题目内容
---Where are your parents?
---They ______ to England
- A.have gone
- B.have been
- C.had gone
考查情景交际。根据问句可知,“父母”不在说话的地方,故用have gone to,问句的时态是现在时,排除C,故选A。
A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain (笔试).
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge (挑战). The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended (假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride (自大) ! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life...”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
【小题1】 What’s the correct order of the following events?
a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.
d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.
A.a, d, b, c | B.a, b, d, c | C.d, a, c, b | D.d, c, a, b |
A.Tired. | B.Bored. | C.Nervous. | D.Frightened. |
A.Practice makes perfect. | B.The early bird catches the worm. |
C.No pains, no gains. | D.Pride goes before a fall. |
Did you notice the number on the book in a library? That number is part of the system used by libraries to organize their collections of books. And it’s used in many countries. The number on each book tells you exactly what kind of book it is. This system is also useful for knowing where to go in the library to find a book.
In this system, there are ten large groups of books. Each of these groups has its own number, such as 100, 200, etc. So, for example, any books about language will have a number 400. On the other hand, any books about history will have a number 900. So, a number in the hundreds place tells you what general group a book is in. If you find a book that has a number in the 500s, you know it is a book about science.
However, science is a big group, so the tens place is used to make a more detailed set of science books. For example, math books are included in the group of science books. Math books all have numbers between 510 and 519. Books about the history of Africa have numbers between 960 and 969.
The system uses the ones place to give a more exact limit for the subject of a book. A book on the history of South Africa will have the number 968.
As you can see, it is a simple system to use as long as you understand what the numbers mean. With this system, the library can keep its books well organized, and people can easily find the book that they want.
【小题1】The reading is about .
A.libraries |
B.working in a library |
C.how numbers are organized |
D.how books are organized in libraries |
A.find where a book is |
B.tell you the title of a book |
C.tell you what kind of book a book is |
D.organize the collections of books in libraries |
A.The number on a book can’t be bigger than 900. |
B.There are ten big groups for books in this system. |
C.History books can have any number between 500 and 900. |
D.This system uses both numbers and letters for some books. |
A.reference books | B.school books | C.science books | D.art books |
A.439 and 493 | B.439 and 568 | C.530 and 560 | D.563 and 436 |
A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain.
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life. . . ”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
【小题1】The crow met the swan on a ___________
A.beach | B.field | C.lake | D.ground |
a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.
d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.
A.a, d, b, c | B.a, b, d, c | C.d, a, c, b | D.d, c, a, b |
A.对…… 怜悯 | B.对……后悔 | C.对……蔑视 | D.对……失望 |
A.The swan began to fly. |
B.It is the turn for the swan to feel proud. |
C.The crow began to fly. |
D.It is the turn for the crow to feel proud. |
A.Practice makes perfect. |
B.The early bird catches the worm. |
C.No pains, no gains. |
D.Pride goes before a fall. |
Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing(令人迷惑的). A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications(沟通误解)were always possible, even over something as simple as “yes” and “no”.
On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific(太平洋), Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, “Do you have cold drinks?” The woman there didn’t say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows(眉毛),which in Micronesia means “yes”.
Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was famous for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today?” He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means “no”.
Tom had a similar problem when arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on(依据)where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean “yes” or “no”.
【小题1】The Americans teaching English in other countries found that they .
A.should go abroad for vacations |
B.needed to learn foreign languages |
C.should often discuss their experiences |
D.had problems with communications |
A.nodding heads | B.raising eyebrows | C.shaking heads | D.saying “no” |
A.he did not know much about Indian culture |
B.he didn’t explain everything clearly enough |
C.some students didn’t understand his questions |
D.he didn’t know where the students came from |
A.In Bulgaria, nodding heads means “no”. |
B.Jan taught English on a Pacific island. |
C.Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage. |
D.In India, only shaking heads means “yes”. |
A.body language in foreign restaurants |
B.class discussion in India schools |
C.miscommunication in different cultures |
D.English teaching in other countries |