2012中考英语阅读理解实例演练（答案）

2012中考英语阅读理解实例演练（答案）
Section Two
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Tom, an 11-year-old boy, was ill. He had got a cough. His mother was worried and took him to see a doctor. The doctor looked over Tom carefully and said, “Tom, nothing serious.” Then he gave him some medicine. These are the words on the instruction of the cough medicine.
InstructionTake three times a day after mealsDose(剂量): Grown-ups: 2 spoons each timeChildren: 8-l4yrs. one spoon, 4-7 yrs. 1/2 spoonNot fit for children below the age of 4 yearsNotes: 1. Store in a cold place. 2. Using before Oct. 2004-2-23Tel & Fax: 021-56317708E-mail: www.cmxc.comAdd: No. 10 Nanjing Road, Shanghai
1. Tom should take three spoons in a day.
2. Tom had better have his meals before he takes the medicine.
3. The medicine can be kept in a fridge.
4. Children aged five can’t take this medicine.
5. From this instruction we know Tom can go on using the left medicine after Oct. 2004.
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Inventions arrive every day. When people invent great new things, we get ideas about the future.
What will the future be like It’s possible that we may often fly up into space! Out of all the coolest inventions of the year, Space Ship One is thought to be the best.
Space Ship One is a 6-metre-long white spaceship. On June 21, 2004, American pilot Mike Mclville flew it to space and back－about 100 kilomtres up into the sky.
Some might say it’s not a big deal. You know, people went to the moon years ago.
Well, Space Ship One is special because it is the first spaceship that wasn’t made by the government(政府). It was built and sent up by a private(私人的) US company.
Lots of people went to travel in space. But it’s too expensive. American millionaire(百万富翁) Dennis Tito paid almost US $20 million to become the first space tourist to visit the International Space Station in 2001.
So private companies began to think of making their own spaceship to take other tourists up into space.
The success of Space Ship One is a good start.
“The flight opens a new page in history, putting space within the reach of ordinary people,” said Patti Smith, an official at US Federal Aviation Administration(联邦航空管理局).
In the next 10 to 15 years, if you pay $20,000 to $100,000 you could fly high above the earth.
What about having your own spaceship in your garage(车库) and taking it to space at the weekend.
1. Of all the coolest inventions from which people can get ideas about the future of the year, Space Ship One was chosen as the best one.
2. From the passage, we know that only few people have the right to build the spaceship.
3. If you want to fly to the International Space Station, you’d better keep healthy and eat more food.
4. People would know things well about the space since 1960.
5. The successful flight of Space Ship One opens a new page in history, because it puts space near to the ordinary people.
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Department stores (百货商店) in the United States are very large. They are called department stores because they have many different departments. For example, you can buy dresses, blouses and skirts in the Women’s Clothing department. You can buy suits, shirts and ties in Men’s Clothing department. Parents can buy clothing for their children in the Children’s Clothing Department. And shoes, boots, and sneakers (运动鞋) are in the Shoe Department.
Most department stores have TVs and radios in their Home Entertainment Departments. Some stores also have Appliance (器具) Departments. You can buy refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, and other appliances there.
Do you want to read a book Go to the Book Department! Do you want to buy a pair of earrings (耳环) or a necklace Go to Jewelry Department! Do you want to buy some special chocolate Go to the Gourmet Food Department (美食店)!
There are a lot of other reasons why people shop in department stores. You can buy things at special low prices when department stores have sales. Sometimes stores even have half-price sales!
You can also return things at department stores. Take your receipt (收据) to the Customer Service Department, and you can exchange the item (项目) or get back the money. In some stores, you can even eat lunch or dinner in a restaurant.
Department stores are great places to shop because people can get almost everything they want in one place.
1. You can buy sneakers either in the Women’s Clothing department or in the Men’s Clothing
department.
2. Most department stores sell television sets.
3. If you want to buy an air-conditioner (空调), you should go to the Jewelry Department.
4. You can save money when the store has a sale.
5. If you want to return something, you can be served a good meal.
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Many American families live busy lives. Every week, the children have sports, music lessons, club meetings, and many other activities, including (包括) hours of homework. The parents are busy, too. They work, take care of their homes, cook meals, and drive their children to activities. Some families do not have time to eat meals together more than once a week. One American community (社区) decided that it was time to take a break.
After seven months of planning, the community of Ridgewood, New Jersey, took one night off. They called it “Family Night”, a night for families to spend time together. Sports teams stopped their practices, and teachers did not give homework.
On Family Night, families agreed to turn off their televisions. They also decided not to answer the telephone. Answering machines said, “Please call back tomorrow.” Many families ordered take-out pizza and other take-out food so that they wouldn’t spend time cooking.
Popular activities included board games and card games. These games gave families a chance to spend time together. Children and parents weren’t so busy, and children didn’t spend so much time playing video games and watching television. On Family Night, families relaxed and spent the evening together. The town hopes to have many more “Family Nights”.
1. Many American families are too busy.
2. Children have many other activities besides homework.
3. It took one night for Ridgewood to plan the special “Family Night”.
4. Parents cooked a big dinner for the whole family on “Family Night”.
5. More “Family Nights” are expected by the people in the town.
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The Red Cross helps the children of different countries know each other better. Children in schools all over the world have their own Red Cross groups. These children write letters and send presents and pictures to one another. The American Red Cross also gives help and advice to the Red Cross societies of other countries. Through these activities the Red Cross hopes to bring about a more friendly, more peaceful world.
1. The children of different countries can know each other better because the Red Cross helps them to do so.
2. The Red Cross doesn't have many members in schools in Asia.
3. The children in the Red Cross groups write letters and send presents and pictures to each爋ther because they just want to know each other.
4. What the Red Cross does is to hope that the people all over the world will live in peace.
5. The Red Cross is doing something good for the friendship of the people.
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Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events - love, sadness, good times and bad times. It tells real-life stories and sounds in the way people really talk. As life becomes hard for us, it is good to hear music about ordinary people.
Country music, sometimes called country-western music, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the west. The singers usually play the guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars.
