九年级英语质量检测阅读短文回答问题练习题

九年级英语质量检测阅读短文回答问题练习题学校名称班级学号姓名

1.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 capital of NewSouthWales and the mostpopulous（人口稠密的）city of Australia.The climate（气候）of Sydney is verygood.Its not 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（视里子）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.

71.How oldis Sydney

72.How is the climateof SydneyAfter Tom finished his middle school,he went to workin apost office.He wasglad toget the work,because hecould sendthe letterson his bike.It waseasy and interesting.One dayhe tooka letterto a house.When he got to the door,a bigdog ranfast to him hewas afraid of it very much andquickly threwthe letteron the ground.To hissurprise（令他原奇的是），the dogdidn tcome at him It stopped before the letterand pickedit upwith its mouth.Then itcarried the letter into the house.Tan said to himself,“It doesthe same work as me.”

2.How didTom sendthe letterthe.

3.What didTom seewhen hearrived at the houseHe a big.

4.Did the dog make any troubleon Tom,it

5.What did the dogcome toTom to do It came to the letter.

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 saidtoJohn.“What an example oftrue love!”John answered.I wonderif youwould takecare ofmelike that.”“Of courseI would,“his wifeanswered,“If you are notat honeall theni曲t,and I don t know where you are,you can be sureV11wait for you at the front door.”

1、Why was John in hospital Maybe he was.

2、How didthe dogshow lovefor JohnHe for John to come atthe front door.

3、Why didn t Johns wifestay atthe 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,experts havesaid.Mainlanders haveshown greatinterest inte tripafter they are to be allowedto traveltoTaiwan.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 previous year.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 thepreviousyear”

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 to eat.He hadno placeto live in.For manydays Edisonlooked for work.He washungry.At lasthe foundwork一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.

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1.Who wasThomas Edison

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2.How wasThomas Edisonin NewYork before he founda job

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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 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 sometimeswent todressmakers”.Most 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（时装设计）from Europe,and morerecently（最近士也）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 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 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 wentto 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 write to him.His motherhoped that hewould geta letterevery daywhile he was atthe camp.Of course,Tom gela letterevery daywhile he was althe canipbut hewrote tonobody.A few days later,when hecame backhome,his mother saw himlooking atsome papersand askedhimwhat he was doing.〃0h〃,he said,“They areletters.I gotthese letterswhile I wasat the camp.I did not havetime meto look at themwhen I was there.z，1What seasondidTomgo to thecamp2Whom did hego to thecamp with3What didhis motherhope4Tom didntwriteto anybody,did he5Why didn，t Tomlook atthese letters

17.根据短文内容，回答问题Jan Melaisn”t like most kids.Two yearsago,he lostan armand aleg.But thatdidn“tstop him.On Saturday,the15-year-old boyfrom Poland波兰walked to the North Pole北极withoutany help.“If Ican do it,other people can dogreat things,too.”Mela said before he went.Polish newspaperssaid Melais the youngest person and the first handicapped残疾的personto walk to the North Pole.How didMela losean armand aleg He had an electrical电的accident.Now,he walkswiththe help of a62,000—yuan man-made leg.After theaccident,Mela feltsad forhimself.But hedidn”t lose hope.One day,he metMarek Kaminski,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 the NorthPole.The lastthree or four dayswere reallyhardbecause ofbad weather.But Melakept going.“I didn”t thinkwe wouldmake it,“he said,uThen,things gotbetter.

71.What happened to Melatwo yearsago

72.Why didPolish newspapersreport the travel to the NorthPole

73.How doesMela walkafter theaccident

74.Where didKaminski goeight yearsago

75.Why didMela makethe travel

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 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 the doctor.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 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 hewentto answer it.“Hello,he said,“

7465487872135.“It”s Bettyspeaking,“said awoman.uHenry isill.And1have 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 was on dutyin thehospital that night andMr.Jackson had to go 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 wenthome afterJames came back.He was asleep soon afterhewentto bed.Hiswife came into thebedroom and it wokehim up.He had a lookattheclock on the wal1andfound 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 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U）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 wereached the village,the young manaskedme veryslowly,“Do youspeak English”I knewat oncethathe is alsoan Englishman.Howdisappointed Ifelt!Why not talk to himin EnglishAnswer thefollowing questions:

86.What sthe name of the first village

87.Why didthe writer gotoFrance

88.Is the young man English

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（牙良）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 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

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 peopleto workout manyproblems theycan tdo easily.Our countryasks everyone to leanto usecomputersbefore thetwenty-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 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

73.How tallis Centrepoint Tower

74.What is Sydney famous for

75.What dopeople livingin Sydneylove to do when they are not working

2.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 world,s 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.Itcameout inMarch

1702.In1690,Benjamin Harrisprinted the first Americannewspaper inBoston.But notlongafter it was 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彳亍量）in the world.But the largestcirculationfor anewspaper isthat of the JapanesenewspaperAsahi Shimbun.It sellsmorethaneleven millioncopies everyyear.

