The Tour de France is the most famous cycling race in the world. It first started on July 1, 1903. Sixty cyclists left Paris and rode 467 kilometers to Lyon, another big city in France. There were six stages in that race. Each was about 400 kilometers long. At that time there were no rest days. The winner who used the shortest total time was Maurice Garin. He received 2,000 francs (法郎). It took him 94 hours and 33 minutes to ride all 2,428 kilometers of the race, three hours faster than the other riders.

Now the Tour de France is held in July every year. There are 21-day stages now. Riders have one or two days to rest. And the race covers different distances each time, from 2,000 miles to 3,500 miles. There are three special honors (荣誉) for the race. The highest is the “yellow jersey (运动衫) ”. Henri Desgranges had the idea for the yellow jersey in 1919. The racer with the lowest total time in the past stages wears the yellow jersey during the following day’s race. Other honors are the “green jersey,” for the best sprinter (冲刺者), and “the white jersey”, for the best rider in the mountains.

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1.What happened on July 1, 1903?

A. The first Tour de France started.

B. Maurice Garin won the first Tour de France.

C. The first Tour de France ended.

D. Henri Desgranges had the idea for the yellow jersey.

2.How long did it take Maurice Garin to finish the race?

A. About one day. B. About two days.

C. About three days. D. About four days.

3.What does the underlined word “distances” mean in the passage?

A. 用时 B. 场地 C. 终点 D. 距离

4.Who wears the yellow jersey?

A. The best rider in the mountains. B. The fastest total cyclist in the past stages.

C. The best sprinter. D. The winner from the year before.

5.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Something about the first Tour de France.

B. Some famous Tour de France winners.

C. The history of the Tour de France and some rules.

D. How to be a good winner in the Tour de France.

Of course you don’t want to be sick in your vacation. So what can you do while traveling? There are three things you should remember: relax, sleep and eat well.

A vacation is a time for relaxing, but very often it is not. Think about what you do when you are a tourist. There are so many places to visit: shop, parks, churches and temples ( 寺庙). You may spend most of the days walking around these places. This can be very tiring. Do not ask your body to do too much. A tired body means a weak body. A weak body gets dick easily. So sit down for a few hours in a nice place. In good weather, look for a quiet park bench.

Sleep is also important. If you want to stay healthy, you need to get enough sleep. Your hotel room may be noisy, or the bed may be too hard. Or you may want to stay out late at night. Then you should plan to sleep for an hour during the day. The____hour can make a big difference.

Finally, if you want to stay healthy, you must eat well. That means eating the right kinds of food. Your boday needs fresh fruit, vegetables, mean, milk and cheese.

So, remember this: if you want to enjoy your vacation, take good care of yourself. Give your body some rest. Get enough sleep and eat healthy food.

1.You should ____ while traveling.

A. eat well B. walk all the time C. do shopping D. ask your body to do a lot.

2.Traveling is usually ____.

A. easy B. noisy C. tiring D. dangerous

3.You must ___ to enjoy your traveling.

A. visit parks B. stay healthy C. go to churches and temples D. sit down for a few hours

4.The underlined word “ extra” means ___ here.

A. one more B. more than one C. usual D. different

5.The text tells us ____- in traveling.

A. how to rest B. what places to visit C. how to relax and sleep D. how to take good care of ourselves

Once upon a time,a hippo (河马)lived in a river next to a big tree.

One day,a bird came and nested (筑巢)in the tree.The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy (羡慕)that he couldn’t think of anything else.Every day he would think why he wasn’t born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer.

Finally,the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river,climb the tree and start singing.However,when he tried to climb the tree,it was very clear that the hippo didn’t have wings,nor claws to climb with.

Realizing that he would never climb up the tree,he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground.Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree,and began singing.

Unfortunately,hippos can’t sing,either.All that came from his mouth were terrible noises,and when the other animals heard this,they all came around to make fun of the hippo.

He was so ashamed by this.He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over.He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again,and look after it until it completely recovered.(康复).

1.The hippo envied the bird because

A. he could fly high

B. he could build a nest

C. he could sing well

D. he could live in the tree

2.After reading this passage,we know

A. the writer is telling us a true story

B. the story happened on an autumn day

C. the bird thought he was luckier than the hippo

D. the hippo tried to do something against his nature.

3.The hippo in this story

A. was happy all the time

B. did not respect his friends

C. liked to talk a lot but did nothing

D. corrected his mistake when he realized it

4.From the passage,we can infer(推断) that the hippo would after such an experience.

A. be a good singer

B. be good at climbing trees

C. stop envying the bird

D. not make friends with other animals

5.The best title of this passage may be“ ”.

A. The hippo that wished to sing

B. The tree that was knocked over

C. The bird that wished to swim

D. The animals that were in high spirits.

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