No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998. It was started to protect the environment. By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.
The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities including Taipei, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day.
In Beijing, more and more people are taking part in the activity. It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5th (World Environment Day). The slogan(口号) for the day is, “ If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”
So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather, but we can choose not to drive,” said Wu Zhonghua, a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of 2007, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period last year. Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.No Car Day was started _______.
| A．to save money | B．to control the weather |
| C．to make the air cleaner | D．to keep out dust from the desert |
The No Car Day activity asks Beijing drivers _______.
| A．to work hard to get fewer blue sky days |
| B．not to work on World Environment Day |
| C．to ride a bike or walk instead of driving to work once a month |
| D．to leave their cars at home for a week each month |
When is World Environment Day?
| A．On July 5th. | B．On June 5th. |
| C．On September 22nd. | D．On February 2nd. |
Which of the following about No Car Day is WRONG?
| A．It was started in France in September, 1998. |
| B．It was first started in China in 2001. |
| C．It is supported by over 1,000 cities around the world. |
| D．It was first started by a car club chairman in Beijing. |
What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
| A．More and more people in Beijing are joining car clubs. |
| B．People will have one more World Environment Day each month. |
| C．More and more people won’t drive on No Car Day in Beijing. |
| D．The car club chairman Wu Zhonghua won’t drive any more. |
Last summer, Mark became a middle school student. He took an English test in the first month. Mark was a good student and he worked hard. He finished the questions easily until he read the last one: “Everyone sees our school’s cleaner every day. What’s her first name?” Of course, this question is a little special. Mark saw the woman some times. She was tall and her hair was dark. But Mark didn’t talk with her and didn’t know her first name. The test was over. Then one student asked the teacher, “Is the last question very important in this test?” “Yes,” said the teacher. “In our life, we meet many hard-working people. They are important. You should care about them. You should smile at them or say ‘hello’ to them.” Mark never forgot that question. He also learned that woman’s first name. It was Kathy.What test did Mark have in his first month in the middle school?
| A．Math. | B．Physics. | C．English. | D．Chinese. |
What did Mark know about his school’s cleaner?
| A．She was a little special. |
| B．She was tall with dark hair. |
| C．She often talked with the students. |
| D．Mark knew her first name. |
What did Mark’s teacher think of the last question?
| A．It was fun. | B．It was interesting. |
| C．It was boring. | D．It was important. |
What does the sentence “You should smile at them or say ‘hello’ to them.” mean?
| A．我们应该尊重辛勤劳作的人。 |
| B．我们应该信任辛勤劳作的人。 |
| C．我们应该帮助辛勤劳作的人。 |
| D．我们应该向辛勤劳作的人学习。 |
What’s the title（标题）of the passage?
| A．A Special Question |
| B．A Hard-working Cleaner |
| C．A Good Teacher |
| D．A Clever Student |
On the terrible day, father took me to school. When he stopped in front of the school, I didn’t want to get out of the car. I looked at the students outside the building and suddenly felt sick. I slowly opened the car door and slowly got out. The body brace(支架) I wore made it hard for me to move and made me feel ugly. How I wished I were still in my school with all my friends. I didn’t know anyone here. I could feel that everyone was looking at me. I was sure that I would be the ugliest and strangest person they had ever seen. Tears fell on my new dress.
I struggled(奋力) to get through that day, and all the day for the following three days. I feel ugly for most of the time. I could hardly wait to take off the brace.
That day finally arrived on a rainy Thursday in Spring. I was so surprised and excited when the doctor said that I could take off the brace. From that day on, I began to love rain. I was free at last.
I danced up the stairs to the school building the next morning. I wanted everyone to see me, but to my surprise, no one said a word about my brace for the whole day, even Danielle, my best friend. I couldn’t wait to ask her, “Danielle, don’t you notice anything different about me? It’s the brace. The brace is gone.”
Danielle just looked at me and said, “ I know the brace is gone, but I don’t think it’ll make much difference. With or without it, you are still my friend.”How did the girl feel when she first went to the school?
A.She was surprised
B. She was upset.
C. She was angry.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.The girl’s classmates didn’t like her because she was strange.
B.The girl was always unhappy while she was wearing the brace.
C.The girl’s classmates changed their ideas after she took off the brace.The girl took off her brace ___________.
A.The following three days
B. the next day
C. on a rainy ThursdayThe girl _____________ in that school before she wore the body brace.
A.had never studied
B. had already studied
C. had known some friendsWhat do we learn from the passage?
A.Danielle was quite different from the others in the class.
