Almost all people like flowers. Some people like flowers because of their smells, shapes, colors and so on. Others like flowers because they think different flowers mean different things. Flowers have their own language. For example, red roses mean “love” and sunflowers mean “loyalty(忠诚)”. So people in more than 100 countries have chosen their own national flowers which say something about their countries’ spirit. In 1994, China talked about choosing a national flower. Some people liked the peony(牡丹) but others liked the plum blossom(梅花). They couldn’t agree with each other. So it has not been decided yet.
People like to buy different flowers in different seasons. Where do all the beautiful flowers in shops come from? They may come from far away, so their price is higher.
a. Farmers grow flowers in their fields.
b. Planes or trains or buses take the flowers to different places.
c. Flower shopkeepers buy flowers from the flower markets. They look after the flowers and throw away the broken or bad ones. They cut the flowers to make them more beautiful.
d. You go to buy the flowers in the shops. When you buy a flower, you’re paying lots of people: the farmer, the driver of the plane or train or bus, the seller in the flower market and the flower shopkeeper.
So you’d better keep your flowers from far away for a long time. But how? Why not dry them? It’s easy! Sand drying is a way. Dry, clean sand is one of the oldest things for drying flowers. And it’s one of the cheapest.
·Fill a box half-way with sand.
·Put the flowers on top of the sand.
·Put the box in a warm, dry place.
·Leave the flowers there for one to three weeks.
·Take them out and they will be dry.The underlined words “national flowers” most probably means ______.
| A．the flowers of the country |
| B．the flowers of the season |
| C．the most beautiful flowers |
| D．the strongest flowers |
People usually choose their own “national flower” according to (根据) the flower’s ______.
| A．smell | B．shape | C．color | D．meaning |
The Chinese national flower has not been decided yet, because ______.
| A．no flower can show China’s spirit |
| B．China hasn’t talked to choose the national flower |
| C．nobody agrees to choose the national flower |
| D．people can’t agree to choose the same flower. |
You’d better keep your flowers for a long time, because ______.
| A．the flowers are easy to dry |
| B．the farmer will also ask you to pay |
| C．the flowers are expensive to buy |
| D．the shopkeeper has made them more beautiful |
Sand drying is everything here in the following but ______.
| A．easy | B．clean | C．old | D．cheap |
Chinese basketball player Wang Zhizhi returned home from the United States on the morning of April 10th after he had been expelled (除名) from the national team for four years.
“It has been a long time. I am so glad to be coming back home,” Wang told a CCTV reporter.
Wang is the first Chinese to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He joined the Dallas in 2001. He was welcomed by the Chinese basketball officials at the Beijing International Airport that morning.
“I realized I had made a big mistake (for refusing to return when he was needed). I want to say sorry to my fans and to the Bayi team which trained me and gave me the chance to play in this time. I want to make up my fault and win back my place in the national team.” Wang went on.
“Wang Zhizhi won’t play in the final competition of the CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) because he didn’t register (注册),” said Zhang Bing, who works with the Bayi team. Wang Zhizhi hasn’t been a member of the national team .
| A．for four years | B．since April 10 | C．since 2001 | D．for 5 years |
Wang Zhizhi says sorry to his fans and the Bayi team because _________ .
| A．he refused to return when he was needed |
| B．he left the Bayi team for America |
| C．he didn’t play well when he was in China |
| D．Dallas didn’t want to keep him |
In this passage, “make up my fault” means ___________ in Chinese.
| A．集中注意力于 | B．弥补过失 | C．珍惜机会 | D．遵守规则 |
From the passage we know that _________.
| A．Wang Zhizhi was not welcomed in Beijing |
| B．Wang Zhizhi was a reporter on sports before |
| C．every player must register before he plays in the competition of the CBA |
| D．the Chinese basketball officials didn’t want Wang Zhizhi to come back home |
Which is the test title for this passage?
| A．Wang Zhizhi Feels Sorry | B．Wang Zhizhi in the Bayi Team |
| C．Wang Zhizhi Returns Home | D．Wang Zhizhi in the United States |
Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard(胡子) and takes good care of it.
