The Browns were going shopping. Mr. Brown was going to the drugstore. Mrs. Brown was going to the supermarket and then the shoe store. Mary wanted to go to the pet shop. They were all going to different stores. But they were going to the same place. All the stores were close together. They were in the shopping center. It was easy for the Browns to go shopping.

　　Every city has places where people can buy things they need. Long ago, people went to open markets. Shoemakers sold shoes. Farmers sold eggs and vegetables. Each person selling something had his own stand at the market. The market was held outdoors on certain days. As the cities grew, the markets grew. Soon they were open every day. After a while, stores took the place of stands.

　　In many parts of the world, people still shop at open markets. In our country, shopping centers have taken the place of most open markets.

(1) Today, many stores close together are found in a ________.

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(2) The story does not say this, but from what we have read, we can tell that ________.

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A．people selling things have to stand outdoors

B．most people like to go to shopping centers

C．stands are better than most supermarkets

D．people don't like go shopping at all

(3) Where was the market held?

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A．The market was held outdoors on certain days.

B．The market was held in the country on Sundays.

C．The market was held in the city on certain days.

D．The market was held indoors on Sundays.

(4) The main idea of the whole story is that ________.

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A．shoemakers sold shoes to farmers with vegetable stands

B．you can only go to the supermarket on certain holidays

C．shopping centers are taking the place of open markets

D．markets are everywhere

Please answer the questions about the prices of the two hotels.

(1) The Sheraton Hotel is ________ than the Gateway Hotel.

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(2) If you stay in the Sheraton for two weeks in August, you should pay about ________.

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(3) The two hotels are open for ________ months in a year.

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(4) It is cheaper to stay in the Gateway in May than it is in ________.

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(5) From October to December it is more expensive to stay in the Sheraton than from ________ to ________.

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　　Once an old man was walking in a street with his horsE．It was raining harD．The old man felt cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant. It was a quarter past three in the afternoon, The old man got to a small restaurant. There were a lot of people in it. The old man couldn't come near the firE．He thought harD．At last he said to the waiter, “Take some fish to my horsE．”The waiter and the people were very surpriseD．The waiter said, “ A horse doesn't eat fish. ”The old man told the waiter, “This horse is very interestinG．It can sing, dance and do all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too. ”So the waiter brought the horse some fish.

　　All the people in the restaurant ran ont to see the horse eat fish but the old man. Now the old man sat beside the firE．After a moment the waiter came back and said, “Your horse didn't eat any fish. ”The old man said, “All right, take the fish back and put it on the tablE．I'll eat it.”

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A．it was a cloudy and windy day

B．it snowed

C．he walked in the heavy rain

D．be was hungry

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A．they wanted to see the old man

B．they wanted to see the horse eat fish

C．they knew there was a beautiful horse

D．there was no fire over the stove（火炉）

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A．walk, speak or eat

B．sing, dance or sleep

C．sing, dance or eat fish

D．speak, walk or sit

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A．to see the horse eat fish;the waiter

B．to watch the horse play games;the waiter

C．to look for the horse;the old man

D．to see the horse eat fish;the old man

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A．his horse liked eating fish

B．he wanted to show his horse to other people

C．he wanted to sit by the fire

D．he himself also liked to eat fish

　　A mobile phone（手机）is in fact a small radio. A radio sends a person's voice over a long way to another radio. A voice that is sent by radio is called a signal（信号）. A radio signal travels very quickly.

　　Only a few years ago, mobile phones were very largE．They needed large batteries（电池）. They had to be powerful（功率高的）to send their signal to faraway places. This was because most cities had only one antenna tower（中继站）for mobile phones.

　　Today's mobile phones are small and easy to usE．Now most cities have a lot of antenna towers, not just onE．This means that each mobile phone doesn't have to send its signal far away, so they don't need to be so powerful. Mobile phones today use small batteries. A large city, where lots of mobile phones are used, can have hundreds of towers.

