There were two McDonalds—Mac and Dick—and they were brothers. In 1948 they owned a restaurant in California. They liked working in the restaurant,but they got tired of the customers ordering so many different things to eat.

“If we gave customers a smaller menu,we could make some of the food before they came,and they wouldn’t have to wait so long for their meals，” said one of the brothers. The other brother agreed and said, “And if we made the customers come to the counter,we wouldn’t need any waiters or waitresses. We could also use plastic plates so there wouldn’t be any washing-up. ”

These were such good ideas that the McDonald brothers used them,and the customers were very pleased. They got their meals very quickly—in less than a minute—and they paid only 15 cents(美分)for hamburgers and 10 cents for fries. The first McDonald’s restaurant had no seats for customers to sit on. This meant that people had to take their food away,and that no one had to clean up any tables after them.

Then a man called Ray Kroc came to the brothers and asked to buy their business. They agreed to sell it to him for $27 million. After that,people paid Ray Kroc to open their own restaurants using the McDonald’s name and menu. Before long,there were McDonald’s restaurants all over the United States,and nowadays,they are all over the world—even in China and Russia. The most successful McDonald’s business is in Hong Kong of China. The Hong Kong McDonald’s sells more hamburgers every day than any other McDonald’s anywhere else in the world.

McDonald’s restaurants are so successful because children love going to them. They like the food,and they like the toys and games they can get at McDonald’s.

1.选择最佳答案。

(   ) 1) The McDonald brothers offered customers fewer kinds of food so that        .

A. they didn’t need waiters or waitresses

B. they could use plastic plates

C. customers would get their meals quickly

D. customers would pay less

(   ) 2) Customers “paid only 15 cents for hamburgers” means the hamburgers were

A. expensive     B. new  C. cheap     D. worth  a  lot  less

(   ) 3) The first McDonald’s customers took their food away because        .

A. they wanted to eat it quickly     B. they did not want a large  menu

C. there were no seats in the restaurant D. they wanted to eat at home

(   ) 4) Nowadays,the owners of McDonald’s restaurants pay for        .

A. the McDonald’s name and menu  B. children to play games

C. people to take the food away     D. customers to eat quickly

(   ) 5) This story mainly tells us        .

A. a restaurant in California in 1948

B. how Ray Kroc made money for the McDonald brothers

C. where McDonald’s restaurants are in the world

D. how the McDonald’s business started and grew

2.根据首字母提示补全单词。

1) The two McDonalds got t      of the customers ordering so many different things to eat.

2) They used plastic g      so there wouldn’t be any washing-up.

3) The customers got their m     very quickly in less than a minute.

4) The first  McDonald’s restaurant had no seats for customers to sit on s        people  had to take their food away.

5) The most s      McDonald’s business is in Hongkong of China.

 The car was invented more than a century (世纪)ago. You may know all kinds of cars’ names,but you may not know who was the inventor of the first car.

The first car was not invented by an Englishman,but by an American whose name was Henry Ford.

Henry was bom in a poor family. He was the eldest of the six children. When he was a boy,he became interested in watches and machines. Then his mother died when he was twelve years old. So he had to work in a machine shop for two dollars and fifty cents(美分)a week,and another dollar a week for repairing watches in the evenings. The hard life made him strong and cap-able(有能力的).

At that time there was a dream in the life of young Ford. He wished to make a machine. Since this machine could run without horses,it was named a “ horseless carriage (马车)”.He overcame (克服)a lot of difficulties,and in April 1893,the “horseless carriage” was invented at last. It was the first car.

Later Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company (公司). He is always a great man in the world who has changed our lives.

(   ) 1. Who invented the first car?

A. A Chinese.  B. An Englishman.

C. A Russian.  D. An American.

(   ) 2. From this story we can know the car was invented        .

A. more than one hundred years ago B. less than one hundred years ago C,just one hundred years ago  D. long,long ago

(   ) 3. Henry Ford must have        .

A. five brothers and     sisters  B. six brothers and sisters

C. five younger brothers     D. five younger sisters

(   ) 4. How much dollars did young Ford get every week?

A. 2.5 dollars.  B. 1.5 dollars.

C. 3.5 dollars.  D. 3 dollars.

(   ) 5. Ford invented the first car        .

A. with his brothers  B. without any difficulties

C. in spring          D. difficult

 The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is the most surprising is that it was not 1     earlier,although the great inventor Lenardo da Vinci had drawn pictures of bicycles,flying machines and some other things long before. Those things were not produced 2      long after he died.

