牛津译林版英语九年级上册 Unit 7 Films 阅读理解提优训练（含答案）

牛津译林英语9A unit 7 阅读理解提优训练
There are many things we need to know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare(比较) the prices of things in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands (品牌). We need to know how to make sensible choices when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need the skill if we want to lead a useful and happy life.
Some of these choices are small. For example, will I have an apple for lunch or a pear Will I take a bus to school today or will I walk Will I wear the red T- shirt or the blue one to go to the movie Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food Will I work hard on all my classes or will I work hard only in the classes I enjoy We make choices like these every day.
Making wrong choices can cause unhappiness. We have to realize that the choices we make can affect the rest of our life. And our choices can also affect other people. If you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movie, consider this: who else does your choice affect
( )1. can help us use our money wisely when we shop.
A. Choosing good brands B. Comparing the price and quality
C. Going to big shops D. Learning business at school
( )2. What does the underlined word “sensible” mean in Chinese
A. 明智的 B. 敏感的 C. 不同寻常的 D. 愚蠢的
( )3. According to the passage, doesn’t belong to “life skills”.
A. knowing how to spend money wisely B. knowing how to compare different things
C. knowing how to get good grades at school D. knowing how to make right choices in life
( )4. Which of the following choices is more important than others according to the passage
A．Will I have an apple for breakfast B．Will I walk to school today
C．Will I study harder at English D．Will I wear my blue jeans to go to the party
( )5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A. We can’t learn all the things at school. B. Making wrong choices in life is necessary.
C. There are many choices for us to make in life.
D. We should consider how others feel while making choices.
You might not think much about where your garbage goes. But now you might want to know. On July 1, Shanghai introduced a new garbage-sorting policy (垃圾分类政策). People there need to put different kinds of garbage into different bins. Other cities in China will do the same soon.
Four kinds of garbage in Shanghai
Why is garbage sorting a big problem It’s because there is too much garbage these days. It is bad for our soil, air and water. Actually we can make use of some garbage again. And first, we need to sort our garbage. For example, if you put an old battery (电池) into the “harmful waste ” bin, people can use it to make new batteries. But if you don’t, the battery will end up somewhere else. Then, it will pollute the environment .
Can’t factories sort garbage for us Yes, they can. But it takes many workers to do this and costs lots of money. If we all sort our own garbage, things will become much easier.
Garbage sorting and recycling around the world
Germany: There are big machines in supermarkets. You can put bottles in the machines and get money back. You can get one to two yuan per bottle. People like this because they can get money and protect the environment at the same time.
Japan: A trash truck (垃圾车) comes to people’s doors to pick up their garbage. It plays music when it’s coming. There are eight or more kinds of garbage. If you sort any of them wrong, you will get a notice on your door.
Indonesia: People can take buses for free if they give plastic bottles to bus stations. An hour-long bus ride costs three large bottles, five medium bottles or 10 plastic cups. But the bottles must be clean.
What can we learn from Paragraph 1
A. Shanghai is the first city in China to make a garbage-sorting policy.
B. China is the first country in the world to make a garbage-sorting policy.
C. Many other cities in China have garbage-sorting policies.
D. Many people don’t like Shanghai’s garbage-sorting policy.
2. With the battery example, the writer tries to tell us _____.
A. how to sort our garbage B. the importance of sorting our garbage
C.what harmful waste is D. the difficulty of sorting our garbage
3. Why can’t we ask factories to sort garbage
A. Because we don’t have this kind of factory.
B. Because it takes too many workers to do it.
C. Because factories ask for too much money.
D. Because not all garbage can go to factories.
4. People in Indonesia _______________________.
A. put bottles in the machines and get money back
B. take buses for free if they give dirty plastic bottles to bus stations
C. will get a notice on their door if they sort any of them wrong
D. have an hour’s free bus ride if they give ten plastic cups to bus stations
5. What’s the main idea of the passage
A. Why we sort garbage B. How Shanghai sorts garbage
C. Sorting garbage is necessary D. Sorting garbage is easy
International Poetry Competition
World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March. Its purpose is to improve people's ability to read, write, and teach poems all over the world.
This year, the International Poetry Centre is holding a poetry competition to celebrate the festival! The competition is open to all the poets（诗人）aged 18 and over from all over the world, and they will be divided into two groups:
Open Group (open to all the poets aged 18 and over)
ESL Group(open to all the poets aged 18 and over who can write in English as a Second language)
The winners of each group will receive 1000.
Rules:
◆ All the poems must be unpublished（未出版的）works.
◆ Poems will not be returned, so please keep a copy.
◆ The poem(s) must be in English and created by the poet himself/herself.
◆ Poems can be written on any proper subject. No subject on violence（暴力）or drugs.
The competition begins on 3 March, 2017 and ends on 28 August, 2017.
To enter the competition, please visit the Centre Shop to pay 5 for each poem. Once the payment is made, please email the poem(s) to poetrycomp@center.uk. Remember to mark Open or ESL in the top right-hand corner of the document（文档） to show which group to enter before emailing your poem(s).
Questions about the competition can be emailed to poetrycomp@center.uk.
( ) 1.The World Poetry Day is on _______.
A. March 28th B. March 3rd C. March 21st D. August 28th
( )2. The purpose of the World Poetry Day is_______ .
A. to encourage the British to write poems
B. to teach children how to read and write poems
C. to raise money for the poets from all over the world
D. to help people to read. write and teach poems better
( )3. The rules for the competition include the following EXCEPT_______ .
A. that poets can write poems in any language
B. that poets must use their unpublished poems
C. that poems can't be taken back after the competition
D. that poems can't be written on the subject of violence or drugs
( )4. Poets can get 1000 if ________.
A. they win in the group B. their poems are published
C. they enter the competition D. their poems are written by themselves
( )5. Which is the correct order for poets to enter the competition
① Pay 5 for each poem.
② Visit the Centre Shop.
③ Email their poem(s) to poetrycomp@centre.uk.
④ Mark Open or ESL in the top right-hand corner of their document.
A.①②③④ B.②①③④ C.②①④③ D.③④②①
The size and shape of your ears show your character more than any other part of the face. Other parts of the face change shapes as we get older, but ears do not change their shapes. They only change in size.
