任务型阅读。（每小题1分，共5分）
The word “pizza” first appeared in Italy in 997 AD. But pizzas didn’t appear in the United States ①u the late 19th century. They came when Italian immigrants (移民) arrived and were very popular among Italians in some American cities. ②At that time, pizzas were sold by peddlers (小贩) who walked up and down the streets. The price was two cents a slice (片) then. Later small cafes and shops began selling pizzas.
The first report about “pizza” in the US appeared in the Boston Journal in 1904. Giovanni and Gennero Bruno came to America from Naples, Italy in 1903 to introduce the Neapolitan (那不勒斯人) to pizza. Vincent Bruno (Giovanni’s son) opened the first pizzeria (披萨饼店) in Chicago. The price for a pizza was five cents but because many people didn’t have enough money for a whole pie, they would instead say how much they could pay and they were ③g a slice according to the money they paid.
④披萨是在十九世纪五十年代晚期被介绍到加拿大的. They became more and more popular in the 1960s with many pizzerias and restaurants opening across the country.
任务一：根据首字母提示，在①③处填写恰当的单词，使句子完整。① ③
任务二：将文中划线句子②翻译成汉语。
任务三：将文中划线句子④翻译成英语。
任务四：回答下列问题。When did pizzas appear in the US?
How much did a pizza cost in Chicago when the first pizzeria was opened?
| Mary 09∶47∶05 Hi! Nice to meet you, too! I’m a girl. My name is Mary Hand. My favorite color is yellow. And my telephone number is 965-4236. |
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| Tom 09∶46∶11 Hi! Mary! Nice to meet you?I’m a boy. My name is Tom Brown. My favorite(最喜欢的) color is red. My telephone number is 783-6528. |
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根据表格内容，选择正确答案
A、red B、yellow C、blue
A、Mary B、Brown C、Hand
A、Brown B、Tom C、Mary
A、783-5682 B、965-4236 C、783-6528
A、in the morning
B、in the afternoon
C、in the evening
阅读理解（二）（共5分）
Basketball players are usually very tall.Because they need to put the ball into the basket.Other sports players may be shorter than them.
Short people often have better balance(平衡)than tall people，so they don't fall over very often.In some sports the players must have good balance.For example，in table tennis，they don't need to have long legs to run fast！Some of the fast runners in the world are not very tall.Some people are tall and some are short.The tallest man in the world is 2.41 meters tall.Today young people in many countries grow taller than their parents.This is because they eat better than their parents.Good food can help children grow.
根据短文内容回答问题
Mr Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr Black, a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him. But he couldn't work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr Black become angry and was going to send him away. He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised(许诺) he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to wait to be dealt with(处置).
One Monday morning Mr Smith came into the office with two badly burnt ears.
"What happened to your ears?" asked Mr Black.
"Well," said the man." I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing(熨) clothes. She had put the iron(熨斗) near the telephone before she went to cook supper. Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went into the sitting-room, the phone rang and I answered the iron!"
"And what happened to the other ear ?"
"When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!"
A、Mr Smith was not careful
B、Mr Smith drank too much
C、Mr Smith forget they were on the bridge
A、Monday B、Saturday C、Sunday
A、Mr Smith drank much after the match
B、Mr Smith was angry with his team
C、Mr Smith didn't drink those days
A、telephone B、drinking C、iron
A、He would go on driving for Mr Black.
B、He would never watch any match
C、Mr Black would send him away.
Is handwriting(书写) important? Yes, the 10-year-old girl Alyssa thinks so. She is a fifth-grade student from Mason County, the USA. She’s the champion(冠军) for her grade level in the National Handwriting Contest in 2012.
After she got the news, Alyssa was surprised that she could be the first. “I’m really happy,” she said. “I’m really surprised, too. I didn’t know I was that good.”
To enter (参加) the contest, each student had to write the sentence (句子) “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. It is a common English sentence, but it uses every letter of the English alphabet. Teachers were invited to be judges. They could decide who wins the contest. Alyssa enjoys handwriting, and wants to write adventure(冒险) stories when she gets older. “From the third grade we started learning handwriting,” Alyssa said. “All the letters look pretty. It makes me think of art.”
A、3 B、4 C、5
A、Listening B、Reading C、Handwriting
A、Because it’s difficult to write.
B、Because it’s good for students’ reading.
C、Because it has 26 different letters.
A、评判员 B、嘉宾 C、指导员
A、Alyssa is 10 years old and she’s from the UK.
B、Alyssa was not surprised when she got the news.
C、Alyssa wants to write adventure stories when she gets older.
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant(仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine(酒) 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 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(惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.
A、the rich man B、the servant C、both A and B
A、didn’t know B、wondered C、knew
A、there was in fact poison in the bottles
B、he did not want the servant to drink his wine
C、he wanted to kill the servant
A、the servant B、cat C、the rich man
A、lazy B、bad C、clever
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