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Going to work by car is getting more and more expensive today because petrol (汽油) price is getting higher and higher. People are looking for a cheaper way of transportation and they find out that it is a good choice to ride a bike to work. More and more people return to bikes.
Children often go to school by bike. But now more and more people are going to work by bike, too. "The bike is easy to use," says Molly, "and it is also very cheap".
Mr Brown goes to his hospital by bike every day. He says, "A bike doesn't cost so much money, and most families can have two or more bikes. Riding a bike is good for our health. Today most people get fat because they don't get enough exercise. So I tell all my patients（病人）to buy bikes. Besides, in big cities it's usually quicker to travel by bike than by bus or car. Car drivers can do nothing but get angry（愤怒） when traffic is busy."Why is going to work by car getting more and more expensive?
___________________________________________________________________What does Molly think of the bike?
___________________________________________________________________In big cities, is it quicker to travel by bus or car than by bike?
___________________________________________________________________It is a good choice to ride a bike to work , isn’t it?
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Almost all people like flowers. Some people like flowers because of their smells, shapes, colors and so on. Others like flowers because they think different flowers mean different things. Flowers have their own language. For example, red roses mean “love” and sunflowers mean “loyalty(忠诚)”. So people in more than 100 countries have chosen their own national flowers which say something about their countries’ spirit. In 1994, China talked about choosing a national flower. Some people liked the peony(牡丹) but others liked the plum blossom(梅花). They couldn’t agree with each other. So it has not been decided yet.
People like to buy different flowers in different seasons. Where do all the beautiful flowers in shops come from? They may come from far away, so their price is higher.
a. Farmers grow flowers in their fields.
b. Planes or trains or buses take the flowers to different places.
c. Flower shopkeepers buy flowers from the flower markets. They look after the flowers and throw away the broken or bad ones. They cut the flowers to make them more beautiful.
d. You go to buy the flowers in the shops. When you buy a flower, you’re paying lots of people: the farmer, the driver of the plane or train or bus, the seller in the flower market and the flower shopkeeper.
So you’d better keep your flowers from far away for a long time. But how? Why not dry them? It’s easy! Sand drying is a way. Dry, clean sand is one of the oldest things for drying flowers. And it’s one of the cheapest.
·Fill a box half-way with sand.
·Put the flowers on top of the sand.
·Put the box in a warm, dry place.
·Leave the flowers there for one to three weeks.
·Take them out and they will be dry.The underlined words “national flowers” most probably means ______.
| A．the flowers of the country |
| B．the flowers of the season |
| C．the most beautiful flowers |
| D．the strongest flowers |
People usually choose their own “national flower” according to (根据) the flower’s ______.
| A．smell | B．shape | C．color | D．meaning |
The Chinese national flower has not been decided yet, because ______.
| A．no flower can show China’s spirit |
| B．China hasn’t talked to choose the national flower |
| C．nobody agrees to choose the national flower |
| D．people can’t agree to choose the same flower. |
You’d better keep your flowers for a long time, because ______.
| A．the flowers are easy to dry |
| B．the farmer will also ask you to pay |
| C．the flowers are expensive to buy |
| D．the shopkeeper has made them more beautiful |
Sand drying is everything here in the following but ______.
| A．easy | B．clean | C．old | D．cheap |
One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe, pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(樱桃).
The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son lost no time in picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you had bent(弯腰) down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.”Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
| A．The son. |
| B．The father. |
| C．Both the father and the son. |
| D．Neither the father nor the son. |
The farmer bought ______ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
| A．some bread | B．some water |
| C．some cherries | D．some pennies |
The father dropped the cherries one by one, because ______.
| A．he wanted to teach his son a lesson |
| B．he wanted his son to do more exercise |
| C．he wanted his son to eat them all |
| D．he wanted to laugh at his son |
From the story, we can learn that ______.
| A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them |
| B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money |
| C．if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe |
| D．if we don’t worry about the little things we cannot do the great things |
This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne(《友谊地久天长》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words “auld lang syen” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem(诗) first. However, a version(版本) by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published(出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quarter. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne, I would like to wish all our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.This passage is from ______.
| A．a newspaper | B．a magazine | C．a TV program | D．a radio program |
Who is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us?
| A．Robert Bums. |
| B．The Washington Saxophone Quarter. |
| C．Buddy Thomas. |
| D．The passage doesn’t tell us. |
The words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appeared ______.
| A．In 1790. | B．In 1793. | C．In 1796. | D．In 1799. |
Millie is a little fat. She wants to join a body club in the summer holiday. She has found some information about a body club. 
What can Millie do in the club?
| A．Playing basketball. | B．Swimming. |
| C．Playing chess. | D．Hiking. |
Which is TRUE according to the passages?
| A．If you join the club, you can get two free T-shirts. |
| B．It’s a good way to fight the fat and keep fit if you join the club. |
| C．You can contact the club on 8366 6888 for more information. |
| D．The club will offer one week free membership if you join it in two weeks. |
The two passages are ______.
| A．letters | B．diaries | C．news | D．advertisements |
Hong Kong has about 40 public(公共的) beaches. Some of the beaches are among the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches, you must take a boat. There are toilets, changing rooms and places to buy food and drink on most of the beaches.
You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions: 1. Never swim alone. 2. Never swim after a meal or when feel hungry or tired. 3. Do not stay in the water too long. 4. Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.
Remember: A red flag (旗帜) means that it is dangerous for anybody to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.There are _______ public beaches in Hong Kong.
A. about forty b. about fifty C. about thirty D. about twentyWe can get to ________ by bus.
| A．all the public beaches |
| B．a few public beaches |
| C．many public beaches |
| D．most of the public beaches |
It’s dangerous for children to swim when you see ________.
| A．a red flag | B．a yellow flag | C．a blue flag | D．an orange flag |
When you see a red flag, you know that __________ there.
| A．women should not swim |
| B．children should not swim |
| C．nobody should swim |
| D．anybody can swim |
The passage mainly tells us _______ in Hong Kong.
| A．the public beaches and swimming |
| B．the danger of swimming |
| C．the best beaches |
| D．the difficulties to go swimming |