Reading people's character from their ears is a very old science. In the past people thought that a person's ears with color were dangerous. They also thought that the shape of the ears showed if a person was musical or not. Today, too many people believe that the size and shape of the ears help you know if a person is musical.
Ears are all different, and each different thing has a meaning. Next time you look at a person, see if his or her ears are large, medium-size(中等尺寸), or small. Look at the lobes(耳垂). Do they stick to the face Ears that are always red mean that a person may get angry easily. Ears that are always cold and nearly white color mean that a person has a nervous character.
( )1. When we grow up, _________ .
A. our ears will not change in size B. our ears will be the same size
C. our ears will get colder D. our ears will not change in shape
( )2. If someone’s ears are red, it means _________ .
A. he/she is a kind person. B. he/she is very happy.
C. he/she may get angry easily. D. he/she drinks a lot.
( )3. If you look at someone’s ears, the right way is to see _________.
A. his face, ears and nose B. the size, color and shape
C. his mouth, eyes and nose D. the hair, eyes and color
It is possible to do many simple tricks with numbers. Here is one trick. It has seven steps. First, write down your house number. For example, if your address is 73 Lemon Street, you would write down 73. Next, double it. In other words9 multiply it by two. Then, add five to this doubled number. For example, if your address is 73 and you have doubled it, you will get 146. Then, if you added five, you'd get 151. So, to repeat the first three steps, Write down your house number, double it, and add five. Fourth, multiply this number by 50. In our example here, if you multiply 151 by 50, you'll get 7550. The fifth step is to add your age to this total. For example, if you're 26 years old, you should add 26 to this total. In our example here, the result would be 7550 plus 26, you'll get 7576. Sixth, you have to add the number of days in a year, which is 365. In our example here, 365 added to 7576 is 7941. The seventh and final step is this: subtract(减) 615 from the number that you have. In our example, 7941 minus(减) 615 is 7326.
The result here, 7-3-2-6, is the trick. The first part of the number is the address and the last part of the number is the age of the person. That is, 73 is the address that we started with, and 26 is the age that we used.
If you follow these seven steps with any address and the age of any person. You will get the same result.
( )4. According to(根据) the trick, what number can you get if you are 16 years old and your house number is 85
A.1685. B.8516. C.8165. D.1658.
( )5. How can your age number appear at the last part off the result
A. It’s really a trick.
B. By taking all the steps except Step 1 and Step 2.
C. By taking Step 6 and Step 7.
D. By taking all the steps.
( )6. What’s the secret of the trick
A. It’s impossible to know.
B. By taking Step 2 and Step 4, we get the formula(公式) : your address number× 2 × 50.
C. By taking all the steps except 1 and 2, we get the formula: 5 × 50 + your age number ＋365－615＝your age number.
D. Both B and C.
New rules and behaviour standards (行为规范) for middle school students came out in March. Middle school is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. The best students won’t only have high marks. They will also be kids who don't dye (染) their hair, smoke or drink. The following are some of the new rules.
Tell the truth. Have you ever copied someone else's work on an exam Don-t do it again! That’s not something an honest student should do. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room, don't tell your parents you have done homework.
Do more at school. Good students love animals and care for other people. April is Bird-Loving Month in our country. Is your school doing anything to celebrate You should join! That way, you can learn more about animals and how to protect them. When more people work together, it makes it more fun for everyone. Have you ever quarreled with your teammates when your basketball team lost Only working together can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with. Try to think of others, not only yourself.
Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon Perhaps you'll discover Earth II someday. Don’t look down on new ideas. Everyone's ideas are important. You should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyone.
Protect yourself. Has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates Don’t let it happen to you. If you have to go home late, you should let your parents know.
Use the Internet carefully. The Internet can be very useful for your studies. But some things on the Internet aren't for kids, so try to look at Web pages that are good for you. You can use the Web for fun or homework. Can’t you find any good Web sites for children Here are some:
http://kids.eastday. com http://www. . com, http://www.
( ) 7. According to the passage, which of the following is not true
A. Take care of yourself when you are out.
B. Tell the truth, even when you are wrong.
C. Keep some animals to protect them.
D. Use the Internet, but keep away from bad things.
( )8. The main idea of the paragraph "Do more at school " is about _________.
A. making the team stronger B. working together with others
C. being a good friend to others D. getting on well with others
( )9. Good Web sites for children can _________.
A. be a waste of time B. help them with their studies
C. do homework for them D. make life easier
( )10. The passage tells us how to _________.
A. be top students B. do more at school
C. care for others D. use the Internet
Mr. Knight was the manager of a hotel. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr. King explained that because of the meeting, there were no rooms ready for use. The men were very unhappy because they had no place to stay at.
Mr. Knight wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418, a very small room upstairs, was empty. He asked the men if they would share it. The three said they would. Mr. Knight said that the rent would be thirty dollars. Each man should only pay ten. The men agreed, paid the money and went up to the room.
Mr. Knight soon began to feel sorry. "Thirty dollars is too much for that small room," he thought. "I should give them a discount." He called his assistant over and said, "Here’s five dollars. Give it to the men in Room 418. I’ve asked them too much money for that small room.”
The assistant took the money. While he was on the way to Room 418, he started to think, "How can the three men divide five dollars I’ll give each of them only one dollar and keep two dollars for myself. The men will be happy enough to get anything back. I’ll take a little money and Mr. Knight will never know." So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.
Now the puzzle is: Each man had at first paid ten dollars. When each got one dollar back from the assistant, it means each man had actually paid only nine dollars. There were three men. $9 × 3 ＝$27. The assistant kept $2. So $27 + $2 = $29. Where is the missing dollar
( )11. Mr. Knight was _________.
A. a person who wanted to have a room B. a person who managed the hotel
C. the assistant D. a trveller who had been in the hotel before the three men
( )12. The three men _________.
A. went to another hotel B. each got a small room for the night
C. shared one small room D. stayed in the small room Mr Knight had kept for himself
( )13. At first each of the three men paid _________.
A. $ 10 B. $ 25 C. $ 27 D. $ 9
( )14. The assistant kept _________.
