People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of the useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition
(营养)and vitamin(维他命)in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous(有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples”.President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President's party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored
(忠实的)guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored guests about the fact.(1) After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?
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A
.Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.B
.Americans didn't eat tomatoes before 19th century.C
.Even now Americans don't eat tomatoes.(2) The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President of ________.
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.a European(欧洲)countryB
.EnglandC
.the United States(3) Jefferson learned that tomatoes were good to eat ________.
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.while he was in ParisB
.when he was a little boyC
.because his parents told him so(4) From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were ________.
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A
.people form other countriesB
.from FranceC
.people of his own country(5) According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
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A
.All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President's party was made of tomatoes.B
.All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President's cook was nice.C
.All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.科目:初中英语 来源:江苏省无锡市南长区2011-2012学年七年级下学期期中考试英语试题 题型:053
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What must you do when you get a present for your birthday? You have to sit down and w 1 a thank-note.The w 2 “thank you” are very important.We have to use them very often.We say them when someone gives us a drink, h 3 us to pick up things, or lends us a book.
A 4 important word is “please”.Many people forget to use it.It is n 5 polite to ask someone to do something without s 6 “please”.We have to use it when we ask for something, too.It may be a book or a pencil, more rice or help.
We have to l 7 to say “sorry”, too.When we hurt someone, we'll have to go up to say “we're sorry”.When we forget something, we will a 8 say “sorry”.
These three words are easy b 9 important.Our children must learn to use them.They are pleasant words to use in a 10 language.
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The most important drink is water.Not many people understand this but it is quite t 1 .People can l 2 for a long time without food, but they will die if two or three days w 3 water.In h 4 weather, many people do not drink e 5 water, because they don't know how much water they n 6 .After t 7 exercise, people need more water.
The water in man's body is m 8 more than other matters(物质).We'd better have enough water, or we may get i 9 .Water is n 10 to all the living things.There will be no l 11 if there is no water.
So we must save water and don't w 12 water.
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先通读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容和所给首字母,在空格内填入一个适当的词,使短文意思完整。
Wild animals are important to us.They live t 1 with us on the earth.If there are no animals on the earth, we will not live on, e 2 .So we should take good care of them to help the earth live a h 3 life.
But some people still don't r 4 the importance of protecting them.They kill wild animals for food and something e 5 .Every day many wild animals are being killed.So far, lots of wild animals have died out.If this goes on, there will be no animals l 6 on the earth.
L 7 , many people have begun to know the importance of protecting wild animals.They ask others to stop killing wild animals.Now many countries have made some l 8 to protect wild animals and to stop people from killing them.
Protecting wild animals is the d 9 of each of us.We should do our best to protect them because protecting them is protecting o 10 too.
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“Lei Feng” is now part of our language.It means “helping o 1 ”.If a person is h 2 , we call him “Lei Feng”.
“Lei Feng was a soldier in the early 1960s.He was born in 1940 in Changsha, Hunan.His family didn't have much money.When he was seven, his parents died.He became a soldier at the a 3 of 20.He had a warm heart and a 4 helped others.
He said, “To live is to serve the people-live to make others h 5 .” He regarded other people a 6 his family.He gave his own money to other soldiers.He e 7 washed clothes for others.
Lei lived a s 8 life.He didn't often buy new clothes and never wasted things.He loved to study and work.
On August 15, 1962, a pole(杆)fell on Lei's head and took his life.He was only 22 years old.
On March 5, 1963, Chairman Mao Zedong called on(号召)all C 9 to learn from Lei Feng.
Today many Lei Feng groups exist in China.They try to help people in needs.
Not only Chinese but also many f 10 people around the world follow his example.
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短文填空,阅读下面短文,根据短文内容及首字母提示补全文中所缺的单词。
Travel can teach kids more than a textbook.Travelling with kids is good f 1 them.They can find new interests.Travel makes information alive for kids, and makes it much more exciting than studying textbooks or d 2 experiments in the lab.While travelling, they learn h 3 to deal with new situations, and communicate with other people.They learn patience, because sometimes i 4 takes a long time to get to some exciting or interesting places.
I’ve been travelling since I was seven years old.For me, to stop travelling would be like taking something a 5 from my soul(灵魂).I can't live without travelling and I wouldn't be who I am if I don't travel.Some people think it's
h 6 to travel after having kids.But in my opinion, when people become parents, it doesn't m 7 they couldn't travel any more.My children have been travelling since they were three weeks old.
Bringing a new life into the world comes with many responsibilities(责任)and I'd love to be a good mother.One of my duties is to e 8 my children.I'm so thankful that my parents took me on family trips when I was y 9 .I’ve learned that the outside world is more colorful than the little one I was living in.Of course, I want to pass these travel e 10 on to my children.
I value the memories I have travelling with my children.I'm sure they will always remember them in their lives.
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