Blogging has become something of a big thing in the last few years. Just like the Internet was 10 years ago, blogging is popular with an underground culture, that is doing it for love and passion(激情).
Blogging is a way of collecting links(链接) to webpages and sharing thoughts and ideas with people online. Blogs are basically online diaries which are created for sharing information and ideas.
Dominic, a fifth-grade student, writes: “The blogs give us a chance to communicate between ourselves and encourage us to write more. When we publish on our blog, people across the whole world can reply by using the ‘comments’ link. In this way, they can ask questions or simply tell us what they like. We can then know if people like what we write and this will tell us where we can improve. By reading these comments, we can discover our weaknesses and our strengths. Blogging is a chance to exchange our opinions with the rest of the world rather than just people in our immediate environment.”
Blogging is sweeping the Internet. A recent report states that at least three million Americans have created blogs, with similar numbers being seen worldwide.
Two years ago, Andrew Sullivan decided to set up a Web page himself and used “Blogger. com” to publish some daily thoughts to a few hundred readers. He worked hard at the blog for months for no reward. But the result is that he is now reaching almost a quarter of a million readers a month and making a lot of money.
This, at least, is the idea: a publishing revolution(革命) is coming. “Blogger.com” could be to words what Napster was to music—except this time, it'll really work.
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
| A．Blogs are mainly online chatting with others. |
| B．Blogging is important in the past few years. |
| C．Dominic wants to get a chance to be a writer. |
| D．Blogging makes us exchange our view only with friends. |
According to the passage, about ___________ people worldwide have created blogs except
Americans.
| A．3 million | B．750,000 |
| C． 250,000 | D．6 million |
From the passage we can see that “Napster” in the last paragraph is probably related (有关系的) to___________.
| A．newspapers | B．readers | C．words | D．music |
In the next part of this passage, the writer would most probably tell us ___________.
| A．how to make further use of blogging |
| B．the disadvantages of using blogging |
| C．how many people will get tired of blogs in the future |
| D．different opinions about blogging |
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The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurant, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurant and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurant, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars. There are many kinds of fast food restaurant in the United States. The greatest in number sell hamburger, French fries and so on. They are popular among Americans. Besides, fast food restaurant that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream are very many. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.
Fast food restaurant are popular because they reflect(反映) American life style. Customer can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurant, food is not expensive. Therefore, people often buy and eat at a fast restaurant, while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often.In the United States the favorite food is ____.
| A．Chinese food | B．Mexican food |
| C．French fries | D．the hamburger |
Americans like to fast food restaurant because_____.
| A．they can easily find fast food restaurant |
| B．they like to eat hamburger and French fries |
| C．they are too busy to want to spend time preparing or waiting |
| D．they are so rich that they don’t want to do cooking themselves |
_____ of fast food restaurant sell hamburger, French fries.
| A．All | B．Most | C．Few | D．None |
The food in fast food restaurant is ____ ready before the customers order it.
| A．always | B．usually | C．seldom | D．never |
The best title for the passage is _____.
A. The Fast Food Restaurant in the U.S.A.
B. The Hamburger in the U.S.A.
C. American Life Style
D. All Kinds of Food in the U.S.A.
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On 26th January, the biggest earthquake（地震）in India took the lives of 25000 people. In the morning, when everybody was enjoying holiday, earthquake began. It was about 7.5 on the Ritcher scale. “There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more. Everything has been pulled down,” said one of the villagers alive. “There is no water, no food and no one has come to help.”
Nobody died in Pakistan, a country next to India. The City of Lahore was lucky. In Lahore American school, where I was studying, all of the students were safe. They were on the field, so most children didn’t feel anything. The earthquake was felt by the teachers that were on the second floor. However, though Mrs Young was also on the second floor, she didn’t feel anything. She didn’t know what happened until a teacher told her about it. Those teachers who were on the other floors had different feelings. Mr Emond, the maths teacher from Australia, said that when the earthquake started he thought there was something wrong with him, but then another teacher said that it was an earthquake. After those words Mr Emond felt better. Mrs Davis and
Mr Frost didn’t feel anything either.
