Barak Obama(巴拉克.奥巴马), a black man, is the president(总统) of the United States now. He was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii(夏威夷) and has lived in many places. His mother was from Kansas(堪萨斯州) and his father was from Kenya（肯尼亚）. Obama went to Columbia University（哥伦比亚大学） in New York and got a law degree（律师学位） at Harvard University（哈佛大学） in Massachusetts（马萨诸塞州）. His wife is Michelle Obama（米歇尔.奥巴马）. She also worked as a lawyer and later worked for the University of Chicago（芝加哥大学）. They have two young daughters.
Obama wrote a book Dreams from My Father. “ I always live in the dream of my father and American people, ” Obama once said. He was born in a poor family. And his grandparents looked after him very well when Obama was young. He also lived and worked in Africa（非洲）. Then he got good education（教育） in Harvard University. On November 4th, 2008, he became the new president of America for the next four years.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卷上按要求作答。Where was Barack Obama born?
| A．In Kansas. | B．In Hawaii. |
| C．In Kenya. | D．In Massachusetts. |
How many universities are there in the passage?
| A．Three . | B．Six. | C．Two. | D．Five. |
Barack Obama became President at the age of
| A．37. | B．57. | C．40. | D．47. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Obama’s father was born in Kenya. |
| B．Obama has a son and a daughter. |
| C．Obama once worked in Africa. |
| D．Obama got good education in Harvard University. |
Which is the best title of this passage?
| A．Education of a President |
| B．Dreams from My father |
| C．Life of Barack Obama |
| D．Barack Obama and His Wife |
My name is Jeff. I'm English. But now I live (住) in China. I am a student. This is my classroom. Fifteen small desks and thirty chairs are in the classroom. They are for (给) classmates (同班同学) and me. A big desk is in the classroom, too. It's for my teacher. A clock is on the back (后面) wall of the classroom. Next to the clock is a map. It's a map of China.
My classroom is nice and clean. I like it very much. Who is Jeff?
| A．A schoolboy. | B．A schoolgirl. |
| C．A Chinese student. | D．American. |
What is Jeff talking about?
| A．The family. | B．The school. |
| C．The classroom. | D．The park. |
What's on the back wall of the classroom?
| A．A clock. | B．A map. |
| C．A map and a clock. | D．A picture. |
How many desks are there (有) in the classroom?
| A．Fifteen. | B．Sixteen. |
| C．Thirty. | D．Thirty-one. |
What does the underlined (划线) "it" mean (意思) in the passage (文章)?
| A．The classroom. | B．The map of China. |
| C．The big desk. | D．The school. |
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Is this your dictionary? Call John at 597-4393. |
Alan Is that your computer game in the lost and found case? Robert |
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| 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 dictionary, 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 |
The word “day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved form day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning(旋转) of the earth. At the equator(赤道), day and night are sometimes the same length. They are each twelve hours long.. The sun rises at 6 in the morning and sets at 6 in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted(倾斜) toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere(半球) gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere get more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ______________.
| A．both day and night | B．day |
| C．neither day nor night | D．night |
A place is moved from day into night and from night into days over and over by _______ of the earth.
| A．the pushing | B．the pulling |
| C．the spinning | D．the passing |
At the equator, day is as long as night ____.
| A．sometimes | B．never |
| C．usually | D．always |
When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere gets_____.
| A．less | B．more | C．all | D．no |
When it is winter in China, ______.
| A．the USA is tilted toward the sun |
| B．the South Pole is tilted away from the sun |
| C．the North Pole is tilted toward the sun |
| D．the North Pole is tilted away from the sun |
We recycle rubbish, so why not language? Recycling language means using vocabulary that you have learnt before again and again. However, unlike rubbish that piles up (堆积) in our environment, if we do not recycle language, we simply forget it. So how do you recycle language?
There are basically three ways to do it. The first is through reading. Go back to your favourite articles and read them once more. Just reread them and do not worry about each vocabulary item. If there are some that you are not sure about, make a guess and you will probably guess right. The second way to recycle is through writing. Look at some of your favourite articles and write either a short paragraph or a few sentences in your won words. After you have don this a few times, go back and read through what you have written, checking vocabulary functions. Don’t worry if you have made mistakes. That’s how you learn. The third way to recycle language is by having an imaginary chat with yourself about your favourite articles at home. You can pretend there is someone with you who speaks English and tell him what you are thinking about or how you feel.According to the passage, recycling language means _____ .
| A．repeating vocabulary at times |
| B．revising vocabulary at a proper time |
| C．learning new vocabulary as much as possible |
| D．using vocabulary that we have learnt very often |
If we recycle language, it may______ .
| A．be kept in our mind |
| B．be forgotten easily |
| C．pile up in our environment |
| D．disappear from our mind soon |
Which of the following is properly the best title of the passage?
| A．Why to Recycle Language |
| B．How to Learn Vocabulary |
| C．How to Recycle Language |
| D．Why to Learn Vocabulary |
If someone says to you, “give me five”, do not search your pocket for five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person’s not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, “give me five” or “give me the high five” is a popular gesture. You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the slapping( 拍) of each other’s raised right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery(彩票). If a football team wins game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to cerebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Rome gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor (皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword(剑) in his hand.”Give me five ” is a gesture to _______.
| A．make people laugh | B．ask for money |
| C．celebrate success | D．search one’s pocket |
The gesture “give me five” is the slapping of ____.
| A．toes | B．hands | C．arms | D．legs |
If someone _____, he WON’T show the gesture “give me five”.
| A．passes the exam | B．wins a lottery |
| C．does well in a match | D．wants to say goodbye |
The gesture started in ___ according to the story
| A．Rome | B．America | C．China | D．Britain |