Popular breakfast foods in the United States, as in many other countries around the world, include coffee, milk, juice, eggs and bread. Some other breakfast items served in the United States are thought by many to be traditionally American. However, they actually come from other countries.
A very popular breakfast food in America is the pancake---a thin, flat cake made out of flour and often served with maple syrup. The idea of the pancake is very old. In fact, pancakes were made long ago in ancient China.
Bagels, a round thick bread with a hole in the middle, are also popular for breakfast in America. Polish people in the late 1600s came up with the idea for the first bagels and this new kind of bread soon took off across Eastern Europe.
In the late 1800s, thousands of Jews from Eastern Europe traveled to the United States and brought the recipe for bagels with them. Today, New York bagels are said to be the best in the world. Many people have them with cream cheese for breakfast on the go.
Doughnuts (usually spelled “donut” in the United States) came from France. They were served to American soldiers in France during World War Ⅰ(第一次世界大战). After the war, American soldiers asked cooks in the United States to make doughnuts for them. Now, served with coffee, they are a very popular breakfast food across the United States.
| A．famous places in the United States to eat breakfast |
| B．popular American breakfast foods coming from China |
| C．the most popular types of pancakes in the United States |
| D．the history of popular breakfast foods in the United States |
| A．They both came from Europe. |
| B．They are both easy to make. |
| C．They are both sweet. |
| D．People in New York make them best. |
| A．Polish people. | B．Jewish people. |
| C．Chinese people | D．American soldiers. |
| A．It was first made by the French. |
| B．The soldiers invented them in World War I. |
| C．Only soldiers eat them in the Untied States. |
| D．It is round with a hole in the middle. |
| A．the Americans like to eat sweet foods for breakfast |
| B．all American foods come from other countries |
| C．not all American foods are really American |
| D．very few Americans have breakfast every day |
More than 50,000,000 people live in the rainforests of the world and most of them do not hurt the forest they live in. They eat the fruits that grow on the forest trees, but they do not cut them down. They kill some animals to eat, but they do not destroy them.
When we cut down the rainforests, we destroy these forest people, too. In 1900, there were 1,000,000 forest people in the Amazon forest. In 1980, there were only 200,000.
The Yanomami live along the rivers of the rainforest in the north of Brazil. They have lived in the rainforest for about 10,000 years and they use more than 2,000 different plants for food and for medicine. But in 1988, someone found gold in their forest, and suddenly 45,000 people came to the forest and began looking for gold. They cut down the forest to make roads. They made more than a hundred airports. The Yanomami people lost land and food. Many died because new diseases came to the forest with the strangers.
The Yanomami people tried to save their forest, because it was their home. But the people who wanted gold were stronger.
Many forest people try to save their forests. Chico Mendes was famous in Brazil because he wanted to keep the forest for his people. “I want the Amazon forest to help all of us-forest people Brazil, and all the Earth,” he said. A few months later, in December 1988, people who wanted to cut down the forest killed Chico Mendes.
In Borneo, people were cutting down the forest of the Penan people to sell the wood. The Penan people tried to save their rainforest. They made blockades across the roads into the forest. In 1987, they closed fifteen roads for eight months. No one cut down any trees during that time.
In Panama, the Kuna people saved their forest. They made a forest park which tourists pay to visit.
The Gavioes people of Brazil use the forest, but they protect it as well. They find and sell the Brazil nuts(坚果) which grow on the forest trees.The number of the people living in the Amazon forest in 1980 was _______ of that in1900.
| A．half | B．one-third | C．two-fifths | D．one-fifth |
The people who _______ have destroyed the rainforest of the Yanomami.
| A．pick fruits and kill animals to eat |
| B．use plants for food and medicine |
| C．have lived there for about ten thousand years |
| D．made the roads and the airports |
Those people built roads and airports in order to ________.
| A．carry away the gold conveniently |
| B．make people there live a better life |
| C．stop spreading the new diseases |
| D．develop the tourism(旅游业) there |
We can infer the underlined word blockades probably means:
| A．包围 | B．障碍 | C．街区 | D．通道 |
From the passage, we learn that _________.
| A．we need wood to build houses, so we have to cut down trees |
| B．the rainforest people have done something to protect their home |
| C．to humans, gold is more important than trees |
| D．we mustn’t cut down any trees or kill any animals |
Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games!
