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Hanging Out in an English Garden

Not everybody in Britain has a garden(but most houses in Britain do)If you don't have one,you can grow house plants, perhaps by the window or in the bathroom. Bill Jones loves his gardenjust as most other Britons do.

Bill retired(退休)five years ago .Now you'll find him tidying(清理)the fallen leaves on cold afternoons in autumn and wintergetting everything ready in spring and cutting(修剪)the grass in summer. He is almost 70but gardens are not only for elderly people—Bill's grandson(who is ten)often likes to help him.

Bill lives in a village .Last yearthe village won a competition(比赛)for the most beautiful gardens in the United Kingdom. Bill grows beautiful red roses. But he also grows vegetables .And sometimes there are competitions for these too. Bill wants to win a prize for growing the biggest carrot.

1Bill retired at the age of ______.

A.55B.75C.65D.70

2What does Bill usually do with his garden during the summer?

A.Collect fallen leaves.B.Get ready for planting.

C.Cut the grass.D.Plant some flowers.

3From the last paragraphwe know that Bill ______.

A.won a competition for the most beautiful gardenB.grows grassflowers and vegetables

C.holds a competition for growing vegetablesD.won a prize for growing the biggest carrot

4With this storythe writer tries to tell us ______.

A.about the greatest gardener in BritainB.Bill Jones' busy life after retirement

C.the role that gardens play in British people's livesD.the importance of competition in Britain

【题目】(Four students are talking about the future after class.)

Deng Yu:

In 2050, China will be richer than it is now. Beijing will be getting ready for the 40th Olympic Games in 2052. We will see the blue and clear sky and smell the fresh air. There will be more pandas living happily in China. I believe that 2050 will be the year of China.

Liu Yuan:

A holiday trip to the moon will no longer(不再) be a dream. We can also travel far to other planets and talk with the spacemen. We might also eat something like pills instead of meals. Everyone will enjoy a longer life.

Sun Wei:

Robots will be very popular. They will do what people don’t want to do. We’ll build new homes on other planets. By then, I’ll be sixty years old. Maybe we will have an exciting talk in my new home on another planet!



Zhang Lan

By the year of 2050, cloning(克隆) will be used in many ways. It will bring back animals which disappeared(消失) many years ago. There will be no pollution(污染). The whole world will be one big family. There will be no wars. As time passes, we’ll live a much easier and better life.

1It is the _______ Olympic Games in 2048.

A. 38th B. 39th C. 40th D. 41st

2According to Liu Yuan, everyone will live a(n) _______ life.

A. boring B. exciting C. longer D. interesting

3_______ thinks that people can spend their holidays on the moon in the future.

A. Deng Yu B. Zhang Lan C. Sun Wei D. Liu Yuan

4What does Zhang Lan think will happen in the future?

A. People will live in a world without wars.

B. Robots will do the things that people don’t want to do.

C. People can talk with the spacemen.

D. There will be more pandas living happily in China.

5From the talk, we can know that _______.

A. people are still polluting the earth today

B. the 50th Olympic Games will take place in 2052

C. we will have the same food in 2050 as we do now

D. all the people will move to another planet in the future

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