Britain Today
Food
British people like good food, and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular — 30% of all adults have a hamburger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!
Sports
British people don't do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week, about 9% go cycling and 8% play golf — and only 6% of people play football (but 32% go to watch it).
Cinema and TV
Films are very popular in Britain, and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, women watch TV for about three hours every day.
Holidays
British people love going on holiday, and have 56 million holidays every year. Most of these holidays aren't in the UK—27% are in Spain, 10% are in the USA, and 9% are in France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn't very good!
根据短文内容选择正确的答案。 Do British adults like a hamburger or fish and chips? ______ .
A. A hamburger.
B. Fish and chips.
C. Both. Do British people do lots of sports? ______ .
A. Yes, they do
B. No, they don’t
C. Sorry, I don’t knowWho likes watching movies at the cinema very much? ______ .
A. Men B. Women C. Young people How long do British women spend watching TV every day? _____ .
A. Three hours.
B. Three hours and a half
C. Two hours British people's favorite country for a holiday is ______ .
A. Spain B. France C. America
There are many things we need to know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices of things in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality (质量) of different brands (品牌). We need to know how to make sensible choices when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need the skill if we want to lead a useful and happy life.
Some of these choices are small. For example, will I have an apple for lunch or a pear? Will I take a bus to school today or will I walk? Will I wear the red T- shirt or the blue one to go to the movie? Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I work hard only in the classes I enjoy? We make choices like these every day.
Making wrong choices can cause unhappiness. We have to realize that the choices we make can affect the rest of our life. And our choices can also affect other people. If you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movie, consider this: who else does your choice affect?
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。 can help us use our money wisely when we shop.
| A．Choosing good brands |
| B．Comparing the price and quality |
| C．Going to big shops |
| D．Learning business at school |
What does the underlined word “sensible” mean in Chinese?
| A．明智的 | B．敏感的 |
| C．不同寻常的 | D．愚蠢的 |
According to the passage, doesn’t belong to “life skills”.
| A．knowing how to spend money wisely |
| B．knowing how to compare different things |
| C．knowing how to get good grades at school |
| D．knowing how to make right choices in life |
Which of the following choices is more important than others according to the passage?
| A．Will I have an apple for breakfast? |
| B．Will I walk to school today? |
| C．Will I study harder at English? |
| D．Will I wear my blue jeans to go to the party? |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．We can’t learn all the things at school. |
| B．Making wrong choices in life is necessary. |
| C．There are many choices for us to make in life. |
| D．We should consider how others feel while making choices. |
| SCHOOL REPORT Term: Summer Name: Luo Hui Age: 15 Class: 2 |
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| Chinese |
She has great preference(偏爱) for writing, but there are always several mistakes in her work. I believe. She can do better. |
A- |
| Math |
She is good at figures (计算), but she doesn’t always pay much attention to the results. If she wants to make greater progress, she must be more careful. |
B |
| English |
Maybe she is not so interested in English. She doesn’t often answer questions in class. I think she should read English aloud every day and try not to be so shy. |
B |
| Science |
She does well in doing experiments and she has a lot of good ideas in her work. |
A |
| History |
Getting better. |
B- |
| Geography |
Nice work. |
A |
| Art |
Being very good at drawing pictures of her teachers. |
A- |
| P.E. |
Excellent. She is a good player. |
A |
| Music |
Common. |
B- |
| General: Luo Hui is a clever girl. She spends much time playing ping-pong. She usually hands in her homework late. But she has excellent performance (表现) in Chinese, science and geography besides P.E. and art. We believe Luo Hui should work harder at math. |
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| Gao Hui Head teacher |
根据表格内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。 Luo Hui draws pictures of very well.
| A．her teachers | B．her parents |
| C．cartoons | D．mountains |
In this term, how many subjects does Luo Hui have?
| A．Seven | B．Eight |
| C．Nine | D．Ten |
According to the report, Luo Hui is good at .
| A．music, P.E. and geography |
| B．music, math and English |
| C．science, P.E. and geography |
| D．science, math and English |
The underlined sentence “Maybe she is not so interested in English” means .
| A．Luo Hui likes English very much. |
| B．Luo Hui doesn’t like English at all. |
| C．Luo Hui pays more attention to English. |
| D．Luo Hui pays less attention to English. |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the School Report?
| A．Luo Hui should be more careful in math lessons. |
| B．Luo Hui does well in P.E. and her history is getting better. |
| C．Gao Hui is Luo Hui’s head teacher. |
| D．Luo Hui is sixteen years old now. |
Morison and Philip were classmates. They lived in the same town. After they left school, Morison became the manager of a flower shop and Philip became a doctor in a hospital.
Philip made a girlfriend. He bought a red rose for her each day to show his love. The flowers made her very happy. Sometimes he took the rose to her himself. But when he was busy in the hospital, he asked Morison to give the rose to her instead of him.