　　Sending short written messages is a popular way to use your mobile phonE．Many people use short forms of words, so the messages are quick to write and reaD．Can you guess what these messages mean? Try reading them out. What do you hear?

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A．three

B．five

C．seven

D．nine

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A．They are small but very powerful.

B．They are very popular and cheap.

C．They are very easy for us to use.

D．They arc big enough to send a signal.

(3) What does the writer write the article（文章）for?

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A．To give us some common knowledge of the mobile phone.

B．To introduce how the mobile phone works and what use it has.

C．To tell us what short forms of words mean in written messages.

D．To show us in what way the mobile phone is expected to develop.

    The big red American car was much too wide for an English country road. When Jack saw it coming toward him, he stopped his own car at the side of the road to make room for it to pass. The American car went slowly past, so close that he could see the driver's face quite clearly.

　　“Where have I seen that face before?” he thought. “Wait a minute! I remember now. It was in the newspaper !” He took out the newspaper from his bag, turned quickly to the middle page. There was a picture of the face in it. Yes, it had a large mouth and small ears, and his eyes were behind dark glasses.

　　“Wanted by the police,” read by Jack. “The City Bank will give a lot of money to anyone who helps the police to catch this man.”

　　“Call the police at once,” he said to himself. But a few minutes later, he was sad. “This man was caught this morning,” answered the police.

(1) In which country did the story happen?

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(2) Why did Jack stop his car?

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A．He wanted to see who the driver was.

B．He didn't want to pass by first.

C．The road was not wide enough for the two cars to pass at the same time.

D．Because it was good for an Englishman to stop to let others go.

(3) Who was wanted by the police in this passage?

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A．Jack.

B．The driver in the American car.

C．Either Jack or the driver.

D．Neither Jack nor the American driver.

(4) What did Jack do when he had read the newspaper again?

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A．He drove to the City Bank.

B．He drove to the police.

C．He made a telephone call.

D．He stopped the American car.

(5) Who caught the man with a large mouth and small ears?

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　　A tourist comes out of the airport. There are a lot of taxis, but the tourist asks every taxi-driver his name. He takes the third taxi. It costs $5 from the airport to the hotel. “How much does it cost for the whole day?” the tourist asks.“$100,” says the taxi-driver. This is very expensive, but the tourist accepts the price.

　　The taxi-driver takes the tourist everywhere. He shows him all the monuments and all the museums. In the evening they get back to the hotel. The tourist gives the taxi-driver $100 and says, “What about tomorrow?” The taxi-driver says, “Oh, OK. If that's the price, that is the price. See you tomorrow.” The taxi-driver is very pleased.

　　The next day the taxi-driver takes the tourist everywhere again. They visit all the museums and all the monuments again. And on the second evening they go back to the hotel. The tourist gives the taxi-driver another $100 and says，“I'm, going home tomorrow.” The taxi-driver is sorry. He likes the tourist and, above all, $100 a day is good money. “So you are going home. Where do you come from?” he asks.

　　“I come from New York.”

　　“New York!” says the taxi-driver. “I've a sister in New York. Her name is Susannah. Do you know her?”

　　“Of course I know her. She gave me $ 200 for you.”

(1) The tourist is ________.

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(2) The tourist asks every driver his name because ________.

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A．he is afraid of being cheated

B．he knows one of the taxi-drivers

C．he knows all the taxi-drivers

D．there is a friend of his among the taxi-drivers

(3) Why is the taxi-driver very pleased with the tourist?

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A．None but the tourist agrees to the price given without argument with him.

B．His sister knows the tourist.

C．His sister has brought so much money to him.

D．He wants to be the guide of the tourist.

(4) We can conclude that ________.

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A．the tourist will give the taxi-driver another $ 200

B．the tourist makes fun of the taxi-driver

C．the tourist will give the taxi-driver half of the sum

D．the taxi-driver insists that the tourist should pay him another $ 200.

