Here are two letters to George and his replies.
Alice is worrying about ________.
A. her friends B. her marks C. her height D her weightBob should _______ according to George’s letter.
| A．take more exercise | B．talk to his friends |
| C．join a basketball team | D．learn some French. |
George advises Alice to talk to _____ for help.
| A．her mother | B．her teacher | C．Bob’s teacher | D．Bob’s friends |
Here are some facts about homes in the United States and the people who live in them. In the early 1990s, about 50% of the Americans own their homes and the rest rent(租) their homes. The rented homes are usually apartments(公寓).
74% of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities. 26% live in the country. Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US. About half that number have cats.
Families in the US are becoming smaller. On the average（平均）,2.64 people lived in a home in the early 1990s. In 1960, the average was 3.5.
Half of the teenagers in the US have their own bedrooms.
An American moves, on the average，twelve times in his or her life. In Japan, a person moves about five times, and in England a person moves eight times.According to (根据) the passage ,where do most Americans live?
| A．In the countries. | B．Around the farms. |
| C．In the towns near the sea. | D．In or around the cities. |
How many American families own a cat?
| A．40% | B．26% | C．74% | D．20% |
Families in the US are .
| A．becoming bigger | B．becoming smaller | C．no change | D．not sure |
Do all the children in the US have their own bedrooms?
| A．Yes, they do. | B．No. Half of them do. |
| C．No, 5% of the them do. | D．I don’t know. |
The passage is about _________________.
| A．people and homes in the United States |
| B．dogs and cats in American homes |
| C．teenagers’ bedrooms |
| D．moving house |
A very young boy, Tom, lives a long way from the city. One day he goes to the city to visit his friend, Jack. Jack asks Tom to have lunch together. They go into the restaurant and sit down at a table. Tom looks around and he sees some old people put eye glasses on before reading their books, so after lunch he goes to a shop to buy some glasses, too. He walks along the road, and soon finds a shop. The man in the shop makes him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always says, “No, I can’t read with these.”
The man in the shop becomes more and more puzzled (困惑的). At last he says, “Excuse me, but can’t you read at all?”
“No, I can’t.” Tom says, “If I can read, do you think I come here to buy glasses?”Tom meets some old people ____________ .
| A．far away from the city | B．in the shop |
| C．in the restaurant | D．in the village |
When does Tom go to the shop?
| A．After lunch. | B．Before lunch. |
| C．In the morning. | D．In the evening. |
Tom goes to the restaurant to ___________.
| A．buy eye glasses | B．have lunch |
| C．buy some books | D．sell eye glasses |
Before reading their books, the old people in the restaurant ____________.
| A．put their glasses on | B．drink tea |
| C．take their glasses off | D．buy glasses |
In fact(事实上), Tom _______________.
| A．likes eye glasses | B．goes to the wrong shop |
| C．can’t read at all | D．knows the man in the shop |
| I’m a 12-year-old boy. I like traveling very much. How I wish to visit the moon some day! Wu Dong, Guangdong |
| I’m 15. Now I’m studying English in London. I want to invent(发明) a language (语言) machine (机器) that can help me understand many languages. Li Ming, Hunan |
| I’m 16. Before the earthquake (地震) on May 12, I wanted to be a news reporter. But now I want to be a doctor in the future. I’d like to help all the sick people. Wang Hao, Sichuan |
| I’m a 14-year-old girl in Tibet (西藏). The Qinghai Tibet Railway has been built. I’ll be able to reach Beijing by train in about 48 hours. My dream is to take the train to Beijing. Joma, Tibet |
| I’m 13 years old. I want to invent a machine. It can send things or people from one place to another place far away in a minute. Wei Hua, Beijing |
What is Li Ming’s dream?
| A．To invent a language machine. | B．To visit the moon. |
| C．To be a doctor. | D．To go to Beijing |
A bad earthquake happened in Sichuan on ______.
| A．May 12 | B．May 22 | C．July 2 | D．June 12 |
Who is from Tibet?
| A．Wei Hua. | B．Wang Hao. | C．Joma. | D．Wu Dong. |
People in Tibet can get to Beijing ______ in about 48 hours now.
| A．by train | B．by bus | C．by plane | D．on foot |
The best title(标题) for these passages would be “______”.
| A．A Doctor | B．My Dream |
| C．An English Teacher | D．Wenchuan Earthquake |
阅读下列这则广告，在下面划线的部分填入与广告相符合的内容。
June 18
Chinese singer Han Hong will give a national performance at 7:30pm from June 22 to July 3 at the Shanghai Gymnasium.Don’t be late.
Tickets: 500 yuan, 700 yuan, 1,100 yuan
Sold at 66 Yangpu Road
Address: Shanghai Gymnasium, 132 Wenhui Road
Telephone： 38237802， 38295931，38253317Han Hong will have a _________ performance.
The performance will last(持续)________ days.
You should go to see the show at least at _______.
The cheapest ticket is ________.
If you want to buy the ticket, you can go to _______.
Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant.
It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. A lot of people crowded in it. The old man couldn't come near the fireplace. He thought and thought.At last he said to the waiters, “ Take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the other people were very surprised. The waitered said, “A horse doesn't eat fish.” The old man told the waiter, “ The horse is versatile. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.” So the waiter took some fish to the horse.
All the people in the restaurant rushed out to see the horse eat fish except（除了……之外） the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter returned and said. “Your horse didn't eat any fish.” The old man said, “All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”The old man felt very cold because_______.
| A．it was a cloudy and windy day. |
| B．it snowed heavily for a long time |
| C．he was travelling in a heavy rain |
| D．he was hungry and thirsty |
The people in the restaurant all ran out because_________
| A．They want to see the old man |
| B．they wanted the horse eat fish |
| C．the old man told them the horse came |
| D．There was no fire over the stove |
The underlined word “versatile” means:
| A．笨的 | B．滑稽的 | C．兴奋的 | D．多才多艺的 |
All the people in the restaurant rushed out _____ except the old man.
| A．to see the horse sing |
| B．to watch the horse play games |
| C．to look for the horse |
| D．to see the horse eat fish |
Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse? Because ________
| A．his horse like eating fish |
| B．he had a special fish |
| C．he wanted to sit near the fire, but wasn’t able to do so at first. |
| D．he himself also liked to eat fish |
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