For many people the subject of hiccups (嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different.
His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harry's parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack.
Harry, who is now back at school, described what happened to him.
“When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didn't do any good. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn't work either.”
After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldn't find anything wrong.
“They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.”
Harry was very lucky. The world record holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccupped for sixty-eight years. He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why.Harry's hiccups lasted ____.
| A．a week | B．fourteen days |
| C．twenty-eight days | D．one month |
His hiccups started after he ____.
| A．drank a glass of water | B．went to hospital |
| C．ate an Indian meal | D．finished his homework |
His parents decided to take him to hospital when he ____.
| A．hiccupped for four seconds |
| B．held his breath |
| C．hiccupped at night |
| D．couldn't stop hiccupping |
His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor ____.
| A．gave him some medicine |
| B．took an X-ray of his chest |
| C．gave him a shock |
| D．let him drink cold drinks |
What does “shock” in this passage mean？
| A．震惊 | B．休克 | C．喷嚏 | D．哈欠 |
Mary 09:45:10
Hi, Jim. Nice to meet you! I’m a girl. My name is Mary Green. My favorite (最喜爱的) color is red. My telephone number is 873-3516.
Jim 09:46:05
Hi, Mary. Nice to meet you, too! I’m a boy. My name’s Jim Hand. My favorite color is blue. And my telephone number is 894-2015.
根据以上两位好朋友在网上的聊天记录，选择最佳选项。Mary likes (喜欢) ________.
| A．Red | B．Green | C．Blue | D．Black |
The girl’s last name is ______.
| A．Mary | B．Green | C．Red | D．Yellow |
The boy’s first name is _______.
| A．Jim | B．Mary | C．Black | D．Green |
Jim’s telephone number is _______.
| A．837-2015 | B．873-3516 | C．894-3516 | D．894-2015 |
The two kids (小孩) are on line (在网上) ________.
| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon |
| C．in the evening | D．at night |
阅读下面的材料，根据材料的内容，选择正确答案填空。
Tigers are strong and dangerous animals. But now they are in danger.
In the past, there were eight kinds of tigers in the world. But during the 20th century, only five were left. The number of Siberian tigers (东北虎) was about 300, but now it is less than 22. They’re in danger of dying out. If the government does nothing, we won’t be able to see them in ten to twenty years.
In order to stop people from hunting and killing wild tigers, and in order to make wild tigers more, the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会) has started a program (项目) recently (最近). China and twelve other countries joined it.
However, it’s not enough. Remember that nature is a food chain (链). If we hurt and kill too many wild deer and pigs, wild tigers will die out because of hunger (饥饿). So the most important thing is to save the animals that tigers eat. In order to protect the wild tigers, we need call on (号召) more people to stop eating, hunting and killing wild animals.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。During the 20th century, _______ kinds of wild tigers were left.
| A．3 | B．5 | C．8 | D．20 |
The number of the wild Siberian tigers reduced (减少) about _______.
| A．5% | B．22 | C．93% | D．30% |
Wild tigers will be in danger of dying out without _______.
| A．pigs | B．deer | C．people | D．A and B |
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
| A．There are less than 22 wild Siberian tigers now. |
| B．There are twelve countries in the World Wildlife Fund. |
| C．Wild tigers mainly feed on pigs and deer. |
| D．It’s our duty to protect the wild tigers. |
The passage mainly tells us _______.
| A．why and how do we protect the wild tigers |
| B．the government does everything they could to protect the wild tigers |
| C．the wild tigers will die out in ten to twenty years |
| D．the most important thing is to save the animals that tigers eat |
Ann’s Sports Timetable
| Activities |
Time |
| go to the gym |
6：00 a.m. -7：00 a.m. every day |
| play table tennis |
4：00 p.m. -5：30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon and Friday afternoon |
| go bicycling with Mike and Tony |
5：30 p.m. -6：30 p.m. Saturday afternoon |
| go hiking with her classmates |
9：00 a.m.-11：30 a.m. Sunday morning |
Ann often on Sundays.
A．plays table tennis
B．goes hiking
C．goes bicyclingMike goes bicycling .
A．with Tony and Ann
B．alone
C．with his brothersHow long does Ann stay in the gym every day?
A．One hour. B．30 minutes. C．2 hours.—Does Ann play table tennis ? —Yes, she does.
A．once a week
B．twice a week
C．three times a weekAnn doesn’t do sports on afternoon.
A．WednesdayB．FridayC． Monday
两篇根据短文内容,从每小题A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Do you like to play the game Angry Birds? Maybe your answer is yes. As a kind of online game, it’s popular with people of all ages. It’s really an interesting game. But do you know there will be a lot of Angry Birds-themed activity parks around the world?
The first two parks opened in Finland in 2012, and a few other parks are going to open in the UK. However, people still don’t know when and where Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open.
Angry Birds-themed activity parks have many interesting places for children to play. They like them very much. People can see the characters (人物) and colors from the game in the park. People can also play the Angry Birds game on large screens in the park.
Peter Vesterbacka is an officer of Angry Birds Company. The company wants to invite people to go out and have fun in Angry Birds-themed activity parks.
Angry Birds is a _______.
A. game B. story C. filmAngry Birds is popular with _______.
A. children B. boys C. people of all agesHow many Angry Birds-themed activity parks opened in Finland in 2012?
A. One. B. Two.C. Three.What does Peter Vesterbacka do?
A. He is a postman.
B. He is an officer.
C. He is a scientist.Which of the following is Not true?
A. Angry Birds is very interesting.
B. There are large screens in Angry Birds-themed activity parks.
C. Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in China in 2015.
A friend, Jack asks me to have dinner with him. He has a very beautiful big house. He is rich and famous. He always likes to help others.
On that day, he tells me a story about a boy and his dream.
A boy is sitting in the classroom. He is thinking about his teacher’s words. Miss Brown asks her students to write about what they want to be and to do when they grow up. The boy writes down his dream. He wants to be a rich and famous man when he grows up. He would like a big house. He also wants to help poor children to go to school.
Thirty years goes. There are a lot of difficulties on his way to success(成功), but the boy never forgets his dream .Now it comes true.
“You’re standing in the boy’s big house. You know, the boy is me.” my friend, Jack says.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂（A），错的涂（B）。The writer has lunch with his friend, Jack.
Miss Brown asks the students to be rich and famous.
Jack never gives up his dream and tries hard to do for it.
There was nothing much difficult on his way to success.
Jack’s dream comes true and he is successful.