| Archery |
Archery has a 10,000-year history, when bows and arrows were first used for hunting and war. Archery first appeared at the Paris Olympics of 1900. It was removed after 1908 and only returned to the Olympics at Munich in 1972. |
| Did you know? In the 14th century, archery was so important that an English law required every man, aged seven to 60, to practice it. |
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| Badminton |
This sport was invented by British soldiers in India who called it Poono, the same name as the town in which they lived. It was first played at the Olympics in 1992 at Barcelona. Although the rules of the modern sport were developed in England, Asian countries are now the best. |
| Did you know? The best balls are said to be made from the feathers of the left wing of a goose. |
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| Football |
There are two medal competitions for Olympic football, one for men’s teams and one for women’s. Football was first played at the 1908 Olympic Games and it has been played at every Olympic Games every since, except for Los Angeles 1932. |
| Did you know? Hungary has won three football gold medals——more than any other country. |
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| Taekwondo |
This Korean sport’s name means “the way of the hand and foot”, The players get points by hitting each other with these two parts of the body only. The players mustn’t lie on the floor and no equipment can be used. Taekwondo first appeared at the 2000 Sydney Games. |
| Did you know? Over 60 million people for 190 countries around the world regularly take part in this sport. |
Who invented the sport of badminton?
| A．Indians | B．British | C．Chinese | D．Koreans |
Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?
| A．Archery | B．Badminton | C． Taekwondo | D．Football |
Which sport was first named after a town?
| A．Badminton | B．football. | C． Taekwondo | D．Archery |
Where can you most probably find this web page?
| A．sydney2000.com | B．beijing2008.com |
| C．guangzhou2010.com | D．london2012.com |
Allan: Hello! May I speak to Bob?
Mary: Sorry! He isn’t in at the moment. Tomorrow is Teachers’ Day, and he has gone to buy some presents for the teachers. Could I take a message ?
Allan: Yes, please. My name is Allan. I’m taking the subway to Shanghai for vacation tonight. It is two o’clock now. I am afraid I have no time to see him before I leave. Tell him I’ll leave in three hours. My phone number is three o one double five double seven.
Mary: OK! I’ll tell him as soon as he comes back.
Allan: Thank you very much! Goodbye !
Mary: Bye !
| Date: |
1.______________________ __. |
| Destination(目的地) |
2.__________________ ___. |
| Transportation: |
3.___________________ _. |
| Time leaving: |
4.____________________________ |
| Phone number: |
5.____________________ _. |
Dear Nancy,
How are you? Now I want to tell something interesting. Last week we had a trip to Mount Tai. On Tuesday we went to Taian by bus, a city at the foot of the mountain. We had a good rest at a hotel. At about one o’clock early the next morning, we began to climb the mountain. It took us about four hours and a half to get to the top. The mountain is covered (覆盖) with trees. I didn’t see such a beautiful place before.
“Look! The sun is going to rise!” my friend Lim shouted.
We all turned to the east and watched. Soon half of the sky because white, and a big, red ball was rising slowly. A few minutes later, the sky became bright(明亮的).
We stayed on the top and had a good time. After lunch we started going down. We got to the tour hotel at about four in the afternoon. Though we were tired, we were very happy. We came back to school the next day.
Thank you very much for your last letter and the beautiful postcards. Hope to hear from you soon.
Yours
Wu TongThe letter is from ___________to ___________.
| A．Wu Tong, Nancy | B．Nancy, Wu Tong | C．Lim, Wu Tong | D．Nancy, Lim |
How did Wu Tong go to Taian?
| A．On foot. | B．By bus. | C．By taxi. | D．By bike. |
When did Wu Tong reach the top of the mountain?
| A．At about 1:00 pm. | B．At about 4:00 am. |
| C．At about 4:30 pm. | D．At about 5:30 am. |
The word “rise” means “__________” in Chinese.
| A．赶制 | B．成功 | C．上升 | D．冲击 |
From the letter we may know _______________.
| A．after supper they started to go down. |
| B．they got to the tour hotel the next day |
| C．Nancy sent some postcards to Wu Tong |
| D．Nancy had a great time in Mount Tai |
The Wilsons decided to go overseas for vacation. They had a family meeting to plan the vacation. "First," Mr. Wilson said, "we should decide where we are going."
"I don't agree," Mrs. Wilson said, "I think we should decide when we are going first. We don't want to go to places when they are cold."
Mr. Wilson agreed, so the family's first decision was when to go on vacation. They decided to go in July. "Now we can decide where to go," said Mr. Wilson. "But, Dad," Ben said, "don't you think that where we go depends on(依赖，取决于)how we go? If we plan to fly, we can go a long way. If we plan to drive, we can't go far."
Again, Mr. Wilson agreed, and they discussed this. At last they agreed to travel by plane. And so the planning meeting went on. The next day, one of Mr. Wilson's friends at work asked, "Where are you going for vacation?"
"Well," Mr. Wilson told him, "we are going in summer by plane, but I don't know where we are going! Why did they have a family meeting?
| A．Because they wanted to save money. |
| B．Because they had a party. |
| C．Because they wanted to plan the vacation. |
| D．Because they were in trouble. |
First they decided ______________.
| A．where to go | B．when to go | C．how to go | D．what to do |
They decided to go in ______________.
| A．June | B．August | C．July | D．May |
They decided to travel by_____________.
| A．plane | B．bus | C．car | D．train |
They didn't decide _____________.
| A．where to go | B．when to go | C．how to go | D．all of above |