Most American families like to have a vacation in summer. Summer is a good season for vacation. It is often hot in July and August.
Children do not go to school in those two months. Some people like to stay at home, read books, or watch TV. Many families take their lunch to eat at a place with many trees or a nice lake. Some people have enough time and money to travel to other countries like France, Japan and Australia. They usually fly to these countries. Many families travel by car or train to see interesting places in their own countries. Their favorite cities are New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Not everyone likes to go to busy cities. Some families travel to mountains or beautiful valleys. _____ is a good season for vacation.
| A．Spring | B．Summer | C．Autumn | D．Winter |
Some people like to stay at home during their vacation. They don’t _____.
| A．read books | B．visit their friends |
| C．watch TV | D．go to work |
Many families like to have their lunch _____ during their vacation.
| A．in the office | B．near a cinema |
| C．near a big factory | D．near a nice lake |
If you have _____, you can travel to other countries.
| A．money and friends | B．friends and time |
| C．money and time | D．food |
Which of the following is “芝加哥”?
| A．Chicago. | B．New York. | C．Miami. | D．Los Angeles. |
There is a poor man. He has an orange tree. On the tree, there are many fine oranges. One of them is very, very big. It is as big as a football. Nobody sees so big an orange. The poor man is very happy. He takes it to the king. The king is so pleased that he gives the man a lot of money for it.
When a rich man hears of it. He says to himself, “It’s just an orange. Why does the king give so much money for it? I’ll take my gold cup to the king. He’ll give me more money.”
The next day when the king receives(收到) the gold cup, he says to the rich man, “What a beautiful cup! I’ll show you something wonderful. Please take this great orange away.” How many people are there in the story?
| A．four | B．two | C．three | D．five |
The orange is _______
A. fine and big B. fine and nice C. good and fine S. smallThe rich man takes his gold cup to the king for _______.
| A．the orange | B．the orange tree | C．a football | D．money |
What does the underlined(画线) word “pleased” mean?
| A．有趣的 | B．请 | C．高兴的 | D．生气的 |
The king receives the orange and the gold cup _______.
| A．on the same day | B．the next day | C．last week | D．on different days |
People in Australia love koalas and take care of them. They have set up places for them to live safely. No one can kill them for their pretty fur(毛皮). When a koala is born, he has no fur. And he is not as big as your little toe(脚趾)! The mother koala has a pocket in the front of her body. The baby goes into this warm pocket. There he stays for six months. The koala could not live without a special kind of tree. The tree gives him both his home and his food. For most of the day the koala sleeps in the tree. At night the koala looks for food. He may go miles to find it. He likes only the bark and the leaves of the tree. He eats nothing else. And he eats more than two pounds each night！How lovely the koalas really are!People in Australia_________.
| A．keep koalas in their homes |
| B．put koalas in the tree |
| C．set up places for koalas to live safely |
| D．raise baby koalas in their pockets |
After he is born, the baby koala lives in his mother' s pocket _________.
| A．for six days | B．for six months |
| C．for a night | D．all his life |
The underlined words “bark” may means ________.
| A．树皮 | B．花朵 | C．树干 | D．树枝 |
Koalas cannot live without a special kind of tree because ____.
| A．they have to keep cool under the tree |
| B．they eat the fruit on the tree |
| C．they stay in the tree all the time |
| D．they live in the tree and get food from it |
What is the text mainly about?
| A．Lovely koalas in Australia. |
| B．How people in Australia protect koalas. |
| C．Koalas cannot live without a special kind of tree. |
| D．The way mother koalas take care of their babies. |
This is an old story. One day, a man was not happy when his 7-year-old daughter made a box with some paper. The family didn’t have much money. So the father thought his daughter wasted(浪费)the paper. The next day, the little girl gave the box to her father and said,“Dad, today is your birthday. This box is for you.”
The man was happy. But he was not happy again when he found there was nothing in the box. “Why didn’t you put anything for me in the box?” He asked his daughter. The little girl looked at him and cried, “Dad, I put my love in the box. It’s all for you!”
The man felt sad and said sorry to his daughter. Sometimes, we can’t see love with our eyes.How old was the daughter?
