We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with it.
There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a "tea party". When her friends came to the "tea party", the old woman gave them brown tea-leaves. The old woman's friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.
At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, "Mother，what did you do with the tea?"
"I boiled it，as you said."
"And what did you do with the water?"
"I threw it away(扔掉)，of course." answered the old woman.
"Now you may throw away the leaves，too，" said her son.Most of the people in Europe ___300 years ago.
| A．drank tea every day | B．knew everything about tea |
| C．knew nothing about tea | D．liked to eat the tea-leaves |
One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ___.
| A．countries in the west | B．countries in the south |
| C．India or China | D．a tea shop in England |
The sailor's mother asked her friends to her house, because ___.
A. the sailor told her to.
B she liked to show off (炫耀)
C. she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea
D. she wanted to taste the tea together with her friendsAt the "tea party",___.
| A．all the woman's friends spoke highly of (高度评价)the tea. |
| B．nobody knew what to do with the tea |
| C．the woman didn’t eat the tea-leaves |
| D．the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water |
What mistake（错误） did the old woman make? She ___.
| A．boiled the tea | B．did as the sailor said |
| C．threw away the water | D．didn't throw away the tea-leaves |
| Brave Type: 3D cartoon Comedy Running time: 95 minutes Merida, a princess, refused to marry a person that she dislikes. This causes trouble for her family and the whole country. Merida turns to a witch(女巫) for help. In doing so, her family and the country are in danger. Merida must save her family and the country before it is too late. X K b1.Com |
| The Grey Type: Action Running time: 117 minutes The Grey is based on the short story “Ghost Walker” written by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. It’s about a number of oil men who are in trouble in Alaska after a plane crash(空难). They have to fight against grey wolves that threaten（威胁） their lives. |
| Mirror Mirror Type: comedy Running time: 106 minutes You must know the story of Snow White. Would you like to see this story again? Come to see Mirror Mirror. It’s a comedy about Snow White. Lily Collins and Julia Roberts are the main actresses in this interesting movie. |
| Chimpanzee Type: Documentary Running time: 78 minutes This movie is directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. It’s a 2012 nature documentary film about a young chimpanzee named Oscar. He is alone in the African forests until he is raised by another chimpanzee. The chimpanzee takes care of Oscar like his own child. |
How many documentaries are mentioned in the passage?
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
Which movie lasts the longest time?
| A．Brave. | B．The Grey. |
| C．Chimpanzee. | D．Mirror Mirror. |
Which statement about the movies is true?
| A．Mirror Mirror is directed by Lily Collins and Julia Roberts. |
| B．The Grey directed by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers is based on a short story. |
| C．You can’t see many beautiful nature sights in Chimpanzee. |
| D．Brave is about a princess who obeys her heart. |
Who starred in(主演) one of the movies?
| A．Lily Collins and Julia Roberts. |
| B．Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. |
| C．Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. |
| D．Merida. |
In the film The Grey, the oil men have to fight with
| A．grey tigers | B．grey wolves |
| C．grey people | D．grey planes |
Peter Owen has been making wigs (假发) since the 1980s. He has made wigs for the stars of more than seventy movies, including Tom Hanks inPhiladelphia, Johnny Depp in Sleepy Hollow, and Nicole Kidman in The Others. One of his biggest jobs so far has been designing the hair and make-up(化妆) for the three Lord of the Rings movies. He had just six weeks to design and make more than a hundred wigs, each one a different style, colour, shape and length.
The hair and make-up in a movie are just as important as the costumes(戏装) or the sets. Over the years, Peter has made actors look older, younger, healthy and sick. For one movie he even made a female actor look like a man!“What people don’t realize about wigs is that we are not always making people more beautiful,” he says. “Often we are covering up beauty and making them look ordinary.”
