A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said , " Boys and girls . I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?"
No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer me, dear." said the officer.
With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "If you speak long enough, we won't have Maths and biology lessons this morning."The old man came back to school_______.
| A．to listen to a talk | B．to have lessons |
| C．to give a talk | D．to see his children |
The officer studied in this school when he was_______.
| A．fifty | B．ten |
| C．twenty | D．thirty |
The children were thought to be_______ before.
| A．as good as | B．as well as |
| C．as happy as | D．much happier than |
The short boy in the front_______.
| A．didn't understand the question but answered it |
| B．told the truth |
| C．wanted to make others laugh |
| D．wanted to make the officer angry |
After reading the last part of the story, we know the_______.
| A．the short boy liked the talk very much |
| B．all the children liked the talk |
| C．the short boy didn't like to study his lessons |
| D．some of the children liked to listen to a funny story |
Five-year-old Susie loved to listen to her older sister, Emma, play the piano. Susie wanted to play it, too. But every time Susie asked to play, her mother would tell her how much work it needed to learn to play the piano well. Susie was sure she could learn to play it. She decided to make her mother believe that she was ready（准备好的）to learn to play the piano, so Susie helped her mom do the dishes and clean the house.
“Mom, can I start taking the piano lesson?” asked Susie.
“Susie, if you take the piano lesson, you must practice every day,” said her mom.
Susie was so excited. She could not wait to learn how to play her favorite songs!
Susie was excited for her first piano lesson. When she was finally in class, she was surprised: her teacher had flashcards（教学卡片）and a book for her. Susie didn’t know there were so many other things to know about the piano first. During that first lesson, the teacher didn’t let Susie play the piano.
The next day, after Susie got home from school, she ran outside.
“Where are you going?” asked her mom.
“Outside to play volleyball,” said Susie. “Bye, Mom!”
“You must study your piano flashcards,” said her mom. “Susie, this is what you wanted, now you have to do it.” Mom didn’t let Susie learn to play the piano at first, because Mom thought playing the piano ____________.
| A．cost a lot of money |
| B．needed a lot of practice |
| C．was difficult for a five-year-old girl |
| D．would make Susie have no time to study |
How did Susie show her mom that she was ready for the piano lesson?
| A．She told her mom she was ready. |
| B．She asked Emma to tell her mom that she was ready. |
| C．She helped her mom with chores around the house. |
| D．She tried to learn to play the piano by watching her sister. |
What can we learn about Susie’s first piano lesson?
| A．Her lesson was very easy. |
| B．She did not play the piano. |
| C．She had the same teacher as Emma. |
| D．Her piano flashcards were interesting. |
How did Susie feel when she began her first piano lesson?
| A．Tired. | B．Bored. |
| C．Excited. | D．Surprised. |
The next day after her first piano lesson, Susie wanted to ________ after school.
| A．read her book |
| B．play volleyball |
| C．study her piano flashcards |
| D．play the piano with Emma |
Dear Dr. Smith,
My mom always keeps asking me, “What’s going on?” If I want to go to a concert, she asks who I will go with. I think that’s my own business（事情）. Sometimes it looks like she doesn’t trust（信任）me. It makes me very sad. How can I get her to stop?
Dear Katie,
Many young people have the same problem as you. If you don’t talk much with your parents, they might feel they need to ask you questions to know about your life. It seems to you that your mom is getting into your business, but I think she’s just trying to keep a close relationship（关系）with you. In fact, some experts（专家）often tell parents to stay close to their kids by asking them about what’s going on in their life.
Some parents do this better than others, of course. But, unluckily, some parents ask questions because they don’t trust their kids. So start by trying to trust your mom. She is probably just trying to stay close to you because she loves and cares about you. You can have a talk with her about it.
Of course, that doesn’t make the questions less boring. If you’re tired of so many questions, tell your mom about your feelings the day before she asks. If you offer more information, conversations with your mom won’t seem like she’s just asking you too many questions!
If you do this, I’m sure you can get on well with your mom.
