There are more and more fast food chains（连锁店）all over the world now. Most of these places work on a similar principle（准则）.There is a long counter（柜台），above which hangs a list（often with pictures）of the items they sell，and behind which several people (often students working for the lowest pay) are working. Buyers form queues in front of each assistant. You receive what you order and take it on a tray（托盘）to a table. If you can’t see any knives and forks, this means you should eat with your hands. If you can’t see any straws (吸管)，that’s because they are hiding in the straw machine and you have to press the button to get a straw. When you have finished, you yourself throw away everything except the tray. It seems that you should do almost everything while you are having food in this kind of restaurant.
Many fast food places have drive-in facilities（设施）You place your order from your car through a microphone and then drive to a special window to pay and pick it up. You may even find places where a waitress brings your meal out, and you sit and eat it in the car from a tray hooked（钩住）over the door through the open window. What do you think about this king of food-serving? Everything happens in seconds as well as your lunch or supper. You have no time to enjoy your meal because you are eating fast food.
are increasing quickly all over the world.
| A．Fast food consumers | B．Kinds of fast food |
| C．Fast food prizes | D．Fast food chains |
You can find these things in these restaurant EXCEPT
| A．a long counter |
| B．a list of the items they sell |
| C．some students in front of the counter |
| D．a straw machine |
When you go to these fast food restaurants, you should
| A．use knives and forks to eat. |
| B．ask the waiter to give you the menu |
| C．carry the food on a tray to the table |
| D．sit at the table and wait for the food |
According to the passage, these fast food restaurants are usually quite
| A．similar | B．expensive | C．untidy | D．quite |
What can we know from the last sentence?
| A．Fast food is not delicious. |
| B．People usually finish their meal quickly. |
| C．Fast food is a popular way of eating. |
| D．Time is limited for those who eat in the car. |
The rainbow lorikeet is a kind of parrot living in the north-east of Australia. It is the most colorful bird in the world. It has green, orange, blue, red, yellow, purple and grey colors on its body.
Rainbow lorikeets are small. They are usually 11 to 12 inches long and weigh 120g to 140g.It is said that they can live for over 20 years in the wild.
They usually live in groups. At night, they sleep in the trees in a big group. But during the daytime, they move in much smaller groups. Late in the evening, you can sometimes see a larger group flying back home.
These birds spend a lot of time eating. They usually eat trees, flowers, nuts and fruits. Sometimes they eat insects. They can get water from the leaves they eat or drink water directly.
Rainbow lorikeets usually start to have families when they are around two years old. When they have birds, both the parents help to feed them.How many colors do rainbow lorikeets have?
How long can rainbow lorikeets live in the wild?
What do rainbow lorikeets eat?
Who usually feed (a) the baby birds?
What is the best title for the article?
Mr. Brown’s house was less than two miles from his office, so he could drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he walked back home. This made him very angry.
He put up a board in the garden facing the road. The board said, “No Parking”. But nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey only a police notice with white letters on a blue board:
POLICE NOTICE
NO PARKING
Mrs. Brown asked his husband to steal a police notice but he was afraid to do so. Then she asked him to make one just like a police notice. Mr. Brown said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. Brown made a blue board with white letters.
POLICE NOTICE，
NO PARKING
“Oh!” Mrs. Brown said. “You told me you weren’t going to use the word ‘police’, but why do you use it now?” “Really?” he asked.
“Look again,” she started to laugh. “You are really clever”.Mr. Brown’s office was ______ his house.
| A．next to | B．not far from |
| C．2 hours’ drive from | D．5 miles from |
Mr. Brown was angry because ______.
| A．he found no room to park his car outside his house |
| B．he had nothing to eat for lunch at home |
| C．he lost the way when he drove back home one day |
| D．he couldn’t make a police notice outside his house |
Mr. Brown made ______ notice board (s) altogether (总共)。
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．no |
In the end, Mr. Brown made a notice board and it _____.
| A．was just the same as a police notice |
| B．was different in color from a police notice |
| C．just looked like a police notice |
| D．said “POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING” |
We can infer(推断) that ______ after he put up the blue board.
