阅读理解

Before trains, most things went by road. But 200 yeas ago the roads were very bad, and the horse couldn't pull the heavy wagons(运货马车)very fast. Sometimes, when the road was wet, they couldn't pull them at all! When that happened, the driver took flat pieces of wood and put them on the ground under the wheels; then it was easy to pull the wagons, and the horse could do the job very well when the road was flat. When the road was going down a hill, it was very difficult to pull the wagon.

On the first railways, the horse pulled the train when the road was flat. There was a wagon at the back of the train to carry the horse when the train was going down a hill. There was an engine with a long rope to pull the train when it was going up a hill. But the engine stayed in the same place all the time; it didn't move with the train.

The first engines didn't work very well, and they sometimes didn't wrok at all, but they often helped the horses to climb up the hills.

Then Richard Trevithick had an idea: "Let's put the engine on the train,"he said. And that was the first real train.

1．200 years ago ________.

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A．the roads were very bad

B．the roads were very bad

C．there weren't any roads

D．there were trains but no roads

2．When the road was flat ________.

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A．the horse pulled the wagon very well

B．the horse pulled the wagon very badly

C．the horse couldn't pull the wagon at all

D．the horse didn't pull the wagon

3．There was a wagon at the back of the train ________.

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A．to pull the horse

B．to carry the drive

C．to carry the horse

D．to pull the train

4．The first engineer ________.

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A．worked very well

B．didn't work at all

C．didn't help the horses to climb up the hills

D．sometimes worked and sometimes didn't work

5．________ made the first real train.

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阅读理解

Mathew lived in a big city, and he always had his hair cut by the same hairdresser once a month. The hairdresser had a very small shop near Mathew's office, and he worked alone, but he always cut Mathew's hair exactly as Mathew liked.

The hairdresser was an old man. One day he said:"Mathew, I'm going to sell my shop to a young man who wants to be a hairdresser, or I'm going to retire next month."

Mathew was very sad to hear this, because he enjoyed talking to the old man about football or cricket, and he was also worried that his hair would not be cut as well by the new young man as it had been for so many years by his old friend.

He went to the shop again. After the young man finished his work, Mathew looked into the mirror, disappointed.

The next month Mathew went into the shop again. The young man asked him how he like his haircut, and Mathew answered, "Please cut it very short on the right side, but leave it as it is on the left. It must cover my ear. On top, cut all the hair away in the middle, but leave a piece at the front which can hang down to my chin(下巴)."

The young man was very surprised when he heard this, "But, sir,"he said, "I can't cut your hair like that!"

"Why not?" Mathew asked, "That's how you cut it last time."

1．Mathew always had his hair cut ________.

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A．in a small shop near his office

B．while he was doing some shopping

C．after he finished doing some shopping

D．in the office where he worked

2．The old hairdresser's age might be ________.

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3．Mathew felt unhappy at the news that a new young hairdresser would be here, because ________.

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A．he would lose his old friend

B．he was not sure whether the young man's work would satisfy him

C．he would have no man together with to watch football games

D．no one would play cricket with him

4．How do you think the young hairdresser would cut Mathew's hair the second time?

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A．Better than the old hair dresser's work.

B．Even worse.

C．Much better.

D．It's hard to say.

5．What kind of haircut is the best according to Mathew's idea?

[　　]

A．The one Mathew enjoyed most.

B．The one the hairdresser liked.

C．Cut it very short one the right side.

D．Leave a piece at the front.

阅读理解

Some people were queuing outside the Scala Theatre for tickets for a very popular show. They had to wait for several hours, and during that time they were appreciating a young man who was playing very nicely on a trumpet(小号). The queue enjoyed his music and put quite a lot of money in the box that he had on the ground in front of him.

At last one of the people in the queue said to him, ‘You play too well to be a beggar.’

‘I'm not a beggar,’the young man said, ‘I'm studying to be a trumpet player in a big band(乐队), and I have to practise several hours every day, so I thought it would be nice to do it in the fresh air instead of in my small room on days when the weather was nice and also to get a bit of money at the same time.’

1．The young man playing the trumpet ________.

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A．was eager to get a ticket

B．wanted to the show

C．pretended to be a trumpet player

D．would be a trumpet player

2．The people there were waiting for _______.

[　　]

3．Probably the young man played the trumpet in the band ________.

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4．He would rather play the trumpet in the band than in ________.

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5．When the weather was nice he used to go to the theatre to get some ________.