A. two dollars for himself B. one dollar for himself
C. three dollars for himself D. two dollars for himself at first but returned it later
( )15. Where is the missing dollar
A. It was taken by the assistant. B. There wasn’t any missing dollar.
C. The dollar was taken by Mr. Knight. D. The dollar was taken by the three men
Over 1,400 university students from 37 countries and regions came to China for the 2006's World MUN meeting (世界大学生模拟联合国大会). The meeting was held in Peking University from March 27th to 31st, 2006.
The idea of the World MUN began in 1991. A group of students at Harvard (哈佛) University wanted to make a new meeting to bring together the students who were interested in the world. They wanted to discuss different problems around the world. The World MUN is based on understanding, compromise, learning and friendship. The first meeting was held in Poland in 1992. After that, it is held in spring every year. Last year, it was held in Scotland.
This was the first time the World MUN meeting was held in Asia. It was also the biggest one in history. The students came from the best universities around the world. During the five-day meeting, they did everything that people in the UN do. Though their skin colors and cultures were different, they had the same wish to make the world better.
1.So far, the World MUN meeting has been held.
A. 13 times B. 14 times C. 15 times D. 16 times
2.The word "compromise" in the passage means in Chinese.
A.友谊B.理解C.和解D.屈服
3.Which of the following is NOT true
A. The students want to travel around the world.
B. The students are interested in the world.
C. The students want to discuss different problems.
D. The students wish to make the world better.
4.The best title of the passage is.
A. The First World MUN Meeting B. The World MUN Meeting
C. University Students D. Problems Around the World
CCAB
When someone says "Well, I guess I'll have to go to face the music", it does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this or that, and why you did not do this or that. Sour music, indeed, but it has to be faced.
The phrase "to face the music" is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the expression come from
The first information comes from the American writer James Fenimore Cooper. He said -- in 1851-- that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on stage. After they got their cue to go on, they often said, "It's time to go to face the music." And that is exactly what they did face the orchestra(交响乐团) which was just below the stage.
An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out.
So, "to face the music" came to mean having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.
The other explanation comes from the army. Men had to face inspection(检阅) by their leader. The soldiers worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment(装备) clean---
shiny enough to pass inspection Still, the men had to go out, and face the music of the band, as well as the inspection. What else could they do
5. According to the passage, the word "music" means
A. your boss's criticism (批评) B. your leader's inspection
C. something unpleasant to be experience D. sour pop music
6. The phrase "to face the music" was the first used by_ _
A. all the Americans B. the American writer James Fenimore Cooper
C. some American actors D. the American orchestra
7. "To face the music" is also used to mean that soldiers were not willing_ _.
A. to be examined about their equipment B. to be found weak
C. to show themselves up in public D. to be inspected by their leader
8. The passage is mainly about_ _.
A. the meaning of the phrase "to face the music"B. how to deal with something unpleasant
C. the phrase "to face the music" in America D. how to go through difficulty
We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different time of day. This is so familiar that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one really understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process (过程) is not as simple as we might think, as recent experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant (连续的) darkness. We might expect that the flowers, without any information about the time of day, did not open as they normally do. In fact, they continued to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious (神秘的) way of knowing the time. Their sense of time does not depend on information from the outside world; it is, so to speak, inside them, a kind of "inner clock".
This discovery (发现) may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also animals -including man -have this "inner clock" which controls the working of their bodies and influences (影响) their activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this mysterious power. Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food.
In the past, this did not matter very much because people lived in natural condition. In the modern world, things are different; now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a lot of people who have to work at night. It would be very useful, then, to know more about the "inner clock". Such ordinary things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves.
9.A recent experiment showed that.
A. different flowers open and close at different times of day
B. for their opening and closing, flowers do not need information from the outside world
C. flowers are influenced by weak light even when they are in a dark room
D. flowers can be used for telling the time
10.The "inner clock".
A. is an unimportant discovery B. is only found in animals
C. has not been understood by far D. has an effect on human life
11.Further study of the "inner clock" will be useful because .
A. it might help us in some way
B. we do not yet understand plants and animals well enough
C. the number of spacemen and airplane pilots is fast increasing
D. we should try to live more naturally than we do now
12.Kept in constant darkness, flowers.
A. will not open or close as usual B. will not open any longer
C. will open as they do in natural conditions D. will always remain in full blossom (开花)
13.have a mysterious power of knowing time without information from the outside world.
A.Animals including man as well as plants B.All living things except man
C.Flowers are the only things in the world that D.Neither animals nor plants
As far back as he could remember, Larry had wanted to go to Hollywood and become a film star. The young man’s hopes for success were broken again and again. However, Hollywood was just everything to him. When he first came to California Larry had decided never to give up and return home without success. Therefore, he kept on trying. “Some day，” he told himself，“my big chance would come.”
Larry found a job—parking cars at one of Hollywood’s big restaurants. His pay was low，but since the guests were kind enough to give him more money, he managed to make a living. One day he recognized an important film director driving into the parking lot and getting out of his car. Larry had recently heard that the man was ready to make a new picture.
Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot and park it. Then he stopped, jumped out, and ran over to the director. “Excuse me，sir，but I think it’s only fair to tell you that it’s now or never if you want me in your next picture. A lot of big companies are after me.”
Instead of pushing away the boy, the director laughed, then wrote something on a card and handed it to the young man. “Come and see me tomorrow.”
Larry got a small part in the director's next film. He was on his way!
( )1. It’s clear that Larry’s job—parking cars ________.
A. helped him make a lot of money
B. brought him the hope to be a film star
C. made him fail again and again in getting into Hollywood
D. gave him few chances to meet stars
( )2. The film director asked Larry to meet him the next day because _______ .
A. he needed a driver very much B. Larry would become a star
C. some big companies would give him a job D. Larry expressed his hope in a wise way
( )3. We can learn from the story that _______ .
A. the film director knew Larry’s hard experience before
B. Larry managed to be a part in the new film
C. the job parking cars could bring young people everything
D. the new film was not so important for the director
( )4. “He was on his Way”refers to the fact that _______.
A. he gave up and returned home B. he began to work towards success
C. he drove the director's car to Hollywood D. he had a long way to go to be in the film
( )5. The story mainly wants to tell us _______ .
