Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to go a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. There were lots of people in it. The old man couldn’t come near the fire. He thought and thought. At last he got an idea. He said to the waiter, “ Take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the people were very surprised. The waiter said, “ A horse doesn’t eat fish.” The old man told the waiter, “This horse is very interesting. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.” So the waiter brought the horse some fish.
All the people in the restaurant ran out to see the horse eat except(除…之外) the old man. So the old man sat beside the fire. After a moment the waiter came back and said, “ Your horse didn’t eat any fish.” The old man said, “ All right. Take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”
The old man felt very cold because ___________.
| A．it was a windy day |
| B．it was snowing heavily |
| C．he was walking in the heavy rain |
| D．he was hungry |
All the people in the restaurant ran out except the old man because ________.
| A．they wanted to see the old man |
| B．they wanted to see the horse eat the fish |
| C．they wanted to see the horse |
| D．there was no fire over the stove |
In fact, the horse couldn’t _________.
| A．walk or eat | B．sing or sleep |
| C．sing or eat fish | D．talk or drink |
Why did the old man ask the waiter to take some fish to his horse?
| A．Because he was cold. |
| B．Because his horse liked eating fish. |
| C．Because he wanted to sit by the fire. |
| D．Because he also liked eating fish. |
What’ s the best title of the passage?
| A．A horse that can eat fish | B．A good idea |
| C．An old man and a horse | D．An old man |
A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just become motherless. The bombing(爆炸) destroyed her home and killed her mother.
Every day we see pictures like this on TVs or in newspapers. We see young Iraqi children asking for food and water from American and soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad(巴格达). We see these children following grown-ups, carrying bags of things almost at the same size as their small bodies as they leave their homes in Baghdad.
“Dad, why are the Americans fighting us? Are we going to be killed?” asks the son of Abu Sinar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.
He tries to comfort him by saying ,“The bombs（炸弹） are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We are going to be all right.” Even though Abu knows this isn’t always the truth, what else can he do? In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to make them sleep so that they won’t hear the sound of bombing. And all the schools are closed.
“All we do is to listen to and hear the war,” said Abu, “We, all the people and the children, have to live in fear(恐惧). We feel hopeless and helpless. We don’t know where the next bombs are going. We can do nothing but wait to be killed.”During the war, children are ______________.
A.studying at school B.safer than their parents C.in great dangerThe children have to flee(逃离) their homes because_________.
A.it’s dangerous to stay at home because of the bombing.
B.their parents are not at home
C.they want to get food and water.Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his son, because___________.
A.he doesn’t want to tell him the real reason
B.he doesn’t want to tell a lie.
C.he doesn’t know how to explain it clearly.“sleeping pills” are __________.
A. a kind of thing to help them to be away from the war.
B.a kind of medicine to help them to fall asleep
C.a kind of food to make them strongAccording to the passage we know that__________.
A. all the children in Iraqi are looking for something to eat.
B. all the children in Iraqi are thinking about something to solve the war problem
C. the children in Iraqi are feeling fearful, helpless and hopeless during the war.
Most people in Britain live in small family groups. More than a quarter of homes in Britain have only one person living in them. Some of these persons are old but some are of twenty to thirty who choose to live alone. 35% of homes have two people living in them, and another 17% have three people. 15% have four people living in them, and the other homes have five or more.
The families in Britain are small. It is unusual for parents to have more than two children. When children are about eighteen or nineteen, they leave their parents’ home, and they often go to other cities. Sometimes they only visit their parents two or three times a year.
根据短文内容，判断正(A)误( B)。The passage is a report.
35% of homes in Britain have 3 people living in them.
The families in Britain are large.
Some are people of twenty to thirty who choose to live alone.
The passage mainly tells us the population in American.
“Mr. Mott often forgets important meetings. The robot will go after him all the time. It listens to everything he says. It sees everything he does. At night, it watches him sleep. It knows everything about Mr. Mott…”
It sounds like a wonderful idea, doesn’t it? But I’m afraid that Mr. Mott will not get on well with the robot, because everyone has something he doesn’t want others know. It is privacy. Just imagine that there is a video camera around you all day. How do you feel? When you are taking an exam, a teacher sits in front of you and watches you all the time. How do you feel?