46.Where wathefirstregular publishednewspaper in English printed

47.When didthefirstdailyEnglishnewspaper comeout Some people learn a secondlanguage easily.Other peoplehave troublelearning anew language.How canyou helpyourself learnanew language,such asEnglish There are severalways tomakelearning 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 inEnglish,and you will feelcomfortable expressingyourideas inEnglish.After severalweeks,you willsee that your writingis improving（提高）.You mustspeak Englishevery day.You canpractice with your classmatesoutside class.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 youanswer a question 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 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 to travel.People,bothin JapanandinAmerica,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 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 famousforI“m Joan Croft.I have to say that I came into nursing by chance（机会）.I didn”treally likemy first job,which wasoffice work.I was a secretary.It was all right—butthat“s justabout allyou cansay about it.I stayedin thesame placewith thesame peoplearound me all day andevery day.Then Ibecame asinger,which I enjoyed very much,but aftera while the singing groupbroke up（解散）and I had tostart 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 itwas going away from home.The trainingitself isvery interestingand most of it is juston thewards（病房），so that you veryquickly beginnursing realpatients.I livedin thenurses”home when I arrived and I had my own room,which wasvery nice.I likenursing morethan Iever thoughtI would.I”11always carryon nursing.I”ve gota boyfriend who is a doctor so I hope to get married sometime,but whereverI livethere”s sureto be a hospitalin theplace and there”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 the nursingjob

25.What isJoan”s plan for the futureEverybody has a 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 you can 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 was a learningexperience,and I will useitto dogood to me,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 whatI needed.With that internalresponse,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 everybodyhaveaself-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 abig 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 man answered.What s your name,please”saidMr Knott.“Watt s my name,“was theanswer.“Yes,I askedyou that.What,syourname”Mr Knott said again.“I toldyou Wattsmyname,“said theother man,“Are youJack smith”“No,I mKnott,answered Knott.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,andthings for the kitchen.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 say that TV shoppingchannel,find athing theywant,make atelephone calland pay forthe thing by theircredit-card（信用卡）.TV shoppingchannels areon lateat night,so people can“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 every day.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 this passage

12.What arethey

13.What do American peoplehave to do firstif theywantto dosomeshoppingbycomputer

14.Do mostAmericanfamiliesowncomputersWhy

15.Which shoppingdoAmericanpeopleprefer,TVshoppingor computershopping WhyDuringthe lastwinter holiday,I wentto Koreawith myparents.The five-day trip leftme withdeep impressions（Epi象）.As thecapitalofKorea,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 Island the 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 year”s 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 eachother 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 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 Korea

19.What is the meaning of thephrase“lendahand”

20.What doyou thinkof the writer”s travelling

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 abig holeand put thedeadratsin it.Soon therewere nomore rats,and thecity officerdidnotpay anymore money.

11.How many ratswerethere inNewtownmany yearsago

12.what didthecityofficial ordereveryone to do

13.Why didthecityofficepromiseto paysomemoney foreachdeadrat

14.What didthecityofficial thinkwhen peoplestill broughtmanyratsto thecity officeraftertwoweeks

15.What didthecityofficial orderhismento dothen

31.根据短文内容，回答问题Children alloverthe world 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 the closest weekendinstead.Today twokindsofparties arethe most popular.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 isone candleforeach yearof a birthday boyor girl,s 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 theyarc.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 hisbike.When hetriedtoslow down,it beganto smoke.Soon theinside of hisbikewasfilledwithsmoke.He couldn tsee,and hecouldn tbreathe.At seventykilometres anhour,a crash（撞击）could bevery serious.Jason wasfrightened,but hemanaged tostop thebike safely.He wouldrepair hisbicycle andtry again another timeto betheworlds 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 arclearningfrom fastracing bikeshow tomake human-powered vehicles（车辆）that mightbe usefulfordaily travel.

