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        There are over 80 known pyramids in Egypt, but the Great Pyramid is
the largest of all.The Great Pyramid was built thousands of years ago for a
king called Khufu. It is on the bank of the river not far from Cairo.  In fact,
all the pyramids along the Nile are on the west bank. The ancient Egyptians
compared the rising of the sun to the   beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life.  This is why their dead bodies buried on the west bank of the Nile.
     It is hard to appreciate how big the Great Pyramid is.It has over 2,300,000 blocks of solid stones. These huge stone blocks weigh average two and a half tons each, as much as a small car, and some even weigh fifteen tons. Without modern machines the ancient Egyptians cut, moved and lifted each of the
stones. Many blocks came from the east bank of the Nile, and they were taken across the river in boats at flood time. It took more than 100,000 slaves
twenty years to build the Great Pyramid.

1. The Great Pyramid was built in______________Egypt for a king called_____________
  2. From the passage we can see that the Nile lies to____________the Great Pyramid.
  3.  The kings were buried on the west bank of the Nile because_______________________．
  4. Each of the stones____on average two and a half tons.
  5. Thousands of slaves spent twenty years____the Great Pyramid.

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    April F'ool's Day is on the first day of April. The sport of the holiday is
to play silly but harmless jokes on family members, co-workers, and friends.
A victim（受害者）of one of these pranks（恶作剧） is called an April
fool.  If one succeeds in tricking someone, one laughs and says "April Fool", and then the person who has been tricked usually laughs, too. This holiday
originated（起源）in France. When the French first adopted（采用）the
Gregorian calendar（日历）in 1564, some people continued to use the old
calendar to celebrate New Year's Day on April lst. These people were called April Fools. The custom of playing tricks on this day became popular in
France and then spread to many other countries. Here are some typical
pranks:
    Telling somebody to call the zoo and speak to Mr Fox.
    Putting salt in the sugar bowl.
    Setting the clock back an hour.
    Saying to friends, "Oh, my God! You have four holes in your coat-button
holes!"
    Tying a string to a wallet and leaving the wallet in the middle of the side
walk. When someone stops to pick it up, the pranker yanks（猛拉）it out
of reach.  In the United States today, April Fool's jokes are mostly played
by children, who enjoy the holiday very much.

根据短文内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“A"表示，错误的用“B”表示。

(     )1.A victim of one of these pranks is called an April fool.
(     )2. April Fool's Day originated in England.
(     )3. April Fool's jokes are mostly played by children and old men.
(     )4. Setting the clock back an hour is one of the typical pranks.
(    )5. The custom of playing tricks on April lst spread to many other
countries from France.

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     The high Eiff'el Tower, the colorful streets, the beautiful river Seine, the glorious palaces, the romantic
people,  the old history一Pa.ris is a great place to all the people in the world.
     As the capital of France, Paris is a modern city with a long and rich history. So many events took place here and chere are so many places for the visitors to have a trip.
     The Triumphal Arch(觊旋门)  was finished in 1836.  It's a world famous build-
ing, too.  The Eiffel Tower(埃菲尔铁塔) , which is 320 meters high, is the symbol of
Paris.  It was completed in 1889. The Eiffel Tower is located on the left bank of the River Seine, at the
northwestern extreme of the Parc du Champ de Mars.  The Tower is repainted every 7 years, with 50
tonsof paint.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的用A表示，错误的用B表示。

(      )l. Paris is really a good place to visit for only French people.
(      )2. Paris, the capital of England, has a long and rich history.
(      )3.The Triumphal Arch which has a more than 200 years' history is a good place to visit in Paris.
(      )4. Eiffel Tower, which is 320 meters high, is the highest symbol of Paris.
(      )5. Every seven years, the Eiffel Tower is repainted.

