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10．Disneyland is the name of the theme parks around the world．There are Disneyland Park in Anaheim，California，Disney Orlando in Florida，Disneyland Paris in France，Tokyo Disneyland in Japan，and Hong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong．But do you know its history？OK!Let me tell you．
Walt Disney was born in 1901．The Mickey Mouse created in 1927made him very famous．He died in 1966，but his work and his dreams did not die．Now people all over the world enjoy his Mickey Mouse and other cartoon characters．
Later in his life，Mr．Disney had a dream，that is，to build a new kind of amusement park．It would be clean and beautiful．There would be rides for children and nice hotels for adults．It would be fun for people of all ages．Mr．Disney drew a plan for this park．It was called Disneyland．The engineer told him it was an impossible dream．His family and friends thought he was mad．But Mr．Disney did not give up his idea．In 1955，（90）Disneyland opened to the public and became the most successful amusement park in the USA．Walt Disney's dream came true．
The Walt Disney Company confirmed that Disney had been talking to the government in Shanghai about opening a park that would open by 2014．

任务一：根据短文内容回答下列问题．
86．When did Walt Disney create Mickey MouseIn 1927？
87．What was Walt Disney's dreamBuild a new kind of amusement park？
88．Whom would the amusement park be fun forPeople of all ages？
89．Where is the first DisneylandIn America？
任务二：90．画线的句子翻译成汉语．迪士尼乐园对公众开放了并且成为美国最成功的游乐园．

9．In Britain you may often hear"Drop in any time"or"Come to see me soon"，but you can't really do that．People just say those things to make you feel welcome．It is better to telephone before visiting someone at home．If you receive a written invitation to an event that says"RSVP"，you should reply to let the person who sent the invitation know whether or not you plan to go．
You should never accept an invitation unless you really plan to go．You may refuse by saying，"Thank you for inviting me，but I will not be able to come．"If，after accepting，you are unable to go，be sure to tell those who are expecting you as soon as possible that you will not be there．Although it is not necessarily expected that you give a gift to your host，it is considered polite to do so，especially if you have been invited for a meal．Flowers，chocolate，or a small gift are all appropriate （合适的）．A thank-you note or telephone call after the visit is also considered polite and is an appropriate way to express your appreciation for the invitation．

61．What can you do when a British friend says，"Drop in anytime"C？
A．Visit him or her at any time．
B．Say no time to him or her seriously．
C．Telephone him or her before visiting．
D．Visit him or her soon．
62．What does the underlined word"RSVP"probably mean in ChineseB？
A．请自便
B．请回复
C．请审阅
D．请来访
63．What should you do if your British friend sends you an invitation but you do not want to goC？
A．Do not give him or her an answer．
B．Tell another friend to go instead of you．
C．Tell him or her that you can't be there for some reason．
D．Tell him or her that you don't want to go there．
64．Which of the following is considered impolite in BritainB？
A．Buy small presents when invited．
B．Refuse the invitation without telling anyone．
C．Write a thank-you note after a visit．
D．Give a telephone call after a visit．
65．Where would you probably see this passageB？
A．In an invitation．
B．In a guidebook．
C．On a poster．
D．In a newspaper．

