阅读表达(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)

阅读下面短文,并根据短文后的要求回答问题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。

[1]Today, millions of people want to learn or improve their English but it is difficult to find the best method.Is it better to study in Britain or America or to study in your own country?

[2]The advantages of going to Britain seem obvious.Firstly, you will be able to listen to the language all the time you are in the country.You will be surrounded completely by the language wherever you go.Another advantage is that you have to speak the language if you are with other people.In Italy,it is always possible, in the class, to speak Italian if you want to and the learning is slower.

[3]On the other hand,              staying at home to study.You don’t have to make big changes to your life.As well as this,it is also a lot cheaper than going to Britain but it is never possible to achieve the results of living in the UK.If you have a good teacher in Italy,I think you can learn in a more concentrated way than being in Britain without going to a school.

[4]So,in conclusion,I think that if you have enough time and enough money, the best choice is to spend some time in the UK.This is simply not possible for most people, so being here in Italy is the only(可行的)viable option.The most important thing to do in this situation is to maximise your opportunities:to speak only English in class and to try to use English whenever possible outside the class.

What is the text mainly about?(no more than 10 words)

                                                                                 

Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?

All the people and everything around are related with English,and you’ll have more opportunities.

                                                                               

Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words.(no more than 8 words)

                                                                               

What suggestion does the author give to those who learn English in their own country?(no more than 20 words)

                                                                               

                                                                                

Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.

                                                                               

                                                                               

Though I have traveled in hundreds of trains, few unusual things have ever happened to me. But one day in a train something did happen. I do not mean that I was hurt: no one was hurt.
I do my work in a hot country far away from England. Every September I go there to do my business, and every July I come back to England to have a rest. So every September I go to Paris and take a train from the great French city to Mendova, and at Mendova I catch my ship.
There is one very fast train from Paris to Mendova, and it suits me well. It goes as far as Endoran, but it stops at Mendova for a few minutes to let travelers get out or in. It is called The Flying Bluebird. It reaches Mendova at seven minutes past nine in the morning, and it is never late.
A ship leaves Mendova at half past eleven, and so you will understand that The Flying Bluebird suits me very well. I always travel by it, and I have nearly two and a half hours at Mendova to go from the station to the ship. That is more than enough time.
Well, one September night, I took my place in The Flying Bluebird as usual. The train leaves Paris at nine o’clock every night, and I was in my place soon after half past eight. There were three or four people there with me, but very soon a lot of others got into the train. When no more people could sit down, they began to stand up near us and also in the corridor(走廊). In a short time the corridor was full too, and it was impossible for any more travelers to get into the train.
I could see a lot of other people outside the corridor windows, but they could not get in, and the train left Paris without them. The man sitting next to me started to ask all kinds of questions: “Where do you work? How long does it take you to get there? Are you married? How many children do you have? How much money do they pay you every year? How much do you have in the bank? How much do you spend every month?”
He asked questions for about twenty minutes but I did not give him any clear answers, and at last he stopped and began to read the paper.
I usually sleep quite well in the train, but this time I slept only a little. There were too many people, and there were too many things: small bags, large bags, coats, hats, boxes, newspapers and food. As usual, we got angry about the window. Most people wanted it shut, and two of us wanted it open. But that always happens. It was shut all night, as usual.
When I awoke in the early morning I felt hot and dirty, and glad that the journey was reaching its end. At seven minutes past nine The Flying Bluebird stopped. We were at Mendova, and I stood up thankfully. I took my two suitcases, held one in each hand, and tried to move towards the door into the corridor. In order to get out of the train, I had to pass down the corridor to the door at the far end. There was no other way out.
I could not even into the corridor. There was a suitcase on the floor by my feet, and three men were standing in my way. I felt a touch of fear. I had to get out, you see; I had to catch my ship, which left at half past eleven. And the train did not stop again until it reached Endoran, two hundred miles away.
“I must get out!” I cried. Everyone there understood me, but no one could move.
At last I was able to put one foot over the suitcase on the floor, and I nearly reached the door into the corridor. But then, very slowly, the train began to move. It was taking me away!
“Stop!” I cried. “I want to get out!” But no one outside the train could hear me, and the people inside did not care much. The train moved a little faster. What could I do? I was not even in the corridor.
Fear made me think quickly. In front of my eyes, just, above the door, was a notice that told everyone how to stop the train. I had to pull an iron thing near the notice. I did not waste time. I pulled it.
Well, a noise started above our heads. That was to show everyone that there was something wrong. It was not a small sound. Possibly the men in my ship two miles away could hear it. Then the train stopped.
No one likes to stop a train if there is no need. But I had to catch my ship. That was the only thought in my mind: to get out and catch my ship.
【小题1】The purpose of the author writing the first paragraph is to __________.

