Wiki is the Hawaiian(夏威夷语) word for “quick”. Today, it is a very popular word among Internet users. What does it mean? Wiki（维基） is a wedsite where everyone can create（创建） and chage its pages. The most famous wiki is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia (百科全书) that offers millions of articles. But there are lots of other wikis such as Wikihow, Wikinews and Wiktionary. They all have one thing in common. They are created and managed by a wiki community（社区）.
A wiki community is made up of the millions of people who visit a wike site. Many of the visitors are readers looking for information. Some visitors are _____ who creat articles for the site. Other visitors act as editors (编辑) who read the articles and check them for mistakes. Wiki are simple to creat and use, and they are becoming more and more popular.
But is wiki information reliable? If any one can add, delete or change information, can the information be trused? This depends on the wiki community. The community usually tries to make sure that the information on a topic is correct. If someone in the community sees an article with incorrect information, that person can edit or change it.
On a big wiki like Wikipedia, thousands of pages change every day. At certain times of the day there can be 50 or more pages changing every minute! Sometimes the changes may be as simple as spelling mistakes. Other times they are changes, additions or deletions to the content(内容).
A wiki gives the community a way to get information together and change it as things change. Wikis are greatly changing the way we get information. Do you want to find an interesting quote(语录) to use in a writing project or report? Go to Wikiquote. Do you want to learn the most recent information about a place you’re planning to visit? Try Wikitravel.
What do wikis have in common?
| A．They all provide the latest news. |
| B．They all have millions of articles. |
| C．They are all online encyclopedias. |
| D．They are all made by a wiki community. |
Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph 2?
| A．writers | B．readers |
| C．editors | D．users |
What does the underlined word “reliable” in Paragraph 3 mean?
| A．Valuable | B．Believable |
| C．Interesting | D．Enough |
What can we learn from Paragraph 4 ?
| A．Wiki are easy to create and use. |
| B．Wikis change the way we get information. |
| C．Pages on wiki sites are changing all the time. |
| D．Spelling mistakes are very common on Wikis. |
What does the writer think of Wikis?
| A．They are very popular. |
| B．They change too quickly. |
| C．There are no mistakes on them. |
| D．They are not as good as printed books. |
Mary went to Canada on vacation. After a week, she came back to New York. She told lots of interesting things to her best friend, Jack. Jack was very interested in Canada and decided to have a visit there. The next summer vacation, Mary and Jack had a plan to go to Canada together. But her mother was badly ill so she went to the airport to see her friend off.
When they got to the airport, Mary had to got to the washroom. When she came back, she couldn’t find Jack because there were so many people at the airport. She looked for him everywhere, but it was hard to find Jack among the people. Suddenly Mary saw Jack and she felt very happy, so she shouted,“Hi, Jack. Here, here.” At the same time, Jack waved his arms,“I’m
here.”
In 3 minutes, so many policemen came to the front of Jack and caught him, "Please come with me to the police office." After the policemen found out the reason, they let them free. Why? Because the word "hijack" in the English has different meanings.Mary lived in __________.
| A．Canada | B．London |
| C．Toronto | D．New York |
Mary couldn't go to Canada with Jack because_______________ .
A she didn't want to go there again.
B. she missed the plane
C. her mother was badly ill.
D. she was badly ill Why was it hard for Mary to find Jack at the airport? __________________ .
| A．Because Jack was in the plane. |
| B．Because there were too many people. |
| C．Because he was in the washroom. |
| D．Because the policemen took him away from the airport. |
The word "hijack" means __________ in Chinese.
| A．劫机 | B．嘿，杰克 |
| C．救命啊 | D．揩油 |
Which of the following is WRONG? .
| A．Jack didn't go to Canada because of the policeman. |
| B．Jack and Mary planned to go to Canada together. |
| C．A lot of policemen came to the front of Jack because of Mary's shout. |
| D．After Mary got to the airport, she had to go to the washroom |
Audrey is a Chinese-American student. She has found many value(价值观)differences between Chinese and Americans.
About money
(1) Americans would like to spend more than they have, so many of them are always in debt(欠债)．Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them always have money left in the bank.
