From:WendyandJackBrownDate:Sep-优题课

From: Wendy and Jack Brown
Date: September 22, 2014
To: 8th and 9th graders at R.L.S. Junior School
Subject: Bonjour!
Bonjour! (That means hello in French.)
We hope you all had a great summer. Ours was a lot of fun. We have seen so many new things and met so many wonderful people. The French gave us a warm welcome and helped us get used to living here soon. We have so many things to share with all of you. We are going to send you more emails, but here are the best parts of our holiday in France so far.
We had a fantastic time seeing the Tour de France this summer. It is the most famous bicycle race in the world. The riders travel more than two thousand miles in about a month! We got a quick look at the riders as they sped past! After the race, our family rented bikes, and rode along part of the route that the cyclists used.
A few of you asked whether the French really eat snails(蜗牛). The answer is yes. We went out to dinner the other day, and our parents ordered some. We each tried one and it didn’t taste too bad. The snails, called escargots, are served with lots of butter. They feel a little rubbery when you bite into them, but they don’t really have much taste. Mum’s favourite food here is the French pastries. Dad loves the red wine. Our favourite is the fresh bread from the shop down the street.
We went to visit the Eiffel Tower a few weeks ago. We went all the way to the top. It was a sunny day, so we could see for miles and miles into the distance. Dad doesn’t like heights, so he stayed at the bottom of the tower and took pictures from the ground.
We miss all of you a lot. Write back to us and let us know what is new at home.
Au revoir! (Can you guess what that means in French?)
Wendy and Jack Brown

What do the Browns think of French people?

A．Friendly.

B．Funny.

C．Welcome.

D．Popular.

Jack’s favourite food in France is .

A．tasty snails	B．French pastries
C．fresh bread	D．red wine

Which of the following is NOT true according to the email?

A．Wendy and Jack got used to the life in France soon.

B．Tour de France is the best-known bicycle race in the world.

C．The Browns have seen many wonderful things in France.

D．The Browns went to the top of the Eiffel Tower together.

Wendy and Jack wrote this email to .

A．tell a story about riding bicycles in France

B．tell a story about their experiences in France

C．advise the readers to try escargots in France

D．advise the readers to visit France in summer

科目英语题型阅读理解难度中等

The coldest and most difficult place in the world in which to live is Antarctica. Antarctica is the land of snow and ice near the South Pole. Most people do not think there is much life in the icy waters around it. They are wrong.
Antarctica's seas are full of life. There are many kinds of fishes, water birds, seals and whales. They eat the thick plant life in the sea and the smaller water animals. Some whales, for example, eat more than a ton of food every day.
The most famous animal of Antarctica is the penguin. It struts around the icy as if it were a movie star walking down the street.
The best title is ____________.

A．Thick Plant Life	B．Life Around Antarctica
C．Tons of Food	D．Penguins

The most famous animal of Antarctica is the ____________.

Antarctica has ____________.

Around Antarctica there ____________.

A．are many people

B．is little plant life

C．are many animals

D．is little snow

The word “struts” in the last paragraph means____________.

John moved into a new house. He was very happy. He had an old cat and a young cat. He liked them very much, He thought, “I must let my cat go in and out of my house when I'm not at home.” He had an idea.
One day, a friend came to see him and saw two holes(洞) in his door. One is big, the other is small.
“My dear friend," he said, "It's a very nice house, but why are two holes in your door of the new house?”
“To let the cat in and out, of course.” John said.
“But why are there two holes? Is one hole all right?”
“How can a big cat go through the little hole?” said John.
“That’s right. But can't a little cat go through(穿过) a big hole?” The friend laughed.
John moved into a new house with ______.

What idea did John have? ______ for his cats.

A．To make a hole in the door

B．To keep the door closed

C．To keep the door open

D．To make two holes in the door

A friend came to see _____.

A．the cat and the hole.	B．the door and the holes
C．John and his new house	D．John and his cats

_____ all right for the big cat and the small cat go through.

A．Only one big hole is	B．Only one small hole is
C．Only two holes are	D．Only the door is

Which one is right?

A．John thought clearly before he made the holes.

B．John liked the small cat better, so he made a small hole for it when there was a big hole.

C．John thought his idea was right before his friend asked him.

D．John doesn’t like his cats.