A. it was hard for Larry, to find a job in a restaurant in Hollywood
B. Larry was so lucky to meet the director in the parking lot
C. why Larry could remember many things before
D. how Larry succeeded- in his new life in Hollywood
Mr Fuller was a polite young man. He left a college and found a job in a big hotel. He was kind to everyone and ready to help others. Mr Galt believed in him and paid him more. And the young man thanked him very much and worked harder.
Mr Galt had a daughter named Dianne. The little girl was self-willed and never listened to others. She liked nothing but dressing up and spent a lot of time in dancing. The old man liked her very much and never paid attention to it. The girl made friends with plenty of young men and she always made them obey (顺从）her. So nobody would marry het old girl, she was worried about it. The old man had to marry her to Mr Fuller though he came from a poor family.
The woman looked down upon her husband and never went out with him. Mr Galt knew all about it, but told the young man to obey her. Mr Fuller was sorry for it but didn’t mind it. He did all at home and never asked Her where she Had been or who she had.
One evening Mr Fuller was busy and forgot to wake his wife up in time. The woman was angry and hit him on the nose. Blood ran down his face and dropped on his white shirt. He picked up a stick and held it up. The woman fell to the floor while she was running towards him. And her beautiful skirt was broken. The young man ran to the police station in a hurry while his wife was looking for a knife.
“What’ s the matter，sir ” asked a policeman.
“I beat(打）my wife just now,” answered Mr Fuller.
“Have you ever beaten her to death ”
“I’ve come here just because I have NOT.”
( )6. Nobody would marry Dianne because ______.
A. they were afraid to live with such a girl like her B. she was born in a rich family
C. she was 28 years old. D. her father had only one hotel
( ) 7.______, so the young man married her.
A. Mr Fuller wasn't afraid of Dianne B. Mr Ftiller knew Dianne had much money
C. Mr Fuller loved Dianne very much D. Mr Puller thanked Mr Galt very much.
( )8. Dianne didn’t think_____, so she didn’t love him.
A. her husband was polite to her B. her husband was rich enough
C. her husband could dance with her D. her husband could do housework at home
( )9. Mr Fuller picked up a stick to ______.
A. beat his wife B. tidy the room
C. frighten(吓唬)his wife D. kill his wife
( )10. Mr Fuller ran to the police station because _______.
A. he was afraid to be killed B. he thought He had hurt his wife
C. he knew he had done wrong D. he had no money to pay for her skirt
As an old Chinese saying goes, food is what matters most to people. A Bite of China Season Two, all about the history and culture of eating and cooking in China, broadcast on CCTV-1 from April 18 to June 6. Food plays an important role in our daily life. It is also one of the most important parts of Chinese culture. Besides the rich food culture in China, A Bite of China Season Two also wants to show the joys and sadnesses of ordinary Chinese in changing times through food.
The documentary makes viewers long for home and the tastes of childhood. One Weibo user wrote, “A Bite of China Season Two makes me have so many words to say. It makes me think of my parents and grandmother. I remember my father taught me how to fish when I was a kid. I haven’t been home for a long time, so I’ve decided to go back in a few days.”
The documentary uses food as a window to introduce China to the world. Viewers can see how Chinese people love life by loving food. The new season is not just an introduction to food. It also explores the relationship between Chinese people and their food. Anyone who wants to know more about Chinese food culture and Chinese society should have a bite of the programme.
31. What type of TV programme is A Bite of China Season Two
A. A cartoon. B. A documentary. C. A comedy. D. A chat show
32. When did the programme begin on CCTV-1
A. April 6. B. April 18. C. June 6. D. July 6.
33. What’s the main idea of the programme
A. The development of Chinese history. B. An introduction to Chinese culture.
C. The history and culture of Chinese food. D. Feelings of ordinary Chinese.
Jenny wanted to encourage students to read more famous books, so she decided to put an introduction to some interesting children’s story books in the school newspaper.
The Little Prince (《小王子》is a famous work written by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. In the book, the little prince leaves his own planet to explore the universe (宇宙). In his journey, he finds that the adult world is really strange and boring. Finally, he goes back to his planet which is full of love. The book is really popular throughout the world.
Charlotte’s Web (《夏洛特的网》is a famous children’s novel written by American author E. B. White. The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a spider named Charlotte on a farm. When Wilbur is in danger of being killed for his meat by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages to praise Wilbur in her web and saves him. Wilbur becomes famous in the village and he is safe in the end. When it came out in 1952, the book was welcomed by both adults and children. And it is still very popular today.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (《爱德华的奇妙之旅》is a 2006 novel written by Kate DiCamillo. The book is about an unusual journey of a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. He travels from one place to another, meeting many people. During his journey, he learns to love and finally finds love again. This book is popular nowadays and was mentioned many times in the famous South Korean TV series My love from the Star (《来自星星的你》. The warm and sweet story will surely make you understand more about love.
34. Jenny introduced some interesting children’s story books to ________.
A. encourage students to read more B. encourage students to write more
C. show off the books she has read D. make money by selling books
35. The underlined word “praise” properly means “________” in Chinese.
A. 欺骗 B. 批评 C. 赞扬 D. 攻击
36. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage
A. The three books mentioned in the passage are popular today.
B. The writers of the three books are all Americans.
C. When Charlotte’s Web came out, it was only popular with adults.
D. My Love from the Star is a famous Chinese TV series.
Holmes said, “Somebody sent a letter with five pips (桔核) in it from India, and arrived seven weeks later to kill John’s uncle. Then they sent five pips from Scotland and arrived three days later to kill John’s father. Now they have sent five pips to John from London!”
“The letters are all from sea ports (海港). The writer was on a ship when he wrote the letters,” I replied.
“Very good, Watson! And John’s enemy is in London already!”
“Well, I hope they won’t kill young John,” I said.
But they did. The next morning, we read in the newspaper that a policeman found him die near Waterloo station. Holmes was very angry about it.
“He came to me for help and those men murdered him! I’m going to find them, if it’s the last thing I do!” he said to me, and he hurried out of the house.
