In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.
Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he __________.
| A．has learnt to drive in a driving school |
| B．has a full driving license |
| C．has a full license and a teacher’s license |
| D．is given a special two-year driving license |
In the driving test, one _______________________.
| A．mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road |
| B．is usually asked to drive on roads for some time |
| C．has to be examined only in car driving skills |
| D．must drive around for more than an hour |
When can I take the driving test again if I don’t pass it?
| A．a few years later |
| B．right after the first test |
| C．a few weeks later |
| D．never |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．There is no limit (限制)to the age of an old man who drives a car. |
| B．One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it. |
| C．There was a speed limit to cars before 1878. |
| D．A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935. |
The best title for the passage is _____________.
| A．Driving Licenses in Britain |
| B．Tests for Britain People |
| C．Driving Cars |
| D．Young Men’s Driving Licenses |
Can you make a telephone call? Of course you can make it in Chinese. But a call in English is quite different from one from one in Chinese. If you want to ask somebody to answer the telephone, you can not say, “Please ask Mr. XX to answer the telephone.” Instead（代替），you must say,“May I speak to Mr. XX?” If you want to ask who is answering the phone, you should say,“Who is that?”“Is that Mr. XX ( speaking)?”Instead of “Who are you?” If you want to tell the other one who you are, you should say,“This is XX (speaking)”instead of(而不是)“I am
XX”An English telephone is ____________ a Chinese one.
| A．as good as | B．better than |
| C．the same as | D．not the same as (与) |
If you want to tell the people who you are, you should say, " _____
| A．This is XX | B．I am XX |
| C．That is XX | D．He is XX |
If you want to ask who is answering the phone , you should say, " _______ .
| A．Who am I? | B．Who is he? |
| C．Who are you? | D．Who is that? |
If you want to ask someone to answer the call, you can say, " _______ ".
| A．May I speak to Mr. XX |
| B．Please tell Mr. XX to answer the call. |
| C．I want to talk to Mr. XX? |
| D．Are you Mr. XX? |
Which is right about the passage?
| A．We don't understand how we call in English. |
| B．We know how we call in English. |
| C．It tells the difference between making a call in Chinese and one in English. |
| D．It's easy to call in English. |
Jimmy is at school now. He is in the classroom, but he can't find his schoolbag. Where is it? Is it lost? Oh, no! It is in his room. He doesn't take (带) it to the school. He calls his sister Sally and asks her to take(带)his school things to the school. Here are his school things.
His schoolbag is on the chair. Under the chair is his pencil box. His notebook is on the desk. His dictionary is on the bed. His pencils aren't in the pencil box. They're on the sofa.
Oh, Sally, don't forget(忘记) to take his baseball. Jimmy always plays baseball after school. But where is his baseball? Oh, it's under the table.Where is Jimmy's schoolbag?
| A．In his room. | B．In the lost and found box. |
| C．In the classroom. | D．We don't know. |
Sally is Jimmy's ____ .
| A．mother | B．sister | C．cousin | D．friend |
Jimmy' s pencil box is___________.
| A．on the desk | B．in the schoolbag |
| C．on the sofa | D．under the chair |
What is on the sofa?
| A．Sally’s pencils. | B．Jimmy’s pencils. |
| C．Sally’s notebook. | D．Jimmy' s notebook. |
What does Jimmy do after school?
| A．He calls his sister. |
| B．He calls his mother. |
| C．He plays baseball. |
| D．He plays computer games. |
Is this your English book? Call John at 597-4393. |
Alan Is that your computer game in the lost and found case? Robert |
| Found: Gold ring. Is this your ring? Please call Mary. Phone# 235-0285. |
Lost: My school ID card. My name is Steve. Please call 685-6034. |
__________lost his school ID card.
| A．John | B．Robert | C．Mary | D．Steve |
If you lost your English book, you will call John at ____________.
| A．597-4393 | B．235-0285 |
| C．685-6034 | D．597-0285 |
You can find a ___________in the lost and found case.
| A．dictionary | B．computer game |
| C．gold ring | D．school ID card |
235-0285 is ___________ telephone number.
| A．John’s | B．Francisco’s | C．Mary’s | D．Steve’s |
“Lost and found” means __________ in Chinese.
| A．失物 | B．拾物 |
| C．失物招领 | D．拾金不昧 |
Dear Amy,
How are you ? I’m in a new school this term. This school is big and nice. There are about 1800 students in my school. I like the teachers. They are all kind to me. My classmates are polite and helpful. They teach me Chinese and I teach them English.
There are trees and flowers in my school. It is very beautiful. Behind my school, there is a small river. We often go fishing there.
We have no classes on weekends. Sometimes I go to play football or basketball with my classmates. Sometimes I stay at home and read some interesting books. Sometimes I go shopping with my parents. We all like China.
Please e-mail me soon.
Yours,
Sandy
根据短文，判断正（A）误（B）。This is an e-mail from Sandy to Amy.
Amy is in a new school this term.
Sandy’s classmates teach her Chinese and English.
There’s a playground behind the school.
Sandy has no classes on Saturdays and Sundays.
Last month when I was taking part in a US college interview ， I was asked ， “ what makes you special ? ” In fact I had answered questions likes this many times since I decided to go to college in the US. The US colleges paid special attention to different achievements. For example, a person who is very good at math can go to a famous college but also can be a good football player.
This experience made me think again that I must try to find where my own interests might lead me . To be honest, it was not easy. However, I never felt sorry to choose this way because it helped me understand myself . If I took the College Entrance Examination, as we call it gaokao in China, it could never possibly do .
When I entered high school, I took gaokao seriously because it seemed to me a great way to show how good at my lessons. However ,as I grew older , I realized gaokao did make me work hard at my lessons , but the pressure also pushed many other activities out of my life , like guitar―playing . Although I had no time for it , I will still get to it in the future .
No doubt, gaokao provides a way of choosing those who are successful in their studies . But it is really important for all of us to rethink what “ talent ” really is today . This is because we now live in a world in which all of our other human qualities are needed for success, not just the high grade .
Ken Robinson once said, “ the society depends on different kinds of talents . ” However, gaokao pays too attention to a person' s grades but little to his other qualities. And it is these qualities that makes life colorful and fun.
As high school students, we can not change the present situation of eduction , but we are always free to think outside of the box . Although good school grade is still useful, I hope one day we will see our education also welcomes the amazing possibilities in different people .The US colleges pay special attention to ________.
| A．students ' family background . |
| B．the different achievements |
| C．students ' ideas about way of life . |
| D．the school a student is from . |
When at high school, the writer ________.
| A．had a lot of activities . |
| B．did not work hard at her lessons . |
| C．did well in gaokao |
| D．had no time to play the guitar . |
Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
| A．My school life abroad. |
| B．Different exams in the US. |
| C．My view on gaokao |
| D．The importance of school grades |