Maybeyouareanaverage(普通的)stude-优题课

When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭), It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages, When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (装载)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.
What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A．The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata.

B．Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata.

C．Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata.

D．Rickshaws are very useful for the people' s daily life in Kolkata.

What does the underlined word "ban" mean?

A．make

B．increase

C．forbid

D．collect

What can we learn from the passage?

A．The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns.

B．The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata.

C．The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven.

D．The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.

How much are the musical tickets for two children?
A. 16 pounds, B, 35 pounds. C. 30 pounds. D. 40 pounds.
When will the Teenage Drawing Competition be held?

A．On June 7th.	B．On August 6th.
C．On September 20th.	D．On April 25th.

Where can you watch Adele's performance this Sunday afternoon?

A．At St. James' s Park.	B．At Westfield Theater.
C．At Westfield Shopping Center.	D．At Cambridge Theater.

任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical (典型的) high school and its students.
A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan(租借) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.
American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.
Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.
The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students are involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports-especially football, basketball, baseball and soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.
Title: in an American High School

Outline	Details
Introduction	◇It gives an overview of a typical American high school and its.
Lockers and textbooks	◇Every student has a locker for textbooks andclothes. ◇They prefer loaning textbooks tothem.
transport	◇Students usually go to school by bus or on foot. Sometimes theirsend them to school by car. ◇They canthemselves to school when they are over 16 and have passed the required tests.
Classes and classrooms	◇Students have to take main classes, elective classes and sometimes one or more classes. ◇They go toclassrooms for each subject.
After-school activities	◇After school most of the students takein their faviourite activities, including sports and clubs.

Arthur sat at the desk in his room, pencil in hand. He had to write a story for his English class by Friday. “I don’t know what to write about,” he complained to his dog Toby, who was asleep at his feet. Arthur was talkative when speaking to his friends, yet he had trouble finding words when he had to write.
By bedtime Arthur had drawn a picture of Toby smiling. He had drawn a tree with its branches blowing in the strong wind. He had also written a note asking his friend Lee to go to the movies on Saturday. But he had not written a single word of his story.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Solomon, Arthur’s English teacher, asked the class to turn in the first draft of their stories. His heart sinking, Arthur turned in the only work he had—the page with his name, the drawings and the note.
Arthur wasn’t surprised when Mrs. Solomon asked him to stay after class the next day. But he was surprised by what she said to him. “This is an attractive story, Arthur. The dog, the movie, the tree in the wind—I can’t wait to find out how they all fit together.”
“That isn’t my story, Mrs. Solomon,” Arthur admitted. “I haven’t been able to think of one yet.”
“Oh, I think you have the seed(种子of a story there,” Mrs. Solomon replied, “Look at your note and the pictures and see if a story comes to you.”
That night Arthur sat at his desk, and this is what he wrote: “One Saturday Mike went downstairs to meet his friend Julio at the cinema. It looked as if it might rain, so Mike carried his umbrella. Suddenly a big storm blew in, bending the trees. The noise of the wind sounded like the barking of Mike’s dog Toby. Toby really hated storms and barked whenever he wanted to be let inside. Then Mike realized that it wasn’t the sound of the wind. It was Toby. The dog was running after him down the busy street, barking. The sound was filled with blame. Mike felt guilty because he had left Toby outside. He turned and headed home with Toby running beside him. Mike let Toby in the door just as the rain started to pour down.”
Arthur had a story in the end. The last thing he did was to write his name proudly at the top of the page.
Why did Arthur turn in the page with only his name, the drawings and the note at first?

A．Because he had no time to fit them together.

B．Because he had difficulty in writing a story.

C．Because he wasn’t willing to do his homework.

D．Because he wanted to show his talent for drawing.

What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A．Toby is an imaginative and lovely dog.

B．The small tree will grow into a big one.

C．His friend Lee can give him a lot of support.

D．He can develop his story based on the first draft.

What kind of teacher do you think Mrs. Solomon is ?

A．She is a strict teacher	B．She is a wise teacher
C．She is an honest teacher	D．She is an energetic teacher

What can we infer(推断from the story?

A．Arthur is a shy and quiet student

B．Arthur isn’t very satisfied with his story

C．There will be a storm on Saturday

D．Encouragement is important in teaching

The Beijing Underground’s Line Ten will soon have 40 “reverse vending machines（有偿自动回收机）”,which will pay people for their empty plastic bottles.
“We have placed two such machines at Beijing Capital International Airport and four at the city’s underground stations. They have been well received so far,” said Feng Juan, an engineer from the company which makes the machines. “People are encouraged and paid for turning waste into treasure. More than 30,000 empty bottles have been collected since December,” she said.
If something else, such as waste paper, is thrown into the machine, the machine will spit(吐) it out.
“Supported by the government, the reverse vending machines will be introduced to colleges and universities soon,” Feng said.
The company is also considering covering more recycling materials, including used books and teaching materials.
“Long-term plans call for about 2,000 reverse vending machines to be place throughout the city in the next few years, including 80 at colleges and universities, shopping malls, communities and office buildings,” Feng said.
Chang Tao, director of the company, said that if the new project works well in the city, the company will consider offering the waste-to-treasure service to other developed cities in the eastern part of China.
At present reverse vending machines are used at __________.

A．the airport and underground stations

B．colleges and universities

C．communities and office buildings

D．shopping malls and companies

Which sign probably represents the meaning of the underlined word “recycling”?

Which of the following is an opinion rather than a fact?

A．More than 30,000 empty bottles have been collected.

B．Feng Juan and Chang Tao work in the same company.

C．The machines might help people develop a recycling habit.

D．People are paid for putting empty plastic bottles into the machines.

Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A．Machines help turn waste into treasure

B．A new machine has become popular

C．A creative project works well in China

D．People are encouraged to collect bottles