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There are 5 channels on British television and each channel has several news programs all day long. Some programs are only for 3 minutes but some are one hour long. The people who read the news are called news presenters and because they appear on television every day, they are very famous.
This is a popular news presenter in England called Trevor McDonald, in the news studio. He presents a program called “News at Ten”every Monday to Friday evenings.
Another popular news presenter is Kirsty Young. She has a more modern style of reading the news, as you can see, she sits on the desk not on a chair!
Television news presenters need to have worked as journalists because they have to write most of the news that they read. Sometimes an important new event happens after the program has started, so the presenter has to be able to read something without looking at it first. They must always keep calm even when there are many changes during the program. At the end of “News at Ten”Trevor McDonald says “And finally...”. Then he reads an unusual or interesting item. It’s a famous saying in England now.
小题1:Who sits on the desk to read the news?

A．Kirsty Young.	B．Trevor McDonald.
C．All the news presenters.	D．Some journalists

小题2:People in Britain can watch TV news _______ every day.

A．only for three minutes	B．for an hour
C．in the evening	D．at any time

小题3:Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Television News	B．Trevor McDonald
C．Evening News	D．News at Ten

Let’s go camping
What do we do when we go camping? First, we work out a plan. We take food, clothing, a knife, and things for cooking and eating. We take things to keep us away from insects(虫子) and the sun.
Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods(树林、林地). We look for a place for campers(露营者) and we look for a good place for our tent(帐篷). The place should have a lot of moving air. This will keep some insects away. High land with water on both sides of it is good. Then we put up our tent. We put everything into the tent, and we are ready for fun. We can swim in the lake, walk in the woods, climb a mountain, row a boat, or go fishing.
In the evening we come back to the tent, we build a big fire because it can keep the insects away. We sit around the fire and talk. We may tell interesting stories or we may sing songs.
At night we lie down on the grass. We can look up at the stars. It is a busy day, so we try to go to sleep early.
Everything is dark. Everything is quiet. We hope we won’t hear music from the radio in the next tent. We hope it won’t rain.
小题1:Before going camping we should first         .

A．draw up a plan

B．take some food

C．take things to keep us warm

D．take something for cooking and eating

小题2:We go to camp         .

A．by bus

B．by car

C．by bike

D．on foot

小题3:Campers can take part in _______ activities.

A．one or two

B．only a few

C．many

D．two or three

小题4:In the evening we build a fire because         .

A．it is cold at night	B．it can keep us warm
C．it can keep the insects away	D．it is dark and quiet

小题5:The campers like to _______ at night.

A．hear music from the radio	B．go to sleep early
C．have rain	D．be busy

(B)
Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses. What should we do to keep these students safe on the road?
On April 5, the State Council (国务院) published new rules about school bus safety. These new rules are much stricter than the old ones.
Under the new rules, local governments must make sure that students attend nearby schools or boarding (寄宿的) schools to reduce traffic risks. Also, local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.
From now on, school buses have a speed limit of 80km per hour on highways and 60km per hour on normal roads. While on the road, other cars must let school buses go first.
The new rules also say that school buses must never be overloaded (超载的). They have a speed limit of 80 km per hour on highways and 60 km per hour on normal roads.
There are many other rules as well. A school bus must have more than seven seats. On each bus, there must be at least one adult to keep an eye on the kids. Each school bus must have a fire extinguisher (灭火器), a first aid box and a GPS.
Last year, a series of school bus accidents happened in China. To stop such accidents, the Central Government decided to strengthen the rules for school buses.
The most serious accident happened in November in Gansu, when a nine-seat minibus crashed. There were 62 children inside, and 21 of them died.
小题1:When did the State Council publish the new rules ?.

A．On April 5

B．in November

C．On February 19

D．On March 11

小题2:Under the new rules, which of the following is NOT true?

A．School buses must not be overloaded.

B．School buses must drive 80 km/h or less on normal roads.

C．School buses can go first when there are other cars.

D．School buses must drive 80 km/h or less on highways.

小题3:The phrase “keep an eye on” in Paragraph 6 has a similar meaning to “__________”.

A．look after

B．play with

C．look for

D．chat with

小题4:According to the new rule, a school bus must have the following EXCEPT __________.

A．a GPS	B．more than seven seats
C．a parent of one of the students	D．a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

小题5:The government made new rules for school buses because __________.

A．21 students died in school bus accidents last year

B．the government encourages all students to take school buses

C．200 million children in China go to school by bus every day

D．school buses in China were not safe enough before .