At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.
Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada, in small towns and among towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day. English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor Southerners is now popular all over the world.
1. People like country music because it is about human feelings and events.
2. Country music comes from the Northeast and Midwest of America.
3. City people thought country music was low class because it was sung by cowboys and poor southerners.
4. Country music became popular during World War II.
5. Today country music is sung by stars all in English.
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For most Americans, life without a car is hard to imagine. However, society has realized the serious air pollution problem caused by cars. The polluted air becomes poisonous(有毒的) to our health.
One way to get rid of(摆脱) the polluted air is to build a car that does not pollute. That’s what several large companies have been trying to do. But to build a clean car is easier said than done. Progress is this field has been slow.
Another way is to replace the car engine(发动机) with something. Now inventors are working on steam(蒸汽) cars as well as electric cars. Many car makers believe that it will take years to develop a useful model that pleases people.
To prevent the world from being polluted by cars, we make some changes in the way we live. Americans, for example, have to reduce(减少) the number of their total cars. They should be encouraged to travel and go to work by bicycle.
But this change does not come easily. A large number of workers might find themselves without jobs if a car factory is closed. Thus the problem of air pollution would become less important than that of unemployment(失业).
Although cars have led(引导) us to better lives, they have also brought us new problems.
1. A car is very important for most Americans.
2. Building a clean car is not difficult.
3. One way to get rid of the polluted air is to replace the car engine.
4. The writer thinks that the problem of air pollution is more important that that of unemployment.
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Many years ago, there was a man. He had a cat and loved it very much. He decided to call it Sky. One day, a friend said to him, "Let me tell you that there is something stronger than the sky. I mean the clouds, for they cover the sky." "You are right." answered the man, "And now I'm going to give my cat the name ‘Cloud’”.
Two days later, another man was having supper with him at his house. “Why do you call cat Cloud The wind blows away the cloud without difficulty.” So the man changed its name again. It was then called Wind.
But a week had not passed when his neighbor noticed this quite beautiful cat. He said, “Wind seems to be the worst name. Even a wall can stop the wind. Wall seems to be better.” So the cat was called Wall. But a teacher said that a wall was not stronger than a mouse. The man had to change the name again. Just then the man's son came in. “Mouse!” he shouted. “What a foolish name! I know something much stronger than a mouse. Everyone knows that a cat catches the mouse and eats it. A cat is stronger than a mouse,” said the boy. This time the man saw his mistake. He changed its name back to Cat again.
1. The man named his cat “Sky” because he liked it very much.
2. One day he changed the name Sky because he was told that the sky was higher than the cloud.
3. He turned the name to “Cloud” because he found that the cloud would be blown away by the wind.
4. His neighbor considered "Wind" the worst name because even a wall could stop it.
5. Finally the man called his cat “cat” because he thought a wall not stronger than mouse.
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Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school
If you do, you need to take control of your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry with people can cause you to lose friends.
Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written “My Feelings Just Like Wild Animals” to help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them.
The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can never make them better.
Getting angry is not a natural way to act, the book says. It is just a bad habit, like smoking.
The book says you can control your anger(怒气) easily －all you have to do is tell yourself not to be angry.
When a baby falls over, it only cries if people are watching it.
Like a baby, you should only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do.
The book gives many tips(提示) to help you if you get angry easily. Here are our top three:
1. Keep a record. Every time you get angry write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.
2. Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
3. Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh!
1. Getting angry with people can cause you to lose friends.
2. The book “My Feelings Just Like Wild Animals” can help you make more friends.
3. The book says you can control your anger easily by telling yourself not to be angry.
4. If you fall over, you should get angry.
5. Keeping a record can help you learn from your past experience and control your anger.
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These two letters appeared in a newspaper. Both writers have their own ideas on zoos.
Zoos Do a Good JobIt is good to keep animals in zoos. I know a lot people think it is wrong to keep animals in zoos. However, I believe that zoos have many good points. Firstly, zoos are places for people to see many different kinds of animals from all over the world. Without zoos, most people would never see a real bear or tiger.Secondly, zoos look after the animals very well. The animals are always given food and cleaned regularly(定期). In the wild(荒野), it is not always possible for an animal to find food, so sometimes it goes hungry. But animals kept in zoos never go hungry. Thirdly, zoos protect the animals they look after. They offer them safe places to live in. In the wild, some kinds of animals are in danger of becoming extinct(灭绝). But zoos give these animals a chance to live. Without zoos, there would be fewer kinds of animals in the world. Maria Smith
Zoos Are UnnaturalIn Maria’s letter, she says that zoos are good for animals. I am afraid that zoos are not good for animals, and they are only good for people. It is unnatural(非自然的) and unfair(不公平的) to keep wild animals in cages that are too small for them. In the wild, these animals would travel freely. In zoos, they can’t do this. This is why the bears and tigers look so sad. Most cages are not very clean either. It is true that zoos give the animals food regularly, but this is not natural. Wild animals are used to looking for their own food. We should treat(对待) animals in the same way that we treat other people－with respect(尊重).Would anyone be happy if you don’t let him go outside his home Would Maria like to have lots of people standing outside her house looking at her No, she wouldn’t. Any animals don’t like it either. Philip Black
1. Maria and Philip have quite different ideas on keeping animals in zoos.
2. In Maria’s opinion(观点), a real bear or tiger can only be seen in zoos.
3. Maria thinks that animals live better in zoos than in the wild.
4. According to Philip, if cages are big and clean enough, tigers and bears will look happy.
5. Maria and Philip are discussing how to make animals in zoos happy.
Section Three
Choose the best choice from ABC or D according to each passage.
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For many years scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something new－hot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in summer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has rooftop temperatures of up to 50 degrees while it is 27 degrees in the streets! At night, the outsides of the building stay so hot that the heat of the city causes storm over the city.
China also has the same kind of problems. Every year more farming land is used for factories or offices. More housing is needed, too. As people become richer, they buy more cars. Now roads are needed and new car parks are built in the city centers. This all makes the city hotter.
