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A．Go shopping.

B．Go to see the photo show.

C．Go to the dance with your sweet heart.

D．Go to watch the horse race.

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　　　　George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen he became his father's helper. He spent a lot of time learning about the engine. And on holidays he often took it to pieces（把它拆开） and studied each piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write. He began to learn the English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hour's hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from 　　a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life.

　　　　George invented many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among them. Today when we watch or take trains from one place to another, we'll think of this great man---George Stephenson.

　　判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

　　1. George began to work at the age of fourteen. 

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　　2. It took George much time to learn about the engine. 

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　　3. He became a good worker, but could not read or write at 　　 first.

　　　　(　　　　)

　　4. Every day he worked hard for more than twelve hours. 

　　　　(　　　　)

　　5. The train was invented by George Stephenson. 

　　　　(　　　　)

　　　　House price （价格）in England rose quickly between 1971 and 1972. The following records how much a house in Chelsea, London had risen in price since 1955.

　　　　Take No. 29 Smith Terrace for example. In 1955, Jane Grey sold it for ￡2,000. Mrs Bowena Black bought in next for ￡4,900 and sold it nine years later to Bill and Doreen White for￡22,950. Now, four years later, in 1972, the house was priced ￡30,000.

　　根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案。

　　1. The price of the house was ______ as high in 1972 as in the year Jane Grey sold it.

[　　]　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 A. about 10 times　　　　B. twice

　　 C. 150%　　　　　　　　　D. fifteen times

　　2. Mrs Bowena Black made a profit（利润）of ______.

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　　 A. ￡2,900　　　　B. ￡8,050　　　　C. ￡7,050　　　　D. ￡18,050

　　3. Jane Grey lived in No. 29 Smith Terrace ______.

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　　 A. for four years　　　　　　　B. for nine years

　　 C. between 1971 and 1972　　　 D. before 1955

　　4. When did Mrs Black buy the house? In ______.

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　　 A. 1971　　　　B. 1972　　　　C. 1968　　　　D. 1959

　　5. Of all the tenants（居住人）, who made most money? ______.

[　　]

　　 A. the Whites　　　　B. Jane Grey　　

　　 C. Mrs Black　　　　 D. Mr White

　　　　Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones（时区）, one hour apart（一个时区相差一小时）. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-four 　　hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.

　　　　If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean（大西洋）,your ship enters a different time zone every day. As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Travelling west, you set your clock back, travelling east you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.

　　If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you cross the inter-national date line. By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change your calendar（日历） one full day, backward or forward. Travelling east, today becomes yesterday,travelling west, it is tomorrow.

　　根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案。

1. Strange things happen to time when you travel because______.

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　　　　　　 A. one day has twenty-four hours

　　　　　　 B. no one knows where time zones begin

　　　　　　 C. the earth is divided into time zones

　　　　　　 D. how time flies

2. The difference in time between zones is ______.

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　　　　　　 A. one hour

　　　　　　 B. more than seven days

　　　　　　 C. seven days

　　　　　　 D. one day

3. If you travel across the Atlantic Ocean, going east,you set your clock ______.

[　　]

　　　　　　 A. one hour ahead in each time zone

　　　　　　 B. one hour ahead for the whole trip

　　　　　　 C. one full day back for each time zone

　　　　　　 D. one hour back in each time zone

4. From this passage, it seems true that the Atlantic______.

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　　　　　　 A. is in one time zone

　　　　　　 B. is divided into twenty-four zones

　　　　　　 C. is divided into five time zones

　　　　　　 D. is divided into seven time zones

5. The international date line is the name for ______.

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　　　　　　 A. the beginning of any new time zone

　　　　　　 B. any point where time changes by one hour

　　　　　　 C. the point where a new day begins

　　　　　　 D. the point between two different zones

　　The idea of having a machine to do man's heavy work is a very old one. The wheel is as old as this greatest idea. The first machine was probably（很可能）a box on two wheels. This could hold more heavy things than a man could. At first, the box was pulled along the ground by the man. Later an animal was taught to pull it.

　　The man realized（认识到）a horse could pull a much bigger box than a man could. Since those very early days, man has always moved forward（向前）. His machines have grown stronger and more useful.

　　Not long ago his ideas spread to sport. He built racing machines. Maybe by now, he is tired of making things himself. Because he is going in a new direction（方向）: he is making machines which can make other machines.

判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”，不符合的用“F”表示。

1. The idea of having a machine to do man's heavy work is man's greatest idea.

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2. The oldest machine was a box on two wheels.

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3. At first, a horse was taught to pull the box.

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4. Man's machines are getting stronger and more useful.

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5. Machines can make other machines.

(　　)

阅读理解

　　When Bill and Rose married, neither of them had much money, so they were not able to buy a house.Two years later, Bill's father died and left him some money, so they bought a house.When they moved into it for the first time, one of Bill's friends sent him a bottle of wine as a present.The bottle was in a paper box.

