BASEBALL. It’s just a word, but for millions of Americans it brings much more than a word.
Hot dogs. Cold beers. Sunny afternoons. Baseball is the game of fathers and sons. Fathers and sons catch with each other on lawns (草坪) in the US. A father’s favorite team becomes his son’s. Grandfathers talk to their grandsons about games played long ago.
Many American kids collect baseball cards. The cards have pictures of their favorite players on them. In school, friends trade (交换) baseball cards just like they trade their lunches.
Players are known as “the boys of summer” because people often play the sport mostly in warm months. You don’t need to be of a certain size or shape to play baseball. You don’t have to be tall like a basketball player or strong like an American footballer. You just need to want to have fun.
Baseball is not as fast-paced (快节奏的) a game as basketball. But when you go to see a game, there’s time to relax, talk and get to know other people.
Baseball may not be the most popular sport in the US, but it is the most traditional. It’s not just a game any more, but an important part of American culture, like apple pie and grandma’s house.Many American kids like to collect _______________.
| A．baseballs | B．baseball cards | C．lunches | D．apple pies |
People like to play baseball in _____________.
| A．wet months | B．cool months | C．warm months | D．cold months |
Most of the Americans play baseball just want to _______________.
| A．enjoy themselves | B．make money |
| C．keep warm | D．make friends |
Which one is WRONG in the article?
| A．We can find many children’s favorite baseball players on their cards. |
| B．If you are not strong enough, you can’t play baseball. |
| C．When you go to watch a baseball play, you’ll relax and have time to talk to other people. |
| D．Baseball is the most traditional sport in the US. |
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In the past twenty years, riding bicycles has become more and more popular among people of all ages. （3） Bicycles have long played an important part in the lives of American young people. But today an even greater number of adults cycle along roadsides and bicycle paths. These new riders are often trying to become fit or lose weight. They have found that bicycling is a pleasant way to stay healthy.
This is certainly good for health. But it has also brought some problems. With all these added people on the road, bicycle safety has become a matter of real importance.
Bicycle safety is mostly a matter of common sense. People should ride only on bicycle paths where they will not be badly hurt. There are also a number of rules that riders should follow, especially when riding on streets or highways. Bicyclists should never ride against the traffic ,nor should they carry other people on their bicycles. They are also supposed to ride in single line on busy streets and to "walk bicycles across the busy intersections (交叉路口) .
（4）By following these rules, bicycle riders will not only stay healthy but also be safe.
In one recent year, the National Safety Council reported that 34 thousand bicycle riders were hurt in highway accidents. In that same year, another six hundred riders were killed. Since the introduction of crash helmets (头盔) in 1980, the number of injuries (伤者) and deaths from bicycling accidents had gone down. Today, more and more riders realize the dangers of bicycling. They are wearing helmets and paying closer attention to cycling rules.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。How many rules should the riders follow? Give one example.
_______________________________________________________________According to the National Safety Council's report, what's the total number of injuries and deaths in one recent year?
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B. 将短文中划线部分译成汉语。_______________________________________________________________
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C. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。________________________________________
For most people, the word "fashion (时尚)" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What clothes are in fashion?" And they use the word "fashionable" in the same way:
"She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable color. "
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs ... and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.Most people think that "fashion" means __________.
| A．subjects | B．holidays | C．books | D．clothes |
By we can see that fashions change as time goes.
| A．finding a job |
| B．looking at pictures |
| C．eating in a restaurant |
| D．wearing a fashionable coat |
In the 5th paragraph the writer mentions kinds of ways to send information.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
"There is money in fashion" means
| A．people like fashion and money |
| B．fashionable things are expensive |
| C．one can make money through fashion |
| D．a fashionable man makes much money |
The passage is mainly about .
| A．the changes of fashions |
| B．the kinds of colors |
| C．the money in fashion |
| D．the differences between houses |
US teenagers may be facing a challenge (挑战) today. A recent survey suggests (表明) that they are less honest than previous generations (上一代人).
The survey was done among 29,760 students at 100 US high schools. The results suggest that in the past year, 30 percent of US high school students have stolen from a store. And 64 percent may have cheated on a test.
However, 93 percent of the students said they were satisfied (满意) with their honesty. And 77 percent said,“when it comes to doing what is right, I am better than most people I know.”
Some teachers were unhappy about the survey results. Some, however, defended (为……辩护) today’s students.
“The competition is greater and the pressures (压力) on kids have increased greatly,”said Mel Riddle, who was a high school teacher and headmaster for 40 years.“It is the pressures that make it easy for students to be dishonest.”
