题目内容
Most people have jobs. They go to work nearly every day. Some people are lucky, because they have very interesting jobs. Some people must take a long time to learn how to do their jobs. For example, to be a doctor, one should study for at least five years.
Some young people have very interesting and high-paying jobs. Many young athletes are very successful. Football and tennis players are usually under 35 years old, for older people can’t play these sports very well. They can’t move fast enough. Golf, however, is a good sport for older people. Many golf players are quite old, but they can still play golf very well.
Most people work until they are about 60 years old. Then they retire and have a lot of free time. Some people never retire. These people usually have interesting jobs. Writers, artists, scientists and actors usually work till they are very old.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
【小题1】One should study for at least _________ years to be a doctor.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
| A．Football. | B．Tennis. | C．Basketball. | D．Golf. |
| A．锻炼 | B．学习 | C．退休 | D．养老 |
| A．Some people have interesting jobs, but some don’t. |
| B．People usually stop working when they are about 60 years old. |
| C．Football and tennis players can work as long as they like. |
| D．According to the passage, writers, artists and doctors have interesting jobs. |
| A．Good jobs. | B．Interesting jobs. |
| C．Different jobs. | D．High-paying jobs. |
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
【小题4】C
【小题5】C
解析试题分析:这片短文主要讲述了不同的职业。有些工作很有趣，有些工作必须通过学习才能胜任；一些工作适合年轻人，一些适合年纪大的人；人们通常工作到60岁，而有些工作则没有年龄的限制。
【小题1】细节理解题。 文中第一段For example, to be a doctor, one should study for at least five years.例如要成为医生，必须至少学习5年，故选C。
【小题2】细节理解题。文中第二段Golf, however, is a good sport for older people. 然而，高尔夫适合年纪大的人。故选D。
【小题3】词义猜测题。联系前后文Most people work until they are about 60 years old. Then they retire and have a lot of free time. 大多数人一直工作到60岁，当他们退休后就有很多自由时间。据此可猜测为“退休”，故选C。
【小题4】判断推理题。从文中第二段Football and tennis players are usually under 35 years old, for older people can’t play these sports very well足球和网球运动员通常在35岁以下，因为年纪大的人不能很好的进行这些运动，从而判断C选项错误。
【小题5】主旨大意题。结合内容，这篇文章主要讲述了不同的工作，故选C。
考点：社会现象类短文阅读。
Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son. Suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut.” Joanna said.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up(依偎) with me on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a young lady. The problem is finding out which time is which.”
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what’s on their minds. “In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, a writer.
“This completely changes during the teen years,” Riera explained. “They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”
Parents who know what’s going on in their teenagers’ lives are the best to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental(脑力的) break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.
【小题1】The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means that __________.
| A．the son is always busy with his studies |
| B．the son doesn’t want to see anymore |
| C．the son keeps himself away from his parents |
| D．the son wants to live with his friends |
| A．their daughter isn’t as happy as before |
| B．they can’t understand what their daughter thinks |
| C．they don’t know what to say to their daughter |
| D．their daughter talks far more to her friends than to them |
| A．teenagers talk a lot with their friends |
| B．teenagers do not talk with their teachers |
| C．teenagers do not talk much with their parents |
| D．teenagers talk little about their studies |
| A．teacher | B．friend | C．manager | D．student |
| A．Parents are all happy with their growing children. |
| B．Parents are teenagers’ best friends. |
| C．Parents should keep silence before teenagers. |
| D．Parents should try to understand teenagers. |
On September 19 this year, you will see a full moon (满月). It is the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节).The festival is on the 15th day of the eighth lunar (农历) month. And it is one of the most important festivals in China.
It is a big time for families and friends to get together. In the evening, people sit around a table and look at the bright moon. They eat sweet or salty moon cakes (月饼). People can see a lot of lanterns (灯笼) in the street. Children like guessing (猜) the answers to the lantern riddles (灯谜).
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a harvest (收获) festival. Farmers begin to harvest fruits and vegetables.
| Name of the festival | The 【小题1】________ Festival |
| Date of the festival | The 15th day of 【小题2】________ month |
| What to eat | Sweet or salty 【小题3】________ |
| What children like doing | Guessing【小题4】_______ to the lantern riddles |
| What farmers harvest | Fruits and _【小题5】______ |
Cosplay is great!
Cosplay is short for “costume play”, which means play-acting in costumes. People who take part in cosplay are called cosplayers. They usually create or make costumes of their favorite animation characters by themselves or get a tailor to make them. Sometimes they even prepare small things, like knives and earrings, which the characters wear or use in the animation.
Cosplayers are creative and proud of their work. They spend a lot of money and energy on it. They not only dress up as their favorite characters in the animation, but also act like the characters.
New trend (趋势) is on!
While Chinese fans are busy cosplaying characters in Japanese animations or movies, Japan, as a big country of cosplay, now has a trend to cosplay non-Japanese movie characters. Japanese cosplayers like the characters in Star Wars and Lord of the Rings very much. But the most popular ones are from the Harry Potter films. They have a very large number of fans in Japan. The character who is liked the best by Japanese cosplayers in Harry Potter films is Draco Malfoy, though he is Harry’s rival(对手) and always tries to get Harry and his friends into trouble.
Cosplay doesn’t have anything to do with age. Whether you are 5 or 50 years old, you can be a cosplayer if you are creative enough!
【小题1】We can infer that those who like to do cosplay must be ______ fans, too.
| A．movie | B．music | C．sport | D．art |
| A．create the animation characters and make the costumes by themselves |
| B．act like their favorite animation characters in common clothes in the cosplay |
| C．dress up as the animation characters and act like them in the play |
| D．always wear something like animals in the play. |
| A．It’ll cost little time and energy to take part in cosplay. |
| B．If you are not young enough, you can’t be a cosplayer. |
| C．Cosplayers are creative and enjoy their work. |
| D．Only students may be cosplayers. |
Be careful! Some people may use the truth to deceive. When someone tells you something that is true, but misses important information that should be included, he can create a false impression(印象).
