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Born in the city, we regard the country life as something far away. We are used to e___66_______in the city. We are even getting used to the noisesand pollution in the city. It has become a p___67___ of our life. I have never been to the country. Nature is a word strange to us. This summer I had the chance to go with my parents on a v___68____ to countryside.
For the first time in my life I have the experience with the country life. Here I r___ 69_____ what a life of nature is. This is a small village far from cities. It is at the foot of a mountain. The life there is s___70____. It is different from the city life.
There are few cars or other t___71_____ on the way. The air is fresh. The sky is high. The people are friendly. They are not as busy as t___72____ in the big city. Everywhere you can find people bathing i___73___ the sun. They drink clean water. The water comes from the mountain. They e___74____the quiet life very much. What’s more, there you can hear the sound of nature. You can find the children p___75___ with water in the river and the dogs running after the people. All these make a wonderfulpicture of countryside. How I love the country life!
Every day, it is easy to see advertisements（广告） in English all around us. Look at your own bags and clothes, often they show the name of the company that made them. This is a popular form. A special picture' or symbol called a logo(标识语)is sometimes used. Logos appear on many different products(产品). They are popular because when you see a logo, it's hard to forget that product or company.
It's common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are very short. Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It's simple to remember it.
All advertisements are designed to make people buy a product. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of young people who are having fun. The young people are all drinking the soft drink. Advertisers are saying to you, "Why don't you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern"A good logo is_______.
| A．easy to remember | B．a useful product |
| C．difficult to understand | D．easy to buy |
People are most likely to remember an advertisement that is_______.
| A．in English | B．long | C．famous | D．funny |
All advertisements are designed to ________________.
| A．sell you something you don't want |
| B．make you young and modern |
| C．make you buy the product |
| D．show you what you need to buy |
The best title of this passage may be_______.
| A．Advertisements for Bags and Clothes |
| B．Advertisements on TV and Radio |
| C．Advertisements about Sports |
| D．Advertisements around Us |
In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge（粥）, eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o'clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is at about half past seven. First they have soup. Then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that, they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.Many English people have_______ meals a day.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
People in England don't have _______ for their dinner.
| A．bananas and apples | B．eggs and bread |
| C．meat and vegetables | D．soup |
Which of the following is correct（正确的）according to the passage?
| A．Breakfast is at any time in the daytime. |
| B．English people have lunch at about l:00 pm. |
| C．Tea time is always in the evening. |
| D．All English people have their dinner at about half past seven. |
A Health Club-Dragon
Dragon is a Health Club. It is a great place, fun and friendly.
For further information, please call our club.Dragon is a_______ Club.
| A．History | B．Math | C．Music | D．Health |
If you want to play basketball, you can call_______.
| A．375-7442 | B．375-7682 | C．375-7465 | D．375-9876 |
You can take the dance class at _______.
| A．4:00 p.m. | B．1:00 p.m. | C．3:00 p.m. | D．8:00 a.m. |
O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know.
When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison(监狱). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.
He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers surprised.O. Henry was sent to prison because __________.
| A．people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper. |
| B．People thought he had stolen money from the bank. |
| C．he wanted to write stories about prisoners. |
| D．he broke the law (法律) by not using his own name |
Which of the following is true?
| A．O. Henry was from a rich family |
| B．O. Henry was in school for a long time. |
| C．O. Henry learned everything he needed by himself. |
| D．O. Henry liked writing stories when he was a little boy. |
O. Henry got most materials for his stories from ________.
| A．his happy life as a boy |
| B．New York and the poor of the city |
| C．the newspaper |
| D．his life in prison |
People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because ________.
| A．they had surprising endings |
| B．they were easy to understand |
| C．they showed love for the poor |
| D．they were about New York |
Do you remember when your grandma told you the story of Snow White? Ah, the happy days of childhood!
But did you know that Snow White comes from Germany? It's just one story from the 209 in Grimm's Fairy Tales (《格林童话》 ). The Grimm brothers started to collect fairy tales in 1806. Their first book came out （出版） in 1812. Why are German fairy tales so interesting? Maybe it's because they come from a great place famous for its stories - the Black Forest. The Black Forest is in southwest Germany. It's the largest forest in the country - and one of the most beautiful. It's famous for its trees and lovely views, There are valleys and waterfalls（瀑布） there. It's a good place to start a story.
Don't forget to bring something back if you visit. People there are good at making clocks, musical instruments（乐器） and watches. From the story, we know that _______ is the hometown of Snow White.
| A．England | B．Japan | C．America | D．Germany |
How long had the Grimm brothers been collecting stories?
| A．Four years | B．Five years |
| C．Six years | D．Seven years |
From the story, we cannot guess that the Black Forest is very_______.
| A．large | B．beautiful | C．boring | D．famous |
The story mainly tells us_______.
| A．who wrote the story of Snow White |
| B．some things about Black Forest |
| C．people should visit Germany |
| D．Snow White is a very famous fairy tale. |