It is not easy to change the situation. City planners say that we should plant more trees in the middle of cities. Every new street should have trees on both sides, they say. Trees make the temperatures lower, so we should have more trees in our parks and squares. Also we should paint our roofs white. If we do this, they do not become so hot. Every roof in a hot and sunny country should have solar roof panels. The electricity from these can be used to run the air conditioners in the building.
People continue to cut down forests around the cities. This makes the problem worse. Cities are growing faster and faster. By the year 2025, 80％ of the world’s population will be living in cities. If we go on like this, there will not be enough farmland to feed everyone in the world.
1. The best title for the passage is _______.
A. The earth is getting warmer B. More land is needed
C. Cities are warmer in winter D. Scientists are worried about storms
2. What have scientists found
A. Atlanta is the hottest town in the USA. B. Buildings become very hot in the sun.
C. It is not as hot on the roof as in the street. D. There are not as many storms as before.
3. What can we do to make the cities cooler
A. Make more Parks. B. Use air conditioners more.
C. Paint the roofs of all the white buildings. D. Plant more trees.
4. What may happen in future
A. Most people will move to the villages. B. People will plant more trees outside the cities.
C. We will not have enough food. D. The problem will get better, not worse
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When might you need to give blood(血) for a personality test The answer is that you need to do so when you ask for a job.
Some people believe that your blood group hides(隐藏) no secrets. It shows the “real you”. And the owners of certain blood groups might be particularly good or bad at certain tasks(任务). This is the very reasons of why you could be asked to offer your blood group before being given a job.
The new idea was carried out first in Japan and now it has been brought over to other parts of the world. One important business company in Japan is quite special about this need:“For our office members, we must have 30 percent of group A and 15 percent of AB, 25 percent of O and 30 percent of B”.
Do you happen to know your own blood group It seems that if you belong to blood group O, you can get things done and sell the goods well. Blood group A are the thinkers, while blood group B are highly creative. And if you have problems, ask the ABs to solve them. So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and A types keeping order in the office.
1. According to the passage, __________.
A. four types of the blood were discovered by Japan
B. people of good blood might do their work very well
C. know your own blood group and you could get a good job
D. more and more countries have accepted the new idea about blood groups
2. Creative persons, good salesmen, thinkers and problem solvers are the four kinds of persons needed by the Japanese company. The proportion mentioned in the passage is __________ respectively.
A. 30%, 15%, 25% and 30% B. 30%, 30%, 25% and 15%
C. 30%, 25%, 30% and 15% D. 25%, 15%, 30% and 30%
3. People belonging to blood group B might be good at __________.
A. sports and games B. smoothing away difficulties
C. doing office work D. painting and writing
4. This passage seems to lead you to believe ____________.
A. your blood group could affect your work
B. blood types can never change your life
C. the idea about blood groups has little scientific basis
D. personality tests are exactly correct
5. This passage is mainly about ___________.
A. the origin of blood group
B. the effect of the blood group on personality
C. the secrets of blood groups
D. the new skill of hiring people
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When you want to call a store or an office that you don’t call often, you may look the number up in a telephone book. You dial (拨) the number, and then you forget it! Your short-term (短期) memory last about 30 seconds. However, you don’t need to look in the telephone book for your best friend’s number because you already know it. This information is in your long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember through the years.
Why do you forget things sometimes There are several reasons. An important reason for forgetting something is that you didn’t learn it well in the beginning. For example, you meet some new people, and soon you forget their names. You hear the names but you don’t learn them, so you forget them.
You can help yourself remember better. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. You can do this if you practise the new information for more times.
1. Why do you forget the telephone number that you don’t call often
A. Because the telephone number is too long.
B. Because the telephone number is very strange.
C. Because you look it up in the telephone book.
D. Because you use your short-term memory to remember it.
2. Which is easier to forget
A. Your best friend’s name. B. Something that you understand.
C. The new information that you have practised a lot.
D. Something that you didn’t learn well in the beginning.
3. How long does a person’s short-term memory last
A. About half a second. B. About half a minute.
C. About half an hour. D. About half a day.
4. What’s helpful for you to remember better
A. Learn something well in the end.
B. Look something up often.
C. Use your short-term memory to learn things.
D. Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory.
5. The writer mainly wants to tell us some ideas on how to _______.
A. keep something in mind long B. learn a foreign language well
C. make a telephone call D. remember a person’s name
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When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P.T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles’ parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.
He gave the two-foot tall Charles a new name, General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act, and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.
During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall.
Tom’s act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty-five.
Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a school teacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.
The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about two thousand guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their honeymoon, just before the couple would be going to live in Tom’s house in Connecticut.
Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored “Tom Thumb” weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.
1. “talk of the town” means ________.
A. it was in the newspaper
B. people spread rumors about it
C. it was the most popular thing happening
D. it was discussed in a city meeting
2. What does the author think about Tom Thumb’s wedding
A. People gave it too much of their attention.
B. It helped people cheer up in a dark time.
C. It was funny and ridiculous
D. Tom and Lavinia were stupid.
3. Which of the following is the best clue to the fact that Tom was smart
A. He became a billionaire at twenty-five.
B. He learned how to sing, dance, and act at a very young age.
C. He met with President Lincoln during his honeymoon.
D. He married a school teacher.
4. Tome would dance on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because ______.
A. the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom were tap dancing
B. it made Tome feel taller
C. the eight-foot-tall man was the only tall person Tom trusted
D. the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller
5. What is the main idea of the last paragraph
A. Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.
B. People are always disappointed during war time.
C. Entertainment can serve an important purpose.
D. People should be married when they are small children.
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Pat Brown went to her bank to ask for an ATM (自动取款机) card. It looks like a credit card. A few weeks later, the bank posted her a card and a four-number personal identification number (PIN). Her PIN is 1234.
As Pat was getting ready for bed one night, she remembered that she had only $2 in her bag. The next day she had to give $10 for a lunch for a co-worker. She didn’t want to get up early to go to the bank. So she had to go to the bank that night. She used her ATM card to take out $50 from her checking account (账户).