At night, when he came back, he was tired, but pleased, he said, “I know the names of John’s enemies! And now I’m going to send them a surprise! This will frighten them!” He took five pips from an orange and put them in an envelope (信封). On it he wrote “S. H. for J. C.”
“I’m sending the pips to captain James Calhoun. His ship is called the Star. He and his men are sailing back to Georgia, USA.”
“How did you find him, Holmes ” I asked.
“Ship’s papers,” he said, “I’ve looked at hundreds of them today. Only one ship, the Star, was in the three ports at the right times, this morning the Star left London to sail back to Georgia. I found out that the captain and two of his men, all Americans, weren’t on the ship last night, so I’m sure they killed John. When they arrive in America, they’ll get the pips and then the police will catch them!”
37. Holmes was ________ about John’s death.
A. curious B. angry C. crazy D. worried
38. The Star left London for ________.
A. Canada B. Australia C. India D. America
39. Who do you think the underlined letters “J. C.” stand for
A. James Calhoun B. James Columbus C. John Calhoun D. John Columbus
40. Which order is correct according to the story
① John came to Holmes for help. ② John received a letter with five pips.
③ John was killed. ④ Holmes sent five pips to J. C.
A. ③①④② B. ③④①② C. ④①③② D. ②①③④
牛津译林英语9A unit 7 阅读理解提优训练
There are many things we need to know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare(比较) the prices of things in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands (品牌). We need to know how to make sensible choices when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need the skill if we want to lead a useful and happy life.
Some of these choices are small. For example, will I have an apple for lunch or a pear Will I take a bus to school today or will I walk Will I wear the red T- shirt or the blue one to go to the movie Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food Will I work hard on all my classes or will I work hard only in the classes I enjoy We make choices like these every day.
Making wrong choices can cause unhappiness. We have to realize that the choices we make can affect the rest of our life. And our choices can also affect other people. If you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movie, consider this: who else does your choice affect
( )1. can help us use our money wisely when we shop.
A. Choosing good brands B. Comparing the price and quality
C. Going to big shops D. Learning business at school
( )2. What does the underlined word “sensible” mean in Chinese
A. 明智的 B. 敏感的 C. 不同寻常的 D. 愚蠢的
( )3. According to the passage, doesn’t belong to “life skills”.
A. knowing how to spend money wisely B. knowing how to compare different things
C. knowing how to get good grades at school D. knowing how to make right choices in life
( )4. Which of the following choices is more important than others according to the passage
A．Will I have an apple for breakfast B．Will I walk to school today
C．Will I study harder at English D．Will I wear my blue jeans to go to the party
( )5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage
A. We can’t learn all the things at school. B. Making wrong choices in life is necessary.
C. There are many choices for us to make in life.
D. We should consider how others feel while making choices.
BACCB
You might not think much about where your garbage goes. But now you might want to know. On July 1, Shanghai introduced a new garbage-sorting policy (垃圾分类政策). People there need to put different kinds of garbage into different bins. Other cities in China will do the same soon.
Four kinds of garbage in Shanghai
Why is garbage sorting a big problem It’s because there is too much garbage these days. It is bad for our soil, air and water. Actually we can make use of some garbage again. And first, we need to sort our garbage. For example, if you put an old battery (电池) into the “harmful waste ” bin, people can use it to make new batteries. But if you don’t, the battery will end up somewhere else. Then, it will pollute the environment .
Can’t factories sort garbage for us Yes, they can. But it takes many workers to do this and costs lots of money. If we all sort our own garbage, things will become much easier.
Garbage sorting and recycling around the world
Germany: There are big machines in supermarkets. You can put bottles in the machines and get money back. You can get one to two yuan per bottle. People like this because they can get money and protect the environment at the same time.
Japan: A trash truck (垃圾车) comes to people’s doors to pick up their garbage. It plays music when it’s coming. There are eight or more kinds of garbage. If you sort any of them wrong, you will get a notice on your door.
Indonesia: People can take buses for free if they give plastic bottles to bus stations. An hour-long bus ride costs three large bottles, five medium bottles or 10 plastic cups. But the bottles must be clean.
What can we learn from Paragraph 1
A. Shanghai is the first city in China to make a garbage-sorting policy.
B. China is the first country in the world to make a garbage-sorting policy.
C. Many other cities in China have garbage-sorting policies.
D. Many people don’t like Shanghai’s garbage-sorting policy.
2. With the battery example, the writer tries to tell us _____.
A. how to sort our garbage B. the importance of sorting our garbage
C.what harmful waste is D. the difficulty of sorting our garbage
3. Why can’t we ask factories to sort garbage
A. Because we don’t have this kind of factory.
B. Because it takes too many workers to do it.
C. Because factories ask for too much money.
D. Because not all garbage can go to factories.
4. People in Indonesia _______________________.
A. put bottles in the machines and get money back
B. take buses for free if they give dirty plastic bottles to bus stations
C. will get a notice on their door if they sort any of them wrong
D. have an hour’s free bus ride if they give ten plastic cups to bus stations
5. What’s the main idea of the passage
A. Why we sort garbage B. How Shanghai sorts garbage
C. Sorting garbage is necessary D. Sorting garbage is easy
ABBDC
International Poetry Competition
World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March. Its purpose is to improve people's ability to read, write, and teach poems all over the world.
This year, the International Poetry Centre is holding a poetry competition to celebrate the festival! The competition is open to all the poets（诗人）aged 18 and over from all over the world, and they will be divided into two groups:
Open Group (open to all the poets aged 18 and over)
ESL Group(open to all the poets aged 18 and over who can write in English as a Second language)
The winners of each group will receive 1000.
Rules:
◆ All the poems must be unpublished（未出版的）works.
◆ Poems will not be returned, so please keep a copy.
◆ The poem(s) must be in English and created by the poet himself/herself.
◆ Poems can be written on any proper subject. No subject on violence（暴力）or drugs.
The competition begins on 3 March, 2017 and ends on 28 August, 2017.
To enter the competition, please visit the Centre Shop to pay 5 for each poem. Once the payment is made, please email the poem(s) to poetrycomp@center.uk. Remember to mark Open or ESL in the top right-hand corner of the document（文档） to show which group to enter before emailing your poem(s).