11.Is Jasons human-powered machineabicycle

48.How manymore newspapersare thereinAmericanow thanthatin

176049.Does AsahiShimbun havethelargestcirculation of all the newspapers

50.Which Englishword hastheclosestmeaning toNewsletter”

3.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 is thefirstU.S.president whowas bornafter WorldWar H（二次世界大战）.He isalso oneof the youngest ofall U.S.presidents.Clinton was born in a poorfamilyin

1946.Three monthsbefore hewas born,his father,William Blats,died.Whenhe wassmall,his motherremarried（再婚）Norger Clinton,so the boys familyname waschanged.In thesummer of1963,Clinton wasasked tovisit thecityofWashington.Duringhis visit,he metPresident Kennedyin theWhite House.At thattime,he wantedto becomeapresident,and nowhe is!

61.When didClinton becomethe42nd U.S.president

62.When didClinton，s fatherdie

63.Why wastheboysname changed

64.Why didClinton come to thecityofWashington in

196365.What wasthe nameof Clintons father

12.How oftenisthehuman-powered bicyclerace held inNevada

13.Did Jasonstop hisbike safelyorwas he badlyhurt

14.Why did he losethisyears race

15.What sthe bestvehicle fordaily travellike accordingto thewrite

33.根据短文内容，回答问题Knowing about yourself means notonlythatyou 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 they hadfaileda very difficultphysicscourse,theyhavein factlearned alot about themselves.They know that theyshouldnot becomeengineers orphysical scientists.So failingcan helpa 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 lessonbeforeyou canknow whetheryou arereally interestedinitoryou are able to dowell.It is not 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 whenyouare still 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

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 understand each otherslanguage.So the Frenchman thoughtthat the Englishman wantedto havehis ownwatch andgave up hiswatch tohim.The Englishmanreturned tohis roomand toldhis wifewhat hadhappened.Hiswife pointed to the table.He wassurprised to see his watch on the table.Now he knew what he hadbone.

66、Where didthe storyhappenIt happened ata small.

67、Why didtheFrenchmangive up his watch to the EnglishmanBecause hecouldnt theEnglishman said.68He didn，t findhis watchlost untila Frenchmanpassed himquickly,did he,he.

69、How doyou thinktheEnglishmanfelt whenhe knewit wasn，t his own watchHefelt forhe haddone.70Where wasistheEnglishman s watch.It was.

35.根据短文内容，回答问题An Englishmanarrived ata smallFrench townandwasstaying therewith his 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,pointed tohis watchandshoutedathim.They couldntunderstandeachotherslanguage.So theFrenchman thoughtthat theEnglishman wantedto havehisownwatchandgaveup his watchtohim.The Englishmanreturned tohis roomand toldhis wifewhat hadhappened.His wifepointedto the table.He wassurprised tosee hiswatch on thetable.Now he knew what he hadbone.

66、Where didthe storyhappenIt happenedatasmall.

67、Why didtheFrenchmangive uphiswatchto theEnglishmanBecause hecouldnt theEnglishman said.68He didn，t findhiswatchlost untila Frenchmanpassed himquickly,didhe,he.

69、How doyou thinktheEnglishmanfelt whenhe knewit wasn，thisown watchHefelt forhe haddone.70Where wasistheEnglishman,swatch.It was.

36.根据短文内容，回答问题It was MothersDay,but the young motherwasalittle unhappy,because shewas800milesaway fromher parents.In themorning shephoned hermother towish hera happyMothersDay,and hermother toldher about thebeautifullilacs（丁香）in the garden.Later thatday,when she toldherhusband about the lilacs,he said,I knowwhere we can findal1thatyou want.Get ourchildren Peterand Lily,and comeon.So theywent,driving down thecountry roads.There onasmallhill,they sawa lolof beaulifulpurple lilacs.The young,woman ranquicklyto enjoythe flowers.Carefully,she pickeda fewhere and a fewthere.On theirwayhome therewasasmile onher face.When theywere passinga nursinghome（敬老院），the young woman sawan old grannysitting in a chair.She hadno childrenwith her.They stoppedthe carandtheyoung womanwalked to 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.I haveboth of you,and Istill havemy mother.Just thinkhow muchthose flowersmeantto her.”