8．The word"blog"is a short way of saying web log （网络日志）．A"blogger"is a person who writes a blog on the Internet．Anyone can start a blog，and they can write about anything they like．
There are a lot of blogs on the Internet today．They give information，news and ideas to many people who read them．And they give people a place to write their ideas and talk about other people's ideas．If you want to open a blog，the first step is to link（链接）to the website．Then you can surf the Internet，find interesting articles and write comments about each one．This is called an online diary of links．Also there are personal diaries．The writers talk about their life and feelings there．Sometimes these blogs can be very personal．
Blogs are growing very fast．Compared with other websites，blogs are special in many ways．Most importantly，it is updated （更新）more often．Many blogs are updated every day，and some are updated several times a day．Also，there are many special websites for blogs，so you don't need to be a computer expert （专家）to start your own blog．
Many people think that as blogs become more common，news reporting will depend less on
TVs or radios，and more on people posting news to the Internet．They think that then the news will be less like a lesson，but more like a conversation，where anyone can join in．
48．You may probably read this passage in aC．
A．story book
B．history book
C．magazine
D．cartoon
49．A"blogger"is a person whoC．
A．surfs the Internet every day
B．gives a place for others to write on the Internet
C．writes a blog on the Internet
D．talks about other people's ideas on the Internet
50．To start your own blog，you need toA first．
A．link to the Internet
B．become an expert of computer
C．update the blog every day
D．have an interesting point of view
51．According to the passage，C in the future．
A．everyone will have a blog
B．blogs will be the only way of sending and receiving news
C．people will be able to learn the news from different points of view
D．news reporting on TVs and radios will become more common．

7．America is a mobile society．Friendships between Americans can be close and real，yet disappear soon．They don't feel hurt．If the same two people meet again，even years later，they  pick up the friendship．This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand．Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings，extending（延伸）deeply into both families．
There is another difficult point for us to understand．Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives，they don't show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time．But in China，we are usually generous with our time．We，as hosts，will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend．We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends．It is opposite in America．Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans．They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels．And they expect the visitors will phone them from there．Once the visitors arrive at their homes，the welcome will be full，warm and real．
For Americans，it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants，except for business matters．Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes，share their holidays，and their home life．So accept their hospitality（好客） at home and enjoy your visit in America!

38．The underlined phrase"pick up"in Paragraph 1may mean"D"．
A．keep out
B．give up
C．pay no attention to
D．continue
39．Which of the following is the typical （典型的） way of American hospitalityA？
A．Treating friends at home．
B．Taking days off to be with friends．
C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight．
D．Sharing everything they have．
40．Which of the following statements is True according to the passageB？
A．Americans are always generous with their time．
B．Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon．
C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear．
D．Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships．
41．This passage is most probably written forC．
A．American students
B．Chinese students
C．Chinese visitors to America
D．American visitors to China．

6．

Everyone knows the smart black-and-white dog that sits on top of a red doghouse with his best friend--a bird called Woodstock．
This year Snoopy turns sixty．
Created by the American cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1950，the clever dog is loved by kids and adults．He speaks more than 20 languages and appears daily in 26，000 newspapers around the world．When Snoopy first appeared，he was just like other pet dogs．But two years later，he had begun to speak with simple words and sounds．
By 1957 he could walk on two legs and was going to school with his master，Charlie Brown，who failed at just about everything．
Snoopy has done lots of jobs．He has been a bow-tie wearing lawyer，a tennis player and Olympic figure skater，a world famous grocery cashier，a pilot and even the first astronaut on the moon．
However，Snoopy has always dreamed of being a famous writer．The beginning of his story is always，"It was a dark and stormy night…"Unluckily for him no one has ever wanted to publish（出版） the story．
Snoopy easily falls in love but always has his heart broken．He eats to forget，but it never works．
Snoopy is an insightful，feel-good and sometimes sad dog．If you think a little about his words，you might find them full of life lessons．Among his most famous lines are"To live is to dance，to dance is to live．"and"Yesterday I was a dog．Today I'm a dog．Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog．"

31．How many cartoon characters are mentioned in the passageA？
A．Two．
B．Three．
C．Four．
D．Five．
32．How can we know Snoopy is popular around the worldA？
A．He appears daily in 26，000 newspapers．
B．He's just like a human．
C．He has done all kinds of jobs．
D．He's unlucky in life．
33．From the passage we can learn thatD．
A．Snoopy has a successful master
B．Snoopy is a lucky dog in love
C．Snoopy is a success as a writer
D．Snoopy can teach us life lessons．

