阅读下列内容，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。


小题1:The people in        needn’t go to work on Fridays.

A．Canada

B．Scotland

C．Japan

D．Egypt

小题2:If it is 8:00 a.m. in western Canada, the time is _______ in eastern Canada.

A．11:00a.m

B．2:00 p.m.

C．12:30 p.m.

D．4:00 a.m.

小题3:While Canadian children are waking up, children in Scotland are ________.

A．having lessons

B．sleeping

C．watching TV

D．playing games

完形填空
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you afraid to make a speech?
Li Jun, a middle school boy, felt shy when he was making a speech the other day. Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of   1  classmates.
"I was wrong. It was very different and much  2  than talking to my classmates during playtime," Li said. "I tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute (哑巴) and wanted to leave the classroom   3  "
Li is not ___4____. Many middle school students now have the same   5  : they can talk about their ideas freely   6  their best friends after class, but can't speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing instead of 7  .
Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their  8  , such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want to.   9 he also gives some advice to students. "During your free time you should 10  more. When you're speaking in public, take it ___11___. Just imagine you're talking to nobody and speak up your ideas clearly," Zhou said. "That  12 a fine public speech and you'll feel confident. "

小题1:	A．Her B．my C．your D．his

小题2:	A．harder B．easier C．better' D．later

小题3:	A．slowly B．quickly C．sadly D．happily

小题4:	A．lonely B．alone C．only D．just

小题5:	A．answer B．subject C．problem D．question

小题6:	A．except B．beside C．from D．with

小题7:	A．listening B．speaking C．reading D．singing

小题8:	A．mouths B．eyes C．minds D．hearts

小题9:	A．But B．So C．And D．Or

小题10:

A．play B．practice C．write D．Watch

小题11:

A．nervous B．easy C．hard D．funny

小题12:

A．reports B．keeps C．hears D．Makes

Bicycles, a long-forgotten vehicle that seems to belong to the last century, are returning to the streets of Guangzhou, as the city starts to ban the running of motorcycle in urban Guangzhou.
“Business has never been so good for my shop,” said Chen Yongwu, a bicycle shop owner at the city’s Donghua West Road, “I have to work 12 hours a day to meet the demand of my customers. ”
“Even my wife and brother-in-law have to give me a hand lately. ”
Chen originally ran a motorcycle repair shop.  He grasped the opportunity of the motorcycle ban, and started his bicycle business soon after hearing about the banning.
“I sold 23 bicycles on January 2 alone. ” Said Chen.
Bicycle is more convenient and healthier
“My home is one kilometer from the metro station,” said a middle-aged man who is waiting for his bicycle at Chen’s shop, “it is too tiresome to walk to the station, but taking a bus for such a short distance is a waste of money. ”
“So I decided to buy a bicycle. ”
The bicycle costs around 600 yuan, which is equal to the bus fare of half a year.
“Besides, riding a bicycle to work is much healthier than riding a bus. ”
The bicycle buyers can be categorized into two groups.  One group of buyers buy the bicycles for the transportation of small commodities; the other ride the bicycles to work.
Arising problems
Riding a bicycle to work may be healthy, but it is not without problems.
The lack of bicycle lanes has posed a big threat to the safety of the bicycle riders in Guangzhou.
“I was riding my bicycle on Huifu West Road on day,” said Mr.  Zhang, “then suddenly the bus pulled over besides me near the bus station. ”
“I was so frightened at the time, because the bus nearly hit me. ”
The sideways in Guangzhou are usually crowded with foot passengers, so citizens also could not use the sideways.
“It is worse than walking. ”
Besides, finding a place a park the bicycles could be very difficult, much more difficult then finding a place to park your car.
小题1:What is the min topic of the passage?

A．Motorcycle ban.

B．Bicycles’returming

C．Convenience of riding a bicycle

D．Problems brought by bicycles

小题2:What is the purpose of the 2^nd paragraph to the 5^th paragraph?

A．To prove that more people choose to ride bicycles.

B．To persuade people into buying bicycles.

C．To ensure that there are enough bicycles to buy.

D．To prove that the bicycle business helps get a lot more profit.

小题3:Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．A lot of motorcycle repair shop started their bicycle business after the ban.

