News 1
Don’t play Rubik’s Cube (魔方) with your hands any more. Use your feet. Earlier this month at the UK Rubik’s Cube Championships, people competed for the fastest time to solve a Rubik’s Cube using only their feet. The fastest winning time was just 1 minute and 3 seconds.
News 2
This poor donkey was trapped in drain in Switzerland. Luckily a man saw the animal while walking his dog. He called the firemen to save the donkey. It took the firemen more than an hour to pull the donkey free.
News 3
What do you want to be in the future? The question may receive different answers in different places. In Taiwan, a recent survey shows that most middle school students prefer to be bakers or hairdressers. The result is different from the traditional favorites of doctors, lawyers and accountants. Today’s Taiwan teenagers’ choices seem less demanding(高要求的).
| A．the United Kingdom | B．Switzerland |
| C．Taiwan | D．the United States |
| A．call the police |
| B．stay there and ask for help |
| C．call the firemen |
| D．help at once |
| A．a doctor | B．a lawyer |
| C．an accountant | D．a hairdresser |
Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without cars most people feel that they are poor. And even though a person is poor, he doesn't really feel poor when he has a car.
Perhaps(可能) you have heard of Henry Ford. He first started making cars in large numbers. Perhaps he didn't know how much the car was going to be to American culture(文化). The car made the United States a nation on wheels(车轮). And it helped make the United States what it is now.
The car has become popular in the United States. The Americans like to move around in cars. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money. In the United States ____.
| A．only rich people have cars |
| B．no poor people have cars |
| C．most people have cars |
| D．only a few people have beautiful cars |
Who was Henry Ford? ____.
| A．He was one of the famous car makers |
| B．He was the most popular man in the USA |
| C．He was the richest man in the USA |
| D．He was the first car maker in American history |
Henry Ford started making cars in large numbers because ____.
| A．he wanted to change the American culture |
| B．he knew cars would be make only in the United States |
| C．he thought Americans would like his cars best |
| D．he knew more and more people would buy cars |
Which of the following do you think is true? ____.
A. There are too many people everywhere in the USA.
B. There are a lot of cars everywhere in the USA .
C. Car pollution(污染) is the biggest problem in the USA.
D. Every family more or less has a car.We can know from this passage(文章) that ____.
| A．cars are cheaper in the USA |
| B．the Americans are the richest in the world |
| C．the Americans like to move around in cars |
| D．the USA makes the most cars |
John lives on a farm. The farm is not very big. His parents grow rice and corn. They don’t use animals to do farm work any more. Today they use a tractor(拖拉机). It works faster and better. After he does his work in the fields, he likes to sit and look at the blue sky and the green hills. He thinks the country is more beautiful than the city. In the city, he can’t hear the animals. In the country, he can hear birds singing. He likes to play with his dog, Cody. Cody is a very interesting dog. He likes to follow people. When they stop, he stops.
When they walk, he walks. John thinks Cody is the best dog of all.John’s parents are ________.
| A．workers | B．teachers | C．doctors | D．farmers |
They use a tractor to _______.
| A．carry rice and corn | B．carry animals |
| C．help to do farm work | D．drive to town |
What does John do after his work?
| A．He sit down and looks at the blue sky and the green hills. |
| B．He goes shopping in the tractor in town. |
| C．He helps his parents with some more farm work. |
| D．He walks his dog in the fields. |
John likes to live in the country because ______.
| A．he can live on their crops |
| B．he can hear the animals |
| C．he can play with his dog |
| D．he thinks the country is more beautiful than the city |
John’s dog is very ______.
| A．lazy | B．well | C．funny | D．boring |
阅读下面这封电子邮件，判断所给句子是否与文章内容相符。符合的用F表示，不符合的用T表示。
From: Lisa @yahoo.com xkb1.com
To: Jenny@sohu.com.cn
Subject: Come to my party!
Hi, Jenny. I will(将要) have a party this Friday at my home. Some friends will come. They are from my office. My cousin Peter is coming, too. He is nice. So I want you to meet him.
Do you want to come? We will play games and have a talk. Then we will eat dinner. Everybody will bring food or drinks(饮料) for the party. The party will start at 4:00 p.m. We will have it for four hours.
Can you come? Call me soon!The E-mail is from Jenny to Lisa
Lisa will have a party on Friday morning.
Lisa and her friends work in the same (相同) place.
Jenny doesn’t need to bring any of food and drinks for the party.
The party finishes at 8:00 p.m.
阅读短文, 完成下面的表格.
Linda, thank you for your last letter. How are you? I like your photos very much. Here are some photos of my family. I hope you like them, too. In the first photo, I’m eating lunch at home with my parents. In the next photo .My brother and I are at school. We’re playing soccer. In the third photo, my sister is reading a book. In the fourth photo, my mother and sister are shopping at the mall. In the last photo, you can see my grandma and grandpa. They are eating dinner at home. My grandparents are really nice. I hope to hear from you soon. Who am I, can you guess? Paul?
| Which |
Who |
What |
where |
| the first photo |
eating lunch |
at home |
|
| Paul and his brother |
playing soccer |
at school |
|
| the third photo |
his sister |
We don’t know |
|
| the fourth photo |
his mother and sister |
Shopping |
|
| the last photo |
eating dinner |
at grandparent’s home |
根据短文内容回答下面的问题，每空一词。
My name is Dave. I have two good friends. On Saturdays we often go to see the animals in the zoo. Tom likes pandas because they’re kind of shy. He likes Ling Ling best. Ling Ling is three years old now. Tom often goes to see her. Mary likes to play with dolphins. There are two dolphins in the zoo. They’re friendly to people. My favorite animals are lions. I think they’re smart. But Mary doesn’t like them. She says lions are too scary. We have a little dog. Its name is Bargo. It’s black and white. Bargo often goes with us to the zoo. It’s cute. We all love it very much.When do they often go to the zoo?
They go to the zoo ________ ________.How old is Ling Ling?
She is__________ ___________ old.Why does Mary like dolphins?
Because they’re ________ ________ people.What kind of animal is Bargo?
Bargo is a __________. It’s ___________.