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摘要：53．---- What's this English? ---- It's a bird. A．for B．in C．at D．on

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　　Many students of English think that learning a new language is very difficult．Now think how difficult it is to learn English when your brain is only the size of a bird’s brain!That is what some birds can do．

　　Many different kinds of birds can copy the sounds of language．African gray parrots are the birds best known for this．

　　Every December in London, the National Cage and Aviary Bird Show tries to find the best “talking” bird in the world．One bird named Prudle stood out among the “talking birds”．She won this prize for 12 years in a row from 1965 to 1976．

　　Prudle was taken from her nest in Uganda in 1958．She was sold to Iris Frost in Seaford, England．Prudle knew almost 800 words in English．

　　Prudle was also the oldest bird in the world that lived in a cage．Ms．Frost took care of the bird until Prudle died in l994．Prudle was 35 years old．

　　A different kind of bird, not a parrot, named Puck was tested in 1993．It turned out that Puck knew more English words than Prudle knew．Puck knew more than1,700 words．

　　If a bird can do it, anybody can do it．

(1)

What kind of birds usually speak the best?
[　　]
A．	African gray parrots．
B．	Uganda．
C．	The Aviary Bird Show．
D．	English parrots．

(2)

What is Prudle?
[　　]
A．	A bird．
B．	A contest．
C．	A cage．
D．	A prize．

(3)

How many years did Prudle win the speaking contest for birds?
[　　]
A．	1965．
B．	12．
C．	55．
D．	800．

(4)

Why was Puck better than Prudle?
[　　]
A．	He died．
B．	He spoke faster．
C．	He knew more words．
D．	He was bigger．

(5)

Who was Iris Frost?
[　　]
A．	A parrot．
B．	Prudle’s owner．
C．	An English teacher．
D．	Puck’s owner．

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第一节(共9小题：每小题1分，满分9分)

听下面9段对话。每段对话后面有一个小题，从题后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．

A．She's tall

B．She's thin

C．She's of medium build．

2．

A．At a restaurant．

B．In a bookstore．

C．In a shop

3．

A．Twenty．

B．Fourteen

C．Eight．

4．

A．He should drink hot tea with honey．

B．He should

see a dentist．

C．He should drink lots of water．

5．

A．It well be fine．

B．It will be raining．

C．It will be cloudy．

6．

A．Her father．

B．Her mother．

C．Her brother．

7．

A．By ship．

B．By train．

C．By plane．

8．

A．He played basketball．

B．He played soccer．

C．He bought a football．

9．

A．It's sad．

B．It's nice．

C．It's boring．

第二节(共16小题；每小题1分，满分16分)

听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后面有几个小题，从题后所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟。听完后，各题将出给5秒种的答题时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第10面材料，完成第10－11小题。

10．Who is one of Liu Xiang's fans?

A．Tony．

B．Susan．

C．Their teacher．

11．What does Susan want to be when she grows up?

A．A runner．

B．An English teacher．

C．A computer programmer．

听第11 段材料，完成第12－14小题。

12．What's the problem with Paul?

A．He can't remember every word．

B．He doesn't get any writing practice．

C．Sometimes he doesn't know what people are saying．

13．What is Tina's suggestion?

A．Joining an English club．

B．Watching English－language TV．

C．Reading English magazines．

14．How often do the peole in the English club meet?

A．Once a week．

B．Twice a week．

C．Three times a month．

听第12段材料，完成第15－17小题。

15．Which teams will play in the coming football match?

A．The China National Team and the Japan National Team．

B．The China National Team and the Korea National Team．

C．The Japan National Team and the Korea National Team．

16．What time will the football match start?

A．At 7∶30 a．m．on June 20th．

B．At 7∶30p．m．on July 20th．

C．At 7∶30 p．m．on June 20th．

17．How much did the man pay at last?

A．120yuan

B．180yuan

C．240yuan．

听第13段材料，完成第18－21小题。

18．What does Sally like doing?

A．Keeping pets．

B．Reading books．

C．Playing games．

19．How long has Joy volunteered in the animal hospital?

A．For more than three years．

B．For about two years

C．For less than one year

20．Where is the animal hospital?

A．At the end of Green Street

B．At the corner of Green Street．

C．In the middle of Green Street

21．What are they going to do this morning?

A．Keep pets．

B．Buy some pets．

C．Work in the animal hospital．

听第14段材料，完成第22－25小题。

22．Where will the opening ceremony of the 30th Olympic Games be held?

A．In Bird's Nest．

B．In London Bowl．

C．In Water Cube(水立方)．

23．How many times has the UK hosted the Olympic Games so fat?

A．Once．

B．Three times．

C．Twice．

24．What's the slogan of the 30th Olympic Games?

A．See the World, Visit London．

B．One World, One Dream．

C．Faster, higher, stronger．

25．Which country did the Olympic Games first start from?

