Mr. White said he would come to the meeting. But he won’t come?
A. what if B. why if C. even though D. how if
If I you, I buy the computer right now.
A. were, will B. am, would C. am, will D. were, would
—Would you like some more rice?
—No, thanks. .
A. Just a little B. It doesn’t matter
C. I’ve had enough D. I’d love to
One weekend, all of the hotels in Green City were full because there was a large meeting. Mr. Black was the manager of a 1 in the city. On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for 2 . Mr. Black said there were 3 rooms ready because of the meeting. The men were unhappy.
Mr. Black wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 418, a small room, was 4 . He asked them if they would share a room. The three men said they would. Mr. Black said the room would be thirty dollars, 5 for each one. Each man gave him the money and then went up to the room.
Mr. Black soon began to feel sorry, so he called his assistant over, gave him five dollars and said, “ 6 the money to those three men in Room 418. I asked too much for their room.”
The assistant took the money. While he was 7 the way there, he started to think, “How can three men divide five dollars? I will give them each one dollar and keep two dollars for 8 . The men will be 9 to get something back. And Mr. Black will never know.” So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.
The next morning, the three men went to thank manager before they left. They said, “Thank you for 10 us three dollars back.” Mr. Black was surprised but he said nothing. After the three men left, Mr. Black called the assistant to his office and said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think you can stay here any more.”
1. A. library B. shop C. factory D. hotel
2. A. drink B. rooms C. money D. food
3. A. no B. some C. many D. several
4. A. dirty B. empty C. dark D. full
5. A. thirty B. three C. ten D. two
6. A. Bring B. Carry C. Take D. Lend
7. A. on B. by C. in D. off
8. A. themselves B. himself C. yourself D. myself
9. A. happy B. angry C. sorry D. worried
10. A. lending B. giving C. returning D. taking
For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way, “She was wearing a fashionable coat.” “His shirt was really a fashionable color.”
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1790 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
1. The word “fashionable” means .
A. clothes B. most of the popular things C. everything D. many things
2. If someone says, “Your dress is very beautiful.” It means your dress is .
A. fashionable B. interesting C. nice D. important
3. Which of the following things is fashionable today? .
A. Having a family dinner on New year’s Day B. Talking online
C. Learning to sing songs on the radio D. Doing morning exercises every day
4. Today fashions change very quickly because .
A. people read newspapers every day
B. radios send information from one country to another
C. New things that people like are often shown on TV
D. people quickly learn what is happening in the world
5. From the passage we know that .
A. there won’t be fashions without money. B. clothes are expensive
C. people like many things D. money comes from fashion
American Idol is a singing competition on TV in America. There is one competition every year. People usually watch the show on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. American Idol is also televised on Fox and CTV in Canada. Its first season was on June 11th, 2002. Until now, it has altogether 7 seasons. This program is to find the best singer in the country by a series of competition. Audience determines（决定）the result of every competition on the stages through public voting（投票）by telephone. There are also three judges beside the stages. They watch the performances of the contestants. Then they give some suggestions to the contestants. All the contestants must be American citizens. They must have full-time jobs. In the first three seasons, they had to be 16 to 24 years old. Since the fourth season, the upper age limit has been 28 years old. So it attracts different ages of audience. Some TV stations like Human TV also have this kind of program. And we can see Super Girl’s Voice And Super Boys’ Voice on TV.
1. What does the underlined word “contestants” mean?
A. 参赛者 B. 评委 C. 观众 D. 主持人
2. How many times has American Idol been on TV? .
A. Once B. Seven times. C. Three times. D. Four times.
3. What’s the age limit of American Idol now? .
A. 13—18 B. 16—30 C. 15—36 D. 16—28
4. Which of the following TV station is not mentioned in the passage? .
A. FOX B. CTV C. CCTV D. Hunan TV
5. Which of the following is TRUE? .
A. American Idol is showed only in America.
B. American Idol was first shown on July 11th, 2002.
C. American Idol judges beside the stages.
D. American Idol is a program similar to Super Girl’s Voice.
Old Morrison was now seventy. He was a rich man. He decided to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out whether they deserved (值得) his help.
He asked his son to place a very large stone in the center of the main road in the town. Then he hid behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came with his cow.
“Who put this stone in the center of the road?” said the old man, but he didn't try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around it and continued his way. Another man came along and did the same thing. Then another came and then another. All complained about the stone in the center of the road but no one did anything to remove it. Later in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, “The night will be coming soon. Some neighbors will come along in the dark later and fall over the stone.”
The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his strength to remove it. How great was his surprise at last when, under the stone, he found a bag of money and a piece of paper with the words: "This money is for the first honest man who removes this stone from the road."
1. Old Morrison .
A. is rich but miserly(吝啬的) B. wanted to find a young man
C. likes walking with a cow D. is a seventy years old man
2. Old Morrison wanted to .
A. give all his money to his son
B. do something good for the people in the town
C. get his daughter to marry the young man
D. get the villagers into trouble
3. is the first person who gave up moving the stone away from the center of the road.
A. An old man who was with his cow B. Mrs. Morrison
C. A young man D. Old Morison's son
4. Why did old Morrison hide behind the tree?
A. Because he was afraid that someone would take the money under the stone away.
B. Because he wanted to see how many people would pass around the stone.
C. Because he was waiting the young man to come.
D. Because he wanted to see if the people of the town deserved his help.
5. The young man tried his best to remove the stone .
A. to get the money under it
B. to show how honest he was
C. to help others avoid the danger of falling against it
D. to let old Morrison know the people of the town deserve his help
1. If you get into t , you can ask your teacher for help.
2. The keys must b to Mr. Brown.
3. “Z” is the f letter in the English alphabet.
4. I d with your opinion（观点）.
5. I’m sorry I took your book by m .
6. The teacher asked me to e seats with Li Lei.
7. She o and was late for work today.
A little girl thought that she was not as beautiful as other girls and that nobody liked her. So she was always u 1 and didn’t like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hairclip. When she w 2 it, she looked much more beautiful than b 3 . She decided to wear it to school.
On her way to school she found that e 4 who saw her smiled at her. Most of her classmates said “Hello” to her, but this n 5 happened before. She thought that the beautiful hairclip had brought her them all. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things. A 6 she didn’t tell her classmates about her beautiful hairclip, they all wanted to know what had happened to her.
When she went back home after school, her mother asked her, “Did you know you drop your hairclip? I found it by the door this morning.”
She understood t 7 she hadn’t worn the hairclip to school at all.
It is not important what we wear and how we look. The most important is how we think about o 8 .
Do television advertisements（广告）make kids eat unhealthy food? Some scientists say “Yes.” They have done a study and found that food advertisements change what kids eats. Television advertisements often encourage kids to eat food that are bad for them. These foods can make kids become very fat. This is a growing problem for kids across America.
3An America kid sees about 40,000 advertisements a year. That’s almost 110 advertisements a day! They show drinks, cookies, candies and fast food. They often make kids want to eat more of these unhealthy foods. As a result many kids are overweight.
To attract kids, advertisements sometimes use popular movie or cartoon stars. Many of these advertisements don’t tell kids what the foods are made of. 4As a result, many kids may think that the foods they are eating are good for them.
What should kids do to keep a healthy life? Scientists say kids should talk with their parents and doctors to make sure whether they are eating healthy foods. Doctors also say that exercise is very important. So maybe overweight kids should watch less TV and do more exercise.
（一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. How do advertisements attract kids?
2. What’s your opinion about how to keep a healthy life?
（二）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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（三）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
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