If you are looking for the place that has everything, there is only one place to visit, and that’s New York. It’s a whole world in a city.
The World of Theater: All of New York is a stage. And it begins with Broadway. Where else can you find so many hit shows in one place? Only in New York!
The World of Music: Spend an evening with Beethoven at Lincoln Center. Swing to the great jazz of Greenwich Village. Or rock yourself silly at the hottest dance spots found anywhere.
The World of Art: From Rembrandt to Picasso. From Egyptian tombs to Indian teepees. Whatever kind of art you like, you will find it in New York.
The World of Fine Dining: Whether it’s Roast Beijing Duck in Chinatown, lasagna in little Italy, or the finest French coq au vin found everywhere, there is world of great taste waiting for you in New York.
The World of Sight: What other city has a statue (雕塑) of Liberty? A Rockefeller Center? Or a Bronx Zoo? Where else can you take a horse-draw carriage through Central Park, only in New York.From the text we know that “Rembrandt” is most likely to be the name of a famous .
| A．actor | B．painter | C．cook | D．musician |
Which of the following can visitors do only in New York?
| A．To eat Roast Beijing Duck. | B．To taste the finest French coq au vin. |
| C．To enjoy a Beethoven concert. | D．To see the statue of Liberty. |
This passage may be taken from .
| A．a guidebook for foreign travellers | B．a handbook for English learners |
| C．a pocketbook for businessmen | D．a storybook for local readers |
October 15th is Global Handwashing Day. Activities are planned in more than twenty countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash their hands with soap.
Experts say people around the world wash their hands but very few use soap at socalled critical moments. These include after using the toilet，after cleaning a baby and before touching food.
Global Handwashing Day is the idea of the Public Private Partnership for handwashing with soap. The goal，they say，is to create a culture of handwashing with soap. The organizers say all soaps are equally effective at removing diseasecausing germs (细菌)．They say the correct way to wash is to wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with soap. Rub it into all areas，including under the fingernails. Then，wash well under running water. Finally，dry your hands with a clean cloth.
The Partnership says soap is important because it increases the time that people spend washing. Soap also helps to break up the dirt that holds most of the germs. And it usually leaves a pleasant smell，which increases the chances that people will wash again.
It also says that washing hands with soap before eating and after using the toilet could save more lives than any medicine. It could help reduce cases of diarrhea (痢疾)，which is the second leading cause of child deaths，killing more than one and a half million children a year，by almost half. What does the author intend to tell us in the passage?
| A．To keep healthy by washing hands. |
| B．To wash hands with soap. |
| C．To take action to wash hands. |
| D．To wash hands often. |
Which of the following is the right way to wash hands?
a．Washing hands well under running water.
b．Covering hands with soap.
c．Drying hands.
d．Rubbing hands with soap.
e．Wetting hands.
| A．a－c－b－e－d | B．e－d－a－b－c |
| C．a－c－b－d－e | D．e－b－d－a－c |
Which fact can’t explain why soap is important?
| A．It gives people a longer handwashing time. |
| B．It helps to remove a lot of germs from hands. |
| C．It attracts people to do more handwashing. |
| D．It gets all people into the habit of washing hands. |
According to the last paragraph，diarrhea is a disease that________．
| A．kills half of the kids in the developing countries a year |
| B．causes the greatest number of child deaths |
| C．can be prevented to some degree by washing hands with soap |
| D．can’t be cured without washing hands |
Stuart Little Slipcase Gift Set a children’s book written by the famous author E. B. White. Stuart Little, the main character of the book, is no ordinary mouse. Born to a family of humans, he lives in New York City with his parents, his older brother George, and Snowbell the cat. Though he’s shy and thoughtful, he’s also a true lover of adventure.
He is a great help around the house, and everybody except Snowbell the cat likes him a great deal. Though he is very small, Stuart gets around in the world, riding a Fifth Avenue bus, racing (and winning in) a sailboat in Central Park, teaching school for a day, and so on. His size — just over two inches — does give him some trouble now and then, like the time he was rolled up in the window shade, or when he got dumped into a garbage scow. But on the whole, his life is a happy one.
