题目内容
What opinions did experts have about movements and transportation throughout history?
Take a look.
【小题1】Which of the following experts was a science fiction writer?
A.Lord Kelvin | B.Lee Deforest | C.Leonardo da Vinci | D.Jules, Verne |
A.airplanes would never fly |
B.no person would ever reach the moon |
C.people would fly in a machine with an overhead propeller |
D.people would be able to travel under water in airtight ships |
A.One | B.Two | C.Three | D.Four |
【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】B
解析试题分析:本文叙述了历史上一些专家对运动和运输的观点。Lord Kelvin,认为飞机将永远不会飞,莱特兄弟制造了一辆可以驾驶的飞机,证明他的观点是不对的。Lee Deforest, 认为没有人能飞到月球上,结果被尼尔·阿姆斯特朗证明是错的。Jules, Verne认为人们可以在海底乘坐密封的船旅行,Leonardo da Vinci认为将会乘坐带有螺旋桨的机器飞行,他们两个人的观点,如今都被证明是正确的。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据Jules, Verne, Science fiction writer 可知Jules, Verne,是一个科幻作家。故选D。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据Opinion: People would fly in a machine with an overhead propeller.可知 Leonardo da Vinci的观点是人们将会乘坐带有螺旋桨的机器飞行。故选C。
【小题3】推理判断题。根据文中内容可知Leonardo da Vinci和 Jules, Verne的观点被证明是正确的,共两种,故选B。
考点:历史类短文阅读。
The Chinese New Year is the most important holiday for the Chinese people. For the Chinese,the New Year comes with the first day of the First Moon,between January 21 and February 19. People get ready for the holiday for fifteen days.
Finally,at midnight it is the first day of the First Moon. People close the shops and the streets are empty. Everyone locks(锁) the doors and stays at home.
It is an important time for the family. The younger people bow(鞠躬) to the older people. The Chinese call this Ke Tou. This means “to touch the ground with the forehead(额头)”.Then the younger people wish the older people a happy New Year. The older people give children gifts of money inside envelopes(信封). The family then go to sleep.
In the morning,people dress in(穿上) their best clothes. Some people stay at home,others go out to pay a New Year Call. They are very polite and do not use bad words. It's the most important day of the year.
【小题1】“The Chinese New Year” in the passage means “______”.
A.MidAutumn | B.the Spring Festival |
C.Christmas Day | D.the Dragon(龙)Boat Festival |
A.a few days | B.twelve days |
C.half a month | D.three weeks |
A.lots of | B.hundreds of |
C.many | D.few |
A.to touch the ground with the forehead . |
B.to touch the ground with the head . |
C.to feel the ground. |
D.to feel the head. |
A.Good luck! | B.Best wishes! |
C.Good morning. | D.Happy New Year! |
It was reported today that in China, 56% of people who write blogs(博客) do so as a personal diary and 83% use their blogs for sending messages to friends. It was also found that there is a strong East- West difference. In places like the US, blogs that offer information on news attract more readers but in China, blogs are more likely to be about sharing personal feelings.
It seems that bloggers can be divided into three types: IT bloggers, bloggers who record their ordinary feelings and media(媒体) bloggers.
When blogging first started, the IT people had the technological advantage and they took the chance to put their thoughts on the web. Some of these IT people now have had over a million people read their blogs.
The next wave of bloggers did not have any training as writers or in IT and wrote about normal daily life. Media bloggers, however, are trained writers, such as journalists and editors. When the many media bloggers showed up, the everyday bloggers lost most of their readers. Media bloggers have the advantage of knowing how to communicate well through the written words.
However, the normal bloggers are still out there and increasing in number. It seems that blogging is the new way to express your feelings. People feel like the world is listening to, or rather reading, their problems, even if they are not.
【小题1】 From the passage we know that________.
A.56% of the Chinese write blogs |
B.people in US like to read blogs for news |
C.the Chinese never share feelings with each other through blogs |
D.the way that Chinese use blogs is not different from the West |
A.IT bloggers | B.Media bloggers |
C.Normal bloggers | D.US bloggers |
A.There will be more and more normal bloggers. |
B.Only bloggers express their feelings through the Internet. |
C.All people in the world are listening to the bloggers’ voice. |
D.Media bloggers didn’t have the advantage of knowing how to communicate well. |
A.increased. | B.appeared . |
C.arrived. | D.grew. |
Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and learn. For over 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans’ education. But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.
Benjamin Franklin famously founded (创建) America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1800’s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.
Carnegie believed that libraries could offer the chances to Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have opportunities to read and use books, speeches and news.
If you can easily find a public library in your community(社区), you’ll get more chances. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven tenths of the libraries have free Internet. It provides much more information and opportunities to ask for jobs online.
Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Build! Play! adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book that is being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images(图像) from the story happily. Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom(智慧) are never shut.” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!
【小题1】 Benjamin Franklin founded the first lending library in _______.
A.1731 | B.1800 | C.1886 | D.1919 |
A.2767. | B.6458. | C.9225. | D.1679. |
①The public library system in America developed fast.
