51. If it is 8:00 a.m. in western Canada, the time is _______ in eastern Canada.

   A. 12:00           B. 2:00 p.m.          C. 12:30 p.m.            D. 4:00 a.m.

52. While Canadian children are waking up, children in Scotland are ________.

   A. having lessons    B. sleeping           C. watching TV          D. playing games

53. Who needn’t go to work on Fridays?

   A. Canadians.       B. Scots.             C. Japanese.      D. Egyptians.

54. Which country will welcome Saturday first, Canada, Japan, UK or Egypt?

   A. UK             B. Japan             C. Egypt          D. Canada

55. What does “ahead of” mean in English?

   A. earlier than       B. later than          C. after                 D. until

Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp（营地）. There, husbands and children are not allowed. Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.

At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself. She can sleep, read or watch TV, and no one will bother her. No children will ask, “Mom, what’s for dinner?” No husband will say, “Oh, dear, I can’t find any clean socks.” In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job----taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.

In the United States, working wives do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.

Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don’t cook, they don’t clean, they don’t look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather, walking, swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.

46. From this passage we can see 　　 in the United States.

A. women want to work outside the home

B. working wives do most of the housework

C. husbands do as much housework as their wives

D. women do not like to stay at home with their families

47. At Mother’s Camp, women can’t 　　　 .

A. watch TV　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. read newspapers

C. swim in the lake　　　　　　　　　　　 　 D. bring their husbands and children

48. Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because 　　　 .

A. they don’t like their husbands and children

B. they have to work full-time

C. they are too busy to relax themselves

D. they want a new life

49. 　　　　 is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States.

A. Housework　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Working outside the home

C. When to take a vacation　　　　　　 　 D. Looking after their children

50.What’s the best title（标题）for this passage?

A. Busy Working Mothers　　　　　　　　　　 B. Welcome to Mother’s Camp

C. Mothers Relax Away from Home　　　 　 D. Mothers in the US

There are thousands of different languages in the world. Everyone seems to think that native language is the most important one, as it is their first. For many people, it is even their only language all their lives. But English is the world’s most widely used language.

As a native language, English is spoken by nearly three hundred million people in the U.S.A., England, Australia and some other countries.

For people in India and many other countries, English is often necessary for business, education, information and other activities. So, English is the second language there.

As a foreign language, no other language is more widely studied or used than English. We use it to listen to radio, to read books or to travel. It’s also one of the working language in the United Nations and is more used than others.

根据短文内容判断句子的正（T）误（F）

(     )46.For many people, the native language is their only language.

(     )47.People in India use English as their second language

(     )48 People in China use English as a native language

(     )49 English is the only working language in the United Nations.

(     )50 English is used in three ways by people all over the world

Last Saturday the Whites went to the park. They got home very late. Father opened the front door and they all went into the house. It was very dark, so mother turned on the light .On the way to their bedroom, mother whispered,“listen, Mike! I can hear someone in the bedroom.” They stood quietly outside the bedroom door. They could hear some voice in the bedroom.

 “There are two men there. They are talking.” Then he shouted, Who is there?” But no one answered. Father opened the door quickly and turned on the light. The room was empty. Then father found something and laughed. The radio was still on! “I didn’t turn it off this morning,” father said, “but I forgot.”

根据短文内容选择正确的答案

 (     )41.The Whites got home_______

A in the afternoon    B In the evening   C in the morning   D at noon

(     )42.They stood quietly outside the bedroom door, because _______

A they were too tired to walk into the bedroom 

B they were afraid to go into the room

C The were enjoying the music

D they heard someone talking in the bedroom

(     )43 Father shouted, but no one answered, because_______

A the man in the room couldn’t hear

B father’s voice was not loud enough

C there was no one in the bedroom

D father stood too far away

(     )44 They went into the room and found the voice came from_______

A the radio    B mother    C themselves    D two men

(     )45 The radio worked_______

A two hours    B all night   C a whole day    D many days

One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood (木头) near a river. Suddenly his old axe (斧子) fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy (仙女) came out and asked the man what the was matter.

“I have lost my axe.” he said, “It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood.”

The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, “Is that yours?”

“No.” said the man.

The fairy then showed him a silver (银) axe and asked again, “Is this yours?”

“No.” again answered the man.

Then she showed him the old axe.

“Yes, that is mine.” called out the happy man.

“I know it well enough.” said the fairy, “I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I’ll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides (包括) your own one.“

根据短文，判断正（T）误（F）。

(  )36. The man was poor, he had nothing but an old axe.

(  )37. The old axe fell into the river when the man was cutting the wood.

(  )38. The fairy asked the man if he lost a gold axe, then the man said “No”.

(  )39. When he saw his own axe, the man was very happy.

(  )40. At last, the man had two axes.

