Many Americans go to work five days a week. American students go to school five days a week, too, so they usually have a two-day weekend. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. At the weekend people spend their time in many different ways. Sometimes they go shopping. Sometimes they go for a drive. Sometimes they visit friends. Many families enjoy weekends together.
Many American families do some sports at the weekend. For example (例如), in summer, they enjoy swimming and biking. In autumn, they prefer (更喜欢) playing volleyball and tennis. In winter, they go skating and skiing(滑雪). In spring, they like sightseeing(观光)and hiking(徒步旅行). How happy they are! Do you have an enjoyable weekend?How many days do many Americans go to work a week?
| A．Five days. | B．Six days. |
| C．Seven days. | D．Four days. |
How do Americans spend their weekends?
| A．In the same way. | B．In two ways. |
| C．In three ways. | D．In many different ways. |
What sports do many Americans do in summer?
| A．Swimming and biking. |
| B．Playing volleyball and tennis. |
| C．Skating and skiing. |
| D．Sightseeing and hiking. |
Which sentence is NOT right?
| A．American schools are open five days a week. |
| B．People often play volleyball and tennis in autumn. |
| C．In America, the weekend is Sunday. |
| D．Many American families enjoy weekends together. |
Mary is an American girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn't know much Chinese, but she is studying it. She often speaks Chinese with her Chinese friends. Sometimes they can't understand her, because she can't speak Chinese very well. It's Saturday morning. She goes out. She is walking in the street. She wants to go to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn't know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy the way. The boy can't understand her. Then she takes out a pen and a piece of paper. She draws an elephant on it, and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands, and shows her the way to the zoo.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
Mary is__________ .
A. Chinese
B. English
C. American
Mary is in__________ with her parents now.
A. Shanghai B. Beijing C. New York
Mary doesn't know how to get to__________ .
A. the zoo B. the park C. her home
Mary can't speak__________ very well.
A. English B. England C. Chinese
At last The boy__________ .
A. can understand Mary's Chinese
B. takes her to the zoo
C. shows her the way to the zoo
A good breakfast is important. You can easily understand it. By breakfast time you have not eaten anything about twelve hours. Your body needs food for morning activities(活动). One good breakfast should be rice or bread, an egg , milk and fruit. On a cold morning a cup of hot drinks is necessary(必需的). A good breakfast helps you to smile more easily. It helps you to be more friendly and also to work better and play more happily. Your whole day will be more fun after you have enjoyed a good breakfast.
判断正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”It's not very important to have a good breakfast.
Food is needed in the morning because you have had nothing to eat for the whole night.
Only rice or bread will be a good breakfast.
If you get up late, your body doesn’t need food for morning activities
A good breakfast is helpful to you.
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Black Friday
Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday. The day after it has been known as Black Friday. It is the start of the holiday shopping season, and it has been the busiest shopping day of the year in the US since 2005.
Most stores offer big sales on Black Friday. They open their doors quite early in the morning. They try to attract shoppers with big discounts (打折). Some items (商品)like TVs and cloths are much cheaper than usual. Stores may even lose money on these items. They hope that shoppers will buy gifts for other people while they are in the store.
Black Friday is a great time to go shopping. However, there are problem. The biggest one is that there are not enough low-priced items. Each store may only have a few. These items are in great need, so people stand in long lines to get them. They may wait three to four hours before a store opens. They may be hoping to get a low price on a TV or computer, but not everybody can get one. Some people leave, disappointed.
The situation makes people worried. Some Black Friday events have been crazy. There have been fights over toys among shoppers. Some workers have even been hurt by large crowds. But most Black Friday events are safe and fun. Still, if you plan to go, you will expect large crowds and a bit of pushing.
So where does the name “Black Friday” come from? It was first used in Philadelphia in the 1950s. The police called this day Black Friday because of the heavy traffic it caused. In the 1960s, stores tried to rename the day “Big Friday”. It did not stick. The name “Black Friday” continued to spread across the country. It seems that it is here to stay.
Now people all over the country take part in Black Friday events. It is even spreading to other parts of the world. Stores have held Black Friday events in the UK, Australia, and Brazil since 2012. In Mexico, stores offer a weekend of discounts every year. They call it “El Buen Fin”, which means “the good weekend” in Spanish. I guess people everywhere like to buy things on sale.
Is Black Friday the start of the holiday shopping season?
_________________________________________________________________________What is the biggest problem with Black Friday?
_________________________________________________________________________How long may people have to wait before a store opens?
_________________________________________________________________________Where was the name “Black Friday” first used in the 1950s?
_________________________________________________________________________Why do people like going shopping on Black Friday? __________________________________________________________________________
“ Listen carefully to what I say.” the time traveler said. “I shall tell you something that you will not agree.”
“Why will we not agree?” I asked.
“Because the science and mathematics you know are not correct,” he said, “You believe there are only three dimensions(三维空间）---length, breadth(宽）and thickness.”