My mother didn’t feel anything. She didn’t even know that it was an earthquake till she saw a shaking (moving from side to side) light. My dad saw the computer shaking and then he looked out of the window and saw many people going out.People use “Ritcher scale” to tell ______.
| A．where the earthquake takes place | B．when the earthquake takes place |
| C．how serious the earthquake is | D．how long the earthquake lasts |
We learn that ______ from the sentence “There is nothing left between the sky and the earth any more.”
| A．India is a large country |
| B．the Indian people had nothing after the earthquake |
| C．there is no tall building in India |
| D．the earthquake in India was serious |
The city of Lahore is ______.
| A．in India | B．in America | C．in Pakistan | D．in Australia |
Which one is true?
| A．I was with my parents when the earthquake happened. |
| B．The earthquakes in the city of Lahore wasn’t serious. |
| C．People in the City of Lahore were frightened when they knew if was an earthquake. |
| D．The teachers in Lahore American school were afraid of the earthquake. |
The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up(混淆) and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at your mistakes you make. Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important things for learning English is: “Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes(犯错).”The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is_____.
| A．writing in it | B．using it |
| C．listening to it | D．learning its grammar |
What should you do in learning English?
| A．We should be careful not to make any mistakes. |
| B．We should write as quickly as we can. |
| C．We should speak English as much as we can. |
| D．we should laugh more often. |
When you make a mistake, you should_____.
| A．keep quiet | B．get angry |
| C．be kind | D．keep your sense of humor |
The story tells us that_____.
| A．only foolish (愚蠢的) people make mistakes |
| B．few people make mistakes |
| C．people never make mistakes |
| D．there is no one who doesn’t make mistakes |
Mark Twain was famous in his days as a public speaker. In his public speeches he always liked to tell funny stories. He also liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends.
One day one of his friends lost his wallet and asked Mark Twain to pay his train fare （车费）for him.
“But I don’t have enough money to pay both your fare and mine, ”Mark Twain said. The friend didn’t know what to do.
“We can do this, ”said Mark Twain. “We can get on the train and when the conductor(列车员) comes to check the tickets，you can hide(藏) under my seat. ”
Later, however, when the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets－one for his friend and one for himself . Then he explained in a loud voice. “My friend here is a strange man. When he travels on a train, he doesn’t like to sit on the seat. He prefers （宁愿）to lie on the floor under the seat. ”Of course everybody in the train looked at the poor friend and laughed at him loudly. Mark Twain told him he couldn’t buy him a ticket because ______.
| A．he didn’t have enough money |
| B．he wanted to play a joke(玩笑) on him |
| C．he wanted to save some money |
| D．he didn’t find his wallet, either |
When the conductor came to check the tickets, the friend was ________.
| A．lying under the seat | B．sitting on the seat |
| C．lying on the seat | D．standing nearby |
Mark Twain spoke in a loud voice because ______.
| A．the conductor was standing far away |
| B．his friend was deaf （聋） |
| C．he enjoyed doing so |
| D．he wanted all the people here to know there was a man under the seat |
Bruce and his other two friends, Bruno and Dick lived in the same city in England. They were free in their summer holiday. So they came to a village by a large lake. They liked fishing very much. Then the next day after they got there, they got to a boat and went fishing in the lake. They boated farther and farther. They came to an out-of-way place. They were very happy because there were a lot of fish. When it was time for them to go home, Bruce said to his friends: “We’d better make a mark(标记） here so that we will easily find the place tomorrow.”
“You’re right.” Bruno said happily .“Let me do that.”
“How foolish,” said Bruce. “If it rains tonight, the rain water will wash the line(线) off, and how can we find the mark tomorrow. You must cut a line with your knife.”
Dick came up to them and said angrily. “ Neither(两者都不) of you is clever. How can we find the place if we have another boat tomorrow? We should not go back tonight.”The three boys _______.
| A．were all too young to go to school . |
| B． came from the city |
| C．were from the workers families |
| D． liked eating fish very much |
The boys wanted to go to the place again tomorrow because ______
| A． it was a good place |
| B． there were a lot of fish |
| C． there was a mark on the side of the boat |
| D． they were good at fishing |
They should make a mark ______
| A．thicker and color it red | B．on the fish |
| C．in the lake | D．on every boat |