21.Why wastheyoungwomanalittle unhappyon Mothers Day

22.How manychildren didtheyoungwoman have

23.Where didthey findmany beautifulpurple lilacs

24.Why didtheyoungwoman give theflowerstothe 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 thinkitwill be 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 thenameof the 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 other people 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 ofall,true friendshipmust treattheir friendsloyally（忠诚地）and helpeachother.In otherwords,you mustnot takeadvantage of（利用）your friends,and youmustn,t cheat（欺骗）them.For example,some unfriendlypeople makefriends in order tocheatmoney andfeelings,or geta certainsecret andsoon.I don t thinkthese 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 of the greatestmen oncesaid,“If youtell yourhappiness to your friend,you will get doublehappiness.If youtell your 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 airwith the helpofa parachute.A parachuteis likea hugeumbrella.It isput ontheback of the skydiver.When theskydiver reachesa certainheight,he willpull astringand theparachute willopen upin secondsand carrydown tothe ground.Skydivers likedoinga lot of dramatictricks in the air.After jumpingoffthe plane oneafter another,theywill try to stay in the air 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 Canadain1991One 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 atthe frontgate,one saidinEnglishtothe otherinalow voice,“You waithere.I11go aroundtotheback doorand thengetintothe house.”Suddenly outofthe house rana dog,barking（吠）atthem.The twomen wereveryafraid andran awayas fastas they could.They didn tstopuntil theygot toalonely place.The mansaid onsurprise,It stoo bad・I hadnt thoughtthatthe dogcould understand English.”9*

101.What didthe twomen wanttodo9•

102.When didthey cometothe house

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 always a busyplace.One ofthe busiestthings iswhen the farmer isgettingland readyto growplants.If the farmer isgoing togrow wheat,he hasto turnthe groundover first.The farmerdrivesupanddownthepaddock ontractor.When theground isready,the farmersows theseeds.He docsthis 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 tomake itgrow.When thewheat hasgrown,it turnstoalovely goldencolour.When thewheat isfully grown,youcanseetheseeds on thewheatplants.These have to beout offand putin bagsor bigtrucks to be takentoafactory wheretheyare madeinto flour.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 whenheisgoing togrow wheat

3.Why wasmuch moretime spenton sowingin thepast

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 in thesouthof Englandcalled Whitesands.It sa fishingvillage.The fishermengo outin theirsmall boatsto catchfish.The seahereisverydangerous,so,if there isastrong wind,the boatsdont go outat all.If theydid goout,they mightnotbeableto get back.They mightbe sweptaway formany kilometres.Every yearthere isaveryimportant springfestival herein May.Everyone in the villagespendsthe weekbefore the festival preparingthings.They makespecial cakes,using eggs,butter,sugar andoranges.They madespecial clothes,too-coloured shirtsand trousers.On the day beforethefestival,thechildrengo intothe fieldsand woodsand pickwildflowers.On thethirteenth ofMay,theyounggirls in the villageput wild flowers in their hair.Then theyput flowerson all the fishingboats.On eachboat theyput alot gardenflowersand alot ofwildflowers.They dothis everyyear towish allthe fishermena goodfishingseason.Then thereisameal for allthepeople in thevillage.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 prepareforthefestival

43.根据短文内容，回答问题Joe wantedabike.He hadasked hisparents forthe moneyandtheyhad saidhe mustearn（赚得）it himself.But how0ne dayhe thoughtabout it as 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 he hadno tooltodothe workwith.Then Joe saw oneof hisclassmates,Dick,delivering（®iM）newspapers.I couldto that,he thought.Maybe I could evengetthe bikeright away.Icouldpayfor it alittle each week.He ranto catchup withDick.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 willcall thenewspaper，・・”“Wait,Mom,Joe said.I willcall,after all,I mgoing to beabusinessman now.Joesmothersmiledproudly.

1.Why didJoe wantto geta jobthat summer

2.Why didn thisparents givehim the money

3.How wasJoe ableto getthe moneyThe computer isa usefulmachine.It canhelp peoplealotin theirdaily life.Forexample,it canhelppeople to savemuch timetodomuchwork,and itcanhelppeople toworkout complicated（复杂的）problems that peoplecan，tdoeasily.Whats more,it makesitmore convenient（方便）to sendand receivemessages.In thenew century,it seemsthatits verynecessary foreveryonetolearn how to usecomputers,even forthe oldpeople.Thecomputerisreallyan importanttool inmodern life.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 someothercountries,even somescientists hatecomputers.They saycomputers causemillionsofpeopleto losetheirjobsor causethemalotoftrouble.Who knowswhat thecomputers of tomorrow willbe likeWill theyreally makelife better,or willthey bringtroubletopeople Thestudents todaywillhave todecidehow to usethe 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 said that it，s necessaryfor usmiddle schoolstudents tospend sometime oncomputerseveryday.What doyou thinkof it

