In American schools there is something called Home-coming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a home-coming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation (毕业) day. Students plan Home-coming Day for many weeks in advance.
Several days before Home-coming ,students start to decorate (装饰)the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Home-coming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The members of school clubs build booths (摊位) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band (乐队)comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Home-coming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Home-coming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Home-coming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Home-coming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is_______.
| A．Home-coming | B．the football game |
| C．graduation | D．winning the game |
When do students begin to do everything for Home-coming?
| A．The day before Home-coming. |
| B．Many weeks before the day. |
| C．When the guests arrive. |
| D．Several hours before Home-coming. |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned (提及) on Home-coming Day?
| A．To see old friends. |
| B．To visit teachers they remember. |
| C．To watch the football game. |
| D．To go home to see their family. |
Who can probably become Home-coming Queen or King?
| A．The teacher who is kind to the students. |
| B．The student who is popular with the students. |
| C．The visitor who is famous to the students. |
| D．The player who plays best in the football game. |
What’s the best title of this article?
| A．Home-coming Day | B．A Happy Day |
| C．The Most Important Event | D．Home-coming Queen or King |
Kelly Christopher, a student at Lutheran High School in California, US, loves oranges. One day last week, she used a pole(竿子) to pick oranges off trees and collect them in baskets. It’s the first time in her 15 years she’s picked fruit from trees.
"This is quite different from buying oranges in the supermarket," said Christopher. "Every time I eat an orange, I’ll remember this experience."
Christopher was one of the 30 student volunteers at Soil Born Farms. She volunteered as part of a project which was set up in 2009 to help homeowners in South Land Park pick oranges and other fruits out of their backyards. Before, the fruit would rot on the ground or get eaten by animals. Now the fruit is donated to those who need it.
"It is good for many people", said Randy Stannard, who works for the project. "The homeowner gets fruit picked and more people can have healthy food."
"Two harvests (收成 ) were organized in 2009 and volunteers picked 3,000 pounds (1,360kg) of fruit", Stannard said. In 2010, the number was 20,000. This year, Soil Born Farms hopes to get 40,000 pounds. They will harvest every weekend from January to April.
Shannon Galloway, Christopher’s science teacher, brought her students into the project this year.
"You’re making use of a resource that might be wasted," she said. "I think it’s meaningful to everyone."
Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up a ladder(梯子) and gets on the top of the tree.
"Standing on the treetop is pretty cool," Frazier said. "I can see clearly that many baskets are filled up, and even see that many people are eating healthy fruit because of our volunteer work."
71. Christopher and other students went to pick fruits from real trees because they wanted to _____.
A. have some fresh fruit for themselves B. make some money by selling fruit
C. provide people with more healthy fruit D. buy some cheap fruit from their neighbors When was the project set up?
| A．In 2008. | B．In 2009. | C．In 2010. | D．In 2011. |
What will happen to the fruit if they don’t help the homeowners pick it?
| A．The fruit will rot or be eaten by small animals. |
| B．People who need the fruit will come to pick it. |
| C．The fruit will be used as a resource for research. |
| D．Homeowners will pick the fruit and sell it. |
What does the underlined word “mean?
| A．资源 | B．调查 | C．对策 | D．娱乐 |
How do the students feel about their work?
| A．It’s interesting and easy. | B．It’s meaningless and hard. |
| C．It’s meaningful and exciting. | D．It’s tiring and boring. |
Are you a crazy chocolate fan? Have you heard about Hershey’s Kisses? Do you love the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? If your answer was, "yes", to any of the questions, then my experience will make you jealous (妒忌的). I just went to the famous Hershey Chocolate Factory!
The other day we drove from Washington DC to the small town of Hershey, Pennsylvania. When we arrived at the factory, we realized that this was much more than just a factory. The whole town is a chocolate-themed amusement park. The sweet smell of chocolate is on every street corner. There are even road signs that say things like, "Chocolate Ave(大道)" and "Cake St.".
As we were walking towards the park, Jason, our tour guide, began telling us about this quiet little town. Hershey chocolate has been a brand in the world over the past hundred years. It is the biggest company that makes and sells chocolate in America," he started. "I guess you get the chocolate in China, don’t you?"