For example, someone might say, "I just won 100 dollars on the lottery(彩票). It was great. I took that ticket back to the store and they gave me 100 dollars!"
This man is a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he paid 200 dollars for 200 tickets, and only one ticket won. He's really a big loser.
He didn't say anything that was false, but he didn't give the other important information. That's called a half-truth. Half-truths are not lies, but in fact they are dishonest.
Advertisements sometimes use half-truths. It's against the law to lie in advertisements, so they try to deceive with the truth. An advertisement might say, "Nine-tenths of doctors believe that Fancy Pills will be good to cancer. " It doesn't tell you that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Fancy Company.
This kind of thing happens too often. It's a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
【小题1】What does the underlined word "deceive" mean in Chinese?
| A．坦白 | B．引人注意 | C．获胜 | D．欺骗 |
| A．they are really lying |
| B．they are lottery losers |
| C．they may want you to buy something |
| D．they may not be honest |
| A．The truth can be used by dishonest people. |
| B．All lies are hidden in the truth. |
| C．Nine-tenths of doctors work for Fancy Company. |
| D．Advertisements are full of lies. |
| A．Think carefully when they read or hear something. |
| B．Spend no money on lottery tickets. |
| C．Never trust anyone no matter what they say. |
| D．Always tell the truth. |
| A．Tell the Truth | B．Everybody Lies |
| C．Lie With the Truth | D．Lies Are Lies |
When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭), It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages, When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (装载)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.
【小题1】What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
| A．The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata. |
| B．Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata. |
| C．Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata. |
| D．Rickshaws are very useful for the people' s daily life in Kolkata. |
| A．make | B．increase | C．forbid | D．collect |
| A．The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns. |
| B．The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata. |
| C．The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven. |
| D．The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars. |
Accident Report Form
| Accident | A car crashed into a tree. Some people were trapped in the car. |
| Weather conditions | There was a heavy rain. |
| Date of call | December 3, 2006 |
| Time of call | 9:30 p.m. |
| Name of caller | Mrs. Green |
| Place | Zhongshan Road, Nanjing |
| Conditions of victims (受害人) | Mr. Green hurt his head. |
| Mrs. Green hurt her left leg. | |
| Their daughter felt frightened. | |
| Action | Policemen arrived at 9:40 p.m. and sent the victims to Gulou Hospital at 9:45 p.m. |
【小题1】 What time did Mrs. Green call the police? _________
| A．At 9:30 a.m. | B．At 9:30 p.m. |
| C．At 9:40 p.m. | D．At 9:45 p.m. |
| A．One. | B．Two. |
| C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Mrs. Green’s. | B．Their daughter’s. |
| C．Mr. Green’s. | D．Their friend’s. |
| A．It was sunny. | B．It was snowy. |
| C．It was cloudy. | D．It was rainy. |
| A．The car crashed into a wall. |
| B．Their daughter hurt her leg and was sent to the hospital. |
| C．The car accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Nanjing. |
| D．The policemen arrived half an hour later and sent the victims to the hospital. |
In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were not many people on earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.
Today, things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue like this, human life on earth will not survive.
Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods(方法), more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. However, in most countries waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the population of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food.
What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. Land that is used to grow crops can feed five times more people than land where animals are kept.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner living place in the future.
| The importance of 【小题1】 the environment | |
| Problems | ◆ More fish are caught. ◆ More 【小题2】 are cut down. ◆ Waste products are still 【小题3】 into rivers. ◆ The population of the world keeps 【小题4】 at present. |
| Causes | ◆ The world is becoming too 【小题5】 . ◆ Modern methods make the situation 【小题6】 . |
| 【小题7】 | We human beings will not survive on the earth. |
| Solutions | ◆ Eat more vegetables and less meat so that more food will be provided for everyone, because there will be more 【小题8】 to grow crops. ◆ Use modern methods of 【小题9】 control so that the population will not grow too fast. ◆ 【小题10】 people so that the earth will be better and cleaner. |
BBC News on TV, radio and online often brings you stories from across the world. Today we can hear “Life in China”. Have you got a story about life in China today? If you do, please put your stories here.
Wu Peng, Anhui  | I am a 14-year-old boy from a poor village in Anhui Province. Like many other left-behind children in China, I live with my grandparents now. My parents went to work in Shanghai several years ago. They call me twice a month to ask about my study. I really miss my parents and I hope I can go to school in Shanghai. I think every child needs parents’ love and care. |
Cindy, Shenzhen | I like traveling and I have traveled a lot around China. During the trip, I often find that a number of Chinese often break the rules in public. For example, when I traveled in Hong Kong this year, I saw a kid eating noodles on the underground, which was against the rules. However, the kid’s mother didn’t think she did wrong. Can you believe it? Let’s improve our public manners. |
Mike, Shanghai  | These days, we’re asked to “clear our plates” when having our meals and say no to wasting. Some of us used to order more than what we could eat. That was a big waste of food. Now we need to finish the food we order. We should also stop wasting in some other ways. For example, we should turn off the lights when we leave the classroom. |
| A．By writing letters. | B．On the telephone. |
| C．On the Internet. | D．By sending text messages. |
| A．Cindy. | B．Mike. | C．Wu Peng. | D．The kid’s mother |
| A．Care about left-behind children | B．Obey the rules in public. |
| C．Improve their public manners | D．Stop wasting |