A traveler came out of the airport. There were a lot of taxis. He asked every taxi driver about his name. Then he took the third one. It cost 5 dollars from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” The man asked. “100 dollars,” said the taxi driver. This was very dear (昂贵的), but the man said it was OK.
The taxi driver took the man everywhere. He showed him all the parks and museums in the city. In the evening they went back to the hotel. The traveler gave the taxi driver 100 dollars and said, “What about tomorrow?” The taxi driver looked at the man and said, “Tomorrow is another 100 dollars.” And the man said, “That’s OK! See you tomorrow.” The taxi driver was very pleased.
The next day the taxi driver took the traveler everywhere again. They visited all the parks and museums again. And in the evening they went back to the hotel. The man gave the taxi driver 100 dollars again and said, “I’m going home tomorrow.” The driver was sorry because he liked the traveler and 100 dollars a day was a lot of money. “So you are going home. Where do you come from?” He asked. “I come from New York.” “New York,” the taxi driver said, “I have a sister in New York. Her name is Susan. Do you know her?” “Of course I know her. She gave me 200 dollars for you!”Where did the traveler come from?
| A．England | B．America | C．Canada | D．France |
Why did the traveler take the third taxi? Because _ _____ .
| A．the other taxi driver asked more money |
| B．the third driver was a kind-hearted(热心肠的) man |
| C．he didn’t want to spend his own money on the coming visit |
| D．the other driver didn’t like him |
Usually the cost of the traveling one day may be ______.
| A．$ 100 | B．$ 200 | C．less than $ 100 | D．more than $ 200 |
Who asked the traveler to give the money for the taxi driver?
| A．The traveler’s sister | B．The traveler himself |
| C．Nobody | D．The driver’s sister |
The driver was unhappy __ ____ .
| A．when he heard the traveler’s last words |
| B．when the traveler asked every taxi driver his name |
| C．when the traveler asked him for his sister’s name |
| D．during the two—day visit |
This is a teacher’s family. The father’s name is Lake Smith. He is forty-four. The mother’s name is Kate Smith. She’s forty-two. The Smiths have a son, Jim, and a daughter, Ann. Jim is fourteen, and Ann is twelve. The son looks like his father, and the daughter looks like her mother. They are all in No.4 Middle School here. But the Smiths are teachers, the son and daughter are students. Jim’s father is _________.
| A．a worker | B．a teacher |
| C．a doctor | D．a driver |
Ann’s mother’s name is ___________.
| A．Lake Smith | B．Kate Smith |
| C．Jim Smith | D．Ann Smith |
Jim looks like his__________.
| A．father | B．Mother |
| C．aunt | D．uncle |
Are Jim and Ann in the same(相同的) school?
| A．They are in the same school? |
| B．They are in different schools. |
| C．Yes, they are. |
| D．No, they aren’t. |
Is Kate Smith a teacher?
| A．Yes, it is. | B．Yes, she is. |
| C．No, she isn’t. | D．No, he isn’t. |
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Health is more important than wealth.(财富).Good health enables us to enjoy our life and achieve what we hope for in our career(事业).On the contary(相反),poor health leads to nothing.
How can we keep healthy? Here are some advice . Firstly, it is very important for us to eat more fruits and vegetables because they provide vitamins（维生素）,and we have to keep a balanced diet .So we should avoid food with lots of sugar .Secondly ,we’d better exercise every day to make our bodies strong. Besides,we have to avoid too much work pressure. Finally,we have to get ridof these bad habits such as drinking and smoking.
In conclusion (总之).if we follow the advice given above, we will live a health life.
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| Which is more important ,health or wealth? |
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| Fruits and vegetables provide . |
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| we should exercise every day to make our bodies |
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| We have to give up bad |
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| We have to avoid food with lots of sugar and too much |
The English love sports. One of the popular games in England is cricket (板球). But cricket doesn’t change（改变） much these years. For some parts of England, the eight months of the football season is more important than the four months of the cricket season.
Most middle schools have sports fields (场地) and boys usually play rugby (橄榄球) or football in winter and cricket in summer. While school girls play tennis or baseball in summer and basketball or hockey (曲棍球) in winter ,boys seldom play basketball. The more popular grown-up (成人的) games are golf and tennis. A lot of people play them.
The British also like watching horse racing, but few show interest in bike racing. Britain is the home of many modern (现代的) popular sports.
请根据短文内容从所给选项中选出最佳选项。 In England, there are _____ months in the cricket season.
| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．8 |
Middle school boys often play rugby or football in _____.
| A．spring | B．winter |
| C．summer | D．fall |
In England, _____ are popular grown-up games.
| A．football and basketball | B．tennis and football |
| C．golf and tennis | D．tennis and soccer |
From the passage, we can learn that many modern popular sports are from _____.
| A． America | B．Britain |
| C．Japan | D．China |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．For most British people, the cricket season is more important than the football season. |
| B．Cricket changed a lot during the last ten years. |
| C．Middle school girls seldom play basketball. |
| D．The British prefer horse racing to bike racing. |
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（A） (B)
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(C) (D)
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(E)
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Mr. Sun is looking for a hotel. He should read .
Xiao Hong in Beijing wants to get a job on weekends , may be good news for her.
People who like listening to famous stars singing must be interested in .
The Greens want to have some fast food, and they should read .
阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分）阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
Alexander Graham Bell was a British man who was a teacher to people who could not hear. He was born in Edinburgh , Scotland in 1847 and went to school in Edinburgh and London. People who cannot hear any sounds at all are called deaf people, and Alexander became interested in helping them to learn to speak. He taught people how to use their mouths to make the sounds needed for talking.
Bell’s family moved to Canada in 1870 and to the USA in 1871. For several years he taught the people who could not speak in Boston( 波士顿). But at the same time he was developing a way to use electricity to send the sounds of talking along a wire(电线), and he made the first telephone in June, 1875. He worked hard in his workshop for six months with his helper Tom Watson. Finally , he spoke these famous words slowly into the telephone, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” And Watson came to him.
The telephone developed quickly in the USA over the next few years. The Bell Telephone Company started in 1877, and in 1878 the first telephone centre was built in New York. More than 150, 000 people had telephones in their homes ten years later. Alexander Graham Bell was a kind man and spent much of his money and time during the rest of his life helping deaf people . In 1922 he died in Canada.Was Alexander Graham Bell born in Scotland?
______________________________________________________What was he interested in doing when he was in Britain?
__________________________________________________________Where was Bell’s family in 1870?
__________________________________________________________When was the first telephone invented(发明）?
_________________________________________________________What do you think of the great inventor?
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