These are the steps she followed to withdraw (提取) money. First, she put her card in the lower slot (狭孔) on the right side of the machine. She made sure her card was facing the right way. Second, the computer screen said, “Please enter your PIN.” Pat pressed the number 1, 2, 3 and 4. Next, the screen said, “Please select type of transaction (交易) you want by pressing other keys.” Pat pressed the button key for taking out money.
Then the screen said, “From which account ” The choices it gave were Checking, Savings, and Money market. Pat pressed the key for Checking. Next, the screen said, “Please select amount (数量) of transaction (办理).” Pat pushed the number 5 and then 0 three times, and the screen read, “50.00.” The screen then read, “Please wait.” In less than a minute, it read, “Please lift the lid and take your money.”
Pat lifted the lid marked withdraw (提取). She counted her $50 to make sure the ATM hadn’t made a mistake. Then she waited for her withdrawal slip to come out of the slot at the upper right corner of the machine. Pat checked the slip to make sure it was correct. Then her ATM card was returned through the card slot. She put it in her bag and walked away. If Pat had made a mistake at any point by pressing the wrong button, she could have pressed Cancel (取消, 删去) and started over again.
1. What was Pat’s first step
A. Pressing the withdrawal button. B. Inserting (插入) her ATM card.
C. Counting her money.
2. What did Pat do at once after choosing the account
A. Selected whether to withdraw, deposit (存款), or transfer (转帐, 过户) money.
B. Lifted the lid and removed her money.
C. Selected the amount of money she wanted to withdraw.
3. When did Pat enter her PIN
A. Right after inserting her card. B. Right before selecting the account.
C. Right before selecting the amount of money.
4. When did Pat select the type of transaction
A. Right before receiving her withdrawal slip. B. Right after recording her PIN.
C. Right after selecting which account she wanted.
5. What did Pat do when the screen said “Please lift the lid and take your money.”
A. Took her $50. B. Got out her card. C. Picked up her withdrawal slip.
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To master a language one must be able to speak and understand the spoken language as well as to read and write. Lenin and his wife Krupskaya translated a long English book into Russian. But when they went to England in 1902, English people couldn’t understand a word they said and they couldn’t understand what was said to them. These days more and more foreigners are coming to China and more Chinese are going out to foreign countries to work or study. So the spoken language is becoming more and more important.
Speaking, of course, can’t go without listening. If you want to pronounce a word correctly, first you must hear it correctly. Thy sounds of the Chinese and English languages are not exactly the same. If you don’t listen carefully, you’ll find it difficult or even impossible to understand the native speakers.
Well, what about writing Like speaking, it’s to exchange ideas. People generally use shorter words and shorter sentences in their writing. The important thing is to make your idea clear in your head and then to write it in clear lively language.
Chinese students read far too slowly. If you read fast, you understand better. If you read too slowly, by the time you have reached the end of a page you have forgotten what the beginning is about. When you meet with new words, don’t look them up in the dictionary. Guess the meaning from the context. You may not guess quite correctly the first time, but as new words come up again and again in different contexts, their meaning will become clearer and clearer. If you look up every word, you’ll never finish a book.
Students of a foreign language need a particular knowledge, the knowledge of the life, history and geography of the people whose language they are studying. They should study these subjects in the foreign language, not only in translation. In this way one can kill two birds with one stone: learn a foreign language and get some knowledge of the foreign country at the same time.
1. How many points are there in the passage
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
2. In his first point the writer told us ____________.
A. how to speak English
B. how to read and write
C. why spoken English is important
D. why English people couldn’t understand Lenin
3. In his last point the writer advised us ____________.
A. to kill two birds with one stone
B. to learn two languages at a time
C. to study all the subjects in a foreign language
D. to get some knowledge of the foreign country whose language you are studying
4. In the fourth paragraph the writer gave some advice on ___________.
A. how to read faster
B. how to guess the meaning from the context
C. how to look up new words in the dictionary
D. how to grasp the general meaning of a passage
5. “To kill two birds with one stone” means ___________.
A. to get some particular knowledge B. to get more than what one pays
C. the stone is too big D. the birds are blind enough
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February 14th, Valentine’s Day, is a complicated but interesting occasion. First of all, Valentine’s Day is not a holiday from work. No one gets a day off. In many countries it is observed by sending cards to your friends and candy or flowers to your husband or wife if you’re married, or to your boy friend or girl friend if you’re not married. In Japan, some girls even give their fathers chocolates.
Why is this holiday for people in love called Valentine’s Day
One explanation comes from a Christian man whose name was something like“Valentine”. He lived at a time when the Roman Emperor refused to allow any Roman soldiers to get married for any reason. Many couples came to Valentine to be married. So he would secretly marry them in a Christian ceremony. He was discovered and put in prison by the Emperor. One tradition says that he wrote notes to his friends by marking on leaves and then throwing them out of the window of his prison. The leaves were shaped like a heart. Valentine was killed on February 14th and Valentine’s Day recalls his tragic death.
On Valentine’s Day, American elementary school children make or buy Valentine cards, write the name of a classmate on them, and take them to school and put them in a special Valentine’s Day box. And then on that day the box is opened, the cards are taken out and given out.
1. Which of the following is true about Valentine’s Day
A. It is observed by sending flowers to one’s husband or wife.
B. Children in Japan give their fathers chocolates.
C. It is a legal holiday in many countries.
D. People send candy to each other.
2. The man called Valentine was put in prison because ________.
A. He secretly got married in a Christian ceremony
B. He helped people get married when love was not allowed
C. He helped Roman soldiers get married
D. He wanted to kill the Roman Emperor
3. So he would secretly marry them in a Christian ceremony. “marry” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. Which priest is going to marry them
B. She has married off all her daughters.
C. I’m glad Hubert married a girl of spirit.
D. At present she doesn’t intend to marry at all.
4. People celebrate Valentine’s Day _________.
A. to take a day off B. in memory of Valentine C. C. to show their love D. both B and C
5. American school children don’t _______ on Valentine’s Day.
A. buy Valentine cards
B. make cards for their teachers
C. give each other Valentine cards
D. put their cards in a Valentine’s Day box
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Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, politics, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can make a living. School education is very important and useful. Yet, no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula. It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a math problem. Great scientists before us didn’t get everything from school. Their teachers only showed them the way. Edison didn’t even finish primary school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things for mankind. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not taught at school. They would ask many questions as they read. They did thousands of experiments. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. Above all, they knew how to use their brain.