Questions about the competition can be emailed to poetrycomp@center.uk.
( ) 1.The World Poetry Day is on _______.
A. March 28th B. March 3rd C. March 21st D. August 28th
( )2. The purpose of the World Poetry Day is_______ .
A. to encourage the British to write poems
B. to teach children how to read and write poems
C. to raise money for the poets from all over the world
D. to help people to read. write and teach poems better
( )3. The rules for the competition include the following EXCEPT_______ .
A. that poets can write poems in any language
B. that poets must use their unpublished poems
C. that poems can't be taken back after the competition
D. that poems can't be written on the subject of violence or drugs
( )4. Poets can get 1000 if ________.
A. they win in the group B. their poems are published
C. they enter the competition D. their poems are written by themselves
( )5. Which is the correct order for poets to enter the competition
① Pay 5 for each poem.
② Visit the Centre Shop.
③ Email their poem(s) to poetrycomp@centre.uk.
④ Mark Open or ESL in the top right-hand corner of their document.
A.①②③④ B.②①③④ C.②①④③ D.③④②①
CDAAC
The size and shape of your ears show your character more than any other part of the face. Other parts of the face change shapes as we get older, but ears do not change their shapes. They only change in size.
Reading people's character from their ears is a very old science. In the past people thought that a person's ears with color were dangerous. They also thought that the shape of the ears showed if a person was musical or not. Today, too many people believe that the size and shape of the ears help you know if a person is musical.
Ears are all different, and each different thing has a meaning. Next time you look at a person, see if his or her ears are large, medium-size(中等尺寸), or small. Look at the lobes(耳垂). Do they stick to the face Ears that are always red mean that a person may get angry easily. Ears that are always cold and nearly white color mean that a person has a nervous character.
( )1. When we grow up, _________ .
A. our ears will not change in size B. our ears will be the same size
C. our ears will get colder D. our ears will not change in shape
( )2. If someone’s ears are red, it means _________ .
A. he/she is a kind person. B. he/she is very happy.
C. he/she may get angry easily. D. he/she drinks a lot.
( )3. If you look at someone’s ears, the right way is to see _________.
A. his face, ears and nose B. the size, color and shape
C. his mouth, eyes and nose D. the hair, eyes and color
1.D 2.C 3.B
It is possible to do many simple tricks with numbers. Here is one trick. It has seven steps. First, write down your house number. For example, if your address is 73 Lemon Street, you would write down 73. Next, double it. In other words9 multiply it by two. Then, add five to this doubled number. For example, if your address is 73 and you have doubled it, you will get 146. Then, if you added five, you'd get 151. So, to repeat the first three steps, Write down your house number, double it, and add five. Fourth, multiply this number by 50. In our example here, if you multiply 151 by 50, you'll get 7550. The fifth step is to add your age to this total. For example, if you're 26 years old, you should add 26 to this total. In our example here, the result would be 7550 plus 26, you'll get 7576. Sixth, you have to add the number of days in a year, which is 365. In our example here, 365 added to 7576 is 7941. The seventh and final step is this: subtract(减) 615 from the number that you have. In our example, 7941 minus(减) 615 is 7326.
The result here, 7-3-2-6, is the trick. The first part of the number is the address and the last part of the number is the age of the person. That is, 73 is the address that we started with, and 26 is the age that we used.
If you follow these seven steps with any address and the age of any person. You will get the same result.
( )4. According to(根据) the trick, what number can you get if you are 16 years old and your house number is 85
A.1685. B.8516. C.8165. D.1658.
( )5. How can your age number appear at the last part off the result
A. It’s really a trick.
B. By taking all the steps except Step 1 and Step 2.
C. By taking Step 6 and Step 7.
D. By taking all the steps.
( )6. What’s the secret of the trick
A. It’s impossible to know.
B. By taking Step 2 and Step 4, we get the formula(公式) : your address number× 2 × 50.
C. By taking all the steps except 1 and 2, we get the formula: 5 × 50 + your age number ＋365－615＝your age number.
D. Both B and C.
4.B 5.B 6.D
New rules and behaviour standards (行为规范) for middle school students came out in March. Middle school is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. The best students won’t only have high marks. They will also be kids who don't dye (染) their hair, smoke or drink. The following are some of the new rules.
Tell the truth. Have you ever copied someone else's work on an exam Don-t do it again! That’s not something an honest student should do. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room, don't tell your parents you have done homework.
Do more at school. Good students love animals and care for other people. April is Bird-Loving Month in our country. Is your school doing anything to celebrate You should join! That way, you can learn more about animals and how to protect them. When more people work together, it makes it more fun for everyone. Have you ever quarreled with your teammates when your basketball team lost Only working together can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with. Try to think of others, not only yourself.
Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon Perhaps you'll discover Earth II someday. Don’t look down on new ideas. Everyone's ideas are important. You should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyone.
Protect yourself. Has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates Don’t let it happen to you. If you have to go home late, you should let your parents know.
Use the Internet carefully. The Internet can be very useful for your studies. But some things on the Internet aren't for kids, so try to look at Web pages that are good for you. You can use the Web for fun or homework. Can’t you find any good Web sites for children Here are some:
http://kids.eastday. com http://www. . com, http://www.
( ) 7. According to the passage, which of the following is not true
A. Take care of yourself when you are out.
B. Tell the truth, even when you are wrong.
C. Keep some animals to protect them.
D. Use the Internet, but keep away from bad things.
( )8. The main idea of the paragraph "Do more at school " is about _________.
A. making the team stronger B. working together with others
C. being a good friend to others D. getting on well with others
( )9. Good Web sites for children can _________.
A. be a waste of time B. help them with their studies
C. do homework for them D. make life easier
( )10. The passage tells us how to _________.
A. be top students B. do more at school
C. care for others D. use the Internet
7.C 8.D 9.B 10.A
Mr. Knight was the manager of a hotel. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr. King explained that because of the meeting, there were no rooms ready for use. The men were very unhappy because they had no place to stay at.
Mr. Knight wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418, a very small room upstairs, was empty. He asked the men if they would share it. The three said they would. Mr. Knight said that the rent would be thirty dollars. Each man should only pay ten. The men agreed, paid the money and went up to the room.