His great adventure comes when, at the age of seven, he sets out in the world to seek his dearest friend, Margalo, a beautiful little bird who stayed for a few days in the Littles’ Boston house. It is on this search that we leave with Stuart, going north in his little car.
In this special gift-book edition of a beloved classic, renowned artist Rosemary Wells has lovingly added watercolor to the original black-and-white drawings by Garth Williams. Stuart Little, small in size only, has the spirit of a heroic figure, and his story, funny and tender and exciting by turns, will be read, reread, and loved by young and old.Stuart Little Slipcase Gift Set is a book mainly about _____.
| A．a special cat |
| B．a special family |
| C．a special bird |
| D．a special mouse |
The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 shows that Stuart Little _____.
| A．is too self-confident |
| B．is not really that small |
| C．likes taking adventures |
| D．doesn’t like being with his family |
According to Paragrpah 3, why does Stuart Little leave home?
| A．Because he is tired of his life at home. |
| B．Because a friend asks him to go with her. |
| C．Because he wants to find his friend Margalo. |
| D．Because he no longer wants to stay with the cat. |
What’s the difference between the old edition and the new edition of the book?
| A．The new edition has more drawings in it. |
| B．The new edition is a little shorter than the old one. |
| C．Some details have been added to the new edition. |
| D．The drawings in the new edition have been colored. |
We can most probably read this passage on a website _____.
| A．about kids’ health |
| B．selling books |
| C．about adventures |
| D．selling drawings |
Facebook is a social network service and website that was launched in 2004.Friends，family，and coworkers use Facebook to communicate with each other. Many businesses use the site to show their products.
Users can write about themselves or their companies and include pictures and videos. They can also permit everyone，or only a few people，to see their Facebook pages.
In the summer of 2010，Facebook announced that it has over 500 million active users around the world. About half of them use the site every day. About 70 percent of all Facebook users are in countries outside the United States.
Mark Zuckerberg and his friends started Facebook in 2004 when he was a second year student at Harvard University in Massachusetts. He began the project by illegally using the university’s computer system. Harvard University charged him with breaking several laws. Mark Zuckerberg was almost forced to leave school. But the university withdrew the charges. Mark Zuckerberg was also accused of stealing other people’s ideas and using them in Facebook. He has denied (否认) the charges. Several people have taken legal action against him.
At first, only Harvard students could use Facebook. But it quickly expanded to other universities. The website was also opened to high school students. Now，anyone at least 13 years old with an email address can join.
In the early days，only a small group of people managed Facebook. Now it has over 1，700 workers in 12 countries.
Facebook makes money by selling advertising. It has been extremely successful. The financial company SecondMarket，says Facebook is worth 41 billion dollars.
A movie about the creation of Facebook，called “The Social Network”，was released in October 2010. What can we learn about Facebook?
| A．The minority of its users are Americans. |
| B．Users can see anyone’s Facebook pages. |
| C．More than 500 million people are using it. |
| D．It provides social network service for Americans. |
Why was Mark Zuckerberg charged by Harvard University?
| A．He secretly designed illegal computer programs. |
| B．He devoted too much time working on his project. |
| C．He stole other people’s ideas when writing his essay. |
| D．He used the university’s computer system to start Facebook illegally. |
Which of the following can take the place of the underlined word “withdrew” in Paragraph 4?
| A．Dropped. | B．Took away. | C．Held on. | D．Rejected. |
Facebook manages to make huge profits mainly by________．
| A．attracting user | B．selling advertising |
| C．producing movies | D．increasing cooperation |
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama ended their first trip to India on Monday. The First Couple set off on the ten-day tour of Asia on Friday. Obama’s goals for the tour are to improve ties between the US and the region, and to promote (促进) economic growth and job creation. The President and his team will return to Washington, D.C. on November 14.
The Obamas began their trip in Mumbai, India, the financial and economic center of the country, on November 6. There, they met with government officials, business leaders and school groups. Up first on the schedule was a visit to a memorial at the TajMahal Palace and Tower Hotel. Obama’s second day in India was lighter than the first. The Presidential visit took place on Diwali, or the Festival of Lights. The five-day religious festival is celebrated each year by Hindus, Sikhs and others. The Obamas spent the holiday visiting with local schoolchildren.
