The longest river in the world is in Africa. It is called the Nile River. It begins in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, and goes into the Mediterranean Sea(地中海).

　　The second longest river is in South America. It is called the Amazon River. It travels through very thick forests where some native people live without seeing civilized(文明的) people. They live off the land. They hunt and fish for meat, gather wild fruits and vegetables, collect nuts from trees, and use plants for medicine.

　　The third longest river is the Yangtze River in China. It begins in Tibet and travels through a narrow channel called Three Gorges(陕谷) in Sichuan and Hubei province. It goes through the large city of Wuhan in Hubei province and goes into the Pacific Ocean near Shanghai.

American’s largest river is the Mississippi River. Another river called the Missouri River begins in the Rocky Mountains(落基山脉) and flows into the Mississippi. This river goes into the Gulf(湾) of Mexico which is part of the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋).

Other large rivers are the Columbia River, the Yellow River, etc． There are five large lakes on the border(边境) between Canada and the USA． The largest is called Lake Superior. The others are Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Erie and Lake Huron. These are called the Great Lakes.

1．what are the for longest rivers in the world?

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A．The Nile River, the Amazon River, the Yangtze River and the Missouri River .

B．The Nile River, the Amazon River, the Yangtze River and the Mississippi River .

C．The Nile River, the Mississippi River, the Columbia River, and Amazon River .

D．The Nile River, the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Amazon Rive r .

2．The Amazon River is the 1 longest river in 2 .

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A．second, south America

B．third, Africa

C．second, the world

C．second Asia

3．Which of the following is right?

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A．The Yangtze River begins in Sichuan and goes into the Atlantic Ocean.

B．The Yangtze River goes through the large city in Hunan and flows into the Pacific Ocean.

C．The Missouri River is the longest river in North America

D．The longest river in North America is the Mississippi River.

4．They hunt and fish for meat. What does “hunt” mean?

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A．take good care of

B．do something important

C．catch or get animals for food

D．get along well

5．Which is the largest of the five Great Lakes in the North of America?

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If he refuses to _____ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative.

　　A. put up with     B. fall in with C. do away with    D. get along with

He is not easy toget along with, but the friendship of his, ________, will last forever.

1. A.
   oncegained
2. B.
   to begained
3. C.
   aftergained
4. D.
   whilegaining

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意， 然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

       In the United States there was an unusual story telling of the daughter of a mechanic（技工）．One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl   36   to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose．After some time the girl __37____ the mother would not return to her eggs and she __38___ to take them home．There she carefully ___39___ the eggs in the heat of a lamp．Several days___40___ the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the ___41___ ．

       Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother．___42___ , to these young geese, the girl was their mother．

       As they __43____, the girl was able to ___44____ her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to ___45___ ．The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when___46___ and in her dreams．Later, she had an ___47___ : She would pilot a plane to guide them in ___48__ ．She asked her father for a plane and he assembled （组装） a small aircraft for her．

       Caring about___49___ safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself．However, the birds did not ___50____ or follow him, and __51____ slept in the grass．

       One day, the girl ___52___ into the plane, started it and soon left the ___53___ ．Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds ___54___ flapped（拍打） their wings and ____55__ ．She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following．

A．managed       B．attempted          C．happened      D．supposed

A．realized      B．expected           C．imagined      D．admitted

A．helped       B．decided             C．afforded       D．meant

A．placed        B．protected          C．treated          D．examined

A．ago        B．out                C．later          D．long

A．family       B．lake               C．home         D．world

A．But         B．Also              C．Thus          D．Still

A．increased       B．improved          C．rose           D．grew

A．ask        B．lead                C．want          D．allow

A．fly           B．race               C．swim         D．sing

A．asleep       B．away             C．around          D．awake

A．idea         B．opinion             C．explanation      D．excuse

A．sky          B．space             C．flight           D．plane

A．his           B．her                C．their          D．its

A．respect     B．remember         C．recognize      D．receive

A．so         B．instead              C．hardly          D．too

A．climbed       B．looked              C．reached         D．fell

A．house       B．floor             C．water           D．ground

A．secretly       B．disappointedly        C．patiently       D．eagerly

looked away      B．set out              C．went by        D．turned back

——Not getting that job was a big let-down.

    ——Don’t worry. Something better will ____.

A、come along        B、take on     C、go by D、fall behind