Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks. At summer picnic, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat. There are nine players on each team.
The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America’s heroes (英雄). At the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go together to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch the television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.
American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the USA. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。According to the passage, which is NOT true?
| A．Boys and girls like baseball games. |
| B．Baseball is played in the open air. |
| C．A baseball match has nine players. |
| D．Children sometimes play baseball in parks. |
American people play baseball in April, _______ and September.
| A．May, June, July, August |
| B．March, May, July, August |
| C．January, June, October, November |
| D．February, May, July, December |
What happens at the end of the baseball season?
| A．People talk only about football games. |
| B．Many baseball fans become members of top teams. |
| C．A lot of people join in the games. |
| D．Two top teams play a wonderful baseball game against each other. |
_______ follows the baseball season in the U. S. A.
A. The baseball season
B. The football season
C. A baseball match
D. A football matchThis passage mainly tells us something about _______.
A. the football season in the USA.
B. football is more interesting than baseball in the USA.
C. the difference between baseball and football
D. the baseball season in the USA.
I am Wilson．My sister and I spent our summer holidays with our uncle this year．He was a geologist and loved to collect stones．One day，he bought us two backpacks and asked us to go to the mountain with him．We walked the whole day．Every now and then he put stones in our backpacks．To our surprise，he also took some stones out from them．But we thought he had just found better stones．When we returned to the house，we were very tired．The backpacks were so heavy that we felt great relief when we took them off．Yet our uncle's backpack was half empty．
"Why did you give us so many stones？"we asked．"didn't．You did，"he said．"You didn't know it，but I gave you a little attitude test today．I listened to every word you said．Whenever you were complaining （抱怨），I added a stone to your backpacks．Whenever you talked about something with positive thinking，I took out a stone．Andnow look at your backpacks．"Our backpacks were full of stones．
"Your negative （消极的） thoughts are just like stones．You carry themin your mind just like those stones in your backpacks．The more negative thoughts you have，the heavier your mind will be．"said our uncle．With great love，our uncle taught us one of the most important lessons in life﹣the power of the attitude．
101．Wilson's uncle was a geologist and he loved to ．
102．Wilson's uncle asked Wilson and his sister to with him one day．
103．Wilson and his sister asked their uncle why ．
104．The underlined word" them"in Paragraph 7refers to" "．
105．The story mainly tells us that we should ．
In the city of Guiyang，China，lives a girl named Li Fang．When she was a teenager，she dreamed of going to the United States．（1） "I had a picture of the daddy sitting in the living room，the mommy doing some cooking and their kids playing games on the floor．"
Li Fang decided to go to college in California．When she arrived，however，it was not the dream world she had imagined．"People were struggling with problems and often seemed unhappy and too busy，"she said．"（2） "One of her most difficult classes was P．E．When the class played volleyball，the other students were good at it．but she wasn't．One afternoon，the P．E．teacher had Li Fang hit the ball to her teammates so that they could knock it over the net．It was not a big deal for most people，but it made Li Fang scared．（3） A young man on her team seemed to understand what she was going through．He walked upto her and whispered（小声说），"（4） "Li Fang said，e'You will never understand how those words of encouragement made me feel．
Four words：You can do that．I felt like crying with happiness．"Perhaps she thanked the young man； she can't remember it．
Six years has passed．Li Fang is back in China，working as a salesclerk．"I have never forgotten the words．（5） "She said，"I am sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness meant to me．He probably doesn't even remember it．From this experience，I have learned a lesson．Whenever you say something to a person﹣cruel or kind﹣you have no idea how long the words will stay with them．"She is back in China．But still she hears those four simple words：You can do that．
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A．I felt very lonely． B．Come on．You can do that． C．Don't worry，I can help you． D．When things are not going well，I think of them． E．She was afraid of failing and being laughed at by others． F．Most of what she knew about American life was from textbooks． |
In different countries around the world，most children must start schooling at early ages．And they become"adults"at different ages．Being an adult means having the rightto do certain things，such as getting a part﹣time job，voting（投票），getting married，or getting a driving license It also means accepting the responsibilities that go along with these rights．
In many countries，sixteen or eighteen is the age when a person becomes an adult．Young men and women at this age can get a part﹣time job，and begin to receive an income of their own．They no longer have to depend on their parents for money all the time．In Canada and America，sixteen is the age when one can get a driving license； in England，it is seventeen．There are responsibilities that go along with both of these rights．Getting a part﹣time job means that you have to pay income tax．Driving a car demands that you follow certain rules like buying car insurance．
