题目内容
One day a mother rat and her babies were out in an open field. They were enjoying______ games when suddenly a hungry cat came up to them! She hid________ a big tree and then crawled(爬) torward through the tall grass until she could almost hear them talk. After the mother rat and her babies knew________ , the cat jumped from her hiding-place and started to run after them.
The mother rat and her babies began to run away, they hurried towards their_______ , which was under a pole of large stones. But the baby rats were so_______ that they could not run very_______ . The cat came_____ . In no time the cat would be upon them. What was to be done?
The mother rat stopped running, turned round and faced the cat, shouting "Bow! Wow! Bowwow!" just like an angry dog. The cat was______ surprised and scared that she ran away. The mother rat turned to her babies, "Now you see how important it is to learn ______ a second language!"
Just then she heard a shout "Miao! Miao!" just like the cat ran away just now.
"Oh, the cat's come back. We must escape（逃脱） right now." The mother rat called out to her children. "Haha! It's only a ______ "said one of her children. "I have learned a second language."
1.A. to play?? ???? B. playing??? ????? C. played?? ??????? D. to playing
2.A. on??? ??????? B. in front of? ????? C. behind??? ??????? D. under
3.A. what happened? B. what did happen?? C. that happened what? D. that what had happened
4.A. home????? ??? B. tree??? ???????? C. mother? ????????? D. host
5.A. happy???? ??? B. tired???? ?????? C. frightened? ?????? D. hungry
6.A. quickly?? ????? B. slowly??? ????? C. far?? ???????????? D. long
7.A. close and close?? B. closer and close? C. closer and closer? ?? D. close and closer
8.A. so???? ??????? B. such???? ????? C. too??? ?????????? D. enough
9.A. the?????? ???? B./????? ????????? C. a??? ???????????? D. an
10.A. joke???? ???? B. rat?????? ?????? C. cat??? ??????????? D. dog
Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter. A man with a walking stick is pictured there. A bird called a California condor(大秃鹫)is flying overhead. Who is this man, and why is he so important that he is featured(处于显著地位)on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir. Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man, he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness. He walked more than a thousand miles across the country, through fields and woods. John Muir liked writing about the places he visited, describing their beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems. In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, many trees were being cut down. This made Muir unhappy and worried, because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them．Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保护)instead of being changed by human beings. He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests. Soon, others began to listen.
Muir wrote letters to important people, such as President Theodore Roosevelt. The president admired Muir’s love for nature. When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California. Muir convinced(说服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation. Later, President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks. National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park, the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter.
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died, people continue his work today. His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world. John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then, now, and for the future.
1.Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?
A．Because Roosevelt loved watching nature.
B．Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir.
C．Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.
D．Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland.
2.Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?
A．Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country.
B．Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.
C．Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests.
D．Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt.
3.What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?
A．To advise readers to become active conservationists.
B．To make us interested in the story about a great man.
C．To tell us something about an important person in history.
D．To give information about how to conserve the environment.
根据短文，简要回答下面的问题，将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上。
In the early nineteenth century, people did not use stamps. They had to pay postage（邮费）when they received letters. Sometimes they didn't want to receive a letter at all, but they had to pay money for it. They were unhappy about this. The postage was high at that time, because the post offices had to send many people to get the postage.
Rowland Hill was a school teacher in England. He was the first to think of using stamps in the 1850s. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps. They could go to the post office to buy stamps and put them on envelopes（信封）before they sent the letters. The post office could just put seals（印记）on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not need postman to get postage. It only needed fewer postmen to send letters.
1. Did people use stamps in the early nineteenth century?
___________________________________________.
2. What did the people have to do when they received letters?
_____________________________________________.
3. Why was the postage high at that time?
____________________________________________.
4. When did Rowland Hill think of using stamps?
5. What did the post office put seals on the stamps for?
_______________________________________________.
Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车)
A small car can hold(容纳)four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded(拥挤). A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel They could all travel together.
Mr.Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and bus a van. Their children sixth and seventh seat are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases(衣箱)when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’home , the suitcases are brought into the two seats can then carry the grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
1.From the passage, a van is also called ____________.
A．a motor car B．a motor home
C．a motorbike D．a big truck
2. Before Mr. Hagen and his wife bought a van, they__________.
A．sold their old house
B．moved to their grandparents’house
C．built a new place for a van
D．sold their second car
3. A motor home is usually owned by a family with__________.
A．a baby B．much money
C．more than two children D．interest in vans
4. Americans usually use motor homer____________.
A．to travel with all the family members of holiday
B．to do some shopping with all the family members
C．to visit their grandparents at weekends
D．to drive their children to school every day
5. Motor homes have become popular because___________.
A．they can take people to another city when people are free
B．they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays
C．some people think motor homes are cheap
D．big families can put more things in motor homes
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.
After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner .And as soon as he finished eating，he went back to his room without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books again. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.
Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an “A” in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “What made you make such great progress ? Was it the nuns (修女)?”
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”
“Well then,” she asked again. “What was it?”
Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (十字架), I knew they weren’t joking. ”
1.Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school?
A. Because he could eat well there.
B. Because he could earn more about nuns.
C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math.
D. Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more.
2.Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______.
A. was still the same as usual B. ate so much at dinner
C. kissed her hello after school D. worked hard but said little
3.“Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese.
A. 用功 B. 捶书 C. 发泄 D. 振作
4.The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.
A. Tommy felt sorry for the nail
B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed
C. Tommy didn’t like the plus sign
D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others
5.From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______.
A. we should be strict with ourselves
B. mistaking (误解) might do good sometimes
C. a catholic school is better than other ones
D. nuns are good at helping children with their math
