Tony Wheeler was born to travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life. Wheeler and hisfamily lived in many different countries.
In the early 1970s, Tony met a young woman named Maureen. They soon married. Before getting jobs, Tony andMaureen wanted to travel. They took a year-long trip from England, through Asia, to Australia. On the trip, they visitedplaces like Iran( 伊朗) . India, and so on.
When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia, people asked many questions about their trip. To answer thesequestions, Wheeler wrote a book called Across Asia on the Cheap. The book told people about different countries' weather,customs( 风俗) ,and places to see. But unlike other travel books then, Tony Wheeler's book also talked about places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular.
Tony and Maureen started a company called lonely Planet. They continued travelling. They wrote books for each placethey visited. Today, 800 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 books. Tony Wheeler, the greattraveller, still writes about travels to many places and will bring us more surprises.Tony Wheeler and his wife ended the year-long trip in _______.
| A．England | B．Iran |
| C．India | D．Australia |
Tony Wheeler wrote the book Across Asia on the Cheap to _______.
| A．make money for his next trip |
| B．tell people about his new company |
| C．draw people's attention to his family |
| D．answer people's questions about his trip |
How was the book Across Asia on the Cheap different from other travel books then?
| A．It was longer and more popular. |
| B．It was the first travel book in the world. |
| C．It talked about places most tourists did not go. |
| D．It talked about a country's weather and customs. |
Which of the following is TRUE about Tony Wheeler's company?
| A．His father started it. |
| B．It is an airline company. |
| C．Hundreds of people work for it. |
| D．It has no books about travelling. |
The passage mainly talks about _______.
| A．a great traveller and hisbooks |
| B．a tour of different countries |
| C．a great writer and his family |
| D．different kinds of companies |
Modern Chinese use the solar calendar（阳历）as English people do . But at the same time, they use their own lunar calendar. Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals : the rat , the ox , the tiger , the hare , the dragon , the snake , the horse , the goat , the monkey , the chicken , the dog and the pig . This list lasts for 12 years and then starts again.
Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon. And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month. The New Year always starts between January 21 and February 20. On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner. All members of the family except married daughters try to be present at this meal, even of they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents. Old quarrels are forgotten, and everybody is happy. After the dinner, the children keep awake to welcome the New Year.
The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon. On the first day, children and unmarried people go to visit their elder If next year is the year of the dragon, what was the name of last year?
| A．It was the year of tiger. | B．It was the year of the hare. |
| C．It was the year of snake. | D．It was the year of the ox. |
Suppose that next Chinese New Year’s Day is on 15th February, when will people have their big family dinner?
| A．On February 15 | B．On February 16 |
| C．On February 14 | D．On February 17 |
The family usually have their big family dinner at the home of _______.
| A．the married son | B．the married daughter |
| C．the unmarried son | D．the parents |
People celebrate the New Year ________.
| A．for 15 days |
| B．from the new moon to the full moon in the first month of the lunar year |
| C．from January 21 to February 20 |
| D．both A and B |
From this selection we know that each Chinese month is measured by __.
| A．the sun’s revolutions（旋转） |
| B．the moon’s revolutions |
| C．the earth’s revolutions |
| D．both the earth’s and moon’s revolutions |
In many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge，eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o'clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soups, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas，apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very necessary.Many English people havemeals a day.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．three or four |
People may have for their breakfast.
| A．tea and eggs | B．porridge，eggs，bread，tea or coffee |
| C．tea and coffee | D．bread and eggs |
People have lunch at ．
| A．any time | B．nine | C．five | D．one |
People don't have for their dinner.
| A．porridge | B．bananas and apples |
| C．some soup and meat | D．meat and fish |
In many English homes dinner comes ．
| A．at one o'clock | B．about half past seven | C．at noon | D．at night |
The Grade 3 students at the Clean City School collect empty bottles .In June ,they are going to take them to a recycling () center .They are going to sell the bottles and buy some books for the school library.
Kate has started a graph (图表) to show the number of the bottles they have collected . This is the graph .
Student Bottle Collection
The months of the School Year In October the students collected ______ empty bottles.
| A．80 | B．60 | C．40 | D．20 |
The students collected _____ more bottles in December than in January .
| A．10 | B．20 | C．30 | D．40 |
Form the graph above ,we know that the students picked up the same number of bottles in ______ and ______ .
| A． October ;February | B．September ;April |
| C．January ;May | D．November ; March |
Why do the students collect empty bottles ? Because they ______ .
| A．want to do something for their school | B．like empty bottles very much |
| C．want to play with the bottles | D．want to sell them to buy balls |
How many bottles have they collected in November?
| A． 20 | B．40 | C．60 | D．80 |
This is a beautiful park near my home. People like to go to the park after work. Some of them go to the park every day. Look! This is Mr. Smith. He is sitting on a chair and watching the children. Some children are playing the game of hide-and- seek(捉迷藏). Some boys are playing yo-yo. Lucy and Lily are standing under a tree. They are talking. There is a small river in the park. We can see some boats in the river. Some children are sitting in the boats with their fathers and mothers. Listen! A lot of birds are singing in the trees. This is really a nice park. I come here to read English after school every day.______ like to go to the park.
| A．Children | B．Fathers and mothers | C．Lucy and Lily | D．People |
Mr. Smith is _______.
| A．playing hide-and-seek | B．playing yo-yo |
| C．is sitting and watching the children | D．is singing |
Which one is right?
| A．Lucy and Lily are playing hide-and-seek with other children. |
| B．Lucy and Lily go to the park only on Sunday. |
| C．Lucy and Lily are talking under the tree. |
| D．Lucy and Lily live far from the park. |
The writer can't see_____ in the park.
| A．fish | B．children | C．women | D．men |
What's the writer doing?
| A．He is singing. |
| B．He is sitting in a boat. |
| C．He's playing a game. |
| D．He's watching the people in the park. |
Life in the twenty-first century（世纪） will be very different from life today. Between then and now many changes（变化） will take place ,but what will the changes be?
The population（污染） is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. Travelling will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots（机器人）. Because of this, people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem. There will be _________ in the future.
| A．Small population | B．Few changes |
| C．More people | D．Few people |
In the future the computer will be _________.
| A．Much bigger and few people will use it |
| B．Much smaller and more useful |
| C．Smaller and not many people will use it |
| D．Bigger and a lot of people will use it |
In the future more people _________.
| A．Will go to other countries for holidays | B．Will study at school |
| C．Will go earlier | D．Will work for many hours |
People will prefer _________ to _________ in the future.
| A．Fruit and vegetables; meat | B．Meat; fruit and vegetables |
| C．Fruit and meat; vegetables | D．Meat and vegetables; fruit |
The robots will _________ in the future.
| A．Do the dangerous work | B．Do all the work |
| C．Do only housework | D．Do the easy work for people |