1. People go to school to _________.
A. learn several subjects B. make a living
C. get an education D. learn from teachers
2. According to the passage, the most important thing a teacher should do is _________.
A. to teacher his students everything he knows
B. to know everything
C. to teach the students how to think
D. to teach the students how to study by themselves
3. To work out a math problem, you need to know _________.
A. only a certain formula B. more than one formula
C. some facts D. the method to solve it
4. Why were many scientists so successful
A. They received good education.
B. They were very clever.
C. They knew how to learn.
D. They learned lots of facts and formulas.
5. How did great scientists study
A. They read a lot of books and asked many questions while reading.
B. They did thousands of experiments.
C. They always worked hard and never wasted time.
D. All of the above.
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The customs in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plates as soon as I have emptied them. It often discomforts me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I don’t want to, because it is considered bad manners in the West to leave one’s food on the plate. I have already noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he very often refuses the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners in china, but it is not in the West at all. In the US it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on him accepting something. Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say “No, thanks”. When an American is fed with beer by the host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks, I’ll take some Diet. Pepsy–cola if you have it.” That is what an American will do. So when you go to the US, you had better remember the famous saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”.
1. From the passage, we know that the Chinese are usually _______ to the guests.
A. eager to give all they have B. polite
C. impolite D. cold
2. When a foreigner has dinner with a Chinese host, he often feels _________.
A. pleasant B. uncomfortable C. satisfied D. happy
3. Why does a Chinese often refuse the offer of food or drink at a dinner party Because _______.
A. he has had enough B. he is shy
C. he is afraid that others will laugh at him D. he thinks it’s polite to do that
4. When an American wants something to eat or drink at dinner, he will _________.
A. go and take it himself B. refuse the hosts offer
C. ask for it directly D. ask another to fetch it for him
5. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Means ________.
A. when you get to Rome, you should act as the Romans do
B. when you stay in Rome, you should do as the Romans do
C. when you are in a new country, you should do as the natives do
D. Romans can be example for you
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When we can see well, we don’t think about our eyes very often. It is only when we can not see perfectly that we come to see how important our eyes are.
People who are nearsighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Many people who do a lot of close work, such as writing, reading and sewing, become nearsighted. Then they have to wear glasses in order to see distant things clearly.
People who are farsighted suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length. If they want to do much reading, they must get glasses, too.
Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts（白内障）. Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.
When night falls, colours become fainter to the eyes and finally disappear. After your eyes have grown used to the dark, you can see better if you use the sides of your eyes rather than the centers. Sometimes, after dark, you can see a small thing to one side of you, which seems to disappear if you turn your head in its direction. This is because when you turn your head, you are looking at the thing too directly. Men on guard duty sometimes think they see something moving to one side of them. When they turn to look straight at it, they can’t see it any more, and they believe they were mistaken. However, this mistake happens because the center of the eye, which is very sensitive in daylight, is not as sensitive as the sides of the eye after dark.
1. We don’t know that our eyes are of great importance until ___.
A. we think about our eyes B. we cannot see clearly
C. we wear glasses D. we have to do much reading
2. According to the passage, a _________ is more likely to be nearsighted than the average person.
A. tailor B. doctor C. guard D. driver
3. Those who suffer from cataracts _________.
A. will become blind B. can’t be cured
C. may be cured D. must move to other places
4. People who are farsighted _________.
A. cannot do a lot of close work without glasses
B. can only see things that are very close to their eyes
C. have difficulty reading a book if they hold it at arm’s length
D. have the same problem as the nearsighted people
5. To see a small thing at night, it is better to look _________.
A. with wide open eyes B. with half-shut or narrow eyes
C. straight at it D. in a slightly different direction
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　　Hi, dear boys and girls! Do you know how to be a healthy kid Here are some rules you should follow.
　　First, eat different foods, especially fruit and vegetables. You may have a favourite food, but you'd better eat something different, if you eat different foods, you will probably get more nutrients (营养物质) your body needs.
　　Second, drink water and milk as often as possible. When you're really thirsty, cold water is the No.l choice (选择). Milk is a great drink that can give you more calcium (钙) your body needs to grow strong bones (骨头).
　　Third, listen to your body. How do you feel when you are full When you are eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach (胃) feels comfortably full. Eating too much will not make you feel comfortable and make you fat.
　　Fourth, limit (限制) screen time. Screen time is the time you watch TV, DVDs and videos, or using computers. It is good to take more exercise such as basketball, bike riding and swimming. You can't watch TV for more than two hours a day.
　　Fifth, be active. One thing you'd like to do as a kid is to find out which activity you like best. Find ways to be active every day.
　　Follow these rules and you can be a healthy kid.
1. You should eat different foods especially ___.
　　A. meat 　　B. hamburgers　　 C. sweets 　　　　D. fruit and vegetables　
2. Which kind of drinks can give you more calcium
　　A. Juice　　B. Milk　　　　　 C. Cold water　　 D.Tea
3. According to the passage, you should follow　＿＿rules if you want to be healthy.
　　A. five　　 B. nine　　　　　 C. fifteen　　　　D. thirteen
4. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE
　　A. When you're eating, you don't have to notice how your body feels.
　　B. You can eat your favourite food as much as possible.
　　C. You can watch TV whenever you like to get more information.
　　D. We should try to live in an active way in our life.
5. Which is the best title for the passage
　　A. How to make yourself important
　　B. How to be a healthy kid
　　C. How to be a popular kid
　　D. How to make your parents healthy
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A 12-man Chinese team landed on the Antarctic icecap(南极冰盖最高点) peak on January 18. They are the first people to reach the peak of Dome A (海穹A). It is 4,039 meters above sea level (海拔).