②The first lending library was founded.
③ Libraries provide information and chances to ask for job online.
④ Libraries try to bring people into the library by using creative programs.
A.②①③④ | B.②③④① | C.③④①② | D.①②③④ |
A.libraries have played an important role in Americans’ education |
B.public libraries in the US should never close the doors |
C.the writer doesn’t agree with Benjamin Franklin |
D.libraries help people to open the doors of wisdom |
A.the libraries in the world |
B.libraries and opportunities |
C.libraries teach kids to read and learn |
D.the development of the American libraries |
It has more than 845 million users worldwide. If it were a country, it would have the third largest population in the world, behind China and India. This is Facebook, a popular website from the US. It is similar to Renren in China.
Mark Zuckerber was born on May 14, 1984. As a little kid, he loved creating little fun computer programs. He set up the network in February of 2004. He was then a second-year student at Harvard University. One day, he had the idea of building a website for Harvard students to get to know each other. He set up the Facebook website. Harvard students could share photos and their personal information there. Soon, the website became very famous. Zuckerberg decided to leave Harvard to run Facebook full time. It was the biggest adventure in his life and later brought him great success. Now, the service is popular around the world.
Greetings such as “Have you checked your Facebook page today?” became a part of young people’s everyday language in the US. People can exchange message and get the latest information about their friends on Facebook. Zuckerberg’s dream is to connect people through the Internet. “Facebook is to make the world more open and connected,” he said.
What’s the young man’s secret to success? Zuckerberg believes it’s important to have an open mind and be ready to try new things. “The riskiest thing is to take no risks,” he once said in an open letter. Sometimes the simplest ideas go furthest. We hope Mar Zuckerberg can go much further, maybe even further than Bill Gates.
【小题1】The underlined word “ it “ in the first paragraph refers to _________.
A.Facebook | B.Renren | C.India | D.China |
A.exchange messages | B.share information |
C.do online shopping | D.put up photos |
a.Zucker studied in Harvard University.
b. Facebook is popular around the world.
c. Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard.
d. Zuckberg set up the Facebook website.
A.a-b-c-d | B.a-c-b-d | C.a-d-b-c | D.a-d-c-b |
A.Because he wanted to collect some money. |
B.Because he wanted to connect people online. |
C.Because he felt bored when studying in Harvard. |
D.Because he didn’t know his classmates very well. |
MOVIE GUIDE THURSDAY | |||
Rush Hour 15:00 23:00 | My Life as Mcdull 9:00 13:00 | ||
①Action Movie Do you like Jackie Chan? Rush Hour is another movie of his. It’s so exciting. Come and have fun! | ②Cartoon Mcdull is a little pig. He’s kind of silly but he’s very cute. Do you want to enjoy happiness with him? Be sure to watch it! | ||
Mr. Bean 11:00 19:00 | Harry Potter Ⅲ 17:00 21:00 | ||
③Comedy Rowan is a great actor. His movie Mr. Bean is coming. It’s very funny. Don’t miss it! | ④Science Fiction Harry Potter has been in the wizardry school (魔法学校) for three years. He begins a new life. How is everything going? |
A.Exciting. | B.Silly but cute. | C.Funny. | D.Happy. |
A.Rush Hour. | B.My life as Mcdull. | C.Mr. Bean. | D.Harry PotterⅢ. |
A.Rush Hour and My life as Mcdull. |
B.My life as Mcdull and Mr. Bean. |
C.Mr. Bean and Harry Potter Ⅲ. |
D.Harry Potter Ⅲ and My life as Mcdull. |
A.Action Movie. | B.Cartoon. | C.Comedy. | D.Science Fiction. |
A.Jackie Chan. | B.Rowan. | C.Mcdull. | D.Harry Potter. |
Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they don’t all have the same coffee culture. In Europe for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North America in the past. Instead, people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks coffee shops spread across the country.[来源:学科网ZXXK]
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981.That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, which caused his great interest. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In 1982, the original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing(市场营销).
In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special environment of the espresso (浓咖啡) bars there caught his eyes. Back in the USA, Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and casual, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks began opening more stores across the USA. Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well. Today, there are more than 16,000 Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.
However, that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems. In fact, many Starbucks stores have closed over the past few years. On the one hand, this is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area. On the other hand, stores in some countries closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the “feel the same everywhere” environment offered by Starbucks.【小题1】
The underlined word “ran” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ”.
A.moved | B.managed |
C.loved | D.used |
【小题2】
According to the passage, which is the right order for the following sentences?a. This man helped to make Starbucks a huge coffee company.
b. He went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it.
c. Howard Schultz noticed Starbucks ordered lots of special coffee makers.
d. Starbucks began as a small coffee company in Seattle in the USA.
A. a-d-c -b B. a-d-b-c
C. d-c- b-a D. d-c-a-b
【小题3】
Why did so many Starbucks close in some countries?A.All of the coffee tastes the same. |
B.The coffee in these places was too expensive. |
C.The people in these countries didn’t drink coffee. |
D.There were too many coffee shops in one place. |