Dr. SmithKatie’s problem is that___________.
| A．she is sad about the person at the concert |
| B．she doesn’t like or care about her mother |
| C．her mother always asks her lots of questions |
| D．her mother doesn’t want her to make new friends |
Dr. Smith thinks Katie’s mother probably _________.
| A．doesn’t love Katie |
| B．doesn’t trust Katie |
| C．tries to stay close to Katie |
| D．tries to get into Katie’s business |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Katie’s problem is a special one to young people. |
| B．Dr. Smith believes that all parents trust their kids. |
| C．Dr. Smith’s advice is to answer all of Katie’s mother’s questions. |
| D．Some experts suggest parents should ask their kids about their life. |
The underlined word “offer” means “_______”in Chinese.
| A．提供 | B．隐瞒 | C．查找 | D．修改 |
In which column（栏目）can we find this passage in a magazine?
| A．Humans and Nature. | B．Problems and Advice. |
| C．Sports. | D．Health. |
Now many people like the game Angry Birds. Here is a piece of good news for them—soon there will be a lot of Angry Birds-themed activity parks around the world.
The first two parks opened in Finland last year, and a few other parks are going to open in the UK. However, people still don’t know when and where Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK.
“As a kind of online（在线的）game, it is popular with people of all ages. It’s really an interesting game. And the parks will be interesting places for everyone around the world,” said Peter Vesterbacka, an officer of Angry Birds Company. He also said, “We want to make Angry Birds a part（部分）of pop culture. We’re just getting started.”
Angry Birds-themed activity parks have many interesting places for children to play. They like them very much. People can see the characters（角色）and colors from the game in the park. People can also play the Angry Birds game on large screens in the park. The company wants to invite people to not only play it on the sofa, but to go out, move around and have fun. So everyone will be happy in Angry Birds-themed activity parks.Where did the first two Angry Birds-themed activity parks open?
A. In the UK. B. In Finland.
C. In Australia. D. In the USA.Angry Birds is _________.
| A．an online game | B．an online movie |
| C．a talk show on TV | D．a game show on TV |
Lots of people think Angry Birds is very _________.
| A．boring | B．easy |
| C．interesting | D．difficult |
The underlined word “them” in the last paragraph refers to “_________”.
| A．the characters |
| B．the screens |
| C．the interesting games |
| D．the interesting places |
From the passage, we can know________.
| A．Angry Birds is only popular with young people |
| B．Peter Vesterbacka works for Angry Birds Company |
| C．there is no screen in Angry Birds-themed activity parks |
| D．Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK in 2015 |
For most. people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people ask question, "What clothes are fashion?" And they use the adjective "fashionable" in the same way: ".she was wearing a fashionable coat. ""His shirt was really a fashionable color. "
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books.There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things frcrn the past, you will feel that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.Today fashions change very quickly. Scme of this is natu- ral. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information frcrn one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion. Form this passage we know that "fashion" means ____
| A．clothes | B．nice things |
| C．most of the popular things | D．everything |
Which of the following things is fashionable today?
| A．Surfing on the Interact. |
| B．Having a family dinner on New Year' s Day. |
| C．Learning to sing songs on the radio. |
| D．Doing roomingexercises at school. |
Today fashions change very quickly because ___.
| A．People read newspapers every day |
| B．Radios send information frcrn one country to another |
| C．New things that people like are often shown on TV |
| D．People quickly learn what is happening in the world |
"There is money in fashion" in the last sentence means
| A．clothes are expensive |
| B．fashions can help people make big money |
| C．fashionable things are all expensive |
| D．if you are in fashion, you will have money |
Which one is not right in the following statements?
| A．As time goes, fashions can be different from what they are now. |
| B．In the modem world, fashions change very quickly. |
| C．The word "fashions" doesn' t only means "clothes". |
| D．Fashions are in many things, but there aren' t fashions in school subiects. |
The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurant, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurant, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars. There are many kinds of fast food restaurant in the United States. The greatest in number sell hamburger, French fries and so on. They are popular among Americans. Besides, fast food restaurant that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream are very many. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.
Fast food restaurant are popular because they reflect(反映) American life style. Customer can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurant, food is not expensive. Therefore, people often buy and eat at a fast restaurant, while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often.In the United States the favorite food is ____.
| A．Chinese food | B．Mexican food |
| C．French fries | D．the hamburger |
Americans like to fast food restaurant because_____.
| A．they can easily find fast food restaurant |
| B．they like to eat hamburger and French fries |
| C．they are too busy to want to spend time preparing or waiting |
| D．they are so rich that they don’t want to do cooking themselves |
_____ of fast food restaurant sell hamburger, French fries.
| A．All | B．Most | C．Few | D．None |
The food in fast food restaurant is ____ ready before the customers order it.
| A．always | B．usually | C．seldom | D．never |
The best title for the passage is _____.
A. The Fast Food Restaurant in the U.S.A.
B. The Hamburger in the U.S.A.
C. American Life Style
D. All Kinds of Food in the U.S.A.