Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers(青少年). Many are adults(成年人). Some study at school, others learn by themselves. A few learn English language over the radio, on TV, or in the films. One must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own(自己的) language and maths and English. Some people learn English because it is useful for their work. Many people often learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university(大学) some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers and magazines in English.根据Others are teenagers(青少年). Many are adults(成年人).描述，可知选C。
根据短文第一段描述，可知孩子，年轻人和成人都在学英语。故选C。
根据短文第二段描述，可知每个人学英语都有不同的原因，故选D。
联系上文可知本文描述的是中国人学英语，故他们自己的语言是汉语，选A。
by表示通过某种方式，通过自己学习英语，及自学英语，故选B。
Are there many adults learning English in China?
| A．No, they aren’t. | B．No, they are. |
| C．Yes, there are. | D．Yes, there aren’t. |
________learn English.
| A．Only teenagers. |
| B．Only adults. |
| C．Small children, teenagers and adults. |
| D．Only small children. |
Which of the following is true?
| A． Most people learn English over the radio. |
| B． All the people learn English at school. |
| C． Students only learn their own language at school. |
| D． Different people have different reasons for learning English. |
“Their own language” means_____________.
| A．Chinese | B．English | C．French | D．Japanese |
What’s the Chinese meaning of “learn by themselves”?\
| A．和他们一起学习 | B．自学 | C．向他们学习 | D．通过学习 |
In almost every big university in the United States, football is a favorite sport. American football is not like soccer.
Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field; they have four chances to move the ball ten yards(码). They can carry it or throw it. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points. This is called a touch-down(持球触地).
It’s difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the team try to stop the man who has the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.
Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell for their favorite team. They dance and jump while they yell. Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January the first. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.In America, football players can _______.
| A．only kick the ball | B．only throw the ball |
| C．only carry the ball | D．kick, throw and carry the ball |
There are _______ in a game.
| A．ten players | B．eleven players |
| C．twenty players | D．twenty-two players |
If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team has to _______.
| A．go home | B．carry the ball ten yards |
| C．run with it | D．kick the ball to the other team |
The best teams play again _______.
| A．on Christmas | B．after the season ends |
| C．on New Year’s Day | D．on Sunday |
The underlined word “yell” in the passage means “_______”.
| A．shout loudly | B．jump | C．talk loudly | D．sing |
Most people make their living (谋生) with their hands, but Bob makes his living with his feet.
Bob’s story began in a small city of England. His family was poor. Seven people lived in a small house. Bob had no place to play but on the street.
Kids in the city like playing football very much. Little Bob wanted to play football, too. So his father made a soft (柔软的) ball for him to kick. It was a sock full of old cloth. He kicked it every day.
At last ,Bob learned how to kick a real football. And after a few years, he could play football very well. m
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。People usually make their living _____.
| A．by learning by themselves | B．with their feet |
| C．with their hands | D．by playing football |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Bob was born in a small village. |
| B．Bob’s house was very big. |
| C．There were eight people in the family. |
| D．Little Bob played on the street. |
Why did the father make a soft ball for his son?
| A．Because the family all liked football. |
| B．Because Bob also liked playing football. |
| C．Because they had lots of old cloth. |
| D．Because he didn’t want to throw the sockaway. |
The word “kick” in the story means_____.
| A．踢 | B．玩 | C．射门 | D．弹起 |
From the story we can know_____.
| A．Bob’s age |
| B．it’s about an American boy |
| C．Bob’s mother’s name |
| D．the boy became a football player at last |
In the morning, Mr. Smith comes into the garden at the back of his house. He sees too much snow in the garden. Mr. Smith wants to take his car out, so he asks a man to clean the road from his garage to the gate. He says to the man, “Don’t throw any snow on the flowers, and don’t throw any on the wall, and don’t throw any into the street, or the policeman will come.” Then he goes out.
When he comes back, the road is clean. There is no snow on the flowers, on the wall or in the street. But when he opens the garage to get his car out, he sees: there is full of snow, the snow from the road, and his car is under the snow!
根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）：Mr. Smith’s garden is behind his house.
He wants a man to clean the road because he doesn’t like snow at all.
He doesn’t tell the man where to throw the snow in the garden.
The man throws the snow into the garage.
Mr. Smith feels very happy when he opens the garage to get his car out.
For many people of Norway(挪威)，skiing(滑雪) is the best way to have fun in winter. Almost everyone can ski. Children learn to ski after they learn to walk. Long long ago in Norway，there were no buses, trains or cars. People had to find a way to walk over the deep snow. Skis were the right answer!
Although they love winter, the people of Norway are also happy to see summer come. They enjoy the out-door activities at any time of the year. In summer they swim and sunbathe near the beach. Some people go hiking and go mountain climbing. Sail-boating is also very popular during the warm sunny summer months.
The Norwegians(挪威人), like people everywhere, find many in-door ways to have a good time. During the long winter they also enjoy movies. They like to read books from the libraries in all seasons. Family life is very important to the people of Norway.In winter, ____ is the most popular sport for Norwegians to have a good time.
A. skiing. B. skating C. swimmingLong long time ago, Norwegians skied for ________.
A. having fun
B. walking over the deep snow
C. making moneyHow many activities can you find in the passage?
A. 6B. 7 C. 8The writer wants to tell us about ______.
A. skiing
B. the life of Norwegians
C. out-door activitiesWhich sentence is right?
A. Norwegians like winter, but they don’t like summer.
B. Norwegians don’t think family life is very important.
C. Norwegians also like indoor activities.
Last Sunday evening, I went to town with my mother. After we bought lots of things, we went out the supermarket and found it was raining hard. But we had no umbrella. Just when we were trying to get into a taxi, a strange old man came up to us. He was carrying a nice umbrella and he said he would give the umbrella to us for one dollar. He said he lost his wallet and needed some money to take a taxi to go back home.
My mother didn’t believe what he said at first, and asked him a lot of questions and then gave him a dollar. But the man didn’t get into a taxi. We followed him and found he went into a club and bought himself a glass of whiskey with the dollar. After he drank it, he put on his hat and took one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he sold it again.What’s the weather like that day?
A. It was windy.
B. It was sunny.
C. It was rainy.In fact, the old man wanted to get money to ______.
A. buy a wallet
B. buy some whiskey
C. buy an umbrellaThe old man got ______ from the writer’s mother.
A. one yuan B. one dollar C. two dollarsFrom the passage, we can know that the old man was ______.
A. not honest B. friendly C. helpfulThe underlined word “strange” means ______ in Chinese.
A. 可怜的 B. 喝醉的 C. 陌生的