My name is Peter and I’m 12 years old. I don’t have a brother or a sister. I am in No.2 Middle School. My parents are Gray and Nancy Wilson. My father is a worker and my mother is a music teacher.
My father’s parents are David and Jacy Wilson. They don’t live with us. They live in the nearby city(附近的城市). David is 63 and Jacy is 61. They come to see us once a month(一个月一次).
My mother’s parents are Henry and Sara Smith. Henry is 62 and Sara is 58. They are farmers. They have a farm. They grow vegetables and rice(种植蔬菜和水稻). I like to go to see my grandparents.How many children do Gary and Nancy Wilson have?
A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three. | D.Four. |
Nancy Wilson is a(n) .
A.worker | B.music teacher | C.farmer | D.We don’t know |
is Nancy Wilson’s father.
A.David Wilson | B.Jacy Wilson | C.Henry Smith | D.Sara Smith |
How old is Jacy Wilson?
A.63. | B.58 | C.62. | D.61. |
Who has a farm?
A.Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. | B.Peter’s parents. |
C.Mr. and Mrs. Smith. | D.Nobody. |
Tim liked travelling. He was studying in a primary school. Last week he went on a school trip with his teachers and classmates.
They spent one hour on the bus and finally got to the hill. They found many kinds of flowers on the hill. They were very beautiful. Many bees and butterflies were flying from one flower to another. Tim and his friends tried to catch some butterflies, but they failed to do so.
After they got to the top of the hill, they took out the food with them. Tim had lunch with his friends. Then they began to play games on the hill.
Now it was time for them to go home. They were a little tired, but they were very happy.
What did Tim like?
A.Boating. | B.Driving. |
C.Travelling. | D.Walking. |
It took them _____ to arrive at the hill.
A.half an hour | B.an hour |
C.two hours | D.a day |
A lot of _____ and butterflies were flying here and there.
A.bees | B.birds | C.planes | D.swans |
Tim had _____ on the top of the hill with his friends.
A.breakfast | B.lunch |
C.supper | D.dinner |
How did they feel after the school trip?
A.Sad. | B.Sorry. |
C.Boring. | D.Happy. |
Mr. Perkin didn’t like to be different from others. He always tried to wear the same clothes, eat the same food, and do the same things after work as others.
One day Mr. Perkin noticed (注意到) that many new cars were new Beta 400s and most of them were yellow. The next week, Mr. Perkin bought a new yellow Beta 400. He was very pleased with it, and drove to work the next day. He was more pleased, when he saw all the other Beta 400s, in front, behind, and on both sides of him.
Mr. Perkin parked (停放) his car near his office. But when he came back at five o’clock, there were so many yellow Beta 400s that he didn’t know which car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people gave him a strange (奇怪的) look, so he stopped. Poor Mr. Perkin had to wait nearly two hours until (直到) there was only one yellow Beta 400 left.
Beta 400 is a kind of _____.
A.clothes | B.car |
C.sports | D.Book |
_____, so he bought a new yellow car.
A.Mr. Perkin hated his car to be the same as others |
B.Mr. Perkin liked his car to be the same as others |
C.Mr. Perkin wanted his car to be different from others |
D.Mr. Perkin liked driving a car |
Mr. Perkin was more ________with his new car when he was in the middle of the other cars like his.
A.angry | B.tired |
C.surprised | D.pleased |
Mr. Perkin tried his key in some of the cars _____.
A.because he wanted to find his car in this way |
B.because he wanted to steal (偷) a car like his |
C.because he wanted to make jokes (开玩笑) with others |
D.because he had got a wrong key |
When did Mr. Perkin go home that day?
A.6:00 pm | B.7:00 pm |
C.8:00 pm | D.9:00 pm |
Linda has been a vegetarian for years. She stopped eating meat because of how she felt. As she told her doctor, she always felt tired. Her doctor looked her over and told her to eat less meat. She bought a vegetarian cookbook and decided to "go all the way". She still eats eggs and cheese sometimes; now, however, most of her food is vegetables, fruits, and grains (谷类). Linda became a vegetarian to improve her health.
