People in Los Angeles are known for their love of cars．The city is very large，and its public transportation is slow．So people drive everywhere．But now，a group of bicyclists are trying to get people out of their cars and on bikes．
Devon Fitzgerald says he has to be careful when he rides his bike in the streets．"A lot of people are in a rush，and it's very difficult to keep careful，for they would rather care for their speed than your safety．"Although riding a bike to work can be dangerous，he prefers it to a car．"It's much simpler than driving a car．For example，I don't have to worry about parking．"
Roger Rosas drives to work．"You always have to make sure you look to the other side because someone would rush across by bike．Or you can easily get into an accident．"
To make bicycling safer，some people who live and work near each other are riding to work together，which they call a "bike train"．Nona Varnado helped create the group L．A．Bike Trains．"You're in a big group．If you're afraid of riding alone，you can now ride with experienced riders．"Nona said that people would feel safer by riding together in a group．
36．People in Los Angeles are known for their love of ．
A．cars
B．buses
C．subways
D．bicycles
37．Devon Fitzgerald finds it to ride his bike in the streets．
A．safe
B．dangerous
C．boring
D．exciting
38．Devon Fitzgerald likes riding a bike better because ．
A．it's much cheaper
B．it is full of fun
C．it's safer everywhere
D．it's much easier
39．From the passage we know that ．
A．riding in a "bike train" can help people feel safer
B．Devon Fitzgerald helped to create L．A．Bike Trains
C．Roger Rosas prefers riding a bike to driving a car
D．people can easily get into an accident when riding together．
Sydney Tower is ____________ in Sydney, Australia.
| A．the busiest street | B．the biggest station |
| C．the most beautiful park | D．the highest point |
Sydney Tower opens at ____________.
| A．8:00 am | B．9:00 am | C．10:30 pm | D．11:30 pm |
If an adult with two children goes to visit Sydney Tower, he has to pay ___________.
| A．$60 | B．$90 | C．$120 | D．$150 |
On the evening of last Sunday while I was reviewing my lessons in my room, it suddenly began to rain. 1 as usual, I stopped to listen to the rhythm（韵律）of the rain. For many years, whenever it rains, I couldn’t 2 listening to it and thinking of the garden in which I spent my childhood in my hometown.
When I was a little girl, my family lived in a big house with a big garden in the countryside. The garden was full of flowers and 3 , with some bamboo in front of the wall. Whenever it rained, I 4 to sit in the front of the house, listening to the rhythm of the rain and watching the 5 raindrops.
When small drops of rain fall from the heaven in a row, they 6 a curtain made up of pearls（珍珠）; when the raindrops 7 the ground, a lot of small sprays（水花）will splash（溅出）and then disappear slowly.
I have been 8 interested in watching such a scene. Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I feel calm and peaceful in my heart. This feeling of peace makes me think a lot about life. We are the 9 of the earth, and one day we will embrace（拥抱）our earth and stay with her forever. Life is short and we should treasure it.
Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I learn to understand the 10 of life.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Look at the centre circles of Diagram (图)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger? In fact, they are exactly the same size.
Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.
“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:
When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “visual illusion(视觉错误)”.
Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Parkand Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions.Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?
| A．something is wrong with our eyes |
| B．the two circles are not the same size |
| C．our brains interpret the information in a wrong way |
| D．the two pictures change quickly from one to the other |
What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?
| A．To help the actors look better |
| B．To make the actors much braver |
| C．To help the actors become stronger |
| D．To make the actors seem different in size |
In the picture below, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD.
Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?
A. The second one.
B. The third one.
C. The fourth one.
D. The sixth one. What’s the right order according to the passage?
a. We look at things with our eyes.
b. Our brains interpret the messages.
c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.
d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.
| A．a d b c | B．c a b d | C．a c d b | D．b c a d |
Where may this passage be from?
| A．A letter | B．An English newspaper |
| C．A science book | D．An advertisement |
America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today,10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society (社会) in many ways —education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the growing of America has made us a very different society —one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.
A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position (职位、地位), marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
Many people say, ‘I am much younger than my mother—or my father—was at my age.’ No one says ‘ Act your age’ any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways. It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America ______.
| A．has made people feel younger |
| B．has changed people’s social position |
| C．has changed people’s understanding of age |
| D．has slowed down the country’s social development |
The underlined word ‘one’ in the first paragraph refers to____.
| A．a society | B．America | C．a place | D．population |
."Act your age " in the last paragraph means people should ______.
| A．be active when they are old |
| B．do the right thing at the right age |
| C．show respect for their parents young or the old |
| D．take more physical exercise suitable to their age |
If a 20-year-old man becomes general manager of a big company, the writer of the text would most probably consider it ______.
| A．normal | B．wonderful |
| C．unbelievable | D．unreasonable |
(Notes: navy 深蓝色 olive 橄榄色 silver 银白色)
| Boys’ Soccer Jacket – Red / Black / Navy sale ＄11.89 List price: |
Boys’ Practice Basketball Jersey(运动套衫) – Red / White / Black sale ＄6.99 List Price: |
| Boys’ Zipper Shorts – Olive sale ＄6.29 List price: |
Boys’ Sports Shoes – Navy sale ＄6.49 List price: |
| Boys’ Stripe Polo Shirt – Olive sale ＄5.59 List price: |
Men’s Running Shoes – Black sale ＄29.99 List price: |
| Boys’ Basketball Shorts – Blue new ＄9.99 |
Boys’ Track Pants – Red / Black / Navy new ＄12.99 |
| Boys’ Full Zip Coat – Black / Navy / Green new ＄14.99 |
Boys’ Basketball Shooter Jersey – Navy new ＄9.99 |
If John wants to buy a red soccer jacket and a pair of black boys’ track pants. How much will he pay?
| A．＄24.88. | B．＄18.09. | C．＄29.98. | D．＄21.88. |
Peter wants to buy a jersey and a pair of shorts, but he has only＄15.00. Which will he buy?
| A．A pair of basketball shorts and a basketball shooter jersey. |
| B．A basketball shooter jersey and a pair of track pants. |
| C．A practice basketball jersey and a basketball shooter jersey. |
| D．A practice basketball jersey and a pair of zipper shorts. |
What’s the meaning of “sale” in the chart in Chinese?
| A．出售 | B．待售 | C．大减价 | D．半价销售 |
粤公网安备 44130202000953号