Philip is a school boy. On his twelfth birthday, he decided to give up eating meat. “I don’t think it’s right to eat animals,” he said. “They live on the Earth just like us and they are our friends.” Philip’s parents were not happy about that. “You are a growing boy,” his mother said. “You need meat. Do you want to stay short and be weak?” His mother put some beef, rice and carrots in front of him. “I want you to eat all your food now,” she said. “Don’t leave anything.” Philip didn’t want to make his mother sad. But he ate only the rice and the carrots.

“You’re a silly boy!” said his father. “I’m getting very angry at you.” “I’m sorry, Mum and Dad,” answered Philip. “I don’t want you to be sad or angry. But I really don’t want to eat any meat.” “Then have some fish, dear,” said his mother. “Oh no, I can’t!” cried Philip. “Fish are living things too.” “Well, you can’t have anything to eat at all if you don’t eat any meat or fish,” said his father.

The next morning Philip got up hungry. His father walked to the school with him and asked to see the teacher. “Is this what you teach the students at school?” he asked the teacher. “Philip refuses to eat meat at home. He doesn’t listen to what I say.” “I don’t agree with Philip,” replied the teacher. “But I think he’s brave to do what he thinks is right. We teach the students to do that.”

1.Philip decided to give up eating meat on his __________ birthday.

A. fifth B. twelfth

C. eleventh D. eighth

2.What did Philip’s mother ask him to eat when he refused to eat meat?

A. Some fish. B. Some pears.

C. Some hamburgers. D. Some ice-cream.

3.Philip’s mother thought that Philip would ___________ if he didn’t eat any meat.

A. feel happy B. keep healthy

C. stay short D. get hungry

4.Philip’s teacher teach students _____________.

A. to listen to their parents

B. to do what they think is right

C. to go to school on foot

D. to give up eating animals

Do you enjoy visiting a museum? Did you ever make a plan before a visit? Every museum must have something that attracts you. And there are many possible ways to enjoy yourself in a museum. If you follow these steps below, you'll know what is worth seeing and doing, so that you can make the most of your time at the museum.

Decide what museum you will visit. There are so many different kinds of museums and you first need to find one that you like. It's easy for you to choose one and start an enjoyable visit!

Do some research online. Every museum now has a website which allows you to look through the information about it. On the website, you may look for such things as:

★The exhibits(展品)–See what is on show at the museum at all times, and what special exhibitions are held for a short time.

★The history of the museum –There will often be very interesting stories about the exhibits and the benefactors (捐赠者). That can make your visit more interesting.

★Activities –See whether there are talks, tours our special activities on the day when you visit. Many museums hold some activities that meet the interests of all age groups.

★Cost, food or shortage – It's important how much the visit will cost. You have to decide whether or not you can eat there. You might also need to find out transportation needs, as well as storage for coats, bags etc.

Learn at least one thing on your visit. It is always good to take away something new from your visit.

Plan breaks into your visit. When you walk around, standing here and studying exhibits there, you may become very tired. So it is important to take breaks. A break is a good opportunity for you to think of what you have seen and what else you might wan t to do in museum.

Take a friend or two. Visiting museums is always a lot more fun when you are with someone else. You can talk over what you’re seeing. A friend also brings another way of thinking when you talk about the exhibit.

1.To make our visit more interesting, we can____.

A. organize activities like special shows and talks

B. learn about the interests of all age groups

C. read the stories about exhibits and benefactors(捐赠者)

D. walk around the museum without breaks

2.If we visit a museum with friends, we can____.

A. share the experience with them

B. come up with strange ideas

C. cut down the cost of the visit

D. discuss the next visit plan

3.According to the passage, we should first ____.

A. do some research online

B. make a plan for lunch

C. choose a friend to go with

D. decide on a museum to visit

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. What to do in a museum.