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阅读理解

In big cities, Americans do their grocery (食口杂货)shopping at large supermarkets. They usually shop once or twice a week, and when they go through the check-out stand (结帐付款出口), their shopping carts are full of groceries.

A large supermarket is big business. Although mainly selling foods of different kinds, supermarkets also handle other things including school and garden supplies, beer, toothpaste, toys, clothing, magazines, books and even medicines. The supermarket tries to meet the housewife's every need so that when she leaves, she'll shop nowhere else.

In order to attract customers, supermarkets have tries to make shopping as pleasant as possible. Some of them have flowers and trees in the parking lots(停车场). Some have roofs over the walks so that shoppers can walk from their cars to the store without having to worry about snow, rain or the hot sun. Most of the stores are air-conditioned(空调的).

With these and other improvements supermarkets are becoming more and more popular. This is not limited to the united States. From Bankok to Bucnes Aires, the old styled grocery store is fast disappearing. In European, supermarkets have been growing in number since 1975. There's no doubt that more and more housewives around the world will soon be standing in the check-out lines.

1．The passage tells us that ________.

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A．Americans never do grocery shopping more than twice a week

B．it is a general practice(做法)for Americans to do grocery shopping once or twice a week

C．Americans are allowed to do grocery shopping only in supermarkets.

D．Americans' supermarkets are better than those in other places of the world

2．In the second paragraph, the passage says"The supermarket tries to meet the housewife's every need…"what does"the supermarket"there mean?

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A．This very supermaret.

B．The supermarket mentioned above.

C．The only supermarket in the place where the house wife lives.

D．Supermarkets.

3．In the second paragraph"when she leaves, she'll shop nowhere else", means ________. 

[　　]

A．there are no other places where she can go

B．she'll not be allowed to do shopping anywhere else

C．she need not go to other stores to buy what she wants

D．after she leaves, the shop will be nowhere to be found

4．Supermarkets try to attract customers by ________.

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A．selling flowers and trees in the parking lots

B．cutting the prices of their goods

C．telling shoppers not to worry about snow, rani or the hot sun

D．making shopping a pleasant thing for shoppers

5．The last sentence of this passage means ________.

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A．fewer and fewer husbands around the world will have to do shopping

B．more and more housewives will come to stand in the checkout lines, watiting to be served

C．supermarkets will soon become more and more popular around the world

D．more and more housewives will have to stand in the checkout line

阅读理解

Can I have your attention, please? This is a message for years 7-10. Because of the rain the swimming competition will not be held at the new town swimming pool as planned. It will be held at the Jackson Sports Center. Buses will be leaving school at 10 to take you to the Center. It's about 15 minutes' ride. You will be returning to school at 3∶15 in time to catch your usual buses home. Now here is the traveling arrangement for this morning. Years 7 and 8 and their home group teachers are to gather at the front gate at 9∶35. The first four buses will take you there. Years 9 and 10 and their teachers will assemble at the front gate at 9∶45. You will go on the last three buses. Cold drinks will be available at the Sports Center. If you normally order your lunch at the school dinning hall please hand in your order to the teacher before 9∶30. Your lunch will be delivered at the front gate of the Center at 12∶30.

1．The swimming competition planned to be held ________.

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A．at the new town swimming pool

B．in the school

C．at Jackson Sports Center

D．in a university's swimming pool

2．There is a change of the place because ________.

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A．the original place is to small

B．the students will not be able to have lunch in the original place

C．it is raining

D．the original place is not available

3．________ will be present at the competition.

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A．Students of 7-10 years only

B．Students of 7-10 years and some of their teachers

C．Students of7-10 years and all their teachers

D．The whole school

4．The children will stay at Jackson Sports Center for ________.

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5．The purpose of the announcement is ________.

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A．to inform the students of the swimming competition

B．to tell the students how to get to the competition ground

C．to tell the students when to get back to school

D．to tell the students about the arrangement of the morning's activities

阅读理解

There are about three hundred million homeless children in the world and the number of these little tramps(流浪者)is still increasing. They make livings by brushing shoes, selling newspapers, begging and even stealing. They have brought too much trouble to the cities and towns. Now things are getting worse and worse, especially in the countries of Latin America. The governments of the countries have already done something to help the homeless children. "Street Teachers"have played an important part in it.

