A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple tree he grew.
One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but he did not know where to plant it.
He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the tree in his wood. But without sunlight and good soil(土壤),the tree soon died,
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "What’s the difference? " the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought.
"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed (毁掉) a good apple tree !"
What gift did the farmer get from his friend one day?
How many people are there in the story?
Where did the farmer plant the apple tree at last?
Why did the apple tree soon die?
Who destroyed the apple tree?
Tom has a strong and faithful dog, Bruce. The dog likes playing with Tom. Sometimes he also follows Tom’s father to work.
One morning when Tom’s father worked in the field, he took off his coat and put it on the ground under a big tree. He turned to the dog and said,“Watch my coat, Bruce!”
Bruce sat down on the coat. Later Tom’s father remembered he had to buy some food. So he hurried to the shop. After shopping, he went home directly and forgot all about his coat and the dog.
Late in the evening Tom looked for his dog everywhere in the house, but he couldn’t find him. At this time Tom’s father suddenly remembered his coat and the dog. He went back to the tree at once. He found that Bruce was still sitting on the coat!
根据短文内容判断正误,正确的在答题卡上涂A,错误的在答题卡上涂B。(5小题,每小题1分,共5分)
Bruce likes playing with Tom.
One morning, Tom’s father went to work in a factory with the dog.
Tome’s father went home with the dog after shopping.
Bruce watched the coat from morning to evening that day.
Bruce was angry with Tom’s father.
阅读下面的短文,并根据短文内容用完整的句子回答问题。
At a special ceremony(仪式), a special award was offered
to a group of students from Changjian University on February 11,
2010. They were brave enough to help save two boys from
Changjiang Rive. All the students were there except three, who lost
their lives when they tried to save the boys.
On the afternoon of October 24, 2009, some students were
taking a trip to Changjiang River. Suddenly two boys fell into the river. Some of them quickly jumped into the water and saved one boy. However, things didn’t go so well when they tried to save the other one. More students joined in, and, hand in hand, they formed a human wall. Finally the other boy was saved.
However, the human wall broke down and many students were swept away by the rushing water. At that moment several members of a winter swimming team nearby came to help and succeeded in saving many of the students. But the three of them, who were only 19, were nowhere to be found.
What did the students receive at the ceremony?
___________________________________________________________________________
Were all the students who saved the boys at the ceremony?
___________________________________________________________________________
What was described in the second paragraph?
___________________________________________________________________________
Why were many students rushed away by the water?
___________________________________________________________________________
What’s your idea after reading this story?
___________________________________________________________________________
阅读短文,选择正确答案
Come and see the Indian elephants and tigers from America. The koalas are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from Thailand are waiting to throw things at you. The cute dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.
Tickets (票) Time
Adult (成人): $ 6 June 1~ June 2
Children: Free 9:00 am.~ 7:00 pm.
Keep the park clean!
Do not touch (触摸), give food or go near the animals!
How many kinds of animals are talked about in the poster (海报)?
A.4 | B.5 | C.6 | D.7 |
Mr. and Mrs. Brown will take their twins aged 6 to the park. How much will the tickets be together (总共)?
A.$6 | B.$12 | C.$18 | D.$24 |
Visitors can do the following things EXCEPT (除了) _____________.
A.giving some food to the tigers |
B.watching the elephants dancing |
C.laughing at the dogs from Australia |
D.taking some photos |
From the passage we can know the animal “giraffe” is ____________.
A.long | B.fat | C.tall | D.strong |
The poster may be made (制作) just ________________.
A.on New Year’s Day (元旦节) |
B.on Christmas Day (圣诞节) |
C.after Children’s Day (儿童节) |
D.before Children’s Day |
任务型阅读。
Charles,Isabel,Alex,Tara和Toby五个人都爱好体育。现在他们正打算从事各自喜欢的项目。请仔细阅读第76--80题中的个人情况说明,然后选出符合各人要求的最佳选项。
Charles works in the city center and wants to take up a sport that he can often do during his lunch break. He enjoys a game in which he can play with his workmate on the desk to relax.
Isabel, aged 17, is a Chinese girl who studies in the US now. She never misses any matches played by Houston Rockets. She hopes to follow in Yao Ming’s steps.