　　There are fifty states in the United States. The largest in population is California, and the largest in area is Alaska. Alaska is the smallest in population and Rhode Island is the smallest in size. The oldest states are the ones along the Atlantic coast. The newest states are Alaska and Hawaii. Alaska is also the coldest state. California and Florida are warmer. Henry and his family live in Seattle, a big city, on the Pacific coast. But Los Angeles and San Francisco, also on the Pacific coast, are larger than Seattle. Henry's cousin, Susan, lives in New York. It is the largest city in the United States. Thousands of people visit New York each year. The most important city in the United States is Washington D.C. It is the capital, but it is much smaller than New York.

(1) How many states are there in the U．S．?

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(2) Which state is the largest in population?

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(3) Which state is the coldest, the newest, and the smallest in population?

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(4) Which of the following is true?

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A．The oldest states are the ones along the Pacific coast.

B．Washington is the most important and the largest city.

C．New York is the largest city in the United States.

D．Henry's cousin lives in Seattle.

(5) Why is Washington D．C．the most important American city?

Because ________.

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A．it is the largest city

B．it is the largest in population

C．it is the most beautiful city

D．it is the capital of the United States

　　There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But only a few of them are very important. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but also in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 people speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning, it as a foreign language. Many millions of people are trying to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different answers. Have you ever noticed ads（广告）of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? “Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back…”, “Easy and funny…”, “Our records and tapes help you master（掌握）English in a month”. Of course, it never happened quite like this.

　　The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother language. We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were children. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Think of what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears.

　　So it is hard to say that learning English is easy. We must do a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and takes much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books and dictionaries will be helpful, but they cannot do the student's work for him.

(1) How many languages are very important in the world?

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(2) If we want to learn English well, what shall we do?

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A．We should study it without any help.

B．We must do a lot of practice.

C．We need to get much money back.

D．We must live in England or America.

(3) How does the writer like the ads in the newspapers or magazines?

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A．He thinks the ads very expensive.

B．He thinks the ads are true.

C．It never happened quite like what the ads said.

D．He believes “Learn English in six weeks, or give your money back”.

(4) Which language is easy to learn?

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(5) Which countries use English as their mother tongue?

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Some people sleep late on Sunday morning, but others don't. However, almost everyone reads the Sunday paper.

　　The Sunday paper is usually very thick. It has many advertisements（广告）and many different parts. The parents in the family like the front page, and the world news page. Many men also read the sports pages.

　　Most men don't read the women's pages, but the mother of the family usually does. The women's pages have the news about parties, food, health and clothes. Most Sunday papers have interesting stories. Children enjoy them. Old people read the death notices（讣告）. They tell about people who have died during the week.

(1) ________ people read the Sunday paper.

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(2) Many children enjoy the Sunday paper because of ________.

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(3) “They” in the last sentence means ________.

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(4) The passage is mainly about ________.

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　　Swimming is very popular（流行的，受欢迎的）. People like to swim in summer because water makes them feel cool. If you like swimming and swim in an improper place, it may be dangerous. These years, many people died when they were enjoying themselves in the water, and most of them were students. Some people are not careful in swimminG．They often think they can swim so well that nothing dangerous will happen（发生）to them in the water. Summer is here again. If you go swimming, don't forget that good swimmers have died in water. They died not because they could not swim but because they were not careful. Don't get into the water when you are alone（单独地）. Don't get into the water if there is a “NO SWIMMING”sign. If you remember these, swimming will be safe.

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A．they feel cool in the water

B．they feel free in the water

C．swimming makes them strong

D．swimming makes them popular

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A．it is popular enough

B．you like swimming very much

C．it makes people excited

D．you swim in dangerous places

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A．old people

B．young people

C．women

D．men

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A．they swim so well

B．they are not strong enough

C．they are not careful

D．they can't swim well

(5) The writer（作者）wants to tell us that __________.

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A．swimming is a good sport

B．we should not go swimming in summer

C．we must be careful in swimming

D．we should not go swimming in the river