Mr. Knight soon began to feel sorry. "Thirty dollars is too much for that small room," he thought. "I should give them a discount." He called his assistant over and said, "Here’s five dollars. Give it to the men in Room 418. I’ve asked them too much money for that small room.”
The assistant took the money. While he was on the way to Room 418, he started to think, "How can the three men divide five dollars I’ll give each of them only one dollar and keep two dollars for myself. The men will be happy enough to get anything back. I’ll take a little money and Mr. Knight will never know." So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.
Now the puzzle is: Each man had at first paid ten dollars. When each got one dollar back from the assistant, it means each man had actually paid only nine dollars. There were three men. $9 × 3 ＝$27. The assistant kept $2. So $27 + $2 = $29. Where is the missing dollar
( )11. Mr. Knight was _________.
A. a person who wanted to have a room B. a person who managed the hotel
C. the assistant D. a trveller who had been in the hotel before the three men
( )12. The three men _________.
A. went to another hotel B. each got a small room for the night
C. shared one small room D. stayed in the small room Mr Knight had kept for himself
( )13. At first each of the three men paid _________.
A. $ 10 B. $ 25 C. $ 27 D. $ 9
( )14. The assistant kept _________.
A. two dollars for himself B. one dollar for himself
C. three dollars for himself D. two dollars for himself at first but returned it later
( )15. Where is the missing dollar
A. It was taken by the assistant. B. There wasn’t any missing dollar.
C. The dollar was taken by Mr. Knight. D. The dollar was taken by the three men
11.B 12.C 13.A 14.A 15.B
Over 1,400 university students from 37 countries and regions came to China for the 2006's World MUN meeting (世界大学生模拟联合国大会). The meeting was held in Peking University from March 27th to 31st, 2006.
The idea of the World MUN began in 1991. A group of students at Harvard (哈佛) University wanted to make a new meeting to bring together the students who were interested in the world. They wanted to discuss different problems around the world. The World MUN is based on understanding, compromise, learning and friendship. The first meeting was held in Poland in 1992. After that, it is held in spring every year. Last year, it was held in Scotland.
This was the first time the World MUN meeting was held in Asia. It was also the biggest one in history. The students came from the best universities around the world. During the five-day meeting, they did everything that people in the UN do. Though their skin colors and cultures were different, they had the same wish to make the world better.
1.So far, the World MUN meeting has been held.
A. 13 times B. 14 times C. 15 times D. 16 times
2.The word "compromise" in the passage means in Chinese.
A.友谊B.理解C.和解D.屈服
3.Which of the following is NOT true
A. The students want to travel around the world.
B. The students are interested in the world.
C. The students want to discuss different problems.
D. The students wish to make the world better.
4.The best title of the passage is.
A. The First World MUN Meeting B. The World MUN Meeting
C. University Students D. Problems Around the World
CCAB
When someone says "Well, I guess I'll have to go to face the music", it does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this or that, and why you did not do this or that. Sour music, indeed, but it has to be faced.
The phrase "to face the music" is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the expression come from
The first information comes from the American writer James Fenimore Cooper. He said -- in 1851-- that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on stage. After they got their cue to go on, they often said, "It's time to go to face the music." And that is exactly what they did face the orchestra(交响乐团) which was just below the stage.
An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out.
So, "to face the music" came to mean having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.
The other explanation comes from the army. Men had to face inspection(检阅) by their leader. The soldiers worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment(装备) clean---
shiny enough to pass inspection Still, the men had to go out, and face the music of the band, as well as the inspection. What else could they do
5. According to the passage, the word "music" means
A. your boss's criticism (批评) B. your leader's inspection
C. something unpleasant to be experience D. sour pop music
6. The phrase "to face the music" was the first used by_ _
A. all the Americans B. the American writer James Fenimore Cooper
C. some American actors D. the American orchestra
7. "To face the music" is also used to mean that soldiers were not willing_ _.
A. to be examined about their equipment B. to be found weak
C. to show themselves up in public D. to be inspected by their leader
8. The passage is mainly about_ _.
A. the meaning of the phrase "to face the music"B. how to deal with something unpleasant
C. the phrase "to face the music" in America D. how to go through difficulty
CCDA
We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different time of day. This is so familiar that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one really understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process (过程) is not as simple as we might think, as recent experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant (连续的) darkness. We might expect that the flowers, without any information about the time of day, did not open as they normally do. In fact, they continued to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious (神秘的) way of knowing the time. Their sense of time does not depend on information from the outside world; it is, so to speak, inside them, a kind of "inner clock".
This discovery (发现) may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also animals -including man -have this "inner clock" which controls the working of their bodies and influences (影响) their activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this mysterious power. Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food.
In the past, this did not matter very much because people lived in natural condition. In the modern world, things are different; now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a lot of people who have to work at night. It would be very useful, then, to know more about the "inner clock". Such ordinary things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves.
9.A recent experiment showed that.
A. different flowers open and close at different times of day
B. for their opening and closing, flowers do not need information from the outside world
C. flowers are influenced by weak light even when they are in a dark room
D. flowers can be used for telling the time
10.The "inner clock".
A. is an unimportant discovery B. is only found in animals
C. has not been understood by far D. has an effect on human life
11.Further study of the "inner clock" will be useful because .
A. it might help us in some way
B. we do not yet understand plants and animals well enough
C. the number of spacemen and airplane pilots is fast increasing
D. we should try to live more naturally than we do now
12.Kept in constant darkness, flowers.
A. will not open or close as usual B. will not open any longer
C. will open as they do in natural conditions D. will always remain in full blossom (开花)
13.have a mysterious power of knowing time without information from the outside world.
A.Animals including man as well as plants B.All living things except man
C.Flowers are the only things in the world that D.Neither animals nor plants
BDACA
As far back as he could remember, Larry had wanted to go to Hollywood and become a film star. The young man’s hopes for success were broken again and again. However, Hollywood was just everything to him. When he first came to California Larry had decided never to give up and return home without success. Therefore, he kept on trying. “Some day，” he told himself，“my big chance would come.”
