题目内容
5. Visitors to the country have been asked to fill in a detailed (问卷) .
5. questionnaire
When I lived in Spain，some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Be?fore they left,they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation. I suggested that they should stay at " bed and breakfast" houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice but they came back with some funny stories.
"We didn't stay at 'bed and breakfast' houses," they said. "Because we found that most families were away on holiday.”
I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English and they thought "vacancies" meant "holidays"，because the Spanish word for "holi?days" is " vacaciones". So they did not go to the house where the sign outside said " Vacan?cies"，which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to the house where the sign said "No Vacancies"，because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels！
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Span?ish,the word "diversion" means "fun". In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word "diversion" on a road sign,they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hole.
English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris when someone offered me some more coffee, I said "Thank you" in French. I meant that I would like some more. However, to my surprise, the coffee pot was taken away!Later I found out that "Thank you" in French means "No,thank you.”
( ) 1. My Spanish friends wanted advice about .
A.learning English
B.finding places to stay in England
C.driving their car on English roads
D.going to England by car
( ) 2. Why didn't the author's friends follow his advice to stay in "bed and breakfast" hou?ses?
A.Because most house owners were away on holiday.
B.Because it was more expensive than expected.
C.Because they confused the two expressions " vacancies" and "vacaciones".
D.Because they confused the two expressions "Vacancies" and "No Vacancies".
( ) 3. If you see a road sign that says "Diversion" in England, you will .
A.fall into a hole
B.have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
C.find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
D.have to take a different road
( ) 4. I was surprised when the coffee pot was taken away because I .
A.hadn't finished drinking my coffee
B.was expecting another cup of coffee
C.meant that I didn't want any more
D.was never misunderstood
In October 1949,the United Nations brought a number of officials on food to Geneva to discuss the problem of eating habits and food supplies of people throughout the world. One problem that interested them particularly was a form of illness,about which little was known among the children in Africa and Latin America.
Two doctors were chosen to make the study. They flew to Africa,south of Sahara and during the next two months they visited ten countries. They found that serious problems of poor eating existed in all parts of Africa.
The sick children are usually from one to four years old. As the illness progresses,the children’s stomachs become filled with liquid. The hair changes colour and starts to fall out. The patient loses all interest in his surroundings and even in food,and becomes so weak that he wants to lie down all the time.
The doctors pointed out that many African children caught this kind of illness because they ate too little milk or meat. It was necessary that the children of Africa should be helped to eat better. The doctors suggested that the production of food rich in protein be increased. The United Nations should send large quantities of potted milk to hospitals and children health centres.
1. This illness is caused by .
A. living on food without protein
B. poor living conditions
C. a kind of insect
D. ‘having no food
2. The study of this illness by the two doctors was done in .
A. Africa
B. America
C. Latin America
D. Geneva
3. A main sign of the illness is that children who have it .
A. have fat stomachs
B. grow more hair
C. don’t want to move
D. are always hungry
4. The study shows that the children who suffer from this kind of illness are usually .
A. teenagers
B. under one year old
C. the children in Africa andAmerica
D. from one to four years old
5. The patients can be cured by being given .
A. more meat and milk
B. the proper medicine
C. more sleep and less meat
D. clean water
4.这食物真是太美味了。
The food .
Who can guess what would life be like without television? Would you spend more time 1 , reading,or studying? Well,now it’s your chance to
turn off your TV and 2 TV-Turnoff Week is here.
The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets 3 and participate in activities 4 drawing to biking. The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network,a non-profit organization which started the event in
1995. In the 5 , only a few thousand people took part. Last year more
than 7. 6 million people participated, 6 people in every state inAmericaand in more than 12 other countries!This is the 11th year in which 7 are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on 8 According to the TV-Turnoff Network,the average 9 in theUSspend 10 time in front of the TV(about 1,023 hours per year) than they do in schooKabout 900 hours per year) . Too much TV 11 has made many kids grow fat. 12 ，in 2001，s TV-Turnoff Week,Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most 13 generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives. ” Over the years,studies have shown that watching a lot of TV 14
poor eating habits，too little exercise,and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV- I
Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or 15 ，part of a healthy
lifestyle”. I “One of the great lessons of 16 TV-Turnoff Week is the realization that 17 I turn on the TV,I’m deciding not to do something else，” Vespe said.
TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a 18 Recent US census(人口普查) data 19 that about 72 per cent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That’s 20 about 63 per cent ten years ago.
1. A. drinking B. sleeping
C. washing D. playing outside
2. A. find out B. go out C. look out D, keep out
3. A. off B. alone C. on D. beside
4. A. like B. as C. from D. such as
5. A. end B. event C. beginning D. total
6. A. besides B. except for C. including D. except I
7. A. governments B. parents C. organizers D. businessTmen I
8. A. the light B. the radio C. life D. the Internet I
9. A. grown-ups B. kids C. clerks D. parents I
10. A. less B. enough C. little D. more
11. A. programme B. screen C. hour D. watching
12. A. However B. On the contrary C. In fact D. As a result
13. A. overweight B. overeaten C. overgrown D. overseeing
14. A. leads to B. results from C. develops D. keeps away l
15. A. will be B. should be C. may be D. could be I
16. A. organizing B. taking part in C. participating D. asking for I
17. A. wherever B. every day C. every time D. this time I
18. A. living B. choice C. difference D. sense
19. A. shows B. says C. reads D. writes
20. A. rising B. down from C. up to D. up from
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die out give up take the advice break into out of danger
1. As you see,the tiger is in danger of .
2. The stubborn boy didn’t so that he missed the chance.
3. The sick man has been very ill,but he is now .
4. While the old man was reading a book in his study,a thief the house.
5. —Would you like a cigarette?
—No. I have smoking.
2. After he (come) ，please tell me at once.
6. We are confident that the cost (reduce) by our further efforts.
2. He (停下来听) to her talking.
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