Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA. In the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham is a kind of pork---- but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. It has beef in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake. Hamburgers are delicious. They are very popular in the USA. They are also popular in England and Australia. Fish and chips are very popular _____.
| A．in England | B．in Australia | C．in the USA | D．in China |
In the USA the most popular kind of take-away food is _____.
| A．hamburgers | B．fish and chips | C．Chinese food | D．chicken |
Hamburger is a kind of _____.
| A．drink | B．food | C．meat | D．pork |
The hamburger does not have any ______ in it.
| A．beef | B．pork | C．meat | D．chicken |
What does less popular mean?
| A．People like them very much |
| B．They are very nice |
| C．People don’t like them |
| D．They are very popular. |
If you usually take the school bus or sometimes need to take public buses to school, there are some important rules you should know.
·When you are waiting for the bus, you should wait at the bus stop, and stand well back.
·When you get off the bus, make sure you and the driver can see each other, and wait for the driver to signal you before you cross the road in front of the bus.
·Never go back for anything you may leave on the bus when it is starting.
·Never bend down near the bus when you walk to or from the bus stop.
·You should cross the street at a crosswalk or a street corner, and wait for the light to turn green or for the WALK crossing signal.
·It is important to look carefully to the left, the right and the left again when you cross the street.
·Remember that it is dangerous to stay in the areas around buses where the driver can’t see you. Don’t run between parked cars or buses.
·Do not run across the street or through parking areas to catch up with your friends.When you are waiting for the bus, you should wait.
| A．at the bus stop | B．on the street |
| C．at a crosswalk | D．a street corner |
It is important towhen you cross the street.
| A．run quickly |
| B．wait for the light to turn green |
| C．look carefully to the left |
| D．look carefully to the right |
If you walk to or from the bus stop, you mustn’t .
| A．bend down on the bus |
| B．cross the street at a crosswalk or a street corner |
| C．bend down near the bus |
| D．look carefully to the left, the right and the left again |
This passage is mainly about.
| A．safety rules for students by bus |
| B．safety rules for drivers |
| C．safety rules for children by train |
| D．how to cross the street |
A long time ago, in 1893, in the United States, some people were talking about fruits and vegetables. They asked, “What are fruits and what are vegetables? How are fruits different from vegetables and vegetables different from fruits?” They talked for a long time and then they decided, “We eat vegetables as part of a meal, but we eat fruits before or after a meal.”
In real life, people do not think the dictionaries give the right meaning of a word. For example, the dictionaries say that tomatoes are fruits. But few people know that. Most people think they are vegetables. They call them vegetables and eat them as vegetables. To most people, fruits mean sweet things like apples, pears, oranges and watermelons.
What are vegetables then? We call many plants and grasses vegetables. Some people think some fruits are vegetables, such as apples, pears and bananas. But to most people, vegetables mean things like potatoes, onions and carrots.A long time ago, some people in the United States _______.
| A．wanted to know what were fruits and vegetables |
| B．didn’t know when to eat fruits |
| C．didn’t think fruits were as good as vegetables |
| D．didn’t talk about fruits and vegetables |
People usually eat vegetables _______.
| A．before a meal | B．after a meal | C．alone | D．during a meal |
What do most people think of fruits?
| A．They are the same as vegetables. |
| B．They are sweet things. |
| C．They are like potatoes, onions and carrots. |
| D．They are only apples, pears, oranges and watermelons. |
Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage(汽车库). He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he _____.
| A．never did his lessons |
| B．was full of new ideas |
| C．always made troubles with his schoolmates. |
| D．dropped |
Steven Jobs designed his new computer ________.
| A．in India | B．with his friend |
| C．in an apple tree garden | D．by himself |
Steven Jobs was famous for his _____ all over the world.
| A．new ideas | B．apple | C．Apple Computer | D．video games |
From this passage we know _________.
| A．Steven Jobs didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates. |
| B．Steven Jobs liked traveling in India and California. |
| C．Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true |
| D．Steven Jobs could only design video games |
Today it is found that school students hardly pay much attention to sports. Is it because they aren’t interested in sports? No. They often say they have other more important things to do.
What are these important things? Examinations! Students have to spend much time on all kinds of examinations at school. So many of them almost become bookworms (书呆子). Books stop them from doing sports. Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, the students have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for (就……而言) the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies. So it is necessary for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports. In fact, education can’t go without physical (身体的) exercises, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything, let alone (更不用说) a great success in your life.are the greatest problems, so the school students don’t pay much attention to sports now.
| A．No interest | B．Exercises |
| C．Education | D．Examinations |
The underlined word “pressure” means “”.
| A．happy feeling | B．good care |
| C．nervous feeling | D．deep love |
The writer thinks the students should .
A. work hard all day and all night
B have all kinds of sports after studying
C. do not have sports
D. spend the free time on the studies and give up the sportsWhich sentence is true?
| A．If you have a weak body, you will have a hard mind. |
| B．If students want to get better results in studies, they must not do sports. |
| C．If students spend all their time on sports, they will improve studies. |
| D．If you want to be successful in your life, you must have a strong body. |
An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn’t go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well.
The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel.
“Bring me the bill,” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isn’t any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.The story happened _______.
| A．in England |
| B．on a ship from Norway to England |
| C．in Norway |
| D．on a ship from England to Norway |
Why didn’t the traveler go to the dinning room first?
| A．Because he had no money |
| B．Because he didn’t feel very well |
| C．Because he didn’t want to eat anything |
| D．Because he didn’t hear the sound of the bell |
The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because _______.
| A．his friend had given him some money |
| B．the waiter had asked him to change his mind |
| C．he learned that there was no bill on the ship |
| D．he was too hungry |
How many meals did the traveler have on the ship?
| A．Only one | B．Two | C．Three | D．None |