　　At that time,Bill and Rose had a lot of work to do.They had to clean the house and decided where to put their TV set, beds, cupboards, chairs, desks and tables.They were so busy that they forgot about the bottle of wine, they put it in a cupboard and didn't even open the box.

　　A few months later, their baby was born.When Rose came from the hospital with the baby, Bill asked some friends to his house.They had a wonderful party for his wife and his baby.They drank wine and sang.

　　After a while Bill found that the wine was finished. Then he remembered that his friend had given him a card beside the bottle.It said,“Bill, take care of this one—it is really yours and it is the first one!”

根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案。

1.When Bill and Rose became husband and wife,__________.

[　　]

A.Bill wasn't rich enough

B.Rose wasn't rich enough

C.neither Bill nor Rose was rich enough

D.they had little money

2.They had enough money to buy a house_______.

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A.before Bill's father died

B.after Rose's father died

C.after Bill's father died

D.after they made some money by working hard

3.Bill forgot about the bottle of wine because_________.　　

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A.he never drank wine　　　　B.he had too many friends

C.he didn't like wine　　　　D.he was too busy at that time

4.After the wine was finished,_________.

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A.Bill bought one more bottle of wine

B.Bill's friend gave them a bottle of wine

C.Bill's friend bought another bottle

D.Bill began to look for the bottle of wine in the house

5.Where did they get the bottle of wine?

[　　]

A.Rose bought it.

B.Bill's father left it.

C.A friend of theirs gave them when they moved into their new　　 house.

D.Their friend gave them when they got married.

阅读理解

　　Scientists are trying to make the deserts into land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow plants. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming deserts all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts in time.

　　Why is more and more land becoming deserts? Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.

　　Some places on the earth don't get very much rain. But they still don't become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don't let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don't let the wind blow the dirt（土）away. When a little bit of rain falls, plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert more easily.

判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”，不符合的用“F”表示。

1. Deserts get very little rain.　　  

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2. Land is becoming deserts little by little because scientists know little about the deserts.　　

(    )

3. Plants can hold water and protect dry land from becoming deserts.

(    )

4. All places without much rain will become deserts.

(    )

5. Scientists are trying to change deserts into good land.

(    )

　　In England, people like eating fish and chips. They sometimes cook this kind of food at home. But there are many fish and chip shops. People usually buy fish and chips in a shop. The food can be put into a paper bag. It is easy for people to take the food home or to their work place. They can even eat it on the road. This "takeaway" food is very popular in England. It is welcomed by people there.

　　Chinese take-away food is also popular. There are all kinds of Chinese take-away food, such as steamed bread, dumplings, New Year cakes and so on. Chinese take-away food can be found all over the  world: in England, in Australia, and in the U.S.A. But in the  U.S.A., there aren't so many fish and chip shops. The most popular food is probably（很可能）fried（油煎的）chicken.

判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

1. The most popular food in England is Chinese take-away food.

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2. Englishmen never cook fish and chips at home.

(    )

3. People can eat the take-away food at home, in the work place or on the road.　　　　

(    )

4.Chinese take-away food is also popular.   

(    )

5. Fish and chips in the U.S.A. are as popular as those in England.

(    )

　　No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him. As the centuries（世纪） went by, he made more and more new words, This is what we mean by language.

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in

the world. Each has many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, has four or five hundred thousand words.  But before you leave school you will learn only a few thousands more. Then you should learn more and more words. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your  dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案。

1. The main idea of the first paragraph is ______.  

[　　]

A. how animals make sounds

B. how man made words

C. man heard different sounds round him

D. man made more and more words

2. About how many different languages are there in the world?

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A. 150　　B. 1500　　C. 5000　　D. 500

3. A very large English dictionary might have over ______ words.

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A. 400,000　　B. 50,000　　C. 40,000　　D. 800,000

4. After you leave school, you should learn ______.

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A. only a thousand words　　B. all the words

C. more words　　　　　　   D. all kinds of languages

5. If you want to know more new words, you can ______.

[　　]　　

A. read many difficult books　　B. read easy books

C. written easy English　　　　 D. look them up in your dictionary

　　Peter was eight and a half years old, and he went to school on foot. His school was quite near his house. He usually got back on time, but last Friday he came home from school late. His mother was in the kitchen, and she saw him and said to him, "Why are you late today, dear?"

　　"My teacher was angry and sent me to the headmaster after our lessons," Peter answered.

　　"To the headmaster?" his mother said. "Why did she send you to him?"

　　"Because she asked a question in the class," Peter said, "and none of the children gave her the answer except（除了）me."

　　His mother was angry. "But did the teacher send you to the headmaster then? Why didn't she send all the other foolish children?" she asked Peter.

　　"Because she asked us who had put the glue（胶水） on her chair?"  Peter said.

判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示。

1. Peter usually came home late.　　  

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2. Only Peter answered the teacher's question.

(    )

3. All the children put the glue on the teacher's chair.

(    )

4. Peter put the glue on the teacher's chair.　　 

(    )

5. The teacher was angry about the glue.　　

(    )