题目内容
Although most of Pakistanis live in the countryside, still many Pakistanis live in cities. Karachi has over 5 million people and Lahore has over 3 million people. Islamabad was built to be Pakistan’s capital. The rich city people live in large, air conditioned houses.
Pakistan has 121,000 miles of roads. Bus services and minibuses are available to the public. The trains are still the most common transport of long-distance travel for Pakistanis. Pakistan also has an airline that operates domestic and international flights.
It is difficult to identify (识别) Pakistani food because the country shares food traditions with its neighbour, India. The main difference between Pakistani and Indian food is that Pakistani food is less spicy (辛辣). Pakistani dishes are often made with yoghurt(酸奶), which reduces the effect of the hot spices used in cooking.
Wheat is the main food for most of the people. It is eaten in the form of bread named chapattis or roti, together with vegetables in season. Sweet tea, milk, or lassi, a drink made from yoghurt, makes the meal perfect. Those who can afford to buy it eat meat, although in the countryside these are usually festival foods. Goat meat is a favourite. Pakistanis will not eat pork by the way.
【小题1】Which city is the capital of Pakistan?
| A．Karachi. | B．Lahore. | C．Islamabad. | D．Bangkok. |
| A．家庭的 | B．国际的 | C．驯养的 | D．国内的 |
| A．lassi | B．wheat | C．meat | D．pork |
| A．trains | B．minibuses | C．buses | D．planes |
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】B
【小题4】A
解析
New Year is coming. Do you have any plans for yourself? Let’s look at the following kid’s New Year’s plans.
| Joe | Many classmates call me “Fat Joe”,So I think I really need to lose weight next year. I must eat less pizza with cheese though it is difficult for me to do so. |
| Silly | I want to take Chinese lessons next year, because I ’m very interested in Chinese culture ,history and food. |
| Tony | I’ll follow the doctor’s advice :eat more fruit and vegetables ,and say goodbye to my favorite French fries and hamburgers . I believe I ’ll be healthier. |
| Alice | I’m a Canadian student,I want to take a trip to Japan for my winter Holiday ,I’d like to eat sushi(寿司)and noodles there. |
| A．fruit | B．pizza | C．French fries | D．hamburgers |
| A．Alice | B．Silly | C．joe | D．Tony |
| A．China | B．Canada | C．Japan | D．Australia |
| A．Joe and silly | B．Silly and Tony | C．Tony and Alice | D．Joe and Tony |
| A．Joe is happy to get the name “Fat Joe” |
| B．Silly is tired of the Chinese lessons now. |
| C．Tony will take his doctor’s advice on food |
| D．Alice is interested in Japanese culture ,history and food. |
We have a terrible school trip last weekend. Some students were late. Then we waited half an hour for the school bus, but it didn’t arrive. Finally, our teacher took us to take the subway. It took us about an hour. After we got off the subway, we walked and got lost. When we finally arrived at the zoo, we were tired and hungry. We wanted to see dolphins, but there weren’t any. There were some really smart seals, but we didn’t see the show because we arrived too late. We left our camera at school, so we didn’t take any photos. Then it started to rain, and no one had an umbrella. So we went for lunch. My friends had some ice cream. But I didn’t have any, because I don’t like it. We didn’t see many animals because of the rain. Finally we went back to school. We were wet, tired and stressed out(紧张). I didn’t enjoy my school trip at all.
【小题1】Why did the students take the subway?
| A．Because they didn’t want to have the trip |
| B．Because they didn’t take cameras. |
| C．Because they didn’t like taking the school bus. |
| D．Because the school bus didn’t arrive. |
| A．excited | B．tired | C．happy | D．lucky |
| A．Dolphin shows | B．Monkey shows | C．Panda shows | D．Seal shows |
| A．Sunny | B．Cloudy | C．Windy | D．Rainy |
| A．Terrible | B．Great | C．Fun | D．Exciting |
任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical (典型的) high school and its students.
A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan(租借) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.
American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.
Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.
The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students are involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports-especially football, basketball, baseball and soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.
