Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in. Here are two of the cities listed as "the world's best."
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA The city has comfortable weather all year round (15℃ to 26℃). Housing is not very expensive in San Jose. Also, many of the city's older neighborhoods are very beautiful and have small hotels and cafés. Beautiful mountains are around the city. Lots of people go sightseeing there every year. But air pollution is a problem in the city center.
HONG KONG, CHINA This lively city-once a small fishing village-is today an international business center. It is an interesting mix of East and West, old and new. Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (庙宇). Popular nightclubs are close to traditional teahouses. Busy people fill the streets at all hours of the day. But outside the city, there are parks for walking or relaxing. Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes. There's also food from Europe, North America, and other parts of Asia. However, this small city has a large population of nearly seven million! That's why housing is very expensive. Traffic and air pollution are also a problem.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about San Jose?
| A．The weather. | B．The mountains. |
| C．The air. | D．The traffic. |
What makes Hong Kong the world's best according to this passage?
| A．The lively city and the wonderful dishes. |
| B．The large population and the traffic. |
| C．The expensive housing. |
| D．The beautiful temples. |
The writer thinks housing in Hong Kong is expensive because
| A．it is a small fishing village |
| B．it is a mix of East and West |
| C．it is a beautiful city |
| D．there are too many people in the city |
What do the two cities have in common?
| A．They both have beautiful mountains. |
| B．They both have a large population. |
| C．Air pollution is a problem in both. |
| D．They are both crowded. |
From the passage, we can know that
| A．San Jose and Hong Kong are the only two cities of the world's best |
| B．San Jose has more natural sights than Hong Kong does |
| C．the weather in both cities is fine |
| D．San Jose used to be a small fishing village |
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| Have you ever been to Taiwan? China’s biggest island? (1)你想到那里参观一下吗？We’ll show you the best of Taiwan island. A five-day tour. |
| (2)___________________________ Only 5,000 Including Round- trip plane tickets between Beijing and Taiwan. Bus service around Taiwan. Great tour guide service. |
| Places Sun Moon Lake  A beautiful lake. A small island. On one side of the island, the lake looks like the sun, and on the other side it looks like the moon. (3) This is why people call it Sun Moon Lake.Ali Mountain The nearest mountain around Sun Moon Lake. A nice experience to have a party with Gaoshan people. A wonderful place to see a very beautiful sunrise. Penghu Lake A great place for swimming, fishing, boating and eating delicious fruit and fresh fish. Gao Xiong A great place to spend a full day shopping. |
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将文中划线部分（1）的汉语句子译成英语。
在文中划线部分（2）的空白处填入一个英语单词以说明所谈论的话题。
How many places can tourists visit in Taiwan seconding to this passage?
将文中划线部分（3）的英语句子译成汉语。
How long is the office hour on Saturday?
| I am 15. Now I’m studying English in London. My dream is to invent a language machine that can help me understand as many languages as possible. Marie, France May 15, 2011 |
I am 13. I dream of going to a top university after I graduate. I want to be a reporter in the future.] Michiko, Japan June 11, 2011 |
| I am a 12-year-old girl. I like traveling very much. How I wish to visit Egypt some day! Masha, Russia April 15, 2011 |
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I am a 16-year-old in Shanghai. The Jinghu High-speed Railway has been built. I’ll be able to reach Beijing by train in about 5 hour. My dream is to go to Beijing for a visit  after I graduate next year.Wang Min, China May 20, 2011 |
I am 14 year old. I dream of inventing a machine that can send things or people from one place to another in a machine. Andrew the USA June 5, 2011 |
What is Michiko’s dream?
| A．Visiting Egypt. |
| B．Going to a top university. |
| C．Inviting a language machine. |
| D．Going from one place to another in a minute. |
How will Wang Min be when she graduates?
| A．Fourteen | B．Fifteen | C．Sixteen | D．Seventeen. |
Which sentence is RIGHT according to the passage?
| A．Marie is now studying English in England. |
| B．Masha wants to be a reporter when she groups up. |
| C．The Jinghu High-speed Railway hasn’t been built yet. |
| D．People in Shanghai can reach Beijing by train in about two hours. |
From the passage we know that______want to invent something.
| A．Marie and Wang Min | B．Marie and Andrew. |
C．Wang Min a nd Michiko |
D．Masha and Andrew. |
The best title (题目) from this passage would be______
| A．I have a dream | B．Five friends. |
C．We like En glish |
D．Our inventions. |
Most children don’t enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert’s mother, Mrs Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.
