阅读短文，然后回答问题．

　　Last summer, Mr．White and his daughter, Mary, were traveling in the south of China．One day they wanted to go shopping in a small town, but they didn't know where the biggest shop was．They didn't ask anyone for help and decided to look for it by themselves though their Chinese was very poor．

　　They went along a narrow street to the north of the hotel, and took the second turning on the left, then got on a bus．The bus carried them to the end of a wide street．They found there was a fine, tall building．A lot of people came in and went out there．They thought it must be a supermarket．They were pleased to find the place．They entered the building．To their surprise, it was a great museum．They were happy to visit it but they bought nothing there．

1．What were they doing last summer?

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2．What did they want to do one day?

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3．How about their Chinese?

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4．What did they find at last?

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5．They were very angry, weren't they?

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阅读理解

　　My name is Lily．I'm eleven．I'm from China．My mum and works in a big factory．They go to work from Monday to Friday．I have a sister．We look the same and we like to help each other．She is a middle school student and comes home in the afternoon．Everyone in my family likes and looks after me．

　　My sister and I are in the same school．I'm a new student in my class．There are forty-two students in our class, twenty are boys．We have classes from eight o'clock in the morning to for in the afternoon．My teacher of English, Miss Green is from England．She is a good teacher．We have six English lesson a week．Now we can say a hundred words, count and play games in English．We like English, we like our English teacher．

1．How many people are there in Lily's family?

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2．How many days do Lily's parents work a week?

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3．How many girls are there in her class?

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4．Is Lily an American?

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5．What does Lily's sister do?

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阅读理解

　　Oxford is a interesting old city in English．It is about 80 kilometres from London．No one knows how old it is! It is very famous for is university and its historical(有历史意义的)buildings．There are more than 900 historical buildings in Oxford．

　　Oxford University has got 35 colleges(学院)and about 13,500 students．One of the colleges is Church．Christ Church College is not the oldest, but it is the most beautiful college of all．It is 469 years old and it is very famous for“Great Tom”．

　　“Great Tom”is a bell that weighs over 6,000 kilos and rings many times every night at 9∶05 p.m．

　　Oxford is a beautiful city with many gardens, bookshops and students' pubs(酒吧)．

1．Where is Oxford?

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2．How far is it from London?

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3．How many historical buildings are there in Oxford?

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4．Which is the most beautiful college in Oxford?

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5．What is“Great Tom”?

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阅读理解

　　A shark is a large, fierce fish that eats other fish．What will you do if you meet a shark while you are swimming? One man who knows all about sharks has given some rules to help you swim safely．

　　Don't swim in water where there are sharks．But if you do, stay close to shore．Sharks in deep water are the hungriest, and hungry sharks are dangerous．

　　If you see a shark, swim slowly to the shore．He is one of the fastest fish in the sea．You could never swim faster than a shark．

　　If Mr．Shark comes too close, put your head under water and shout,“Go away, get lost!”He can't hear what you say, but the sound under water makes him afraid．

　　But what to do if he still keeps coming after you? Then you should try to hit him on the nose．You see, it hurts him the most．If he comes back, do the same thing again．

　　Sharks are found mostly in the warm water of the sea．And there are sharks big enough to ride on in deeper water almost everywhere．But if you want to go for a ride, jump on your bike．It will be much safer．

1．Hungry sharks aren't dangerous, are they?

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2．What should a swimmer do when he meets a shark?

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3．What may make a shark afraid according to the passage?

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4．Where can we mostly see sharks?

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5．Why should a swimmer try to hit a shark on the nose when a shark keeps coming after him?

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阅读理解与回答问题

　　All around the world, people drink tea．But tea doesn't 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．They Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony(茶道)．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-drink country is England．In England, the late afternoon is‘tea time’．Almost everyone has a cup of tea then．The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with cream and sugar．They also eat cakes, cookies and some sandwiches at tea time．

　　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 teapot．Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda．

1．When do the Chinese drink tea?

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2．How is a tea ceremony in Japan?

It is __________________．

3．In which country do people have tea time in the afternoon?

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4．What else do the English eat at tea time?

They also eat ________ at tea time．

5．What do Americans use tea bags to do?

They usually use tea bags to ________．

阅读理解　阅读短文，然后回答问题。

　　Jorge is from Brazil．He is 14 years old．His family moved from the countryside to the city of Sao Paulo two years ago．Jorge has three sisters and two brothers．Jorge's decided to take his family to the city to have a better life．In the countryside, there was not enough land to farm and Jorge's family often did have enough food to eat．

　　When Jorge's family came to Sao Paulo, they could not find anywhere to live．So they moved to a place near the city where people live in roughly built homes．This area is called a shanty town．Unlike other towns, there is no running water, no schools, and the roads are bad．

　　Jorge's mother and two elder sisters go to work in the city every day．They work in a factory, making shoes．Jorge and the other children play football with friends on the rubbish dump(垃圾场)next to the shanty town．They do not go to school．Jorge will also be going to work at the factory next year．

　　Jorge says,“We came here to get a better life．My family now has enough money to give us food but I don't like living in the city．This place is not clean and I often get sick．I want to go back to the countryside．I also want to go back to school．”

　　Unfortunately, Jorge and his family will probably leave the shanty town．Every day, every hour, families just like Jorge's leave the countryside and come to a shanty town in the city in search of jobs and a way to escape their increasing poverty(日趋贫困)．Life in the city is hard and people are forced(强迫)to live in crowded and unsatisfactory(令人不满意的)conditions, yet compared(比较)to their life in the country, very few people ever return．

1．How many people are there in Jorge's family?