A person riding a bicycle uses 3      energy(能源)to make the bicycle move,and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so,in developed 4     ， most people don’t travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel 5      if they ride to work. It’s because 6      cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes 7     to ride a bicycle. As a result,more and more people put their bicycles away and go to work  8      their cars,thus makes the situation even worse. 9      the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths (开设通道)only for bicycles,and to make 10     so difficult and

expensive for drivers to drive their cars that they have to go back to use their bicycles.

(   ) 1. A.  invent  B. inventing     C. invented  D. to invent

(   ) 2. A.  before  B. when     C. since  D. until

(   ) 3. A.  much  B. quite a lot of C. very little     D. many

(   ) 4. A.  world  B. countries     C. land  D. earth

(   ) 5. A.  lucky  B. glad     C. sorry  D. tired

(   ) 6. A.  the number of  B. a number of

C. this kind of     D. all kinds of

(   ) 7. A.  safer  B. more dangerous

C. much dangerous     D. safe

(   ) 8. A.  by  B. in     C. use  D. drive

(   ) 9. A.  Hardly  B. May be     C. Perhaps  D. Nearly

(   ) 10.A. it  B. them  C.us  D.that

1      the beginning of time, man has invented many interesting things. Some of these inventions, 2      numbers, the alphabet and the radio, have certainly changed history.

One of the most important 3      has been the computer since 1946. It changed all our lives. The first computer 4      at Harvard University in 1944. It was as large as a room and quite difficult and slow to operate. But since the invention of silicon(娃）chip, computers have become smaller, easier 5     , and faster to operate. Some computers are as 6      as television sets.

Simple computers can be made smaller than a book. And computers are getting smaller all the time.

There are several reasons(原因）why the computer is useful to us. First, it can store(储存） very, very large amounts of information in its memory chips. 7      ， the computer can operate very quickly. It’s 8      times faster than humans and it will never feel tired. Third, modem computers can be built into other kinds of machines, like radios, cars, and planes. They can do a lot of work for us.

Soon, almost everyone, either at home 9      at work，will use some kind of computers. The lives of all of us 10      by this invention.

(    )1.    A.    Since    B.    When    C.    By    D.    Till

(    )2.    A.    with    B.    at    C.    for    D.    like

(    )3.    A.    inventions    B.    invents    C.    invention    D.    invent

(    )4.    A.    built    B.    has built    C.    was built    D.    is built

(    )5.    A.    use    B.    to use    C.    used    D.    using

(    )6.    A.    big    B.    small    C.    bigger    D.    smaller

(    )7.    A.    First    B.    Second    C.    Third    D.    Finally

(    )8.    A. Thousands of    B.    Thousand of C. A thousand of    D.    A thousand

(    )9. A. and    B.    with    C.    while    D.    or

(    )10. A. are changed  B. will be changed C. will change    D. changed

计算机在我们工作、生活中的作用越来越大，你知道计算机的起源与发展吗？请就计算机的发明时间(1946年)、大小、用途等方面，谈一下它的基本情况，并说明你对未来计算机的畅想。要求词数不少于80个。短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Computers are becoming more and more important in our daily life. Do you know the history and the changes of computers?         

Jiaozi, or dumplings,is very popular during the Spring Festival and other f 1    .

The history of Jiaozi dates back to ancient times. But the c 2     of eating Jiaozi during the Spring Festival started in the Ming Dynasty(朝代)some 500 to 600 years ago. The r 3     is simple. The s 4     of Jiaozi looks like the money used in ancient China. As the Spring Festival marks the start of a new year，people choose to eat Jiaozi for good 1 5     in the new year.

Do you know how to m 6     Jiaozi? First,you should cut the meat into pieces,and t 7     add salt,sesame(芝麻)oil,soy sauce(酱油)and Chinese cabbage. Mix the ingredients up.

In a big bowl，add water to flour(面粉)step by step. Mix and knead(揉)it by h 8     to make it a soft dough(面团)，then cover the dough with a wet towel and put it aside for about an hour. And then,cut the dough into small pieces. Press each piece with one hand and get a pancake. F 9    ，hold the pancake with one of your hands and put the filling in the center，and then，wrap (包)it into half-moon shape and sealed(封)the edges.

The next step is to c 10    .  Put the dumplings into boiling water. When it is well cooked,it is ready to be served.

1.          2.     3.          4.          5.         

6.          7.     8.          9.          10.         