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成下列句子。
                                        Different school year in US and Cluna
    With the beginning of the new semester, we have to say goodbye to the summer holiday.  But do you
know students in America start their semester earlier than we do?
    Most American schools have a total of about 180 days of teaching.  The fall semester goes from early
September to mid-December, and the spring semester goes from early January to mid-June.
     In China, we have two semesters and each has about 20 weeks.  The US school year is about 20 days
shorter than it is in China.
    In the US, school kids have a long summer vacation and a few breaks,  which are like China's Golden
weeks. One is around Christmas, lasting about two weeks. Another is in February, for only one week. It
can also be called "ski week", because some students go skiing during the break. And there is a
one-week-long spring break.  It is in March or April, around Faster.
     Throughout the vear, there are also a few other holidays when students don't go to school, such as
Thanksgiving Day.  This is similar to Mid-Autumn Festival in China.
    Now we can understand why American students start, school earlier than us at this time of year.
1. Spring semester in America is from _____ to _____.
2. Fall semester in American school year is from _____ to _____.
3. There are there breaks, there, One is _____ .another is one-week-long spririg break, either in _____.
4. There are a few holidays when students don't go to school, such as _____.
5. Thanksgiying Day in the USA is similar to _____ in China.

完形填空。

     Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF(World Wide Fund for
Nature).  It    l    on the last Saturday of March every year.   2_ this day, every family and business will turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical things _3   0ne hour to tell people the need to _ 4   0n climate change.
     Earth Hour was first held four years ago in Sydney, Australia. About 2.2 million people and thousands of bussiness _ 5     their non-essential /lighs.
Following Sydney's lead, many   6   cities around the world adopted the event in March 2008. Morethan 400 cities,_7   bussiness and over 50 million
people around the world tumed off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour
2009 was   8   larger. 88 countries and 4,088 cities took part in Earth Hour
2009. It is ten times more cities than Earth Hour 2008 had.
     Earth Hour 2010 took place   9    March 27, 2010 from 8:30 pm t0 9:30
pm local time. We believe it must be another largest climate event in the
history.
     We have only one   10   . Let's love it.

(     )1. A. hold
(     )2. A. In
(     )3. A. before
(     )4. A. take action
(     )5. A. turn on
(     )6. A. others
(     )7. A. thousand of
(     )8. A. very
(     )9. A. in
(     )10.A. sun

B. held
B. On
B. in
B. take place
B. turn off
B. the other
B. thousands of
B. alittle
B. on
B. earth

C. is held
C. At
C. since
C. take away.
C. turn down
C. other
C. thousands
C. much
C. at
C. moon

D. was held
D. During
D. for
D. take off
D. turn up
D. another
D. thousand
D. so
D. during
D. city

任务型阅读：阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成下列句子。

       English is very interesting and it is widely used nowadays.
       If your classmate says to you,"I can speak five countries' languages",  don't be surprised.  You can
say, "Oh yes,I can, too.  I can speak the language of Britain, America, Canada, Australia and New
Zealand."
       From the words, we can see English is so widely used. You can see English everywhere. English is
written on many things. When you open your calculator(计算器),you can see the words-"on","off",
"shift", "mode" and so on.  When you walk in the street, you can see "Kentucky Fried Chicken"、
"DRIVE SLOWLY!" "'Sky Book Shop" beside you.  When we go into the shop, we can see
"CocaCola"、"Rejoice"（飘柔）and "Safeguard"（舒肤佳）.
       Every day, in the school, when we students meet, we say "Hi!" or "How are you?". When
somebocly makes good friends, he will say "Good!". And when a boy fails the exam, he will say
"Bad luck!". Another,a student meets something strange, he will shout "Oh, my god!". And on
theplayground, when a class wins the football game, we will say "Congratulations!".    English is
not only in our book  but in our English class.  We can use it all the time.  Let's try to learn
English well!

1. When your cla.ssmate told you that he could speak five languages, you shouldn't be________.

2. "Nowadays, you c:an see English everywhere."means English is_______.

