The taxi plays an important role in Britain. When thinking of London, many image （形象）come to mind: Big Ben, the Ferris Wheel（摩天轮），red telephone boxes…and black London taxis.
But what is so special about a simple taxi? First of all, in shape and style, a London taxi is very different from an ordinary one. It looks like a half-car and half-van（半厢式货车）. It has plenty of room in the back. That means it’s easy for disabled people to use. And the black color makes it special on the road.
Besides, taxi drivers play an important part in your travel. They have to pass a taxi driving test, and in London it is very difficult. As there are many tourists in London, drivers must know many roads by memory.
Apart from（除此之外）driving you to your destination, it is normal for the driver and the passenger to have a conversation. A taxi is a social space which the driver and you share. The image of a London taxi driver is one that friendly and talkactive. Every time I take a taxi, I ask how the driver is. Then we usually talk about sports or news events.
A London taxi has plenty of room in the back, so .
| A．it is an ordinary car |
| B．it is easy for disabled people to use |
| C．the taxi driver is talkactive |
| D．the taxi driver can drive faster |
What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?
| A．taxi shape | B．taxi style |
| C．taxi drivers | D．taxi conversation |
In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “destination” means in Chinese.
| A．地点 | B．目的地 | C．居住地 | D．地区 |
What do the drivers usually talk about with the travelers?
| A．only sports | B．only new events. |
| C．ages and hobbies | D．sports or news events |
According to the passage, we can infer it’s for tourists to take a taxi in London.
| A．dangerous | B．difficult |
| C．comfortable | D．boring |
This is a teacher’s family. The father’s name is Lake Smith. He is forty-four. The mother’s name is Kate Smith. She’s forty-two. The Smiths have a son, Jim, and a daughter, Ann. Jim is fourteen, and Ann is twelve. The son looks like his father, and the daughter looks like her mother. They are all in No.4 Middle School here. But the Smiths are teachers, the son and daughter are students. Jim’s father is _________.
| A．a worker | B．a teacher |
| C．a doctor | D．a driver |
Ann’s mother’s name is ___________.
| A．Lake Smith | B．Kate Smith |
| C．Jim Smith | D．Ann Smith |
Jim looks like his__________.
| A．father | B．Mother |
| C．aunt | D．uncle |
Are Jim and Ann in the same(相同的) school?
| A．They are in the same school? |
| B．They are in different schools. |
| C．Yes, they are. |
| D．No, they aren’t. |
Is Kate Smith a teacher?
| A．Yes, it is. | B．Yes, she is. |
| C．No, she isn’t. | D．No, he isn’t. |
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Health is more important than wealth.(财富).Good health enables us to enjoy our life and achieve what we hope for in our career(事业).On the contary(相反),poor health leads to nothing.
How can we keep healthy? Here are some advice . Firstly, it is very important for us to eat more fruits and vegetables because they provide vitamins（维生素）,and we have to keep a balanced diet .So we should avoid food with lots of sugar .Secondly ,we’d better exercise every day to make our bodies strong. Besides,we have to avoid too much work pressure. Finally,we have to get ridof these bad habits such as drinking and smoking.
In conclusion (总之).if we follow the advice given above, we will live a health life.
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| Which is more important ,health or wealth? |
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| Fruits and vegetables provide . |
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| we should exercise every day to make our bodies |
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| We have to give up bad |
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| We have to avoid food with lots of sugar and too much |
The English love sports. One of the popular games in England is cricket (板球). But cricket doesn’t change（改变） much these years. For some parts of England, the eight months of the football season is more important than the four months of the cricket season.
Most middle schools have sports fields (场地) and boys usually play rugby (橄榄球) or football in winter and cricket in summer. While school girls play tennis or baseball in summer and basketball or hockey (曲棍球) in winter ,boys seldom play basketball. The more popular grown-up (成人的) games are golf and tennis. A lot of people play them.
The British also like watching horse racing, but few show interest in bike racing. Britain is the home of many modern (现代的) popular sports.
请根据短文内容从所给选项中选出最佳选项。 In England, there are _____ months in the cricket season.
| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．8 |
Middle school boys often play rugby or football in _____.
| A．spring | B．winter |
| C．summer | D．fall |
In England, _____ are popular grown-up games.
| A．football and basketball | B．tennis and football |
| C．golf and tennis | D．tennis and soccer |
From the passage, we can learn that many modern popular sports are from _____.
| A． America | B．Britain |
| C．Japan | D．China |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．For most British people, the cricket season is more important than the football season. |
| B．Cricket changed a lot during the last ten years. |
| C．Middle school girls seldom play basketball. |
| D．The British prefer horse racing to bike racing. |
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阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分）阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。
Alexander Graham Bell was a British man who was a teacher to people who could not hear. He was born in Edinburgh , Scotland in 1847 and went to school in Edinburgh and London. People who cannot hear any sounds at all are called deaf people, and Alexander became interested in helping them to learn to speak. He taught people how to use their mouths to make the sounds needed for talking.
Bell’s family moved to Canada in 1870 and to the USA in 1871. For several years he taught the people who could not speak in Boston( 波士顿). But at the same time he was developing a way to use electricity to send the sounds of talking along a wire(电线), and he made the first telephone in June, 1875. He worked hard in his workshop for six months with his helper Tom Watson. Finally , he spoke these famous words slowly into the telephone, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” And Watson came to him.
The telephone developed quickly in the USA over the next few years. The Bell Telephone Company started in 1877, and in 1878 the first telephone centre was built in New York. More than 150, 000 people had telephones in their homes ten years later. Alexander Graham Bell was a kind man and spent much of his money and time during the rest of his life helping deaf people . In 1922 he died in Canada.Was Alexander Graham Bell born in Scotland?
______________________________________________________What was he interested in doing when he was in Britain?
__________________________________________________________Where was Bell’s family in 1870?
__________________________________________________________When was the first telephone invented(发明）?
_________________________________________________________What do you think of the great inventor?
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