(2) American kids love to make money by themselves. Chinese kids always ask their parents for money.
(3) American parents think it is not useful to send their children to an expensive university. Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities and that might make them very poor sometimes.
About school
(1) Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while Chinese girls take part in academic groups.
(2) Some American students think that “B” is a gift while Chinese students think that “B” is terrible.
American parents and Chinese parents
American parents allow their daughters or sons to go out to have some part-time jobs in their free time or at weekends. Chinese parents usually don't allow their children to do so in middle or high schools. What would a Chinese middle school student probably NOT do at weekends according to the passage?
| A．Study at home. | B．Do part-time jobs. |
| C．Take part in sports groups. | D．Do chores. |
Some Chinese people have money left in the bank because________．
| A．they usually spend less than they have |
| B．they spend more than they have |
| C．they don't like spending money at all |
| D．they make a lot of money |
Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
| A．Chinese parents usually give their kids money. |
| B．American children love to make money by themselves. |
| C．The reason why Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities. |
| D．Americans usually spend more money than they have. |
The underlined word “academic” probably means _______ in Chinese.
| A．学术的 | B．娱乐的 | C．运动的 | D．休闲的 |
The best title for the passage would probably be ________．
| A．Differences between Chinese and Americans |
| B．Chinese Students and American Students |
| C．Chinese Values and American Values |
| D．Chinese Parents and American Parents |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Written by J.K.Rowling, paperback (平装书), 784 pages. Publisher (出版商): Arthur A.Levine Books (07/07/2009) Reading level: Age 9~12 Price: $16.69 |
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The Road By Cormac McCarthy, paperback, 304 pages Publisher: Vintage Books (09/11/2007) Reading level: Adults Price: $5.50 |
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Where can you buy these things according to the ad?
| A．In a shop. | B．In a mall. |
| C．On the Internet. | D．In a supermarket |
Which of the following books is the latest in print (出版)?
| A．Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. |
| B．Deceptively Delicious. |
| C．Rich Dad, Poor Dad. |
| D．The Road. |
Among the books, there is / are written for adults.
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
Which of the following books is the cheapest ?
| A．Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. |
| B．Deceptively Delicious. |
| C．Rich Dad, Poor Dad. |
| D．The Road. |
If you buy two copies(本) of The Road and one copy of Deceptively Delicious, you should pay .
| A．$23.83 | B．$18.33 |
| C．$12.83 | D．$11 |
Most children don't enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games instead of cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert's mother, Mrs. Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.
Here is an example.
“Mom, have you worked out next week's housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards. I can't wait. It's fun!”
When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mom cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others. Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the weekday task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom best, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom” first. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards.
To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and thought up this idea. Of course, their parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free. From the passage we know that most children like ________.
| A．doing housework | B．playing computer games |
| C．playing cards | D．doing housework |
Jim and Robert chose ________ card for the weekdays from Monday to Friday.
| A．two | B．four | C．eight | D．ten |
Jim likes ________ best．
| A．cleaning the bathroom | B．making the bed |
| C．feeding the fish | D．sweeping the floor |
The underlined phrase “thought up ” probably means “________”.
| A．looked at | B．gave up |
| C．came up with | D．believed in |
Who did the housework on the weekends?
| A．Jim | B．Robert |
| C．The parents | D．The whole family |
Good morning! (A)I’m Li Lei.My English name is David. I’m twelve. This is Mr White.
He is from the USA,
He teaches (教) me English. That is his son(儿子). He is in Beijing, too.
Ben and I are in the same class. My school is Beijing Renai International School. (B)It’s nice. Welcome to my school.
根据短文内容，完成下列任务。
任务一：从方框中选出合造的句子填入文中恰当的空白处，使短文完整，通顺。
| A、He is a teacher. B、His name is Ben. C、I’m from China. D、but he is in Beijing now. |
任务二：按要求完成下列各题。将画线句子（A）改写同义句：_______________________________________
文中画线句子（B）中的it指代对象是:__________________
任务三：回答问题Where are Ben and David?
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