5．Many people in America love comics （连环画）．Some of the most popular comics are about super-heroes．These American superheroes are drawn to look like strong men or strong women．Wearing special clothes，they fight the bad and save the weak．
There are two main companies in the US that produce superhero comics．DC Comics designed superheroes like Batman，Superman and Wonder Woman in the late 1930s and 1940s．During this'Golden Age of Comics'，millions of comics were sold every month．This lasted until 1945．After that time，superhero comics became less and less popular．In the 1950s，American comics entered their'Dark Age'．Many comic companies could not make money and closed down．
In the early 1960s the'Silver Age of Comics'began．Another company，called Marvel Comics，started to become popular．It produced many characters which are known to people all over the world．These include the X-Men and Spider-Man．In these comics the superheroes have the same problems as common people．Spider-Man，for example，is unable to save money and has problems with his friends and family．
Comics can give students an interest in reading．They may help young people develop their i-deas in the mind．Nowadays，many American comics have been made into popular movies．

57．When was Superman popular in the USB？
A．In the early 1930s．
B．In the early 1940s．
C．In the late 1950s．
D．In the late 1960s．
58．What superhero was designed by Marvel ComicsD？
A．Superman．
B．Batman．
C．Wonder Woman．
D．X-men．
59．Which of the following is the writer's opinionD？
A．In the early 1960s the 4Silver Age of Comics'began．
B．There are two main companies in the US that produce superhero comics．
C．The American superheroes are drawn to look like strong men or strong women．
D．Comics may help young people develop their ideas in the mind．
60．Which is the best title for the passageA？
A．The Development of Comics in the US
B．The Best Comics in the World
C．Superman and Spider-man
D．Two Famous Comics Companies．

4．

World Book Day falls on April 23 every year．It was set up by the UNESCO  in 1995 to encourage people，especially teenagers，to discover the pleasure of reading．It is also the day to honor great writers，for exam-ple，William Shakespeare，born or dead on that day．
Many countries celebrate World Book Day．Take the UK as an example．On that day，millions of schoolchildren can buy books of special price，a much lower price than usual，in any bookstore．It has been done every year since 1998．World Book Day is also celebrated in China．Wen Jiabao，Premier of China，is an avid reader．He does lots of reading every day though he is very busy．On World Book Day 2009，he called on people to do more reading．Wen suggested that young people should spend more time reading．"Books cannot change the world，but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading，"he said．
Reading can benefit people in many ways．Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent．Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology．Reading gives us information about other cultures and places of the world．When we read，we may find many things that are unfamiliar to us．We would have to use our brain to think about them or do more reading to find out the answers．The more we read，the more we know．The more we know，the smarter we become．Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English．We all know that it is difficult to learn everything in the classroom，for example，the ways English people are speaking and writing today．Reading helps us．
"Reading makes a full man"（Bacon，1597）．Books，magazines，newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the outside world and perfect us．Therefore，it is necessary for us to spend time on reading every day．

37．Why was World Book Day set upB？
A．To encourage people to learn English．
B．To encourage people to do more reading．
C．To encourage people to buy more books．
D．To encourage people to know more about science．
38．An avid reader is a person whoA．
A．loves reading
B．never reads
C．does little reading
D．hates reading
39．According to the passage，reading can help people in many ways EXCEPTC．
A．learning English better
B．knowing more about culture
C．improving your memory
D．knowing more about the outside world
40．What's the best title for the passageD？
A．World Book Day in the UK
B．Suggestions on Reading
C．World Book Day in China
D．World Book Day and Benefits of Reading．

3．Many young people dream to study in the world-famous universities．There are many famous universities around the world．The following are four of them．
The University of Paris
The University of Paris is in the capital of France，one of the liveliest cities in Europe．
It was set up in 1090with the second longest history in the world．It is one of the best universities in Europe and in the world．
The University of Oxford
The University of Oxford，one of the worl's best universities，is in Oxford； UK．It is the third oldest university in the world and the oldest university in the English-speaking countries from 1096．About 20，000students are studying there．
Harvard University
Harvard University，one of the best universities in USA and in the world，is in Cambridge，Massachusetts，USA．It was set up in 1636．It has the second largest library in the country．There are about 21，000 students studying there．
Beijing University
Beijing University is in Beijing，capital of China．It was set up in 1898．It is one of the oldest and biggest universities in China，with about 30，000 students．It is also one of the best universities in China and in the world．

