阅读短文

根据短文内容，按要求答题。(回答1～3题时，不得超过五个单词)

　　Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. They celebrate it on the last Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but they do it on the second Monday of October. In Britain, where this festival is called ‘Harvest Festival’, people celebrate it earlier in the year, in September.

　　A harvest is the fruit you take from the trees and the crops you take from the ground. In North America and Britain, harvest time for most fruit and crops is in the autumn. In these countries and other Christian places, people give thanks to God(上帝) on a special day of the year. They thank Cod for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit, flowers, and vegetables to their churches to show their thanks.

　　The first thanksgiving service(仪式) in North America took place on December 4th, 1619 when 38 English people arrived in America to make their home in the new country. They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journey. The next. year; many more English people arrived. They had a bad winter, but fortunately the harvest was good. They decided to celebrate it with a big meal, They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked everything outside on large fires. About 90 Indians; also came to the meal. Everyone ate at tables outside their houses and played games together. The festival lasted three days.

　　A Thanksgiving Day celebration was held every year for a long time, but not always on the same day of the year. Then, in 1789, President George Washington named November 26th as the Day of Thanksgiving. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln changed the date, and said that the last Thursday in November should be Thanksgiving Day.

　　Nowadays, North Americans around the world get together with their families on this, day to eat good food and have a happy time.

1．Is Thanksgiving Day celebrated on the same day in North American countries?

2．When did the first thanksgiving service take place in North America?

3．Who made the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day in the USA?

4．What does the word “fortunately” mean in Chinese?

5．Translate the sentence “They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had” into Chinese.

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

(1～4小题，每小题用1句话回答，第5小题每个方面用1句话表示)

　　Elephants are the largest living animals on land. More than 500 different kinds of elephants were found on earth over the last 55 million years. Only two kinds are still alive today：the African Elephant and the Asian (or Indian) Elephant. These elephants can only be found in hot places. The older kinds, which lived a long time ago, lived in colder places. An example is the mammoths(猛犸象)－the largest hairy elephants.

　　Mammoths were about the size of the largest living elephant, which is about 7 tons(吨). Unlike the elephants today, mammoths had black or dark brown hairs covering their bodies. All the mammoths had tusks(象牙). We can tell this from their fossil teeth.

　　Scientists found out about most of the extinct(灭绝的) animals by studying the fossils, such as their bones(骨头) and teeth that have been found. However, mammoths are quite different.

　　During the Ice Age, mammoths died and were covered deeply in the ice. The ice kept them well. While many animals only left behind bones and teeth, scientists found the whole body of the mammoth. Because the whole mammoth has been kept well, scientists can see even the hair, the tusks and the whole body.

1．What kinds of elephants can be found on earth today?

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2．Describe two features(特征) that can only be found in the extinct mammoths but not the living elephants.

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3．How do the scientists learn about most of the extinct animals?

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4．Why can scientists know more of the extinct mammoths than the other extinct animals?

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5．The writer tells us the mammoths in three aspects(方面). What are they? Please write them down.

①___________________________________________

②___________________________________________

③___________________________________________

阅读理解

　　Being safe at school and in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.

　　●Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn't walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them quickly.

　　●Don't use earphones(耳机) when running in the schoolyard or on the street. You will keep yourself from the outside world and can be easily surprised.

　　●School bags should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting them on your back. When buses are crowded, it is easy enough for thieves to steal the things in your bags on your back.

　　●If you are followed by a stranger, cross the street and go in the other direction(方向), let the stranger know that you know he or she is there. Next, go and get help from others if it is necessary. Don't go home directly. You are safer on the street than you are in your home or in a lift.

　　●If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes before the buses leave. This prevents a stranger from studying you. On buses, don't sit alone, sit behind the driver or with friends. Don't sleep.

　　●Don't play with matches(火柴) or candles, because it may cause fire. If your house catches fire and you have to escape through smoke, move on your hands and knees with your head 30 to 60 centimetres(厘米) above the floor. Please remember there is cleaner, cooler air near the floor during the fire.

根据短文内容，判断下列陈述内容的正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。

1．If you find a stranger following you, go home right away.

2．You'd better sit after the driver when you are alone to take a bus.