Alex likes water sports very much. He is good at showing different styles, such as butterflies, frogs and so on. Believe it or not, he can dive under water for 2. 5 minutes.
Tara comes from America. Now she teaches English in a middle school in Beijing. In her free time, she would like to go in for a traditional sport so that she can learn more about China.
Toby is a student in charge of PE lesson in Riverside Middle School. These days he is training hard for the coming sport meet. He wants very much to break the school record of 175cm.
A B C D E
Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games! |
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Archery |
Archery has a 10,000 year history, when bows and arrows were first used for hunting and war. Archery first appeared at the Paris Olympics of 1990. It was removed after 1908 and only returned to the Olympics at Munich in 1972. |
Did you know? In the 14th century, archery was so important that as English law required every man, aged seven to 60, to practise it. |
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Badminton |
This sport was invented by British soldiers in India who called it Poono, the same name as the town in which they lived. It was first played at the Olympics in 1992 at Barcelona. Although the rules of the modern sport were developed in England, Asian countries are now the best. |
Did you know? The best balls are said to be made from the feathers of the left wing of goose. |
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Football |
There are two medal competitions for Olympic football, one for men’s teams and one for women’s. Football was first played at the 1908 Olympic Games and it has been played at every Olympic Games ever since, except for Los Angeles 1932. |
Did you know? Hungary has won three football gold medals-more than any other country. |
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Taekwondo |
This Korean sport’s name means “the way of the hand and foot”. The players get points by hitting each other with these two parts of the body only. The players mustn’t lie on the floor and no equipment can be used. Taekwondo first appeared at the 2000 Sydney Games. |
Did you know? Over 60 million people from 190 countries around the world regularly take part in this sport. |
Who invented the sport of badminton?
A.Indians. | B.British. | C.Chinese. | D.Koreans. |
Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?
A.Archery. | B.Badminton. | C.Taekwondo. | D.Football. |
Which sport was first named after a town?
A.Badminton. | B.Football. | C.Taekwondo. | D.Archery. |
Which of the following picture shows the sport of “Taekwondo”?
A. | B. | C. | D. |
Where can you most probably find web page?
A.Sydney 2000.com |
B.Beijing 2008.com |
C.Guangzhou 2010.com |
D.London 2012.com |
阅读短文,根据短文内容,从短文的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 有一个选项为多余选项。
A funny thing happened to my sister Tina last month. She lives in Japan and teaches English. In Japan, people don’t usually wear their outdoor shoes in the house or in school, and a lot of buildings have places for shoes. So her school ahs a special place for shoes.
Tina teaches English in the evening. One Friday, she went to school, and she put her shoes in the shoe box—as usual. Then she had an interesting spoken English class with her students. But to her surprise, her shoes weren’t in the box. There was only one pair of those there, and they weren’t her hoes! She had to get home in a hurry.
On Monday, at her next English class, her shoes were in a shopping bag on her desk! There was a note that said, “I’m so sorry. I took your shoes by mistake!” Somebody felt a lot of shame!
A. It’s a shoe box. B. Tina is my sister. C. So she put on the shoes and left. D. After class she got ready to leave. E. But there was no name on the note. |
It was an exciting moment for Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, a retired married couple from Harbin, China. It was also a great moment for China because it was the country’s first gold medal in the pairs figure(花样)skating competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
Everyone was very quiet when Shen and Zhao were skating onto the ice. They were expecting something wonderful to happen. As soon as the music started, Shen and Zhao skated around the field quickly with beautiful style; every move was perfect. When the music stopped, all the people cheered. In the end Shen and Zhao won the Olympic gold medal.
In China, winter sports are not as popular as they are in America and Northern European countries. So China sent only 90 athletes to Vancouver to take in a few, carefully chosen sports. Such a good decision also led to Wang Meng and Zhao Yang winning gold medals in the little known, but exciting sports of short track (轨道) speed skating.
China did not win a lot of medals at these Winter Games. Most of the events are still very new to China and need to be developed. But Chinese athletes learn very quickly. For example, China’s women’s curling team(冰壶队) only began in 2003, but they were No. 1 at the 2009 World Women’s Curling Championship.
This means that with hard work and a bit of luck, China’s winter stars could soon shine on the world stage.
Shen Xue won the gold medal in the ________event at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
A.pairs of figure skating | B.short track speed skating |
C.women’s curling | D.long track speed skating |
The people were _____when Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo started skating at the games.