A．China

B．The UK．

C．The ancient Greece．

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阅读理解

　　The Bible is the best-selling book in the world. It has been translated into more than 300 languages.

　　Many different people have written their own copy or version of the Bible. One of the most famous versions of the Bible is the Gutenberg Bible. This version of the Bible was made and sold around 1450 A. D. No one knows for sure how many Gutenberg Bibles were made. There were at least 70 copies made, but perhaps there were as many as 270. However, today only 40 original Gutenberg Bible exist.

　　Since 1815, more than six billion copies of the Bible have been made and sold. Today, many different versions of the Bible are sold around the world. The most popular version is Today's English Version (Good News) New Testament and Bible. The second most popular version is the King James Version of the Bible.

　　Law from people copying these books does not protect religious books like the Bible and the Koran. Other, books are protected by international laws, so no one can copy or sell those books without permission.

　　Of these protected books, the Guinness Book of Records is the best-selling book in the world. The Guinness Book of Records first came out in 1955. The idea for the book came when Sir Hugh Beaver got into an argument with his friend while the men were hunting birds. The men tried to determine (测定) which was the fastest bird in England, but even after looking for the answer at the local library, no one knew for sure. Sir Beaver decided to make a book with this answer and the answer to many questions like the one he argued about with his friend.

　　The Guinness Book of Records now appears in 37 languages. More than 74 million copies have been sold since it first came out.

1．What is the best-selling book in the world?

[　　]

A．The Gutenberg.

B．The Guinness Book of Records.

C．The Koran.

D．The Bible.

2．When did Gutenberg publish his version of the Bible?

[　　]

A．In the 14th century.

B．In the 19th century.

C．In the 15th century.

D．In the 20th century.

3．The Bible and the Koran ________.

[　　]

A．are protected from copying

B．are religious books

C．have not been translated

D．were copied by Gutenberg

4．Who had the idea to make the Guinness Book of Records?

[　　]

A．Alec Guinness.

B．Huge Beaver.

C．An English hunting society.

D．King James.

5．How many languages does the Guinness Book of Records appear in?

[　　]

阅读理解。

　　A man wanted to give his mother a birthday present．He bought a parrot．The parrot was very expensive．It was ＄50,000．This was all because the bird could talk in English, Japanese, Chinese and other nine languages．What was more, it could also sing ten famous songs! On her birthday, the mother got the bird．However, she did not know all this．Early the next morning, the telephone rang in her house, and the woman answered it．It was her son．

　　“Do you like the bird, Mum?” there came her son’s voice on the other side．

　　“Oh, yes, very much!” answered the mother．“It was delicious!”

(1)

A parrot is ________．
[　　]
A．	a bird which can do housework for you
B．	a kind of car
C．	a robot which can speak nine foreign languages
D．	a bird

(2)

The man gave his mother ________ as her birthday present．
[　　]
A．	some money
B．	a birthday cake
C．	a parrot
D．	some new clothes

(3)

Why was the bird so expensive?
[　　]
A．	Because it was very friendly to people．
B．	Because it could speak twelve languages．
C．	Because it could sing ten famous songs．
D．	Both B and C．

(4)

What was the end of the bird?
[　　]
A．	It flew away．
B．	It talked with the woman in different languages and sang songs for her．
C．	It was dead．
D．	Other people liked the bird very much and took it away．

(5)

How do you think the man felt when he heard the news?
[　　]
A．	He was very surprised．
B．	He was very angry．
C．	He was very unhappy．
D．	All of the above．

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Bessie Coleman was born in the USA．Her family was 1 ．She was in college for only one year．She had to 2 because she did not have enough money to finish her studies．But during that year，she learned about 3 ．She read about the first flight of the Wright Brothers and the first American woman pilot，Harriet Quimby．Bessie often thought about what it would feel like to fly like a bird．

4 the age of 23，Bessie Coleman went to Chicago．There，she did some ordinary（普通的）jobs．But she wanted to do something more important．She decided to learn 5 to fly planes．She soon found 6 was almost impossible to get into a flight school．Which flight school would admit（接受）a 7 woman?

Bessie learned that she would have a better chance in Europe．So she began to study 8 at a language school in Chicago．

After World War I ，Bessie Coleman went to France．She went to the famous 9 school in northern France．She learned to fly in a plane there．She 10 seven months of flight training and in 1921 got her international permit（许可证） to fly in France．She became the first black woman ever to have an international pilot's license（执照）．

1．A．rich B．poor C．big D．small

2．A．leave B．come C．arrive D．stay

3．A．singing B．jumping C．flying D．driving

4．A．With B．To C．For D．At

5．A．where B．when C．how D．why

6．A．that B．this C．it D．there

7．A．beautiful B．smart C．white D．black

8．A．English B．French C．Chinese D．Japanese

9．A．art B．flight C．language D．dance

10．A．finished B．provided C．missed D．changed

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