Driving a car at a high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You only need to follow the bright traffic signs beside the highway and it will take you where you wish to go. But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver needs to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city of London, from the loneliest street to the popular restaurant around. He has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers (乘客) at all times.
A London taxi driver said the following about his job.
During the night it is usual for him to stop two or three times for some food. He said, “I never drink when I’m working, otherwise I’d lose my license (驾驶执照).”
He normally goes home between two and three o’clock in the morning. There are times he has to stay longer and try to make more runs. He said, “That’s the worst thing about working for yourself. If you don’t make money, no one is going to give it to you. ”
London taxi drivers not only “take” but also “give”. Every summer hundreds of poor children from London go for a day at the sea ― by taxi! There rides are paid by the taxi drivers. At the sea, they are met by the mayor (市长) , and a lunch party is also held for the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy day’s running around the beaches and visiting the market there, the children go home again by taxi, free of charge of course!London taxi drivers try to make more runs sometimes mainly because __________.
| A．they make a living by driving |
| B．they prefer to work for themselves |
| C．they want to help more passengers |
| D．they are used to working deep into the night |
How do London taxi drivers “give”?
| A．They give the poor children a lunch party at the sea each summer. |
| B．They give poor children the chance to meet the maor. |
| C．They pay for some poor children’s rides for a day’s tour each summer. |
| D．They play with some poor children at the sea for a day each summer. |
Which of the following words can be used to describe London taxi drivers?
| A．Brave and careful |
| B．Rich and generous |
| C．Modest and easy-going |
| D．Hard-working and kind |
The passage is most likely to be found from __________.
| A．an advertisement of a taxi company |
| B．an online travel guide |
| C．a website about the taxi drivers in London |
| D．a report about living conditions in London |
阅读Amy 中考后的活动计划，完成51/52小题．
June 20th Tidy the room June 24th Make a big meal for Mum and Dad June 26th Watch a movie with Gina and Andy June 28th Learn to swim with the help of the coach |
51．Amy will watch a movie with on June 26th．
A．her parents
B．her friends
C．the coach
52．Amy will learn to swim on June ．
A.20th
B.24th
C.28th．
It is a convenient kind of transportation．It is also great exercise．And it makes a healthy lifestyle．Do you know what it is？Yes，we are talking about biking．
Most of us know that biking is a clean and cheap way to get around a city．It not only reduces traffic problems and pollution，but it is also good for people's health．
In many countries，bike﹣friendly facilities（设施） are making people's lives better．
In the world's top bike﹣friendly city，Copenhagen，the capital city od Denmark（丹麦），traffic lights in main crossings are always green for bike riders during peak（高峰） hours．And when it's snowy，the snow is cleared from the bicycle roads first and then car roads．
The US has a special day to encourage people to ride bikes．It is Bike to Work Day on May 20th．To make cycling easy，the government had built over 200cycle roads until 2014．
In China，you can also find a few bike﹣friendly cities．Xiamen is one of them．You can rent bikes and take a ride on the circular road（环岛路）．In Xiangtan，people have been able to rent bikes in busy areas of the city in the past two years．It's very convenient and liked by many people
46．What is the text mainly about？ ．
A．Great exercise．
B．A healthy lifestyle．
C．Biking．
47．From the text，we know that the world's top bike﹣friendly city is in ．
A．Denmark
B．America
C．China
48．May 20th is a special day in America to encourage people to go to work ．
A．by car
B．by nike
C．by subway
49．The US government had built over 200 until 2014．
A．cycle roads
B．car roads
C．main crossings
50．Biking is liked by people in Xiangtan because it is ．
A．cool
B．convenient
C．safe．
英汉互译．阅读短文，将文中划线的句子翻译成汉语或英语．
（71）The Internet is becoming more and more popular．It brings us a lot of fun and convenience，（72）但它也引起一些新的问题．Children like the Internet．They would rather communicate with others online than talk with their parents．
On the one hand，in my opinion，the Internet brings people closer．On the other hand，（73）如果我们花太多的时间在网络上，we will have less time with our families and friends in the real world．
（74）Parents are always staying with us．So why not talk to them face to face when we have problems．If so，（75）I'm sure that we can get on well with our parents．
71． ；72． ；73． ；74． ；75． ．
Long long ago，there was a man living in a village with his wife and two children．They had a hen．It laid a golden egg every day．The man sold the golden egg and the family lived a rich and comfortable life．
But the man was very greedy （贪婪的）．He wanted to get all the golden eggs from his hen at a time．So，he thought hard every day about how to achieve it and he got a plan at last．He decided to kill the hen and get all the eggs．He didn't want to tell his wife about the plan because he wanted to give her a big surprise．He was so excited about his great plan．He even started to sing when he thought of the plan．
The next day when the hen laid a golden egg，the man couldn't wait to take a knife and cut its body open．However，there was nothing but blood （血液）all around．There weren't any eggs at all．He was very sad because he would not get even one egg now．Their life used to be comfortable with one egg a day，but now their life changed a lot．
How silly he was!
（1）How many children did the man have？
（2）Had the man's family lived a rich and comfortable life before he killed the hen？
（3）Why did the man kill the hen？
（4）What did the man get from the hen at last？
（5）What do you think of the man in the passage？
阅读下面图片，回答53﹣55题．
Born in 1964，Hangzhou Zhejiang The Chairman of Alibaba Group |
85years old，China The 2015Nobel Prize in Medicine |
53．Who is the Chairman of Alibaba Group？
A．Lang Lang
B．Li Yundi
C．Ma Yun
54．What kind of the Nobel Prize did Tu Youyou receive？
A．Medicine
B．Literature
C．Physics
55．Where is Tu Youyou from？
A．America
B．Japan
C．China．
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