A.noisy | B.quiet | C.cheering | D.excited |
The underlined(划线)word “couple” means _____in Chinese.
A.对手 | B.朋友 | C.夫妻 | D.同事 |
China’s women’s curling team won’t be eight years old until______.
A.2003 | B.2009 | C.2010 | D.2011 |
What made China’s winter athletes get such a success?
A.Luck. | B. A chance. |
C.Hard work and a little luck. | D.The country’s support. |
One day a young man went to the town and bought himself a new pair of pants. When he got home, he went to his room and put them on. He found they were about two inches(英寸) long. He went into the kitchen(厨房). His mother and his two sisters were doing some washing there. He said to them,“ The new pants are too long. They need cutting(剪) by two inches. Would one of you do this for me?” His mother and sisters were busy and nobody said anything.
But after his mother finished washing, she went to her son’s room and cut the pants by two inches. She came back without saying anything to her daughters. After supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s pants. She went to his room and cut the pants by two inches without saying anything to anyone. The younger sister went to the cinema. But when she came back, she also remembered her brother’s pants, so she went to his room and cut them by two inches, too.
The pants were .
A.too long | B.new | C.for the young man | D.A, B and C |
The young man’s mother and sister didn’t answer him because .
A.they don’t like him at all |
B.they were too busy at that time |
C.they didn’t want to do it for him |
D.they didn’t hear him clearly |
If the pants were 197 inches at first, at last they were .
A.191 inches | B.193 inches | C.195 inches | D.199 inches |
From the story, we know .
A.The young man’s mother and sister didn’t want to help him. |
B.The young man can wear the pants to go out now. |
C.The young man can cut his pants himself. |
D.The young man wouldn’t be very happy after he saw his pants. |
Which one is true from the story?
A.The young man’s mother and sisters wouldn’t like to talk with each other. |
B.The young man’s mother and sister didn’t hear the young man’s words. |
C.The young man’s pants were too long for him now. |
D.The young man had to buy another pair of pants now. |
When the traffic lights turn red, we will stop driving a car or crossing a street. Why is red used for traffic lights instead of other colors?
As we know, scattering(散射) happens when light goes through the air. For the same media(媒质), if the wavelength islong, the scattering will be short. If the wavelength is short, then the scattering will be long.
Of all lights we can see red has the longest wavelength, so the scattering is the weakest. That means the red light travels far. In fact, it travels farther on rainy days.
Using the red light can help drivers in farther areas sec the lights. It helps drivers stow down or stop in lime. If drivers don't see the red light until they are close, they may not be able to stop the car in time. An accident may happen Red can also excite people. We can act more quickly when we see the color red. In a word, red lights help drivers stop in time and help prevent accidents.
When the traffic lights turn ______, we will stop driving a car.
A. red B green C. yellow
According to the passage, the scattering of the red light is the _______.
A. longest b. weakest C. farthest
The underlined word "wavelength" means________ in Chinese.
A.波浪 B.光波 C.波长
What can the red light help drivers do?
A. It can help drivers in farther areas see the lights.
b. It can help drivers slow down or stop in time.
C.A and b
Which of the following is the best title?
A. Why do accidents happen
b. How does the red light travel
C. Why do we use red traffic lights
Wang Tao is a little boy. He often goes for a walk with his father. He likes water very much and he wants to swim like a fish in the water.
One Sunday morning, Wang Tao went to a park with his father. There is a big swimming pool in the park. Wang Tao asked his father to take him to the pool. “Why do you want to go there?” asked his father. “I want to learn swimming,” said Wang Tao. “And you can teach me.”
“Oh, sorry. I can’t swim,” said his father.
“You can’t swim? Li Qiang’s father swims very well. Why can’t you swim?”
“His father likes eating fish, so he can swim like a fish,” said the father. “Oh, I see,” said Wang Tao. “But you like eating chicken very much. Can you lay eggs (下蛋)?”
请根据短文内容从所给选项中选出最佳选项。
Wang Tao and his father often _____.
A.go for a walk |
B.go to swim |
C.go to eat fish |
D.visit their friends |
Wang Tao wants to _____ in the water.
A.live | B.swim | C.play | D.fly |
Who can swim like a fish?
