What is a library for? Most libraries have books and other things to read. Many of them have things to listen to. Some libraries even have computers. Very few people would think of a library as a place to live in.
One library in New York City turned into(变成)a home for 250 people for a few days. These were all people near the library. They slept on the floor. Why did the people move into the library?
The people moved into the library because the city wanted to close it to save money. These 250 New Yorkers loved their library. They didn’t want to lose it. So they moved in. They knew that the library couldn’t be closed if they were living inside it. At last the city agreed to keep the library open, and the people all went home.
( )11. Where did the story happen?_________.
A. In New York City. B. In a school in New York City.
C. In the streets in New York City. D. In most libraries in New York City.
( )12. The library had hundreds of ___________.
A. workers in it B. policemen in it
C. people living in it D. computers in it
( )13. The people in the story _______________.
A. were all the workers in the library B. were all people near the library
C. didn’t read any books D. wanted to buy some computers
( )14. Why did 250 people move into the library? Because_____________.
A. these people wanted to save money
B. these people needed places to live in
C. the library was very quiet
D. they loved the library and they didn’t want to lose it
( )15. From the passage we know that ___________.
A. the library was kept open at last
B. the library was closed because no one read in it
C. the library became a home of these people
D. the city saved a lot of money
We can see walls everywhere in the world. But the Great Wall of China is the biggest of all. The Chinese call it. “The Ten-thousand-Li. Great Wall.” It’s in fact (事实) more than 6,000 kilometers long. It’s 4-5 meters wide. In most places, five houses or ten men can walk side by side. When you visit the Great Wall, you can’t help wondering (疑惑) how the Chinese people were able to build (建造) such a great wall thousands of years ago. Without any modern machine (机器), it was really very difficult to build it. They had to do all the work by hand. It took millions of men hundreds of years to build it.
The Great Wall has a history of over two thousand years. The kings began to build the first parts of it around two thousand seven hundred years ago. Then, Qin Shihuang had all the walls joined up (连起来). He thought that could keep the enemy (敌人) out of the country.
Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest. Not only Chinese people but also people from all over the world come to visit it.The Great Wall is the biggest of all walls in _______.
| A．China | B．Europe（欧洲） | C．the world | D．Asia (亚洲) |
How long is the Great Wall ?
| A．It’s less than six hundred kilometers. |
| B．It’s more than six million kilometers. |
| C．It’s six thousand kilometers. |
| D．It’s over six thousand kilometers. |
It took ________ men _________ years old to build the Great Wall.
| A．millions, millions | B．hundreds of, hundreds of |
| C．millions of, hundreds | D．hundreds of, millions of |
The Great Wall was built ________.
| A．by people all over the world |
| B．without any modern machines |
| C．with some other countries’ help |
| D．by all Chinese Kings. |
Your seat number is ___________.
| A．9, Row 6 | B．6, Row 9 | C．9, Row 1 | D．6, Row 1 |
If you are late for the play, you’d better ___________.
| A．walk around |
| B．call up your friends |
| C．make much noise |
| D．walk into the theatre quietly |
You should ____________ at the theatre.
| A．use cameras and videos |
| B．sell your ticket |
| C．check your seat number |
| D．talk with your friends freely |
Here is a 2-way student exchange. Fred, 19 , spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred knew little German when he arrived. But after 2 months of studying, the language became easy for him. School was very different from what he had looked forward to and it was much harder. Students stood up politely when the teacher came into the room. They took 14 subjects while American students usually took 6 in the US.
Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was the law(法律) . All the children had to do their activities with their family. Fred also missed having a car. In Germany, you should walk to go out to have a good time.
At the same time, in America, Mike was forming his own ideas. He says,’ American schools are too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a lot in Germany , we do nothing except study. Here we take part in many other activities.
| Differences between American school life and German school life |
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| Items |
American students |
German students |
| Class rules |
They don’t have to stand up when their teacher come in |
They have to __ |
| ____ |
They do their own things alone. |
They have to listen to their __ |
| School ___ |
They have six and they are very easy for them |
They have 14, but the lessons are much more _ |
| Going out |
They can _ |
They have to ___ |
| School activities |
They have____ |
They have to ___ |
Young people and older people don’t always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”
One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself; you learn to think about the group.”In one special programme in New York State, young and older people _______ .
| A．don’t work well together. |
| B．are friendly to one another. |
| C．teach one another new ways of building houses. |
| D．spend eight weeks together, working as farmers.. |
All the members work some time every day mainly to _______ .
| A．lead a busy life. |
| B．learn new skills of farming; |
| C．get used to the life on the farms |
| D．find value and pleasure in work |
Living together, _________ .
| A．the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules |
| B．the teenagers have to obey the rules the adults make |
| C．the members have no free time on weekends |
| D．the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together |
The last programme shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the programme is ____ .
| A．unpleasant | B．tiring | C．helpful | D．boring |
The best title for the passage is __________ .
| A．The rules of living together |
| B．Life in New York State |
| C．Teenagers in the special group |
| D．Free hours in the special work group |
Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir”, said the poor man, “I am a failure (失败者). I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.
A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep at all.”The poor man lived in ________ before he met the rich man.
| A．the hotel | B．his home | C．the park | D．the car |
Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and __________.
| A．waited for the rich man |
| B．looked at the rich man's hotel |
| C．looked at the rich man's car |
| D．enjoyed the clean air |
Every night the poor man dreamed of _____________.
| A．sleeping in that hotel |
| B．becoming rich |
| C．owning that hotel |
| D．being the rich man's friend |
The poor man moved out of the hotel because __________.
| A．he didn't want to live in such a fine room |
| B．he didn't like the rich man |
| C．he couldn't pay for the room |
| D．he couldn't get any sleep at all there |
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