阅读下列材料,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
What is your dream job, a pilot or a policeman? What do you hope your job is like? Read the following stories and find more at www.cambridge.org/aw/cambridgeenglish.
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The sweetest job Harry is only 12, but he is working for a sweet company. His job is probably the best in the company—the sweet tester. When a new sweet is invented, Harry eats it, writes a report about it and sends his report to the factory. And then a decision is made about whether to make the sweet or not. As a child, he’s too young to work for money. But he gets free sweets! |
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Desert Island Blogger Do you wish to live on an island and get paid? Ben got such a job, but it was hard work! He had to live alone in a house(with a swimming pool)on Hamilton Island and spend every day swimming, exploring and relaxing. Then he had to write a blog to show his findings and feelings. |
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Sleeping on the job Usually, sleeping on the job is a big problem—if you fall asleep, you’ll lose the job! But Roisin was paid to sleep on the job. She slept in designer beds eight hours a day, every day for a month, and tested them to see what makes “a good night’s sleep”. In the end, Roisin had to write a report about the beds. |
(1)What is the passage mainly about?
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Interesting jobs. |
B. |
Wonderful places. |
C. |
Kinds of factories. |
D. |
Life on an island. |
(2)Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. |
The writer wishes to be a pilot. |
B. |
Harry gets paid for testing sweets. |
C. |
Ben lived alone on Hamilton Island. |
D. |
Roisin swims eight hours every day. |
(3)Where can we most probably read the passage?
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At a website. |
B. |
In a diary. |
C. |
On a postcard. |
D. |
In a story book. |
My name is Lily. This is my classroom. There are 40 desks, 40 chairs, a bookcase, a computer and a teacher’s desk in it. It has two green doors and four windows. There’s a clock and a map on the wall(墙壁). Look, that is Kate. She is my friend. A red bag, three black pens and four green pencils are on her desk. My favourite day is Saturday. We have no classes on Saturdays and Sundays.How many pencils are there on the desk?
A.Three | B.Two. | C.One | D.Four. |
The doors are _____________.
A.green | B.red | C.white | D.blue |
What’s on the wall’?
A. A clock. B. A map.C. A bookcase. D. A and B.Lily’s favourite day is _____________.
A.Monday | B.Friday | C.Saturday | D.Sunday |
Which is TRUE? (哪一个是正确的)
A.Kate’s pencil is yellow. |
B.There are 4 pens on the desk. |
C.There are 4 windows in the classroom. |
D.The bag is yellow. |
On September 19 this year, you will see a full moon (满月). It is the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节).The festival is on the 15th day of the eighth lunar (农历) month. And it is one of the most important festivals in China.
It is a big time for families and friends to get together. In the evening, people sit around a table and look at the bright moon. They eat sweet or salty moon cakes (月饼). People can see a lot of lanterns (灯笼) in the street. Children like guessing (猜) the answers to the lantern riddles (灯谜).
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a harvest (收获) festival. Farmers begin to harvest fruits and vegetables.
Name of the festival |
The |
Date of the festival |
The 15th day of |
What to eat |
Sweet or salty |
What children like doing |
Guessing |
What farmers harvest |
Fruits and _ |
Mary is an American girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn’t know much Chinese, but she is studying it. She often speaks Chinese with her Chinese friends. Sometimes they can’t understand her, because she can’t speak Chinese very well.
It’s Saturday morning. She goes out. She is walking in the street. She wants to go to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn’t know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy the way. The boy can’t understand her. Then she takes out a pen and a piece of paper. She draws an elephant on it, and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands, and shows her the way to the zoo. Mary is________.
A.Chinese | B.English | C.Japanese | D.American |
Mary is in______ with her parents now.
A.Shanghai | B.Beijing | C.New York | D.London |
Mary doesn’t know how to get to_______.
A.the zoo | B.the park | C.her home | D.her school |
Mary can’t speak_______ very well.
A.English | B.England | C.China | D.Chinese |
At last the boy________.
A.can understand Mary’s Chinese |
B.takes her to the zoo |
C.shows her the way to the zoo |
D.draws a picture for Mary, too |
The earth moves around the sun, and the moon moves around the earth. When our part of the earth turns to the moon, it is night.
The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it’s much nearer to the earth.
The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright, too. But it doesn’t give any light at all.
The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But actually(实际上) the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they’re much farther away from us.____moves around________.
A.The earth; the moon | B.The moon; the earth |
C.The moon; the stars | D.The sun; the earth |
Sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because_________.
A.it is much bigger than the sun |
B.it comes out only at night |
C.it is much nearer to the earth than the sun |
D.it doesn’t give a strong light |
The sun_______________.
A.is very bright, and it gives a very strong light |
B.isn’t bright, but it gives a very strong light |
C.is very big, but it doesn’t give any light at all |
D.is very round, but it can’t move round |
The stars______________.
A.look much bigger than the moon |
B.look much bigger than the sun |
C.are a lot brighter than the moon, but they are not bigger than the moon |
D.are much farther away from us than the moon |
When ,it is day.
A.our part of the earth turns to the moon |
B.our part of the earth turns to the sun |
C.the sun moves |
D.the moon moves |
Hello! I’m Lily. I’m an English girl. ①I like running and playing basketball. This is my sister, Lucy. She likes playing basketball, too. We play basketball after(在……后) school every day. ②我们每天吃许多健康的食物。We like eggs and apples for breakfast. For lunch, I like hamburgers, but Lucy doesn’t like ③. She likes broccoli and French fries. For dinner, we like chicken and ice cream. Sometimes I eat Chinese food. It’s great.
根据材料内容,完成下列问题。请写出Lily和Lucy都喜欢的食物:
请将①处画线句子翻译成汉语:
请将②处画线句子翻译成英语:
请根据前后语境写出③处所缺的单词:
What sports do Lily and Lucy like?