A.answer some questions B.express some unusual feelings
C.arouse the readers’ curiosityD.give some advice in advance
【小题2】What do we know about the author and the man sitting next to him?
A.They talked with each other all night
B.They got angry about the window
C.The author didn’t understand the man’s words
D.The author didn’t like the man’s foolish questions
【小题3】On this journey on The Flying Bluebird, the author felt uncomfortable because ___________.
A.he couldn’t find a seat by the window
B.he was angry with the man sitting next to him
C.there were too many people on the train
D.the window was kept shut all night
【小题4】It can be learned from Para. 10 that the author was afraid that ____________.
A.he would have to spend another sleepless night on the train
B.he would miss the ship that went where he worked
C.more people might crowd into the train
D.he would have to buy another ticket
【小题5】The noise in the underlined sentence “a noise started above our heads”(Para.15)was made by __________.
A.the angry passengers shouting at the top of their voices
B.the ship that was lying two miles away
C.the falling of boxes and suitcases to the floor
D.the train itself telling people that something was wrong
【小题6】What would be the best title for the text?
A.A Bad Experience on the TrainB.A Train that Is Never Late
C.A Quick and Wise DecisionD.A Journey to Mendova

Many of us don’t like what we see around us but the last thing we do is to change it. I think that is the beginning of failure and that is why what we hate remains around us. If you don’t want to see things around you, don’t just hope it’ll change.

We have such an amazing power of creativity inside us to change the way things work around us. Only lazy people go about and say that is the way things have been working. I’ve come to discover that things around us depend on our actions and inactions. What I mean is that the circumstances that we like depend only on the things we do and the things we don’t do.

Do you want your country to change? Start by changing the small things around you. Before you think too far about any small thing to change, your habit should be the first thing to change. Change what you think about and talk about. Can you remember how difficult it was for you to break a habit that you desired to break some years back? If so, then you must accept that things aren’t just going to change by a magic thought. If it isn’t so easy to change yourself when you want to, it isn’t going to be so easy to change the people around you.

I think the best way I’ve changed people around me is that I changed myself. When you change, they’ll change. Just change yourself and see how many people will tell you later that you are the one who changes them. That’s one simple way young people can change their nations.

1. According to the text, why do we fail to change what we don’t like? _______

A.Because we lack the power of creativity.

B.Because we never plan to change them.

C.Because they cannot be changed.

D.Because we don’t have the ability.

2.The author can change people around him because he has realized that     .

A.things around us decide what we do

B.the further you think, the better

C.his actions can affect things around him

D.he has to change the nation first

3.The third paragraph aims at     .

A.telling readers one of the author’s interesting experiences

B.giving an example to show how to change things around us

C.showing readers how to change a nation

D.asking us to remember to change our nation

4.What can we learn from the text? ________

A.Circumstance creates a person.

B.It is never too late to change your habits.

C.A long journey begins with the first step.

D.Changing ourselves means changing others.

 

Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart.Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists.

Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon.The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper.The Beldon Post:

FIRE AT SEABREEZE

Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom.The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire.We say again to all our visitors: “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years.

    The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one:

    ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE

Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel.An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire.The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels.When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield.

What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident.There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact.Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel.

    Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?

1.Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?

    A.Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer.

    B.A fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer.

    C.It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers.

    D.Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter.

2.Which of the following are probably facts? 

    a.The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel.

    b.A cigarette started the fire.

    c.An old lamp started the fire.

    d.The fire broke out at night.

    e.There has never been a fire in Canfield.

    A.b and c        B.a and d        C.c and e        D.a and c

3.The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _______.

    A.hotels in Beldon often catch fire

    B.hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire

    C.this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hotel

    D.Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe

4.The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _______.

    A.the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel

    B.the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

    C.the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things

    D.such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years

 

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