B．Taking a bus is much healthier than riding a bike.

C．Guangzhou has designed lanes particularly for bicycle riders.

D．Finding a parking space for bikes can be more difficult than for cars.

小题4:Where can the passage most likely come from?

A．A magazine

B．A newspaper

C．A textbook

D．A booklet

Beijing is planning to build an international food street beside the Olympic Park before the 2008 Olympic Games. There will be restaurants offering（提供）foods from all over the world in this street.
Beijing welcomes thousands of foreigners（外国人）every day. It is the home of many foreigners. However, Beijing does not have enough western­-style（西式）food restaurants. It has much fewer western-style food restaurants than some other major（主要的）cities in China like Shanghai and Guangzhou .
Beijing hopes the international food street will meet foreigners' demands（要求）, show more western food to Chinese people and offer good service to the 2008 Olympics.
小题1:The international food street will be built_____.
A. in Shanghai
B. beside the Olympic Park
C. in Guangzhou
小题2:Beijing doesn't have enough western-style_____.
A. food streets
B. food restaurants
C. supermarkets
小题3:What is the international food street?
A. It offers all kinds of Chinese food in this street.
B. It offers foods from the western countries only.
C. People can enjoy different kinds of food from all over the world there.
小题4:There are _____ foreigners in Beijing.
A. few        B. a few          C. many
小题5:Beijing want to build the international food street because_____.
A. more and more Chinese like western-style food
B. it’ll show more western food to Chinese and offer good service to the 2008 Olympics
C. many foreigners only like to eat western food

完形填空: 从每小题A、B、C三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
Some people say they have a solution（解决） to the problems of car crowding and pollution. In many cities, hundreds of people   1  bikes to work every day. In the New York City, some bike riders have even set up a group: Bike for a Better City. They say if more people ride bikes to work, there would be   2  cars and less dirty air.
For several years this group has tried to gather(聚集) help for bike riders. They want to have special roads   3  bikes only, because when bikes and cars use the same road, there may be accidents. Bike for a Better City thinks if there were bike roads, more people would use bikes.
But no bike roads have been established（建立）   4 . Not everyone thinks it is a good   5 . Drivers don’t like it, and some shop owners（主人） don’t like it,   6 . And most people live   7   far from the city to travel by bike. Still, people have done  8  about it. On Saturdays and Sundays, the largest open park in New York is   9  to cars, and the roads may be used by bikes only, but the group still says this is not enough and goes on fighting   10  bike roads. I think there will be more bike roads in the future.
小题1:A. on              B. ride             C. by 
小题2:A. fewer           B. less             C. more
小题3:A. until           B. for              C. of
小题4:A. yet             B. once             C. just
小题5:A. hope            B. way              C. help
小题6:A. too             B. also            C. either
小题7:A. very           B. quite            C. too
小题8:A. nothing        B. something        C. anything
小题9:A. closed          B. open            C. opening
小题10:A. get            B. to get           C. ask

Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphonesand listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy larger speakers and play the music loudly when they drive on the street.
Adult(成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio when they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. Most of the radio programs play music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once(一旦) a popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life or the love between a country boy and a girl is called western or country music.
小题1:How many kinds of music are mentioned (提到) in this passage?
A. Two.            B. Three.         C. Four.
小题2:What’s the meaning of “earphone” in Chinese?
A. 电话.           B. 收录机.         C. 耳机.
小题3:Do all the radio programs in America play music?
A.Yes, they do.        B. No, not all.      C. We don’t know.
小题4:What is the country music about in America?
A. It tells stories about the common life.
B. It’s popular.
C. It is about country life or love stories.
小题5:What is the best title(标题) of the passage?
A. American Music.     B. Pop Music.          C. Folk Music.

Each country has many kind people who volunteer to take care of others. For example, some high school and university students in the US often spend many hours as volunteers in hospital or old people’s homes. They read books for the people or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.
Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of the sick people. They clean up their houses or do the shopping. For boys who don’t have fathers there is an organization called “Big Brothers”. University students and other people take these boys to play baseball games and help them get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
Each city has a lot of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or take part in other activities. Some of these clubs show movies or have short trips to the mountains, the beaches or the museums. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and university students as volunteers because they can understand the problems of these boys and girls more easily.
Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.
小题1:Which place is not mentioned about volunteering in the US ?

