题目内容
Passage 2
When you get tired of homework, several minutes’ walk in a nearby green park helps you relax at once. Or you may stand facing the lake or the seas. They will calm (not to be excited or nervous) you just like the green plants.
Wonder why? Color is a key part of the answers. Since it is so, green and blue help make people feel more quiet and safe.
All colors have special power. Scientists have found that many colors have specific effects (效果) on people’s mind and feelings.
Try an easy and interesting experiment and you’ll see how color “mislead” you sometimes. Wrap (包装) two boxes of the same size with colored paper, one red and the other white. Then weigh the two boxes with your hands. Which one is heavier? Most people will think that the red box is heavier, even though they weigh the same.
Colors can affect (影响) learning. Scientists have found that students spend more time reading if they read information written in blue text. Blue helps most people calm down and think more.
Clever uses of colors in daily life are to be seen everywhere. Hospitals and libraries seldom paint their walls, tables and desks red. They use light colors, like light blue or green. Red makes people excited while light colors help them relax. Haven’t worked out how color affects your daily life? Start with your small room. Try to make some changes in it and you’ll get to know how important color is!
【小题1】The underlined word “mislead” means _____.
A.affects | B.effects |
C.causes someone to have a wrong idea | D.give wrong directions |
A.light blue or light green | B.deep red or deep brown |
C.deep orange or deep red | D.light green or light yellow |
A.weigh something with your hands | B.study attentively |
C.face the lake or the sea | D.enjoy some rock music |
A.When you are going to have a rest, you’d better sit in the room painted green |
B.Scientists have known some differences among some colors |
C.When you get tired of homework, you should look at the green plants far away |
D.The passage has told us clearly why some colors are warm and other colors are cool. |
A.the difference between red and blue |
B.how to get on well with others |
C.how to make smart uses of different colors in our daily life |
D.how to paint and decorate our rooms |
【小题1】C
【小题2】A
【小题3】B
【小题4】D
【小题5】C
解析【小题1】推断词义题。结合所举的例子Then weigh the two boxes with your hands. Which one is heavier? Most people will think that the red box is heavier, even though they weigh the same可知不同颜色的包装,会让人对同重量的东西产生错觉,所以此次的意义应与此有关,故选C。
【小题2】细节题。结合Hospitals and libraries seldom paint their walls, tables and desks red. They use light colors, like light blue or green.可选出答案。
【小题3】细节题。结合Scientists have found that students spend more time reading if they read information written in blue text. Blue helps most people calm down and think more. 可选出答案。
【小题4】细节题。文章讲述了颜色对人思想和感受的影响,但没有提及为什么会有这样的影响。
【小题5】主旨大意题。文章讲述了不同的颜色对人思想和感受有不同的影响,以及在生活中我们如何利用以取得更好的效果。
American people like to say ‘Thank you ’or say something kind when others help them.People of many countries do so,too.It is a very good habit.
You should say‘Thank you’when someone passes you the salt on the table,when someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you and when someone says you always do your work well or you have a nice thing or your city is very beautiful.‘Thank you’is used not only between friends,but also between parents and children,brothers and sisters.
‘Excuse me’is another short sentence they use.When you hear someone says‘Excuse me’behind you,you know that someone wants to walk past you without touching you.It’s not polite to break(打断)others when they are talking.If you want to speak to one of them。say‘Excuse me’first,and then begin talking.You should also do so when you begin to cough or make any noise before others.
Let’s learn to say‘Thank you’and‘Excuse me’.
【小题1】You should say‘Thank you’when_______.
A.you say something kind to others |
B.you help others |
C.someone helps you |
D.you need others to help you |
A.used in the world |
B.used more often than ‘Excuse me’ |
C.used only by Americans |
D.used only between friends |
A.cough | B.make some noise |
C.go first | D.A,B and C |
A.Thank you | B.That’s very kind of you |
C.Excuse me | D.I’m sorry |
A.to be happy | B.to be polite |
C.to help others | D.to learn from Americans |
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。
First, open the lid (-盖子) and put water, salt, and rice in the pot. Then put the cover on the pot and close the lid. Next, press (按) the button (钮) for "white" or "brown", and then press the "start" button. Let the rice cook for about 30 minutes. You’ll hear a beeping sound when it’s finished, but you should wait about five minutes before eating. Finally, take out the pot. Bring it to the table and enjoy your meal.
