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     1. ______ It has around 3 billion fans - nearly half the world's population! And about 300 million people
play this game. That's 4 percent of the world' s population!
     2. ______ Many people in old days played early forms (形式) of this modern game. Cu ju (蹴鞠), a
ball-kicking game in China, was reported as early as 2,500 B.C. Around the same time in Greece, people
were also playing a similar ball game without using their hands.
     But modern soccer didn't become official (官方的) until 1863. An Englishman called Cobb Morley
introduced the idea of a soccer association (联盟). 3. _______ From then on, other associations in the
countries were set up. They came together-to make up the FIFA, which organizes the World Cup.
     It's not easy to tell what makes soccer so popular. 4. ______ Soccer needs only two feet and a ball. This
makes it a sport that developing countries can easily play. Some of the sport' s best players come from these
poor nations.
    5. _____ The sport's no-hands rule makes beautiful dance-like movements on the field. What's more, this
sport excites the heart. Teams might score only a few times each match, so matches can turn around
suddenly.
    No one knows who will win at the next World Cup. But one thing is certain: The world will be watching.

A. He also wrote the sport's official rules.
B. Soccer is the world's favorite sport.
C. Playing soccer is good for your health.
D. But one reason is how simple the sport is.
E. People love soccer as well as their countries.
F. It's hard to say where soccer's birthplace is.
G. Soccer performances are pleasing to the eyes.

阅读理解。

     Eating out is more popular in Britain today than it has ever been. It is reported that British people spend
more eating out than cooking for themselves and eating at home. It seems that many British people are
becoming more and more interested in how good their food tastes, and also how healthy it is.
     However, eating out can also be expensive, so British people do not eat out every night. When having a
date with friends, or having a birthday, many people like to go to a restaurant, and people often also eat in a
restaurant before going to the cinema or the theater.
     As in all cultures, there are many rules of manners about eating. The knife and fork should be used in the
correct way. It is also impolite to speak with your mouth full when you are eating.
    Most British cities have a large collection of food as well as British food, from the very cheap to the very
expensive－French, Italian, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Japanese and many, many more.
     When people are too tired to cook after work, they often get a"takeaway". This means that they order from
a take－out restaurant by telephone, and then go to get it. Many take-out restaurants also send it to your house.
All you have to do is to open the door, pay and eat!

1. When do British people often eat in a restaurant?

A. After having a birthday.
B. Before watching a movie.
C. When they feel tired.
D. If they want to have natural food.

2. Many people prefer to eat out nowadays because __________.

A. eating out is cheaper than cooking at home
B. they can learn more manners in the restaurant
C. people care more about their food than before
D. people don't like to stay at home after work

3. From the fourth paragraph, we can learn that _________.

A. British dishes are very expensive
B. Japanese dishes are most expensive
C. British people like foreign food
D. French food is most popular

4.The"takeaway" is the food __________.

A. you order and take out of the restaurant
B. that is left when you are eating in a restaurant
C. you order but don't need to pay at once
D. that is sold and ordered only on the phone

5. What is the best title (标题) of the passage?

A. British restaurant culture
B. British table manners
C. Best restaurants in Britain
D. Best food in Britain

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     On September 12 this year, you will see a full moon (满月). It is the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节).
The festival is on the 15th day of the eighth lunar (农历) month. And it is one of the most important festivals
in China.
     It is a big time for families and friends to get together. In the evening, people sit around a table and look
at the bright moon. They eat sweet or salty moon cakes (月饼). People can see a lot of lanterns (灯笼) in the
street. Children like guessing (猜) the answers to the lantern riddles (灯谜).
     The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a harvest (收获) festival. Farmers begin to harvest fruits and vegetable.

Name of the festival	The 1________ Festival
Date of the festival	The 15th day of 2________ month
What to eat	Sweet or salty 3________
What children like doing	Guessing 4________ to the lantern riddles
What farmers harvest	5________

阅读理解。

        Special Olympics International held news conferences (新闻发布会) in both Shanghai and Washington
D.C. on May 24th, 2002 to announce ( 宣布) that Shanghai would host the 2007 Special Olympics World
Summer Games. This is the first time for Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held in Asia and in
a developing country.
        Over ten thousand Special Olympics athletes and coaches (运动员、教练员), over twenty thousand
family members of athletes, experts, scholars(专家学者) and distinguished guests (嘉宾), as well as forty
thousand volunteers from more than one hundred and seventy countries and regions will attend this grand
event.
        There will be 21 competitive events, including bowling, outdoor bowls, sailboat, golf, weightlifting,
basketball, equitation, volleyball, table tennis, handball, aquatic sports, gymnastics, track and field, tennis,
badminton, cycling, canoeing, judo, ice skating, soccer and baseball. There will be also four demonstration
(表演) events, including dragon & lion dance, dragon boat race, cricket and Motor Activities Training Program
(机能运动MATP). Non-sports events include the Law Enforcement Torch Run (执法人员火炬跑), Host
Town Program, Healthy Athletes Program, Parent Forum (家长论坛), Youth Summit (青少年峰会) and
School Education Program etc.

