Smoking in indoor public places including public working places, public transport vehicles and some other special outdoor working places has been banned(禁止)in China since January 2011．Let's look at the following advantages of banning smoking．
First, banning smoking will not only help in saving smokers from health problems and diseases, but will also be good for passive(被动)smokers．When the smoker is smoking in a restaurant, the people around him are sure to breathe in the smoke and suffer from the diseases an active smoker gets．If smoking is banned, spread of these diseases can be controlled．
Next, banning smoking will put stress on smokers to give up．Since a smoker is prevented from smoking, he will learn how to live without smoking for long hours．When a smoker doesn't smell or see anybody around him smoking, it might reduce his wish to smoke too．As a result, people have to give up smoking．
Smoking in public places influences non-smokers to start smoking, especially adolescents．When teens see people around them smoking, they will follow them easily．Thus the number of teen smokers will increase．Also asthma(哮喘)and other problems are often seen in children living around smokers．So if it is banned, these places will become safe for children and teenagers．
Looking from the economic point of view, smoking should be banned to increase work productivity(生产率)．Employees(雇员)who smoke usually take breaks to smoke while working．So the number of hours they put in their work is smaller．
If you see from the environment point of view, smoking should be banned．Smoking causes air pollution．If it is banned, it will help keep the environment from getting worse．
(1)
_________ doesn't belong to a non-smoking place．
[ ]
A．
A field
B．
A hospital
C．
A library
D．
A restaurant
(2)
The second paragraph mainly wants to tell us _________．
[ ]
A．
banning smoking is good for restaurants
B．
banning smoking is good for non-smokers
C．
banning smoking is good for spread of diseases
D．
banning smoking is good for active smokers and passive smokers
(3)
How many advantages of banning smoking are mentioned in this passage?
[ ]
A．
Two．
B．
Four．
C．
Five．
D．
Six．
(4)
According to the text, the underlined word “adolescents” means _________．
[ ]
A．
men
B．
women
C．
adults
D．
teenagers
(5)
Which of the following statements in NOT true?
[ ]
A．
If smoking is banned, work productivity will increase．
B．
If smoking is banned, the number of teen smokers will be larger．
C．
If smoking is banned, it will make the environment become better．
D．
If smoking is banned, smokers will learn how to live without smoking．
Nick Petrella is a doctor in Montreal．He works 60 hours a week．He takes care of more than100 patients a week in the hospital and at his office．He's been a doctor for ten years．
Dr．Petrella offers lots of help to his patients．But he doesn't just tell his patients what to do．
He also sings to them on television! Dr．Petrella has his own TV show．The show is in Italian, English and French．The doctor starts the show with a song and then he explains a medical problem or disease in simple language．After that, he sings another song．
Dr．Petrella makes and performs in his own show every week．The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing．His dream is to perform in Las Vegas．
His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a CD of love songs that he wrote．Dr．Petrella says, “I always love to sing．All my problems are gone when I sing．” But when Dr．Petrella was young, his father didn't want him to be a singer．So he went to a medical school．
Some people tell Dr．Petrella he can help people more as a doctor．But Dr．Petrella says he helps people when he sings, too．“I like to make people smile．Sometimes it's difficult to make a sick person smile．Medicine and entertainment both try to do the same thing．They try to make people feel good．
Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to the passage．
(1)
In his TV show, Dr．Petrella __________．
[ ]
A．
sings love songs he wrote
B．
sings about different diseases
C．
sings and explains a medical problem
(2)
_________ isn't used in his TV show．
[ ]
A．
Russian
B．
English
C．
Italian
(3)
Dr．Petrella performs in his show 10 __________．
[ ]
A．
become famous
B．
make people feel good
C．
achieve his dream
(4)
From the article, we can know Dr．Petrella is __________．
[ ]
A．
talented and proud
B．
creative but lazy
C．
kind and helpful
(5)
What’s the best title(
标题)of the article?
[ ]
A．
Medicine and Entertainment
B．
His Dream Came True
C．
A Singing Doctor
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Where do you think people will live in the future? Can you predict people will work and live in the sea? But how will people go to work then? By submarine(潜水艇)
Some scientists believe that some day submarine will be as many as today’s cars．A famous French drivers says ‘One day, man will work on the ocean floor as they do on the street!’
If people want to live in the sea, they have to solve a lot of problems, similar to those of living on the moon, are lack of oxygen(氧气)and weightlessness(失重)．Many questions are hard to solve．For example, what will happen to our bodies if we live in the sea for a very long time? Scientists are looking for answers．
Maybe in 50 years man will be able to live in the sea, away from the crowded and noisy cities on land．Man will find it fun and interesting to live in the sea．And life in the sea is more comfortable．Don’t you think so?
(1)
Maybe people in the future will _________ to work on the ocean floor．
[ ]
A．
drive a car
B．
take a bus
C．
take a submarine
D．
swim
(2)
People have to _________ first before living in the sea．
[ ]
A．
build houses
B．
learn to swim
C．
learn to drive submarine
D．
solve some problems
(3)
What problem will people have if they live in the sea?
