Meeting the English Family

　　Rosa and her classmates were in a street in West London. The sky was dark. This was Rosa's big day, her first day in England.

　　Rosa got out of a taxi. The driver carried a very heavy bag for her. They walked through the rain to the front door of a big Victorian house.

　　A small girl opened the door. She was four years old. Her brother stood behind her. He was only two years old. One minute later, a young woman came to the door.

　　“Welcome to Wembley!” she said and she offered Rosa her hand.  “These are my two children, Elisabeth and Isaac” “Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Frost! said Rosa with a strong Spanish accent.

　　The two children ran back into the living room.

　　“Don't worry about them! They're a little shy. And please call me Diana! Now let me show you your room and then we can have a nice cup of tea. Or would you like some coffee?”

　　“I'd like to try a cup of English tea, made in England.”

　　“This is your bedroom. There's a nice view (视野) of the football stadium (露天体育场) and here's a little desk where you can study. The bathroom and toilet are just opposite your door. Now I'll go and put the kettle on.”

　　“Excuse me. What's a kettle?”

　　“In England, we use a kettle to make hot water, we can then put the hot water in a teapot or use it to make coffee.”

　　Rosa was happy with her new home, but she was a little puzzled (困惑的). Perhaps her mother Maruja was right. The British were not normal people. They did not kiss when they met and they lived in large Victorian palaces. Their favourite drink was tea and they used strange metal kettles to make the water hot. What was she going to say to Elisabeth and Isaac? How could she make friends with two shy English children? Perhaps the answer was in the big, black psychology (心理学) book.

(1) It was Rosa' s big day. She and her classmates were in

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(2) Rosa's hostess (女主人) was called

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(3) What could Rosa see through the window when she was in her bedroom?

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(4) In this passage the underlined (下划线的) word “it” means

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(5) After reading the passage, we know that

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A. Rosa had some trouble in getting on well with the hostess

B. the two children didn't like Rosa

C. Mr. Frost offered Rosa much help

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　　Australia is nearly as large as the United States, hut most of it is too dry for people to live in. Around this dry part are large sheep and cow farms. A few of them are as large as the smallest states in America. Often the nearest neighbors are several hundred kilometers away.

　　The two-way radio is very important to people who live on these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone else talk and then give an answer. For example, people on the large farms could talk to a doctor far away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was ill, and the doctor could let them know how to look after the sick person. As the large farms were so far from towns, the children could not go to school. Radio schools were started for them in some places. At a certain (某一) time each day, boys and girls turn on their radios and listen to teachers in cities far away.

　　Families on the large farms wanted to give news to their neighbors. The programme “Round Robin” talks by radio were started to keep families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away and who was ill. The men could talk about their sheep and cows and how much money the markets could pay for them. In many ways the radio became a newspaper for the farm people of Australia.

(1) From the first paragraph, we know there are some ________ farms in Australia.

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A. very good

B. very large

C. very dry

D. very small

(2) In the passage above the two-way radio is ________ .

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A. important to Americans

B. useful for children only

C. used as a telephone

D. only used by doctors

(3) The word “sick” in the second paragraph means ________ .

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A. ill

B. poor

C. kind

D. healthy

(4) The children on the large farms far away ________ .

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A. always went to school together

B. could have lessons on the radios

C. listened to teachers at school

D. built radio schools with teachers

(5) Which of the following is NOT TRUE in the passage?

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A. The two-way radio is like a telephone for Australian farmers.

B. Families on large farms could keep in touch with each other by radios.

C. The two-way radio is like a newspaper for Australian farmers.

D. All the Australians live on dry places, and they use radios in many ways.

(6) The best title of this passage is ________ .

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A. Australian Families

B. Australian People

C. A Useful Radio

D. A Telephone Call

　　Peter and Paul passed by a small house on their way home late at night. They saw thick __1__ coming out of its windows.“It's on fire!”said Peter.“We must get help.”

　　The two brothers ran __2__ the read shouting“Fire! Fire!”They __3__ on the door of the next house. They asked them to __4__ the police and the firemen.

　　They ran back to the house. They saw __5__ the window an old lady sitting in an arm-chair. It was __6__ that she could not move. Peter and Paul tried hard to carry her out of the __7__ and so they did! Some neighbors（邻居）came and helped take some things out.