4.What probablyhappenedatthe endofthestory

5.What canyou learnfromthestory

44.根据短文内容，回答问题About ayear ago,I wentto stayataDetroit hotel.I didntwanttocarry muchmoneywith me,so Iasked the desk clerkto puta hundred-dollar billin thesafe（保险箱）for me.The nextmorning,however,the clerksaidthatheknew 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 Ihad 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（付诸行动）.This timeboth thelawyer and I wenttothehotel toask forthe hundred-dollar billonceagain,and whenthe clerkinsisted hehadgivenit to me,I saiditwas not true.Thelawyer saidtohim,〃I sawthis gentlemangive youa hundred-dollar bill.If youdon，thand itin atonce,Iwillbe forcedtocallthe policeman.〃The clerkrealized hehadbeen cheated,so hegave meback thefirst hundred-dollar bill.〃Idon，t know how tothank youenough forgetting mymoney back,〃I saidto thelawyer.And whatdoyousuppose heanswered Hesaid,〃0h,don，t thankme.That willbeone hundreddollars,please.z/

1.Why didthewritergotothelawyer

2.How manydollars didthewritergivethe clerk

3.Did theclerk say thatheknewnothingaboutthemoney whenthewriterwenttoaskfor hissecond hundred-dollar bill

4.At lasttheclerkdidn，t returnallthemoney backtothewriter,didhe

5.How muchmoney doyou thinkthewritergot backat last

45.根据短文内容，回答问题Johnny Smithwasa good mathstudent ata highschool.He lovedhis computer.He camehomeearly everyday,andthenheworkedwithittill 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 looked athisschool reportercard.They wereveryhappy.“An AI English!”said father,“youareaveryclever boy,Johnny.Johnny isa hacker（黑客）.Hackers knowhowtotake informationfromothercomputersandput newinformationin usinga mode,they jointheircomputersto otherones secretly（秘密土也）.schoolheadmasters andteachers areworried abouthackers,so arethe police.For some people eventakemoney frombank computeraccounts（贝长户）andputit intotheirownones.And theyneverhave leavehome todoit!They arecalled hackers.

2.Why wereJohnny sparents happywhen theylookedathis report

1.What subjectis Johnnygoodat

3.Who areworried abouthackers inthepassage

4.What isa hacker

5.Is ahacker criminal

46.根据短文内容，回答问题Barky and I talkeveryday.When Icome home,we discusswhat Imhaving fordinner,but strictlyspeaking hedoesn，t talkback.I usuallyask himwhat he hasbeendoing allday,and hetells mehehasbeen swimmingaround andlooking after thehouse.Hes a goodguard 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 two years oldin September,but infishyears thatis morelike30,so hecould beplanning abig nightout.We willgive himextrafood andan icedgem asa birthdaycake.However,what hereally wantsisamate,sowe willhave tosee whatwe canarrange.I wouldnever swapBarky.He isagoodlistener.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.Whats Barkys hobby

23.What willBarky doif heis unhappy

47.根据短文内容，回答问题Universal（世界的）Childrens Daywas createdbytheUN in1954for allcountriesto 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 establishtheday.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 introduction of Universal Children，sDayin Britainwould goalongwayinhelpingyoung peopletake prideintheircountry.It iswe whowill finallyinfluence theway ourcountrymoves forward,so isntit timethat wewere offeredall thatwe canbe offeredtofully understandwhat ourrights asyoungpeopleare

26.How longisthehistory ofUniversal ChildrensDay

27.Can youname onecountry whichdoesnotcelebrate UniversalChildrens

28.What isthe author，s attitudetowards theintroductionofUniversalChildren，s Dayinthe UK