1. When did Shanghai win the host of the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games?

A. On Oct. 2^nd , 2007
B. On May 24^th, 2002
C. On August 24^th ,2008
D. On March 14^th , 2005

2. In 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games, how many countries and regions will come to Shanghai?

A. Over 170.
B. More than ten thousand.
C. Forty thousand.
D. Over twenty thousand

3. How many kinds of events will be held in Special Olympics World Summer Games?

A. 21
B. four
C. 6
D. 3

阅读短文，然后推据短文内容，简要回答下列问题。

     Have you seen the videos on TV? Do you wear large T-skirts and baggy jeans? Or have you heard
someone rap (说唱)? Hip-Hop is very hot now.
     Hip-Hop music was started in the middle of the 1970s by African Americans in New York. The music,
break-dancing (霹雳舞) and graffiti (涂鸦) make up Western Hip-Hop culture. Most of the Hip-Hop songs
are about love, jobs or even games.
     Usually in rap, singers speak words very quickly to a certain beat. Most of the words are fun. Singers
play off words to make fun of themselves or others. Hip-Hop music has few rules. Singers just do what
they think and rap it out in a clever or creative (创造性的) way. It makes a lot of teenagers fall in love with
the music. Many of them like wearing large T-shirts and baggy jeans. Famous rap and Hip-Hop stars include
Eminem in the US. and Jay Chou from China.
     Today Hip-Hop is more and more popular across most of the world.

1. Is Hip-Hop very hot now?
    _________________________________________________
2. When was Hip-Hop music started?
    _________________________________________________
3. What are most of the Hip-Hop songs about?
    _________________________________________________
4. Does Hip-Hop have many rules or few rules?
    _________________________________________________
5. Why do a lot of teenagers fall in love with the music?
    _________________________________________________

请阅读下面短文。根据短文内容从下面方框内的七个选项中，选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

     1. ______ It has around 3 billion fans-nearly half the world's population! And about 300 million
people play this game. That's 4 percent of the world' s population!
     2. ______ Many people in old days played early forms (形式) of this modern game. Cu ju (蹴鞠), a
ball-kicking game in China, was reported as early as 2,500 B.C. Around the same time in Greece, people
were also playing a similar ball game without using their hands.
     But modern soccer didn't become official (官方的) until 1863. An Englishman called Cobb Morley
introduced the idea of a soccer association (联盟). 3. _______ From then on, other associations in the
countries were set up. They came together-to make up the FIFA, which organizes the World Cup.
     It's not easy to tell what makes soccer so popular. 4. ______ Soccer needs only two feet and a ball.
This makes it a sport that developing countries can easily play. Some of the sport' s best players come from
these poor nations.
     5. _____ The sport's no-hands rule makes beautiful dance-like movements on the field. What's more,
this sport excites the heart. Teams might score only a few times each match, so matches can turn around
suddenly.
     No one knows who will win at the next World Cup. But one thing is certain: The world will be watching.

A. He also wrote the sport's official rules.
B. Soccer is the world's favorite sport.
C. Playing soccer is good for your health.
D. But one reason is how simple the sport is.
E. People love soccer as well as their countries.
F. It's hard to say where soccer's birthplace is.
G. Soccer performances are pleasing to the eyes.

阅读理解。

     Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that
more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to
communicate with knowledge.
     Paper was first made in China about 2,000 years ago. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very
commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100.
After that, the forestry countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States because the
most important in paper-making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world. And it has the biggest
paper industry in the world.
     When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes, and writing paper. So paper
plays an important role in our lives.
     Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated (隔热) with paper. You perhaps
seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold.
In Finland, in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow.
Nothing could be warmer.

1. What did the invention of paper mean? It meant _________.

A. more people could be educated
B. more books could be printed
C. paper is one of the most important products
D. Paper was invented by man

2. When was paper made in southern Europe?

A. Before 1100.
B. After 1400.
C. After 1100.
D. Before 1400.

3. Which country makes the best paper?

A. Norway.
B. Canada.
C. The United States.
D. Finland.

4. What's the meaning of the sentence "Nothing could be warmer."?

A. Books are warmer.
B. Newspapers are warmer.
C. Paper is the warmest.
D. Houses are the warmest.

5. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. The invention of paper.
B. The best paper.
C. The paper-making.
D. The uses of paper.

