Have you ever thought about seeing the world for free? Although it may sound impossible, there’s a growing community that is making that dream one step closer.
The community is called Couchsurfing. The idea is that people open their homes up to travelers for free, and in exchange both people will learn from each other.
Instead of paying a lot of money staying in hotels, living with locals is both cheap and authentic(正宗的). Maybe you’ll find a hidden attraction in the city. It may be a good place where people like to visit. This is also your chance to ask what life in their country is really like.
It also works as a culture exchange. For example，if you play the guitar and your host is a great cook, teach him or her how to play to say thank you for the dinner. This type of exchange is popular.
But what are some manners of being a good Couchsurfer? First, be careful about cultural taboos(禁忌). For example, if you eat with Indians, never use your left hand. In Indian culture, left hands are used for the toilet. Also, when you are going to leave, it’s a good idea to prepare a small gift. This shows your appreciation to the home owner.
Now, are you ready to travel like a local? Where will you surf first?According to the passage, what’s the Couchsurfing?
| A．A travel way to offer the travelers their homes for free. |
| B．Offer food to the travelers for free. |
| C．Show some places of interest for free. |
| D．Take the travelers to some places in the city for free. |
What does the underlined word “appreciation ” mean?
| A．客气 | B．准备 | C．感激 | D．欣赏 |
What should we do if we eat with Indians?
| A．Don’t eat with the right hand. |
| B．Don’t eat with the left hand. |
| C．Eat with two hands. |
| D．Don’t eat with hands. |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．Hidden city. |
| B．Surfing on the Internet. |
| C．A community in the city. |
| D．A cheap way to travel and manners. |
Our school has a big library. We often go there. Today is Sunday. Lily and I are in the library. In the library there are some signs on the wall. The signs mean (意思是) different (不同的) things. We know them. Don’t shout in the reading room. Don’t drink or eat here. Don’t litter (乱扔东西) in the library.
I see a man smoking in the reading room. I go to him and say, “Sir, you can’t smoke here. Look at the sign. It says ‘No smoking’.You can smoke in the smoking room.” The man says sorry. Which sign means “Don’t litter”?
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A B C D What are there on the wall of the library?
| A．Pictures | B．Maps | C．Signs | D．Photos |
The man can smoke __________________.
| A．in the reading room | B．in the smoking room |
| C．anywhere (任何地方) in the school | D．in the library |
Where are Lily and I?
| A．In the park. | B．At the cinema. | C．In a shop. | D．In the library. |
In the library _____________.
| A．you can eat or drink | B．you can smoke |
| C．you can’t talk loudly (大声地) | D．you can litter |
Tom and I are good friends. Tom is an English boy, but I am a Chinese girl. My name is Li Hua. He is 12 and I am 13. He is in Class One. I’m in Class One, too.
Tom has a nice football. He can play it. I have a computer. I can play computer games, but I can’t play football. It’s difficult. Tom teaches (教) me to play football, and I teach him to play computer games. Now I can play football and Tom can play computer games.Li Hua is _______, but Tom is ____________.
| A．Chinese, Chinese | B．Chinese, English |
| C．English, Chinese | D．English, English |
Tom and Li Hua are _________.
| A．girls | B．boys | C．13 | D．in Class One |
--- How old is Li Hua? ---She is ____________.
| A．11 | B．12 | C．13 | D．14 |
Tom can play ________ now with my help.
| A．football | B．basketball |
| C．computer games | D．volleyball |
Which of the following (下面的句子) is true (真实的，正确的)?
| A．Tom has a football and Li Hua has a computer. |
| B．Li Hua can’t play football now. |
| C．Tom can’t play football. It’s difficult (难的). |
| D．Tom and Li Hua are teachers. |
On Thanksgiving Day, a teacher asked her class of first-graders to draw a picture of something they were thankful for. She thought that these children from poor families actually had little to be thankful for. And she found most of them drawing pictures of flowers or tables with food. The teacher was very surprised to see the picture Douglas handed in. It’s a hand, a simple hand.
