| What are the most successful movies? American movies are the most popular around the world. The most successful movies of the twentieth century wad Titanic. People around the world paid almost $2 billion, and they saw the famous ship sink again. Titanic was more popular than Star wars. This Star Wars film made almost $1billion in the late 1990s. Close behind this was Jurassic Park, a film about dinosaurs. And it’s interesting that Titanic was also the most expensive film: it cost $200 million to make. |
| Which is the world’s most popular sport? The world most popular sport is or soccer．It’s more popular than football，basketball，or baseball．FIFA has 4.1 million teams，and 200 million players in l90 countries around the world．More than one billion people watch the World Cup Final on TV every four years. In the United States，soccer is not the most popular for spectators(观众)，but it is the most popular sport for kids and teens．About 3 million Americans under the age of nineteen play soccer． |
| What are the largest shopping malls? The largest shopping mall in the world is the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton，Canada．The mall has more than 800 retail stores，including eight department stores．There is also a 335‘room hotel·It’8 much；larger than the 8econd largest mall in the world：this is the mall of America in Bloomington，Minnesota．The US mall has 400 stores. Its amusement attractions include a roller coaster. Some people spend their vacation at this mall．But in the future，the biggest stores probably are going to be on the computer：some online malls already say that they have stores in l00 countries· |
What’s the most successful movie of the twentieth century?
| A．Titanic． | B．Star Wars． | C．Jurassic Park． | D．Avatar． |
How much did the movie Star Wars make in the late l990s?
| A．Almost 8 2 billion． | B．Almost $l billion． |
| C．Almost$200 million． | D．Almost$3 million． |
Which of the following descriptions about soccer is TRUE?
| A．In the US，soccer is the most popular for both spectators and kids． |
| B．FIFA has 2,000 million players in l90 countries around the world． |
| C．Football is more popular than soccer，basketball，or baseball． |
| D．About 3 million Americans under the age of nineteen play soccer． |
Where is the world’s largest mall?
| A．In Canada． | B．In America． | C．In England． | D．On the computer． |
What CANNOT people do in the West Edmonton Mall according to the passage?
| A．Enjoy a roller coaster． | B．Spend vacations． |
| C．Go shoppin9． | D．See Mickey Mouse． |
I used to be very close to my father when I was a child. He gave me almost everything I wanted. Whenever I quarreled with my mother, I would turn to my father for comfort. He was everything to me.
Time flies like a bird. As I got older, I became silent and found it hard to start a conversation with my father. The gap(代沟) between us began to grow. He had done so much for me but I always took it for granted（理所当然）.
Last time our school gave us two days off, and daddy gave me a ride home on his motorbike. I was tired and fell asleep on his back. Later my mother said he was very happy because it had been a long time since we got close last. Suddenly I felt a little shamed. I realized that I had paid no attention to him a lot during the last few years.
The next day I stayed in bed and when daddy tried to wake me up to have breakfast, I pretended(假装) that I couldn’t hear him. At last he brought a bowl of noodles to my bed, and said, “Come on, dear, have your breakfast and then continue your dream.” I got so angry with him for troubling my sleep that I shouted, “__________.”
As I said this, I sat up quickly, and the bowl of noodles broke on the floor. Hearing the noise, mum came in and shouted at me, “What do you think your father is? Who else treats you as well as he does?”
I was shocked and didn’t know what to say. Finally I rushed with tears all over my face. I went to the pool where I used to go fishing with daddy. A few minutes later, I heard the sound of daddy’s motorbike. He was looking for me worriedly, but he didn’t notice me as I was sitting behind a tall brush.
I didn’t return home until 10 a.m.. The moment my parents saw me, they rushed to me. Mum hugged me tightly and daddy looked at me with worry in his eyes. “Are you hungry, dear?” he said at last. Before I could say anything, he had gone off on his motorbike to buy food for me.When the writer grew older, he found it for him to have a talk with his father.
| A．good | B．pleasant | C．a problem | D．fantastic |
The sentence in this passage “He was everything to me” means ________.
| A．My father gave me everything |
| B．My father would give me whatever I wanted |
| C．When my father was angry, he wouldn’t give me anything |
| D．I used to depend on him in everything in my life |
Which of the following can be put in the blank(空白处) in Paragraph 4?
| A．Stay with me. | B．Take me out. | C．Leave me alone. | D．Pick me up. |
The best title for this passage is _________.
| A．The gap between the Father and the Son | B．Father’s Love |
| C．How to get on with Father | D．I Love Father |
Escaping (逃) from a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save a life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, for example, you can use stairways, roofs and fire escapes, but no lifts.