[ ]
A．
They will have difficulty in breathing．(呼吸)
B．
They will become quite short．
C．
They will feel cold．
D．
They will feel tired．
(4)
The writer thinks living in the sea is _________ than living on land
[ ]
A．
more comfortable
B．
less comfortable
C．
easier
D．
more crowded
(5)
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
There are also some problems for people to solve if they want to live in the sea．
B．
The sea is noisy and crowed for man to live in．
C．
Some of the problems are very hard to solve．
D．
Some scientists believe submarines will be popular in the future．
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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND－An old postcard changed the lives of an eleven-year-old boy and a very sick woman．The postcard had a picture of the steamship Titanic．The Titanic was the largest ocean ship in the world．It hit an iceberg(冰山)and sank on April 14,1912．More than 1 ,500 of the 2 ,200 people on the ship were killed．
The postcard was passed from one person to another for more than 80 years：Then it appeared at a card show for people who liked to collect post cards．An eleven-year-old boy, Joey Russell, came to the show with his grandfather．His grandfather knew everything about the Titanic and its trip from England to New York．“ Let' s buy that postcard ,” he told Joey．“ It will be important someday．”
Two years later, Joey's grandfather took him on a special trip．They went on a trip to the North Atlantic Ocean to watch as workers pulled the Titanic up from the bottom(底)of the ocean．Joey put his special postcard in his bag for the trip．On the ship, Joey met Edith Haisman．This woman was on the Titanic when it sank．She was one of the people who were rescued．Joey pulled the postcard out of his pocket．“Please sign this, Mrs．Haisman．” he said．She was happy to write her name on the back of the postcard．
When Joey got home, he put the postcard away and forgot about it．Then Kate Shelley ， one of Joey 's friends ， told him that her mother was very sick．She needed an operation ， but there was a problem．The operation was very expensive, and the family needed ＄80,000 to pay for it．Friends and relatives tried to help．But where could they get so much money?
Then when Joey went to see the new movie " Titanic", he had an idea．" Millions of people are seeing this movie and reading about the Titanic ,” Joey thought．He remembered the old postcard with Edith Haisman 's signature on it．“Maybe I can sell it for some money．Then I can help Kate 's mom．”
Joey told his mother and father about his idea to help Mrs．Shelley．His parents helped him try to sell the postcard to the person who would pay the most money for it．Joey’s story was on television and in news papers．Joey and Kate even went to New York to be on a national TV show．After the show, many people called in to offer money for the Titanic card．Someone bought it for ＄60,000．
Joey's kind heart and the old Titanic postcard worked together to save a woman' s life．
(1)
Joey Russell _________．
[ ]
A．
decided to buy the postcard at a shop
B．
showed great interest in collecting postcards
C．
took the postcard with him to see Mrs．Shelley
D．
asked Mrs．Haisman to sign her name on his postcard
(2)
What does the underlined word "rescued" mean in the sentence?
[ ]
A．
Be made safe from danger．
B．
Be on an ocean trip．
C．
Be working on board．
D．
Be asked to sell the postcard．
(3)
When did Joey Russell have the idea of selling his old postcard for money?
[ ]
A．
When Kate Shelley told him of her mother' s sickness．
B．
When he went to see the new movie " Titanic"．
C．
When he was reading the new book of Titanic．
D．
When he remembered Mrs．Haisman' s signature on his card．
(4)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
The Titanic arrived in New York at the end of April, 1912．
B．
At the age of 13, Joey Russell got Mrs．Haisman' s signature．
C．
Joey Russell sold out his postcards on a national TV show．
D．
The Titanic card was sold to many people for ＄60,000．
(5)
Which of the following is NOT true about the old postcard?
[ ]
A．
The Titanic was the largest steamship in the world in 1912．
B．
The steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank about a hundred years ago．
C．
Over two thousand passengers were killed in the ocean accident．
D．
More than eighty years had passed before the postcard belonged to Joey．
阅读短文。从每小题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
Sue and Linda usually go to school by car．They drive past a cinema, a supermarket and a food shop．The food shop is next to the supermarket．Jack and Michael usually go to school by bus．They go past a bank and a post office．The bank is next to the post office．Mary usually goes to work by bike．She rides a bike past a police office, a library and a swimming pool．
(1)
How many people are there in this passage?
[ ]
A．
Five
B．
Three
C．
Four
(2)
Where is the bank?
[ ]
A．
It's next to a swimming pool．
B．
It's on the right
C．
It's next to a post office．
(3)
How does Linda go to school?
[ ]
A．
By bike．
B．
By bus．
C．
By car．
(4)
Where does Sue drive past?
[ ]
A．
A cinema．
B．
A post office．
C．
A park．
(5)
How does Michael go to school?