【小题1】What are these instructions for?
A.A coffee maker. |
B.A cassette player. |
C.A fax machine. |
D.A rice cooker. |
A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three | D.Four. |
A.Five minutes. |
B.Ten minutes. |
C.thirty minutes. |
D.Thirty-five minutes;, |
A.You will hear a sound. |
B.You will still have to wait for ten minutes |
C.The lid open. |
D.The water will come out. |
A.Five minutes. |
B.Ten minutes. |
C.Thirty minutes. |
D.Thirty-five minutes. |
Everyone knows that there’s not enough land in Hong Kong.If you go there by air, you will land at Kai Tak Airport. It was built out into the sea. It is in the part of Hong Kong called Kowloon. Kowloon is one of the two big islands in Hong Kong.
The other island is Hong Kong itself. You can get there by ship or through a tunnel(隧道) under the sea.
The population of Hong Kong is more than six million. Chinese and English are spoken by many people there. Clothes, computers, radios, televisions are made in Hong Kong. It is a shopping center. You can buy all kinds of things there.
Hong Kong is also a beautiful city. It’s a good place for traveling. People from all over the world visit Hong Kong every year. You can watch dog-racing and motor-racing there. When you are hot and tired, you may rest in the small cool gardens. There are also a lot of tall buildings with comfortable rooms to live in. If you enjoy eating out, you can easily find a good place for delicious food.Foods of different flavors(风味) are served in Hong Kong.
【小题1】Where was Kai Tak Airport built?
A.It was built out into the sea. | B.It was built out into the lake. |
C.It was built out into the river | D.It was built out into the pool. |
A.Nearly 6 million. | B.Less than 6 million. |
C.Over 6 million. | D.Only 6 million. |
A.7. | B.6. | C.5. | D.4. |
A.Kai Tak Airport is in Kowloon. |
B.There's a lot of land in Hong Kong. |
C.Many people in Hong Kong speak Chinese and English |
D.Hong Kong is a beautiful city for traveling |
A.Hong Kong is a big city with a large population |
B.there are almost no factories in Hong Kong |
C.few people visit Hong Kong ever year |
D.visitors can enjoy the comfortable living rooms and delicious foods in Hong Kong |
The hottest place in the world is the Sahara Desert in Africa. But there are deserts in many other places: in America, in Asia and in Australia. In 1917 the temperature in Death Valley, in the United States, was over 48°C every day for six weeks. That's very hot!
But deserts are not always hot. After dark, deserts are very cold.
Not many animals and plants can live in a desert, because it doesn't rain very often. But one animal likes the desert — the camel. It has big feet to walk on the sand. It can live for a long time without water. Sometimes it doesn't drink anything for weeks — so it gets very thirsty! When it finds water it can drink 100 liters(升) at a time.
【小题1】What’s the weather like in a desert?
A.Always hot. |
B.Always cold |
C.Warm and wind |
D.Hot in the daytime, cold in the night |
A.6 days | B.30 days | C.42 days | D.48 days |
A.Camels | B.Horses | C.Tigers | D.Dogs |
A.Sahara Desert | B.Death Valley | C.Australia | D.We don’t know |
A.It has big nose |
B.It can drink much water. |
C.It can’t live for 7 days without water. |
D.It can live for 100 years. |
Before you can start speaking and writing in English, your brain must get enough correct English sentences. This is obvious(显而易见的).
There are two ways to get correct English sentences: listening and reading. Both are good, but reading is much easier than listening. With the help of a good dictionary, you will be able to understand English texts much more easily than movies. If you just read one book in English, you will see that your English has become much better. English phrases will just come to you without thinking when you are writing or speaking.