B. How to enjoy a museum.

C. Where to find a museum.

D. When to visit a museum.

Nowadays, the food that you buy comes from many different countries.Have a look in your fridge, cupboard, and fruit bowl and check the origins (来源) of the food.Perhaps there are apples from California, lamb from New Zealand, or potatoes from Egypt? You will probably be surprised how far food travels to get to your plate.This journey, from “field to plate”, is called “food miles”. A food mile is the distance that food travels from the farmer’s field to the person who buys the food.Nowadays, food often travels thousands of miles to get to the consumer (消费者).Why is this, and what are the effects (影响) of these long distances?

Traditionally, farmers sold their food in the local market so the food didn’t have to travel very far.The consumers also did not travel very far, because they went to their local market to buy the food.This was a good system for farmers and consumers.However, there were some disadvantages.For example, consumers could only buy food that farmers produced locally.In addition, they could only get food that was in season.Now, because of modern technology, food comes from all over the world.We do not have to wait for spring or summer to buy strawberries or tomatoes.They are available in winter if we want.

Some countries have to import(进口) most of their food.This is because they have difficult climates.The United Arab Emirates(UAE), for example, gets 85% of its food from other countries.Even food made in the UAE often uses imported materials.

What’s wrong with “food miles”? Is this not a good way of increasing international trade? I believe these miles are worrying for a number of reasons.First of all, because food travels such long distances.we need more planes, lorries, and ships to move the food.This means we use more oil or petrol, so there is more pollution and more global(全球的) warming.In addition, food that travels a long way is not fresh and usually not very tasty.Tomatoes, for example, are picked early and stored for their long journey.For this reason, they are usually tasteless when they get to the consumer.Local food has a better taste, and it also reduces the amount of global pollution.We need to buy more local food.

1.The underlined word “available” in Paragraph 2 most probably means “______”.

A.not busy B. easy to get

C.willing to talk D.impossible to get

2.Some countries like the United Arab Emirates have to import most of their food because of ____.

A.long distances

B.modern technology

C.fresh and tasty food

D.difficult climates

3.What is called “food miles” according to this passage?

A.The journey from field to plate.

B.The effects of long distances.

C.The origins of the food.

D.The disadvantages of imported food.

4.The writer uses the LAST paragraph mostly to encourage readers to ______.

A.increase international trade

B.buy more local food

C.travel long distances

D.use imported materials

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Where is the true home of hamburger?

The kind of beef we see in hamburgers , minced(切碎)beef, was possibly invented by Mongolians over 800 years ago. (A)But who first put the beef between pieces of bread and called it a hamburger? Three different cities in the United States all say that they were the first to invent America’s favorite food.

Some people say that Fletcher Davis, from Athens, invented hamburgers. “Old Dave,” as people called him, was selling minced beef sandwiches in his lunch bar as early as the 1880s. Some years later, they say that a group of Germans called(B)his sandwich a “hamburger” because people from the German city of Hamburger ate this kind of beef.[]

(C)Other people believe that the hamburger came from a different American city. (D) coincidentally, its name was also Hamburg. The Menches brothers were selling pork sandwiches at a fair in 1885, but when there was no more pork, they used minced beef and gave it a new name, the “hamburger”.

The third possible inventor of the hamburger was Charlie Nagreen, also known as “Hamburger Charlie,” from Seymour. He said that in 1885 he invented the world’s first hamburgers. Seymour now celebrates the invention of the hamburger every year. In 1989, it was the home of the world’s largest ever burger—over 2,500kg!

1.将(A)处划线句子翻译成汉语。

2.(B)处划线单词“his”指代 (请用英文回答)

3.将 (C)处划线句子进行同义句转换(每空一词)

Other people believe that the hamburger came from a different American city.

Other people believe that the hamburger a different American city.

4.(D)处划线单词coincidentally means in the passage. (只填代表正确答案的字母)

A 幸运地 B相反地 C碰巧地

5.请根据短文内容, 回答问题。

How often is the invention of the hamburger celebrated in Seymour ?

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