Olympia, a beautiful small town in the south of Greece, is well known all over the world for its first holding the Olympic Games as long as 776 BC. At that time the Games were held once every four years. This custom lasted for about 1,170 years, but stopped with the rule of Rome in 394 AD. The first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896 to promote (促进) the international understanding through players in Athens, Greece. The Olympic motto (箴言) is “ Swifter, Higher, Stronger”.
Xu Haifeng made history by winning the People’s Republic of China’s first gold medal after the country reentered (再进入) the Olympic Competition in 1984.China made a record of 28 gold, 16 silver and 15 bronze medals in the 2000 Sydney Games in Australia, moving from the fourth rank (地位) in Atlanta to No.3 behind the U.S. and Russia. China made a record of 32 gold, 17 silver, 14 bronze medals in the 2004 Athens, Greece, moving from the third rank in Sydney to No.2 on the gold medals list behind the U.S. The 2008 Olympic Games was held in Beijing. China won 51 gold, 21 silver,28 bronze medals and ranked the first on the gold medals list.
Olympia is famous all over the world for ______.
| A．its beautiful scenery(景色） |
| B．it in the south of Greece |
| C．a man called Olympic |
| D．its first holding the Olympic Games |
The first modern Olympic Games were held in ______.
A.776BC B1896. C.1984 D.394AD
The first modern Olympic Games were held to ______.
| A．give players a good chance to get the medals |
| B．stop the rule of Rome |
| C．promote the international understanding through players in Athens, Greece. |
| D．find the difference in politics among different nations. |
China made a record of 32 gold, 17 silver and 14 bronze ______.
A. in the 2004 Athens Games B. in the 2008 Beijing Games
C. in the 2000 Sydney Games D. in the 1984 Los Angeles
【小题5In the 2008 Olympic Games, China won ____________ medals.
A. 51 B.21 C.28 D. 100
Mr. Green once worked in a big company. He was so busy that he couldn't do any reading. So he gave up his job and opened a bookshop in the center of the town. It wasn't big but all the books were nice and most people liked to buy some there. When the shop was closed, he could read at home. He knew a lot and many learned people were glad to make friends with him.
It was Sunday and it was cold outside. Mr. Green was very busy. At nine in the evening al! the buyers left but a woman was still there. She was dressed up and seemed to be waiting for somebody there. Standing by the shelves, she looked over the books one after another, and made them in a terrible mess(混乱). Mr. Green came up to her and asked, "Excuse me, madam. What can I do for you?"
"Your books are not interesting at all," said the woman, "I want a delicious one."
"That's easy," Mr. Green smiled. He brought out a cookbook and said, "Here you are, madam." Why did Mr. Green change his job?
| A．Because he didn't like reading. |
| B．Because he wasn't free enough to read books. |
| C．Because he liked the life in the center of the town. |
| D．Because he liked cookbooks very much. |
Most people liked to buy books in the shop because_______.
| A．the bookshop was in the center of the town |
| B．all the books were nice cookbooks |
| C．it was very large |
| D．the books there were all good for people |
Which is WRONG?
| A．Mr. Green liked to lend his books to the learned persons. |
| B．When Mr. Green came back home from the bookshop, he often did some reading. |
| C．Many learned people liked to make friends with Mr. Green. |
| D．On that Sunday evening all the buyers left the bookshop except (除......之外)a woman. |
What's the most suitable(合适)ending of the story?
A. Mr. Green would make friends with the woman.
B. Mr. Green would teach the woman how to cook delicious food.
C: The woman left the bookshop without buying any books.
D. The woman bought many books in order to be a learned person.
In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution(污染). They join "Environment Clubs(环境俱乐部)". In an Environment Club, people work together to make our environment clean. Here are some things students often do.
No-garbage(垃圾)lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment Clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will find the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school!
No-car day. On a no car day, nobody comes to school in a car, not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air, so remember: walk, jump, bike or run. Use your legs! It's lots of fun !
Turn off the water! Did you know that some toilets can waste 20~40 m3 0f water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river! In Environment Clubs, students mend(修理) some toilets.
