American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday.There are two terms in a school year,the first term is from September to January,and the second is from February to June.Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old.Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
High school students take only four or five subjects(科目)each term.They usually go to the same class every day,and they have homework for every class.After class they do many interesting things.After high school,many students go to college.They can go to a small one or a large one.They usually have to give a lot of money.So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.Most American children go to school when they are _________ years old
| A．four. | B．five . | C．six. | D．seven . |
High school students ______ after class .
| A．do a lot of homework. | B．do many interesting things. |
| C．often sing songs. | D．do lots of reading. |
After high school , many students _________ .
| A．begin to work. | B．stay at home. | C．go to college. | D．visit their friends. |
Many college students work after class because _________
| A．they want to get some money for their studies . |
| B．they don' t have anything to do . |
| C．their parents ask them for money. |
| D．their teachers ask them to do so . |
From the passage we know that in America a summer holiday begins in _________ .
| A．January | B．September. | C．February | D．July |
Yesterday and Today
Life in the twenty-first century will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.In the next century people don’t’ have to ______________.
| A．work long hours | B．work fast | C．walk on foot | D．eat meat |
People may not eat _____________as much as they do today.
| A．fruit | B．fish | C．meat | D．rice |
One big problem in the future is that __________.
| A．many people don’t have to work |
| B．many people will not be able to find work |
| C．people won’t have enough food to eat |
| D．all the work will be done by robots |
Every family will have at least one ________ in the next century.
| A．robot | B．cow | C．TV set | D．computer |
In the future _________________.
| A．traveling will be more expensive |
| B．computers will be less important |
| C．people will be too busy to do sports. |
| D．computers will be much smaller. |
My name is Sam . I joined a club called “ passing help ” last month . Now let me tell you why I joined it.
One evening this May, on my way home my old car was broken . It was 25 miles from my home . I wanted to get a ride, but there was no car . It was also hard to take a taxi . I decided to take a bus home .I went to a bus stop nearby .
After a while , a bus came , but it did not go to my town .The bus driver was a young woman . She was kind and she told me which bus I should take . I waited there for about thirty minutes , but no bus came . At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car .She was just the bus driver.
“When I reached the bus station , I got to know that the bus to your town couldn't come ,so I returned here.I just can't leave you here ,” she said , “ Get in my car and I will take you back to your home .”
“ It is a long way .”I said.
“ Come on ,sir, ”she said ,“ Let’s go.”
On the way she told me a story . A few days ago, there wasn't gas(汽油）in her car . An old man drove her up to a gas station and then back to her car.
When we got to my home , I wanted to give her some money to thank her , but she didn't accept it . “ I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along. ” She said. What happened to Sam one evening this May?
| A．He lost his way. | B．His car broken down. |
| C．He was hurt in an accident. | D．He couldn't reach the gas station. |
Sam didnt think of going home__________ that evening.
| A．by train | B．by bus |
| C．by car. | D．by taxi. |
From the passage , we know that the young woman was _________.
| A．a club boss. | B．a taxi driver |
| C．a bus driver. | D．a gas station worker. |
The young woman wanted Sam to _________.
| A．give her some money. | B．get on her bus. |
| C．take her to her house. | D．help others just as she did. |
The best title (题目）of the passage is ________ .
| A．A kind old man. | B．Getting a ride. |
| C．Passing help. | D．A broken car. |
"We're going to move," Jimmy said to Mr. James，her teacher, with tears(眼泪) in her eyes. "Dad lost his job and now we don't have enough money to live in our house." Pam was walking by and just heard Jimmy's talk with Mr.James.
In the lunchroom Pam met Carol and said, "I've got something to tell you about Jimmy." As she started to tell Carol about Jimmy's dad, several other classmates stopped to listen. Pam felt bad telling what she had heard but she went on anyway.