[ ]
A．
On foot
B．
By bus
C．
By bike
阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳答案。
Kelly is an African elephant．Now she is 19 years old．She lives in the zoo．Kelly has produced more than 100 paintings since last year．She has made over ＄ 3,500 for the zoo．Zoo leaders say Kelly first showed the art ability about 5 years ago．Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk(象鼻)．She rubbed out(抹去)the marks, then made the new ones．The zoo workers gave her brushes and paints．Soon Kelly was painting pictures．Newspaper reporters wrote about Kelly, and then people went to buy her pictures．And in this way she made a lot of money for the zoo by painting．
This is how Kelly does the painting．A zoo worker holds different color paints and Kelly touches the colors she wants．Then the worker gives her the chosen colors to the brushes in her trunk and Kelly begins to paint．
(1)
We most probably read this story in _________．
[ ]
A．
a magazine
B．
a newspaper
C．
a history textbook
(2)
Kelly first learned to draw pictures _________．
[ ]
A．
in the sand with her trunk
B．
to make money
C．
when she was 5 years old
(3)
People asked for Kelly's pictures because _________．
[ ]
A．
they just wanted to have fun
B．
the zoo leaders asked them to do so
C．
the zoo workers asked them to do so
(4)
Kelly rubbed out the marks she had made in order to _________．
[ ]
A．
make other ones
B．
clean her trunk
C．
ask for more brushes and paints
(5)
From the story we can know that _________．
[ ]
A．
Kelly can draw nice pictures all by herself
B．
Kelly doesn't like to draw pictures at all
C．
Kelly can draw pictures with the help of the zoo workers
Fashion isn't very environmentally-friendly because it makes people buy things they don't need, just because they're new．We want to take care of the environment, we don't want to pollute the air and we don't want to waste energy and resources．But we also want to be fashionable．How can we buy fashionable clothes and protect the environment?
Old styles are fashionable again, so one way is to buy second-hand clothes－recycled clothes．Another way is to buy' fair trade clothes．These clothes are either recycled or made in a ' way that protects the environment．They also protect the people who make the clothes．
Surprisingly, white cotton is one of the least environmentally-friendly crops of all．To protect the cotton, the growers use chemicals that pollute water, make farm workers ill and kill wildlife．New materials, such as hemp and bamboo, grow quickly and are more environmentally-friendly．These materials are very soft, and look fantastic．The best materials are coloured using natural dyes, made from plants．
Environmentally-friendly clothes are practical but until now they were often dull．Now fashion-designers are working with these materials and the clothes are beautiful as well．So now we can buy fashionable clothes that are also environmentally-friendly．
(1)
Why do people often buy things they don't need? Because _________．
[ ]
A．
new things can be more comfortable
B．
everyone wants to be fashionable
C．
people are richer than before now
D．
people care about the environment
(2)
What's the topic for paragraph 2?
[ ]
A．
Recycled fashion．
B．
The problem with fashion．
C．
Fashion doesn't have to pollute．
D．
New materials．
(3)
Which of the following is more environmentally-friendly?
[ ]
A．
Materials soft and looking fantastic．
B．
Any materials coloured using natural dyes．
C．
Hemp and bamboo．
D．
White cotton．
(4)
Why are environmentally-friendly clothes more fashionable now? Because _________．
[ ]
A．
people pay more attention to our environment
B．
environmentally-friendly clothes are practical
C．
all old styles become fashionable again
D．
fashion-designers are working to make them beautiful
(5)
What is the best title for the passage?
[ ]
A．
Cotton or Hemp and Bamboo?
B．
Environmentally-friendly Clothes
C．
Old Style, New Fashion Again
D．
Fashion and the Environment
完形填空
We all know about penguins．They are fat and lovely animals that live in 1 places．They are black and white and it 2 they wear suit．
But do you know that penguins were 3 and brown? And they lived in warm weather? Scientists say penguins from a long time ago were very different 4 they are now．
A group of scientists found the fossils(化石)of a penguin．It 5 more than 36 millions years ago．
Scientists named the penguin the‘Water King’．They found it was twice the size of modern penguins．It was red and brown in 6 ．
It lived between the end of the dinosaurs 7 the beginning of humans．At that time, the Earth was much 8 than it is now．
9 modern penguins, the ‘Water King’ lived in warm places．But like modern penguins, it was good at 10 and catching fish from the sea．
(1)
[ ]
A．
warm
B．
hot
C．
cold
D．
cool
(2)
[ ]
A．
like
B．
look like
C．
likes
D．
looks like
(3)
[ ]
A．
yellow
B．
red
C．
green
D．
blue
(4)
[ ]
A．
in
B．
with
C．
for
D．
from
(5)
[ ]
A．
is living
B．
lives
C．
lived
D．
live
(6)
[ ]
A．
size
B．
colour
C．
type
D．
length
(7)
[ ]
A．
and
B．
to
C．
for
D．
with
(8)
[ ]
A．
warm
B．
cold
C．
colder
D．
warmer
(9)
[ ]
A．
Like
B．
As
C．
Different
D．
Unlike
(10)
[ ]
A．
flying
B．
walking
C．
jumping
D．
swimming
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I am a middle school student．My name is Diana．I'm thirteen now．I study at No．52 Middle School．I am in Class 3, Grade 1．There are 20 boys and 23 girls in my class．We have four lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon．We like English very much．