3．It's good for you to use earphones when you are running outside.

4．You shouldn't sleep all the way although it's a long bus trip.

5．During the fire, the cleaner and cooler air is far from the floor.

6．When you escape from the house on fire, you should move on your hands and knees with your head 300 to 600 centimetres above the floor.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

7．You should ________ when you are outside by yourself.

[　　]

A．find your friend

B．remember the things around you

C．phone your friend

D．get help from others

8．You should put your things ________ when there are too many passengers on the bus.

[　　]

A．in front of you

B．beside you

C．on your back

D．behind the conductor

9．You'll catch the 8:00 bus to visit your old friend. It's better to reach the bus stop at ________.

[　　]

10．When you are followed by a stranger on your way home, you should ________ to protect yourself .

[　　]

A．run home quickly

B．find a lift and go in

C．turn back and walk towards him or her directly

D．let him or her know that you know he or she is there

阅读理解

　　One day, Mr White told the class to 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 classmates' eyes. It was very difficult to believe that such a boy could have a hobby. But to their surprise, Bob came back with many beautiful stamps in his hand. Mr White was very happy after watching them. However, Bob was going to take them back.

　　“Bob, you can't take them back until the others watch them this afternoon,” said Mr White.

　　“But I'm sorry they are my brother's,” he answered. “He doesn't want them to be out of our home for long. He's afraid that they will be lost.”

　　“Bob, you should show you own hobby here, not someone else's!” Mr White became a bit angry.

　　But Bob's following words made him even angrier. “Mr White, it's true that I have a hobby. My hobby is watching my brother collecting stamps.”

根据短文内容，完成下列句子，每空一词。

1．All the students ________ the whole morning in ready for the hobby show.

2．Bob was so ________ that his classmates didn't ________ he could have a hobby.

3．When Bob ________ to his classroom, he brought many beautiful ________.

4．The things in ________ hand were ________ his but his brother's.

5．Bob thought he ________ a “hobby”. He liked ________ his brother collecting.

Reading comprehension

　　SATURDAY JOB

　　Cleaner (16+) for company in Hove. 8 a.m.～1 p. m. only.

　　￡5 and hour.

　　Contact the Manager, Property First, 49, London Road, Hove.

　　Reporter Wanted

　　New Evening Paper

　　is looking for a reporter between 13 and 16 to work from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekday.

　　Call Miss Li at 0451－86335498

Fill in each blank with one word according to the information given.(根据所给信息，在每一空格内填写一词。)

1．Mr Wang is going to Beijing. He wants to get there in the early morning. He'd better choose the ________ train. It will take him about eleven and a half ________ to get there.

2．On weekdays the price of a digital camera in ________ shop is $ 480. But at weekends you can only pay ________ dollars for one.

3．If you are over 16 years old and want to make money, you can work as a ________ in the company in Hove on ________.

4．New Evening Paper ________ a reporter. Call Miss Li at the number of ________.

Reading comprehension

　　It's hard to make friends if you stay home alone all the time. Get out of the house and do things that will put you in touch with(接触) other people. It's easier to make friends when you have similar interests.

　　Don't be afraid to show people what you're really good at. Talk about the things you like and do best. People will be interested in you if there is something interesting about you.

　　Look people in the eye when you talk to them. That way, they'll find it easier to talk to you, or people may think you're not interested in them and may stop being interested in you.

　　Be a good listener. Let people talk about themselves before talking about “me, me, me”. Ask lots of questions. Show an interest in their answers.

　　Try to make friends with the kind of people you really like, respect(尊敬), and admire(羡慕)－not just with those who are easy to meet. Be friendly with a lot of people. That way, you'll have a bigger group of people to choose from and have more chances for making friends.

Answer the following questions according to the passage. (根据短文内容，回答下列问题。)

1．How can we have more friends, get in touch with other people or stay at home?

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2．When Jim talks to people, he always looks right, left, or at the floor. Do you think it's right? Why or why not?

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3．Cindy always talks about herself when she talks to other people. What advice(建议) do you think she needs to follow?

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4．What should you do if you want to have more chances for making friends?

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5．What's the main idea of the passage?