阅读理解。

     When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of"Good luck!" from a friend can be helpful.
But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?
     In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are
hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
     Have you heard the saying "When you wish upon a star"? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night
and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn't happen very often. The
saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.
     Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit's foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so
they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about
which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all.
However, as the funny saying goes, "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work
for the rabbit!"
     People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch
the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following
year-they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole of good luck!

1. ______ is mentioned in the oldest good luck tradition.

A. A rabbit's foot
B. A falling leaf
C. A cheerful wish from friends
D. A shooting star

2. From Paragraph 3, we know that ______.

A. shooting stars can often be seen
B. people can see a shooting star on a rainy night
C. your wish may come true if you see a shooting star
D. people believe that it's unlucky to see a shooting star

3. British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because ______.

A. the leaves fall in autumn
B. there are so many leaves to catch
C. the leaves can bring them a lucky month
D. they want to have a whole year of good luck

4. In Paragraph 5, the underlined word "them" refers to (指) ______.

A. trees
B. people
C. leaves
D. years

5. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. how to wish upon a star
B. things that bring good luck
C. British people love leaves
D. which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest

阅读理解。

     Tea, coffee and cocoa are three major drinks all over the world. Tea is drunk by the largest number of
people in the world. Tea, as well as silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years
ago and has been an important Chinese export since then.
     Tea has a history of over 4, 000 years and China is the home of tea. In ancient China, tea was used as a
kind of medicine, while nowadays people drink tea daily.
     Longjing, Pu'er, Wulong and Tieguanyin are all famous tea. Thanks to the mild climate and rich soil in
Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan, tea is produced mainly in these provinces.
     The word for tea in different languages came from Chinese, like"cha'i" in Russian. And the Japanese
character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese.
     Over the past centuries, Chinese people have developed their unique tea culture, which includes tea
planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is also popular in some sayings, like "A
friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea." In dances, songs, poems and novels, tea is often mentioned.
too.

1. How many drinks are mentioned in this passage?

A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
D. Six.

2. Tea is produced mainly in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan because _________.

A. they are all big provinces
B. they are all close to the sea
C. there are quite a lot of mountains there
D. the climate ia mild and the soil is rich there

3. The underlined sentence "A friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea."
in the last paragraph means _________.

A. 一个朋友就是一杯茶
B. 君子之交淡如水
C. 看到朋友就会想起茶
D. 绅士才能够喝茶

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

A. Tea, cocoa and silk are important Chinese exports.
B. Tea has more than 1, 000 years of history.
C. Japan is the home of tea.
D. In ancient China, people used tea as a kind of medicine.

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. China's Tea Culture
B. A Saying of Tea
C. Drinks in the World
D. Tea and Coffee

阅读理解。

	Welcome to the 2012 London Olympic Games!
Archery	Archery has a 10,000 year history, when bows and arrows were first used for hunting and war. Archery first appeared at the Paris Olympics of 1990. It was removed after 1908 and only returned to the Olympics at Munich in 1972. Did you know? In the 14th century, archery was so important that as English law required every man, aged seven to 60, to practise it.
Badminton	This sport was invented by British soldiers in India who called it Poono, the same name as the town in which they lived. It was first played at the Olympics in 1992 at Barcelona. Although the rules of the modern sport were developed in England, Asian countries are now the best. Did you know? The best balls are said to be made fromthe feathers of the left wing of goose.
Football	There are two medal competitions for Olympic football, one for men's teams and one for women's. Football was first played at the 1908 Olympic Games and it has been played at every Olympic Games ever since, except for Los Angeles 1932. Did you know? Hungary has won three football gold medals-more than any other country.
Taekwondo	This Korean sport's name means"the way of the hand and foot". The players get points by hitting each other with these two parts of the body only. The players mustn't lie on the floor and no equipment can be used. Taekwondo first appeared at the 2000 Sydney Games. Did you know? Over 60 million people from 190 countries around the world regularly take part in this sport.

1. Who invented the sport of badminton?

A. Indians.
B. British.
C. Chinese.
D. Koreans.

2. Which of these sports appeared earliest at the Olympics?

A. Archery.
B. Badminton.
C. Taekwondo.
D. Football.

3. Which sport was first named after a town?

A. Badminton.
B. Football.
C. Taekwondo.
D. Archery.

4. Which of the following picture shows the sport of"Taekwondo"?

5. Where can you most probably find web page?

A. Sydney 2000.com
B. Beijing 2008.com
C. Guangzhou 2010.com
D. London 2012.com

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