B.It was not ugly to wear a brace.
C.Few of the girl’s classmates thought that she was ugly.
Renting a color television makes more sense than buying. Here’s why:
1. The longer you rent (租), the less you pay. Each year the monthly rate is reduced. You can reach a low rate of not much more than $12 a week.
2. Service is fast and free（免费）. We can have your set installed (安装) in two days. If anything goes wrong, we’ll have it fixed the same day or lend you another set while we’re mending it. And don’t forget: service and spare parts are free!
3. If you don’t have an aerial (天线), we’ll install one for you, and that will be free, too. All you have to pay is the installation charge (安装费)!
4. You can choose from all kinds of models, and what’s more, if after a certain period of time, and you would like a new model, you can change. How’s that for service?
5. No deposit (押金) is needed. You pay only the monthly rental fee. But if you pay in advance, you can save money. Pay twelve months’ fees when you begin to hire, and we’ll give you a month’s hire(雇用) without charge.
6. If you decide that you want to stop renting and buy the set you have on hire, this can be arranged—with a generous allowance (折扣) for the fees already paid.From the passage we know _______________________.
A. the more you rent, the less you pay
B. the longer you rent, the less you pay
C. if you rent a TV set for a long time, service and spare parts will be freeWhat is the good of paying twelve months’ fees when you begin to hire?
A. One and a half months’ hire free of charge.
B. One month’s hire free of charge.
C. Half a month’s hire free of charge.What does “pay in advance” mean?
A. You pay the rent for a period of time before you actually get the television.
B. You pay the rent in front of anyone.
C. You will be the first to pay the rent.If you want to rent a color television, ____________________.
A. leasing company (租赁公司) can have your set installed the same day
B. you can have a choice of sets to rent
C. leasing company will install an aerial for you free of chargeThis passage is a (an) _______________________.
A. bookB. reportC. advertisement
Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.
Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines (标题) of the passage.
Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.
Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet. People read newspapers in order to ________________ .
| A．learn the latest news |
| B．meet their own different needs |
| C．read the short stories |
| D．find the morning news |
From the passage we can see thatwhen people get newspapers.
| A．they read them very carefully |
| B．they just read the headlines |
| C．not everyone reads all the pages |
| D．they have no time to read them |
Newspapers have so many pages because __________ .
| A．more and more people like to read them |
| B．people enjoy reading something different |
| C．newspapers become cheaper |
| D．more pages mean more money |
Newspapers ______________ are the most popular in the world.
| A．in English | B．in Chinese |
| C．in other language | D．with many pages |
According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from _______.
| A．magazines | B．Advertisements |
| C．e-mails | D．Internet |
阅读理解
Mr. White works in an office. One day, when he had lunch, a friend came to visit him . They were very happy and talked a lot. Then they looked at the clock on the wall. It was time to go to office. He had to say goodbye to his friend and left. It was raining hard and the streets were wet. He drove too fast to see the red lights . And he couldn’t stop his car and hit a car in front of his. An old man got off and called out angrily, “ What are you doing? Do you want to hit me to death?”
“I’m sorry , sir,” said Mr. White . “I didn’t find the lights turned red.” Then he brought out a bottle of wine and gave it to the old man .
“ It’s very cold today , sir ,” said Mr. white . “Please drink a little , then you’ll be warmer.” The old man drank some wine and became happy. “I’m feeling much better now. Why don’t you drink any?” he asked.
I can’t drink anything now ,sir,” answered Mr. White.
I’m waiting for the policeman to come. Only drunkards (酒鬼) cause accidents, you know!” The story happened________________.
| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon |
| C．in the evening | D．at night |
Mr White drove too fast because _______________
| A．he was happy that day |
| B．he was good at drinking |
| C．there were few cars in the street |
| D．he was afraid to be late |
Mr White hit the car because ________.
| A．he didn’t see it |
| B．it was raining hard |
| C．he couldn’t stop his in time |
| D．he couldn’t drive at all. |
Mr. White gave a bottle of wine to the old man ________.
| A．to put the blame onto the old man |
| B．to make him happy |
| C．to make him warm |
| D．to leave there before the policeman |
At last ___________________.
| A．the old man felt much better |
| B．the old man was friendly to Mr. White |
| C．Mr. White drank some ,too. |
| D．Mr. White fooled the old man . |