| The Exploration of Antarctica(南极洲) |
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| 1773 |
James Cook crossed the Antarctic Circle, but he didn’t see land. |
| 1898 |
Adrien de Gerlache and his members were trapped in the Antarctic. They became the first to spend an Antarctic winter. |
| 1911 |
Norwegian Roald Amundsen led a five-man expedition that reached the South Pole for the first time. |
| 1929 |
Richard E.Byrd and three others from the US became the first to fly over the South Pole |
| 1935 |
Caroline Mikkelsen from Norway became the first woman to arrive in Antarctica with her husband. |
| 1947 |
The US sent the largest ever expedition of over 4,700 men, 13 ships and 23 airplanes to Antarctica. They took many photos to make a map. |
| 1957－1958 |
12 countries built over 60 space stations in Antarctica. It became the beginning of international work in Antarctica. |
| 1997 |
Boerge Ousland from Norway became the first person to cross Antarctica unsupported. |
| March 2007－ March 2009 |
International Polar Year-Researchers got the opportunity to work in both polar places or work in summer and winter. |
_______ is from the United States of America.
| A．Boerge Ousland | B．Richard E. Byrd |
| C．Roald Amundsen | D．James Cook |
The underlined word “opportunity” means “______”.
| A．chance | B．advice |
| C．guide | D．plan |
______ is the first woman to get to Antarctica.
| A．Roald Amundsen | B．Boerge Ousland |
| C．Caroline Mikkelsen | D．Adrien de Gerlache |
Which is WRONG according to the passage?
| A．There were more than 60 space stations in Antarctica in the 1950s |
| B．Roald Amundsen was the first to fly over the South Pole. |
| C．Americans took many photos in the Antarctic to make a map. |
| D．Adrien de Gerlache was the first to spend an Antarctic winter. |
The main idea of the passage is _____.
| A．how to get to the Antarctic |
| B．the way of the exploration of Antarctica |
| C．the people who got to the Antarctic |
| D．the history of the exploration of Antarctica |
My father is seventy-five years old this year. But he looks very young. He looks like a sixty-year-old man. Now he can do everything all by himself. For example, he cooks, washes clothes, does the housework and so on.
Every morning, my father goes out with a radio. He listens to the music or the news and goes to the park to play taijiquan. In the park, he talks and laughs with other old people. After coming back from the park, he begins to have breakfast and then he goes to the university (大学) for the old. He learns drawing there. In the afternoon, he plays on the computer for about one or two hours. After supper he watches TV and learns about the world. He goes to bed at about eight o’clock. He never stays up. He likes to share his ways of keeping healthy with others.
Are you healthy? If not, what do you learn from my father’s secret of keeping healthy?
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。The writer’s father will be years old next year.
| A．60 | B．61 | C．75 | D．76 |
The passage doesn’t tell us whether the writer’s father can .
| A．play taijiquan | B．swim |
| C．wash clothes | D．cook |
The writer’s father after breakfast.
| A．listens to music |
| B．plays taijiquan |
| C．talks to other old people |
| D．goes to learn drawing |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The writer’s father is a young man. |
| B．The writer’s father goes to bed early. |
| C．The writer’s father is a computer fan. |
| D．No one knows why the writer’s father looks young. |
The writer’s father goes to to play taijiquan.
| A．the school | B．the university |
| C．the park | D．the zoo |
I was looking at the girl in front of me. She was wearing a pair of sunglasses. She was beautiful with big eyes. It was difficult to know she was blind if you didn’t know her. She was all right before the age of five. She caught a bad cold once, but she took the wrong medicine. Since then she could see nothing. She was sad at first. Soon she was used to her dark life. She learned to read and write. She was blind, but she was clever. She listened to the radio and TV. She often asked her parents to read for her. She became a writer.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。What was the girl wearing?
______________________________________When did the girl become blind?
________________________________Why did the girl become blind?
______________________________________What did the girl listen to?
______________________________________What’s the girl?
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In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens in Greece . In the first modern Olympic Games , there were only nine sports and the players didn’t have swimming pools. They swam in the cold sea .
Do you know when women started to take part in（参加）the Olympic Games ? It was at the 2nd modern Olympic Games in 1900.
The Olympic flag has five rings. The colours of the rings are blue, black , red , yellow and green . We can find these colours on most national flags of the world . Some people think the Olympic rings stand for（代表）five continents . Blue is for Europe , black is for Africa , red is for America , yellow is for Asia and green is for Oceania .
Mark T or F判断下面的句子意思是否与短文内容相符（相符的用T表示，不相符的用F表示）The modern Olympic Games have more than a hundred years history .
The players had very nice and modern gyms in the first Olympic Games .
After two years of the first modern Olympic Games, women took part in them .
The colours of the Olympic rings are different .
Most of the national flags have the colours of the Olympic rings .
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| A.How to Study B.Sports World C.People around the World D.Healthy Food E.Shopping on the Internet F.Weather Report G.Chinese History |
Mary is a good mother. She thinks eating right food is important(重要的）. She wants her children to eat right food and to be healthier.
Kevin often sits at the desk, studying all night, but he isn’t good at his lessons. He wants to improve (提高)his grades。
Mrs Green is going to visit Shanghai. She wants to learn about the weather there.
Nancy is learning Chinese. She likes Chinese music and movies. But she doesn’t know much about Chinese history.
Xu Dong likes playing basketball. His favorite players is Yi Jianlian. He hopes to play basketball like him in the NBA.
Mr. Yang is a doctor. He cares a lot about not only others’ health but also his own. He controls( 控制）his weight carefully. To him, it is the most important thing to do if one wants to enjoy good health.
Mr. Yang controls his weight in two ways: exercising and not eating much. As a doctor. Mr. Yang is too busy to go to the gym. He exercises by getting off the bus one or two stops early and walking the rest of the way to his office.
Besides, he doesn’t eat much. Mr. Yang has a special habit. When he buys a belt, he asks the salesperson to punch a hole（打洞）in the belt at 90cm from the buckle（扣）end of the belt, so that he ca always remind(提醒) himself. He will stop eating if he feels the belt a little too tight（紧的）. Mr. Yang thinks exercising doesn’t work as well as eating less.Mr. Yang cares much about________ besides others’ health.
| A．money | B．his work |
| C．his health | D．his friends |
Mr.Yang controls his weight in _____ way(s).
| A．one | B．two | C．ninety | D．many |
What does the underlined word “it” mean in Paragraph 1?
| A．To do exercise. |
| B．To be a doctor |
| C．To walk to his office |
| D．To control his weight |
Mr. Yang punches a hole in his new belt, because __________.
| A．he is too heavy |
| B．the belt is too long |
| C．he doesn’t like his new belt |
| D．it can remind him not to eat too much |
Which of the following is true?
| A．Mr. Yang takes exercise at the gym. |
| B．Mr. Yang walks all the way to work. |
| C．Mr. Yang uses a belt to control how much he eats. |
| D．Mr. Yang thinks exercising is better than eating less in controlling wight. |