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.

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

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.

People in different countries have quite different eating habits. People always think their own food is delicious while others’ is strange or terrible. In most parts of Asia, for example, no meal is complete (完整的) without rice. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, people enjoy bread for every meal. Americans like to drink orange juice and coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink lots of beer, and the French drink wine every day.

The kinds of meat people like to eat are also different from one country to another. Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat(山羊) meat. The Japanese don’t like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy eating raw fish (生鱼).

So it seems that eating is a topic (话题) we can talk about for hours. People always enjoy eating what they always eat, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

1.It’s not a complete meal if there is no ________ in most parts of Asia.

A. meat B. rice C. fruit D. vegetable

2.The _______ people drink tea four or five times every day.

A. English B. American C. Australian D. Japanese

3.The Japanese don’t like sheep meat because ________.

A. they think sheep meat is not healthy B. they regard the sheep as a holy animal

C. they dislike its smell D. most Japanese keep the sheep as a pet

4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Americans like to drink orange juice and coffee.

B. English people eat tomatoes every day.

C. Some people in Hong Kong enjoy eating snakes.

D. The French drink wine every day.

5.Which is the best title (题目) of the passage?

A. Healthy Food B. Different Eating Habits

C. Different Table Manners D. How to Cook Food

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