On 22nd January, 2007, Dave Cornthwaite from the UK became the first person to skateboard across Australia. He made a new world record, by skating a total of 5,823 kilometers. Jack Smith, the previous (前任的) champion, had skated a total of 4,830 kilometers across the US in 2003. Dave’s journey started in Perth and ended in Brisbane traveling about 60 kilometers a day. It took him five months and 13 pairs of shoes. He had great physical pain and he got really sore feet.
If Dave hadn’t believed in making his dreams come true, none of this would have happened. Dave left his job two weeks after he had bought a skateboard and decided to go on a journey. He wanted this journey to be about something more than him, so he created an association that would raise money for charities. “If people follow my journey and donations, then I’m doing many people a lot of good,” said Dave. This journey had plenty of challenges. He traveled across the Australian desert (沙漠) where temperatures reached 48℃ in the day and 0℃ at night. He had a serious accident in Adelaide when he jumped on a piece of metal that cut through his foot.
Dave helped raise more than ￡50,000 for children’s charities, wrote a book and encouraged others to follow in his footsteps. I wish we had more people like him leading the way!Where is Dave from?
| A．The US. | B．Australia. | C．The UK | D．France |
What can we get from the passage?
| A．Dave skated a total of 4,830 kilometers across Australia. |
| B．Dave spent 5 months skating from Perth to Brisbane. |
| C．Dave was the first person to skateboard across the US. |
| D．Dave traveled at the speed of 600 kilometers a week. |
What is the main idea of the second paragraph?
| A．Dave got hurt during his journey. |
| B．Everyone can help others if he wishes. |
| C．The environment of Australia is terrible. |
| D．Dave challenged himself to achieve his dreams. |
Where may the passage come from?
| A．An art book. | B．A story book. |
| C．A science book. | D．A medicine book. |
A young mother thought that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughter her tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her a piece of bread and butter, but the child said that she did not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well.
Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, “When I was a small girl like you. I was always given either bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.”
Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and said to her kindly, “Aren’t you pleased to live a happy life this now?”Lucy’s mother thought it was wrong to waste food because .
| A．the food was delicious |
| B．it was hard to get food |
| C．there were so many hungry people in the world |
| D．the food was little to eat |
Lucy wanted to eat .
| A．tea and bread | B．the bread with butter |
| C．the bread with jam | D．the bread with butter and jam |
When she was young, Lucy’s mother could only eat .
| A．both bread with butter and bread with jam |
| B．either bread and butter or bread and jam |
| C．bread and butter |
| D．bread and jam |
Lucy felt about this at her mother’s words.
| A．very sad | B．sorry | C．pity | D．worried |
Lucy thought her mother should feel happy because .
| A．she had come to live today’s happy life |
| B．they needn’t eat bread with butter and jam |
| C．they could eat bread and butter |
| D．they couldn’t eat bread with butter and jam |
根据短文内容， 判断正（T）误（F）。
Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbor moved out. A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.
But at three o’clock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young man’s dog. So she telephoned the young man and said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three o’clock the next morning. Then a voice said, “You telephoned me twenty four hours ago. Now I’ve rung you up to say that I haven’t a dog.Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbor moved out.
Miss Grey’s new neighbor was as noisy as the old one.
Some noise woke her up in the early morning.
She thought the new neighbor had brought a dog with him.
The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning, because he wanted to punish（惩罚）her.
根据短文内容， 判断正（T）误（F）。
Robots seems very new to most people. But they have a long history. The first one was made by a Greek inventor, you may see robots are used in factories. They are used to do many dangerous, difficult or boring jobs.
Some people can’t look after themselves and robots are used to help them. For example, some people can’t see, many of these people use a dog to help them. In the future, robot dogs might take the place of these guide dogs.
Robots are also used in American hospital. At one hospital, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to sick people’s rooms. It never loses its way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system.
In the future, robots will work in space. But robots will never take the place of human being. They can, however, help us in a lot of different ways.Robots have a long history.
The first robot was invented by a Greek.
Robots can only be seen in films.
Robots can help some people look after themselves.
Today’s robots have a few different uses.
阅读下面短文，完成所给任务。
Tom was three years old. He liked to watch TV with his parents after supper, ①his parents never let him stay long. Mother would say, “It’s eight o’clock now. ②汤姆，到了你睡觉的时间了。”
“But why don’t you go to bed, too?” Tom always asked.
“We are adults (大人),” mother would say, “And adults go to bed late.”
One evening Tom asked his mother for an apple.
“But it’s too late,” his mother didn’t want to give him anything to eat at bedtime. “The apples are already asleep.”
“But not all of them, Mom.” Tom said, “The baby apples are perhaps asleep, but their parents are surely awake.”
1.请在①处填上一个适当的连词。
2.请把②出的句子译文英语。
3.What did Tom ask his mother for?
4.请在文中找出和下面的句子意思相同的句子。
His mother wanted to give him nothing to eat at bedtime.
5.文中有一对反义词，其中一个是asleep，对应的是 。
Everyone knows that there’s not enough land in Hong Kong.If you go there by air, you will land at Kai Tak Airport. It was built out into the sea. It is in the part of Hong Kong called Kowloon. Kowloon is one of the two big islands in Hong Kong.
The other island is Hong Kong itself. You can get there by ship or through a tunnel(隧道) under the sea.
The population of Hong Kong is more than six million. Chinese and English are spoken by many people there. Clothes, computers, radios, televisions are made in Hong Kong. It is a shopping center. You can buy all kinds of things there.
Hong Kong is also a beautiful city. It’s a good place for traveling. People from all over the world visit Hong Kong every year. You can watch dog-racing and motor-racing there. When you are hot and tired, you may rest in the small cool gardens. There are also a lot of tall buildings with comfortable rooms to live in. If you enjoy eating out, you can easily find a good place for delicious food.Foods of different flavors(风味) are served in Hong Kong. Where was Kai Tak Airport built?
| A．It was built out into the sea. | B．It was built out into the lake. |
| C．It was built out into the river | D．It was built out into the pool. |
What’s the population of Hong Kong?
| A．Nearly 6 million. | B．Less than 6 million. |
| C．Over 6 million. | D．Only 6 million. |
How many products(产品) of Hong Kong are mentioned in this passage?
| A．7. | B．6. | C．5. | D．4. |
Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Kai Tak Airport is in Kowloon. |
| B．There's a lot of land in Hong Kong. |
| C．Many people in Hong Kong speak Chinese and English |
| D．Hong Kong is a beautiful city for traveling |
According to the passage, we know that ________.
| A．Hong Kong is a big city with a large population |
| B．there are almost no factories in Hong Kong |
| C．few people visit Hong Kong ever year |
| D．visitors can enjoy the comfortable living rooms and delicious foods in Hong Kong |