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Swimming is one of those activities that can be learned early in life. Little children can learn to swim as soon as they walk. In fact, you need the same skills in walking as in swimming. However, I believe that five is the best age to learn. By five or six, a child knows fear of water, a very important thing to know. It's wise to be afraid to recognize true danger. Young ones understand that the water can sometimes be very dangerous.
To really benefit from swimming, every swimmer should learn as soon as possible, these four basic strokes; butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and crawl. I feel that one of these-the breaststroke-is different from the others, since some young swimmers use this stroke naturally, without any training.
In swimming there are certain rules every swimmer should follow:
1. Never swim alone! No matter how good you are in the water, don't risk drowning(溺死) by swimming alone. If you swim by yourself, with no life guards or friends with you, you may get into trouble.
2. Don’t go beyond your abilities. Most swimmers know enough not to swim too far from the bank or the beach. Showing off by doing dangerous tricks is not good.
Swim safely and you will continue to swim and alive.
3. Don’t smoke. Swimming depends on a healthy body; good lungs are part of it.
4. Work at any activity that builds muscles.
Little children can learn to swim as soon as _____.

A．they can talk	B．they start walking
C．they have no fear of the water	D．they are five or six years old

The author believes that swimming beyond your abilities is_____.

A．good

B．sensible

C．dangerous

D．smart

According to the passage, you should not swim alone because_____.

A．the water is too cold

B．your parents would not be happy

C．something in the water might attack

D．you might drown

Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)
　　A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel. They could all travel together.
　　Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents' home, the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.
　　Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family is traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
From the passage, a van is also called ____________.

A．a motor car

B．a motor home

C．a motorbike

D．a big truck

Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.

A．sold their old house

B．moved to their grandparents' house

C．built a new place for a van

D．sold their second car

Americans usually use motor homes____________.

A．to travel with all the family members of holiday

B．to do some shopping with all the family members

C．to visit their grandparents at weekends

D．to drive their children to school every day

Motor homes have become popular because___________.

A．they can take people to another city when people are free

B．they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays

C．some people think motor homes are cheap

D．big families can put more things in motor homes

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist .So he invented a very simple camera (照相机).He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden .That was the first photo.
　　The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837.That year, Daguere, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
　　Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's way .Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world .People took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
　　In about 1840, photography was developed .Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of film(胶片) and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard.
　　Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many picture of great people .The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike(栩栩如生的)
　　Photography has also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century .Some photos were nor just copies of the real world .They showed feelings, like other kinds of art.
The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ____________

A．his business

B．his house

C．his garden

D．his window

The Daguerreotype was____________.

A．a Frenchman	B．a kind of photo
C．a kind of camera	D．a photographer

If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to__________.

A．watch lots of films

B．buy an expensive camera

C．stop in most cities

D．take many films and something else with him.

Mathew Brady______________.

A．was very lifelike

B．was famous for his unusual pictures

C．was quite strong

D．took many pictures of moving people

More than half of the world’s population live in cities. Traffic and pollution are becoming big problems in big cities all over the world. In cities like Mexico City, Shanghai or Cairo the quality of air is getting worse every day. In the United States, people spend more time sitting in traffic jams.
Some of the world’s cities have already found the answer to the problem. In Bogota, the capital of Columbia, the government has taken measures to improve the quality of life for the city’s 8 million people. They created over a thousand new parks, a new public transport system, and built hundreds of cycling and walking paths. People who live in the city also joined in making their city one of the most livable (适合居住的) places in South America.
Today city planners around the world are looking for ways to provide more room for living and less room for cars. In America, public transport has increased over 2 % since the mid 1990s — not much but a start. More and more people leave their cars at home and get on buses, trains or even ride a bike to work. Some cities are far better at planning than others. In Amsterdam, for example, only 40 % of the population use their cars to get to work, 35 % ride bikes while 25% use public transport. In Paris, about half of the city’s workers drive their cars to work.
For cities in developing countries, the problems have just started. Traffic is getting worse as more and more people can afford to buy a car.
The writer listed Mexico City, Shanghai and Cairo as examples of cities of ______.

A．heavy traffic	B．air pollution
C．rapid development	D．large population

What did Bogota do to improve the quality of life for its people?

A．It shut down some factories in the city.

B．It introduced a foreign public transport system.

C．It encouraged people to plant trees in the city.

D．It built new parks and a new public transport system.

From the third paragraph, we can learn that ______.

A．35% of the population in Paris ride bikes to work

B．half of the people in Amsterdam drive their cars to work

C．a quarter of the people in Amsterdam use public transport

D．American public transport has increased much since the 1990s

What would be the best title of the text?

A．Ways to solve traffic jams

B．New changes in transport systems

C．People’s new choice in big cities

D．Parks instead of cars for cities

You have a nice salary, but you still feel short of money. At the end of each month, you often ask yourself, “Where has all my money gone”? To help you better run your salary, here come some money-saving tips.
First, you need to set goals to encourage yourself to save money. For example, you plan to have a good dress in one year, to have a car in two years’ time or to buy a house in five years.
Second, form money-saving habits and stay away from the ones that waste money. Learn to keep a diary of how much you spend and what it’s for. Think twice before using money on expensive skin care products(护肤品). The best way to keep your skin in good condition is enough sleep.
Third, pay attention to your daily things. Leave no more than one light on when you leave home. Buy vegetables from a market where vegetables are less expensive and fresher, not a supermarket. When going to a supermarket, take a notebook with you. Write down what you want to buy.
Fourth, save your social life. Take the dishes that haven’t been eaten up away for next day when you have dinner in a restaurant. When it’s your turn to offer a meal, invite your friends to your home, and cook the dinner yourself. If you are to attend a party and an expensive present is needed, ask several friends to go together to share a present.
The passage is mainly about .

A．four ways to save money

B．how to set goals to save money

C．where to keep money

D．how to live well with little money

Which of the following does the author favor?

A．Have some good skin care products.

B．Enough sleep does good to skin.

C．All things in supermarkets are expensive.

D．Vegetables in a market taste good.

If you want to save money, you should .

A．have dinner in a restaurant

B．buy dishes in a restaurant and eat at home

C．invite friends home and cook yourself

D．attend a party alone

Which of the following is NOT suggested by the author?

A．Making a plan saving money.

B．Forming habits of saving money.

C．Cutting down the prices when buying things.

D．Leaving few lights on when you leave home.

A．Americana Hotel Crystal City	B．Days Inn Arlington
C．Hyatt Regency Crystal City	D．The Highlander Motor Inn

A．Days Inn Arlington	B．Hyatt Regency Crystal City
C．The Highlander Motor Inn	D．Americana Hotel Crystal City