| A．more people will park their cars outside his house |
| B．more policemen will park their cars outside his house |
| C．fewer people will park their cars outside his house |
| D．fewer people will visit him at noon later on |
Cell phones_(移动电话)are all around us．We use cell phones to call our friends，send text messages，play games，and even take photographs． Now imagine using your cell phone to call your air conditioner(空调器)． If this were possible you could tell your air conditioner to rum on before you got home．Does this sound impossible to you? Well，it could become possible sooner than you think．In the near future，we might use cell phones as remote controls(遥控器)for the electrical devices(电器)in our homes．People are already working to develop different ways to communicate wirelessly(无线的) with devices we use every day．For example，it is already possible for cell phones to communicate with laptop computers．Business people using laptops during meetings Call use their cell phones as remote controls．They can use their cell phones to send instructions to computers to turn on，change pictures，and turn off．
With the same technology(技术)，people can use their cell phones to control other devices．You can call your stereo(立体声音响设备)to play music automatically(自动地)．You can call your lights to turn on when you enter a room．Maybe even by next summer you will be able to call your air conditioner !What is the main idea of this passage?
| A． In the future we will all need air conditioners． |
| B．Business people need to use computers． |
| C．Some people like to make phone calls to machines. |
| D．We will use cell phones as remote controls in the future． |
Cell phones can be used to rum on and off __________in the future．
| A．a special computer |
| B．different kinds of devices |
| C．cell phone companies |
| D．remote controls |
Which probably could NOT be controlled by a cell phone?
| A．An air conditioner or heater． |
| B．A computer or printer． |
| C．A table or a basket． |
| D．A CD player or MP3 player． |
The underlined words “laptop computers” mean_____?
| A．台式计算机 | B．大型计算机 |
| C．便携式计算机 | D．计算机控制中心 |
Which instructions can be sent to a laptop according to the passage?
| A．Play sound and music． |
| B．Start and shut down． |
| C．Call again and hang up． |
| D．Go faster and go slower． |
If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person is not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular action. You can see it often in moves or on TV. It means the slapping (拍) of each other's raised right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.
This action may come from the old Roman action of raising the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a knife in his hand. Why not try to give the high five to your friends?“Give me five” is an action to _______.
| A．make people laugh | B．ask for money |
| C．celebrate success | D．search one's pocket |
The action “give me five” is the slapping of _______.
| A．toes | B．hands | C．arms | D．legs |
When you ______, you give your friends high fives.
| A．lose your money | B．go back home |
| C．win a football game | D．do badly in exams |
The action started in _______ according to the story.
| A．Rome | B．America |
| C．China | D．Britain |
Why did the Romans raise the right arm for the emperor? Because ______.
| A．they were proud of their emperor |
| B．they were happy to see the emperor |
| C．they wanted to show there were no knives in their hands |
| D．We don't know |
Life in Britain
Homes and families
Many British people live in Houses, not apartments. Most houses have gardens.
Daily life
Most office workers start work at about nine in the morning, and finish at about five or six in the afternoon. Most people don’t go home for lunch, and they just have a quick meal.
School life
Children start school at about nine am, and finish at about three thirty pm. Most children have lunch at school. All children go to school when they are four or five years old, and leave when they are sixteen or seventeen.
Shops
Most shops open at about nine am and close at about six pm. Usually, they don’t close for lunch.Many British people live in _______ .
| A．apartments | B．parks |
| C．houses | D．gardens |
Most offices start work at about ______ in the morning.
| A．ten | B．nine | C．eight | D．seven |
Most office workers and school children don’t have lunch _____ .
| A．in the garden | B．in the shop |
| C．at home | D．at school |
The children in Britain usually study at school for_____ .
| A．sixteen or seventeen years | B．twelve or thirteen years |
| C．four or five years | D．four years |
Can you buy things in the shops at lunch time?
| A．No. They close for lunch. |
| B．Yes. But there is no people in the shop. |
| C．No. Shops open at 1pm. |
| D．Yes. They don’t close for lunch. |