When I was young,I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”
Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.
In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.When he was young, the writer liked to _______.
A.play with his brother | B.help his mother cook |
C.play jokes on people | D.go swimming with his friends |
What happened when the writer was playing with his brother? ______
A.He got tired. | B.He played a joke on his mother. |
C.Tony fell from the open window. | D.His mother hit him. |
In the beginning, all his friends came to help him because he ______.
A.swam fast | B.called for help |
C.would sink in water | D.couldn’t swim on in the water |
When the writer called his friends for help for the second time, they ______.
A.took him to the hospital at once |
B.came and saved him immediately |
C.thought at first he was joking again |
D.did nothing because the writer had lied to them |
The story tells us that ________.
A.swimming is dangerous |
B.the writer is a naughty boy |
C.one can play jokes only on people he knows |
D.if someone always tells lies, others won’t trust (信任) him |
Jim is my good friend. We are in the same school. He is an American. We are good friends. This is Jim’s bedroom. It’s not big, but new. A black desk is in the room. Some English books are on the desk. Jim’s backpack is on it. The backpack is yellow, but old. What’s under the red chair? It’s a white cat. It’s a Chinese cat. Its name is Mimi. Jim’s father is in the living room. He is about fifty years old. Where is his mother? She is in the bedroom. She is a teacher.Jim and I are ________.
A.American | B.in the same school | C.girls | D.boys |
Jim’s father is ________.
A.in the bedroom | B.on the desk |
C.under the chair | D.in the living room |
Jim’s backpack is ________.
A.old | B.new | C.in the desk | D.under the desk |
The desk in the room is ________.
A.black | B.white | C.blue | D.yellow |
A(n) ________ is in Jim’s bedroom.
A.math book | B.alarm clock |
C.old backpack | D.white chair |
Birthdays are celebrated(庆祝)all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country: candles, cakes, and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few: When someone is having a birthday in Denmark, you can see _____ outside the window.
A.flowers | B.presents | C.a flag | D.a chair |
In _________ flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child.
A.Japan | B.Denmark | C.India | D.Holland |
In _______, only birthday children wear colored clothes to school.
A.India | B.Holland | C.Denmark | D.Japan |
In Japan, the birthday is more important for boys when they are ________.
A.15 | B.7 | C.5 | D.3 |
The passage is mainly about __________.
A.similar ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries |
B.different ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries |
C.how to celebrate the birthdays. |
D.Birthdays are celebrated all over the world in the same way. |
Ticket Prices for Shanghai Expo |
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Time Types |
Pre-sale(预售)Ⅰ Mar. 27,2009 ~Jun. 30,2009 |
Pre-sale Ⅱ Jul. 1,2009 ~Dec. 31,2009 |
Pre-sale Ⅲ Jan. 1,2010 ~Apr. 30,2010 |
Expo Session(期间)May. 1,2010 ~Oct. 31,2010 |
Peak Day Ticket (指定日门票) |
¥170 |
¥180 |
¥190 |
¥200 |
Standard Day Ticket (平日门票) |
¥130 |
¥140 |
¥150 |
¥160 |
3-Day Ticket |
(无) |
¥400 |
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7-Day Ticket |
¥900 |
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Evening Ticket |
N/A |
¥90 |
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If Joe wanted to buy the cheapest ticket for Peak Day,he could book(预定)one during.
A.Pre - sale Ⅰ | B.Pre – sale Ⅱ |
C.Pre – sale Ⅲ | D.Expo Session |
On March 1,2010,Sue bought two Standard Day tickets for her parents. She paidfor
them.
A.¥380 | B.¥300 | C.¥260 | D.¥180 |
It cost Thomas ¥160 to get a ticket for Standard Day.He probably bought it on.
A.April 23,2009 | B.August l,2009 |
C.February 2,2010 | D.May 20,2010 |
Kathy spent 900 yuan on a ticket for Shanghai Expo.Her visit can lastdays.
A.one | B.three | C.seven | D.ten |
Visitors to Shanghai Expo could buytickets only after May 1,2010.
A.morning | B.afternoon | C.evening | D.Midnight |
Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)
A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.
Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
A.a motor car | B.a motor home |
C.a motorbike | D.a big truck |
Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.
A.sold their old house |
B.moved to their grandparents’house |
C.built a new place for a van |
D.sold their second car |
A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.
A.a baby | B.much money |
C.more than two children | D.interest in vans |
Americans usually use motor homer____________.
A.to travel with all the family members of holiday |
B.to do some shopping with all the family members |
C.to visit their grandparents at weekends |
D.to drive their children to school every day |
Motor homes have become popular because___________.
A.they can take people to another city when people are free |
B.they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays |
C.some people think motor homes are cheap |
D.big families can put more things in motor homes |
TV PROGRAMMES |
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Channel 1 |
Channel 2 |
18:00 Around China 18:30 Children’s programme 19:00 News 19:30 Weather report 19:40 Around the world 20:10 TV play: Sisters 21:00 English for today 21:15 Popular music 21:55 Talk show |
17:45 Computers today 18:10 Foreign arts 18:30 English classroom 19:00 Animal world 19:25 China’99 20:20 Sports 21:00 TV play: Guo Lanying 21:45 English news 22:06 On TV next week |
If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be _____.
A.TV play | B.Sports |
C.Around the world | D.Talk show |
The programme of ______ will let you know much about western countries.
A.Sisters | B.Around China |
C.Around the world | D.On TV next week |
If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is __________.
A.Around China | B.Animal world |
C.TV play | D.Foreign arts |
English classroom is a programme that _________.
A.lets you know something about classrooms |
B.tells you something about students |
C.lets you know something about school life |
D.teaches you English |
The programme at the end of Channel 2 means _______ on TV next week.
A.news | B.programme | C.people | D.Places |