Bookstores are second homes for readers. Although many people can now buy books online, many readers still like the feeling in bookstores. They can touch(触摸) the books and smell the print.
In China, there are many special bookstores. Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing at the beginning of April. Popular Holdings in Shanghai is a film-themed bookstore. It has film books and posters. Eslite Bookstore in Taiwan often has activities like talks with famous writers.
At the same time, bookstores outside China can be very colorful, too. Scarthin Books is a small bookstore in the UK. It sells new and second-hand books. There are more than 100,000 books lying on the shelves of the store’s 12 rooms. Bart’s Books in the US is a good place to enjoy the sunshine(阳光) while reading books. It’s an outdoor bookstore. Bookshelves are on the street. When the store is closed, people can still buy books. They just put money into the door’s coin box. Where can you find a café, bar and bookstore in just one place? The answer is probably El Pendulo in Mexico. Books line(排列成行) the walls of the store. On the second floor, visitors can order everyday meals in the café and drinks from the bar. In order to keep cool, there are green plants and trees inside. Does it look like a park?
______ special bookstores inside China are mentioned(提到) in the passage.
| A．2 | B．3 |
| C．5 | D．6 |
Scarthin Books is ______.
| A．a 24-hour bookstore | B．an outdoor bookstore |
| C．in the US | D．small |
People can still buy books at ______ when it’s closed.
| A．Bart’s Books | B．Popular Holdings |
| C．Eslite Bookstore | D．El Pendulo |
Readers can ______ at El Pendulo.
| A．talk with famous writers | B．order meals |
| C．enjoy the sunshine | D．buy film posters |
There are ______ inside El Pendulo in order to keep cool.
| A．12 rooms | B．bookshelves |
| C．green plants and trees | D．coin boxes |
阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的A、B、C 三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。（共5 小题，计10 分）
There was once a king who had a great palace with a wonderful garden. In the garden, there lived all kinds of animals. All of them enjoyed living there.
There was only one thing in the garden that the king hated: an old tree in the center of the garden. It was so old and dry. This made the king so angry that he finally asked some people to cut it down and turned the place into a swimming pool. However, after the tree was cut down, the animals left the garden. Without the animals, the garden was not so beautiful as before. The king was sad, but he didn’t know what had happened.
A young man went to the king, and said he could explain what had happened. “This was because you cut the old tree down,” said the young man. “There were thousands of moths (飞蛾)which lived in the tree. Birds needed the moths to eat and then they produced wastes for plants to grow. The plants then attracted many other animals to your garden. So your garden became very beautiful. But as you cut the tree down, the animals had to leave.
“Excellent!” said the king, “I’ll make you rich and you will try to make my garden beautiful again.”
“I’m afraid it will take many years to finish. It will take many years for the natural balance(生态平衡) to get back again,” said the young man.
The king was sad, but all he could do was just to wait.
Why did the king cut down the old tree?
A. Because he hated the old and dry tree.
B. Because he wanted to plant a young tree there.
C. Because he didn’t want moths to live in the tree.What was the result after the tree was cut down?
A. The garden was more beautiful than before.
B. The animals left the garden.
C. The king was very happy.The underlined word “attracted” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ” in Chinese.
A. 驱赶 B. 利用 C. 吸引If the young man made the garden beautiful again, the king would .
A. be very angry
B. make him rich
C. order him to leaveThe story tells us that .
A. it will take many years for the natural balance to get back again
B. it’s easy for us to keep the balance of nature
C. old trees should be cut down
回答问题 阅读短文，然后根据短文内容简要回答问题。（共5小题，计10分）
On September 19, Alibaba went public (上市) on the New York Shock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun has done his business successfully. A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest man in the world right now. Ma used to be an English teacher. So far, he has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.
Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve, he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a.m., and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake where he could communicate with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years.The experience made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was shown to the Internet for the first time. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers. Four years later, Ma set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him “Crazy Jack Ma”. But fifteen years later, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce (电子商务) company.What does Ma Yun look like?
What did Ma Yun use to be?
Where was Ma Yun born?
Was Ma Yun shown to the Internet for the first time in 1995?
When did Ma Yun set up Alibaba in Hangzhou?
There is little rain in desert. Because deserts are so dry, they have no “quilt” to help stop the soil from going away. As a result, they may get very hot during the day with the sun shining, but don’t hold the heat overnight. Many deserts can quickly get cold once the sun goes down. Some deserts can reach temperatures of over 100 degrees F during the day and then drop below freezing (32 degrees F) during the night.
