Important Ages in the UK
| Age |
What you can do |
| 5 |
You have to go to school. |
| 12 |
You can buy a pet. |
| 13 |
You can get a part-time job, but you can't work for more than two hours on a school day or on Sunday. |
| 14 |
You can go into a bar, but you can't buy alcohol (酒). |
| 16 |
You can leave school. A boy can join the army with the parents' permission(允许). You can drive a motorcycle. You can have beer or wine with a meal in a restaurant. |
| 17 |
You can hold a license (执照) to drive most small cars. |
| 18 |
Age of maturity (选举)- you have grown up in the eyes of the law. You can marry even without your parents' permission. You can buy or drink alcohol in a bar. |
| 21 |
You can hold a license to drive a large passenger bus. You can have a license to sell alcohol. You can become a member of Parliament. |
What can you do in Britain when you're 14 years old?
| A．Buy a pet | B．Join the army |
| C．Drive a motorcycle | D．Buy alcohol |
In Britain, you can start to drink wine in the restaurant at the age of ________.
| A．twelve | B．fourteen |
| C．sixteen | D．eighteen |
If your 19-year-old friend is going to live in Britain, you should tell him that he can't __________.
| A．drive a motorcycle |
| B．drive a large passenger bus |
| C．get a part-time job |
| D．buy alcohol in a bar |
An old lady went to the shop last Sunday. She passed a bank and saw a car near the door. A man got out of it and went into the bank. She looked into the car. The keys were in the lock(锁).
The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank. The man took a gun（枪）out of the pocket and said to the clerk, “Give me all the money.” But the old lady didn’t see this. She went to the man and put the keys in his hand and said, “Young man, you are foolish. Never leave your keys in your car. Someone is going to steal it. ” The man looked at the old lady for a few seconds. Then he looked at the clerk. He took the keys, ran out of the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly without any money. Last Sunday, an old woman ______.
| A．had nothing to do | B．went out for a walk |
| C．went to buy something | D．went to see the man |
The man got off his car and went into _____.
| A．a police station | B．the post office |
| C．the shop | D．the bank |
The old lady saw ______ on the car.
| A．a gun | B．a bag | C．a lot of money | D．the keys |
The old lady ______.
| A．knew the man | B．thought the man was a thief |
| C．didn’t know the man | D．wanted to catch the thief |
When she gave the young man his keys, he ____.
| A．took them and ran into the bank |
| B．thanked her very much |
| C．was very surprised |
| D．said nothing and went to the police station |
When we look at the moon through a telescope(望远镜), we can see lines and circles(圆形物). People used to(过去常常) think that this was the moon’s face and that there was a man in the moon! This is not true. There is no man in the moon.
What do we know about the moon? First of all, the moon is much smaller than the earth. Days and nights on the moon are very long. One day on the moon is as long as two weeks on the earth. One night is also as long as two weeks on the earth. In the daytime the moon is very hot and at night is very cold. On the moon ____________.
| A．there is a man | B．there is a woman |
| C．there are a lot of people | D．there is no man |
Now we know _____________________.
| A．some facts about the moon | B．nothing about the moon |
C．little about the moon | D．few facts about the moon |
Which of the following is true?
| A．The moon is bigger than the earth. |
| B．The earth is much bigger than the moon. |
| C．The moon is as big as the earth. |
| D．The earth isn’t as big as the moon. |
One day on the moon is as long as ______________.
| A．seven days on the earth | B．fourteen days on the earth. |
C．240 hours on the earth | D．two years on the earth |
The moon is very hot _____________.
| A．all the time | B．during the night |
| C．in the daytime | D．at night and in the daytime |
Let me tell you my penfriend Ivan. He is 12 years old. He likes playing football. He usually plays football with his friends at weekends.
Ivan lives with his father and mother in a city in France. They have a home with five rooms, a swimming pool and a garden. They often have a party in the garden at weekends. They like to help their neighbours. His home is not near his school, so Ivan takes a bus for an hour and then walks for 10 minutes to school. There is a Basketball Club near his school. He likes playing basketball in the club.
Ivan’s father is a worker. He is busy. Ivan’s mother is a doctor. She is nice to the patients. Ivan wants to be a teacher when he grows up.1 want to be a teacher, too. Every month Ivan writes two letters to me. He’ll come to China next year. We’ll meet then.How old is Ivan now?
| A．He is 11. | B．He is 12. | C．He is 13. | D．He is 14. |
What are Ivan’s hobbies?
| A．Basketball and swimming. | B．Football and basketball. |
| C．Football and swimming. | D．Reading and swimming. |
How often does Ivan write to me?
| A．Twice a month. | B．Twice a week. | C．Every day. | D．Every week. |
Ivan studies in ________ now.
| A．America | B．China | C．France | D．Japan |
Which is the best title(标题)for the passage?
| A．How To Make Penfriends | B．Something About Ivan |
| C．What Is Ivan’s Home Like | D．Ivan’s School Life |
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Sunny English Club is for ______.
| A．nurses | B．policemen | C．businessmen | D．students |
You will pay ______ if you want to stay in the English club for half a year.
| A．300 yuan | B．600 yuan | C．1,200 yuan | D．2,400 yuan |
You can visit Ocean Museum ______.
| A．on Saturday | B．on Wednesday | C．on Monday | D．anytime |
One can get free examinations in Health Centre if he is ______.
| A．9 | B．17 | C．67 | D．73 |
If you are interested in the life of fish, you should go to ______.
| A．Health Centre | B．Ocean Museum |
| C．Sunny English Club | D．16 Yong Le Street |
Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern plane it takes one day to travel places which took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages（优势）. You can see the country you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large planes and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish --- where there is something interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel where you can spend the night. That is why traveling by car is a popular pleasant trip, while people usually take a train or a plane when they are traveling on business.From the passage (短文), we know the fastest way of traveling is ____.
| A．by train | B．by sea | C．by plane | D．by car |
If we travel by car, we can _____.
| A．make the longest journey enjoyable |
| B．travel to a very far place in several minutes |
| C．make our own timetable |
| D．travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day |
The underlined (划线的) word “They” in the passage refers to (指的是)____.
| A．modern trains in the country |
| B．comfortable seats and dining-cars |
| C．the travelers on the modern trains |
| D．the slower ways of traveling |
When people travel on business, they usually take ____.
| A．a plane or a car | B．a car or a boat |
| C．a boat or a train | D．a train or a plane |
How many ways of traveling are mentioned (被提到的) in the passage?
| A．Four. | B．Three. | C．Two. | D．Six |