Many people are interested in UFOs and there are a lot of reports about them. One report of UFOs came from a British plane on its way from New York to London in 1954.The British plane was flying over an island at 19,000 feet when the captain(机长) noticed that something was on their left and a little lower(更低) than their plane. It was about five miles away.
“It was not one object but several ones.” the captain said, “We saw one large and six smaller objects. I sent out a radio report about them and I got some information that the other planes were coming out to meet us. Before the planes arrived, the smaller objects went into the big object. The big object then became smaller and moved away fast.”
小题1:A British plane flew to _______ in 1954.

A．Now York

B．London

C．Beijing

D．Sydney

小题2:There was something on the _______ of the plane.

A．above

B．middle

C．left

D．right

小题3:The captain saw _______ in the sky.

A．there was something higher than their plane

B．there was one large object and six smaller objects

C．the big object disappeared at once

D．all of above

小题4:_______ would come to meet them.

A．The other planes	B．The other captains
C．A UFO	D．The radio

小题5:This passage is mainly about _______.

A．the radio	B．a British plane
C．seven objects	D．one report about UFOs

The giraffe is the tallest modern land animal. It can be over 5. 5 meters tall. Its neck alone may be 1. 9 meters long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones in its neck, the same number as in the humans’. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe’s neck is very long, while the bones in a human’s neck are short. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about 1. 9 meters tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the leaves high up on the trees.
小题1:In this passage the underlined word “giraffe” means _______.

A．鲸鱼

B．长颈鹿

C．大象

D．河马

小题2:The bones in a bird’s neck are _______.

A．as big as in a human’s neck	B．as big as in a giraffe’s neck
C．many more than in a human’s neck	D．much smaller in a giraffe’s neck

小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．A giraffe has only seven bones.

B．The giraffe is the largest animal on the land.

C．It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up.

D．Most of the leaves on the trees are eaten up by giraffes.

小题4:When a giraffe is born, it is about _______.

A．5. 5 meters long	B．5. 5 meters tall
C．1. 9 meters long	D．1. 9 meters tall

小题5:We can guess when a giraffe sees a tiger _______.

A．it will run away as fast as possible

B．it will run to eat the tiger

C．it will make the tiger bring it something to eat

D．it will make one of the smallest animals bring the tiger something to eat

A
Several years ago，a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker，another owned one of the largest companies in the world，and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.
The reporter was talking to them about being important. “How do we know if someone is really important？” the reporter asked the banker.
The banker thought for a few moments and then said， “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important. ”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that？” she asked.
The man shook his head， “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You‘d only be important if while you were visiting the President， there was a telephone call from the president of another country，and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it. ”
The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so？”
“No， I don‘t，” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. ”
“Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked.
“Oh， I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang， and the President picked up the receiver， listened and then said， ‘It’s for you. ‘ ”
小题1:This story happened in _______.

A．England

B．America

C．Japan

D．Australia

小题2:There are _______ in this passage.

A．three men and one woman	B．two men and two women
C．three women and one man	D．four women

小题3:The following is true EXCEPT_________.

A．The banker thought any visitor to the White House was really important.

B．The owner of the very large company thought the visitor would be important if while he was visiting the President, the President would not answer any telephone call

C．The owner of many buildings thoughtthe visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor.

D．the reporter knew the way to find out who was the most important.

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小题1:If Jet goes from Beijing to Kunming，he can take the train_____.
A. D31l    B.T6l    C．K9018
小题2:From the table(表格)we know there are two trains from_____to other places.
A．Beijing    B．Shenzhen    C．Changsha
小题3:If Li Lei buys two tickets of K9018,he should pay_____yuan.
A．333    B．297    C 594
小题4: It is   kilometers from Shanghai to Xi’an．
A. 1,463    B. 1,509    C. 854
小题5:Which of the following is TRUE according to the table?
A. Z92 is very crowded.
B. The train D311 is from Beiiing to Xi’an.
C. Lots of people take the train T61.

The question whether there is life on Mars (火星) has made the public think a lot for more than a century. The closest look showed Mars to be a dusty, cold world, covered by air too thin to breathe. A British spaceship and Europe's Mars spaceship plan to land on Mars or enter orbit (轨道) around it. One of the NASA’s (美国宇航局) spaceships is expected to land on January 3, the other is going to land on the opposite side of Mars on January 24. Since 1960, over twenty spaceships sent to Mars have failed. Most have been lost on flying up or landing because those are the most difficult times of any flights.     Scientists wanted to find out whether there was water in Mars. In October, a team of scientists reported that Mars had been a dry wasteland. But weeks later, a second team reported differently that they had found some marks showed clearly that they were made by the rivers. Such marks told us that Mars was a warmer place billions of years ago — just as life first appeared here on Earth. Scientists at once raise a question: if what they said is true, what happened on Mars? Then what about the earth?
小题1:Which is right about Mars?