26．When was Beijing University set upD？
A．In 1090，
B．In 1096，
C．In 1636．
D．In 1898．
27．The University of Oxford is inB．
A．France
B．UK
C．USA
D．China
28．Which university has the second largest library in the coun-tryC？
A．The University of Paris．
B．The University of Oxford．
C．Harvard University．
D．Beijing University．

2．Have you ever studied abroad？Maybe it is an amazing experience，especially when you come to Australia as an foreign high school student．You can have a lot of fun there，especially on holidays．
There are many festivals in Australia．The most important one is Christmas．Each year，the summer holidays at every high school last about two months from the beginning of December to February，which covers the Christmas time．Since it is a long holiday，most foreign students in Australia love to fly back to their home countries to spend the time with their families and friends，but a few students still stay in Australia during the holiday to get part-time jobs．It is quite easy to find a part-time job at Christmas．Students often take part in another major social activity．They go to the beach to have fun in the sunshine．The summer in Australia is from．December to February，so going to the beach in December is very popular among Australians．
Easter in March is another important holiday in the year．It actually combines"Good Friday"and"Easter Monday"．Almost every shop closes on Good Friday．'And people usually go to see Easter Show．
The Chinese New year is not a public holiday in Australia，so every Chinese student still has to go to school to study and do his or her normal duties．
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Summer holidays	From（76）December to February
The most popular activity in December	（77）Goingtothebeach．
Two important holidays	Christmas and（78）Easter．
The thing people usually do on Good Friday	（79）Goingtosee/SeeingEasterShow．
What to do for a few foreign students in summer	（80）Get/Dopart-timejobs．

1．"I just gave birth to 5 babies last weekend．"Isn't that exciting？Oh，you don't believe me？"Okay then，I stole some money from a bank on Saturday night．"Now do you believe me？Actually，I hope you don't．April 1st，or April Fool's Day is the day when we play jokes on people．Do you have it in your country？
April Fool's Day started in the sixteenth century in Europe．Before that time，New Year's Day was celebrated on April 1st．Then a new calendar called the Gregorian calendar was introduced．January 1st became the first day of the year，but many people did not know about it．So those who continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1st were teased．They were called fools．
Nowadays wc play jokes on people on April 1st．For example，someone might put salt in the sugar bottle so another person could put it in his coffee"by accident"．Or someone might change the time on another person's alarm clock so that person would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned．Or maybe a person would tell a lie to make someone else shocked．
After we play the trick，we say"April Fool"．Then the poor person realizes he was fooled．It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm （伤害）to anyone．Do you have any great jokes to play on anyone today？Try it out．Just．don't forget to say"April Fool"when the other person begins looking a little confused．

66．Before the sixteenth century．New Year's Day wasA．
A．April 1st
B．January 1st
C．October 1st
67．Which of the following situations doesn't make you"April Fool"？B．
A．Someone might put salt in the sugar bottle，then you could put it in your coffee"by accident"．
B．A man might take your bag by mistake，then he could say sorry to you．
C．Someone might change the time on your alarm clock，then you would unknowingly wake up earlier or later than planned．
68．Sometimes people lie to shock someone onC．
A．New Year's day
B．Christmas Day．
C．April Fool's Day
69．In the 2nd paragraph，the close meaning of the underlined word"teased"isCin English．
A．hit
B．criticized
C．laughed at
70．What should be the right attitude（态度）towards"April Fool"？A．
A．It is generally done in the spirit of fun and doesn't cause any real harm to anyone．
B．It is done for the real fools．
C．We needn't say"April Fool"when we play jokes on people on April 1st．

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