Peter was an inventor(发明家). His job was to invent new things, and he worked when he had an idea. His workroom was in his house, so he could work whenever(无论何时) he wanted to. Sometimes he worked seven days a week and sometimes he didn’t work for days. He did all his work right at home, but he left the house to go to meetings sometimes.

Peter usually got up at about five o’clock. He made tea and started to work at six. He drank tea all day. He couldn’t work without it, but he didn’t eat anything until evening.

First, Peter cleaned the workroom and turned on the answer-phone(留言机) because he couldn’t talk to people when he had an idea. Then he started to work. He usually had a rest after two or three hours, but he didn’t leave the workroom. He did something different to help him relax. Sometimes he did some exercise, and sometimes he listened to music... He usually stopped working at about nine o’clock in the evening. He thought about his work most of the time, even when he was out. He was interested in what was around him and he liked looking for new ideas and new problems to solve.

根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

1.What was Peter’s job?

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2.Did Peter have to work seven days every week?

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3.When did Peter start to work?

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4.Why did Peter turn on the answer-phone?

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5.How did he relax himself after two or three hours’ work?

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We’ll never forget the special trip to Thailand. It was our first time to visit the hot and wet city of Bangkok. All the smells made us try the food.1.. The hotel we stayed in was cheap and very clean. We planned to stay there for a few days and to visit some places in the city, and then traveled to Chiang Mai(清迈) in the north.

Bangkok was wonderful and surprising! The places were interesting.2., and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything was so colorful, and we took hundreds of photos there!

3.. We took a train to the north, stayed in Chiang Mai for two days, and then went to Chiang Rai(清莱) by bus.

Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. 4.. The village people there loved the quiet life. We found that there were no computers or phones there. Most of the houses were low and simple. They were the kindest people I had ever met. 5.. My brother and I could only speak a few of Thai words, so smiling was the best way to show our kindness. I feel good there and hope to be able to go back there next year.

根据短文内容,将方框中所给的句子填入短文中适当的位置,使短文意思通顺,结构完整。将选项写在面的横线上。

A.Later we left for Chiang Mai.

B.We enjoyed something special for dinner.

C.They always smiled and said “hello”.

D.We visited the famous market which was on the water.

E.We visited a small village at the foot of a mountain.

A.Later we left for Chiang Mai.

B.We enjoyed something special for dinner.

C.They always smiled and said “hello”.

D.We visited the famous market which was on the water.

E.We visited a small village at the foot of a mountain.

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项,请将所选答案涂到答题卡的相应位置上。

American and British people both speak English. But sometimes there are some important differences between British English and American Englsih.

1.Often, Americans don’t say each word separately. They say words together. Americans may say “I dunno” instead of “I don’t know”.However, the British are more careful. They usually say all the words and keep them separate.

Sound is not the only difference. Words sometimes have different meanings, too.2.Americans drive trucks, but in England people drive lorries.

3. In England, if you are going to call your friends, you “phone them up”. In America, you “give them call”.

There are also some differences in grammar.For example, Americans usually use the helping verb “do” when they ask a question. They say “Do you have a pen?”But the British often leave out the helping verb.4..

Most languages are like this. Languages change over time. When people live in separate places, the languages change in different ways. This is what has happened to English.5. Many people in Canada speak French but their French is very different from the French of France.

A. English is widely used in China.

B. It can also happen to other languages like French.

C. For example, the vocabulary for cars and driving is very different. D. They say “Have you a pen?”

E. English in these two countries is different only in sound.

F. First of all, they sound very different.

G. Many expressions are also different in the two countries.

A. English is widely used in China.

B. It can also happen to other languages like French.

C. For example, the vocabulary for cars and driving is very different. D. They say “Have you a pen?”

E. English in these two countries is different only in sound.

F. First of all, they sound very different.

G. Many expressions are also different in the two countries.

I felt very sad because I was not able to get the ticket to the film Hero last Friday. I learned from the newspaper that tickets could be bought at the cinema box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. m. Since I work from 9:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. , the only time I could go to the cinema is during my 45 minutes’ lunchtime. It is a pity that the cinema is on the other side of the town and the bus service between my company and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes.

Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for 15 minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come round the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip, so I had to go back. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes. But when I got there, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man said he had been waiting in line for over an hour. I found I would not have enough time to wait in line. I caught the next bus and went back across the town.

By Friday I understood my only hope was to make the trip by car. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth it to see the film. The trip by car only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I reached the cinema, I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line. But I quickly found out that it was because they had already sold out all the tickets.

1.It seemed that the writer of the story works as a ____.

A. worker B. doctor C. farmer D. clerk

2.The writer tried to go to the cinema every day, but really got there ____.

A. five times B. twice C. four times D. three times

3.We can infer from the underlined sentence that the writer was ____.

A. worried B. sorry C. surprised D. pleased

4.In the end the writer got ____ ticket(s).

A. one B. two C. three D. no

5.When the writer reached the cinema, he was delighted because ____.

A. he understood his only hope was to make the trip by car

B. it was expensive, but he felt it would be worth it to see the film

C. he saw that nobody was waiting in line

D. the trip by car only took 10 minutes

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