Most of these"Street Teachers" are youth. They themselves grew up in these streets and had the same experience as the little tramps. They know what the homeless children think about and what they need. They sympathize with the children(同情孩子们)and pay great attention to their healthy growth. These"Street Teachers" educate the children in various and lively ways according to their special characteristics. There isn't any reprimand(训斥), nor punishment. They only rely on their own experience and ecxuse (谅解) to teach them how to be a nice and useful citizen. The little ones are always watchful (警惕的)to other persons but believe in their teachers and treat them as their close friends. Thus the teachers have turned the streets, lanes(小巷)and parks into places for education.

Some teachers began to set up"Education Centre for Tramps".They also lay down(制定)educational policy(方针)and teaching program(大纲). The children will graduate in a few years and have their own jobs. The little ones are pleased with it.

1．"Street Teachers"means ________.

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A．the teachers who are homeless

B．the school standing in the street

C．the teachers who educate the homeless children in the streets, lanes and parks

D．policeman who educate the children in the streets

2．Which is right?

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A．The little tramps hate"Street Teachers"very much.

B．The little ones are watchful to their teachers at all.

C．These children don't believe in "Street Teachers"at all.

D．The little tramps treat"Sterrt Teachers"as their friends.

3．Why can"Street Teachers"be welcomed by the children?

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A．Because the understand and sympathize with these children.

B．Because the educate them in lively ways and never punish them.

C．Because the teachers are also homeless.

D．Both A and B.

4．After graduating the children will ________.

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A．work

B．go on to roam (流浪)

C．beg

D．continue to steal

5．Which is the best title of the passage?

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Modern zoos are very different from zoos built fifty years ago. At that time, zoos were places where people could go to see animals from many parts of the world. The animals lived in cages(笼)with iron bars(栅), cages that were easy to keep clean. However, for the animals, the cages were small and impossible to hide in. Although the zoo keepers took good care of them. Many of the animals did not feel comfortable and they often became ill.

In modern zoos, people can see animals in more natural conditions. The animals are given more freedom in larger places so that they can live more as they would in nature. Even the appearance(外貌)of zoos has changed. Trees and grass grow in the cages, and water flows through the places that the animals live in. There are few bars, instead, there is often a deep ditch(沟), filled with water, which surrounds a space where several sorts of animals live together as they would naturally. In an American zoo, the visitor can walk through a huge special cage that is filled with trees, some small animals and many birds, and large enough for the birds to live naturally. In a zoo in New York, because of special night light, people can observe certain animals that are active only at night, when most zoos are closed. Some zoos have special places for visitors to watch animals that live in the desert, or under water. Some other zoos have special places for animals that live in cold conditions like the bear from the Arctic.

Modern zoos not only show animals for visitors, but also keep and save rare (稀有的)animals. For this reason, fifty years from now, the grandchildren of today's visitors will still be able to enjoy watching these animals.

1．Fifty years ago, animals in zoos often became ill because they ________.

[　　]

A．were from different countries

B．lived in dirty cages

C．were not taken good care of

D．lived in unnatural conditions

2．In modern zoos ________.

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A．different kinds of animals are all kept separately

B．animals are not so well taken care of

C．animals have more freedom than animals did in zoos fifty years ago

D．visitors can walk through large cages as they like

3．In modern zoos ________ feel more comfortable than in old ones.

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A．the animals, not the visitors

B．the visitors, not the animals

C．neither the animals nor the visitors

D．the animals

4．In some modern zoos visitors can ________.

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A．walk through a huge cage to watch closely all kinds of animals

B．at day time observe those animals active only at night

C．see animals which live in special conditions

D．watch all the rare animal which will not be seen by our grandchildren

5．The main idea of the passage is that ________.

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A．zoos are now places where animals can live naturally

B．zoos are places where people can see animals from all over the world

C．there are different kinds of modern zoos

D．rare animals are also kept in modern zoos

阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

England, Wales and Scotland together form Great Britain. Scotland lying in the northern part of Great Britain and bordering England on the south, has an area of about 76,000 square kilometers, half the size of England and Wales. It is 400 km from the English border to John O'Groats at the northern tip of the mainland. Most of Northern Scotland is a mountainous area known as the Scottish Highlands. In the center of Scotland there are Central Lowlands and the South is a wavelike hilly area known as the southern Uplands which rise to 800metres.

1．Scotland lies ________.

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A．to the north of England

B．in the north of England

C．south of England

D．to the north of Great Britain

2．England and Wales together are ________.

A．half as big as Scotland

B．twice as large as Scotland

C．as big as Highlands and Uplands put together

D．two-thirds the area of Scotland

3．Great Britain has an area of ________.

