Have you ever hoped a toy balloon? They are very light. But there are much bigger balloons can fly very high up in the sky. They are big enough to carry people. They are called hot-air balloons.
To make a hot-air balloon go up, turn on the burner(燃烧器). That will make the air inside the balloon hotter. Then the balloon will go up.
To make the balloon go down, turn off the burner. The air inside the balloon will get cooler. Then the balloon will go down. Underneath(在….下面) the balloon there is a large basket. That is where the pilot and the passengers go.
The burner is just above the basket. You can stand in the basket and turn the burner on and off. The balloon will go where the wind is blowing the right way! Do you want the balloon to go somewhere special? First make sure the wind is blowing the right way!
People have been flying in hot-air balloons for over two hundred years. Before planes it was the only way of flying. Today people fly in hot-air balloon for fun. Some people like to race hot-air balloons.A hot-air balloon is ____
| A．smaller than a toy balloon | B．bigger than a toy balloon |
| C．the same as a toy balloon | D．lighter than a toy balloon |
Where will you sit if you want to fly in the balloon?
| A．Inside the basket | B．On top of the balloon |
| C．Under the basket | D．Inside the balloon |
You want the balloon to go up. So you will ____
| A．jump out of the balloon |
| B．let the air out of the balloon |
| C．make the air inside the balloon hotter |
| D．let the air inside the balloon cool down |
Now you are high up in the sky. If you want the balloon go down, you will _____
| A．make your friends go out of the basket |
| B．make a hole in the balloon with a knife |
| C．make the air inside the balloon hotter |
| D．make the air inside the balloon cooler |
Now everything is all right! The balloon is flying across the sky. Where are you going?
| A．Towards the sun | B．To the seaside |
| C．Where the wind blows you. | D．To the nearest mountains |
In the 1920s and 30s the airlines were just beginning. It was unusual for people to travel by air because it was expensive and dangerous. In those days, there were no flight attendants to look after the passengers(乘客). Young men ,or “stewards” helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers’ luggage(行李)but they did not provide food or drinks. But then in 1930,a woman called Ellen Church invented the “stewardess”.
Ellen Church was born in 1904 on a farm in Iowa. She was a different child. She didn’t want to work on a farm or marry a farmer —she wanted a more adventurous life. Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital. For the next few years she stayed at the hospital but also took flying lessons and got her pilot’s license.
Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport. She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a man’s world. Although women like Emelia Earheart were becoming famous, she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot .But she had another idea. Most people were frightened of flying because. flying was still an unreliable(不可靠的) way to travel. There were often delays(延误),many crashes and the bad weathers made many passengers sick. Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B.A.T. agreed.
The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses.
At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes, but passengers loved the stewardesses. In 1940 there were around 1000 of them working for different airlines. The early “stewardesses” had to be under twenty-five-year-old, single and slim. When a woman joined an airline, she had to promise not to get married or have children. It was a hard job and not well paid. They worked long hours and earned ＄1 an hour.
In the 1970s, stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes. Since the 1970s, “stewardesses” have been called flight attendants. They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past.The underlined word “adventurous” means _____________.
| A．奇怪的 | B．平淡的 | C．有趣的 | D．冒险的 |
The main reason for Boeing Air Transport offering Ellen the job was ________.
| A．her flying experience | B．her university education |
| C．her nursing experience | D．her life attitudes |
According to the passage, in the 1940s a woman had to ________ if she wanted to be a stewardess.
| A．be a nurse | B．be married | C．be a mother | D．be young |
The passage mainly talks about _______.
| A．the background of early flying pilots |
| B．the experience of flying passengers |
| C．the history of early flight attendants |
| D．the development of airplanes |
According to HEALTHY EATING PLATE, we should pay attention to ______aspects(方面) to be healthy.
| A．2 | B．4 | C．6 | D．1 |
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
| A．Some kinds of oil are unhealthy. |
| B．Eating lots of fruit of different colors is a good way to keep healthy. |
| C．Brown rice is healthier than white rice. |
| D．We’d better eat a lot of potatoes and French fries. |
What’s the passage mainly about? __________________.
| A．How to use plates | B．How to eat healthily |
| C．How to use healthy oils | D．How to eat whole grains |
根据下边四张名片，选择最佳答案。
| foreign外国的 doctor医生 language语言 taxi出租车 college学院 company公司 professor教授 driver司机 century世纪 computer电脑 center中心 manager经理 children’s hospital儿童医院 |
_______ can teach（教）us English.
| A．Li Hong | B．Zhao Bi |
| C．Xie Zhongqing | D．Liu Huifang |
You should call _______ if your daughter（女儿）is ill（病）.
| A．Li Hong | B．Zhao Bi |
| C．Xie Zhongqing | D．Liu Huifang |
You call ______ when you want to take a taxi to New Century Computer Center.
| A．199230163 | B．13704358529 |
| C．13902137285 | D．127080370 |
______ is a merchant（商人）.
| A．Li Hong | B．Zhao Bi |
| C．Xie Zhongqing | D．Liu Huifang |
We can’t send a fax to the ______.
| A．professor | B．manager |
| C．doctor | D．driver |
Hello! My name is Joy. I’m a girl. I’m eleven. I’m in Class Eight, Grade Seven. This is my friend, Joan. She is twelve. She is in a high school. She is in Class Seven, Grade Eight. My English teacher is Miss White, but her English teacher is Miss Green. Look！Who’s that? Oh, she’s my mom. She’s a Chinese teacher.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。 ____ is in Class Eight, Grade Seven.
| A．Joan | B．John | C．Joy | D．Joe |
Joan is Joy’s（乔伊的）____.
| A．teacher | B．friend | C．student（学生） | D．mom |
Joan is ____.
| A．eleven | B．twelve | C．thirteen | D．fourteen |
Joy’s English teacher is ____.
| A．Miss White | B．Miss Green | C．Joy’s mom | D．Joan |
Joy’s mother is ____.
| A．an English teacher | B．a friend |
| C．a student | D．a Chinese teacher |
Look, this is a photo of Mr. White’s family. The man in the photo is Mr. White, the father. The woman is the mother. They have two daughters. The girl behind Mr. White is Mary. She’s 14. The girl behind Mrs. White is Jane. She is 11. Mary and Jane are in the same school, but not the same grade. Mary is in Grade2. Jane is in Grade 1. They are good students.There are people in the picture.
| A．five | B．three | C．four | D．six |
Mary is behind .
| A．Mr. White | B．Mrs. White | C．Jane | D．Peter |
Mr. and Mrs. White have .
| A．one son and one daughter | B．two sons |
| C．two daughters | D．one son |
Jane issister.
| A．Mr. White’s | B．Mary’s | C．Mrs. White’s | D．Peter’s |
How old are Mary and Jane?
| A．Eleven and thirteen | B．Fourteen and eleven |
| C．Eleven | D．Thirteen |