On Monday, Michelle Obama joined 15 Indian school girls on a field trip to a museum of Indian craft work. During the tour, the First Lady stressed to the students the importance of education. Most of the children on the trip are the first girls in their families to attend school. Mrs Obama also encouraged the young women to stay fit, telling them that she likes to exercise because “women have to stay strong”.
Early tomorrow, the Obamas will travel to Indonesia, the country in which the President spent four years as a boy. After that, they will fly to Seoul, South Korea, to attend the Group of Twenty, or G-20, economic summit. The conference brings together leaders from 20 wealthy and developing nations and the European Union. They meet twice a year to address challenges that affect the global economy.
The final leg of the tour will be in Japan, where Obama will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. According to Paragraph 1, what are the goals for the ten-day tour?
a. To improve ties between the US and Asia.
b. To do sight-seeing in the countries.
c. To help economy grow faster.
d. To help create more jobs.
| A．abc |
| B．acd |
| C．ad |
| D．abcd |
What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
| A．What the First Couple did in India. |
| B．How long the First Couple stayed in India. |
| C．Introduction to a traditional holiday in India. |
| D．What the First Couple thought of their tour in India. |
During the field trip to a museum of Indian craft work, the First Lady _____.
| A．asked why only the first girls could go to school |
| B．told the students the importance of craft work |
| C．explained why women must stay strong |
| D．encouraged the students to study hard |
We can know from the passage that Mr Obama _____.
| A．will stay in Indonesia for four days |
| B．will stay in Japan for the shortest time |
| C．hasn’t attended the Group of Twenty before |
| D．will attend an important conference in Seoul |
How many countries does the First Couple plan to visit in total in their ten-day tour in Asia?
| A．3. |
| B．4. |
| C．5. |
| D．6. |
If you’re ever apart from your children, just talking on the phone will help just as much as a hug.
If you’re a parent who spends long hours on the job, you probably feel guilty for spending so much time away from your kids. But the results of a new study show that a mother’s voice alone can be just as comforting to an anxious child as physical contact.
In an experiment, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison asked a group of girls between the ages of 7 and 12 to solve math problems in front of judges — a stressful situation for anyone. Before the girls were set to give their answers, the researchers measured their levels of two hormones (荷尔蒙): cortisol, which goes up during stressful periods, and oxytocin, the “love” hormone.
After they were finished, some of the girls got to meet up with their mothers right away. The moms came in and hugged the girls. Another group of the girls didn’t see their mothers, but received phone calls from them, in which their mothers told them how well they’d done. The final group had no contact with their mothers, but instead watched an animal movie, March of the Penguins.
Finally, the girls’ hormone levels were measured again. Although the movie was interesting, it did nothing to ease the children’s anxiety — but, surprisingly, both the physical contact and phone calls from their mothers had the same influence on reducing the girls’ stress levels.
So, no matter how old you are, if you’re feeling stressed about something in your life, a phone call to Mom might be just the key to help you feel better. How does the writer make his point?
| A．By showing an experiment by him. |
| B．By showing the results of a study. |
| C．By telling an interesting story. |
| D．By giving some data. |
The new study finds that ____.
| A．kids don’t need their mothers so much |
| B．a mother’s voice can comfort her anxious kid |
| C．kids get less anxious with their mothers nearby |
| D．mothers haven’t spent enough time with their kids |
What is the CORRECT time order of the events in the study?
a. The girls solved their math problems.
b. The girls’ levels of hormones were measured again.
c. The girls were divided into three groups.
d. The girls’ levels of hormones were measured.
| A．a, c, d, b |
| B．c, a, d, b |
| C．d, a, c, b |
| D．d, c, a, b |
The final group was arranged to _____.
| A．hug their parents |
| B．watch a boring movie |
| C．watch an interesting movie |
| D．give their parents a phone call |
What does the underlined word in the second last paragraph probably mean?
| A．Notice. |
| B．Develop. |
| C．Replace. |
| D．Reduce. |
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