A. Six years old. B. Seven years old. C. Eight years old.What did the daughter do the next day?
A. She gave the box to her father.
B. She put some money in the box.
C. She gave some paper to her father.Why was the father was not happy again when he opened the box?
A. Because he didn’t like the box.
B. Because there was nothing in the box.
C. Because he thought his daughter wasted paper.How did the father feel at last?
A. Happy.B. Sorry.C. Bored.Which of the following is true?
A. The family had lots of money.
B. The daughter loved her father.
C. The father didn’t like his daughter.
The United States is suffering its worst drought (干旱) in almost sixty years. The National Climatic Data Center also says high temperatures in June added to the warmest twelve-month period on record. Record-keeping began in 1895. The drought map showed that conditions improved in the Southeast in June compared to May. But the drought is expected to continue in large parts of the country. Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with President Obama. Mr Vilsack says the drought has seriously influenced some crops, such as corn and soybeans (大豆). And the United States is the world's leading producer.
The drought has made prices of com and soybeans increase. Both of them are used in food production and for animal feed. Last week the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported that corn and wheat prices increased by 20% over the past three weeks.
In the United States, farmers may quickly reduce the size of their animals rather than pay higher feed prices to keep them. That increased supply of meat would reduce meat prices in the short term. But those prices could increase in several months.
Mr Vilsack says the effect of the drought is hard to predict(预测). Some areas are getting rain, and drought-resistant (抗旱的) seeds have helped crops grow well in some areas.We can know the drought record of the USA has been kept for ________years of the USA up to now.
| A．97 | B．207 |
| C．221 | D．117 |
Which of the following American presidents met with Tom Vilsack?
| A．George Washington. | B．Abraham lincon. |
| C．George Bush. | D．Barack Obama. |
If the price of a kilo of corn was 3 dollars last December, how much is a kilo of corn now?
| A．2.4 dollars. | B．3 dollars. |
| C．3.6 dollars. | D．3.9 dollars. |
Why is the meat price lower than before?
| A．Because there are more and more animals. |
| B．Because farmers kill them to save their food. |
| C．Because people don't like eating meat now. |
| D．Because the government (政府) asks the meat price lower. |
What is the best title for the passage?
A. US faces the worst drought in almost sixty years.
B. Take action to help the USA.
C. What does the country do in the drought areas?
D. President Obama meets with Agriculture Secretary.
| Disneyland Paris Disneyland Paris was set up as Euro Disney in 1992. The company changed the name in 1995. Like Tokyo Disney, it has two separate parks. The main park has live different lands -Adventure-land, Fantasyland, Discovery land, Frontierland and Main Street USA. The second park, Walt Disney Studios Park, revolves(环绕) around a movie theme and offers surprising and special shows. Disneyland Paris also contains seven Disney hotels and a pair of golf (高尔夫) courses: one for adults and one for children. Telephone: 011-33-1-60-30-60-30 Website: http//www.disneylandparis.com |
| Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong Disneyland debuted(首次亮相) in 2005 and still contains just one theme park. It holds four theme lands like other Disneyland parks - Main Street, Fantasyland, Adventureland and Tomorrowland - with three more lands scheduled(预定的) for opening between 2011 and 2014. Besides the theme park, Disney also runs a pair of official hotels and builds a man-made lake. Telephone: 011-852-1-830-830 Website: http//www.park.hongkongdisneyland.com |
If Jim goes to Disneyland Paris, he can't ___________.
| A．see films | B．play golf |
| C．live in a Disney hotel | D．go boating on the lake |
There will be ___________lands in Hong Kong Disneyland in 2015.
| A．six | B．seven |
| C．eight | D．four |
We can know the ___________about the two parks according to the passsage.
a. telephone numbers b. websites
c. addresses d. ticket price
| A．a & b | B．a & d |
| C．a & c | D．c & d |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Tokyo Disney has two separate parks. |
| B．All the Disney parks have two separate parks. |
| C．Disneyland Paris is the best one in the world. |
| D．Hong Kong Disneyland has five different lands nowadays. |
The writer wrote the passage to ___________.
| A．tell us the best time to visit Disneyland |
| B．tell us Hong Kong Disneyland is better than anyone else |
| C．ask us to visit the Disneyland |
| D．introduce these two Disneylands |