"What's wrong， Carina？" Collin asked． "Homesick again？"
His sister nodded．
"Yeah， me too．" Collin sighed（叹息）．
Their family had moved to the new place nearly four months ago． The new place was housed inside a huge transparent dome （透明的圆屋顶）． It still didn't feel like home．
"I miss my friends，" Carina said sadly． "And green grass and swimming， and everything． I even miss the sound of rain on the roof（屋顶）．"
"Worst of all，" Carina continued， "my birthday is in two days， and I don't think Mom and Dad are planning anything special． They're too busy．"
"She's probably right，" thought Collin． Life here was very busy for scientists like their parents． He doubted if they had time to plan a party． And how could they anyway？ Things such as balloons and birthday candles didn't exist here． They didn't even have enough materials to make a cake．
"Don't worry．" Collin put an arm around Carina's shoulder．
Collin walked toward the agricultural center， where his mom worked． He found her taking notes on some tall tube﹣like plants．
"What are those？" he asked．
"Bamboo plants，" said Mom． "They're strong and grow fast． They make good building materials．"
"May I have a piece？"
"Sure．" Mom handed one to him and made a note on her notebook．
The next day， Collin made tiny holes into the piece of bamboo and put small nails（钉子）into each hole． He poured a handful of pebbles（鹅卵石） inside and covered the open ends．
Collin held the bamboo piece carefully as he hurried home． He hid it behind his back and opened the front door． To his surprise， Mom and Dad were home early from work． Mom was carrying something that looked like a cake．
He looked closer and realized Mom had made a cake with dried apples and cinnamon（肉桂皮）sugar．A real treat， on the Moon．
Collin handed his sister the bamboo rod． "Happy birthday!"
"What is it？" Carina asked， looking at it curiously．
"A rain stick，" said Collin． "Whenever you turn it over， the pebbles fall around the nails and it sounds like rain．"
Carina turned the stick， and the room was filled with a sound like rain drumming on a roof．
"It's Moon Rain!" she said． "It makes me feel like I'm home．" She smiled at Collin and turned the rain stick over again．
（1）What may be the best title of this passage？
A． Bamboo Plants
B． Moon Rain
C． Homesick Again!
D． United Family
（2）What can we know from the passage？
A． This passage is part of a science fiction written for scientific research．
B． The family moved to the new place in order to do some sightseeing．
C． Their new home was on a dry land on the earth far from their old one．
D． Carina didn't think her parents would plan anything special for her birthday．
（3）Which of the following can best describe Collin？
A． Careful and brave．
B． Caring and creative．
C． Generous and intellectual．
D． Romantic and popular．
“Can I learn to play the violin．Daddy?”Ann asks her father．
“That sounds good．But how long can you learn?”
“A month,” Ann says．“After a month，I can play for you．If I don’t play well，I won’t play it．”
“All right．” her father says．
He soon finds a violin teacher and Ann starts her lessons．The fee(费用) isn’t cheap，but her father doesn’t say anything．
A month passes．The time comes for Ann to play for her father．
She says to her father, “I want to play for you，Daddy．”
“OK，Ann，”her father says．“Start”
She starts to play．She doesn’t play well．Her father has a friend with him，and the friend can’t stand(忍受)it．
When Ann stops，her father says, “Great! Ann, you can have more lessons．”
Ann runs out of the room．Her father’s friend says to him, “I don’t think your daughter plays well．”
“Well，you’re right．”her father says．“But she’s very happy, right?”Ann thinks playing the violin is________, so she wants to learn it．
| A．tired | B．dangerous(危险的) | C．boring(无聊的) | D．interesting |
Ann wants to learn to play the violin for _______before she plays it for her father．
| A．two weeks | B．six weeks | C．a month | D．six months |
_______finds a violin teacher to teach her．
| A．Ann’s father | B．Ann’s father’s friend |
| C．Ann’s mother | D．Ann’s uncle |
Ann’s father wants Ann to have more lessons because_________．
| A．Ann plays well | B．the fee is very cheap |
| C．he loves Ann | D．he 1ikes the violin |
From this passage we can see that ________．
| A．Ann doesn’t 1ike playing the violin |
| B．Ann can have more 1essons |
| C．Ann doesn’t want to have more 1essons |
| D．Ann’s father doesn’t have a friend |
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We call Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is a name for each Chinese year. ( 1 )We may call it the year of sheep, the of horse the year of dog. ( 2 ) And this year is the year of dragon.
