Bill Gates has a nice house on a hill by Lake Washington. Inside the house there are seven bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, six kitchens and six fireplaces. It even has a theatre, a library, an exercise room and a swimming pool. You can say the house is very big. However, it doesn’t look so big, because a large part of it is in the hills.
The house is famous for many reasons. One is its large size, and another is its amazing electronic systems (电子系统). Before a visitor goes into the house, he/she gets a chip (芯片) at the gate. The chip sends information about the visitor to the electronic systems in the house. When the visitor goes into the house, lights are on automatically (自动地). When the visitor goes into a room, the temperature (温度) will change to make the visitor comfortable. When the visitor goes from one room to another, he/she can hear music.
Bill Gates began to build his house in 1990. It took him about 7 years to build it. Bill Gates’ house doesn’t look very big because ________.
| A．the house is in a forest | B．the house is very modern |
| C．the house is very small | D．a large part of the house is in the hills |
Bill Gates’ house is very famous. The writer gives ________ reasons.
| A．one | B．two | C．four | D．five |
The visitor will get ________ at the gate of Bill Gates’ house.
| A．a map of the house | B．a model house | C．a system | D．a chip |
Bill Gates finished building his house in ________.
| A．1990 | B．1997 | C．1996 | D．1998 |
Which is the best title for the passage?
| A．Bill Gates’ dream home | B．Bill Gates’ house |
| C．Bill Gates and his house | D．Bill Gates’ family |
Ann comes from England. She’s English. She speaks English. She can also speak a little Chinese. She’s in Shanghai now. She’s studying(学习) in a middle school of Shanghai. She has classes on weekdays. On Sundays she often plays games with her Chinese friends. Her father is working in a factory near her school. He helps the Chinese workers to make nice watches. Ann and her father like Chinese food. And they like China and the Chinese people very much.Which is right(正确的)?
A. Ann speaks little Chinese. B. Ann is good at Chinese.
C. Ann can speak some Chinese. Can Ann’s father speak Chinese?
A. We don’t know. B. Yes. C. No. Ann has _______ classes on Sundays.
A.some B.no C.many Ann’s father works in a _______ factory.
A.bike B.watch C.food Does Ann’s father like China?
A. We don’t know. B. Yes. C. No.
When you are in England, you must be very careful in the streets because the traffic drives on the left. st Before you across a street, you must look at the right fir and then left.
In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy .Traffic is the most dangerous .
When you drive a car in England, you have to be more careful, too. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful .Have a look first, or you will go the wrong way.
In many English cities, there are big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you can see the city well .It’s very interesting. In England the traffic moves .
on the right B. on the left C. in the middle D. in the park When you cross a street, you must look at .
| A．the front | B．the right | C．the left | D．B and C |
The street become very busy in the morning and in the evening because .
| A．the people go to work | B．the people come from work |
| C．the people go shopping | D．A and B |
It is to cross the streets in the morning and in the evening.
| A．dangerous | B．interesting | C．easy | D．safe (安全) |
You can see the city well on the floor of the bus.
| A．first | B．second | C．third | D．fourth |
Today it is found that school students hardly pay much attention to sports. Is it because they aren’t interested in sports? No. They often say they have other more important things to do.
What are these important things? Examinations! Students have to spend much time on all kinds of examinations at school. So many of them almost become bookworms (书呆子). Books stop them from doing sports. Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, the students have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for (就……而言) the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies. So it is necessary（必要） for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports
In fact, education can’t go without physical (身体的) exercises, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything, let alone (更不用说) a great success in your life.
1. are the greatest problems, so the school students don’t pay much attention to sports now.
A. No interest B. Exercises C. Education D. Examinations
2. The underlined word “pressure” means “ ”.
A. happy feeling B. good care C. nervous (紧张) feeling D. deep love
3. If you don’t have a , you can never get anything.
A. good face B. weak body C. strong body D. good father
4. The writer thinks the students should .
A. work hard all day and all night
B have all kinds of sports after studying
C. do not have sports
D. spend the free time on the studies and give up (放弃)the sports.
5. which sentence is true?
A. If students want to get better results in studies, they must not do sports.
B. If students spend all their time on sports, they will improve studies.
C. If you have a weak body, you will have a hard mind.
D. If you want to be successful in your life, you must have a strong body.
Mr. Lewis was a dance teacher. He was a nice man and always had a lot of students. One year he moved to a new town, and was soon teaching many students in the dance school there, but he decided to move again to a big city. He would have more work there.
When one of his students heard that he was going to leave, she said to him, “The new teacher won’t be as good as you are.” Mr. Lewis was happy when he heard this, but he said, “Oh no. I’m sure he’ll be as good as I am ---- or even better.”
The student said, “No. Including you, five teachers have come and gone while I’ve been here, and each new one was worse than the last.”
1. ______ came to learn dancing from Mr. Lewis.
A. A few students B. Few students C. Many students D. No students
2. Mr. Lewis wanted to move a big city because _______
A. he hated the small town
B. he couldn’t make a living in the small town
C. it would be easy for him to have more work in the city
D. it made him spend more money in the town
3. The student thought that _______
A. Mr. Lewis was a good teacher B. Mr. Lewis was the best teacher
C. Mr. Lewis was worse than the last
D. Mr. Lewis would be worse than the last
4. Before Mr. Lewis ______ teachers came to the town to teach dancing
A. three B. four C. five D. six
5. From the story we can conclude（推论） that the student wished _____
A. to have a better teacher B. to have a worse teacher
C. to become a dance teacher D. to see the sixth teacher
Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He wears old clothes. He comes into the room. But people there don’t look at him at all. They don’t ask him to sit at the table.
Mr. King goes home and puts on (穿上) his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles（微笑）at him. They give him very good food to eat.
Mr. King takes off (脱下) his clothes，puts his clothes in the food and says, “Please eat, my clothes!” The other people ask, “What are you doing?” He answers, “ I’m asking my clothes to eat the food. When I wear old clothes, you don’t look at me. You don’t ask me to sit down. Now I am in the good clothes and you give me the very good food. Now I see, you give the food for my clothes, not for me!”
( )1.Mr. King goes to the dinner party, but people there don’t look at him. Because_____
A. he doesn’t come by car B. he is young
C. he wears old clothes D. he is old
( )2.Mr King goes home to ______ his ____ clothes.
A. put on, good B. puts on, fine
C. take off, good D. takes off, good
( )3.Mr King goes back to the party. People in the room stand up and smile at him. Because _______
A. he wears an old clothes B. he comes by a very good car
C. he wears his good clothes D. he takes off his good clothes
( )4. Mr. King takes off his good clothes, and _____ them _____ the good food.
A. ask , to eat B. asks, to eat C. lets, to eat D. ask, eat
( )5. Now Mr. King sees the good food is __________.
A. for he B. for his good clothes C. for me D. for him
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