题目内容
This is a story from a meeting held by some people and two things in nature. We call it the Four-Sided Talk. Let's "listen to" everyone carefully and find out what they think.
阅读以上“四方会谈"的内容，回答下列问题。
【小题1】 What doesn't the old tree tell us?
| A．He's afraid to be cut down some day. |
| B．He has fewer and fewer friends. |
| C．The trees have the longest lives in the world. |
| D．He has lived for thousands of years. |
| A．神话 | B．奇迹 | C．财富 | D．灾难 |
| A．Because the river is polluted. |
| B．Because the river makes the earth more beautiful. |
| C．Because the river can only offer water to animals. |
| D．Because there are too many animals and plants in the river. |
| A．Set an Earth Protecting Day. |
| B．Protect and love the earth. |
| C．Hold an international meeting. |
| D．Find out what is making the pollution. |
① Over-use the resources.
② Make good use of the resources.
③ Start a global group.
④ Protect the earth.
| A．①④ | B．②③ | C．①③ | D．②④ |
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】B
【小题5】D
解析试题分析：这篇短文以“四方会谈”的方式向我们讲述了环保的重要。河流控诉了人类对它们的污染及造成的严重后果。一棵古树述说了它面临的遭遇，可能被砍伐。人类也意识到了污染的危害，决心要保护地球，合理利用资源。联合国也设立了世界环境日，唤起人们对环境的保护.
【小题1】细节理解题。从短文中古树的描述这段话中的第一句话可知这棵树有数千年了，说明它在世界上活了很长很长时间了，故选C。
【小题2】语义猜测题。句意：自然母亲正在制造者灾难来教训人们。A. 神话 ；B. 奇迹；C. 财富；D. 灾难，根据句意及选项意思，故选D。
【小题3】细节理解题。从短文中河流的描述这段话中的第三句话可知人们向河中倾倒了废物，污染了水源，人们饮用后就生病了，故选A。
【小题4】细节理解题。从短文中联合国这段描述中的第二句话可知联合国已下定决心保护爱护地球，故选B。
【小题5】细节理解题。从短文中人类的这段描述的第三句话可知人类决心要保护地球，合理利用资源，故选D。
考点：科普环保类阅读。
阅读快车系列答案Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart , you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you. While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher’s face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain . Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don’t you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain , crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest.
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can’t be avoided（避免）. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope .
When we face failure , we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have to do. As a popular saying goes , “ Failure is the mother of success .”
Attitude decides everything . With an optimistic(乐观) attitude life is easy and pleasant . Let’s smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us .
【小题1】People sometimes complain____________.
| A．the sky is always dark | B．their studies are successful |
| C．they see the world with their heart | D．life is tiring |
| A．the students don’t like their lessons |
| B．the teacher will be happy if the students do the good jobs |
| C．the teachers don’t like their teaching |
| D．the teachers are tired of their work |
| A．you want to go out | B．you can listen to a concert |
| C．crops in the fields will grow better | D．farmers can’t have a good harvest |
| A．We must be confident in ourselves . | B．We shouldn’t be afraid of it . |
| C．We shouldn’t give up hope . | D．All of the avbove . |
| A．Smile and the World Smiles to You | B．Complaining about life |
| C．Failure is the Mother of Success | D．It is Very Hard to Success |
When I was young，I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”
Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.
In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.
【小题1】When he was young, the writer liked to _______.
| A．play with his brother | B．help his mother cook |
| C．play jokes on people | D．go swimming with his friends |
| A．He got tired. | B．He played a joke on his mother. |
| C．Tony fell from the open window. | D．His mother hit him. |
| A．swam fast | B．called for help |
| C．would sink in water | D．couldn’t swim on in the water |
| A．took him to the hospital at once |
| B．came and saved him immediately |
| C．thought at first he was joking again |
| D．did nothing because the writer had lied to them |
| A．swimming is dangerous |
| B．the writer is a naughty boy |
| C．one can play jokes only on people he knows |
| D．if someone always tells lies, others won’t trust (信任) him |
Anna and Jane had tickets for a pop concert in London. They were very excited about the concert. They had planned their day in London very carefully. They worked out which trains to catch, where to eat and where they wanted to go shopping. 【小题1】. A friend of Jane’s was working with the sound equipment backstage（后台）. He said he could get them special passes so they could go backstage. He promised to ask the group if the girls could come to say “Hello”. He said that he was sure he could get them the group’s autographs（签名）.【小题2】
Then two days before the concert, Anna got a cold.【小题3】, even though she stayed in bed and took medicine. On the evening before the concert, she had a fever and was very sick indeed.
Anna’s mother rang Jane. “Anna is too sick to go to the concert,” she said. “You had better find someone else to go with.”
The next day, Anna was feeling very sorry for herself. Then she had a visitor. It was Jane! She came with a big bag of fruit and a pile of their favorite CDs. “I’ll give the tickets to Jill and Sue in the end,” she said. “【小题4】 . It wouldn’t be much fun without you.”
| A. It got worse and worse B. Jane felt very surprised C. The girls could hardly wait D. Then they got some exciting news E. We’ll go to another concert together |
Dear Addie,
Greetings from New Jersey, how is New Zealand? I’m very excited to have you as my pen pal. I guess it’s my turn to tell you about myself.