Wood-block printing was invented sometime between the 4th and the 7th c 1    in China. The earliest book that we have was p 2     in 868 and was found in a Dunhuang cave. Wood-block printing took a long time because a new block was needed for every p 3     in a book. By the 11th century，printed books could be f 4     all over China. They included books of Confucius’ thoughts,dictionaries,and books on maths. In 1340,books could be printed with two c 5     , black and red.

A 6     the Chinese learnt about printing so early,printing was not introduced to other parts of the world for hundreds of years. It is thought that when the great Italian traveler Marco Polo visited China in the 13th century,he s 7     printed books. It is possible that Marco Polo brought that k 8     to Europe. But printed books did not come to Europe u 9      1450,when a German called

Johann Gutenberg i 10     a printing machine. Twenty-four years later,in 1474,an Englishman called William Caxton printed the first printed book in English. His second book was about the game of chess. Caxton printed about a hundred books,and some can still be found today in museums.

1.          2.     3.         4.          5.         

6.          7.     8.         9.          10.         

China’s Maimed Space Program

(   ) 1. According to the article,the Chinese spaceman traveling in space twice is .

A. Yang Liwei B. Fei Junlong     C. Nie Haisheng  D. Zhai Zhigang

(   ) 2. Shenzhou V went around the earth in space        .

A. once     B. 4 times  C. 5 times     D. 14 times

(   ) 3. Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng stayed in space for        .

A. 1 day     B. 4 days  C. 5 days     D. 14  days

(   ) 4. Zhai Zhigang made our country’s first spacewalk in        .

A. 2013     B. 2008  C. 2005     D. 2003

(   ) 5. The space  lesson about  micro-gravity to all  Chinese  teenagers lasted        .

A. one day     B. five days  C. 15 minutes     D. 40  minutes

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(    ) 1. When was the  Apple II    invented?

A. In 1976. B.  In 1977. C.  In 1998. D.  In 2010.

(   ) 2. When did the iMac first come out?

A. In 1976. B.  In 1998. C.  In 2010. D.  In 2011.

(   ) 3. Which one was the oldest?

A. The Apple     II.  B. The iMac.  C. The iPad.  D. The iPhone 4s.

(   ) 4. From the passage,we can know that  the iPad         .

A. has a better camera

B. is the first personal computer

C. has a CD-ROM slot

D. is great for watching movies

(   ) 5. According to the passage,which of the following is true?

A. IPhone 4s’ screen is the same size as iPhone 4’s.

B. IPhone 4s has a larger and slimmer case than iPhone 4.

C. IPhone 4s uses less time to transfer data than iPhone 4.

D. IPhone 4s with an improved camera is cheaper than iPhone 4.

 The Great Wall of China has a long history of more than two thousand years. It walks from 1     in North China. It is about 6,000  2     long. It is 3    “Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall” by the Chinese people. The Great Wall is about 7 metres high. In many places it is 4     for ten men to walk side by side along the top. The Great Wall is made of stones and bricks. There are big stones on 5     and on the top. To build such a great wall over the mountains and down the valleys 6     not at all easy. When we 7     the Great Wall,we can’t help wondering how the Chinese working people 8     build it without any modem machines. They did all the work 9     hands. They lifted 10     in baskets and 11     the stones in groups with ropes. They worked in  12     places that it was difficult to give them enough 13     to wear. Thousands of people died of hard work,cold and hunger. As 14     ，the Great Wall of China is known to the whole world. Every year,thousands and thousands of people come to visit it from all over the world. It is a monument(纪念碑)15     the strong will and hard work of the Chinese people.

(   ) 1. A. east to west     B. the south to the north

C. north to     south  D. here to there

(   ) 2. A. li  B. metres     C. kilometres  D. lis

(   ) 3. A. calling     B. called  C. calls     D. call

(   ) 4. A. enough wide     B. enough long  C. wide enough     D. wide

(   ) 5. A. both sides     B. all  sides  C. every side     D. neither  side

(   ) 6. A. were     B. was  C. is     D. are

(   ) 7. A. look at     B. see  C. visit     D. watch

(   ) 8. A. was able     to  B. can     C. were able to  D. might

(   ) 9. A. by     B. in  C. with     D. on

(   ) 10. A. sand     B. bricks  C. stones     D. the earth

(   ) 11. A. pushed     B. dug  C. pulled     D. carried

(   ) 12. A.  such a wild B. so     wild  C. so wild     a  D. such wild

(   ) 13. A.  jackets  B. clothes     C. dresses  D. coats

(   ) 14. A. an old     house  B. a wall

C. an old     building  D. a new building

(   ) 15. A.  of  B. to     C. for  D. with