New York City is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work and school?
In New York you can travel by subways, bus, taxi and private (私人的) car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. Travelling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.
The second way to travel is by bus. It is a slower way to travel.
You can also travel by taxi. This is very expensive, but the taxi will take you to every place you want to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work.
The last way is to use your private car. It’s not good to drive during the “rush hour”. If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.
The best time to travel is from 9 a.m to 4.pm . Traffic will be less crowded during this time because most people are already at school or at work at that time.
【小题1】How many ways of travelling are mentioned (提到) in the passage?

根据句意用所给动词的适当形式填空。
【小题1】How do you like our city? Wonderful. I ___(stay) here for another two days.
【小题2】Everyone in our class except the twins ____ (hope) to visit the Great Wall.
【小题3】He won’t go camping next week because he is busy ______( study) for exams.
【小题4】No smoking here . Oh, sorry. I ______ ( not see ) the sign.
【小题5】I think every one of them  ________(solve) the maths problem at the moment.
【小题6】The people in the northern part of China often make fires ____ (keep) warm.
【小题7】Could you tell me when ______ (leave) for New York?
【小题8】If you ______(not be ) careful, you will make mistakes.
【小题9】There ______( be) an interesting film tonight, is there?
【小题10】Look! There is a wallet _______ (lie) on the ground.

Once there was an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him, “Don’t forget this!”
One day he went on a long trip alone. Before he left home, his wife said, “Now you have all these things. They are what you need for your trip. Take care of your things during the trip.” He went to the station, bought a ticket and got on the train with it.
About half an hour later, the conductor began to see the tickets. He came to the old man and said, “Will you please show me your ticket?” The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets, but he could not find it. He was very worried. “I can’t find my ticket. I really bought a ticket before I got on the train.”said the old man.
“I believe you bought a ticket. All right, you don’t have to buy another one,”said the conductor kindly. “But how can I know where I’m going? I can’t remember my station!”the old man said sadly.
(    )1.The old man in the story was very___________.
A. kind      B. poor     C. forgetful   D. sad
(    )2.Where is the ticket?            
A. The old man forgot go buy it.
B. The old man could not remember where it was.
C. The old man showed it to the conductor.
D. The old man’s wife took the ticket away.
(    )3.The old man bought the ticket ________ he got on the train.
A. after       B. before       C. as        D. when
(    )4.The conductor __________  the old man.
A. didn’t believe  B. laughed at   C. believed    D. felt sorry for
(    )5. The old man was sad because             
A. he had to buy another ticket.
B. he lost all the things his wife gave him.
C. he did not know where he was.
D. He did not know where he should get off.

Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the U.S.A. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks.

      At summer picnic, there is often an informal（非正式的） baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to play. There are nine players on each team.

      The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America's heroes（英雄）. At the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.

      American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the U.S.A. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result.

1. There are            players on each baseball team.

A. seven               B. eleven                 C. four                D. nine

2. The baseball season goes from           .

A. April to September                          B. March to September

C. January to September                      D. May to September

3.            follows the baseball season in the U.S.A.

A. The basketball season                      B. The football season

C. A basketball match                           D. A football match

4.Which one is NOT right?

A. Boys and girls like baseball games.                           

B. More people are interested in football than baseball.

C. Just young boys and girls take turns to play in the informal baseball game.

D. Children sometimes play baseball in parks.

5.            is perhaps the most popular in the U.S.A.

A. Baseball                                              B. Table tennis

C. Basketball                                           D. American football

Mr. Williams had a lot of boats, and the fishermen borrowed them from him. Mr. Smith and his son, Daniel, borrowed one yesterday. They fished in some places, but caught nothing. Then they found a very good place, and caught about thirty fish there in an hour.

Then it was late, and Mr. Smith said, “Go back now, Daniel.”

Daniel said, “I’m going to come here again tomorrow.”

“Me, too,” said his father, “But how are we going to find the place again?”

Daniel said, “That’s easy. Look! I’ve made a mark on the side of the boat.”

His father laughed and said, “No, that’s foolish! Mr. Williams doesn’t lend us the same boat every time!”

Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F) .

1.Mr. Smith went fishing with his son yesterday.

2. At first, Mr. Smith and his son caught only a few fish.

3.After they found a new place, they caught about twenty fish in an hour.

4. Daniel made a mark on the boat in order to find the same place the next day.

5.Not only the son but also the father was foolish.