3. You can find some English words, such as________on your calculator.

4. When a boy didn't pass the exam, he would say"________"to express his feeling.

5. When our football team beat. another one, we will say"_______"to the team members.

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     Nowadays we can calculate time very accurately, but before the invention of the clocks, it was very difficult. One way people told the time was by
using sun-dials, but it was impossible to tell the time on cloudy days or at
night.
     The first clock was invented in China by Su Sung in 1088. The first clock
in England was invented 195 years later.
     The first watch was invented in Italy in 1462. Early watches were
different from today's in two ways. First, they only had an hour hand.
Second, you could not wear them on your wrist.  You had to keep them in
your pocket, So they were called "pocket clocks".
     The first wrist watches came from Switzerland 328 years after the first
pocket clocks, but nobody bought them. They did not become popular for
a hundred years.

根据短文内容 ,判断下列句子的正误,正确的用 "A"表示,错误的用 " B"表示。

(     )1. Before the clocks were invented, it's easy for people to tell the time.
(     )2. The first clock was invented in England in 1088.
(     )3. Early watches couldn't be wom on people's wrist.
(     )4. The wrist watches became popular at once when they were invented.
(     )5. This passage talks about the invention and the development of clocks and watches.

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                                           The London Eye
      Want a bird's eye-view of the city of London? Take the London Eye, The London Eye, also called the Millennium Wheel, opened in 2000 to celebrate
the new millennium. It took seven years and the skills of hundreds of people
from five countries to make the Eye.  Now the Eye has become London's No. 1 scenic spot. It is 135 meters.
      How did the London Eye get its name?Well, it has 32 glass compartments that let you "see" in every direction so you can "cast your eyes" over London.
                                           The Star of Nanchang
      The Star of Nanchang opened in 2006 and then became the world's tallest wheel. It is 160 meters. There are 60 compartments, the same number as the minute's compartments on a clock. At night when its lights are all turned on,
the wheel really looks like a huge clock !
                                             The Singapore Flyer
    Why rides the Singapore Flyer?For the same reason you go to the London   Eye-for the wonderful view. It's the third world's tallest wheel.  It is 165
meters tall, If you're a tourist in Singapore, ride the Flyer on the last day of
your trip.  From its top, you can see the wonderful places you visited and
remember the great time you had.
                                              Beijing Great Wheel
      You've climbed the Great Wall of China, and now Beijing wants you to
"fly" the Great Wheel of China. The Beijing Great Wheel stands in Chaoyang Park. It is the world's highest and largest wheel now.  It is 208meters tall.

根据短文内容 ,判断下列句子的正误,正确的用 "A"表示,错误的用 " B"表示。

(     )1. People began to build the London Eye in 1993.
(     )2. Because it looked like an eye, the ~ndon Eye got its name.
(     )3. In the daytime, the wheel really looks like a huge clock!
(     )4. The Singapore Flyer is the second world's tallest wheel now.
(     )5. This passage is about the four big cities.

短文填空：用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。

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       The World Cup has a history of more   1    seventy years.It is   2   very four years. It is the    3
important competition in the international football. Until now it has produced eight chacnpions all together. The 2010 World Cup was held in South Africa.  Everyone has    4   a wonderful World Cup in the past
thirty days.  It was also a grand occasion for all the football f'ans all over the world. Thirty two teams
arrived in South Africa    5   the hopes and dreams of' their nation on their shoulders.  6   everyone's
surprise, Spain is the great winner this year. Many people don't. care about   7   is the winner or the loser,
they just enjoy   8    Becausc it will be another four years before the next parly.
       I wish one day China can hold a World Cup, then our Chinese can watch the matches    9   going
abroad. Maybe one day my dream can    10   true.

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Spring Festival is the Chinese New Year's Day. It usually comes 1 February.Everyone in China 2 Spring Festival very much. When Spring Festival 3 ,Li Hong usually 4 his parents clean their house and 5 some shopping and other housework. On that 6 , everyone in China eats dumplings, New Year's cakes and other good 7 . Li Hong likes New Year's cakes. But Wang Hai says dumplings are 8 than New Year's cakes. The Chinese people _9 New Year's cakes and dumplings in their houses. How 10 _they are !
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