First off, I live with my parents, two sisters, and our pet dog Brighty. Our town is called Whippangong. It is only about a half-hour away from New York City. My oldest sister, Ingrid, just turned 17, that means she now has a drive’s license. She drives us to the mall. Do you have a mall near you in Te Awamutu? My other sister is 11 and her name is Lucy. I guess I would say that she is my best friend. We still fight, though. She rides horses and takes lessons every Saturday morning. I have to go with her sometimes, and that is truly the most boring thing in the world. Do you like horses?
I take tap dancing classes. I like to practice in the food store. The sound of my feet stepping on the hard floors echoes(发出回声). I play scores in the fall; I’m on the swim team during the summer. I like swim, but I am really looking forward to diving this year. Next year I will start music lessons in school. I think I am going to play the piano.
Our house has eight rooms and a small backyard where every year we try to grow vegetables. We mostly get zucchini because the rabbits eat everything else. I guess rabbits don’t like zucchini. I have a bike and mum allows me to ride up and down our street, but nowhere else. I hope that I will get to ride it to school someday. Right now I ride the crowed and yucky bus.
Well, that is enough about me for now. I look forward to hearing from you again soon. I hope your surfing lessons went well. And I hope your mum does let you learn to play the drums.
Write soon
Love,
Jessica
【小题1】 In this letter, Jessica doesn’t talk about .
| A．her family numbers | B．her spare time |
| C．her house | D．her ambition |
| A．跌倒 | B．降落 | C．秋天 | D．瀑布 |
A. different B. fool
C.exciting D.frightening
【小题4】 Zucchini is likely to be a kind of .
| A．animals | B．vegetable |
| C．flower | D．fruit |
A. Jessica likes Lucy very much but they don’t always get along.
B. People below 18 can’t get driving licenses in New Jersey
C. Jessica usually goes to school by bike, but sometimes by bus.
D. Ingrid gets to take riding lessons and JessicA、wishes she could, too.
【小题6】 What might be Addie’s problem?
| A．She can’t take surfing lessons. |
| B．She wants to play the drums. |
| C．There are no malls near her house. |
| D．She has no family. |
Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don’t have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.
Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year that a French worker.
Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don’t pay overtimes. Their workers don’t get more money for more work. Some people think it’s their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don’t work more hours.
Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull (迟钝的) boy.” If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.
【小题1】A Japanese worker works ________ more hours a year than a French one.
| A．513 | B．1,646 |
| C．2,519 | D．3,805 |
| A．正常的 | B．额外的 |
| C．有用的 | D．少量的 |
| A．France | B．Germany |
| C．The United States | D．Great Britain |
| A．No companies offer vacation to their workers. |
| B．Many people say they have enough time to relax. |
| C．Not all companies pay their workers for more work. |
| D．More than half of workers use all their vacation days. |
Imagine the situation. You are driving along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. 【小题1】 You have no mobile phone. What should you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. 【小题2】 It can find your position to within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.
GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. 【小题3】 We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have electronic maps, so you know where you are. 【小题4】
Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile. 【小题5】 here are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.
| A:It is a device(装置) which uses satellites to find the user’s position. B: For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the street. C:It is night and it is cold. D: There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. E: You can hold it in your hand, or put in your pocket. F:They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate(精确的). |
Naturally ,American schoolchildren love holidays .And they get a lot of them each year .Besides having national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Presidents; Day off from school ,students get longer breaks in the US only go to school for about 180 days a year.To students ,holidays are perfect .However ,parents think there are advantages and disadvantages .
On the one hand ,school holidays allow families to spend time together .Many American parents take time off from work during June,July or august to travel with their children on vacations either in the US or in a foreign country .On the other hand ,schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation for an time.This means that parents with young children may have to pay more in the babysitting or day care coats.As well ,the long summer holidays mean that students sometimes get bored.
Besides going on trips with their parents ,American students enjoy taking part in different kind s of activities during the holidays .For example ,some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure holidays .Such trips are great adventurous students .They also have a lot to offer students who aren’t usually interested in traditional PE activities .ou can do courses in survival skills ,for example .Students learn how to make a camp in the forest ,which wild food they can eat and how to find their way to make a camp in the forest,which wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center.
Students who are not excited about summer camps and outdoor adventure may take part in courses in computer game design ,film making and photography during the holidays .Finally ,the traditional school trip to foreign countries is always popular .Students can practice their foreign language skills and experience every day life in a different culture.
【小题1】How long are kids in the US at school every year?
About 180 days B.About 280 days
C.About 200 days D.About 300 days
【小题2】What does the underlined “they “refer to in the third paragraph?
| A．Some kids | B．Different traditional PE activities |
| C．Parents | D．Summer camps and adventures |
| A．Both parents and students think school holidays are perfect. |
| B．Parents can take care of their young kinds of activities |
| C．Students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during holidays . |
| D．Students don;t like to have school trips to foreign counties during holidays . |
| A．School Trips in the US . | B．school Holidays in the US . |
| C．School Activities in the US. | D．Outdoor adventure in the US |