阅读理解

The following is a train timetable. Read it and then answer the questions.

1．How many times a week does the 9:10 am train arrive in New York from Boston?

There are ________ ________.

2．What is the shortest time between Boston and New York by train?

________ hours and ________ minutes.

3．You have a lunch date(约会) at Midway on Sunday.

What time must you leave Boston in order not to be late?

At ________ am.

4．How many trains have to spend over five hours on the way from Boston to New York?

________ trains.

5．On Christmas Day, how many trains at least can you take from Boston to New York?

读下面这篇短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题(每题不超过五个单词)

　　John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited(继承) $ 1,000,000 when he was 23. He didn't feel happy at all. His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn't have to. John decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He didn't tell any of his friends and gave $ 100,000 of his money to a charity(慈善团体) that helped poor children to live better lives. Today he is 36, he still wears cheap shoes and clothes and owns a small car only, but he is much happier.

　　Up to now John has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world, $ 200 a month for each. The child does not receive the money in cash(现金). The money pays for the child's school expenses, food, medical care and clothing. John receives a report each year on the child's progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.

　　When John first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. “It was not anything special.” he said. “Until I had the chance to go to these countries and meet the children I was helping, I did not know anything about the type of life they had.”

　　Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa, He said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her, I felt very, very happy.” he said. “I saw that the money was used for a very good plan. It brought me closer to the child in a way that giving money alone cannot.” “I want to do everything I can. I will go on helping those children in need.” he added.

Questions:

1．What kind of life is John living?

He is living a ________.

2．Did John want to look for a job or stay at home after he got the money?

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3．The child receives the money in cash, doesn't he?

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4．Why did John say that the meeting with the little girl was very exciting?

Because he saw his money was well used and this made him ________.

阅读短文，按要求答题

　　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 God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruits, 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?

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

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

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

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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.

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阅读下面的节目预告，回答下列问题

1．What time does Cartoon Time start？

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2．Grandma Li wants to know the weather for tomorrow．

Which programme(节目) can she watch？

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3．Who teaches cooking on TV？

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4．Lily comes home at 5:30pm．Can she watch Beijing Opera？

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5．Li Lei and Jim like basketball and football．Which programme can he watch？

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阅读理解

Tom and Mike are good friends．Tom is twelve．He comes from the United Kingdom．Mike is eleven．He is from Canada．They study in the same school,but in different classes．Tom's father teaches English in a middle school．His mother is a doctor．Mike's mother works on a machine．His father makes cars．Tom can speak English and a little Chinese．Tom's mother likes cooking．She likes hamburgers,but Tom's father doesn't like hamburgers．He likes drinking milk (牛奶) and eating bread (面包)．Mike's mother doesn't like cooking,but she likes making clothes (衣服)．Mike's father likes doing the housework and making things．He is working in the garden now．Look! Mike is helping his fahter．

A．根据短文内容，完成下列各句，每空一词

1．Tom and Mike are good________．

2．Tom is twelve and Mike is________．

3．Tom and Mike study ________ ________ ________ ________,but they are in________ classes．

4．Tom can ________ a little Chinese．

5．Tom's mother is a________．

6．Mike's mother is a ________．

7．I think Mike's father is a________,too．

8．Tom's father is a________．

B．根据短文内容回答问题

1．What does Tom's father like eating？

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2．What does Mike's mother like doing？

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3．What does Mike's father like doing？

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4．Who doesn't like eating hamburgers？

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阅读理解

　　Mary is from England (英格兰)．She is English (英国人)．She speaks English．She can also speak a little chinese．She lives in Shanghai now．She studies in a middle school．She has classes on weekdays．She often goes to movies with her friends on Sunday．Her mother is a teacher．She works in Shanghai．Her father also works in Shanghai．They like Chinese action movies．And they like China and the Chinese people very much．

根据短文内容回答问题

1．What can Mary speak？

____________________

2．Can she speak Chinese well？

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3．What does she do on Sunday？

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4．Where does her father work？

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5．Do they like China？

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阅读对话，完成下列练习

　　Alice: Hi,May,is this your backpack？

　　May:Let me have a look．It's a nice backpack．I have a backpack like this．But my backpack is green．

　　Alice:Whose(谁的) is this？ Do you know？

　　Lucy:I think(认为) it's Ada's．

　　Alice: Ada,is this your backpack？

　　Ada:What color is it？

　　Alice:It's black．

　　Ada:Let me see．I have a backpack like this．And it's black．But this backpack has some red flowers (花) on it．It's Ann's．

　　Alice: Hi,Ann．This is your backpack．

　　Ann: Thank you very much．

　　Alice:You're welcome．

1．This backpack is________．

[　　]

2．The backpack is________．

[　　]

3．________ finds (找到；发现) the backpack．

[　　]

4．The right(正确的) is ________．

[　　]

A．Alice's backpack is red with (有着) red flowers on it

B．May's backpack is black

C．Ada's backpack is green

D．Ann's backpack is black and with red flowers on it

阅读下面短文，按要求完成各题．

　　Why are you doing it? Why did you do it? Everyone asks the same question and I give a different answer every time: adventure(冒险), travel, time for thought, solitude(独处), challenge, curiosity(好奇), historical research, freedom, fun…all are true and good enough reasons. But why go round the world? And why on a bicycle?

　　For many years I was the headmistress of a private school for girls in the south of England. In January 1983, when I was fifty years old, I was on holiday with two friends in India. One day I looked out of the bus window and saw a cyclist, a solitary European man, riding across the Great Thar Desert. And I was filled with envy. I wanted to be out there myself on that road on a bicycle, alone and free, feeling the reality of India, not looking at it through a pane of glasses. I was not athletic. I was not young. I wasn't a keen cyclist and I didn't even have a bike. I had no idea how to mend a puncture. I hated camping, picnics and discomfort. In fact, my qualifications for a long cycle ride were very poor. But it was the bicycle which had immediate appeal(吸引力).

根据短文内容回答问题．

1．What does “it” in the first line mean?

2．What was the writer then?

3．Why did she begin to travel by bike?

4．When did she begin to like a bike ride?

Read the article. Then answer the questions.

　　We talked to four students about what they are going to do in the future. Some of their ideas may surprise you. We asked each person, “What are you going to be when you grow up?”

　　I'm going to study a lot of math and science. I enjoy both of those subjects. When I finish college I'm going to be a computer scientist.

　　I'm going to be a professional basketball player. I know that it will be difficult, but there is nothing else I want to do. I really love basketball and know I can be great.

　　I'm going to be a singer and dancer. I already take dance lessons after school on Wednesday. And next year I'm taking singing lessons. You're going to see me on TV someday.

　　You know what I'm going to be when I grow up? I'm going to be a father, I'm going to take my kids camping and help them with their schoolwork, What could be more important than that?

1．What kind of lessons is Carol going to take?

She's going to take singing lessons.

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2．What is Song Hao going to do with his children?

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3．What does Linda want to be?

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4．What is Jim going to be?

Read the letter from Jim to his parents. Then answer the questions.

July 10, 1998

　　Dear Mom and Dad,

　　I'm enjoying camp a lot. The lake is beautiful. Yesterday we swam from 8:00 until 11:00 in the morning. We were all really tired. After lunch we played soccer from 1:00 until 3:00.

　　My counselor, Jim, is an out standing soccer player. He lived in Colombia from 1990 to 1994 and he played soccer every day. He started playing soccer for his high school in 1995 and he played for four years. He's teaching us a lot!

　　Say hello to grandma.

Your loving son,

Mario

1．Q：Is the lake ugly?

A：No, the lake is beautiful.

2．Q：How long did they swim?

A：________________________________

3．Q：When did they stop swimming?

A：________________________________

4．Q：How long did they play soccer?

A：________________________________

5．Q：How long did Jim live in Colombia?

A：________________________________

6．Q：When did Jim stop playing soccer for his high school?

A：________________________________