It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the game very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends’ help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came and he got on. There were many people in it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip（抓住）the back of a chair. At the next stop(停车站) a boy got on the bus. He was short and couldn’t grip(抓) anything. Suddenly the bus stopped and the boy nearly fell to the floor. He looked around and saw Mr. King’s beard and gripped it. The man found it at once and called out, “Let go off（松开）my beard, boy!” “Are you going to get off, sir?” asked the boy. Mr. King is a.
| A．player | B．runner | C．teacher | D．driver |
Mr. King was going to watch the match because.
| A．he teaches P.E. in a middle school | B．he likes football very much |
| C．he had already got a ticket | D．he didn’t go to work yesterday |
It was difficult for Mr. King to stand because.
| A．he had drunk too much | B．the bus was too small |
| C．he got on the bus too late | D．it was very crowded in the bus |
Mr. King went to watch the match _________.
| A．on foot | B．by bike | C．by bus | D．by train |
Mr. King was afraid , so he shouted at him.
| A．the boy would pull the chair down | B．the boy would hurt his beard |
| C．the boy could be hurt again | D．the boy would borrow his ticket |
China has decided to take actions to stop the use of free plastic bags. Supermarkets and shops in China aren’t allowed to offer free plastic bags.
Every year, people use too many plastic bags and fail to deal with them in a right way. While we offer quick and useful service to customers, the plastic bags cause serious pollution as well. For example, people will throw away plastic bags after they use them. The waste plastic bags may fly with the wind and make the environment ugly. Worse still, animals may eat them by mistake and die. Besides, It’s difficult to find new land to put the waste plastic bags in, so plastic bags are burned. The burning plastic bags give out harmful gas.
So the government encourages people to go back to carry cloth bags and use baskets for their shopping things.
根据短文内容按要求完成下列各题。 What aren’t supermarkets and shops allowed to offer?（根据短文内容回答问题）
Do people deal with the waste plastic bags properly? （根据短文内容回答问题）
What kind of pollution do the burning plastic bags cause? （根据短文内容回答问题）
从短文中找出与下面句子划线部分意思最相近的短语。
The plastic bags cause serious pollution, too.In the passage, the underlined word “them” refers (指) to .
Everyone likes living in a clean and comfortable environment. If the environment is bad, it will affect our body, and make us not feel well. Sometimes we may be terribly ill. Why? It’s germs（细菌）that make us ill. There are germs everywhere, They are very small and you can’t find them with your own eyes, but you can see them with a microscope（显微镜）They are very small and there may be hundreds of them on a very small thing, Germs can always be found in dirty water. When we look at the dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. Germs can also be found in the air and dust（灰尘）. If you cut your finger, some of the dust from the floor may go into it, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs will go into all of your body, and you will have pain everywhere.
So environment is very important to us. To keep us healthy, we should try our best to make our environment become cleaner and tidier. It needs us to act together. Germs are the things that________.
A. you can’t see with your eyes
B. you can see everywhere
C. are very big Germs can be found_________.
A. on the small thing B. everywhere C. only in dirty waterYou feel ____________ if germs go into the finger that is cut.
A. nothing B. painful C. relaxedThe underlined word “affect” means __________ in Chinese.
A. 强壮 B. 打动 C. 侵害From the passage we know that________.
A. the environment is becoming worse
B. if the environment is better, germs will be more
C. germs may make us ill
| Train No. |
From |
To |
Departure（离开）time |
Arrival time |
| 11 |
Beijing |
Shenyang |
6:35 |
17:50 |
| 186 |
Chengdu |
Taiyuan |
22:50 |
5:05 |
| 185 |
Taiyuan |
Chengdu |
13:09 |
19:30 |
| 271 |
Tianjin |
Beijing |
8:35 |
10:21 |
The train from Beijing to Shenyang leaves at _______.
A. 5:05 B. 6:35 C. 8:35We have to spend _____ on the train if we go to Shenyang from Beijing.
A. 17 hours and 50 minutes B. 6 hours and 35 minutes
C. 11 hours and 15 minutesIf you want to go to Chengdu from Taiyuan, you should take the _____ train.
A. No. 11 B. No. 185 C. No. 186The No. 186 train arrives in Taiyuan at _____.
A. 5:05 am B. 10:50 pm C. 5:05 pmIt takes _____ from Tianjin to Beijing by train.
A. less than two hours B. more than two hours C. about an hour