Here is an example.
“Mum, have you worked out next week’s housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards I can’t wait. It’s fun!”
When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mum cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the week day task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all t
he cards
To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of course, the parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free. From the passage we know that most children like .
| A．doing housework | B．playing computer games | C．playing cards | D．doing housework |
Jim and Robert chose card for the weekdays from Monday to Friday.
| A．two | B．four | C．eight | D．ten |
Jim likes to .
| A．clean the bathroom | B．make the bed | C．feel the fish | D．sweep the floor |
The underlined phrase “came up with” probably means “”.
| A．looked at | B．gave up | C．thought of | D．believed in |
Who did the housework on the weekends?
| A．Jim | B．Robert | C．The parents | D．The whole family |
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Bollywood: the Hollywood of India
You might be surprised to learn that India produces about 800 movies a year, and that number continues to grow. Just as the movie Capital of the United States is Hollywood, the movie capital of India is Bombay (孟买), but it is usually called "Bollywood", a combination(结合) of the words Bombay and Hollywood.
No Bollywood movie is thought complete without a few s
ongs and dances. In fact, music is an important part of Bollywood movies. Even a bad movie can still do well if the music is good. Music directors are sometimes more popular than the film stars. A Bollywood movie has five to six songs with at least three songs to show what the dances mean.
Bollywood may be different from Hollywood in music, but it is very like Hollywood in several ways. If Tom Cruise can hold a gun, so can the Bollywood hero Sharukh Khan. Hollywood stars are followed by news reporters just as often as Hollywood stars. The persona! lives of actors and actresses catch the headlines(头版头条), just as they do in the United States.
The Oscars are a very exciting time of the year for actors and actresses in America, Bollywood has its own form of the Oscars, and they are also very exciting.The name Bollywood comes from the words _____________________ .
Bollywood is a place where many __________ are made each year,
In India, the film stars are sometimes _______ popular than musk directors.
Every complete Bollywood movie has a few _______________ in them.
The Oscars in India are as ________ as those in America though they are different.
How do you pay for things? Do you usually use cash(现金), or do you like to pay by credit card(信用卡)? If you are like a lot of people, you probably have at least one credit card. Also, you might use it more often than you probably should.
Credit cards first became popular in the 1920s, At that time, businesses, such as hotels and companies, gave credit cards to their best customers(顾客). Unlike today's credit cards, customers could only use these cards at the Store or business that gave out the card. Customers had to pay for things in full. They couldn't pay for something a little at a time.
In 1950, a businessman named McNamara started a credit card company — Diners Club. Unlike earlier credit cards, this card could be used by customers at many restaurants. Customers liked the card because they didn't have to carry a lot of cash with them. Restaurant owners liked the card, too. Why? They found out that customers usually spent more money when they could pay by credit card.
In its first year of business, Diners Club issued 200 cards, The customers who got the cards from the Diners Club could use them at 27 different restaurants. Today, Diners Club has about 8 million customers, and they can use their cards in over 7. 6 million businesses in more than 200 countries.What can we know about the earlier credit cards from the passage?
| A．They could be used everywhere. |
| B．Customers had to pay for things in full. |
| C．They were very popular before the 1920s. |
| D．Everyone could get this kind of credit card. |
The underlined word "issued" here probably means "".
| A．showed | B．took | C．borrowed | D．provided |
This passage is mainly about.
| A．part of the development of credit cards |
| B．how to use cash |
| C．the number of people who use credit cards in the world |
| D．how credit cards help businessmen |