A．It’s cold without dust.

B．There is no water or air.

C．It’s warm with some thin air.

D．It’s a dusty, cold world almost without air.

小题2:Two NASA’s spaceships _______________.

A．will land on the different sides of Mars

B．will land on the same day

C．will enter orbit around Mars

D．will land with a man

小题3:The most difficult times of a flight are _______________.

A．taking off

B．flying up and arriving

C．entering the orbit and landing

D．leaving the earth and entering the orbit

小题4:A team of scientists reported that there might be_____________ in Mars.

A．nothing but air

B．nothing

C．water billions of years ago

D．thick air and lakes

小题5:What are scientists worried about when they raise the question?

A．Life disappeared on Mars.

B．Spaceships can’t land on Mars.

C．The air on the earth gets less and less.

D．The earth might be changed like Mars

Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses.
Last year, a serious school bus accident happened in China, when a nine-seat minibus crashed. There were 62 children inside , and 21 of them died. To stop such accidents, the Center Government decided to strengthen（加强）the rules for school buses.
On April 5, the Government published new rules about school safety. These new rules are much stricter than the old ones.
Under the new rules, local governments must make sure that students attend nearby schools or boarding （寄宿的）schools to reduce traffic risks（风险）. Also, local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.
From now on ,school buses have a speed limit（限速）of 80km per hour on highways and 60km per hour on normal roads. While on the road, other cars must let school bus go first.
The new rules also say that school buses must never be overloaded（超载）.
There are many other rules as well. A school bus must have than seven seats. On each bus, there must be at lest one adult（成年人）to keep an eye on the kids. Each school bus must have a fire extinguisher（灭火器）,a first aid kit（急救箱）and a GPS.
小题1:What does the underlined word“attend”mean?
A. join in               B. drop out           C. go to
小题2:Under the new rules, which of the following is TRUE?
A. School buses can be overloaded when necessary.
B. School buses can go first when there are other cars.
C. School buses must driver 80km/h or less on normal roads.
小题3: According to the new rules, a school bus must have the following EXCEPT      .
A. more than seven seats.
B. a parent of one of the students.
C. a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit.
小题4:The government made new rules for school buses because     .
A. school buses in China were not safe enough before.
B.62 students died in a school bus accident last year
C. 200 million children in China go to school by bus every day.
小题5:What’s the best title of this passage?
A. How to Avoid Bus Accidents
B. Safety First on School Buses
C. Bus Speed Limit Is Necessary

Are the lives of city kids the same as those in villages? In lots of ways, they are very different.  But what are the differences?
Hu Peng and his four friends decided to find them out.  Earlier this month, they went to live for a week at Huagui Village near Xishui.  They went door to door there and asked kids there lots of questions.  They wanted to learn more about village kids’ everyday lives, so they asked questions like these: Do your parents teach you how to do housework? How much money do you usually spend on dinner? What would you do if a thief comes into your houses? They also asked 150 city kids the same question.
On April 12, the team gave a report to their class.  They told about lots of differences between children’s lives in cities and those in villages.  The biggest difference is independence.  Hu’s team say that more than 60 percent of city kids can’t do much housework, but more than 80 percent of village kids can care for themselves.
City kids told Hu they cared about school a lot, and they had no time to wash clothes or make their beds.  Village kids said they helped their parents with a lot: they cook, clean houses and feed farm animals, Hu’s team also saw that village kids had less pocket money.  Many never use computers.  They play in rivers or on mountains.  Some don’t really like to make new friends.
Hu’s team said their trip gave them more self-confidence(自信心) because they were doing something by them-selves.  But it also worried them a bit because they saw they still had a lot to learn.  “When we grow up, our parents can’t take care of us,” Hu said.  “We have to learn to take care of ourselves. ”
请根据短文内容完成下表信息：

Kids in the city	Kids in the country
Can’t do much housework	小题1:____________________
No time to wash clothes or make bed	小题2:____________________
Have pocket money	Have less pocket money
Use computers	小题3:____________________
小题4:____________________	Don’t like to make new friends