People at home keep asking me, "Is it hard to learn Chinese? Why have you learned it so well?" Well, there's one thing that makes Chinese easy to learn: there are so many people to talk to. You've probably heard that it's the most spoken language. Today it's also one of the most written languages online. And with so many Chinese people interested in learning English, it couldn't be easier to find a friend for language learning. You just have to know where to look for them.
The really good place to look for them is QQ. QQ has the same status(地位) in China as AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) does in the US. It is reported that at any moment, up to 9,000,000 people are using QQ. They're at work, or in a web café(网吧), or at home, and the information of the users can be found. If you sign on with your address set to "abroad", you'll soon find that many thousands of them are interested in speaking to you! This is a great way for you to learn Chinese, and for them to learn English. I think that it's a very interesting way of cultural contact(文化交流), too, for ordinary people from around the world to be able to have one-on-one contact. In the first paragraph(段落), the writer tells us ___________.
| A．why his family members want to learn Chinese |
| B．where you can find people to talk to for language learning |
| C．the easiest thing to do is learning Chinese |
| D．Chinese isn’t so hard to learn as his friends think |
From the second paragraph we know that QQ and AIM are __________.
| A．addresses for the Internet users | B．documents you need to get online |
| C．tools for people to talk online | D．programs of a computer |
Offices, web cafes and homes ____________.
| A．attract the most people to learn Chinese |
| B．provide both QQ and AIM in China |
| C．are the best places for English learners |
| D．have the most people online |
The writer wrote this passage mainly to __________.
| A．tell a way of learning Chinese |
| B．show what the Chinese people are doing |
| C．tell the important of learning Chinese |
| D．show the difference between AIM and QQ |
The writer of this passage is probably ___________.
| A．a Chinese who works abroad | B．an expert who works at home |
| C．an American who works in China | D．a salesman who sells soft wares |
It was a beautiful spring morning. There were no clouds in the sky, and the sun was warm but not hot. Mr Black saw an old man at the bus stop with a big, strong, black umbrella (伞) in his hand. Mr Black said to him, “Do you think we are going to have rain today?” “No,” said the old man, “I don't think so.” “Then are you carrying the umbrella because the sun is too hot?” “No, the sun is not very hot in spring.”
Mr Black looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said, “I am an old man, and my legs are not very strong. I must have a walking-stick (手杖). But people will say, ‘Look! That man is so old.', and I don't like that. When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say, ‘Look at that stupid (愚蠢的) man.”
| A．on a spring morning | B．on a cold day |
| C．on a summer evening | D．in the afternoon |
| A．The old man carried an umbrella instead of a walking-stick. |
| B．The old man borrowed an umbrella from Mr Black. |
| C．Mr Black and the old man were good friends. |
| D．The old man thought it was going to rain. |
A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said , " Boys and girls . I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?"
No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer me, dear." said the officer.
With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "If you speak long enough, we won't have Maths and biology lessons this morning."The old man came back to school_______.
| A．to listen to a talk | B．to have lessons |
| C．to give a talk | D．to see his children |
The officer studied in this school when he was_______.
| A．fifty | B．ten |
| C．twenty | D．thirty |
The children were thought to be_______ before.
| A．as good as | B．as well as |
| C．as happy as | D．much happier than |
The short boy in the front_______.
| A．didn't understand the question but answered it |
| B．told the truth |
| C．wanted to make others laugh |
| D．wanted to make the officer angry |
After reading the last part of the story, we know the_______.
| A．the short boy liked the talk very much |
| B．all the children liked the talk |
| C．the short boy didn't like to study his lessons |
| D．some of the children liked to listen to a funny story |
A farmer was put in prison(监狱). One day, he got a letter from his wife.
“I am worried about our farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant potatoes, but I can’t do all the digging(挖) by myself.”
The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife, “Don’t dig the fields. This is where my gold(金子) is. Don’t plant potatoes until I come home.”
A few days later, the farmer got another letter from his wife. It said, “Two days ago, about ten prison guards(监狱看守) came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking for something. They have dug our field.”
The farmer wrote to his wife at once. “Now you can plant our potatoes,” he wrote.The farmer was put in prison ________.
| A．because he had done something wrong |
| B．because he had a lot of gold in the fields |
| C．The writer didn’t say anything about why the farmer was put in prison |
| D．For nothing |
The farmer’s wife was much worried about _____ .
| A．her husband | B．their farm |
| C．planting potatoes | D．herself |
The farmer told his wifefirst.
| A．not to dig the fields |
| B．to dig the fields |
| C．to ask the prison guards for help |
| D．to find the gold in the fields |
Why did the prison guards dig the farmer’s fields? ________.
| A．They wanted to help the farmer |
| B．Their leader ordered them to do so |
| C．The farmer asked them to do so |
| D．They wanted to find out the gold |
Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once? Because _____.
| A．their fields had been dug |
| B．the gold was found out |
| C．the prison guards asked him to do so |
| D．the prison guards were digging the fields |
Mr. Brad wants to see a film. After lunch, he goes to a cinema, buys a ticket(票) and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out again and buys a second ticket and then walks in again.
After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he comes out a third time and asks for another ticket. But the girl says to him, “Why are you buying all these tickets? Are you meeting your friends in the cinema all the time?” “No, I’m not doing that.” Mr. Brad says, “But a big woman always stops me at the gate of the cinema and she tears(撕) all my tickets.” The girl has a good laugh and says, “One ticket is enough. She is on duty.”After lunch, Mr. Brad __________.
| A．goes shopping |
| B．goes fishing |
| C．goes to the supermarket |
| D．goes to a cinema |
Mr. Brad _____ goes to the cinema after lunch.
| A．himself | B．and his wife |
| C．and his friends | D．a girl |
Mr. Brad comes out of the cinema ______.
| A．once | B．twice |
| C．three times | D．four times |
Mr. Brad buys _____ tickets altogether (一共).
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
The woman tears his tickets because she _____.
| A．likes to do that |
| B．doesn’t like Mr. Brad |
| C．thinks they’re false(假的) tickets |
| D．is checking up(检查) all the tickets |
Steven drives a school bus, but his bus isn’t the same as other school buses because there aren’t any children on it. There are only dogs. Steven’s bus takes dogs to school at 8:00 in the morning and brings them back home at 5:30 in the afternoon. Steven takes the dogs to a dog school. There he teaches the dogs to do many things: sit down, stand up, bring the shoes to the master, keep the master from danger (危险). Many dogs go to Steven’s school—big dogs, small dogs, old dogs, young dogs. Steven says that young dogs can learn more quickly.What do you know about Steven?
| A．He drives children to school. |
| B．He teaches dogs in a school. |
| C．He has a school for young children. |
| D．He teaches children in a school. |
What does Steven teach the dogs to do?
| A．Eat. | B．Sleep. |
| C．Run. | D．Do things for their masters. |
Where do the dogs sleep?
| A．In the school. | B．On the bus. |
| C．In the street. | D．In their own homes. |
Which kind of dogs is easy to teach?
| A．Young dogs. | B．Old dogs. |
| C．Strong dogs | D．Big dogs. |
The best title (标题) for the passage is “_________”.
| A．How to Keep Dogs | B．How to Drive a Bus |
| C．A School for Dogs | D．Taking Children to School |