This is true for hundreds of words and grammar structures(结构). If you read in English, you can forget about grammar rules. Throw away your grammar book! You needn’t know the rules for the present perfect tense(现在完成时). Instead, read a few books in English, and soon you will feel that “I have seen Paul yesterday” is wrong. The only difference between you and native speakers is that they have heard and read more English sentences than you have.
【小题1】From the first paragraph, we know that ________.
A.English is difficult to learn |
B.if you have seen an English sentence, you can speak English |
C.before you use English, you must know some English |
D.everyone is a born English speaker |
A.Speaking. | B.Writing. |
C.Thinking. | D.Reading and listening. |
A.by reading English books | B.by reading grammar books |
C.by writing and speaking | D.by learning grammar rules |
A.have parents as their English teachers |
B.are born to know grammar rules and phrases |
C.read and hear more English than you |
D.have a gift in learning English |
A.It is important for us to know English words. |
B.Reading is important for us to learn English. |
C.English grammar is not so important. |
D.The best way to learn English is going to England. |
This is my beautiful home. There is a small garden in front of my house. There are many beautiful flowers in the garden. Behind my house there is a big tree. Near the tree, you can see a garage. My father’s beautiful car is in it now.
On the first floor, there is a large living room, a dining room, a kitchen and a bathroom. I like watching TV in the living room. On the second floor, there is a small study room and two bedrooms. I love playing with the computer in my study.
What a nice home! I like it very much.
【小题1】There is a small garden my house.
A.behind | B.in front of | C.next to | D.across from |
A.a study | B.a bedroom | C.a bathroom | D.a computer |
A.study room | B.bedroom | C.living room | D.dining room |
A.a nice car | B.a living room | C.a dining room | D.a kitchen |
Dogs are friends of man. They work for us. They hunt with us. They also play with us. But a long time ago, all over the world, dogs were wild. Dogs can go back to the Stone Age. All dogs had the same ancestor (祖先). It is believed that this ancestor was much like a wolf. Other animals, like fox, also came from this ancestor. Thousands of years ago, man began to tame (使驯服) the wild dogs. When the dogs were tamed, they were trained well. The strong dogs then became working animals. They were trained to pull heavy loads (担子). They learned to keep watching over sheep and other animals. Working dogs could do other things, too. Some dogs were not strong. But they could help man hunt. Other dogs were best at pets. At first, there were only a few kinds of dogs. Today, there are more than 100 kinds.
【小题1】The word “wild” in the first paragraph means ___.
A.温顺的 | B.野生的 | C.凶残的 | D.善良的 |
A.追溯到 | B.回来 | C.违背 | D.返回去 |
A.all the animals have the same ancestor |
B.all dogs are as wild as they were many years ago |
C.man has helped change dogs |
D.animals never change |
A.Keep watching over sheep. | B.Hunt with man. |
C.Pull heavy loads. | D.All the above. |
A.man and dogs have the same ancestor |
B.all animals are too wild to be man’s friends |
C.dogs and man have been friends for a long time |
D.people like to keep foxes as pets because they are tamer |
New York is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move about the city on their way to work and school? So, we should know something about its transportation.
In New York you can travel about the city by subway, bus, taxi and car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes all parts of the city. Traveling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.
The second way to travel around the city is by public bus. It’s a slower way to travel. This is because the bus moves in road traffic which is often heavy.
You can also travel around the city by taxi. This is the most expensive way, but the taxi will take you to the very place you wish to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, this is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work.
The last way to get around New York is using your own car. However(但是), it’s not easy for you to drive, especially(尤其是)when you are driving in the “rush hour”. If there is an accident(交通事故)on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.
The best time to travel around the city is from 9am to 4 pm. This is the time after the morning “rush hour” and before the evening “rush hour”. Traffic will be less crowded because most people are already at school or at work.
【小题1】 This passage is mainly(主要)about _____.
A.the weather of New York |
B.the transportation of New York |
C.the people in New York |
D.traffic accidents in New York |
A.subway | B.taxi | C.bus | D.car |
A.subway | B.taxi | C.bus | D.car |
A.From 8am to 10 am | B.From 3am to 10 pm |
C.From 3 am to 5 pm | D.From 10 am to 3pm |