Mr. Mott doesn’t lose all his memory. At least he remembers that he always forgets. So why can’t he do something for this HIMSELF? He can keep a notebook with him, like most people do. In the notebook he can write down the things he should do, the persons he should meet and the places he should go. Isn’t the notebook much cheaper and safer than the robot?“It” in the first paragraph(段落) refers to______________.
| A．Mr. Mott | B．Mrs. Mott | C．the robot | D．a video camera |
Why does the writer think Mr. Mott will not always get on well with the robot?
| A．Because it is invented by others. | B．Because it can talk with Mr. Mott. |
| C．Because it can remind(提示；提醒) Mr. Mott of something he forgets. | |
| D．Because it knows something Mr. Mott doesn’t want others know. |
The underlined word “privacy” means _______________in Chinese.
| A．提供 | B．丧失 | C．特权 | D．隐私 |
Mr. Mott is_____________.
| A．handsome | B．forgetful | C．a scientist | D．kind and friendly |
From this passage we know that the writer__________________.
| A．doesn’t like the robot to follow Mr.Mott all day. |
| B．thinks it is a good idea to have a robot like Mr Mott’s. |
| C．If we always forget something important,we should have a robot. |
| D．A notebook is cheaper than a robot but a robot is better than a notebook. |
| AVERAGE RESOURCES(资源) |
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| 620 m3 water |
If we put flesh water and sea water together，we can each have 620 m3 water．But remember，sea water is too salty for us to drink if the factories don’t process(加工)it first．So，620 m3 is little．Saving water in daily use is important． |
| 0．5 hectares of forests |
There are 3．869 billion hectares(公顷)of forests on Earth．But we are losing them mainly because we cut trees too much．If we calculate(计算)at the size of a football field，we are losing 343，000 football fields every day，or 1，431 per hour，or 24 per minute ! |
| 1．5 centimeters long corals(珊瑚) |
All the corals that we have now spread(绵延)for about 100，000 km in 109 countries．But each of us can only have such a little piece，because seas are get-ring polluted and corals are dying． |
| 33 stars |
According to the latest report，there are 200 billion stars in the Milky Way．Each of us can have 33 of them．Unfortunately，we cannot see most of the 200 billion stars from Earth．We can only see about 6．000 stars．If we don’t use telescopes(望远镜)or we have bad weather，we can only see about 2，000 stars． |
| 90kg rice |
On average(平均)，we get 0．54 billion tons of rice each year round the world and each of us can have 90 kg．Asia produces and eats 90％of all the rice．How long will it take you to eat up this 90 kg rice? |
On average，maybe we each have________fresh water in the world．
| A．620m3 | B．more than 620m3 |
| C．far less than 620m3 | D．no more than 620m3 |
When we use telescopes or the weather is fine，we can see________stars from Earth．
| A．all the stars | B．about 200 billion | C．about 2．000 | D．about 6．000 |
According to the table above，we each can only have________because of pollution．
| A．less water | B．fewer forests | C．fewer corals | D．less rice |
We are losing___________football fields every day because people cut down too many trees.
| A．343，000 | B．3．869 | C．1，431 | D．24 |
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．We get 0.54 billion tons of rice each year round the world and each of us can have 9 kg． |
| B．We cannot see most of the 20 billion stars from Earth． |
| C．Sea water is too salty for us to drink if the factories don’t process it first． |
| D．each of us can only have some pieces of corals，because seas are get-ring polluted． |
Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)
A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded. A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.
Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes. From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
| A．a motor car | B．a motor home | C．a motorbike | D．a big truck |
Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.
| A．sold their old house | B．moved to their grandparents’ house |
C．built a new place for a van | D．sold their second car |
A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.
| A．a baby | B．much money | C．more than two children | D．interest in vans |
Americans usually use motor homer____________.
| A．to travel with all the family members of holiday | ||
| B．to do some shopping with all the family members |
C．to visit their grandparents at weekends |
D．to drive their children to school every day |
Motor homes have become popular because___________.
| A．they can take people to another city when people are free |
B．they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays |
C．some people think motor homes are cheap |
D．big families can put more things in motor homes |
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