题目内容
John and Sam ________ friends. ________ bikes ________ over there.
- A.is, They, are
- B.are, Their, are
- C.is, Their, is
- D.are, Is, is
John and Sam作主语，谓语动词应用系动词are．bikes前缺少定语，所以应用形容词性的物主代词their．第三空格主语是bikes该用are．
“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Rose,” and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Roses took a 2-week courses for ＄280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has much work at home as well as a job in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for＄420. “I was deeply unhappy about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can do to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a DIY, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who didn’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
【小题1】Many newly married people in the USA ______.
| A．find it hard to pay for what they need |
| B．must take some courses |
| C．have to learn to make their own furniture |
| D．seldom go to a shop to buy things. |
| A．make furniture | B．make or repair things |
| C．improve the quality of life | D．save time and money |
| A．make shoes at home | B．do housework in a shoe factory |
| C．run a shoe-making factory at home | D．work in a shoe factory |
| A．he enjoyed doing everything by himself |
| B．he becomes an unusual person |
| C．his car repairs cost very much |
| D．the car repair class wasn’t helpful |
| A．If you want to become a DIY, you can only go to DIY classes. |
| B．People who take DIY courses are quite different from the others. |
| C．DIYis becoming more and more popular because of the raising living cost. |
| D．Most families in the country are doing everything because they enjoy the life style. |
| GONE WITH THE WIND Author: Margaret Mitchell ¥25 (in bookstores) ¥18 (online) Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett Ohara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time. |
| A LITTLE PRINCESS Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ¥18.3 (online) Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty(贫穷) and the scorn(嘲笑) of her fellows. It's an excellent book with 4 tapes for children |
| PETER PAN Author: J.M Barrie ¥15 (in bookstores) ¥12 (online) It is a children's story full of imagination and adventures, which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling's adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes) |
| UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe ¥20 (in bookstores) The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin talked about the struggle between free states and slave states during the American Civil War and is as powerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago. |
| THE SECRET GARDEN Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ¥35 (in bookstores) ¥30 (online) Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan(孤儿), finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life. |
| A．PETER PAN | B．GONE WITH THE WIND |
| C．A LITTLE PRINCESS | D．THE SECRET GARDEN |
| A．there are only three books with tapes |
| B．we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores |
| C．two of the books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| D．THE SECRET GARDEN is ¥5 cheaper in bookstores than online |
a. the power of hope b. friendship c. her uncle d. Nature's magic
| A．a, b, c | B．a, c, d | C．b, c, d | D．a, b, d |
A What Sara did to help her fellows
B Why Peter Pan wouldn't grow up.
C What kind of woman Scarlett is.
D How Marry Lennox came into her uncle's house.
【小题5】This text is most probably taken from a __________.
A newspaper B science magazine C storybook D book guide
As prices and building costs keep rising, the do-it-yourself(DIY) trend(趋势) in the U.S. continues to grow.
“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Ross, “And we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decide to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full-time job at time job at home as well as in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a “do-it-yourselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
【小题1】We can learn from the text that many newly married people .
| A．find it hard to pay for what they need |
| B．have to learn to make their own furniture |
| C．take DIY courses run by the government |
| D．seldom go to a department store to buy things |
| A．makes shoes in his home |
| B．does extra work at night |
| C．does his own car and home repairs |
| D．keeps house and looks after his children |
| A．his car repairs cost too much |
| B．the car repair class was not helpful |
| C．he could not possibly do two jobs |
| D．he had to raise the children all by himself |
| A．The Joy of DIY |
| B．You can DO It too! |
| C．Welcome to our DIY Course |
| D．Ross and Hat field; Believe in DIY |
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.
【小题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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |