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　　The Greens are from Switzerland. During the summer vacation, they came to China for sightseeing. The Green family visited some places of great interest in China. It was very hot but they didn't mind at all. They enjoyed themselves very much. They were greatly interested in the Terra Cotta Soldiers (兵马俑) in Xi'an, the ancient capital of China. They were amazed (惊奇) to see the beautiful mountains in Guilin. They enjoyed the different flowers in Kunming. Planes made the trip so easy and soon they arrived in Hangzhou. The well-known West Lake is in the west of the city. People call it the shining pearl (珍珠) of the city. When they walked around the lake, the family stopped for many times. There are so many beautiful parks around the lake. “It's the most beautiful lake I've ever seen,” Robert said to himself again and again, “I wish I could live beside the West Lake. ”

(1) During their visit the hot weather ________.

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A. made the Greens happy

B. made the Greens unhappy

C. didn't affect the Greens

D. affected the Greens very much

(2)During the summer holidays they didn't visit

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(3) Guilin is famous for its

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A. flowers

B. mountains

C. the West Lake

D. the Terra Cotta Soldiers

(4) How did they go to Hangzhou?

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(5) Robert wished

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A. to see the ancient capital

B. to live in Hangzhou

C. to live on the beautiful mountains

D. to visit the West Lake again and again

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　　Beethoven (贝多芬) is a famous musician. He was never afraid to show his feelings to those who didn't respect his music. Once while he was playing for a rich man in the house, one of the listeners, a man of good family, was talking to a girl. He liked girls more than music, and he didn't stop talking when Beethoven started to play. The voice was not a quiet one, he talked in a high voice and Beethoven could hear well in those days. So Beethoven got angry. The music stopped in the middle and Beethoven stood up. “I don't play for animals of this kind!” he cried. “No! Not for animals!” Then he walked out angrily.

(1) Beethoven was a

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(2) The listener was

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(3) One of the listeners ________ when Beethoven started to play.

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(4) This listener

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A. didn't like music at all

B. was more interested in girls than in music

C. liked music more than girls

D. liked both girls and music

(5) Beethoven ________ after he heard their talking.

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　　The children were talking about Christmas holidays in the classroom.

　　Jack, one of the boys, said that he went to Kansas with his friends. He told his classmates he saw something strange there.“When we were skating on a lake one day, one of us cut a hole in the ice, struck a match(擦火柴)and suddenly there was a fire right out of the hole for two or three minutes.”

　　“oh, no,”said all the others.“That couldn't be true. Water doesn't burn.”So they went to the teacher's office to see what she would say about this strange happening.

　　The teacher listened and said with a smile.“It seems that there is natural gas(天然气) under the lake. The gas always goes up through the water. When the lake is frozen(结冰),the gas is caught under the ice. So when you cut a hole in the ice, the gas will come out and burn if you light it.”

(1) The children were talking about their ________ holidays.

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(2) The fire burnt up out of a hole ______ .

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(3) ________ saw the fire out of the hole.

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(4) The children went to ask the teacher because she ________.

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(5) The best title for this passage is ________.

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　　Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey(新泽西) in the past, staying in a small inn(旅店) at the foot of a hill.

　　One year, however, Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around that famous city.

　　They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They had expected that they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that small inn in New Jersey, no meals were served after seven. They were surprised when the waiter asked whether they would take dinner there that night.“Are you still serving dinner?”asked Mr. Smith.“Yes, certainly, sir”, answered the waiter.“We serve it until half past nine.”

　　“What are the times of meals then？”asked Mr. Smith.“Well, sir”, answered the waiter.“We serve breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine.”

　　“But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London.”said Mr. Smith.

(1) Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their holidays in ________.

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(2) When Mr. and Mrs. Smith had a lot of money, they decided to go to ________.

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(3) They went to London by ________.

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(4) From the story we know that this was the ________ time for Mr. and Mrs. Smith to go to London.

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(5) What does the sentence“But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London”mean?

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A. We can go to see the sights of London at any time.

B. We have enough time to see the sights of London.

C. We can see more sights of London.

D. We have little time to see the sights of London.

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　　Ron is ten years old. He loves to watch TV. But for one full year, he did not watch TV at all. What was the reason? Ron's parents said they would give him ＄ 600 if he didn't watch TV for a year.

　　Ron's parents thought he watched too much TV. One day his mother saw a newspaper story about a boy who didn't watch TV for a year. She showed the story to Ron. Ron liked the idea. He turned off the TV right away, and said,“It doesn't bother me not to watch TV. I just want the money.”

　　At first, Ron's parents were very happy. Ron read books and newspapers, played outside, played computer games, and played cards with his mother. But after some time. he got bored (厌烦). Every evening, he asked his parents,“What are we doing tonight?”Sometimes his mother and father wished he would watch TV, just for one evening. Ron always said,“No, it would cost me money!”

　　Finally the year was over. Then Ron started watching his favorite TV shows all day long again. Ron got the money from his parents. What does he plan to do with the ＄600?“I want to buy myself a TV set!”he said.

(1) Ron didn't watch TV for one year because ________.

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A. he wanted the money

B. watching TV too much is bad

C. he wanted to study harder

D. he wanted to learn from the boy

(2)“It doesn't bother me not to watch TV”means“It's ________ to watch TV”.

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(3) Ron thought ________ for him to read and play all the time.

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A. it was great fun

B. it was no fun

C. it was enjoyable

D. it was good

(4) Ron's last words would ________ his parents.

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(5) The best title for the story is ________.

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　　I was born in New York, but I grew up in Sam Francisco. I began to live in London 25 years ago. If I am asked now where I want to live forever, I would say London. But will always be American.

　　San Francisco, like London, has many parks. Every day my sisters and I were taken to play in the parks as children. I didn't go to school. I only had three hours of formal (正规的) education when five. I was sent to school but came home at noon on the first day. I said I didn't enjoy it and hadn't learned anything. My parents decided that school was not fit for me and I never went back.

　　My mother then taught me and my two sisters, in the way of an English lady who had good education. We learned languages and reading more than sciences and maths. Sometimes she taught us herself, but we also had other teachers. They asked us to take lessons every day. About once a week we walked to Golden Gate Park. While we were walking ,my mother taught me to read music. One day I noticed a little toy train in the window of a shop and I remember now how I'd like to have it. I couldn't say my“r”when I was small. My mother said if I could say an“r”well, I would have the toy train. I practised and practised. Then one morning I woke everybody up with my“r”s. I got the toy train. I usually get the things I want in life-but I work hard for them.

(1) The writer ________.

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A. was born in San Francisco

B. is living in New York now

C. likes living in London

D. doesn't like America

(2) The writer did not go to school in America because ________.

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A. his mother wanted him to go to school in England.

B. his parents did not think formal education was right for him.

C. his mother wanted him to play outdoors in the parks.

D. he couldn't get on well the other children

(3) Which of the following is TRUE?

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A. The writer was taught by his mother and other teachers.

B. The writer had no education at all.

C. The writer didn't have lessons every day.

D. The writer walked to the park to learn languages once a week

(4) The writer got the little toy train at last because ________.

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A. his mother gave him the money for it

B. he tried his best to read music

C. he wanted it very much

D. his mother was pleased with his progress

(5) The writer tells us ________.

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A. why children needn't go to school

B. how he grew up in San Francisco

C. that children liked toys

D. that his mother didn't give him any toys

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　　An old joke says that when a lazy student doesn't want to do his homework, he tells the teacher that dog ate his assignment. But this time the dog did eat the homework .And it was the teacher who had to explain(解释)to her students. Dee Slosser, who teaches at Danbury High School ,said she spent hours trying to piece together(拼补)six test papers torn (撒)to bit by her dog .“He was just trying to take a little Shakespeare ,”she said she put the English test papers on a beach at her home last Friday .She was to mark them at the weekend .But Sloopy, her four-year-old dog ,had other plans .Sloopy found it with the test papers in his mouth. Sloopy carefully worked all Sunday nights to piece the test papers together and grade them .The next day her student had a good laugh at the chewed-up(咬破)test papers .They laughed so hard, but soon they thought over the incident seriously.

(1)“His assignment”in the article means ________.

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A. the teacher's order

B. the teacher's homework

C. the student's joke

D. the student's homework

(2)Which of the following is true?

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A. Slosser's dog tore the test papers to pieces because the students didn't do them well.

B. The dog ate the papers because he was interested in Shakespeare.

C. The dog ate the papers because he was interested in Shakespeare.

D. The dog ate the homework just to make the students laugh.

(3) Mrs Slosser __________ .

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A. failed to mark the test papers

B. handed out the papers to the students with marks on

C. tried to piece together the papers but failed

D. had to hand out the papers to the students on Tuesday.

(4) From the passage , we can know that Dee Sloeer seems ________.

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(5) The writer tells the story to ________.

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A. make the student think of the sense of responsibility(责任)

B. make people think of their teachers

C. let people know an old joke about dogs

D. let people know an old joke about lazy students

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　　Mr. Young worked in a factory .One day he broke an important part of a machine and was sent away. He couldn't find any work any longer .He had to roam (流浪)here and there. One day when he was walking by a river , an Englishman fell into it and the water would nearly wash him away. In the time of danger Mr. Young jumped into the river and saved him .The Englishman thanked him very much and took him to England and helped him find a work in London .A few years later he could speak English but could neither read nor write .It brought him a lot of difficulties .He decided to learn reading and writing .Just an English lived next to him .He came to the old woman and asked her to teach him.

　　“All right young man .”said the old woman .Then she brought out a pencil and an exercise-book .wrote A, B, C, D on it. pointing to A, the woman said ,“It's A .it's A . And it's B.” “How can I know it's B?”he asked again .The old woman didn't answer .She thought for a while and began to pull him by the ear.

　　“Ah , my ear!”the young man called out “How do you know it's an ear?”

　　“Everyone knows it an ear.”“All right ,”the old woman said with a smile ,“Everyone knows it's B .Let's go on!”

(1) Mr. Young was sent away because ________.

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A. he knew little English

B. he was very lazy

C. he had broken an important part of a machine

D. he didn't listen to anybody

(2) Mr. Young Roamed here and there _________.

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A. find a house to live in

B. find another piece of work

C. find something to eat

D. learn something useful

(3) The Englishman helped Mr. Young to find work in London because ________.

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A. it was easy to do it there

B. the man paid a lot for it

C. the man was able to do everything

D. the man had saved him before

(4) Mr Young could neither read nor write because ________.

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A. he came from a poor country

B. he was too busy to learn everything

C. he hadn't learn English in country

D. he hadn't been in school when he was young

(5) For the old woman , Mr. Young's question was ________.

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A. too strange to answer

B. necessary to answer

C. so easy that everyone could answer

D. so difficult that nobody could answer

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下列A～H为八本畅销书，看完1～5小题的叙述后，请根据题意，依个人需求，为每人选择最适当的一本书.

(1) Today people write to, others on the computer. Nancy wants to learn more about it.

(2) Mary is a good mother .She believes eating right food is important. She likes to help her children grow better with right food.

(3) Kevin often sits the studying all, but he still gets poor grades. He hopes to do better on the tests.

(4) Bob's sister wants to move to New York .But she isn't sure if that is a good idea. She needs to know more about the country.

(5) Amy is worried about that there are too many used plastic bags and old newspapers at home. She doesn't know what to do with them.

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　　　　　　　　    　　How to read fast?

　　Perhaps you have been told about some habits which keep a person from reading fast, and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have.

　　Do you still have any of these bad habits? Check yourself by answering “yes ”or“no”to these questions.

　　1.Do you move your lips(嘴唇)when reading silently?

　　2.Do you point to words with your finger as your read?

　　3.Do you move your head from side to side as you read?

　　4.Do you read one word at a time?

　　If you answer“yes”to any of these questions ,start at once to break the habits. If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips when you are reading. Then if your lips move ,you will know it and can stop them .If you point to words , hold two sides of your book , one side with your left hand ,the other side with your right hand .Then you will not have a free finger to use in pointing while reading .If you move your head ,place your chin(下巴) in one hand ,and hold your head still .If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time ,you need to work very hard in learning to take in more words at each glance (瞥视)as your eyes travel across the lines of words.

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(1) You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as to ________.

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A. hold a piece of paper between them

B. keep yourself from talking to others

C. tell others to be silent

D. feel whether your lips move or not

(2) when your eyes travel across the lines of words, you need to ________.

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A. read the words carefully

B. look at every word carefully

C. read several words at a time

D. remember every word

(3) When you read, don't ________.

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A. use your finger to point to words

B. hold your book with your hands

C. keep your head still

D. do any of the things above

(4) When you place your chin in one hand, you can ________.

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A. rest your head on it

B. keep your head from moving side to side

C. keep your hand upward

D. move your head from side to side

(5) This passage mainly talks about ________.

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A. the importance of fast reading

B. the bad habit in reading

C. the ways to read fast

D. some difficulty in reading fast