“There is nothing to agree with that,” the youngest member of our little group said.
“Exactly!” the time traveler answered. “But there is also a fourth dimension---time.”
“We all know about time,” another member of the group said,” Time passes.”
“I do not agree,” the time traveler said. “Length, breadth and thickness do not pass. They stay in the same place in space. We move about them. I can prove that time is the same. It does not pass. We move in time the same way that we move in length, breadth and thickness.”
None of us believed the time traveler, and we argued with him for many hours.
“If we could travel back in time,” the scientist said, “we could do things to change the future.”
“If we could travel forward in time,”the doctor(博士）said,“We could do things that change our present.”
The time traveler smiled. “It is clear,” he said, “that there is only one way I can show you that I am right. We must do an experiment. Please wait here.”
He left the room and soon returned, carrying what looked like a clock.
“This is a model of a time machine. It took me two years to make it.” the time traveler said, “I want all of you to understand that when I start the machine, it will immediately travel in time and disappear from present.”
He turned to the youngest of us. “Give me your hand.” he said.
The young man put out his hand. The time traveler took it and placed it on the machine. Immediately, there was a sudden wind, and the little machine disappeared.
I was certain this was not a trick, but the doctor was not so sure.
“Are you asking us to believe,” he said, “that the machine is now in the different time?”
“Certainly! In my laboratory, a full-size machine is almost complete. As soon as it is complete, I shall send myself on a journey through time. Would you like to see my machine?”
“Are you serious about this?” the doctor asked.
“I have never been more serious about anything,” the time traveler said, “Come.”
We followed him to his laboratory. There, we saw the actual machine, not quite complete, but large enough for a man to sit in. How many dimensions did the time traveler say there are?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
How long did it take the time traveler to make his model time machine?
| A．Two years. | B．Two months. |
| C．Twenty years. | D．All his life. |
Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
a. The model time machine disappeared with a wind.
b. The time traveler came back to the room with a model time machine.
c. The members of the group argued with the time traveler for many hours.
d. The time traveler showed them a full-size time machine which was not quite complete.
e. The youngest man’s hand was placed on the model time machine.
| A．e c a d b | B．b c e a d | C．c e b a d | D．c b e a d |
What can we infer(推断）from the passage about the time traveler?
| A．He believed that they could move in time. |
| B．He was playing a trick on a group of people. |
| C．He sent the young man to the future in the model time machine. |
| D．He would possibly send himself on a journey through time. |
What kind of story do you think the passage is?
| A．A detective story. | B．A science fiction. |
| C．A romantic fiction. | D．A horror story. |
One summer my friend and I decided to go to Italy for a holiday and we decided to travel there without going through a travel agency．You know，you would be submerged(淹没) in crowds of tourists and lose lots of opportunities to get familiar with the country more closely．We started to think over our trip and managed to come up with a free tour of Italy．
The trip was not very long but it was still very pleasant．We look forward to going there again! Of course，we spent lots of time arranging the trip，but it was well worth it! Of course I was afraid that something would go wrong and I was especially anxious about my visa，but everything went quite smoothly in the end．
The most difficult part was getting a visa（签证）without an invitation．In the Italian consulate，one must hand in some official paper proving that one has a hotel booked for oneself in order to get the visa．Then we had to solve the ticket problem．Airlines often sell cheap tickets and we bought ours far in advance．The next step was to book a hotel．We finally booked a hotel about 30 km away from the heart of Rome and it was the perfect choice for our trip．
Every day we took a train that carried us to the heart of Rome．Our big house，which was surrounded by the forest，was a rare place for the fresh air and complete silence，beautiful views，hospitable hosts，comfortable living conditions delighting us to no end．Besides this，we were very lucky that our mistress was Russian．She gave us a lot of advice that was of great use．She told us what transport to choose and where the best places to go．
Don’t be afraid to arrange your trip by yourself．It’s not difficult! The only thing I’ll say right now is that we really enjoyed traveling by ourselves．We walked with a map and a guidebook to wherever we wanted and we even met some of our fellow countrymen on the way just two or three times．So if you’re also planning a ‘single’ trip，don’t forget to take a Russian-Italian phrasebook as people in Italy prefer to speak in their native tongue． Why does the author want to go to Italy again?
| A．He had a great time there． |
| B．Italy has a lot of attractions． |
| C．His friend invited him there． |
| D．He didn’t stay in Italy long enough． |
What does the author think was the hardest in preparing for his Italian trip?
| A．Buying cheap airline tickets to Italy before the traveling． |
| B．Getting a visa without an invitation from the Italian consulate． |
| C．Booking a comfortable hotel on his own in Rome． |
| D．Solving the ticket problem far in advance． |
Which of the following questions has NOT been answered in the passage?
| A．Why did the author decide to go to Italy for a holiday for the first time? |
| B．Why did the author decide not to follow a travel agency? |
| C．How did the author prepare for his trip? |
| D．What tools did the author use for his traveling? |
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