A．Sick people’s homes.	B．Hospital.
C．Old people’s homes.	D．Zoos.

小题2:What is “Big Brothers” ?

A．It’s a name of a club.

B．It’s the name of famous movie.

C．It’s the home for children who have no brothers.

D．It’s an organization for boys who don’t have fathers.

小题3:Why do most of the clubs use a lot of high school and university students as volunteers?

A．Because they can understand the problem children.

B．Because they are young enough to get on well with the child.

C．Because they know the things the young children usually learn from their fathers.

D．Because they have more free time.

小题4:What do volunteers believe ?

A．The happiest people in the world are those who join some clubs.

B．Bringing happiness to others make them the happiest people in the world.

C．The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy.

D．The happiest people in the world are those who are young and healthy.

任务型阅读
阅读下列短文，完成任务A和B。
Introduction  to  invitations（邀请活动简介）
Invitations are important. In the west, people often give invitations to their friends. Most invitations are for dinner or a birthday party. When people accept（接受）an invitation to a dinner or party, they usually ask what they can bring. They often take flowers, chocolates, or other presents. People usually take a birthday present to a birthday party. After a dinner or birthday party , most people telephone the host（主人）to say “thank you”. Some people write a short thank-you note or send an e-mail to the host.
任务A：Mary想邀请James参加生日晚会，请将以下各项活动按正确的顺序排列，把序号填入相应的横线上。
A. Mary and James enjoy the party together.
B. James accepts the invitation.
C. James writes a thank-you note.
D. James brings a birthday present.
E. Mary invites her friend James to her birthday party.
小题1:_______小题2:________ 小题3:__________小题4:__________
任务B：请你帮James 给Mary 写一句表示感谢的话。
小题5:_______________________________________.

Cooperation(合作) and competition are 1  important. They’re necessary for a person to achieve success in life.
Learn to be cooperate with others. No one likes a selfish(自私的) or greedy(贪婪的)person. However, everyone likes a cooperative and friendly person. Everything we do today,   2  in doing business or making friends, depends on our ability to  3 with one another. In our society, most tasks(任务) need the cooperation of many people  4 they can be finished successfully. So we must try to be cooperative. Each person   5 a small part of a machine . If only one part is out of order, the machine can’t be running  well.  6 , transportation and communication systems are developing quickly and people all over the world can keep in line with each other _7 . It’s hard for a person who is away from the society to have a deep understanding of the world he 8 . Cooperation is becoming more and more important for a person to get a good life.
Being competitive(竞争的) also has a place in life. If you want to get more success and be better than others, you must work harder and study more carefully. The desire(愿望) to succeed and do better than others   9 us to work harder. If there were no competitions, a sports meeting would never be   10 and successful, and we could never have champions(冠军).
We cooperate with others to be more competitive, we compete to get a better environment for cooperation leads(带领) us to realize our goals and meet our needs.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
小题1:A. all                B. both                    C. neither
小题2:A. if                 B. weather                 C. whether
小题3:A. get along          B. get off                 C. get back
小题4:A. in order           B. in order to             C. so that
小题5:A. likes              B. is like                 C. looks like
小题6:A. Except             B. Besides                 C. But
小题7:A. easier             B. much better             C. more easily
小题8:A. lives in           B. lives on                C. lives
小题9:A. encourage          B. encourages              C. encouraged
小题10:A. excited            B. interested              C. exciting

Everybody can suffer from stress(压力). No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities(机会) to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard. You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions. Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home, or problems with brothers and sisters. Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends. Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school. Getting a place at university(大学) can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university. The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers. There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them. Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the 1ives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it. Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound simple(简单), but it is true. A problem shared is a problem halved(减半).
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写(A）、错误的写（B）。
小题1:Being a teenager is often difficult because adults often make them feel stressed.
小题2:Families can add to the stress a teenager might experience by asking them to go to university.
小题3:When many teenagers finish school ,they may worry about becoming an adult.
小题4:Finding a job after finishing school can be difficult because there is a lot of competition for jobs.
小题5:There are many things we can do to deal with stress.