Want to say"hello"from Disneyland？Send a postcard!Want to say"hello"from abroad？Send a postcard!
Beautiful scenes，wild animals，excellent buildings，silty pictures，wonderful handwriting 一 you can find them all in one place．Where？On a postcard!
Have people always sent postcards？No．Before postcards，people like to send letters in envelopes．
The idea for the first decorated postcard was first patented （取得专利） in 1861．Sending a simple postcard with decorations would be a great way to send a note．Then in the early days，postcards with pictures appeared．By law，people had to write their note on the front﹣on the picture!The back was only for the address．Several years later，England allowed a divided﹣back postcard．Then people could write their note on the back left side and put the address on the right．During the early 1900s，the golden age of postcards，picture postcards became a craze a craze of the world．In 1908'Americans alone mailed over 677million postcards．Today，postcards are the third most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins．
46．What do people like to send before postcards？
A．pictures．
B．letters．
C．notes
47．When was the idea for the first decorated postcard first patented？
A．In 1861
B．In 1908．
C．During the early 1900s
48．Where did people have to write their note by law tn the early days？
A．under the picture．
B．beside the picture．
C．on the picture．
49．What arc the first two most popular collections in the world？
A．Stamps and coins．
B．Postcards and coins．
C．Stamps and postcards．
50．The passage mainly talks about
A．letters
B．postcards
C．collections．
Mrs Li’s Clothes Store
| Clothes |
Color |
Price |
| socks |
white, blue |
$ 4 |
| pants |
black, red |
$ 11 |
| sweater |
red, white |
$ 8 |
| T-shirt |
green, black |
$ 7 |
| hat |
black, red |
$ 6 |
根据表格内容，选择正确答案。How much are two pairs of pants?
| A．$ 22. | B．$ 12. | C．$ 14. | D．$ 44 |
How much are a sweater and a T-shirt?
| A．$ 18. | B．$ 15. | C．$ 13. | D．$19. |
You can buy ______ in Mrs Li’s Clothes Store.
| A．black pants | B．blue sweater | C．a green hat | D．black socks |
You like red and you only have $ 7. You can buy ______.
| A．a sweater | B．a hat | C．socks | D．pants |
You only have sixteen dollars. You can buy ______.
| A．a sweater and a pair of pants |
| B．two T-shirts and a pair of socks |
| C．two sweaters |
| D．a pair of pants and a T-shirt |
Today is February 21st.It’s Kate’s birthday. She is twelve now. Lucy and Linda want to go to her home to have a birthday party. Kate asks,“When is your birthday,Lucy?”“Oh, it’s on March 16th.”“What about yours , Linda?”“My birthday is in September.” They sing some songs and eat lots of fruits, they’re all very happy.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）、误（F）。 Today is Linda’s birthday.
Lucy’s birthday is on February 21st.
Lucy and Linda want to go to school and have the birthday party.
The three girls eat lots of fruits today.
They have a good time.
Hey! I’m Zhang Ming. Dave is my English name. I’m a middle school student. English is my favorite subject. My favorite sport is tennis. I usually play tennis for two hours every day. On Sunday I go to the tennis club. And I usually play tennis for four hours.
My favorite tennis player is Roger Federer. Do you know Roger Federer? He is one of the best tennis players. He is from Switzerland（瑞士）. He is 186cm tall. His birthday is August eighth. Federer likes playing tennis. He also likes playing golf（高尔夫）and soccer. And he likes music, too.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）、误（F）。Zhang Ming is Dave’s good friend.
English isn’t Zhang Ming’s favorite subject.
Dave goes to the tennis club on Sunday.
Roger Federer comes from China.
Roger likes sports and music.
You have heard of Webster Toys. Webster has made good, safe, interesting toys for more than 100 years. Now we sell them, and children play with them, in countries from New Zealand to Norway, and from Japan to Brazil. We are looking for someone to sell our toys in the Far East. He will be between thirty and forty. He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him. He will speak good English, and at least one other language of the Far East.
The person we are looking for will live in Singapore, and work in our office there, but he will travel for up to six months in any one year. He will know the Far East quite well already. He will know how to sell in old markets and where to find new ones. He will understand money and make more than ever before, for himself, and for Webster Toys.
Webster wants someone who can stand on his own feet. If you think you are the person we are looking for, write to Mr J. Sloman at our head office in London.The head office of the Webster company is in________.
| A．Australia | B．New Zealand | C．Germany | D．England |
Children play with Webster toys_______.
| A．in many countries of the world |
| B．in 8 counties around the world. |
| C．mostly in 4 countries of the world |
| D．only in some eastern countries |
“He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him” means he has_______.
| A．sold things for the Webster for some years |
| B．already sold toys to some markets in the world |
| C．already sold things in different parts of the world |
| D．sold a large number of Webster toys to the world |
Which person could be the right one for the Webster?
| A．He is 35,speaks good English and a Far Eastern language, can travel for up to six months in a year and knows how to make more money. |
| B．He is 28,speaks good English and some other foreign languages, enjoys traveling and making more money for the Webster Toys. |
| C．He is 40, speaks good English and any other Far Eastern languages, knows Far East well and how to make more money for himself. |
| D．He has lived in Singapore for years, speaks Chinese well and a little English, knows how to open new markets. |
For more than four hundred years, people all over the world have been reading ,watching and listening to the plays and poetry of the British writer William Shakespeare.
Most people think of Shakespeare as a writer. But he was also a theater producer, a part owner of an acting company and an actor. For most of his career, he was a producer and main writer for an acting company called the King’s Men. Shakespeare is best known for the thirty—nine plays that he wrote, although only thirty—eight exist today. His plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and tragedies. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet ,Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and so on.
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of 14.He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18.The couple had three children, two daughters and a son who died very young. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown. No one knows why he left or moved to London and joined a theater company which opened the Globe Theater in 1599.He made much money from it.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He died in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. Now you can still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.What was Shakespeare?
| A．A writer | B．An actor |
| C．A theater producer | D．A,B and C |
Shakespeare made much money from_______.
| A．writing | B．acting |
| C．opening the Globe Theater | D．selling his books |
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “genius” in the passage?
| A．房子 | B．遗憾 | C．悔恨 | D．天赋 |
Which sentence is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Shakespeare died when he was 52 years old. |
| B．Shakespeare married in 1582,and he had two daughters and a son. |
| C．Shakespeare’s plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and science fictions. |
| D．No one knows why Shakespeare left his hometown at he age of 21. |