Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don't act in the romantic way that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion. “I love you” is too luxurious(奢侈的)for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine's Day is even more out of the question. Finally my father has a bad temper when he's very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temper.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.
“Mom. I have a question to ask you.” I said after a while.
“What?” She replied, still doing her work.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.
My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes, She didn't answer immediately. Then she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her. I was in a great embarrassment and I didn’t know what to do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words：
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully. “Look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable(结实). If life is a quilt then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or any time, but it’s really there. Love is inside.”Why does the writer doubt the love of her parents?
| A．Because they hardly meet each other. |
| B．Because they hardly speak to each other. |
| C．Because they often argue with each other. |
| D．Because they hardly express their love. |
In the writer's opinion, ________________.
| A．her mother enjoys doing chores at home. |
| B．her parents often act in romantic ways. |
| C．her parents love to make money. |
| D．love means sending flowers on Valentine's Day and saying |
“I love you.”Here in the passage, “thread” may mean __________________.
| A．the writer's family. |
| B．the relationship between her parents |
| C．the love between her parents |
| D．the daily life |
The phrase “out of the question” in the passage means __________________.
| A．impossible | B．unbelievable |
| C．enjoyable | D．comfortable |
What’s the best title of passages?
| A．Life without love. | B． My parents’ love. |
| C．Life like sewing the quilt. | D．Love in mind. |
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We can not live a modern life without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. With a plane
one can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but one can see the country he is traveling through.
Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars. They make even the longest journey enjo
yable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large luxury liners or river boats
.They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holi
day.
Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundred
s of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interestin
g or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why peopl
e choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.According to the passage, the fastest way of traveling is _______.
| A．bycar | B．bytrain | C．byplane | D．bysea |
If we travel by car, we can _________.
| A．enjoythelongestjourney | B．travelonlyfiftymilesaday |
| C．makeourowntimetable | D．traveltoaveryfarplaceinafewminutes. |
When people travel on business, they usually take _________.
| A．aboatoratrain | B．acaroratrain |
| C．aplaneoracar | D．atrainoraplane |
_______ have comfortable seats and dinning-cars.
| A．Cars | B．Moderntrains | C．Planes | D．Buses |
If possible, people like traveling by sea because _______ .
| A．itisasfastastrainsandplanes |
| B．itisapleasantwaytospendaholiday |
| C．itisverycheap |
| D．itcanstopwherevertheylike |
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| Channel 1(一频道) |
Channel 2 |
| 18:00 Around China |
15:45 Computers today |
| 18:30 Children’s program |
18:10 Foreign arts |
| 19:00 News |
18:30 Modern English |
| 19:30 Weather report |
19:00 Animal world |
| 19:40 Around the world |
19:25 In Asia |
| 20:10 TV play: Sister |
20:20 Sports |
| 21:00 English for today |
21:00 Sports player—Yao Ming |
| 21:15 Pop music |
21:45 English news |
| 21:55 Talk show |
22:05 On TV next week |
If you want to know something about Yao Ming, the best program for you is ______.
| A．TalkShow | B．Sports | C．Sportsplayer | D．TVplay |
You’ll know something about ________ at 19:00 on Channel 2.
| A．animals | B．news | C．foreignarts | D．Asia |
If you want to watch NBA, the best program for you would be_______.
| A．Sports | B．Aroundtheworld | C．Foreignarts | D．Englishnews |
If you like music very much, the best program is______.
| A．at21:45onChannel2 | B．at21:55onChannel1 |
| C．at21:00onChannel2 | D．at21:15onChannel1 |
“Modern English” is a program that ______.