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Reading Comprehension(阅读理解)：

　　Subject：Complaints(投诉)

　　Date：May 30, 2004

　　From：david @ hotmail. com

　　To：glasgow @ silverline. net

　　Dear Sir or Madam,

　　Last Thursday, I travelled on the 8:40 a.m. train from Glasgow to London King's Cross and I was very unhappy with the service provided by your company(公司).

　　The train was forty minutes late leaving Glasgow, and although the guard apologized, we were not given any reasons for the delay(误点). We then had further delays when the train crew(乘务组人员) changed at Preston and had to wait another thirty minutes. As a result, I missed my flight from London Healthrow to Frankfurt and had to wait for several hours.

　　What's more, the service on the train was also very poor. The trip takes over five hours, unluckily, there was no restaurant car on the train and only a bar with soft drinks. Worst of all, the air conditioning broke down half-way through the trip and it got hotter and hotter in the train. However, there was no apology for this, and before we reached King's Cross, the temperature was over 40℃.

　　In view of the poor service, I feet I am entitled to compensation(有权索赔).

　　I took forward to hearing from you.

　　Yours faithfully,

　　David Robertson

Questions(根据电子邮件内容回答下列问题)：

1．Where did David Robertson get on the train last Thursday?

In ________________________________.

2．What time did the train start its trip to King's Cross that morning?

At ________________________________.

3．What happened to David because of the delay of the train?

He missed the flight and had to ________________________.

4．What did the bar on the train serve?

________________________________.

5．Why did it get hotter and hotter in the train?

Because ________________________________.

6．What do you think the company will do after they receive David's email?

I think they will ________________________.

综合阅读

阅读下列短文，简要回答短文后提出的问题。

　　Mr Leonard was twenty-three years old and not very rich. He was not married and lived in two rooms in a small house in a city.

　　Every summer Mr Leonard went down to the sea for a holiday. He stayed in small, cheap hotels, but he always wanted to have a clean tidy room. He didn't like dirty places.

　　One summer a friend of his said, “Go to the Tower Hotel in White Sea. I went there last year, and it was very nice and clean.”

　　So Mr Leonard went to the Tower Hotel in White Sea. But there was a different manager that year.

　　The new manager took Mr Leonard to his room. The room looked quite nice and clean, but Mr Leonard said to the manager, “Are the sheets (床单) on the bed clean?”

　　“Yes, of course they are!” he answered angrily. “We washed them this morning. Feel them. They're still damp (湿的)!”

1．Why did Mr Leonard stay in small cheap hotels?

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2．How many rooms are there in his house?

________________________________________________________________________________

3．Where did a friend of his ask him to go?

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4．What do you think of the new manager?

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综合阅读

阅读下列短文，简要回答短文后提出的问题。

　　During the day we work and play, and at night we sleep. Our bodies rest while we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. While we are asleep, our bodies grow fast. Children who are tired usually need more sleep. We can get our lessons better and we feel better, too, when we have plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night. Our bodies need plenty of air when we sleep. If we do not get enough fresh air, we'll feel tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover our heads. If we do, our lungs (肺)will not get enough fresh air. If we open our windows at night, we can have plenty of fresh air.

　　Cool air is better than warm air. Boys and girls who want to grow and be strong must get plenty of sleep.

1．When do our bodies grow fast?

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2．Why mustn't we cover our heads while we are sleeping?

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3．Which is the best for us, hot air, warm air or cool air?

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4．What will happen to us when we don't get enough fresh air?

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阅读下列短文，并回答问题。

Dear Linda,

　　I have been in England three months now. I hope you don't think I've forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I've not had much time for writing letters.

　　I shall soon be starting my studies at King's College. So far I've been learning about England and British ways of living. I won't tell you about London. There are plenty of books you can read and plenty of pictures you can look at. I'm sure you'll be more interested to know what I think about the life here.

　　I find some of the customs (风俗) new and interesting. People here do not shake hands as much as we do in Europe. During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raise (抬起) their hats to women but not to each other.

Your's

Alice

1．How long has Alice been in England?

2．Alice wants to tell Linda something about London, doesn't she?

3．What does Alice think about the life in London?

4．What do Englishmen do when they meet women?