4.Not many years ago,a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England.He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries.When he was seventy-five,he gave $ 60,000to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's ground.
As a result of his kindness,he became famous.Many people came to visit him.Among them was a newspaperman.During their talk,Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be hundred.The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five.Johnson had a sense of humor.He liked whisky and drank some each day."I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,"he told the newspaperman,thinking of his evening glass of whisky.
The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant.In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had daily injection in his neck.Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain,asking him for the secret of his daily injection.
21.Johnson became a rich man throughA.
A.doing business  
B.making whisky   
C.cheating     
D.buying and selling land
22.The gift of money to the school suggests that JohnsonD.
A.had many children in the school     
B.was a strange old man
C.was very fond of children          
D.was very kind
23.Many people wrote to Johnson to find outB.
A.what kind of whisky he had         
B.how to live longer
C.how to become wealthy            
D.in which part of the neck to have an injection
24.When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening,he really meant thatA.
A.he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening
B.he needn't an injection in the neck
C.a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well
D.there was something wrong with his neck.
3.Do you know Australia?Australia is the largest island in the world.It is a little smaller than China.It is in the south of the earth.Australia is big,but its population is not large.The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.
The government has made enough laws to fight pollution.The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution.The sky is blue and the water is clean.You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers.Plants grow very well.
Last month we visited Perth,the biggest city in Western Australia,and went to a wild flowers'exhibition.There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before.We had a wonderful time.Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers.In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers'exhibition.After visiting Perth,we spent the day in the countryside.We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill.It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves.Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill.What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could.There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos(袋鼠).After a short drive from any town,you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep.Sheep,sheep,everywhere are sheep.
24.Australia isC.
A.the largest country in the world
B.as large as Shanghai
C.not as large as China
D.the largest island in the north of the earth
25.The government had madeB.
A.too enough laws to fight pollution
B.so many laws that it can fight pollution
C.enough laws that it can hardly fight pollution
D.enough laws because the pollution is very serious
26.Which of the following is NOT true?C
A.Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers.
B.Perth is bigger than any other city in Western Australia.
C.Perth lies in the west of Australia.
D.No other city is larger than Perth in Australia.
27.In Perth you may visit a wild flowers'show inA.
A.October 
B.January
C.May 
D.July
28.Which of the following is true?D
A.Australia is famous for its sheep,kangaroos and wild flowers.
B.We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of white sheep.
C.Three hundred sheep came towards us because they saw us.
D.If you go to the countryside in Australia,you will see a large number of white sheep.
2.On the Spanish island of La Gomera,kids are allowed to whistle(吹口哨) in class.In fact,whistling is required.The students are learning an ancient language called Silbo Gomero that uses whistles instead of spoken words.It's used only on La Gomera,which is one of the Canary Islands.
The people of La Gonmera have used Silbo Gomero for centuries.For a long time,it was the best way to communicate across the island's rocky hills and valleys.An islander's whistles can be heard from about 2 miles away.
But in the late 20th century,Silbo Gomero was in danger of dying out.Many of the speakers had moved from the island,and Spanish had become the main language.Cell phones had made it easier for islanders to communicate over long distances.A valuable piece of the island's culture was in danger of being lost forever.
In 1999,to keep the language alive,the local government made it a mandatory subject(必修学科) in schools.Now nearly all of the island's 22,000 inhabitants use Silbo Gomero as well as Spanish.
Though Silbo Gomero has been brought back into use,many other little-known languages around the world face a different situation.
There are more than 7,100 languages in the world.About half of them are in danger of disappearing within the next century.A language disappears when the last person to speak it dies.Many languages disappear because most children learn only the most important one.This is tr ue even in the U.S,where Native American languages are dying because most kids are taught only English.
Many dying languages have never been written down.Some researchers are travelling the globe to record people speaking these languages in the hope of saving them from going silent.
25.On La Gomera,students are allowed to whistle in classC.
A.when they are in danger             
B.if they want to have some fun
C.because they are learning a language   
D.since they have difficulty in speaking
26.How did people on La Gomera mainly communicate over long distances in the late 20th century?A
A.They used cell phones.
B.They used Silbo Gomero.
C.They used body language.
D.They shouted at each other.
27.La Gomera successfully prevented Silbo Gomero from dying out mainly byB.
A.written it down                    
B.introducing it into classes
C.recording people speaking it          
D.protecting the last one who speaks it
28.What is the main idea of Paragraph 6?D
A.English shouldn't be the only language.
B.Researchers are saving dying languages.
C.A language disappears for various reasons.
D.Many languages are in danger of disappearing.
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