“I think these students are better than other generations,”he said.“I find them more active, better to work with and more thankful for support.”“ We have to create situations where it’s easy for kids to do the right things, ”he added.“We need to create classrooms where learning is more important than having the right answer.”According to the survey, what challenge do US teenagers face today?
| A．They have trouble getting pocket money |
| B．They don’t get along well with teachers |
| C．They are not so honest as older generations |
| D．They have too many tests to take each week |
We can learn from the survey that children in the US nowadays .
| A．behave worse |
| B．work harder |
| C．are less healthy |
| D．are busier at school |
According to the survey results, _ percent of the students are satisfied with their honesty.
| A．30 | B．64 | C．77 | D．93 |
What’s Mel Riddle’s opinion about the idea that students are dishonest?
| A．He gets really angry about it |
| B．He thinks parents must do something to stop it |
| C．He thinks the students should change their behavior |
| D．He thinks there are some reasons for being dishonest |
What advice does Mel Riddle give on improving the honesty of students?
| A．Do not let students do anything |
| B．Make it easier for them to learn |
| C．Ask students to find right answers |
| D．Give students more free time to have fun |
When my grandmother was 89 years old ,she was having problems with her heart. My family went with her to the doctor, who told her that she needed an operation. However, the doctor said that because of my grandmother’s age, the operation could be dangerous. He went on to say that my grandmother would have a 40% chance of having a heart attack（心脏病） and a 30% chance of dying during the operation.
My grandmother, shocked ,quickly stopped the doctor and said,“Doctor, as long as you’re talking about statistics（数据），I have a statistic for you: there is a 100% chance of you not operating one me !”With these words, my grandmother got up and left the doctor’s office.
My grandmother might have been stubborn, but she was not a fool. So the next day she went to another doctor, and he also told her she needed an operation.
My grandmother asked the doctor. “If I were your mother, what would you suggest?” The doctor walked up to her, smiled, put his arm around her and said, “Mom, let’s do this operation!” She had the operation and came out fine.
My grandmother passed away（去世）a few weeks before her 97th birthday. However, because of her positive attitude（积极的态度）,she gave us ,her family and friends almost eight years of life to enjoy sharing with her.The grandmother didn’t choose the first doctor because .
A. he was afraid to do the operation.
B. he talked too much about the risks
C. he had never done such an operationThe second doctor’s words might have made the grandmother .
A. nervous B. unhappy C. relaxedWe can tell from the story that the grandmother .
A. wanted to be the second doctor’s mother
B. celebrated her 97th birthday with her family
C. lived through the operation by the second doctor.The underlined word“stubborn” probably means in Chinese.
A. 执拗的 B. 严谨的 C. 无知的What can we learn from the story?
A. It is better to depend on statistics.
B. A positive attitude can change a person’s life.
C. A good doctor only cares for his patients’ health.
Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses.
Last year, a serious school bus accident happened in China, when a nine-seat minibus crashed. There were 62 children inside , and 21 of them died. To stop such accidents, the Center Government decided to strengthen（加强）the rules for school buses.
On April 5, the Government published new rules about school safety. These new rules are much stricter than the old ones.
Under the new rules, local governments must make sure that students attend nearby schools or boarding （寄宿的）schools to reduce traffic risks（风险）. Also, local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.
From now on ,school buses have a speed limit（限速）of 80km per hour on highways and 60km per hour on normal roads. While on the road, other cars must let school bus go first.
The new rules also say that school buses must never be overloaded（超载）.
There are many other rules as well. A school bus must have than seven seats. On each bus, there must be at lest one adult（成年人）to keep an eye on the kids. Each school bus must have a fire extinguisher（灭火器）,a first aid kit（急救箱）and a GPS.What does the underlined word“attend”mean?
A. join in B. drop out C. go toUnder the new rules, which of the following is TRUE?
A. School buses can be overloaded when necessary.
B. School buses can go first when there are other cars.
C. School buses must driver 80km/h or less on normal roads. According to the new rules, a school bus must have the following EXCEPT .
A. more than seven seats.
B. a parent of one of the students.
C. a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit.The government made new rules for school buses because .
A. school buses in China were not safe enough before.
B.62 students died in a school bus accident last year
C. 200 million children in China go to school by bus every day.What’s the best title of this passage?
A. How to Avoid Bus Accidents
B. Safety First on School Buses
C. Bus Speed Limit Is Necessary
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