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2．Why did Jorge's family leave the countryside?

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3．What kind of place did Jorge's family find?

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4．Where do Jorge's mother and elder sisters go to work every day?

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5．What does Jorge think about the life in the shanty town?

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　　In Amsterdam, the capital of Holland, there is a special Children Restaurant．(A)It is run wholly by children．From the manager to the cooks, cashiers(收银员), waiters or waitresses and other members are all children from 6 to 12 years old．They themselves do all the necessary work(B)________ cooking and cleaning．These children are chosen in Amsterdam．After training, they may serve in the restaurant for four weeks．All of them are willing to work there and they(C)为他们的工作感到自豪。

　　(D)A woman cook founded this restaurant in 1983．She wanted to give children chances to learn to be useful to the society．And now she is the only adult there, but her job is just to(E)take care of the children．

　　The restaurant is welcomed almost by everyone．Since there are only 20 seats in the restaurant, it is always very crowded．So you should book months early．The cost of a meal is usually ＄4 for each adult, but much cheaper for children．And its business hours are only on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon．

1．画线部分(A)在文中指代的是：________

2．在(B)的空白处填入一个适当的词语：________

3．将画线部分(C)译成英语：________

4．将画线部分(D)改写为：This restaurant ________ in 1983 by a woman cook．

5．写出画线部分(E)的同义词语：________

　　One day, Mr White told the class to(A)get ready for a hobby show．All the students had the whole morning to get what they were going to show．

　　All the students came back on time except Bob, the laziest boy in his class．It was very difficult to believe that such a boy could have a hobby．But to their surprise, Bob came back(B)________ many beautiful stamps in an album．(C)怀特先生在看过它们之后非常高兴。However, Bob was going to take them back．

　　“Bob,(D)you can't take them home until the others have seen them this afternoon，”said Mr White．“I'm sorry but they are my brother's,”he answered,“he doesn't want them to be out of the house for long．He's afraid that they will be lost．”

　　“Bob, you should show your own hobby here, not someone else's!”Mr White became(E)a bit angry．But Bob's following words made him even(F)________．“Mr White,(G)it's true that I have a hobby．My hobby is watching my brother collecting stamps．”

1．写出画线部分(A)和(E)的同义或近义短语：________；________

2．在画线部分(B)和(F)的空白处分别填入适当的单词：________；________

3．将画线部分(C)译成英语：________

4．将画线部分(D)改写为：…you can take them home ________ the others ________ them this afternoon．

5．What is Bob's real hobby?________

根据短文内容回答问题。(Answer the questions according to the passage．)

　　In May 1997, a computer beat the world famous chess player for the first time．IBM's supercomputer, called Deep Blue, beat Cary Kasparov, the great chess player from Russia, in New York．This was the first time that a supercomputer had beaten a man in traditional chess, although men had often lost to computers when playing speed chess．In traditional chess, players have as much time as they want to make their moves, but in speed chess their time is limited．

　　The IBM computer is able to know between two and three million chess positions every second．It can make 100 billion moves in the time it takes a man to make one．

　　The first time Kasparov played with Deep Blue was in Philadelphia, a city in southeastern America, in 1996．Kasparov won that first match．In May 1997 there was a match again, and Deep Blue won．Deep Blue got ＄700, 000 for the game, and Kasparov took home ＄400, 000．Now, Kasparov wants to play a third match to decide who is the best player, but IBM says that Deep Blue has“retired”．Another IBM computer, Deep Blue Jr．will play the games．

1．What is Deep Blue?

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2．Why can men often win in traditional chess?

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3．Why does Kasparov want to play a third match with Deep Blue?

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4．How much did the Deep Blue get during the game in Philadelphia?

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5．Who will take the place of Deep Blue?

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根据短文内容回答问题。(Answer the questions according to the passage．)

　　About one hundred years ago many educated people learned and spoke French when they met people from other countries, Today most people speak English when they meet foreigners．It has become the new international language．There are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak English as a first language．Why is this?

　　There are many reasons why English has become so popular．One of them is that English has become the language of business．Another important reason is that popular American culture(like movies, music, and McDonald's)has quickly spread throughout the world．It has brought its language with it．

　　Is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly? I don't know．It's important to have a language that people of the Earth have in common．Our world has become very global and we need to communicate with one another．On the other hand, English is a fairly complicated language to learn and it brings its culture with it．Do we really need that?

　　Scientists have already tried to create an artificial language that isn't too difficult and doesn't include any group's culture．It is called Esperanto．But it hasn't become popular．Maybe the popularity of English won't last that long either．Who knows? There are more people in the world who speak Chinese than any other language．Maybe someday Chinese will be the new international language．

1．What was the international language 100 years ago?

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2．Which group is larger－people who speak English as a first language or people who speak English as a second language?

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3．What are the two reasons why English has become so popular today?

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4．What are the two reasons why English isn't a good international language?

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5．What is Esperanto?

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