When Mr. David retired(退休), he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it. But to his surprise, many visitors came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night, there were visitors outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into the house. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said，“If you want to satisfy your curiosity(好奇心),come in and look around. Price: twenty dollars.”Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide(导游)”, he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

根据短文内容选择正确的答案

(  )31. Mr. David’s house was      that many visitors came to see it.

A. so small         B. so quiet          C. so interesting      D. such interesting

(  )32. Mr. David put a notice on the window in order       .

A. to drive the visitors away

B. to satisfy the visitors curiosity

C. to let visitors come in and look around

D. to get some money out of the visitors

(  )33. The notice made the visitors      .

A. more interested in his house

B. lost interest in his house

C. angry at the unfair price

D. feel happy about the price

(  )34. After Mr. David put up the notice      .

A. the visitors didn’t come any more

B. fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

C. more and more visitors came for a visit

D. no visitor would pay the money for a visit

(  )35. At last he had to sell his house and move away because       .

A. he did not like it at all

B. he could not work as a guide

C. he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house

D. he could not live a quiet life in it

All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea.

In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They prefer their tea plain with nothing else in it.Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.

Another tea drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is “teatime”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in teapot and drink it with cream and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.

In the United States people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea --- “iced tea”. Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda.

(  )56. The passage is mainly talking about _________.

A. Chinese tea               B. why tea is important 

C. the teatime in England     D. different ways of tea drinking

(  )57. The word “plain” in line 4 may mean _____________.

A. simple      B. going     C. hard        D. drink

(  )58. The Chinese drink tea __________

A. for breakfast              B. in a special way

C. when they get together     D. only in teahouses

(  )59. Iced tea is popular _____________.

A.in winter  B.in England   C.for lunch  D.in America

(  )60. The English like to _____________.

A.eat something with their tea  B.drink their tea  plain

C.have tea with dinner     D.drink their tea in teahouses

    Tom, an eight-year-old boy, was ill．He had a fever．His mother was very worried and took him to see a doctor．The doctor looked over Tom carefully and said， “There is nothing serious.”Then he gave him some medicine．Here are the words on the instruction of the fever medicine．

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

(   )51．Tom should take________ spoon(s) each time

A．One     B．six      C．three     D．1/2

(   )52．The medicine should be kept________

A．in a box          B．in a hot place

C．in a cold place   D．under the table

(   )53．Tom should have the medicine___________ ．

A．before meals       B．after meals    C．before dinner   D．before lunch

(   )54．Tom can use the medicine___________ ．

A．before Dec．2011     B．before Oct．2010

C．after Dec．2011      D．at any time

(   )55．This medicine was made in________

A. Beijing  B.Shanghai  C.Guangzhou   D.Hong Kong

One day a policeman was taking a thief to the city．On the way they saw a shop．The thief said，“Let me go into the shop to buy some bread, We can eat it in the train．”

The policeman agreed．The thief went into the shop and ran out of the back door．When the policeman knew that，he began to look for the thief everywhere．At last the policeman caught the thief again．They went on to the city．On the way they came to the same shop．The thief wanted to buy some bread again．“Oh，no，”said the policeman．“You did that before，and you ran away．This time I’ll　 go into the shop and buy bread．You must wait here for me．”

( )46.What was the policeman doing one day?

　 A.catching a thief with others．B.doing nothing．

　 C.taking a thief to the city．　 D.walking to the city by himself．

( )47.On the way the thief asked to ________．

　 A.buy some food to eat　　　　　　　 B.let him free

　 C.take a rest　　　　　　　　　　　 D.walk slowly

( )48.When the thief went into the shop，he ran out of ______．

　 A.the back door　　　　　　　　　 B.the back window

　 C.the front door　　 　　　　　　 D.the front window

( )49.Which of the following is right?

　 A.At last the policeman caught the thief again、

　 B.The policeman looked for the thief,but he didn’t find him．

　 C.The thief was caught again by other policemen．

　 D.The policeman went back with the thief

( )50.From the last three sentences we know that the policeman was very _________．

　　 A.brave(勇敢的) B.careful C.clever D.foolish(愚蠢)

     New Year is coming．Do you have any plans for yourself? Let’s look at the following kids’New year’s plans

根据表格内容，选择最佳选项。

(  )41. Joe likes eating _______very much．

    A.fruit   B.pizza   C.French fries     D.hamburgers

(  )42. _______is interested in Chinese culture，history and food．

    A.Alice    B.Silly     C.Joe     D.Tony

(  )43. Alice is going to take a trip to _______．

    A. China    B. Canada     C. Japan     D. Australia

(  )44._______have health problems．

    A.Joe and Silly B.Silly and Tony C.Tony and Alic D.Joe and Tony

(  )45.Which of the following is TRUE?

    A.Joe is happy to get the name“Fat Joe”．

    B.Silly is tired of Chinese lesson now．

    C.Tony will take his doctor’s advice on food．

    D.Alice is interested in Japanese culture，history and food．