All Peter’s wigs are hand-made using human hair, so they look as real as possible. This also makes them very expensive―between US$4,500 and US$12,500 each! He knows he’s done a good job when people don’t realize the star of the movie is wearing a wig. So he was pleased when one newspaper said that Nicole Kidman had dyed（染色） her hair dark brown for a movie. “It was a wig and no one knew that,” he says.What is Peter Owen’s job?
| A．An actor | B．A director |
| C．A wig maker | D．A manager |
How many wigs did Peter make for the three Lord of the Rings movies?
| A．More than one hundred. | B．Seventy. |
| C．Sixty. | D．Three hundred. |
What special feature（特点）about wigs does Peter mention?
| A．They can make people more beautiful. |
| B．They can change people’s hair styles. |
| C．They can cover up beauty and make people look ordinary. |
| D．They can make people look younger. |
Why are Peter’s wigs so expensive?
| A．They are made in foreign countries. |
| B．Peter makes the best wigs. |
| C．They are only made for rich film makers. |
| D．They are hand-made using human hair. |
Which statement is NOT TRUE about Peter?
| A．Peter Owen has made wigs for lots of movies. |
| B．Designing and making the wigs for The Lord of the Rings was a huge job. |
| C．If people know the star is wearing a wig, Peter will be happy. |
| D．Peter can make actors look quite different from their real looks. |
Every student in America likes popular music. Students carry small radios(收音机) with earphones(耳机) and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers(扬声器) and play the music as they drive on the street.
Adult(成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news(新闻) about sports, the weather, the life of American people. Most of the radio programmes(节目) are music.
Pop music singers make much money. Once the popular singer is famous all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes(磁带). Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her.
There are other kinds of music. They are important to Americans. One is folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is western(西部的) or country music. This kind of songs started by cowboys watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl we call western or country music.When do students in America listen to pop music?
| A．Only after class. |
| B．Only at home. |
| C．Only when they are driving. |
| D．Before class, after class and at lunch. |
How do adult drivers in America listen to music while driving?
| A．On the car radio. |
| B．By cellphone. |
| C．By CD player. |
| D．By small radios with earphones. |
Who wants to meet pop singers when they are famous?
| A．students. | B．Adult drivers. |
| C．All the young people. | D．All girls. |
What is western music about?
| A．The common life of Americans. |
| B．The love between a country boy and his girl. |
| C．The city life. |
| D．The life of working people. |
How many kinds of music are mentioned(提到) in the passage?
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
A hobby is not a job or a school subject. A hobby is something you enjoy doing in your spare time. It’s not something you need to do. It’s just fun. Some people make model ships, keep pets, plant flowers, play computer games or chat on the Internet. Some paint pictures or dance to music. Some collect everything from stamps to seashells (海贝壳)… People take up hobbies because they think these activities can bring them many things like happiness, friendship and knowledge. Anyone, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well, can have a hobby. A hobby will make your life colorful.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。What is a hobby?
| A．A job. |
| B．A school subject. |
| C．Something interesting. |
| D．Something you enjoy doing in your spare time. |
How many hobbies are mentioned (提到) in this passage?
| A．7. | B．8. | C．9. | D．10. |
Hobbies can bring people _______.
| A．much money |
| B．health |
| C．happiness, friendship and knowledge |
| D．lots of trouble |
What kind of people can have a hobby?
A. Rich or poor. B. Old or young.
C. Sick or well. D. A、B and C.When do people often take up hobbies?
| A．In their work time. | B．In the daytime. |
| C．In their free time. | D．In the holiday. |
The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurant, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurant, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars. There are many kinds of fast food restaurant in the United States. The greatest in number sell hamburger, French fries and so on. They are popular among Americans. Besides, fast food restaurant that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream are very many. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.
Fast food restaurant are popular because they reflect(反映) American life style. Customer （顾客）can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurant, food is not expensive. So people often buy and eat at a fast restaurant, while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often.In the United States the favorite food is __________.
| A．Chinese food | B．Mexican food |
| C．French fries | D．the hamburger |
Americans like to fast food restaurant because__________.
| A．they can easily find fast food restaurant |
| B．they like to eat hamburger and French fries |
| C．they are so busy that they don’t want to spend time preparing or waiting |
| D．they are so rich that they don’t want to do cooking themselves |
_____ of fast food restaurant sell hamburger, French fries.
| A．All | B．Most | C．Few | D．None |
The food in fast food restaurant is _________ ready before the customers order it.
| A．always | B．usually | C．seldom | D．never |
The best title for the passage is _____.
A. The Fast Food Restaurant in the USA.
B. The Hamburger in the U.S.A.
C. American Life Style
D. All Kinds of Food in the U.S.A.