A crow(乌鸦) is about twenty inches(英寸) long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests(巢) in the trees. They sleep there at night.
Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns(轮流) like human beings(人类). It is easy to tell(判断) from crow’s sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and some time later it dies too.
| A．Crows eat old bad food. |
| B．Old bad food is crows’ nests. |
| C．Crows make their nests on old bad food. |
| D．Crows sleep on old bad food. |
| A．are clean birds | B．can move away waste food |
| C．can make our streets clean | D．aren’t dirty |
| A．in the evening | B．all day | C．in the morning | D．at night |
| A．together | B．by turns | C．noisily | D．quietly |
| A．they will not live together. | B．neither of them can live alone happily. |
| C．they will die | D．one of them will die |
Have you ever been to London? How much do you know about London? Now let me tell you.
London has a population of about 7, 000, 000. From about the year 1800 to 1945, London was the biggest city in the world. But now many cities are even bigger than before.
London is famous for many things. Tourists come from all over the world to visit its famous buildings and listen to the famous clock, Big Ben.
Like many big cities, London has problems such as traffic and pollution, and they stop the city from developing. Every day about 1, 000, 000 people come and go by underground, but there are still too many cars and buses in the streets. So the air isn’t clean. However, it is cleaner than it was 100 years ago.
For me, the best things in London are the parks. There are five parks in the city centre. But my children’s favourite place is Hamleys, the biggest toy shop in the world. Maybe London became the biggest city in the world in______.
| A．1750 | B．1850 | C．1950 | D．1980 |
What does the underlined word “underground” mean?
| A．Ship. | B．Car. | C．Subway. | D．Taxi. |
What are the best things in London for the writer?
| A．Famous buildings. | B．Parks. | C．Cars and buses. | D．Toys. |
---What’s Hamleys in London according to the passage? ---It’s a______.
| A．toy shop | B．museum | C．park | D．clock |
Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE? ________.
| A．London has a population of about 7, 000, 000 |
| B．London is famous for buildings and Big Ben |
| C．The traffic in the city is easy because of the underground |
| D．The air in London is cleaner than 100 years ago |
Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020. “What will our world be like in the year 2020?” asks Tom.
“I don’t know,” says Fred.
“What do you think?” asks Tom.
“Well, no one knows, but it’s interesting to guess,” says Fred.
“In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answer to all their problem. We will have telephones in our pockets, too, and we will be able to talk to our friends,” says Tom.
“A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays. They will be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there,” says Fred.
“And I hope I will be able to live under the sea,” says Tom. “Won’t that be very interesting? Just like a fish.”Tom and Fred are talking about _______.
| A．their school life | B．some interesting information |
| C．their life now | D．their life in the future |
Machines will do _______ of the work.
| A．most | B．some | C．much | D．little |
In 2020, we’ll talk to friends at all times and everywhere, because we’ll have ______.
| A．pocket computers | B．more holidays | C．pocket telephones | D．go on sale |
Tom says _______.
| A．he likes fish very much |
| B．he’d like to live under the sea like a fish. |
| C．he will go fishing under the sea. |
| D．he will spend holidays on the moon. |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned?
| A．People will be able to fly to the moon in a spaceship. |
| B．People will have more holidays. |
| C．Many people will live and work under the sea. |
| D．People will build farms under the sea. |
A train stops at a station. Many people come out to buy food and fruits. A young man wants to come out, but it starts to rain. A boy stands under an umbrella. The young man says to the boy.
“Can you go and get us two hamburgers, one for you and one for me? Here are two dollars. Be quick!”
“Great!” says the boy and then he goes to buy hamburgers.
After some time, the boy is back. He eats a hamburger.
“Where is my hamburger?” asks the young man.
“Oh, there is only one hamburger left. So I eat my hamburger. Here is your dollar.” What does the young man want to buy when the train stops?
| A．water | B．juice | C．a hamburger | D．an umbrella |
The boy goes to buy hamburgers for him because he has _________.
| A．a hamburger | B．an umbrella | C．a raincoat | D．a dollar |
---Why is the boy so happy to buy them? ---Because_________.
| A．he’s bored | B．it’s raining |
| C．the hamburger is delicious | D．the hamburger is cheap. |
The young man doesn’t ________ .
| A．eat a hamburger | B．buy a hamburger | C．see a hamburger | D．sell a hamburger |
According to the passage, the boy is __________.
| A．smart | B．friendly | C．sly(狡猾) | D．foolish(愚蠢的) |
It is good to keep animals in zoos. Zoos are places for people to see many different kinds of animals from all over the world. Without zoos, most people would never see a real tiger or bear. Secondly, zoos look after the animals very well. The animals are always given food and cleaned on time. In the wild, it is not always possible for an animal to find food, so sometimes it goes hungry. Thirdly, zoos protect the animals. They offer them safe place to live in. In the wild, some kinds of animals are in danger of becoming extinct （灭绝).But zoos give these animals a chance to live. Without zoos, there would be fewer kinds of animals in the world.
However, some people think it is unnatural (非自然的) and unfair（不公平的） to keep wild（野生的） animals in cages. Most animals are kept in cages that are too small for them. The animals such as bears and tigers always look sad in cages. Wild animals should look for their own food. Anyone would not feel happy if he isn't allowed (允许) to go outside his home and animals don't like it either.
判断正误(正确T错误F)If you don't go to a zoo, you can't see dogs.
In the zoos, all animals are happy.
In the wild, animals look for their own food.
According to（根据) the last sentence, we can say animals like to stay in the cages.
The writer is not sure whether it is better for animals to stay in Zoos.
Pearl and June were good friends and spent most of their time together.
They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else.
They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach?
They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones?
They worried about pollution in the air. would it give them pains in their chests(胸部)and throats(喉咙)?
They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on.
All they could think about was being ill or hurt.
One day they went on a train journey together.
“We’ll need some food,”Pearl said.
“We’ll buy some bananas,”June said.“They are good to eat and always clean.”
And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train.
It was not long before they were hungry.
Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled(剥)the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it.
At that moment the train went into a tunnel(隧道). Everything went black.“Don’t eat your banana,”Pearl shouted at June.“Mine has made me go blind!”What did the two old ladies talk about most of the time? _________
| A．Themselves. | B．Other people. | C．Healthy food. | D．Dangerous drivers. |
The old ladies didn’t want to ______.
| A．eat any bananas | B．travel by train |
| C．be young again | D．get sick |
Pearl ate her banana ________.
| A．after they came out of the tunnel | B．at the station |
| C．before June ate hers | D．before she was hungry |
Pearl thought that the banana _______.
| A．stopped her from seeing | B．would make her hungry |
| C．would make her ill | D．would be good for June |
What’s the best title of the story? __________.
| A．What Good Friends | B．What a Bad Train Journey |
| C．Bananas Are Good for You | D．Bananas Are Bad for You |