But whose hand? The class were very interested in the strange picture. “I think it must be the hand of God that bring us food,” said one child, “A farmer,” said another, “Because he grows beautiful flowers.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher went over Douglas’ desk and asked whose hand it was. “It’s your hand, Teacher,” she said quietly and shyly.
She remembered that she had often taken Douglas, a dirty lonely child, by the hand while having a class break. She often did that with the children. But it meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this is everyone’s thanksgiving, not for the material things we get, but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.When did the story happen?
| A．On Christmas Day. | B．On Teachers’ Day. |
| C．On Mother’s Day. | D．On Thanksgiving Day. |
Why did Douglas draw the picture?
| A．He was good at drawing it. |
| B．His teacher asked him to draw it. |
| C．He wanted to show his thanks to the teacher. |
| D．He hoped to get a prize in drawing. |
What do you learn about Douglas from the passage?
| A．He was a lonely child. | B．He was very active in class. |
| C．He always kept his hand clean. | D．He often answered questions loudly. |
According to the passage, which of the following is an opinion (意见；主张；看法), but not a fact?
| A．The teacher went over Dauglas’ desk and talked to him. |
| B．Different people show their thanksgiving in different ways. |
| C．The teacher often took Douglas by the hand after class. |
| D．Most of the students were drawing the pictures of flowers or tables with food. |
Look! There are thousands of people waiting to buy tickets home in the railway station. Each time when Spring Festival comes, buying tickets of train trip would be very hard. And things seem to be getting worse and worse, although we have greatly increased the mileage of railway network and speeded up trains. Why? It’s because too many people want to go back home to spend Spring Festival with their family. Many people become angry with the Ministry (部)of Railways.
They wonder why it is hopeless for them to get the tickets from the railway station(火车站)Instead, they sometimes can only buy them from ticket scalpers (票贩) at much higher price.
The Ministry of Railways estimated(估计)that about 188 million passengers would travel by train during the 40-day peak (高峰) period surrounding the 2009 Spring Festival holiday. The number of travelers will be 8％ higher than that of 2008. This problem even drew the President Hu Jintao’s attention. He wrote a note to Liu Zhijun，Minister of the Ministry of Railways, asking him to take action to improve passenger convenience. Afterward, officials from the Ministry of Railways said they would try their best not to let any ticket-buyers spend Spring Festival at the railway station. Many people can’t buy the tickets from the railway station, and they sometimes can only buy them from the scalpers_________.
| A．expensively | B．happily | C．dangerously | D．hardly |
How many people took the train trip during the peak period surrounding the 2008 Spring Festival holiday?
| A．About 203 million． | B．About 188 million． |
| C．About 180 million． | D．About 174 million． |
What does the passage mainly tell us?
| A．People go home much more easily during the Spring Festival． |
| B．It is very hard to buy tickets in the railway station during the Spring Festival． |
| C．President Hu Jintao cares about the railway building problem． |
| D．The Ministry of Railways felt sorry about the problem． |
We can’t live without love and we know what love is, but we don’t say only humans know what love is. Yes, it’s impossible for animals to do some things because of their physical body. However, sometimes some of them might be able to show us the love that we have forgotten on our “busy road”, just like the following story.
A dog, was knocked down by a car and died in the middle of the road. Later, another dog ran beside the body of the dead dog and he tried to wake his friend up using his legs. When his effort to wake up his friend failed, he tried to push his friend to the roadside. But his friend was too heavy for him to push.
Though traffic was busy and dangerous, he wouldn’t want to go away from his friend, just standing beside his friend shouting and crying.
A lot of people saw this story and were very touched (感动的). Even a dog can show his loyalty (忠诚) and love to his friend, what can our humans do?The dog died because _______________.
| A．it was badly ill | B．it was knocked down by a car |
| C．it was too old | D．it fought against other dogs |
The other dog saw it lying in the middle of the road and it wanted to ________first.
| A．wake his friend up | B．push his friend to the roadside |
| C．catch up with the car | D．stop the traffic |
We learn __________ from the passage.
| A．the car driver is too cruel | B．animals can also show love |
| C．the two dogs are brothers | D．friends are the best in the world |
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