题目内容
For hundreds of years, the people of a Scottish town believed that a dinosaur-like strange creature(生物) lived in a nearby lake called Loch Ness. Many said they saw the creature, but no one could prove it was real.
In 1934, a London doctor, Robert Kenneth Wilson, gave a newspaper a photo of the strange creature. He took the picture, he said, when he suddenly saw the animal in the lake one morning. The news traveled around the world. People came from everywhere to see this creature, now called the “Loch Ness Monster.” Then, in 1993, a man named Christian Spurning surprised everyone. He said the photo of the “Loch Ness Monster” was a lie. He and some friends created the famous picture themselves, and then Wilson gave it to the newspaper as a practical joke.
Today, tricks and jokes like this are common, and many are spread using e-mails. Some can be funny, but others can cause trouble. In August 2000, an e-mail was sent from a large British supermarket chain(连锁店)---Safeway---to thousands of its shoppers. It said, “Store prices are going to increase 25 percent. If you don’t like this, go to another store.” It was signed(签名), “the Safeway Team.” The e-mail worried many of Safeway’s shoppers and caused big problems for the supermarket. Later, Safeway discovered what happened. Someone broke into the company’s website and sent the cheating e-mail.
Not all tricks are as bad as this one. Some make us laugh, and others surprise us. In the end, they all show us that seeing is not always believing.
1 Who took the photo of the “Loch Ness Monster?”
A. A Scottish. B. Robert Kenneth Wilson.
C. Christian Spurning. D. Nobody.
2 How did the supermarket Safeway get its trouble?
A. It received an e-mail from a dangerous person.
B. Its price would have to increase by 25 percent.
C. Its website got broken into.
D. It lost a lot of shoppers.
3 Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Wilson gave the picture to the newspaper as a joke.
B. A dinosaur-like creature lives in the lake Loch Ness.
C. Most people use e-mails as tricks and jokes to trouble the world.
D. Because of the cheating e-mail the store prices are going to increase.
1D 2C 3A
Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1. 5 metres(4 feet) in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.
Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimetres wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimetres (1 foot) across. This plant also comes in different colours, from yellow to black to green.
Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools( 厨房用具). Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.
Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting (支撑) new buildings and bridges while they are being built.
In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes( 管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.
【小题1】 How is bamboo like grass?
| A.It grows quickly. | B.It's wood. ` | C.it is easy to cut. | D.It is very thin. |
| A.in China | B.in Europe | C.on mountains | D.in Africa |
| A.it is cheap | B.it has different colours |
| C.it is strong | D.it has been used by Asians |
| A.make money | B.be trees | C.grow quickly | D.carry water |
| A.a short time |
| B.many thousands of years |
| C.many hundreds of years |
| D.about 100 years |
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the nine o’clock Mystery Hour. Today we’ll show you two British stories. We hope you’ll enjoy them.
About 900 years ago two green children arrived in a small village in south England. Their eyes and skin were green and they spoke a strange language. They were very tired and weak, so the people of the village looked after them. The boy died a year later, but the girl grew strong and lived the rest of her life there. And her skin color turned back to normal day by day. Scientists say that sometimes of people don’t have enough food to eat for a long time, their skin goes very pale and can turn green.
Loch Ness is the largest lake in Scotland. It’s a very deep and cold lake. For hundreds of years, people have talked about a monster(怪物) called Nessie which lives in the lake. About seventy years ago, two people saw something moving in the lake. They said that the animal was playing and rolling around in the water. Since then many people say they have seen the monster. Their descriptions are always the same. It looks like a dinosaur, with a very long neck and a small head. It has a big bump(肿块)on its back. People have tried to photograph the animal, but the pictures have not been very clear. Scientists don’t know whether there is a monster or not. Some say it may be a whale or a very large fish. Some think it’s a snake. Others say there’s nothing at all— nothing but people’s imagination. Maybe we’ll never know what’s in Loch Ness.
【小题1】What kind of story is talked about in this program?
| A.Romantic stories. | B.Mysteries. | C.Horror stories. | D.Comedies. |
| A. | B. | C. | D. |
| A.They both enjoyed a long and happy life. |
| B.The girl’s eyes and skin were green all her life. |
| C.At first they spoke the same language as people in the small village did. |
| D.Maybe they hadn’t eaten enough for long before they reached the village. |
【小题5】What can we learn from the second story?
| A.Scientists are still not sure whether there is a monster or not in Loch Ness. |
| B.Loch Ness is very deep and warm lake in Scotland. |
| C.People have taken very clear pictures of Nessie. |
| D.In fact Nessie is a whale or a snake. |
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.
1.From the first paragraph, we know that ________.
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A.English is difficult to learn |
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B.if you have seen an English sentence, you can speak English |
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C.before you use English, you must know some English |
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D.everyone is a born English speaker |
2.What is the best way to get correct English sentences according to the passage?
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A.Speaking. |
B.Writing. |
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C.Thinking. |
D.Reading and listening. |
3.In the writer’s opinion, we can grasp English grammar rules _______.
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A.by reading English books |
B.by reading grammar books |
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C.by writing and speaking |
D.by learning grammar rules |
4.The only difference between you and native speakers is that native speakers _______.
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A.have parents as their English teachers |
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B.are born to know grammar rules and phrases |
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C.read and hear more English than you |
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D.have a gift in learning English |
5.What’s the main idea of the passage?
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A.It is important for us to know English words. |
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B.Reading is important for us to learn English. |
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C.English grammar is not so important. |
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D.The best way to learn English is going to England. |