We love our environment. Let's work together to make it clean.Environment Clubs ask students_______.
| A．to run to school every day |
| B．to take exercise every day |
| C．not to forget to take cars |
| D．not to throw away lunch bags |
From the passage we know the students usually have lunch _______.
| A．at school | B．in shops |
| C．in clubs | D．at home |
After students mend toilets, they won't waste（浪费）_______.
| A．a small river | B．a club |
| C．a lot of water | D．a toilet |
The writer wrote the passage to ask students to__________.
| A．clean schools | B．make less pollution |
| C．join clubs | D．help teachers |
One of the most d______ sports in the world is mountain climbing. And one of the most popular p__
____ to go for this is the Himalayas. The Himalayas r_
______ along the southwestern border of china. These extremely high risks attract (吸引) c__
______ from all over the world. They want to c____
______ themselves in the face of difficulties. Of all the mountains Qomolangma r__
___ the highest and is the most famous. It’s the h__
____ to climb Qomolangma because thick clouds c_
______ the top of the mountain. Even more serious difficulties i___
____ the freezing weather conditions and the heavy storms. The first people to reach the top of Qomolangma – Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary – did it in 1953. The first Chinese team did so in 1960, and in 1975, the first women did it too. The spirit of them shows that humans can sometimes be stronger than the f__
____ of nature.
The world is not hungry , but it is thirsty . It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of (短缺) water. Why? Because about 97% of water on the earth is sea water which we can't drink or use for watering plants directly (直接地) . Man can only drink and use the 3% - the water that comes from rivers and lakes. And we can't even use all of that, because some of it has been polluted (污染) .
Now more water is needed. The problem is: Can we avoid (避免) a serious water shortage later on? First, we should all learn how to save water. Secondly, we should find out the ways to reuse it . Scientists have always been making studies in the field. Today, in most large cities water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers . But it can be used again. Even if (即使) every large city reused its water, still there would not be enough. What could people turn to next?
The sea seems to have the best answer. There is a lot of water in the sea. All that needs to be done is to get the salt out of the sea water. This is expensive, but it's already used in many parts of the world. Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way of doing it. So you see, if we can find a way out, we'll be in no danger of drying up.The world is thirsty because ________.
| A．3/4 of the earth is covered with water |
| B．we have enough sea water to use directly |
| C．we haven't used all the water in rivers and lakes |
| D．about 97% of water on the earth can't be drunk or used for watering plants directly |
Which of the following is true ?
| A．3% of water on the earth is in rivers and lakes. |
| B．75% of water on the earth is the sea. |
| C．97% of the earth is covered with water. |
| D．3% of water on the earth is sea water. |
From the passage we learn _________.
| A．if every city reuses its water, we'll be in no danger of drying up |
| B．man can only drink and use about 25% of water on the earth |
| C．today in most large cities water is used only once |
| D．water can be used only once |
To avoid the serious water shortage , which of the following is the most important?
| A．Save water and try to make good use of the water in rivers and lakes. |
| B．Don't pollute water and keep all rivers and lakes clean. |
| C．Make dirty water clean and then reuse it. |
| D．Try to find a cheaper way to get the salt out of the sea water. |
The name of the passage would be ________
| A．The Sea Water | B．How to Save Water |
| C．The Thirsty World | D．The Polluted Water |
We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it,but very few of them know what to do with it.
There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east,the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a "tea party". When her friends came to the "tea party",the old woman offered (给) them brown tea-leaves (茶叶). The old woman's friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.
At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said,"Mother，what have you done with the tea?"
"I boiled (煮) it，as you said."
"And what did you do with the water?"
"I threw it away，of course." answered the old woman.
"Now you may throw away the leaves，too，" said her son.Most of the people in Europe ___.
| A．drank tea every day 300 years ago |
| B．drink tea every day |
| C．know nothing about tea |
| D．like to eat the tea-leaves |
One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ___.
| A．countries in the west |
| B．countries in the south |
| C．India or China |
| D．a tea shop in England |
The sailor's mother asked her friends to her house,because ___.
| A．the sailor told her to do that |
| B．she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea |
| C．she liked to show off (炫耀) |
| D．she wanted to taste the tea together with her friends |
At the "tea party",___.
| A．all the woman's friends spoke highly of the tea |
| B．nobody knew what to do with the tea |
| C．the woman offered her friends some dried (干的) tea |
| D．the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water |
What mistake did the old woman make? She ___.
| A．boiled the tea | B．did as the sailor said |
| C．poured away the water | D．didn't throw away the tea-leaves |