Nancy is an animal lover. Nancy grew up on a farm where there were cows and chickens. As she grew older, she started to eat less meat One day she realized that she had stopped eating meat. She thinks it is not right to kill animals for food.
When Mark was a student, he had a careful plan of how to spend money. The little money that he had for food, he spent on rice, cheap vegetables. He learned to be a very good cook. Now Mark is a successful engineer, but he still eats simple foods, and no meat.
Roy is an environmentalist He knows that the population is increasing faster and faster, but the land for growing food is not increasing at all. He knows that it takes sixteen kilos (克) of grain to make one kilo of meat; he thinks about the fifteen kilos of grain that are wasted if he eats meat "Somewhere, " he says, "someone hasn't got enough to eat and is dying. How can I enjoy a thick steak (牛排)?" Mark's ideas about what is right and wrong make him a vegetarian
According to the passage, a vegetarian usually will not eat _____ .
Linda became a vegetarian because ______ .
A .her doctor asked her to do so
B. she was badly ill
C she enjoyed eating vegetables
D. she wanted to be healthier.
Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Mark became a vegetarian when he was a student. |
B.We aren't sure when Roy became a vegetarian. |
C.Nancy became a vegetarian when she was old. |
D.Roy doesn't like steak at all |
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.people choose to be vegetarians for different reasons |
B.people become vegetarians because they don't like meat |
C.meat is not good for one's health |
D.we had better become vegetarians |
Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) was born in Stockholm on August 29th and died on the same day. She was one of the most successful women of her time.
In 1934, while she was still in school, she played in her first film The Count of Mount’s Bridge. Four films followed, and people were surprised at how well young Ingrid Bergman played. Then she played in Casablanca, and this film won three Oscars. In another film called Murder on the Orient Express, she played for only four and a half minutes, but she was given one hundred thousand dollars! She won her third Oscar for this film.
Now, Ingrid Bergman has died, but she will always be remembered. She once said, “I’ve been very lucky. I should thank everyone. I never have to be hungry. I always have good parts to play. Everyone is kind to me. Everyone has helped me. So I’m very happy.”
In this passage, Casablanca is the name of a _____.
A.Country | B.Woman | C.Child | D.Film |
Because she played very well in the film called ____, Ingrid Bergman won her third Oscar.
A.The Count of Mount’s Bridge |
B.Murder on the Orient Express |
C.Casablanca |
D.Four And a Half Minutes |
Ingrid Bergman said she should thank everyone because ____.
A.She was a woman. |
B.She was born in Stockholm |
C.Everyone had helped her |
D.Everyone gave her a lot of money |
People in different countries greet each other in different ways. Here are some.
a. a handshake
b. a bow
c. a kiss on the cheek
d. a hug
e. a pat on the back
The United States |
People shake hands when they meet for the first time. Friends and family members often hug or kiss on the cheek when they see each other. |
Korea 韩国 |
Men bow and shake hands to greet each other. Women do not usually shake hands. If you address (称呼) someone, you use his or her full name. The family name comes first, then the first name. |
Finland 芬兰 |
Finns greet each other with a handshake. Hugs and kisses are only for close friends and family members. |
The Philippines 菲律宾 |
The everyday greeting for friends is a handshake for both men and women. Men sometimes pat each other on the back. |
In which country do men sometimes pat each other on the back?
A.The Philippines. | B. Finland. |
C. Korea. | D.The United States. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
A.People shake hands whenever they meet in the United States. |
B.In Philippines, friends shake hands as the everyday greeting. |
C.Finns greet each other with a bow. |
D.In Korea, the first name comes before the family name. |
Of the five pictures above (a, b, c, d and e), which is the same way to greet each other in the four countries?
A.d | B.c | C. b | D. A |