29.What isthe purposeofthisreport writtenby JamesMichael andNatashaReddy

30.Whats the main idea ofthe last paragraphinthisreport

48.根据短文内容，回答问题A veryold ladywon a million dollars ina lottery.Her son and hiswife heardthe newson the radio.〃How arewe going to tellyour mother”the wifeasked.The newsmight killher!z，“Thats true,z，the sonsaid.Perhaps wedbetter speakto herdoctor about it.He11knowhowto bringthenews to hergently.z，They toldthe old lady，s doctorabout this.〃Tm gladyou toldme,〃he said.〃A shock,even ahappy one,could giveheraheartattack.Leave it tome.I11findaway ofbringing thenewstoher.〃He thoughtabouttheproblem forseveral days,then decidedwhathewould say.He calledonthe oldladyand satby herbedside.He tookher handin his.〃Lets playa game,my dear,z/he said.〃ALets Pretendgame.，z〃0h,yes,〃theoldlady said.〃I loveLetsPretend game.“Good,r11ask youaquestionfirst,“the doctorsaid.Then youcan askme one.〃He pretendedto thinkforafew minutes.Then he said,“Tell me,what wouldyou doif you wonamilliondollarsinalottery”〃0h,thats an easy one,〃theoldlady said.〃Id givemostof ittoyou,doctor,because you havebeenso goodtomeall theseyears.z/The doctorwas thenlying onthe floor.He haddied ofshock.

46.Why didn，tthesonand hiswifetell hismother thegood 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If yougo intothe forestwithyour friends,stay with them.If youdon〃t,you mayget lost.If youget lost,this iswhatyoushould do.Sit downand staywhere youare.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 willknowthatyouare not just makinga noisefor fun.They willlet you knowthat they haveheardyour signal.They willgive youtwo shouts or two whistles.When asignal isgiventwice,itisananswertoacall forhelp.If youdon,t think thatyouwillgethelp beforenight comes,trytomakealittle housewithbranches（树枝）Make yourselfa bedwith leavesand grass.When youneed somewater,youhaveto leaveyour littlebranch houseto lookforit.Don〃tjustwalk away.Pick offsmall branchesand dropthem asyou walkinordertogoback againeasily.When youare lost,the mostimportant thingtodoistostayinone place.What shouldyoudoifyouget lostintheforest

2.Which signalisacallforhelp

3.What doyou knowwhenyouhear twoshoutsortwowhistles

4.What〃sthelittle housemadeof

5.What〃sthemeaningofthe underlinedsentences inChinese

50.根据短文内容，回答问题Jan Melaisn t1ikemostkids.Two yearsago,he lostan armandaleg.But thatdidn,tstophim.On Saturday,the15-year-old boyfrom Poland（波兰）walkedtothe NorthPole（北极）without anyhelp.“If Ican doit,otherpeoplecan dogreat things,too,Mela saidbeforehewent.Polish newspaperssaid Melaistheyoungest personandthefirst handicapped（残疾的）person to walktothe NorthPole.How didMela losean armandalegHehadanelectrical（电的）accident.Now,hewalks withthehelpofa62,000-yuan man-made leg.After theaccident,Mela feltsad forhimself.But hedidn tlosehope.One day,he metMarekKaminski,a Polishexplorer.Eight yearsago,Kaminski wenttothe North Poleandthe SouthPole inthesameyear.Mela wantedtoseetheNorthPole,too.So MelaaskedKaminski iftheycouldgo togethernext time.Kaminski saidyes!It tookMela21days toget totheNorthPole.The lastthree orfour dayswere reallyhardbecause ofbad weather.But Melakept going.“I didn t thinkwe wouldmake it,hesaid,“Then,things gotbetter.”

51.What happenedto Melatwoyearsago

52.Why didPolish newspapersreport thetravel totheNorthPole

53.How doesMela walkaftertheaccident

54.Where didKaminski goeight yearsago

55.Why didMela makethetravel

51.根据短文内容，回答问题Somepeoplesay that they neverdream.But thatisnottrue.Everybody hasdrcams,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 musttellyouabout it.Iwasin myold school,but itwasntaschool,anditwasakindofa・・・er・・・I reallydontknow whatitwas.”So,why dowe dreamAre dreamsimportant Theexperts（专家）tell ustheyareimportant,because theycanhelp us getready forthe problemsof everydaylife.The thingsin ourdreamshave meanings.They canhelpustounderstandourselves.