Title: 【小题1】 in an American High School
| Outline | Details |
| Introduction | ◇It gives an overview of a typical American high school and its 【小题2】 . |
| Lockers and textbooks | ◇Every student has a locker for textbooks and 【小题3】 clothes. ◇They prefer loaning textbooks to 【小题4】 them. |
| 【小题5】 transport | ◇Students usually go to school by bus or on foot. Sometimes their 【小题6】 send them to school by car. ◇They can 【小题7】 themselves to school when they are over 16 and have passed the required tests. |
| Classes and classrooms | ◇Students have to take main classes, elective classes and sometimes one or more 【小题8】 classes. ◇They go to 【小题9】 classrooms for each subject. |
| After-school activities | ◇After school most of the students take 【小题10】 in their faviourite activities, including sports and clubs. |
No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998. It was started to protect the environment. By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.
The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001. Other cities, including Taipai, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day.
In Beijing, more and more people are joining the campaign. It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5(World Environment Day). The slogan for the day is, “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”
So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather, but we can choose not to drive,” said Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of 2012, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period the year before. Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.
【小题1】The first No Car Day fell on _______.
| A．February 2nd | B．June 5th | C．July 5th | D．September 22nd |
| A．Beijing | B．Chengdu | C．Shanghai | D．Wuhan |
| A．目的 | B．原因 | C．意义 | D．口号 |
| A．63. | B．52. | C．41. | D．238. |
| A．China is the first country to start No Car Day. |
| B．No Car Day is World Environment Day. |
| C．No Car Day has been supported by over 1,000 cities around the world so far. |
| D．Much of the dust in the air comes from cars. |
Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.
The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress. They also found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.
Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
【小题1】When will people become happier and experience less worry?
| A．18 years old | B．80 years old | C．50 years old | D．25 years old |
| A．体力 | B．情感 | C．智力 | D．目标 |
| A．a fifty-year-old man | B．a fifty-year-old woman |
| C．a twenty-five-year-old woman | D．a twenty-five-year-old man |
| A．They are more thankful for what they have |
| B．They have better control of their emotions |
| C．They spend less time thinking about their bad experiences |
| D．All of the above. |
My Favorite Sweater
by Bonnie Highswith Taylor
My favorite sweater grew too small.
I love that sweater best of all.
My grandma made it when I was three.
She made that sweater just for me.
I picked the yarn(纱线)， a special blue.
The color of bluebells, wet with dew (露珠).
When I was three I was very small.
But now I’m five and much too tall.
I have a new jacket now that’s green.
So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen.
Queen just had kittens out in the shed (小屋)。
My favorite sweater is now their bed.
【小题1】 Who is the writer of the poem?
| A．The grandma. | B．Miss Taylor. |
| C．Mrs. Taylor. | D．Queen |
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
| A．Green. | B．Blue. |
| C．Red. | D．Purple. |
| A．a baby cat | B．a kind of food |
| C．a kind of drink | D．a bed for a baby |
There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree grew there. Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and they were the pride of the gardener. But no one knew that the vegetables and the tree couldn’t stand each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影), because it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water, leaving him just enough to live.
The situation became so serious that the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables from the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.
The gardener wondered why and stopped watering them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables realized that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were doing, the gardener gave the best care to his vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上按要求作答。
【小题1】Why didn’t the vegetables and the tree get on well with each other?
| A．Because the vegetables wanted more light. |
| B．Because the tree drank almost all the water. |
| C．Because the vegetables weren’t the pride of the gardener. |
| D．Because the vegetables didn’t look as wonderful as the tree. |
| A．The vegetables were sorry to see the tree drying up |
| B．The gardener was very angry with the vegetables and the tree |
| C．The gardener didn’t know what was happening in the patch at first |
| D．The tree didn’t know how important the sun was to the vegetables |
| A．长久地 | B．小心地 |
| C．有效地 | D．和谐地 |
| A．The tree and the vegetables. | B．The tree and the patch. |
| C．The gardener and his patch. | D．Sunlight and water. |
| A．We should take good care of trees and vegetables. |
| B．One can live alone without any help. |
| C．We should get on well with others around us. |
| D．Both trees and vegetables harmed each other. |