After school, Pam saw some of her classmates talking to Jimmy. "Where does your dad work?" one of the boys asked. Jimmy's face turned red. She left without answering. Pam felt terrible, because she didn't mean to hurt Jimmy. And she hadn't thought that some of the classmates would make jokes and laugh at Jimmy about her father's losing the job. Pam didn't know what she could do to help Jimmy.The story wants to tell us ____.
| A．It's difficult to move away |
| B．girls don't like to talk to boys |
| C．student's report to the teacher |
| D．secrets are hard to keep |
Jimmy’s family had to move because ____.
| A．her father lost his job |
| B．they had a better place to live in |
| C．her classmates were not kind enough |
| D．her father changed his job |
Jimmy's face turning red show that she didn't ____.
| A．feel well enough | B．know the answer |
| C．want to talk about her father | D．want to leave others |
Pam felt very sorry ____.
| A．and wanted to do something for Jimmy |
| B．but went to laugh at Jimmy |
| C．so she stopped to listen to others |
| D．and left without answering |
The whole story happened ____.
| A．in class | B．during and after school | C．at Mr.James's office | D．in the lunchroom |
Many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language because they don’t want them to lose their mother language.
In the city of Portland in the USA, there is a weekend Chinese school in a church. In the school, there are Chinese kids and American kids. They study Chinese on Saturdays and Sundays. Teachers at the school are usually some overseas Chinese women. Miss Tian is one of them. She is from Beijing. She teaches her students many Chinese characters, sentences and Chinese songs.
Most of these kids speak English better than Chinese, because they spend most of their time at the local school, and their classmates are American.Their teachers teach them in English.
When the overseas Chinese children get home after school, their parents often speak Chinese to them. Only at that time do they think they are at home.Why do many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language?
| A．Because they want them to speak Chinese. |
| B．Because they don’t want them to lose their mother language. |
| C．Because they live in China. |
| D．Because they can’t speak English. |
Where do the kids learn Chinese?
| A．In their school. |
| B．At home. |
| C．In a park |
| D．In a weekend Chinese school in a church. |
.Who teaches them?
| A．Some overseas Chinese women. |
| B．Their classmates. |
| C．Their parents. |
| D．Their friends. |
Which one is true?
| A．Most kids speak Chinese better than English. |
| B．Most kids speak English better than Chinese. |
| C．Most kids speak Chinese as well as English. |
| D．Most kids can’t speak Chinese at all. |
What is the best title of this passage?
| A．How to learn Chinese? |
| B．How to learn English? |
| C．Never forget your mother language |
| D．Learning Chinese is important |
阅读下面的短文，从A，B，C，中选出能回答问题或完成句子的最佳选项。（共5小题，计10分）
Mr and Mrs Jackson bought a big farm and they were always busy working on it .They had a good harvest every year.One of their sons Victor studied at a high school.The boy studied hard and did well in his lessons.It made them happy.
Last month Victor finished high school and passed the university entrance examination.Mrs Jackson was very happy and told almost all her friends about it .
Yesterday morning she went to the town to buy something for her son.On the bus she met one of her friends and they hadn’t seen each other for fifteen years.She told her friend how clever her son was.She spoke very loudly.All the people on the bus could hear her.
“Which university will your son study in?”a man next to her asked.
“Oxford University,”said Mrs Jackson happily.
Most of the people on the bus looked at her.Some of them said to her, “Congratulations!”
A woman sitting opposite her said, “I’m sure he’ll meet Jim White.”
“Who’s Jim White?”
“He’s my son,”said the woman with smile.
“Does he study in the same university?”
“No.He is one of the professors(教授）.”The underlined word “harvest”probably means “_______”in Chinese.
A. 庄稼 B. 收成 C. 成就 Mr and Mrs Jackson were happy because________.
A.their son did well in his lessons
B.they bought a big farm
C.they had a good time on the farmMrs Jackson wanted everyone to know_________.
A.her som finished high school
B.her son was brave
C.her son was going to study in a famous universityMrs Jackson spoke so loudly on the bus that________.
A.her friend could hear her
B.all the people could hear her
C.all the people looked at her Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Mrs Jackson met some of her friends on the bus.
B.The woman was Mrs Jackson’s friend.
C.The woman wanted to stop Mrs Jackson from talking about her son.
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