1.Why dosomepeoplesaythatthey neverdream

2.What doyouknowfromthepassage

3.What doesthesecondparagraph tellus

4.What doesthe underlinedword“they”inthelast paragraphrefer to

5.Can thedreams behelpful tous

52.根据短文内容，回答问题Walt Disney,the greatfilm-maker,was bornin

1901.When hewasayoung man,He oftensatinthefamily garageand drawpictures there.One daya mousecame intothe garageandplayed onthe floor.He stoppeddrawing andwatched the mouse.The mousecame towardshim,so hegave the mouse a piece of bread.Day afterday theybecame goodfriends.Some yearslater,Disney movedtothewest coastoftheUSA.He triedtogetwork asanartist,but stillhewasunsuccessful.One dayhe rememberedthe mousethat usedto comeoutin hisfather,s garage.He pickeduphispencil andstarted todraw.At lasthewaspleasedwith oneofhispictures ofthe mouse.He calledit MickeyMouse.His successasacartoon-makcr hadbegun.He madescores ofcartoons.All ofthem werelikedverymuchby children.He diedin

1966.But thestudios whichhe startedare stillbusy today,producing moreand moreinteresting films.

1.Who isWalt Disney

2.Where didhe makefriends withthat mouse

3.He thoughtthat mousewas lovely,didnthe

4.How longdidhelive intheworld

5.What isthe mainidea ofthispassage

53.根据短文内容，回答问题I mJoan Croft.I musthavetosaythatI cameinto nursingby chance.Ididnt reallylike my first job,which wasoffice work.It wasall right-but thats justabout allyoucan sayabout it.I stayedinthesame placewiththesame peoplearound meall dayand everyday.Then Ibecame asinger,w hichIenjoyed verymuch.But aftera whilethe singinggroupbroke up（解散）andIhad tostart lookingfor somethingelse.Some girlshave wantedtobenursed eversince theywere children,butitnever enteredmy head untilI sawan advertisement inapaper.I wrotein andthought,Oh,well,I willgiveitatry.One thingI likedaboutitwa sgoingaway fromhome.The trainingitself isvery interestingand mostofitis justonthewa rds（病房），so thatyou veryquickly beginnursing realpatients.I livedinthenurses homewhen Iarrived and1had myown room,which wasvery nice.I likenursing morethan Iever thoughtI would.I11always carryon nursing.I havegota boyfriend,who isa doctor,so Ihope toget marrieds ometime,but whereverI livetheres suretobea hospitalintheplace andthereisalwaysajob fora nurse.

1.What wasJoan sfirst job

5.根据短文内容，回答问题Barky andI talkeveryday.When Icome home,we discusswhat Imhaving fordinner,but strictlyspeaking hedoesn，ttalkback.I usuallyask himwhathehasbeendoing 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,so thereisno chanceof usforgetting hisbirthday.He willbe twoyears oldin September,but infishyears thatismorelike30,so hecouldbeplanning abig nightout.We willgive himextrafood andan icedgem asabirthdaycake.However,whathereally wantsisamate,sowe willhavetosee whatwecanarrange.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.What，sBarky，shobby

43.What willBarky doifheis unhappy

6.根据短文内容，回答问题

2.Why didn,t Joanlike herfirst job

3.Why didnt Joango onwith hersecond job

4.How didJoan findouttheinformation aboutthe nursingjob

5.What wasJoan splan forthe future

54.根据短文内容，回答问题I mJoanCroft.I musthavetosaythatIcameintonursingbychance.I didntreallylikemyfirstjob,which wasoffice work.It wasall right-but thatsjustabout allyoucan sayaboutit.I stayedinthesame placewiththesame peoplearoundmealldayand everyday.Then Ibecame asinger,which Ienjoyedverymuch.But afterawhilethesinginggroupbroke up（解散）andIhad tostart lookingfor somethingelse.Some girlshave wantedtobenursed eversince theywere children,but itneverenteredmyheaduntilIsawanadvertisementinapaper.I wrotein andthought,“Oh,well,I willgiveitatry.One thingI likedaboutitwas goingawayfromhome.The trainingitself isvery interestingand mostofitis justonthewards（病房），so thatyou veryquickly beginnursing realpatients.I livedinthenurses homewhenIarrivedandIhadmyownroom,which wasvery nice.I likenursing morethan Iever thoughtI would.I11always carryon nursing.I havegotaboyfriend,whoisadoctor,soIhopetogetmarriedsometime,but whereverI livetheres suretobea hospitalintheplace andthereisalwaysajobforanurse.

