﹣How much do you know about Taiwan，John？

﹣Taiwan and the mainland（祖国） have a lot in common． They___ a lot of history and culture（文化）．

A. support B. choose C. explain D. share

The mountain village is my hometown．I spent____fantastic nights there when I was young．

A. a lot B. lot of

C. the number of D. plenty of

一How old is your grandpa，Sue？

一____．We are going to celebrate his _____birthday next month

A. Seventy﹣ninth； eighties

B. Seventy﹣ninth； eighth

C. Seventy﹣nine； eightieth

D. Seventy﹣nine； eighties

﹣Mary looks so____．

﹣Yes．And she is clever．She learns things____．

A. friendly； quickly B. quickly；carefully

C. quick； careful D. friendly；quick

____ room is modern．But____is cleaner than____．

A. Tom and Peter's， my， their

B. Tom's and Peter's， mine， theirs

C. Tom's and Peter's， my， their

D. Tom and Peter's， mine， theirs

﹣Tomorrow is Saturday； would you like to go swimming with me？

﹣________

A. I like it very much． B. Yes，I would．

C. Sure，I'd love to． D. I think so．

You and your family are planning a picnic for tomorrow．But you want to __ the weather forecast （预报） first to see whether（是否） there will be rain or not．Your father turns on the television and the family listens to the __make the weather report．

"It will be partly cloudy tomorrow morning，__sunny by early afternoon．The high tomorrow will be 85．"

As there will be no rain，the whole family feels __．Without （没有）the weather forecast，you would not know this，and you would just have to take your chances．But now，you can plan your picnic__worrying whether（是否）it will rain or not．

The man you can thank for this is Cleveland Abbe．He is known as the father of the weather bureau．He was the first person to publish ___weather forecasts in the United States．

Abbe began his daily weather bulletins （简报）in 1869．They were based on weather__he drew from telegraphed reports of weather conditions．Because of their accuracy （准确），the reports were __．

Congress （国会）__Abbe's weather reports．They made Abbe a meteorologist （someone who studies weather conditions），and he ___issuing（发布）forecasts three times a day．He was the first official forecaster of the U．S．Weather Service．Because he often forecast probable storms，Abbe earned the nickname of "Old Probabilities．"

1.A. hear B. watch C. listen D. organize

2.A. fireman B. postman C. fisherman D. weatherman

3.A. so B. but C. after D. because

4.A. happy B. worried C. stressed D. curious

5.A. about B. without C. against D. from

6.A. online B. polluted C. daily D. indoor

7.A. maps B. stations C. space D. centers

8.A. strange B. helpful C. terrible D. useless

9.A. see B. hear C. took D. noticed

10.A. avoided B. began C. minded D. risked

1.The note told Greg his mother was ________.

A. not at home

B. in the garden

C. washing the dog

D. making afternoon tea

2.What did Greg have to do in his room?

A. Wash his uniform.

B. Feed the pets.

C. Have a rest.

D. Make it tidy.

3.What did Greg’s mother ask him to do first?

A. Go outside.

B. Brush the cat.

C. Have afternoon tea.

D. Change his clothes. Alum

Some people have a very poor sense of direction．Unluckily，I am one of them．I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time．

When I was a little girl， I never dared to ask strangers the way．And so I used to walk round in circle and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to．

Now，I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions，but I often receive helpless or even wrong information． So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions．If anyone asks me the way somewhere，I would say，"sorry，I am a stranger here．"

Once on my way to work，I was stopped by a man．He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building．I gave him my usual reply． But just as I walked on only a few steps，I realized that he had asked the way to my office building． However， I had no time to turn back and look for him．I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn't want to keep him waiting．

When I just got to my office，the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions．Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight!

1.The writer always refuses to give people directions because ．

A. she is a stranger to the city B. she doesn't know the people

C. she has no time to help others D. she's afraid of giving wrong directions

2.A man stopped the writer on the way to ．

A. sell her something B. ask her the time C. make friends with her D. ask for the direction

3.The Friendship Building is the place where the writer ．

A. lives B. studies C. works D. teaches

4.The word "embarrassed" in the last paragraph means " "．

A. 尴尬的 B. 困惑的 C. 激动的 D. 拮据的

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

A. The writer is too shy to give others directions．

B. The writer has a very poor sense of direction．

C. The writer never got lost when she was young．

D. The man was quite nervous when he saw the writer．

Frank is my neighbour．He is a manager （经理）of a company．He works hard every day，but people around him think he is too careful with money．

Most people in his company drive to work．But Frank has a bike．He usually goes to work by bike．He says riding a bike can make him healthy．

Usually Frank takes a bottle of water with him．When others drink juice or coffee，he enjoys his water． He thinks water is the cheapest but the best drink．

Frank likes reading．But he spends little money on books．When he has free time，he goes to the bookshops or libraries to do some reading． If he really wants to buy a book，he will buy it online．

Some people think Frank is mean（吝啬的）．Do you think so？

1.What is Frank？

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2.Where does Frank do some reading when he is free？

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3.Do you think Frank is mean？ Why or why not？

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