The team built a station there to study the changes of the weather, get ice samples (标本) from 150 meters to 200 meters below, and do other studies. So far, the team has got nearly 100-meter long ice samples from a place about 300 meters under the icecap peak.
　　It is the first time that people have been able to get samples from the icecap peak in Antarctica and it is very important for people to study the weather changes and environmental changes in this area(地区).
　　The Chinese scientists have also built a weather study system (系统) at the peak. The system can send out information about temperature, how strong the wind is, and many other things about the weather.
　　The Antarctic icecap makes up 70% of the earth's freshwater (淡水). By studying Dome A, scientists can get the lowest temperature of the earth and other information about the world's weather changes. We can't get this information from other places on the earth because Dome A is the best place for this kind of studies. So it is very important to land on the peak of Dome A.
1. How many Chinese first landed on the Antarctic icecap peak
　　A. 18 　　　　B. 12 　　　　C.150 　　　　D.200
2. The team has got about 100-meter long ice samples ___.
　　A. from 150 meters to 200 meters below
　　B. from a place about 300 meters below
　　C. from 200 meters to 250 meters below
　　D. from a place about 150 meters below
3.They built a weather study system to get ___.
　　A. the earth's freshwater　　　　　B. ice samples from the peak
　　C. information about the weather 　D. the news about other countries
4. Choose thy right order (顺序) according to this passage.
　　① They built a station to study the changes of the weather.
　　② A Cliinese team landed on the Antarctic icecap peak.
　　③ The Chinese scientists built a weather study system.
　　④ They got ice samples from the icecap peak.
　　A.②①④③ 　　　B.②①③④ 　　　C.③②①④ 　　　D.②③④①
5. From this passage, we can infer (推断): After the Chinese team landed on the Antarctic icecap peak, ___.
　　A. we can go there for holidays
　　B. the world's weather must be better and better
　　C. the peak will be the best place for people to live in
　　D. our country will do better in the world's weather research
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The total area of land on earth is estimated(估计) as 149 million square kilometres, or about 29 percent of the total area of the earth.
The mean(平均) height of the land is about 750 meters above the sea level.
The Eurasian(欧亚的) land mass is the largest with an area of 54,527,000 square kilometres. The smallest continent is the Australian mainland, with an area of about 7,614,600 square kilometres, which together with Tasmania, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, is described as Oceania(大洋州). The total area of Oceania is about 8,935,500 square kilometres, including West Iran which is in Asia.
The world’s largest peninsula(半岛) is Arabian, with an area of about 3,327,500 square kilometres. The largest island in the world is Greenland, with an area of about 2,175,600 square kilometres. The largest island surrounded(环绕) by fresh water is Liha de Maraja(4,022 square kilometres) in the mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil. The largest island in a lake is Manitoulin Island(2,766 square kilometres) in the Canadian section of the Lake Huron. This island itself has on it a lake of 106 square kilometres called Manitou Lake, in which there are several island.
1. Oceania is made up of ______.
A. Tasmania and New Zealand B. Australia
C. New Guinea and the Pacific Islands D. all of the above
2. The largest island surrounded by fresh water, which has an area of 4,022 square kilometres, is in ______.
A. a river B. a lake C. a sea D. an ocean
3. Lake Huron lies ______.
A. in Canada B. near to Canada C. partly in Canada D. in Brazil
4. Which of the following diagrams shows the correct relation ship between Manitoulin Island (MI), Lake Huron (LH), Manitou Lake (ML), and the “several islands”(SL) mentioned at the end of the passage
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Mark Hartmann is in the third grade, but he cannot read or write. He makes loud sounds from his chair and waves his hands around his head all the time. He cannot listen for more than two minutes at a time. Sometimes, he hits the other children. Sometimes, he also hits his teacher.
Mark Hartmann has autism(孤独症). His brain cannot organize(组织) and manage information clearly. He does not understand the world or the people around him.
The school principal(校长) says that the other children lose two much learning time when Mark is in their classroom. She thinks Mark can get a better education at a special program nearby. There, teachers know how to take care of students with autism.
But Mark’s parents do not want him to go there. In fact, a law was made in 1988. It says that students with disabilities(残疾) can be in regular(正常的) classes. This gives them the same chances for success as everyone else.
The Hartmann used to live in Chicago. Mark went to regular classes there. Mark had help from some special teachers, and the program was very good for him. “He was part of the school,” Mrs. Hartmann told reporters. “He also learned to hold hands with some of the children in his class.”
Answer the questions.
1. How does Mark act in the classroom
A. He cannot pay attention very well.
B. He shouts from his chair.
C. He hits other children.
D. All of the above
2. Paragraph 2 explains ______.
A. autism B. Mark’s idea C. Mark’s school life
3. The 1988 law says that disabled students can have ______.
A. more chances than everyone else
B. fewer chances than everyone else
C. the same chances as everyone else
D. different chances from everyone else
5. What is good about the “special program” nearby
A. The teachers there know more about autism.
B. It is close to Mark’s home.
C. Mark likes the program.
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Trees are useful to men in three important ways: They provide them with wood and other products (产品), they give them shade (树荫), and they help to prevent drought and floods.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, men have not realized (功能) is the most important. In their eagerness (渴望) to make money form trees, some people have cut trees down in large numbers, only to find that without them they have lost the best friends they had. And besides (此外), they are usually too careless to plant and look after new trees, so the forests slowly disappear.
This doesn’t only mean that men will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: where there are trees, their roots (根) break up soil—allowing the rain to sink in and also bind (固定) the soil, thus (因而) preventing it from being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the rain falls and carrying away the rich top—soil. When all the top—soil is gone, nothing remains (剩下) but worthless desert.