One morning, Philip came into the flower shop and said to Morison. “I’ll go to another town to work today. I have no time to give the letter and the flowers to my girlfriend. Please give her the letter and twenty- four roses.”
In the evening, when Morison was closing the door of the shop, Philip came. “Morison, how many roses did you give my girlfriend this morning?” asked Philip angrily.
“I gave her thirty,” answered Morison.
“Why did you do that?” asked Philip.
“I thought you often bought roses for her in my shop. I want to give her six roses as the gifts. Six is a good number, you know,” said Morison.
“How foolish you are!” He threw his letter on the table. “Read it!”
Morison picked it up and began to read:
Dear Mimi,
I love you very much. Today is your birthday. Please accept my present- some roses, one rose is a year. And the roses are your age.
Yours,
Philip
“She returned them to me,” cried Philip, “you must go and explain it to her.”
根据短文内容判断句子的正误，正确的在括号内写上“T”，错误的写上“F”。Philip and Morison had different jobs after school.
Mimi never accepted Philip’s flowers.
Philip couldn’t send flowers to Mimi himself on her birthday because he was ill.
Mimi was happy to get six more roses from Philip.
From the passage we know that Mimi was 24 years old at that time.
Once there was a huge apple tree．A little boy loved to come and play around it every day．He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him．
Time went by---the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day．One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad．“Come and play with me, ” the tree asked the boy．“I'm no longer a kid．I wouldn't play around the tree any more．” the boy replied．“I want toys．I need money to buy them．” “Sorry, I don't have money．But you can pick all my apples and sell them．So, you will have money．” The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily．The boy never came back after he picked the apples．
One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited, “Come and play with me, ” the tree said．“I don't have time to play．I have to work for my family．We need a house for shelter．Can you help? ” “Sorry, I don't have a house．But you can cut off my branches to build your house．” So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily．The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then．The tree was again lonely and sad．
One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was pleased．“Come and play with me! ” the tree said．“I am sad and getting old．I want to go sailing to relax myself．Can you give me a boat? ” “Use my trunk to build your boat．You can sail far away and be happy．” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat．He went sailing and never showed up for a long time．
Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years．“Sorry, my boy．But I don't have anything for you any more．The only thing left is my dying root, ” the tree said with tears ①
“Good! Old tree root is the best place to lean on and rest．Come and sit down with me and rest．” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears ②The boy picked all the apples on the tree because __________.
| A．he wanted to eat them |
| B．he needed money to buy toys |
| C．he liked the tree without apples |
| D．he wanted to share them with friends |
The boy came back to the apple tree _________.
| A．whenever he was happy |
| B．if he missed the apple tree |
| C．when he was in times of difficulty |
| D．as soon as he was free |
At last the boy wanted ___________.
| A．to have a house to live in |
| B．nothing except a place to rest |
| C．the root of the apple tree |
| D．anything that the apple tree had |
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
| A．The phrase with tears ① means that the apple tree was sad because the boy asked for too much. |
| B．The phrase with tears ② means that the apple tree was still happy because she could help the boy for the last time. |
| C．Each time the boy asked the apple tree for help, the tree tried her best to satisfy him. |
| D．After reading the passage, we can easily think of the old Chinese saying “Parents’ love is universal!” |
On February 9 th，2013，Sarah Darling was walking along the street when she met a homeless man named Billy Ray Harris．She reached into her change purse，emptied out all the coins she had and gave them to the homeless man．Neither of them realized that this small generous act would change their lives．
Sarah didn’t realize that she had given Billy not only all her change but also her diamond ring that she had put in her change purse earlier until the following morning．She and her husband，Bill Krejci，rushed to see if they could find Billy．The homeless man was not only in the same place，he also immediately returned the ring．The grateful couple paid him back for his honesty by emptying out their pockets of all the money they had．
Bill Krejci，a web designer，felt that he needed to do something more for this amazingly
honest man．So on February 18th，he set up a special page to raise money for him．In just four days，Billy received over $ 85，000 and there seems to be no end yet．
That is not enough．Billy is 1iving with a person who is generous instead of living in the streets．And that’s not all—thanks to the news report，he got together again with his older brother，Edwin Harris who he had been unable to find for 27 years．
All the good luck is just because Billy did the right thing—returning something that did not belong to him．When did Sarah realize that she had also given Billy her diamond ring?
| A．On February 9 th，2013． |
| B．On February 10th，2013． |
| C．On February 18th，2013． |
| D．On February 22nd，2013． |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
| A．Billy is living with a generous person． |
| B．Billy has found his brother． |
| C．Billy bought a diamond ring． |
| D．Billy appeared in the new report． |
What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．Generous Woman Changed Her Own Life |
| B．Kind Man Set Up Special Page |
| C．Homeless Man Returned Diamond Ring |
| D．Many People Donated Much Money |