There are four people in my family. They’re my grandfather, my parents and me. My grandfather exercises every day. He never uses the Internet. He eats vegetables three times a day, but he hardly ever drinks milk. And he watches TV every night. My father is a taxi driver. He’s very busy. He never exercises, but he sometimes surf the Internet. He watches TV on Saturday and Sunday evening. He often eats vegetables and drinks milk. My mother is a housewife（家庭主妇）. She watches TV twice a day. She never surf the Internet. She sometimes eats vegetables, but she drinks milk three times a week. Exercise? Of course she does. She exercises every day by doing housework. I’m a middle school student. I go to school from Monday to Friday. I often exercise. But on Saturday and Sunday, I don’t exercise because I have too much homework to do. I watch TV only on Sunday evening. But I surf the Internet twice a week. I drink milk every day, but I don’t like vegetables. My mother often says to me, “Why do you eat so much meat, Mike? It’s not good for your health.” But I like it very much.
_____ sometimes surf the Internet in his family.

A．Mike and his father	B．Mike and his mother
C．Mike’s parents	D．Mike’s father and grandfather

_____ watch TV every day in his family.

A．Mike and his grandfather

B．Mike’s mother and grandfather

C．Mike’s parents

D．Mike’s father and grandfather

What does Mike’s father do?

A．He often eats vegetable.	B．He sometimes surf the Internet.
C．He is very busy.	D．He is a taxi driver.

Why don’t Mike exercise on Saturday and Sunday?

A．Because he wants to surf the Internet.

B．Because he wants to watch TV.

C．Because he has too much homework to do.

D．Because he has to go to school.

Mike likes eating _____ very much.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon(巴比伦空中花园)

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built in the 7^th century BC and are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were amazing not only because of their beauty, but also because of their location.
In the 7^th century BC a king named Nebudchadnezzar II created the gardens as a sign of love for his wife, Amyitis. According to legend, Amyitis, the daughter of the king of the Medes, was homesick. She missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland.
Upon marrying Nebudchadnezzar II, Amyitis moved to the ancient chief city of Babylon. The area was in the Mesopotamian desert, and the climate there was totally different from where she had left. So the new queen was very sad about the flat and the sun-baked desert. To make Amyitis happier and more comfortable the king decided to build her a series of magnificent gardens.
Many think of the gardens as an otherworldly creation that hung in the air somehow. But experts agree that the gardens were actually built on a mountainside, rather than actually “hanging”.
The hanging Gardens of Babylon are famous. Stories of them spread throughout the ancient world, and ancient writers recorded a large number of descriptions of the gardens, but some wonder whether this paradise of the past ever existed. There are no historical records of it except stories. Whatever may happen, even the idea of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon is amazing. They were essentially impossible to create because of the climate, but they were kept in the minds of many as a botanical beauty created in the middle of unattractive desert scenery.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, aren’t they?
What makes the Hanging Gardens of Babylon so amazing and famous?
Why did the king Nebudchadnezzar II create Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
What made the Hanging Gardens of Babylon essentially impossible to create?
According to the experts, were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon really hanging or built on a mountainside?
Did Hanging Gardens of Babylon really exist? What makes you think so? (In no more than THREE sentences)

Did you know that a new weblog is being created each second? Many of these bloggers are teenagers. While their parents wrote in a diary to express their emotions, or shared their interests by spending time with friends, teens are now using blogs instead. In fact, in the US, one in every five school-aged teens has a blog. Most of these are just chatter, some are funny or clever, but a few have become Internet success.
For example, Chloe Spencer’s blog ‘Neopets Fanatic’ gets around 300,000 hits per month. When Chloe was 15, she started the blog out of her strong liking for Neopets, a kind of pet website. One reason her blog has so many visitors is because she gives instructions and tips for the popular pet site.

Then there is Tavi Gevinson’s blog ‘Style Rookie’. It is said to get 1.5 million hits per month. Tavi, who started her blog when she was just 12, puts up her photos of her own clothes online as well as designers’ collections. Tavi’s blog has caught on because she knows a lot about style for someone so young, and she is not afraid to try out unusual clothes or see things in a different way.
Blogs like these are interesting, but they only become really popular after better-known websites link to them or they get noticed by the media(传媒). For example, Tavi’s blog became an overnight(一夜之间) success after being written about in The New York Times. Popular blogs can even earn money, usually from advertisements that companies pay to put up on the bloggers’ sites.
So for some, blogging is just a recreation(消遣), but for others, it can become a source of income and even a full-time job!
Teens nowadays ________ than their parents did.