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A．about 38,000 square kilometers

B．about 76,000 square kilometers

C．about 152,000 square kilometers

D．about 228,000 square kilometers

4． It is 400 km from the English border to John O'Groats at the northern tip of the mainland means that 400 km is ________.

A．the length of the coastline of Wales

B．the length of the coastline of Great Britain

C．the distance between the southern and northern borders of Scotland

D．the distance between the eastern and western borders of Scotland.

5．The Central Lowlands ________.

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A．lie between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands

B．lie to the north of the Scottish Highlands

C．lie to the south of the Southern Uplands

D．border England on the Southern Uplands

阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

April 1st is a day on which, in some countries , people try to play tricks on others(戏弄别人). If one succeeds in tricking somebody, one laughs and says:  "April Fool", and then the person who has been tricked usually laughs too.

One April 1st, a country bus was going along a winding road when it slowed down and stopped. The driver anxiously turned switches and pressed buttons (扭开关，按按钮), but nothing happened. Then he turned to the passengers with a worried look on his face and said: "This poor bus is getting old. It isn't going as well as it used to .There's only one thing to do if we want to get home today. I shall count three, and on the word ‘three’， I want you all to lean forward suddenly as you can. That should get the bus started again, but if it doesn't, I'm afraid there is nothing else I can do. Now, all of you lean back as far as you can in your seats and get ready."

The passengers get ready and waited anxiously.

Then the driver turned to his front and asked :"Are you ready?"

The passengers hardly had enough breath to answer :"Yes."

"One! Two! Three!" counted the driver. The passengers all swung forward suddenly and the bus started up at a great speed.

The passengers breathed more easily and began to smile with relief(宽慰地笑了). But their smile turned to surprise and then laughter when the driver happily cried :"April Fool."　　 

1．On April Fool's Day, ________.

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A．a country bus was going to the town

B．something was wrong with the country bus

C．people play tricks on others

D．the driver looked worried

2．The driver stopped the bus because ________.

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A．something was wrong with the bus

B．the road was too bad to run on

C．the driver wanted to talk with the passengers

D．the driver wanted to play a trick on the passengers

3．The passengers helped the driver ________.

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4．When the driver happily cried, "April Fool!" , the passengers felt ________.

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5．Which of the following is the best topic of the passage?

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阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目。从四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

The train was rather full. At the last station before the frontier(国境), a small man with a fat stomach got in, carrying a big paper package. It was carefully packed, but the feet of two ducks could be seen outside the paper. The man found an empty seat, put the package in the middle of the floor took out a newspaper and began to read it.

The other passengers knew that people were not allowed to take food across the frontier, so they were very surprised that the little man was foolish enough to leave the ducks 'legs where they could be seen so easily.

When the train reached the frontier, a policeman came in to look at the passengers' passports and examine their luggage. Of course, he saw the package with the ducks' legs at once and said :"Whose is the package?’

Nobody answered.

The policeman repeated the question, and added :"I shall have to take it away from the owner, Nobody's allowed to take food out of the country".

"Well, then ,"said the small man with the fat stomach, "hurry up and take it. We want to get home." The policeman took the package and went on to the next carriage.

At the next station, when they were safely across the frontier, the small man got up, smiled at the other passengers and said: "I hope that they'll enjoy the ducks ' feet". The rest of the package had nothing but rubbish in it.

Then he opened his coat and pointed to another paper package which he was carrying under it. It was tied tightly over his stomach, which was not really fat. "I have the rest of the two ducks in this package", he said.

1．The passengers were surprised because ________.

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A．they saw a small man with a fat stomach get in the train

B．people were not allowed to take food across the frontier

C．the small man carried a big paper package with the feet of two ducks unpacked

D．the little man was foolish enough to bring ducks with him

2．The small man left the package in the middle of the floor ________.

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A．so as to get in someone's way

B．in order to take out a newspaper and read it

C．because there was no seat for him to put it on

D．in order that anybody who passed by could see it easily

3．The policeman took away the package because ________.

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A．nobody's allowed to take food out of the country

B．the owner of the package couldn't be found

C．the little man advised that the policeman take it away

D．the policeman wanted to take it to his own home

4．What did the policeman find when he opened the package?

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A．Nothing

B．Rubbish

C．A duck

D．Two ducks

5．Why did the small man look fat? Because ________.

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A．he often enjoyed ducks' feet

B．he ate two ducks at a meal

C．there was a package of the rest of the two ducks tied over his stomach

D．there were two ducks tied tightly under his coat