It's Saturday morning and Tony's sitting at the kitchen table, staring（凝视）into space and playing with a piece of bread. He's not even hungry. Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do and there's just one reason: the Internet is down and Tony has nothing to do.
When he woke up this morning, Tony was feeling great. He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend ahead. It would be a weekend like any other—a great weekend. But that was before he turned on his computer and wasn’t able to go online. No Internet changed everything.
Just as Tony is wondering how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the kitchen. “Is everything OK?” she asks. “No, mum, everything is not OK,” her sad son replies. “I can't go online and I have homework to finish.” His mum laughs, “The word program is still working, so what's the problem?”
What's the problem? Tony can't believe his own mother isn’t able to see how serious the problem really is. To start with, he still needs to do research for his homework. He knows his mum will tell him to go to the library but he hates the library. It's so dark and uncomfortable. And forget homework—what about the rest of his weekend! Every weekend, he goes online to email friends. Then he reads the news to catch up on what's happening in the world. He plays a few online games and finishes the weekend off with an online chess game with his cousin Helen. The wonderful weekend-online! Now it's Saturday morning and he's not going to have access to（进入）the Internet for two whole days.Tony stared into space and played with a piece of bread __________.
| A．because the Internet was down |
| B．because he likes eating bread |
| C．because he was alone at home |
| D．because he was hungry |
When he found he couldn’t surf the Internet, Tony felt __________.
| A．great | B．sad |
| C．excited | D．relaxed |
Tony’s mother may ask him to__________.
| A．play his friends outside |
| B．get the Internet fixed |
| C．go to the library for work |
| D．play chess with his cousin |
The writer just wants to show us __________ with the story.
| A．how the Internet influences teenagers’ life |
| B．what to do on the Internet |
| C．how to surf the Internet |
| D．why teenagers should go online |
People in Australia love koalas and take care of them. They have set up places for them to live safely. No one can kill them for their pretty fur(毛皮). When a koala is born, he has no fur. And he is not as big as your little toe(脚趾)! The mother koala has a pocket in the front of her body. The baby goes into this warm pocket. There he stays for six months. The koala could not live without a special kind of tree. The tree gives him both his home and his food. For most of the day the koala sleeps in the tree. At night the koala looks for food. He may go miles to find it. He likes only the bark and the leaves of the tree. He eats nothing else. And he eats more than two pounds each night！How lovely the koalas really are!People in Australia_________.
| A．keep koalas in their homes |
| B．put koalas in the tree |
| C．set up places for koalas to live safely |
| D．raise baby koalas in their pockets |
After he is born, the baby koala lives in his mother' s pocket _________.
| A．for six days | B．for six months |
| C．for a night | D．all his life |
The underlined words “bark” may means ________.
| A．树皮 | B．花朵 | C．树干 | D．树枝 |
Koalas cannot live without a special kind of tree because ____.
| A．they have to keep cool under the tree |
| B．they eat the fruit on the tree |
| C．they stay in the tree all the time |
| D．they live in the tree and get food from it |
What is the text mainly about?
| A．Lovely koalas in Australia. |
| B．How people in Australia protect koalas. |
| C．Koalas cannot live without a special kind of tree. |
| D．The way mother koalas take care of their babies. |
This is an old story. One day, a man was not happy when his 7-year-old daughter made a box with some paper. The family didn’t have much money. So the father thought his daughter wasted(浪费)the paper. The next day, the little girl gave the box to her father and said,“Dad, today is your birthday. This box is for you.”
The man was happy. But he was not happy again when he found there was nothing in the box. “Why didn’t you put anything for me in the box?” He asked his daughter. The little girl looked at him and cried, “Dad, I put my love in the box. It’s all for you!”
The man felt sad and said sorry to his daughter. Sometimes, we can’t see love with our eyes.How old was the daughter?
A. Six years old. B. Seven years old. C. Eight years old.What did the daughter do the next day?
A. She gave the box to her father.
B. She put some money in the box.
C. She gave some paper to her father.Why was the father was not happy again when he opened the box?
A. Because he didn’t like the box.
B. Because there was nothing in the box.
C. Because he thought his daughter wasted paper.How did the father feel at last?
A. Happy.B. Sorry.C. Bored.Which of the following is true?
A. The family had lots of money.
B. The daughter loved her father.
C. The father didn’t like his daughter.
The United States is suffering its worst drought (干旱) in almost sixty years. The National Climatic Data Center also says high temperatures in June added to the warmest twelve-month period on record. Record-keeping began in 1895. The drought map showed that conditions improved in the Southeast in June compared to May. But the drought is expected to continue in large parts of the country. Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with President Obama. Mr Vilsack says the drought has seriously influenced some crops, such as corn and soybeans (大豆). And the United States is the world's leading producer.
The drought has made prices of com and soybeans increase. Both of them are used in food production and for animal feed. Last week the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported that corn and wheat prices increased by 20% over the past three weeks.