A.Wang Tao. |
B.Wang Tao’s father. |
C.Li Qiang. |
D.Li Qiang’s father. |
From the passage , we learn that there is a(an) _____ in the park.
A.ball game | B.English corner |
C.swimming pool | D.zoo |
下面哪项说法正确?
A.Wang Tao can swim very well. |
B.Wang Tao’s father can lay eggs. |
C.Wang Tao is a naughty (调皮的) boy. |
D.Wang Tao’s father can teach Wang Tao to swim. |
根据短文内容判断句子正(T)误(F)。
Welcome to our school. Our school is on Xianyang Street. It’s next to the Xinhua Library. There is a big garden across from our school. The payphone is between our school and the post office. There are three buildings in our school, the students’ building, the teachers’ building and a library. The teachers in our school are good. Our school yard is very beautiful. If you come to our school from the airport, take a taxi and go along the highway until you see a bridge. Go across the bridge and turn left. Then go straight along the Bridge Street. Our school is on the right.
Our school is between the post office and the garden.
The big garden is on Xiangyang Street.
The pay phone is next to the post office.
If you go straight along the highway, you can get to our school.
The market is across from our school.
Menu Sandwiches Chicken $5.20 Egg $3.60 Beef $4.50 Turkey $6.50 Drinks Yogurt $2.00 Orange Juice $1.70 Coke $ 2.50 Coffee $ 2.80 Rice Fried $3.50 With chicken $4.80 With meat $ 4.50 Desserts Pizza $2.50 Banana shakes $ 3.50 Chocolate $5.50 |
How many kinds of sandwiches?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.
What dessert would you like best?
A. Sandwich with egg. B. Coffee. C. Chocolate.
How much is the rice with chicken and a glass of orange juice?
A. $6.50. B. $4.80. C. $7.50.
阅读短文,判断下列句子是否符合短文内容。符合的写“A”,不符合的写“B”。(共5小题,每小题2分)
Water is the most important in our lives. Not Many people understand this but it’s quite true. The human body can go without food for a long time. We’ve got many examples for this. Yet two or three dayswithout water can usually make people die. Man can’t live without water.
Many people don’t understand how much water the human body needs to work well, and many people, especially young people, do not drink enough water, even in very hot weather. About two thirds of our body is water. When we do sports, some of the water will get away from our body. If we don’t drink some water, our body won’t have enough water. And if we don’t have enough water, we’ll feel tired and many of us will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.
But at present we face water crisis(危机). Water is becoming less and less. So, we should protect water resources(资源) and try our best to save water in our daily life. Here are some tips for saving water:
1. Turn off the tap(水龙头) in lime.
2. Take shorter showers.
3. Don’t let water run while washing your face and reuse the water after we finish washing.
4. Encourage your friends and neighbors to join in the action of saving water.
Nobody can live without water.
About one third of our body is water
If one doesn't have enough water, he’ll feel tired and may get ill.
We’d better take longer showers and let water run while washing.
It’s our duty to protect water resources and save water.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris had always spent their summer holidays in a small hotel at the seaside near their hometown. One year, however, Mr. Harris made a lot of money in his factory, so they decided to go to a foreign country and stay at a really good hotel.
They flew to Paris, and arrived at a 5-star hotel late in the evening. They thought they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that small hotel where they used to stay in the past, no meals were served after seven in the evening. They were surprised to be told that the hotel served dinner until ten.
"Then what are the times of meals?" asked Mrs. Harris.
"Well, Madam, we serve breakfast from seven to eleven, lunch from twelve to three, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to ten."
"But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the city!" said Mrs. Harris.
Why did Mr. and Mrs. Harris think they would have to go to bed hungry when they arrived at the hotel?
A.Because it’s a 5-star hotel. |
B.Because they thought no meals would be served late in the evening. |
C.Because they were very tired after the trip. |
D.Because they didn’t want to eat anything. |
How long did the service time for lunch last in the hotel?
A.2 hours. | B.4 hours. | C.3 hours . | D.1 hour. |
What did Mrs. Harris think of the times of the meals in the hotel?
A.She thought they would have enough time to see the city. |
B.She thought they would have to spend too much time on meals instead of travelling. |
C.She thought they would have enough time to have meals. |
D.She thought the times were suitable and felt very satisfied. |