Voting is another right that young people enjoy when they become adults．In the United States，Canada and Britain，young people have the right to vote at the age of eighteen．With this right also comes responsibility．For young people to use their right to vote wisely，they must have an understanding of the needs of society，and they must also learn how politics work．
76．The underlined word"right"in Paragraph One means in Chinese．
| A． |
正确 |
B． |
右边 |
C． |
权利 |
77．In America and Canada，young people who are can get their driving licenses．
| A． |
at the age of 16 |
B． |
at the age of 15 |
C． |
at the age of 14 |
78．If you drive a car，you have to ．
| A． |
get a part﹣time job |
B． |
follow certain rules |
C． |
understand society |
79．Tom is a 17﹣year﹣old English boy and he has the rights to ．
| A． |
drive and learn |
B． |
vote and marry |
C． |
drive and vote |
80．From the passage，we can know that ．
| A． |
sixteen﹣year﹣olds have all kinds of rights |
B． |
responsibilities need to go along with rights |
C． |
the rules are the same in the UK and the USA． |
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It was a great gift to the world from ancient China．Before it was invented，sailors had to depend on the stars to find direction．After it was invented，the oceans were open to travel．And many new discoveries were made with the help of it． |
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Gunpowder |
It was one of the greatest inventions．It is said that in the 3rd century a Chinese man wrote about how to make it．At first，it was used for making fireworks．At the end of the Tang Dynasty，people began to use it in wars．The method of making it was brought to the Arab world and Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries． |
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China was the first country in the world to make paper．During the Western Han Dynasty （202B．C．～9A．D．），paper was made in some places in China．It was developed in the Eastern Han Dynasty （25A．D．～220A．D．） by Cai Lun．He made paper with bark，ropes，rags and so on．Before it was invented，the ancient Chinese carved characters on animal bones and stones．They also wrote them on bamboo and wooden sticks． |
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It was developed in 1041﹣1048 in the Song Dynasty．A man named Bi Sheng carved characters on pieces of clay and wood．Then he put ink on them．After the characters were printed on paper，the pieces of clay or wood could be used again．This technology then spread to Korea，Japan and Europe．It was the basic method at that time． |
71．After the was invented，the oceans were open to travel．
| A． |
compass |
B． |
printing |
C． |
gunpowder |
72．At first，gunpowder was used for ．
| A． |
finding direction |
B． |
making fireworks |
C． |
carving characters |
73． developed paper﹣making in the Eastern Han Dynasty．
| A． |
Some sailors |
B． |
Bi Sheng |
C． |
Cai Lun |
74．Printing was developed in the
| A． |
Tang Dynasty |
B． |
Song Dynasty |
C． |
Han Dynasty |
75．The best title for the reading material is ．
| A． |
The Four Dynasties of Ancient China |
B． |
The Four Great Inventors of Ancient China |
C． |
The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China． |
I used to hate my mother because she worked a lot and didn't spend much time with me．Then one Friday morning I took part in a three﹣day self﹣help program for teenagers．Whether you believe it or not，that weekend changed my life．
About 100 other teenagers were there．During the first two days I met a lot of great people．I was glad because I made so many friends there．
On Sunday，the leader did an interesting exercise called"Chocolate or Toys"．He asked a girl which she liked better，chocolate or toys．She chose chocolate．Then he asked her to choose again between chocolate and chocolate．Of course，she didn't have a choice．
This exercise told us that sometimes we don't have a choice in life，and that sometimes we have to accept something，rather than complaining（抱怨）．A girl stood up and started talking about her mom who was a drug addict and how much she hated her mother．"I want a new mom，"she cried．"Unfortunately，you can't have one，"the leader replied．"You have to accept the mother that you have．"This hit me hard．I realized that，for better or worse，my mom was my mom．I couldn't choose another mom，but I could try to make the best of the situation．
51．The self﹣help program for teenagers lasted ．
| A． |
a week |
| B． |
two days |
| C． |
three days |
| D． |
only one day |
52．The writer used to hate his mother because ．
| A． |
she didn't care for him |
| B． |
she had no time to be with him |
| C． |
she was a drug addict |
| D． |
she was too strict with him |
53．The writer started to change his thinking ．
| A． |
during the first two days of the program |
| B． |
after the exercise named"Chocolate or Toys" |
| C． |
as soon as he took part in the program |
| D． |
after he left the program sometime |
54．From the end of the passage，we can know that ．
| A． |
the writer used to love his mom for yeas |
| B． |
the writer's mom is a very bad person |
| C． |
the writer's mom loves her son very much |
55．What is the main idea of this passage？
| A． |
Choices can be made as we like． |
| B． |
Everyone should take part in a self﹣help program． |
| C． |
Chocolate can influence one's attitude toward things． |
| D． |
We should try to accept things instead of complaining about them． |
Compass
Paper﹣making
Printing