itwas firstpublished,the governmentstoppedthepaper.In1704,John Campbellstartedthe BostonNewsletter,thefirstnewspaper publisheddaily inAmerica.By1760,America hadmorethan thirtydaily newspapers.There arenowabout1800daily papersintheUSA.Tosay,asagroup,English languagenewspaper havethe largest circulation(发彳亍量)intheworld.But the largestcirculationforanewspaper isthat ofthe JapanesenewspaperAsahi Shimbun.It sellsmorethaneleven millioncopies everyyear.
46.Where wathefirstregular publishednewspaper inEnglish printed
47.When didthefirstdailyEnglishnewspaper comeout
48.How manymore newspapersare thereinAmericanow thanthatin
176049.Does AsahiShimbun havethelargestcirculation ofallthenewspapers
50.Which Englishword hastheclosestmeaning toNewsletter”?
6.根据短文内容,回答问题Bill Clintontook office(就职)on January20,1993and becamethe42nd U.S.president(/总统).He isthefirstU.S.president whowas bornafter WorldWar II(二次世界大战),He isalso oneoftheyoungest ofall U.S.presidents.Clinton was born ina poorfamilyin
1946.Three monthsbeforehewasborn,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 KennedyintheWhite House.At thattime,he wantedto becomeapresident,and nowheis!
61.When didClinton becomethe42nd U.S.president
62.When didClinton,s fatherdie
63.Why wasthe boysname changed
64.Why didClinton cometothecityofWashington in
196365.What wasthe nameof Clintons fatherThe computer isa usefulmachine.It canhelp peoplealotintheirdaily life.Forexample,it canhelppeopleto savemuch timetodomuchwork,anditcanhelppeople toworkout complicated(复杂的)problems thatpeople cantdo easily.What,smore,it makesitmore convenient(方便)tosendand receivemessages.Inthenew century,it seemsthatits verynecessary foreveryonetolearn how tousecomputers,even fortheoldpeople.Thecomputerisreallyan importanttool inmodern life.Today moreandmorefamilies havecomputers.Parents buycomputers fortheirchildren.They hopecomputerscanhelp theirchildren improvetheir studiesat school.Yet,many oftheirchildrenusecomputerstoplay games,to watchvideos,or singkaraoke,instead ofstudying.So,many teachersand parentscomplain thatcomputers cannothelpchildrentostudy but instead makethem fallbehind.Because ofthis,computersarelockedinboxesby parents.In someothercountries,even somescientists hatecomputers.They saycomputers causemillionsofpeopleto losetheirjobsor causethemalotoftrouble.Who knowswhatthecomputers of tomorrow willbe likeWill theyreally makelife better,or willthey bringtroubletopeople Thestudents todaywillhavetodecidehowtousethe computersoftomorrow.
1.Why doesthewritersaythecomputerisausefulmachine 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 middleschool studentsto spendsome timeoncomputers everyday.What doyou thinkof itBarkyandItalkeveryday.When Icome home,we discusswhat Imhaving fordinner,but strictlyspeaking hedoesn,ttalkback.I usuallyask himwhat hehasbeendoing allday,and hetells mehehasbeen swimmingaround andlooking afterthehouse.Hes agoodguard fish.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,sothere isno chanceofusforgetting hisbirthday.He willbe twoyears oldin September,butinfishyearsthatismorelike30,so hecouldbeplanning abig nightout.We willgivehim extrafood andan icedgem asabirthdaycake.However,whathereally wantsisa mate,so wewillhavetoseewhatwecanarrange.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
9.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.m justgoing downtothe dining carto getacoffee.I11be backsoon.We won,t gettothestation tillfive thisafternoon.The diningcar wasnear thefrontofthe train.As thetrain wastravelling fastand movingfromside toside,Hank decidedto drinkhis coffeethere andnottocarry itback tohisseat.Soon hegot talkingto anotherperson whohappenedtobe fromAmerica,too,They foundthattheyhadalotincommon andgot onwell.There wasan announcement(通矢口)inGermanwhenthetrain startedmoving again.But Hankpaid noattention.Finally theysaid goodbyeto eachother andHank startedtowalkthrough thecarriages whenhefound hecouldnt goon 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 Hankwasnotwiththem.Wherewas he
61.Where wereHank andhis twochildren travellingto
62.Why didHank leavehis children
63.What didHank dowhenhegot tothediningcar
64.When didthe twochildren realizethattheyhad losttheirdad
65.Which partofthetrain wasgoingtoFrankfort
10.根据短文内容,回答问题Passage6。