In the United States, farmers may quickly reduce the size of their animals rather than pay higher feed prices to keep them. That increased supply of meat would reduce meat prices in the short term. But those prices could increase in several months.
Mr Vilsack says the effect of the drought is hard to predict(预测). Some areas are getting rain, and drought-resistant (抗旱的) seeds have helped crops grow well in some areas.We can know the drought record of the USA has been kept for ________years of the USA up to now.
| A．97 | B．207 |
| C．221 | D．117 |
Which of the following American presidents met with Tom Vilsack?
| A．George Washington. | B．Abraham lincon. |
| C．George Bush. | D．Barack Obama. |
If the price of a kilo of corn was 3 dollars last December, how much is a kilo of corn now?
| A．2.4 dollars. | B．3 dollars. |
| C．3.6 dollars. | D．3.9 dollars. |
Why is the meat price lower than before?
| A．Because there are more and more animals. |
| B．Because farmers kill them to save their food. |
| C．Because people don't like eating meat now. |
| D．Because the government (政府) asks the meat price lower. |
What is the best title for the passage?
A. US faces the worst drought in almost sixty years.
B. Take action to help the USA.
C. What does the country do in the drought areas?
D. President Obama meets with Agriculture Secretary.
| Disneyland Paris Disneyland Paris was set up as Euro Disney in 1992. The company changed the name in 1995. Like Tokyo Disney, it has two separate parks. The main park has live different lands -Adventure-land, Fantasyland, Discovery land, Frontierland and Main Street USA. The second park, Walt Disney Studios Park, revolves(环绕) around a movie theme and offers surprising and special shows. Disneyland Paris also contains seven Disney hotels and a pair of golf (高尔夫) courses: one for adults and one for children. Telephone: 011-33-1-60-30-60-30 Website: http//www.disneylandparis.com |
| Hong Kong Disneyland Hong Kong Disneyland debuted(首次亮相) in 2005 and still contains just one theme park. It holds four theme lands like other Disneyland parks - Main Street, Fantasyland, Adventureland and Tomorrowland - with three more lands scheduled(预定的) for opening between 2011 and 2014. Besides the theme park, Disney also runs a pair of official hotels and builds a man-made lake. Telephone: 011-852-1-830-830 Website: http//www.park.hongkongdisneyland.com |
If Jim goes to Disneyland Paris, he can't ___________.
| A．see films | B．play golf |
| C．live in a Disney hotel | D．go boating on the lake |
There will be ___________lands in Hong Kong Disneyland in 2015.
| A．six | B．seven |
| C．eight | D．four |
We can know the ___________about the two parks according to the passsage.
a. telephone numbers b. websites
c. addresses d. ticket price
| A．a & b | B．a & d |
| C．a & c | D．c & d |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Tokyo Disney has two separate parks. |
| B．All the Disney parks have two separate parks. |
| C．Disneyland Paris is the best one in the world. |
| D．Hong Kong Disneyland has five different lands nowadays. |
The writer wrote the passage to ___________.
| A．tell us the best time to visit Disneyland |
| B．tell us Hong Kong Disneyland is better than anyone else |
| C．ask us to visit the Disneyland |
| D．introduce these two Disneylands |
On my first holiday in America, I went to a large supermarket to buy breakfast. And although this was an English-speaking country that I knew well through films and TV, I was amazed. Everything came in unfamiliar (不熟悉的) packaging (包装)，with things I'd never heard of, Even things as simple as corn chips were strange, in different colours including black and purple.
Tilse, who works for Nutrition Australia, first realized there was a problem six years ago. After teachers at her children's school quietly shared their opinions about the diets, she knew something about it. "They cared for what many children were bringing to school for lunch," she said. "Mostly packaged foods, such as chips are not healthy."
Tilse said, “They've managed to escape war areas and get to Australia, only to face the very real risk of running into heart disease. All because they're making wrong choices about food."
"Before I came to Australia, I'd never seen a sandwich," said Joseline Ntunzusenimanima, a 33-year-old mother of seven from Burundi in East Africa. "There were so many fruits I had either never seen or not been able to buy for many years. I was in shock for the first four days after I arrived. I didn't know what to do or where to go because I was just amazed to see plenty of food, peace and safety."What did the writer feel about the food when she visited the USA for the first time?
| A．Happy. | B．Excited. |
| C．Amazed. | D．Comfortable. |
Tilse thinks that most packaged foods in Australia are _________.
| A．interesting and cheap | B．good for children's health |
| C．strange and expensive | D．bad for children's health |
How many children are there in Joseline Ntunzusenimanima's home?
| A．Six. | B．Seven. |
| C．Eight. | D．Nine. |
We can most probably read the passage in a magazine about _________.
| A．music | B．news |
| C．food | D．education |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．Wrong choice about food. | B．Have a big breakfast. |
| C．How to choose food. | D．What to bring to school. |