I nodded(点头) without thinking. How could I possibly not know those lovely little candies when I’ve been eating them all these years?
Jason went on, "The factory first started on a small farm. It developed very fast. So they built this town for factory workers to live in. Then they built hotels, hospitals, stadiums(体育馆), theaters and even museums with the theme of chocolate. Isn’t that cool?"
"Yes, a hundred times yes!" I yelled (叫喊 )with delight. What did the writer mainly talk about?
| A．Her wonderful trip to a chocolate factory. | B．What kind of chocolate she likes best. |
| C．How chocolate is produced in the factory. | D．Why she likes chocolate so much. |
What was the small town of Hershey like?
| A．It was very beautiful. | B．It was like a big city. |
| C．It was very colorful. | D．It was a theme park. |
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
| A．Hershey Chocolate has not been introduced to China yet. |
| B．Hershey was a German company. |
| C．Hershey Chocolate developed very fast. |
| D．Hershey Chocolate first started on a big farm. |
What does the underlined word mean? ______.
| A．乐队 | B．品牌 | C．一种 | D．帮派 |
What can we know from the writer’s answer to the guide?
| A．The writer had never heard about Hershey Chocolate. |
| B．The writer didn’t want to visit the factory any more. |
| C．The writer had visited the factory before. |
| D．The writer couldn’t wait to visit the factory. |
| Hong Kong Harbor Cruise By Night Enjoy your wonderful dinner on the ferry(渡船) and see the fantastic city lights Time: 7:00 p.m.－10: 00 p.m. daily Price: with dinner without dinner Adult: HK$300 HK$120 Child under 12: HK $210 HK$84 Start\Stop: Kowloon Public Pier (Near Star Ferry Pier) Ticket Office: Star Company(123 Canton Road) |
The cruise(海上航游) will begin__________.
| A．at seven in the morning | B．at seven in the evening |
| C．at ten in the morning | D．at ten at night |
The cruise will take__________.
| A．30 minutes | B．3 minutes | C．3 hours | D．120 minutes |
Mr. King will see______ during the cruise.
| A．trees | B．buildings | C．bridges | D．fantastic city lights |
People can buy tickets________.
| A．on the ferry | B．at Kowloon Public Pier |
| C．at Star Ferry Pier | D．at 123 Canton Road |
Helen wants to have dinner on the ferry with her son, 14 and her daughter, They should pay______.
| A．HK $ 810 | B．HK$204 | C．HK$324 | D．HK$510 |
When I was walking down the street one day, I found a small bag on the ground. I picked it up and opened it to see if I could find out the owner’s name. There was nothing inside it except some dollars and an old photo--- a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old. I put the photo back and took the bag to the police station. Before I left, the policeman wrote down my name and address. He thought the owner might want to thank me.
That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They had also asked a young woman to have dinner with us. Her face was familiar, but I couldn’t remember where I had seen her. During our talk, the young woman happened to say that she had lost her bag that afternoon. At once I remembered where I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photo, though she was now much older. She was very surprised, of course, when I told her about the bag.
After dinner we went to the police station and she got back her bag. The policeman said to me, “It’s a wonderful thing. You not only found the bag, but also the owner of the bag.”
1. In the bag there was _______.
A. nothing B. a new photo and some money
C. an old picture and some money D. some dollars and a piece of paper
2. The writer opened the bag because he wanted to________.
A. find some money B. find some letters
C. find the owner’s photo D. find out whose bag it was
3. The writer gave the bag to ________.
A. a policeman B. his uncle C. his aunt D. his friend
4. How many people had the dinner that evening?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
5. The writer knew the young woman because _________.
A. he had met her somewhere before B. she looked like the girl in the picture
C.she often had meals with the writer D. she was the old woman in the photo
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant(仆人） loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take good care of them.” With these words, he went out.
But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself. In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.
| A．the rich man | B．the servant |
| C．both A and B | D．neither A and B |
.The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.
| A．the cat | B．himself | C．nobody | D．the servant |
.The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.
| A．there was in fact poison in the bottles | B．did not want the servant to drink his wine |
| C．he wanted to kill the cat | D．he wanted to kill the servant |
In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.
| A．the servant | B．cat | C．the rich man | D．nobody |
From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.
| A．lazy | B．bad | C．clever | D．kind |
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