Almost everyone likes to eat apples. Apples trees grow in nearly every part of the world. The United States produces (出产) more apples than any other country except(除外) France. The states of Washington and New York grow the most apples.

Apples are red, yellow or green. They are very popular in the United States. Many people like to carry apples to work or to school to eat with their lunches. Most American people are often too busy or too tired to cook dinner, so they often have their dinners very simply(简单地). Apple juice is also a popular drink and apple pie is the favorite dessert for many Americans.

　 The state of Washington is proud（骄傲） of its apples. The trees there produce about five billion apples every year—nearly one apple for every man, woman and child in the whole world.

1.Almost everyone likes to eat _______________.

A.     B.      C.      D.

2.___________ produces the most apples in the world.

A. The United States   B. Canada     C. China    D. France

3.Many Americans like to eat apples during lunch because they _______ at noon.

A. eat nothing but apples      B. feel it better to eat apples

C. often eat simple food       D. can get apples easily

4. “The trees there produce about five billion apples every year.” One billion is ­­­__.

A. 100,000  B. 1,000,000   C. 10,000,000  D. 1,000,000,000

5.The state of Washington is proud of its apples because they think_____________.

A. everyone in the world can share (分享) their happiness

B. they can produce as many apples as people all over the world

C. their apples are better than any of the other fruits

D. their apple trees are the best in the world

Bob Smith is a little boy. On the first day at school, his teacher, Ms. Green, teaches him three words—you, he and I. Then the teacher says, “I am your teacher. You are my student. He is your classmate.”

　　 When school is over, Bob goes home. His mother asks him,“What does your teacher teach you today?”Bob says with a smile,“Listen, Mom. I am your teacher, you are my student and he is your classmate.”His mother says,“No, dear. You are wrong.”Then she says, “I am your mother. You are my son. He is your father.”

　　The next morning at school, Bob’s teacher asks Bob to make sentences with the words “you, he and I”. Bob stands up and says, “I am your mother. You are my son. He is your father.”

1.Who teaches Bob three words?

A. Bob’s teacher      B. Bob’s father     C. Bob’s mother     D. Bob himself

2.Bob answers his mother with a smile because ________.

A. Bob is a little boy　　                 B. he goes to school on the first day

C. he thinks he can give a good answer      D. he is at home now

3.________ is Bob’s mother.

A. Ms. Green        B. Mr. Smith       C. Mrs. Smith        D. Mrs. Green

4. Which one is right?

　　   A. Bo’s teacher is wrong.                 B. Bob is wrong.

　　   C. Bob’s mother is wrong.                D. Bob’s classmate is wrong.

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

Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?

“I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that’s all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn’t know what to do, or how to look after ourselves,” said Zheng Chenyu. “And I’d forget something important. I’d probably watch television and burn the soup. ”

　　“The moment I leave home, I’ll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us. We’re very lazy,” she said.

　　Most teenagers have only time for their homework. (1)They don’t learn any life skills until they go to college.

　　However, Sima Yige doesn’t think so.

“I think I’d be all right. I wouldn’t just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook some sim­ple dishes because my mum showed me,” the 13-year-old boy said. In his opinion, many teen­agers (2) 过分依赖 their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly.”

For most teenagers it wouldn’t be a holiday at all.

任务一：完成句子。（2分）

1. Zheng Chenyu thinks now teenagers are lazy because ___________________________. 

2. Zheng Chenyu will learn to cook as soon as ___________________________________.

任务二：英汉互译。（2分）

3.将(1)处的划线句子译成汉语：     ____________________________

4. 将(2)处的“过分依赖”译成英文：__________________________

任务三：列举。（3分）

5. Sima Yige thinks that teenagers should learn how__________, __________ besides __________.

任务四：回答问题。（1分）

6.Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?

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