From the lower floors of buildings, to escape through windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving by a window with the least chance of serious injury(伤害).
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average (平均) person, hanging from the window by the fingertips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground--about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful while you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed, before opening the window. Otherwise, smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low next to the window to be sure you get fresh air.
On the second or third floor, the best windows to escape from are those which open onto a roof (屋顶) . From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. You can try to escape a fire except _____.
| A．fire escapes | B．lifts | C．roofs | D．stairways |
According to the passage, windows are ________.
| A．of no use when a fire breaks out |
| B．useful in putting out a fire |
| C．the only way of escaping a fire |
| D．one of the possible ways of escaping a fire |
The underlined sentence in the third paragraph means _________.
| A．it is safer to jump out of the second floor window. |
| B．it is safer to stay in the room. |
| C．the second floor window is too high to jump out of. |
| D．it is the only way to drop out of the window. |
The writer thinks that ________.
| A．to keep your head high will help you to escape a fire |
| B．it is necessary to keep the door open |
| C．fresh air can’t reach the second floor window |
| D．breathing in smoke might be bad |
Happy Farm is an online game. It is very popular among people in China. The game offers you a piece of empty land and some seeds (种子) at first. You are like the farmer. If your land is small, you can spend some money to make it big. And you must harvest your things on the farm on time, or some other farmers will steal your fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs and so on. Of course, you can steal theirs. If you want to make money, you must sell your things out.
Some Chinese websites have offered this game to its users. So far, it is said that about 16 million Chinese people are playing this game. Some people were so crazy (疯狂的) that they even get up in the midnight to harvest their crops and steal others’.
Happy Farm brings happiness to people. It is really a fascinating game. But it also brings many problems. It is reported that a baby died in a hospital just because the doctor didn’t give him timely treatment. Do you know what the doctor was doing? He was playing Happy Farm! There are many stories like this. According to this passage, what is very popular in China?
| A．The farmer | B．Happy Farm | C．The Chinese website | D．The Doctor |
Which is the right order to play the game Happy Farm?
a. Plant some crops. b. Harvest your crops on time.
c. Sell your things out. d. Get land and some seeds.
| A．d-b-c-a | B．a-d-c-b | C．d-a-b-c | D．c-d-a-b |
Many people are so involved in the game Happy Farm that they get up in the midnight _____.
| A．to harvest and steal crops | B．to chat with others |
| C．to sell their things out | D．to read news about this game |
What does the writer think of this game?
| A．It is not interesting at all. |
| B．People shouldn’t be crazy about it. |
| C．People must get up early to steal crops. |
| D．People may play it when they are at work. |
①A new Long March（长征）
Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8，000 kilometres from Ruijin， Jiangxi to Wuqi， Shanxi. They hope to get 20.2 million yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012.
②The football team
The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship（亚洲U-17锦标赛）in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea（朝鲜）by 1:0. After 85 minutes， Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years.
③Liu leaves China
Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor（《流星》）. He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Meryl Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English， and worked hard on it before he left. People know him from films like last year’s “Mei Ren Cao”。From the news，we know that the twenty-one people began a new Long March to ______.
| A．travel around China |
| B．visit some schools |
| C．teach poor children |
| D．get some money and help poor children go back to school |
The second piece of news tells us ______.
| A．Korea held this contest |
| B．the Chinese football team is No. 1 in South-East Asia |
| C．the Chinese under-17 football team won the world championship |
| D．the Chinese under-17 football team won the championship for the first time in 12years |
Which of the paragraphs is about film stars？ ______
| A．The 1st | B．The 2nd | C．The 3rd | D．The 3rd and the 1st |
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_[1]If you think English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?
[2]According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.
[3]The researchers also found the effect is greater on the younger people who learn a second language.
[4]A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals(通两种语言的人)”, who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.
[5]Scans showed that grey matter density（密度）in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without___________________. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference was.
[6] “Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.
[7]It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.
[8]Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible,” he said, “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”What is the best title for this passage? （no more than 10 words）
_____________________________________________________________________Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
Mastering two languages can broaden your views in the world and makes you clever.
_______________________________________________________________________________Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words． （no more than 4 words）
______________________________________________________________________________.What does the word "they" Line2, Paragraph4） probably refer to? （no more than 5 words）
______________________________________________________________________________.What do you think of English learning after you read this passage?
（no more than 10 words）
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