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In the early nineteenth century, people did not use stamps. They had to pay postage（邮费）when they received letters. Sometimes they didn't want to receive a letter at all, but they had to pay money for it. They were unhappy about this. The postage was high at that time, because the post offices had to send many people to get the postage.

Rowland Hill was a school teacher in England. He was the first to think of using stamps in the 1850s. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps. They could go to the post office to buy stamps and put them on envelopes（信封）before they sent the letters. The post office could just put seals（印记）on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not need postman to get postage. It only needed fewer postmen to send letters.

1. Did people use stamps in the early nineteenth century?

___________________________________________.

2. What did the people have to do when they received letters?

_____________________________________________.

3. Why was the postage high at that time?

____________________________________________.

4. When did Rowland Hill think of using stamps?

___________________________________________.

5. What did the post office put seals on the stamps for?

_______________________________________________.

In the old days, people lived in caves and they had to make a fire _________themselves warm.

   A. to keep               B. keeping          C. keep             D. kept

A good Chinese TV program（节目）in Hunan TV is very popular now. It is called “Where are we going, Dad?”. This program is about dads and their children who are from 5 different families. They would finish some hard tasks (任务) without their moms in 3 days and 2 nights. The 5 dads had to play "dad" and "mom" role at the same time. The 5 dads, all of them are famous popular stars, They must forget who they are and just remember they are usual fathers. All the cell phones(手机) and toys weren't allowed (允许) to use in the program. They had to live in a very hard environment. At first, all the five children cried, because they were just 4 to 6 years old. They had never lived in the countryside. On the first day, the children’s task was to find a pot, vegetables and fish, and their dads cook dinner. As the time went on, the five lovely children were becoming friendly to each other. They made deep friendship and did difficult tasks together. After they found all the things, their fathers could cook delicious food. They all felt so happy. From this program, the five children made us laugh and cry with them together. They were 4-year-old Kimi and Angela, 5 year-old Cindy and 6-year-old Tiantian and Shitou. It was the whole story in Episode 1(第一集). We hope the second one next Friday evening will be more interesting!
【小题1】Where is the program “Where are we going, Dad?” showing?

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In a happy town there lived a little, beautiful and smart girl, and (76)______________ name was Rose. (77)______________ in the town liked her. She was so brave, but one thing she was scared of was the doctor.

One day her tooth was moving. Her mum saw it. She said, “Your tooth is moving, and you need to (78)______________ Doctor Tim.”

Rose said, “No! I am not going to the doctor.” Mum said, “Don’t worry. It’s not so wobbly (摆动的) now.” That made Rose feel (79)______________.

After five weeks, Rose forgot about her tooth (80)_______________ her mum didn’t. She checked her tooth again and it was wobbly, so she said, “It’s time to see the doctor.”

Rose was (81)______________ but she had to do what her mum told her, so they went to see Doctor Tim. They had to wait in the waiting room.

When it was her (82)_______________, her heart was bumping(碰撞) very fast. She went into Doctor Tim’s room. He was smiling. She sat on the chair.

Doctor Tim said, “(83)______________ your eyes.”

Rose closed her eyes, but just before Doctor Tim started, tears started coming down her eyes. But when she (84)______________ her eyes, she saw Doctor Tim holding her tooth.

Rose smiled. Then Doctor Tim (85)______________ her a teddy bear(泰迪熊) and from that time Rose wasn’t scared of doctors any more.

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American country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. It’s a mixture (混合物) of music from all of these places.

In West America, cowboys (牛仔) had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle sometimes ran away. A cowboy’s life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert (荒野) with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to stay awake at night. He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep. They didn’t run away if he sang beautiful songs.

In South America, many people came from Ireland and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. When they visited their friends and families on holidays like Christmas, they usually sang and played country music.

American country music describes (描写) life. It talks about love, jobs, home and money. People in many parts of the world like western country music because everyone knows something about these ideas.

1.The passage is about ________.

         A. the cowboy’s life

B. the life in America

         C. American country music

         D. the people who lives in America, Canada, Ireland, and Britain

2.The word “cattle” means “________” in the passage.

       A. 牛         B. 小羊        C. 小马        D. 鹿

3.What was a cowboy’s life like?

         A. Lonely.              B. Very interesting

       C. Dangerous.        D. A and C.

4.Why didn’t the cattle run away when a cowboy sang beautiful songs?

       A. Because the cattle knew he didn’t leave them.

       B. Because the cattle enjoyed the music so much that they went to sleep.

         C. Because he didn’t let them go.

         D. Because he was very bad.

5.What does American country music describe?

         A. Love.                B. Money.       

         C. Jobs.                        D. Life.