Think rock. paper, scissors is a children's game? Think again.

    Top players from  around the world came together in Toronto to compete for a ten-thousand-Canadian dollar prize and the title (头衔) of world champion.

     More than 500 players, including national from Australia, Norway and New Zealand, attended.

     The simple game is often used to make decisions and solve some simple problems.

     Players hold their fists (拳头~) closed and count to three before making one of three hand signals: a fist 0ock),flat hand (paper) or two fingers (scissors). Paper covers rock, scissors cut paper and rock breaks scissors.

   Players  have different ideas about the history of the game, but it is believed to have been played for centuries in Japan

  The Paper Scissors Stone Club was found in  England in 1842 and provided an environment where  players could play together.

    In 1918, the name was changed to World RPS  Club and its headquarters (总部)moved from London to Toronto. In 1925 its members were over 10,000.

    The world championships have been held since 2O02, which are held once every year

1.The winner could get______

         A. $1,000       B.$10,000      C. C$1,00O     D.C$10,000

2.According to the passage the game “Paper Scissors Stone" originated(起源于)in ________

           A. Japan       B Australia    :  C. America        D. Norway

3.Where did the  Paper Stone Club’s headquarters move to Toronto?

           A In 1842    B   In  1898    C  In   1918    D In  1925

4. How many world championships had been held by 2009?

           A. Two.         B. Eight       C. Seventy.       D. Eighty

阅读下面语篇并根据语篇内容回答问题（共5小题，计10分）

A train stopped at a small station. A man on the train looked out of the window and saw    a woman. The woman was selling cakes, and the people from the strain bought them. The man wanted to buy a cake, but the woman was far away from him. It was raining, and he didn’t want to go out. Suddenly he saw a boy. The boy was walking on the flatform（月台）not far from him. “Come here.” He said to the boy, “Do you know how much each of the cakes is?” “Five cents（分）.” The boy answered. The man gave the boy ten cents and asked him to buy two cakes. “One is for me and the other is for you” he told the boy. Some minutes later, the boy came back. He was eating a cake. He gave the man five cents and said, “There was only one    cake left（剩下的）.”

1.Where did the train stop?

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2.Was the woman selling cakes in the train?

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3.How was the weather?

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4.How much is the cake?

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5.How many（多少） cakes did the man ask the boy to buy?

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根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，  在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。

1.Xiangcheng District has a    （人口）about 40,000 at the end of 2013.

2. Mary waited while John    （修理）the water pipes.

3.He made    （敌人）of everyone—he other teams and the media.

4. Eric! Get in here and clean up the room. What a    （混乱）！

5. My mother makes our clothes    (平坦的)with an iron every week.

6. I made this card    （专门地）for your birthday.

7. Now scientists have    （发现）eating vegetables is so helpful for our health.

8. - Where is your sister now?

- She is    the guitar at home.

9. -I hear your uncle loved English when he was young.

- Yes. He was so interested in it that he never gave up learning it    himself in his spare time.

10. - What did the visitor say to you just now?

-  He asked me if I was    of the great changes that had taken place in Xiangcheng since 2000.

阅读下面语篇并根据语篇内容回答问题（共5小题，计10分）
A train stopped at a small station. A man on the train looked out of the window and saw    a woman. The woman was selling cakes, and the people from the strain bought them. The man wanted to buy a cake, but the woman was far away from him. It was raining, and he didn’t want to go out. Suddenly he saw a boy. The boy was walking on the flatform（月台）not far from him. “Come here.” He said to the boy, “Do you know how much each of the cakes is?” “Five cents（分）.” The boy answered. The man gave the boy ten cents and asked him to buy two cakes. “One is for me and the other is for you” he told the boy. Some minutes later, the boy came back. He was eating a cake. He gave the man five cents and said, “There was only one    cake left（剩下的）.”
【小题1】Where did the train stop?
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【小题2】Was the woman selling cakes in the train?
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【小题3】How was the weather?
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【小题4】How much is the cake?
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【小题5】How many（多少） cakes did the man ask the boy to buy?
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