1.What wasJoan sfirstjob

2.Why didnt Joanlike herfirstjob

3.Why didnt Joango onwith hersecond job

4.How didJoan findouttheinformation aboutthe nursingjob

5.What wasJoan splanforthefuture

55.根据短文内容，回答问题Walt Disney,the greatfilm-maker,wasbornin

1901.When hewasayoungman,He oftensatin thefamily garageand drawpictures there.One daya mousecameintothegarageand playedonthe floor.He stoppeddrawing andwatched the mouse.The mousecame towardshim,so hegavethemouseapieceofbread.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 lasthewaspleasedwith oneofhispictures ofthemouse.He calledit MickeyMouse.His successasacartoon-maker hadbegun.He madescores ofcartoons.All ofthem werelikedvery muchby children.He diedin

1966.But thestudios whichhe startedarestillbusytoday,producing moreandmoreinteresting films.

1.Who isWalt Disney

2.Where didhe makefriendswiththat mouse

3.He thoughtthat mousewas lovely,didnthe

4.How longdidhelive intheworld

5.What isthemainideaofthis passageHankwasonholiday travellingthrough Europeby trainwithhis two children,Tina andMax.Their seatswereinthelast carriage ofthe train.After theyhad eatentheir lunch,Hank gotup.〃『m justgoing downtothe dining cartoget acoffee.I11be backsoon.We wontget tothe stationtill fivethis afternoon.The diningcar wasnear the frontofthe 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（通知）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 andhistwochildren travellingto

62.Why didHank leavehis children

63.What didHank do whenhegot tothediningcar

64.When didthe twochildren realizethattheyhad 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（邮费）whenthey received letters.Sometimes theydidntwanttoreceive a letter atall,but theyhadtopay moneyforit.They wereunhappy aboutthis.The postagewas high atthat time,becausethe post officeshadto send manypeopletogetthe postage.Row landHill wasaschoolteacher inEngland.He wasthefirsttthinkof using stampsin the1850s.He thoughtitwou1dbemuch easierfor peopletouse stamps.They couldgoto the post officetobuystamps andput themon envelopes（信封）before theysent theletters.The post office couldjust putseals（E[H己）onthe stamps sothatpeoplecouldnot usethe stampsagain.In thisway,thepostoffice didnot needtosendpostmen togetpostage.It onlyneeded fewerpostmen tosend letters.

104.Did peopleusestampsintheearly nineteenthcentury105what didthepeoplehavetodo whentheyreceivedletters

106.why wasthepostagehighatthattime

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 cityofAustralia.The climate（气候）of Sydney isverygood.It，snottoo 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 peoplethinkthatSydneyisoneofthemostattractive citiesintheworld.Ithas manytall andmodern buildings.Among them，CentrepointToweristhetallest.Standingon the305-metre（80storeys）tower,youwillhaveagreat view（视里予）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 theyare not working,they loveto haveagoodtime atthebeach,swimmingand sailing.

1.How oldisSydney

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AfterTomfinishedhismiddleschool,hewentto workinapostoffice.He wasglad（高兴）togetthe work,becausehecould sendthe letterson hisbike.It waseasy andinteresting.One dayhe tookalettertoahouse.When hegot tothe door,abigdog ranfasttohim.He wasafraid ofit verymuch andquickly threwtheletterontheground.Tohis surprise（令他惊奇的是），the dogdidntcome athim.It stoppedbeforetheletterand pickedit upwith itsmouth.The itcarried theletter intothehouse.Tom saidto himself,“It doesthesameworkasme.”In a.

2、How didTom sendthe letterthe.

3、What didTom seewhenhearrived atthehouseHe abig.

4、Did thedog makeany troubleon Tom,it.

5、What didthedogcometoTom todoIt cametotheletter.

10.根据短文内容，回答问题Johnwasinhospitalforafewdays,andhiswife toldhim thathis dogreally missedhim.“He spendsthe mightatthefront doorin waitingfor youto return.”She saidtoJohn.“What anexampl oftrue love!”John answered.I wonderofyouwould takecare ofmelike that.”“Of courseI would,hiswifeanswered,“If youarenotathomeallthenight,andI dontknowwhereyouare,youcanbe sureI11waitforyou atthefrontdoor.”

1、Why wasJohninhospitalMaybe hewas.

2、How didthedogshow lovefor JohnHeforJohntocomeatthefrontdoor.

3、Why didnt Johnswifestayatthe doorwaitingforhim BecauseshewhereJohn wasandneedtodo that.

4、How longwasJohnin hospitalseveral.

5、His wifedoesn tlove him,does she,she.。