1. The most important service of trees to men is ____.
they give people wood and other products
they give people shade and cool
they help people prevent drought and floods
they help people make money
2. What does “Unfortunately” mean in Chinese
A. 不可能的 B. 不幸的 C. 不经常的 D. 不固定的
3. Land becomes desert after all trees arte cut down, because ____.
there is too much rain
there are no more trees to keep the rich top—soil from being carried away by floods
there is a strong wind
roots of trees break up the soil
4. People cut down many trees because ____.
they wanted to get wood from them
they wanted to get money from them
they didn’t realize the importance of them
all the above
5. Which of the following is NOT true
Tree roots can make the top—soil rich and the ground hard.
Trees can make the rain sink into the ground.
Trees can prevent drought and floods.
Tree roots can break up soil.
Section Four
Answer the following questions according to the passage.
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I have been in England for 3 months now. I hope you don’t think I’ve forgotten you. There are so many places to see and so many things to do that I’ve not had much time for writing letters.
I shall soon be starting my studies at King’s College. So far I’ve been learning about England and British ways of living. I won’t tell you about London. There are plenty of books you can read and lots of pictures you can look at. I’m sure you’ll be more interested to know what I think about life here.
I find some of the customs(习俗) new and interesting. People here do not shake hands as much as we do in the European continent. During the first weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raise their hats to women but not to each other.
1. Who do you think wrote the letter, an American, a British or a French
2. What did the writer of the letter go to London for
3. Why didn’t the writer reply soon after he arrived
4. British people don’t shake hands as often as European people, do they
5. Are women respected(受尊敬) by men in Britain
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The clock struck (敲) eight, but I was still on the bed. I could hear it was blowing strongly. “It must be windy outside,” I thought.
I came to the small town a week ago. I sold some clothes to a shop. Christmas was coming and I hoped to buy some presents for my family and friends. So I tried to meet the manager and ask him to pay for them. I was out of luck. He went to London and I had to wait for him here. There was no theatre here but a cinema. The films were all too old. I preferred staying in the small hotel to sitting in the cold cinema.
Half an hour later, I felt hungry. I had to get up. It was white everywhere and some children were skiing down the hill. On my way to the small restaurant, I saw a boy fall onto a rock (岩石). I ran to him quickly and carried him to a hospital. Soon his parents came here. Now I knew the boy was just the manager’s son. He thanked me very much and gave me the money after we had a dinner.
What was the weather like today
_______________________________________
What did the writer come to the town for
_______________________________________
Why did the writer prefer staying in the hotel
_______________________________________
When did the writer get up
______________________________________
Why did the manger thank the writer
______________________________________
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There lived a lawyer (律师) in a town. The lawyer was very clever but stingy (吝啬的). People all knew that the lawyer never paid others when he asked others to do something from him.
One day the lawyer’s wife was badly ill. The lawyer asked a doctor for help. The doctor was ready to come to see the sick woman and try his best to cure her. But the doctor stopped before he went into the lawyer’s house, for the doctor knew that very often the lawyer did not pay others. The doctor said to the lawyer, “But if I cure your wife, I’m afraid you will not pay me.”
“Sir,” answered the lawyer, “here I have a lot of money. Whether you cure or kill my wife, I’ll give you some money.”
The doctor was glad to hear that and went into the house. The woman was dying. The doctor tried everything possible to save her, but still she died in the end. He told the lawyer he was very sorry, and then asked for pay. “Did you kill my wife ” asked the lawyer. “Of course I didn’t,” said the doctor. “Well, did you cure my wife ” the lawyer asked again. “You know that was impossible,” answered the doctor.
“Well then, since you didn’t kill or cure her, I have nothing to pay you.”
1. Did the lawyer pay others any money when he asked them to do something
____________________________________
2. What kind of person was the doctor
____________________________________
3. Why did the doctor agree to cure the lawyer’s wife
____________________________________
4. What happened to the lawyer’s wife
_____________________________________
5. Did the doctor get any money from the lawyer in the end
_____________________________________
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Is it possible to send messages to someone anywhere in the world without putting a stamp on it It’s easy to do so. Using computers you can send e-mail quickly and easily. If you have an e-mail address, you can write, send and receive messages.
E-mail is the most inexpensive way to communicate. You can send message at any time of day or night to people all over the world without paying for a long-distance call. Many companies use e-mail for people in their office or in other office to communicate with one another. You can send the same message to fifty people or more. It doesn’t matter if your friends are in bed when you send e-mail to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send e-mail back. Many schools and universities give e-mail address to their students. E-mail addresses are becoming as common as phone numbers, but it can also make our lives more complicated.
1. What do you need to send and receive e-mail
_______________________________________
2. Which is cheaper and faster to send messages, by e-mail or by post
___________________________________________
3. When and where can e-mail be sent
______________________________
4. You can’t get any e-mails when you are out, can you
___________________________________________
5. Do you think it’s helpful to use e-mail or not Why
__________________________________________
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In the time it takes you to read this sentence, the population of the world will have grown by ten people. That may not sound much, but it is 9,000 people in an hour, 1.5 million a week, or 79 million a year. That is the same as adding most of the population of Germany to the world every year.
Most of these new people were born in developing countries. These countries are found in much of Africa, South America and parts of Asia. In the developed countries of Europe and North America, the population is growing very slowly. This is because women in these countries have, on average, only one or two children. In the developing countries, many women have five or more children. In 1950, around one quarter of the world’s population lived in the developed countries. By 2050, these countries will be home to only around one tenth of the world’s people.
In the developing countries, more than one billion people already live below the poverty (贫困) line. These people do not have enough food to eat and they live in poor housing; children get little or no time at school and people suffer (遭受痛苦) from many kinds of diseases.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the world’s population was around six billion people. The UN has said that the world’s population will level off at 12.5 billion people by the year 2100. Other groups think the world’s population will continue to grow, reaching 14 billion people before it becomes stable (稳定的), or even falls.