Larry found a job—parking cars at one of Hollywood’s big restaurants. His pay was low，but since the guests were kind enough to give him more money, he managed to make a living. One day he recognized an important film director driving into the parking lot and getting out of his car. Larry had recently heard that the man was ready to make a new picture.
Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot and park it. Then he stopped, jumped out, and ran over to the director. “Excuse me，sir，but I think it’s only fair to tell you that it’s now or never if you want me in your next picture. A lot of big companies are after me.”
Instead of pushing away the boy, the director laughed, then wrote something on a card and handed it to the young man. “Come and see me tomorrow.”
Larry got a small part in the director's next film. He was on his way!
( )1. It’s clear that Larry’s job—parking cars ________.
A. helped him make a lot of money
B. brought him the hope to be a film star
C. made him fail again and again in getting into Hollywood
D. gave him few chances to meet stars
( )2. The film director asked Larry to meet him the next day because _______ .
A. he needed a driver very much B. Larry would become a star
C. some big companies would give him a job D. Larry expressed his hope in a wise way
( )3. We can learn from the story that _______ .
A. the film director knew Larry’s hard experience before
B. Larry managed to be a part in the new film
C. the job parking cars could bring young people everything
D. the new film was not so important for the director
( )4. “He was on his Way”refers to the fact that _______.
A. he gave up and returned home B. he began to work towards success
C. he drove the director's car to Hollywood D. he had a long way to go to be in the film
( )5. The story mainly wants to tell us _______ .
A. it was hard for Larry, to find a job in a restaurant in Hollywood
B. Larry was so lucky to meet the director in the parking lot
C. why Larry could remember many things before
D. how Larry succeeded- in his new life in Hollywood
1—5 BDBBD
Mr Fuller was a polite young man. He left a college and found a job in a big hotel. He was kind to everyone and ready to help others. Mr Galt believed in him and paid him more. And the young man thanked him very much and worked harder.
Mr Galt had a daughter named Dianne. The little girl was self-willed and never listened to others. She liked nothing but dressing up and spent a lot of time in dancing. The old man liked her very much and never paid attention to it. The girl made friends with plenty of young men and she always made them obey (顺从）her. So nobody would marry het old girl, she was worried about it. The old man had to marry her to Mr Fuller though he came from a poor family.
The woman looked down upon her husband and never went out with him. Mr Galt knew all about it, but told the young man to obey her. Mr Fuller was sorry for it but didn’t mind it. He did all at home and never asked Her where she Had been or who she had.
One evening Mr Fuller was busy and forgot to wake his wife up in time. The woman was angry and hit him on the nose. Blood ran down his face and dropped on his white shirt. He picked up a stick and held it up. The woman fell to the floor while she was running towards him. And her beautiful skirt was broken. The young man ran to the police station in a hurry while his wife was looking for a knife.
“What’ s the matter，sir ” asked a policeman.
“I beat(打）my wife just now,” answered Mr Fuller.
“Have you ever beaten her to death ”
“I’ve come here just because I have NOT.”
( )6. Nobody would marry Dianne because ______.
A. they were afraid to live with such a girl like her B. she was born in a rich family
C. she was 28 years old. D. her father had only one hotel
( ) 7.______, so the young man married her.
A. Mr Fuller wasn't afraid of Dianne B. Mr Ftiller knew Dianne had much money
C. Mr Fuller loved Dianne very much D. Mr Puller thanked Mr Galt very much.
( )8. Dianne didn’t think_____, so she didn’t love him.
A. her husband was polite to her B. her husband was rich enough
C. her husband could dance with her D. her husband could do housework at home
( )9. Mr Fuller picked up a stick to ______.
A. beat his wife B. tidy the room
C. frighten(吓唬)his wife D. kill his wife
( )10. Mr Fuller ran to the police station because _______.
A. he was afraid to be killed B. he thought He had hurt his wife
C. he knew he had done wrong D. he had no money to pay for her skirt
6—10 ADBCA
As an old Chinese saying goes, food is what matters most to people. A Bite of China Season Two, all about the history and culture of eating and cooking in China, broadcast on CCTV-1 from April 18 to June 6. Food plays an important role in our daily life. It is also one of the most important parts of Chinese culture. Besides the rich food culture in China, A Bite of China Season Two also wants to show the joys and sadnesses of ordinary Chinese in changing times through food.
The documentary makes viewers long for home and the tastes of childhood. One Weibo user wrote, “A Bite of China Season Two makes me have so many words to say. It makes me think of my parents and grandmother. I remember my father taught me how to fish when I was a kid. I haven’t been home for a long time, so I’ve decided to go back in a few days.”
The documentary uses food as a window to introduce China to the world. Viewers can see how Chinese people love life by loving food. The new season is not just an introduction to food. It also explores the relationship between Chinese people and their food. Anyone who wants to know more about Chinese food culture and Chinese society should have a bite of the programme.
31. What type of TV programme is A Bite of China Season Two
A. A cartoon. B. A documentary. C. A comedy. D. A chat show
32. When did the programme begin on CCTV-1
A. April 6. B. April 18. C. June 6. D. July 6.
33. What’s the main idea of the programme
A. The development of Chinese history. B. An introduction to Chinese culture.
C. The history and culture of Chinese food. D. Feelings of ordinary Chinese.
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Jenny wanted to encourage students to read more famous books, so she decided to put an introduction to some interesting children’s story books in the school newspaper.
The Little Prince (《小王子》is a famous work written by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. In the book, the little prince leaves his own planet to explore the universe (宇宙). In his journey, he finds that the adult world is really strange and boring. Finally, he goes back to his planet which is full of love. The book is really popular throughout the world.
Charlotte’s Web (《夏洛特的网》is a famous children’s novel written by American author E. B. White. The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a spider named Charlotte on a farm. When Wilbur is in danger of being killed for his meat by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages to praise Wilbur in her web and saves him. Wilbur becomes famous in the village and he is safe in the end. When it came out in 1952, the book was welcomed by both adults and children. And it is still very popular today.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (《爱德华的奇妙之旅》is a 2006 novel written by Kate DiCamillo. The book is about an unusual journey of a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. He travels from one place to another, meeting many people. During his journey, he learns to love and finally finds love again. This book is popular nowadays and