The largest hot and dry desert in the world is the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa. The Sahara is a sandy desert with great sand hills. It covers over 3 million square miles of Africa. Other large deserts include the Arabian Desert in the Middle East, the Gobi Desert in Northern China and Mongolia, and Kalahari Desert in Africa.
Animals that live in the desert are also used to needing little water. Many get all the water they need from the food they eat. Other animals keep water that they can use later. The camel stores up fat in its hump while other animals keep something they need in their tails.
Only certain types of plants can live in the terrible environment of the desert. You won’t see a lot of tall trees in the desert. Most plants have a way to keep water in their leaves, or trunks so they can live a long time without water.
Now deserts cover around 20% of the world’s land, but they are growing. This is called desertification and is caused by different reasons including human activities. The Sahara Desert is growing larger and larger each year. What should we do with it ?How is the weather during the night in the desert?
A. Hot. B. Cold. C. Cool.Where does the camel store up fat?
A. In its hump. B. In its stomach. C. In its tailWhy won't we see a lot of tall trees in the desert?
A. Because of few people there.
B. Because of the sun shining.
C. Because of the terrible environmentHow much of the land do deserts cover in the world?
A. One fifth. B. Less than 10%. C. Two fifthsIs the Sahara Desert growing or not?
A. Nobody knows it.
B. It's growing.
C. It's not growing.
| Mountain Sports Center (Open Daily—9 A.M. to 9 P. M. Opening SATURDAY, MAY 14 All activities and equipment（设备）in Mountains Sports Center are free to the public. Come and enjoy: 2 Baseball Fields Walking/ Jogging Track 6 Soccer Fields Skateboard Park 4 Tennis Courts Gymnasium（健身房） 8 Basketball Courts Opening Activities Healthy fun for the whole family! Free live music and healthful snacks and drinks! First door prize: A bike. Second door prize: A skateboard. Free soccer classes for players ages 5 to 10 by Thunder coach Todd Barnett. Participants(参与者) will receive a free Thunder T-shirt. Join the Mountain Summer Sports Leagues. Teams are forming for beginners (age 8—10); teens and adults. Ask Mr Jackson in the gymnasium for information on exercise and fitness classes in order to make this your healthiest summer ever. |
When is the opening of Mountain Sports Center?
A. Saturday
B. Saturday, May 14.
C. From 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.What’s the first door prize?
A. A skateboard. B. A baseball C. A bike.How old are the players for free soccer classes?
A. 5 to 10 B. 8 to 12. C. 5 to 15.Where can we get information on exercise and fitness classes?
A. In the skateboard park
B. In the gymnasium.
C. In the sports field.How many opening activities are there in Mountain Sports Center?
A. 7B. 4 C. 5
If there is one person who has left a deep impression on me, it's my my teacher, Mrs. Pathak, who was my class teacher for three years. In my childhood, how I wished I had a mother or a sister like her. One moment she could be hard-working and strict, another moment kind and patient.
She always encouraged us to tell the truth. For example, if one had not done the homework, he need not lie. She allowed us to make mistakes, saying we couldn’t be perfect all the time, but we should try.
Another thing she taught me was punctually. She set a good example with her own actions. She was always on time, so we students tried our best to be on time.
She surprised us with her sense of humor. Her classroom teaching was always humorous. After class, she talked to us and told us jokes.
We really felt free to ask questions and Mrs Pathak would give the answers. If she did not know—there had some occasions—she would say so. We all then tried to find out the answers. Whoever came up with the answers was praised and given the prize. Now I sometimes wonder whether Mrs. Pathak just wanted to encourage us to explore and find answers by ourselves.According to the passage, which of the following words is NOT for describing Mrs. Pathak?
A. Hard-working. B. Humorous C.careless.The underlined word “punctually “ in the third paragraph probably means _______
A. being on time B. being honest C.being patientAccording to the passage, which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. Mrs. Pathak often asked us to tell jokes in class.
B. Mrs. Pathak thought telling the truth was good.
C. Mrs. Pathak was always angry in the classroom.In the writer’s opinion, why didn’t Mrs. Pathak give the answers to the questions sometimes?
A. Because she wanted the students to find out the answers by themselves.
B. Because she didn’t like answering the questions.
C. Because she didn’t know the answers to all the questions.How did the students feel when they asked Mrs. Pathak questions?
A. Shy. B. Frss. C. Nervous.