1. How many people are added to the world’s population an hour
__________________________________________________
2. Developing countries can be found in what areas of the world
__________________________________________________
3. In 1950, what percentage of the world’s population lived in developing countries
__________________________________________________
4. What are examples that show people are living below the poverty line
__________________________________________________
5. There will be twelve and a half billion people on the earth in 2100 according to the UN, won’t there
___________________________________________________
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Many people don’t like to stay at home on holidays. They want to go out to see something different or do something exciting. So people from the country come to the city and people from the city go to the country for holidays. During the holidays, trains, buses and planes are all very busy. It’s very hard to buy train tickets or air tickets. Many people take cars or buses for traveling.
Last May Day, my family went to the country by car for our holiday. There was too much traffic on the road. So we had to move very slowly. It took us about an hour to get out of the town. After some time, we came to a hill. It was green and beautiful. We thought this was a good place for a picnic. So we stopped and took the food, fruit and drink out of the car. We sat down and began to eat. Suddenly a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain. We had to run back to our car and have our picnic in the car. Then we drove back home. What a sad trip!
1. Why do peoples on holidays
____________________________________
2. What often happens on holidays
_____________________________________
3. Why is it hard to buy train tickets or air tickets
_____________________________________
4. Where did the family go last May Day
_____________________________________
5. Did they have a good trip Why or why not
_____________________________________
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As the Internet gets more and more popular in China, Bill Gates and his Microsoft have become well-known to the Chinese young people. But few people know Michael Dell, another wizard(天才) of the information age.
Dell, 39, is head of Dell Computer, the second largest PC company in the United States. His company was able to defeat larger competitors(对手) and sell the computers at lower prices because they didn’t use the distributors(批发商).
While he was a first-year student at the university of Texas, Dell used $1,000 to start a business selling computer accessories(配件). He would buy parts, put them together into upgraded personal computers and sell them directly to customers(顾客). He succeeded by keeping his mind firmly on doing business instead of making money.
Dell sometimes returned to the university to speak to business students. One of them asked the young billionaire(亿万富翁) why he still kept working.
“You’ve got so much money, ”he said. “Why don’t you just sell out, and buy a boat and sail off to the Caribbean ”
Dell looked at him and replied, “Sailing is not that interesting. Do you have any idea how much fun it is to run a billion-dollar company ”
1. When did Dell begin his business
2. Why was Dell Computer able to sell personal computers at lower prices than its bigger competitors
3. What does the underlined word “upgraded” mean in English or Chinese
4. Is Dell very interested in running a big computer company or making money
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Coffee has been a part of people’s life for thousands of years, and today it is still a favourite drink of millions of people in the world. Coffee is so popular, but do you know the story of coffee and how it was discovered
There is an old story that says coffee was discovered in Africa long, long time ago. One day, a farmer was watching his goats, and he saw them eat some small berries from a plant. After they ate the berries, the goats became very active. The man often felt tired, so he decided to try the berries too. Surprisingly, he did not feel tired any more. Coffee plants were thus discovered. Then coffee was taken from Africa to Arabia, and there it was first used as medicine. The Arabs kept coffee a secret for many years. Later, coffee came to Turkey, then Italy, then France. From Europe, the coffee plant was taken to America. People found that coffee plants grew well in many parts of South America, so large coffee farms were started, and many coffee plants were grown. On these farms, coffee beans were picked from the plants by hand. Then the beans were dried and prepared for market to sell. Different coffee beans were mixed together to produce different kinds of coffee. Coffee was sent to all over the world, and soon became very popular.
1. Where did coffee come from
2. Who discovered it How
3. Did coffee come to Europe shortly after it was discovered
4. What was coffee first used as in Arabia
5. Why were large coffee farms started in South America
6. How did people get coffee beans from the plants
7. Why did people mix different coffee beans together
Section Five
Task-based Reading: Finish off the tasks according to what you read.
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ACTORS AND ACTRESSES 385－399 MAPS(COLOUR) 517－528
MUSEUMS 454－469 MEDICAL EDFELOPMENTS 492
ANIMALS 493－496 HOLIDAYS 841－873
ART, FAMOUS 480－481 PLANTS RIVERS 108－109,114－115
HIGHWAYS 131－141 NATIONAL PARKS 747－749
BOOKS, BEST SELLERS 476 COUNTRIES 529－615
DISCOVERIRES AND INVENTIONS 336－338 PASSORTS 142－144
ENVIRONMENT 80－101 POPULATION 616－619
EDUCATION 284－321 POSTAL INFORMATION 1033－1039
FLAGS OF THE WORLD(COLOUR) 513－516 SPORTS 884－978
1. You can find the information on elephants on pages _______________.
2. If you want to know more about Chinese film star Jackie Chan, you should search with _______________ on pages 385-399.
3. One who likes surfing can find the information about to how to surf on pages _______________.
A. 142-144 B. 841-873 C. D. 517-528
4. If you are interested in Thomas Edison, you may search _______________.
(2)
New words: 1. familiar 熟悉的2. grocery store 副食商店3. regular 固定的 4. container 5. oz 是ounce（盎司）的缩写形式，1磅＝16盎司hj
1. The regular price of boneless barbecue is _______.
2. If you buy three pounds of chicken on sale, your total saving is _______.
3. Suppose you need 2.5 pounds of strawberries to make ice cream and you will buy _______ containers.
4. Eight people are coming to your Fourth of July picnic. If five ears of corn are $1, one ear costs _______.
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What is bird flu When birds, wild or domestic (家养的), catch a flu, they may pass the virus to each other. The most dangerous viruses can kill birds within hours.
People may catch the disease when handling birds or their waste. Scientists now worry that migratory wild birds might pass the disease to domestic birds. This could put more people in danger.
Since 2003, more than 120 people have caught bird flu in Southeast Asia. Half of them have died.
In the past several weeks, China has reported three outbreaks (爆发) of bird flu that have killed 3,800 chickens, ducks and geese.
What is bird flu It's the flu caught by (1)_______ and can be (2)_______ to each other and people.
Southeast Asia (3)_______ people have caught bird flu.
China (4)_______ outbreaks there have killed (5)_______ domestic birds.
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The picture below shows the temperature(℃) and the rainfall(mm) of Guangzhou. The temperature is shown as a curve(曲线图),