Before New Year’s Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On New Year’s Eve, there is a big family dinner. All the families stay up late to welcome the New Year after dinner. On the first day of the New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends and relatives. They say “Happy New Year and good luck.” and some other greetings（祝福）to each other. People usually have a good time during Chinese New Year, the Spring Festival.将（1）句的空白处分别填上一个适当的词语, 使句意完整、上下文通顺。
___________; ___________将（2）句译成中文。
____________________________________________________回答问题：What do Chinese people do before New Year’s Day?
____________________________________________________在文中找出与A lot of families don’t sleep early because they want to welcome the New Year.的同义句。
____________________________________________________.在文中找出最能表达该短文主题的句子。
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Yao Ming, the centre of the Chinese National Men’s basketball team, joins the Houston Rocket in the 2002 NBA. The 2.2 m, 120kg basketball star becomes the first one to come from a foreign (外国的) team. Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother is a leader of the Chinese National Women’s Team. His father plays basketball, too. Yao Ming is welcome in China. He becomes a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association. It’s short for CBA.
During the 2000-2001 seasons, he gets 27.1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental(东方) Sharks in every match. Yao Ming joins the Houston Rockets in November, 2002. He says this is a new start in his basketball life. He world do his best to learn from the NBA and improve(提高) himself. Sport analyst(分析家) Bill Walton says, “Yao Ming is very strong. He has the capability(能力) of changing the future(未来) of basketball.”TheHoustonRocketsisthenameofa_______team.
| A．tabletennis | B．volleyball | C．basketball | D．golf |
BothYaoMing’sfatherandmotherare___________.
| A．footballplayers |
| B．theleaderoftheChineseNationalTeam |
| C．thecentersofChineseNationalTeam |
| D．basketballplayers |
YaoMing________inCBAduringthe2000-2001seasons.
| A．doesbadly | B．isn’tgood | C．isin America | D．doeswell |
YaoMing_________theHoustonRocketsinNovember,2002.
| A．doeshisbesttojoin | B．isa teacherin |
| C．becomesamemberof | D．leaves |
SportanalystBillWaltonthinksYaoMingcan__________.
A.learnfromtheNBA.
B.changethefutureofbasketball
C.improvehimself
D.becomesthecaptainoftheHoustonRockets.
Hans says to his friend Kurt，“I’m going to take my car and drive to London.” Kurt says, “Driving to London is very difficult. You aren’t going to find your hotel.” But Hans is not afraid. He drives to Calais, puts his car on his ship, takes it off at Dover, and drives to London.
He stops near the city and looks at his map. Then he drives into London, but he doesn’t find his hotel. He drives round and round for an hour, and then he stops and gets out of his car. A taxi comes, and Hans stops it. “Take me to the Brussels Hotel,” he says. But he doesn’t get into the taxi, he gets back into his car. The taxi man laughs, but then he drives to the Brussels Hotel and Hans follows him in his car. They get to the hotel in two minutes(两分钟后).Hans goes to London by________.
| A．car | B．sea | C．air | D．both sea and land |
Hans can’t find the hotel in_______.
| A．Calais | B．London | C．Dover | D．Brussels |
Hans doesn’t find his hotel because______.
| A．he has no map | B．he doesn’t know English |
| C．he is not good at driving | D．it is not easy to find the way |
Hans stops a taxi and ______.
| A．follows it to the hotel | B．gets into it |
| C．laughs | D．drives it to the hotel |
The hotel is ______.
| A．very far away | B．very near |
| C．very difficult to get to | D．only two minutes’ walk |
A French woman goes to London to see her son. She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well. One day she goes to a shop. She wants to buy a hen for supper. But she can not remember the English word for “hen”. Just then the shop waiter asks her, “Can I help you?” “I want the egg’s mother.” the woman answered. The shop waiter does not understand her and says, “Sorry, we have not any bigger eggs.” Suddenly the woman remembers the word “cock”. “I want the cock’s wife!” she says. This time the shop waiter laughs.The woman goes to London_______.
| A．to learn English | B．to have supper |
| C．to eat some hens | D．to see her son |
The woman________.
| A．only knows a little English |
| B．knows much English |
| C．doesn’t know English |
| D．doesn’t buy a hen at last |
The shop waiter thinks that an egg’s mother must be.
| A．a bigger egg | B．the cock’s wife |
| C．a hen | D．the hen’s sister |
The shop waiter laughs because he ________.
| A．understands the woman at last |
| B．thinks it is interesting. |
| C．does not understand the woman |
| D．thinks that the woman isn’t clever |
Which of the following(如下的) is true?
| A．The waiter knows French. |
| B．The woman buys a cock. |
| C．The woman is foolish(笨的). |
| D．The woman has a hen for her supper. |