English can change by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico and “tea” came from China and so on. Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too. New words are formed by adding two words together. “Countryside”and “earthquake” are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word“photo” was made from “photograph”by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane”was made by cutting off the front part of“airplane”. The names of people and products（产品）can become new words, too. Our “sandwich”was named after a man Sandwich and “sellotape”（透明胶带）was a name given by the company that first made the product.

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A．people use old words in a new way

B．people need a new way to explain things

C．the old words are not enough

D．new ideas and new inventions appear all the time

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A．that the English language is always changing

B．that there are new ideas in England today

C．how people name new products and inventions

D．how people use old words in a new way

　　In most countries New Year's Day is a very important day. Many people celebrate it together. But the real celebration for New Year happens on the night before--on New Year's Eve. There are a few interesting customs in the west countries, and there are a lot of differences from country to country.

　　Christmas is a family get-together, and New Year for some people is a time to be with friends. People in many countries often hold parties to welcome New Year. A lot of food and drink are usually ready before the parties. People like dancing to wait for the coming of New Year.

　　At midnight（午夜）, people often say “Happy New Year!” to each other. People's favourite drink is champagne（香槟酒）during the parties. In many western countries fireworks（烟火）are let off at midnight. Many people like to make noise, maybe they think the noise can drive away bad spirits（幽灵）. One famous Scottish（苏格兰的）song is often sung at New Year. That's Auld Lang Syne（友谊地久天长）.

(1) People often have great celebrations for New Year on ________.

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A．New Year's Day

B．the night before New Year's Day

C．the night after New Year's Day

D．the night before New Year's Eve

(2) In many countries people often ________ to welcome New Year.

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(3) The phrase “let off” in the passage means ________.

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(4) People let off fireworks at midnight, because they think ________.

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A．it makes people warm

B．it makes sky light

C．noise maybe drive away bad spirits

D．noise makes people sad

(5) The main idea of the passage is about ________.

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A．western people like dancing before New Year's Eve

B．how people in west countries spend their New Year's Eve

C．western people like letting off fireworks before New Year's Eve

D．what western people do after New Year's Eve

　　Peter lived in a small town in England. He always stayed in England for his holidays. Last year he heard that a lot of his friends have been to Spain and they loved it very much. But he never went there. So he decided to go to the country this year.

　　After Peter went to Spain, he first visited Madrid and stayed in a small hotel for a few days. One day he went out for a walk. In England people drive on the left, but in Spain they drive on the right. Peter forgot about this. When he was crossing a busy street, a bicycle knocked him down. Peter lay on the ground and said, “Where am I?” At that time an old man was selling maps. He came to Peter at once and asked, “A map of the city, sir?”

(1) Peter decided to visit Spain because ________.

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A．his friends were there

B．his friends had been there and loved there

C．the country was very rich

D．he had much money

(2) He stayed in ________ when he was in Spain.

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(3) Peter was hit by a bike because ________.

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A．he forgot people should drive on the right

B．the bike was driven too fast

C．he didn't like the bike

D．the street was not wide

(4) The old man wanted to ________.

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A．help Peter to find his hotel

B．give Peter a map of the city

C．sell a map of the city to Peter

D．take Peter to visit the city

(5) Which sentence is right?

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A．Many people in Spain are selling maps.

B．People drive on the left in England but on the right in Spain.

C．All the people in Spain drive to streets.

D．There are no cars in the streets in England.

Brown children don't care what the house is like as long as the garden is big enough. Ann, their daughter

(1) Why didn't the Browns buy the house in Advertisement（广告）1?

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A．It was on the north side of town.

B．There weren't enough bedrooms.

C．There was no dining-room.

D．The garden was too big.

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A．It's an easy job.

B．The place is good and the food is free.

C．She thinks it will be interesting.

D．She can get long holidays.

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A．He's not old enough.

B．It's in a different village.

C．School stops too late.

D．He has to do his homework.

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A．It's too small.

B．The walls are the wrong colour.

C．The man likes old furniture better.

D．It's too noisy.

(5) What does the sentence “All meals free” mean?

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A．Assistants can have the meals at any time.

B．Assistants can have the meals in the restaurant without paying money.

C．Customers（顾客）can have the meals freely.

D．Assistants need to pay for their meals.

　　Many people have to do their own things every day. Some of them ride bikes and some of them drive cars, so streets look very busy.

　　This is a street crossing. There are red and green lights at each corner. Drivers must watch the lights carefully. When there is a green light, the cars may go on. When there is a red light, the cars must stop. They must wait until the light changes to green. Then they can go. Sometimes the cars want to make a right turn or a left turn. They can make a right turn when the light is green or red. But they must wait until the green light is shining if they want to turn left.

　　But some people are color-blind（色盲）. They can't tell the difference between red and green. These people must not drive. We must keep our streets safe.

(1) The streets look busy because ________.

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A．there are so many people and cars or bikes

B．the streets are not wide enough

C．many people like traveling

D．the streets are fewer than before

(2) Drivers must see ________ clearly at a corner of the street crossing.

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A．the people and bikes

B．the old and young people

C．the green light and the red light

D．the students who are going to school

(3) Cars can't go ________.

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(4) A car can turn right when ________.

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A．there is a green or red light

B．there is only a green light

C．there is only a red light

D．there is no way

(5) If someone is a color-blind, he ________.

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　　Helen Keller lived in the USA．She was a great woman.

　　When Helen was a baby, she got very sick. After many weeks, the doctor said, “She is better, but now she can't see and she can't hear.” Her mother and father were very sad.