| A．teachesyouEnglish |
| B．tellsyousomethingaboutEnglishclassroom |
| C．letyouknowEnglishnews |
| D．helpsyoumakeforeignfriends |
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There are 45 students in our class. I have made a survey, 36 students say they like to exercise. Most boys play basketball together twice a week. But girls think basketball is difficult for them, they’d like to play volleyball together twice a week. My friend, Tony, is good at running. He runs fastest in our class. He runs for 30 minutes on the playground every evening before he goes to bed. Is it interesting? Gray is good at swimming. He goes to the swimming club three times a month in winter, and three times a week in summer. So he is pretty healthy. Some of my classmates have good eating habits. They eat both meat and vegetables. 70% of them drink milk every day. 15 students say they drink milk three or four times a week. But some students like to eat junk food, especially Sally. What’s worse is that she doesn’t like to exercise, so she is very fat. She always says “ I’m going to lose weight(减肥) tomorrow.” How often do most boys play basketball?
| A．Everyday | B．Twiceaday |
| C．Twiceaweek. | D．Twiceamonth. |
Why do the girls dislike to play basketball?
| A．Becausetheyhavenotime. |
| B．Becausetheythinkitisnoteasy. |
| C．Becausetheydon’tliketoplaywiththeboys. |
| D．Becausetheydon’tliketoexercise. |
When does Tony often run for 30 minutes?
| A．Everymorning. |
| B．Everyafternoon |
| C．Everyeveningbeforehegoestobed. |
| D．Everyeveningbeforesupper |
How often does Gray swim in winter?
| A．Threetimesamonth. | B．Threetimesaweek. |
| C．Itisn’tmentionedinthepassage | D．Hardlyever |
Why is Sally so fat?
| A．Becauseshedoesn’tliketoexercise. |
| B．Becauseshelikestoeatjunkfoodverymuch. |
| C．Becausesheeatstoomuchmeat,butdoesn’texercise. |
| D．Becauseshedoesn’tliketoexercise,andshelikestoeatjunkfood. |
My friend Peter was kind and lovely. But as a student, he was bad at math, English and science because he didn't have an aptitude(资质)for that kind of study.
One day we were playing football and the ball got stuck in a tree. Peter climbed the tree to get it, and one of the teachers, John Marston was looking out of the window, noticed that he was a talented climber. Mr Marston was an expert (专家)in climbing. He had climbed many mountains.
One weekend Mr Marston invited Peter to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Peter really enjoyed the climbing. Mr Marston told Peter he was a very talented climber for his age. Peter left school three years later with no qualifications (毕业证)，but he kept climbing regularly until he became very good at it. In his early twenties, he became a professional climber. He said, “I’ll always remember Mr Marston because he showed me I had an ability which no one else, including me, knew about."Did Peter know he had an ability to climb at first?
_____________________________________.Which subject was Peter not good at?
_________________________________.When did Peter and Mr Marston climb Mount Kilimanjaro?
_________________________________.
New York is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move about the city on their way to work and school? So, we should know something about its transportation.
In New York you can travel about the city by subway, bus, taxi and car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes all parts of the city. Traveling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.
The second way to travel around the city is by public bus. It’s a slower way to travel. This is because the bus moves in road traffic which is often heavy.
You can also travel around the city by taxi. This is the most expensive way, but the taxi will take you to the very place you wish to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, this is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work.
The last way to get around New York is using your own car. However（但是）, it’s not easy for you to drive, especially（尤其是）when you are driving in the “rush hour”. If there is an accident（交通事故）on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.
The best time to travel around the city is from 9am to 4 pm. This is the time after the morning “rush hour” and before the evening “rush hour”. Traffic will be less crowded because most people are already at school or at work. This passage is mainly（主要）about _____.
| A．the weather of New York |
| B．the transportation of New York |
| C．the people in New York |
| D．traffic accidents in New York |
The fastest way to travel in New York is by _____.
| A．subway | B．taxi | C．bus | D．car |
The most expensive way to travel in New York is by _____.
| A．subway | B．taxi | C．bus | D．car |
If you travel in New York in your own car, which of the following is the best time?
| A．From 8am to 10 am | B．From 3am to 10 pm |
| C．From 3 am to 5 pm | D．From 10 am to 3pm |
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