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A．she was a baby

B．she went to college

C．her teacher came to her home

D．she was very old

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A．Her mother

B．Her teacher

C．Her father

D．The doctor

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A．she was an American

B．she traveled around the world

C．her teacher taught her many things

D．she learned to read and write and helped many people in the world

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A．she was very bright

B．she was blind and deaf

C．she was a brave and wonderful person

D．she went to college

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A．she found a way to understand the world

B．her mother and father didn't feel sad

C．she found a way to travel around the world

D．she found out how people became blind and deaf

　　John Brown is an office worker. He lives in Washington（华盛顿）in America. When he was 23 years old, he inherited（继承）$1,000,000. So he became a very rich man. His friends said he was so lucky that they didn't believe that it was true. But John Brown didn't feel very happy. After he graduated from the college, his friends began to look for their first jobs, but John didn't. He wanted to keep living a simple（简朴的）life like everyone else.

　　Later John Brown heard of a charity（慈善团体）. The charity helped poor children to live better lives. So he gave the charity $100,000. But none of his friends knew what he did. Today John is 36 years old. Now John himself wears cheap shoes and clothes. He only owns a small car. But he feels very happy because he has helped 15 children from poor countries all over the world. He gives each child $200 a month. The money pays for the children's food, clothes and so on. John Brown can receive a report on the children's progress（进步）every year. Once John went to meet a little girl in Africa. He felt very happy. He thought that his money was used for a very good plan. The money has helped lots of children to live happy lives. He said he wanted to do everything he could. He is going on helping those children in need.

(1) At the age of 23, John Brown inherited ________ dollars.

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(2) John helps the poor children ________.

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(3) John wears cheap shoes and clothes because _________.

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A．he wants to live a simple life

B．he gave all his money to the poor children

C．he wants others to give him much money

D．he can't buy expensive things

(4) When he met a little girl in Africa, he felt ________.

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A．he didn't do very well

B．he didn't want to do like that again

C．his money wasn't wasted

D．his money was wasted

(5) From the passage, we can know that John Brown ________.

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A．doesn't have much money

B．is a kind man

C．doesn't like children

D．wants to become richer

　　Johnny Kelley is 86 years old. He has just run the last eleven kilometers of the Boston（波士顿）Marathon（马拉松赛跑）. It took him one hour and fifteen minutes to run the eleven kilometers. After running, he went to the hospital. The doctor was surprised and happy to see his blood pressure（血压）was 139 over 84. The doctor said his blood pressure was good, and he hoped he could become healthy like Johnny Kelley.

　　Johnny Kelley is well-known in Boston. Because he is the oldest person and has attended the race for many times in Boston Marathon. He ran all the 42 kilometers of the marathon 61 times. This year was the second time that he has come back and run only part of it. Johnny Kelley holds the record for running more Boston Marathon than anyone else.

　　A lot of people shouted “come on” to him when he was running. Someone said to him, “Hi, Mr. Kelley, you are too great, and you are my hero. Come on! Come on! You will be the winner!” Kelley smiled and waved（挥动）his hands to thank him. Later Kelley said people came out to shake his hands. Thousands and thousands of people welcomed him. At last, Kelley said, “I think people thought I ran the whole race. Maybe they congratulated me because they know me after all these years and they don't know the other runners.”

(1) When Johnny Kelley finished running the eleven kilometers, he spent ________.

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(2) Johnny Kelley is well-known because ________.

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A．he is very old and he often attends so far a race

B．he is very old but his blood pressure is very good

C．he has a very good doctor

D．he never attends the marathon race

(3) Johnny Kelley holds the records for running ________.

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A．fewer Boston Marathon than the others

B．more Boston Marathon than the others

C．faster than the other runners

D．slower than the other runners

(4) People welcomed Johnny Kelley, because ________.

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A．they didn't like him

B．they only knew him among the runners

C．they thought he would win the race

D．they didn't know him

(5) Which sentence is true?

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A．Johnny Kelley's blood pressure isn't good.

B．Johnny Kelley never ran the whole race.

C．Johnny Kelley was very old but he was very healthy.

D．Johnny Kelley has given up running.

　　Everyone should work hard every day. That's his duty. Everybody, when he is young, should learn some kinds of work. But is it enough? No, he should learn some kinds of other things. And he should do his best to do the jobs well. It's important that he doesn't waste his spare time. Diligence（勤奋）is as helpful as the habit of early rising. As we know, there is an English saying: “Lost time never comes.” This means that everyone should make use of his time. Everyone must study hard when he can work so that he may succeed in life. So we can say that diligence is the mother of success.

(1) We should work hard every day because ________.

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(2) It's very important for us ________.

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A．to have a good sleep in our spare time

B．to make others happy in our spare time

C．to spend our spare time

D．to make our spare time useful

(3) Why does it say diligence is the mother of success at the end of the passage?

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A．Because success was born from diligence.

B．Because everything was born by its mother.

C．Because diligence can make someone succeed in his life.

D．Because diligence gave successful life.

　　Kate always wanted to be a singer. She thought music was very, important to her But her voice wasn't good enough, She studied music for a few years and changed some teachers. But she thought her voice didn't become much better than before. After some weeks, Kate met a famous musician（音乐家）. He told Kate not to give up her music and he would do his best to help her. Kate thanked him very much. From then on, Kate studied music from him. More than one year passed, Kate always studied hard. Her voice became much better than before. She decided to give a concert（音乐会）. Many people came to the concert. The people who listened to her music thought her voice was good. Kate said to the people, “If I am alive, I will never give up my music.”

(1) Kate wanted to be good at ________

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(2) Kate studied hard from, the famous musician for ________ then she gave a concert.

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(3) The people who went to Kate's concert ________.

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(4) Kate succeeded at last, because ________.

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A．she had good voice

B．she had a good family

C．she had a good teacher and studied very hard

D．she had much money