Eating out is more popular in Britain today than it has ever been. It is reported that British people spend
more eating out than cooking for themselves and eating at home. It seems that many British people are
becoming more and more interested in how good their food tastes, and also how healthy it is.
     However, eating out can also be expensive, so British people do not eat out every night. When having a
date with friends, or having a birthday, many people like to go to a restaurant, and people often also eat in a
restaurant before going to the cinema or the theater.
     As in all cultures, there are many rules of manners about eating. The knife and fork should be used in the
correct way. It is also impolite to speak with your mouth full when you are eating.
    Most British cities have a large collection of food as well as British food, from the very cheap to the very
expensive－French, Italian, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Japanese and many, many more.
     When people are too tired to cook after work, they often get a"takeaway". This means that they order from
a take－out restaurant by telephone, and then go to get it. Many take-out restaurants also send it to your house.
All you have to do is to open the door, pay and eat!

1. When do British people often eat in a restaurant?

A. After having a birthday.
B. Before watching a movie.
C. When they feel tired.
D. If they want to have natural food.

2. Many people prefer to eat out nowadays because __________.

A. eating out is cheaper than cooking at home
B. they can learn more manners in the restaurant
C. people care more about their food than before
D. people don't like to stay at home after work

3. From the fourth paragraph, we can learn that _________.

A. British dishes are very expensive
B. Japanese dishes are most expensive
C. British people like foreign food
D. French food is most popular

4.The"takeaway" is the food __________.

A. you order and take out of the restaurant
B. that is left when you are eating in a restaurant
C. you order but don't need to pay at once
D. that is sold and ordered only on the phone

5. What is the best title (标题) of the passage?

A. British restaurant culture
B. British table manners
C. Best restaurants in Britain
D. Best food in Britain

        Special Olympics International held news conferences (新闻发布会) in both Shanghai and Washington
D.C. on May 24th, 2002 to announce ( 宣布) that Shanghai would host the 2007 Special Olympics World
Summer Games. This is the first time for Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held in Asia and in
a developing country.
        Over ten thousand Special Olympics athletes and coaches (运动员、教练员), over twenty thousand
family members of athletes, experts, scholars(专家学者) and distinguished guests (嘉宾), as well as forty
thousand volunteers from more than one hundred and seventy countries and regions will attend this grand
event.
        There will be 21 competitive events, including bowling, outdoor bowls, sailboat, golf, weightlifting,
basketball, equitation, volleyball, table tennis, handball, aquatic sports, gymnastics, track and field, tennis,
badminton, cycling, canoeing, judo, ice skating, soccer and baseball. There will be also four demonstration
(表演) events, including dragon & lion dance, dragon boat race, cricket and Motor Activities Training Program
(机能运动MATP). Non-sports events include the Law Enforcement Torch Run (执法人员火炬跑), Host
Town Program, Healthy Athletes Program, Parent Forum (家长论坛), Youth Summit (青少年峰会) and
School Education Program etc.

1. When did Shanghai win the host of the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games?

A. On Oct. 2^nd , 2007
B. On May 24^th, 2002
C. On August 24^th ,2008
D. On March 14^th , 2005

2. In 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games, how many countries and regions will come to Shanghai?

3. How many kinds of events will be held in Special Olympics World Summer Games?

A. 21
B. four
C. 6
D. 3

     Have you seen the videos on TV? Do you wear large T-skirts and baggy jeans? Or have you heard
someone rap (说唱)? Hip-Hop is very hot now.
     Hip-Hop music was started in the middle of the 1970s by African Americans in New York. The music,
break-dancing (霹雳舞) and graffiti (涂鸦) make up Western Hip-Hop culture. Most of the Hip-Hop songs
are about love, jobs or even games.
     Usually in rap, singers speak words very quickly to a certain beat. Most of the words are fun. Singers
play off words to make fun of themselves or others. Hip-Hop music has few rules. Singers just do what
they think and rap it out in a clever or creative (创造性的) way. It makes a lot of teenagers fall in love with
the music. Many of them like wearing large T-shirts and baggy jeans. Famous rap and Hip-Hop stars include
Eminem in the US. and Jay Chou from China.
     Today Hip-Hop is more and more popular across most of the world.

1. Is Hip-Hop very hot now?
    _________________________________________________                             
2. When was Hip-Hop music started?
    _________________________________________________                   
3. What are most of the Hip-Hop songs about? 
    _________________________________________________            
4. Does Hip-Hop have many rules or few rules?   
    _________________________________________________         
5. Why do a lot of teenagers fall in love with the music?
    _________________________________________________ 

     Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that
more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to
communicate with knowledge.
     Paper was first made in China about 2,000 years ago. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very
commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100.
After that, the forestry countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States because the
most important in paper-making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world. And it has the biggest
paper industry in the world.
     When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes, and writing paper. So paper
plays an important role in our lives.
     Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated (隔热) with paper. You perhaps
seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold.
In Finland, in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow.
Nothing could be warmer.

1. What did the invention of paper mean? It meant _________.

A. more people could be educated
B. more books could be printed
C. paper is one of the most important products
D. Paper was invented by man

2. When was paper made in southern Europe?

A. Before 1100.
B. After 1400.
C. After 1100.
D. Before 1400.

3.  Which country makes the best paper?

A. Norway.
B. Canada.
C. The United States.
D. Finland.

4. What's the meaning of the sentence "Nothing could be warmer."?

A. Books are warmer.
B. Newspapers are warmer.
C. Paper is the warmest.
D. Houses are the warmest.

5. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. The invention of paper.
B. The best paper.
C. The paper-making.
D. The uses of paper.

     When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of"Good luck!" from a friend can be helpful.
But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?
     In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are
hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
     Have you heard the saying "When you wish upon a star"? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night
and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn't happen very often. The
saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.
     Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit's foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so
they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about
which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all.
However, as the funny saying goes, "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work
for the rabbit!"
     People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch
the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following
year-they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole of good luck!

1. ______ is mentioned in the oldest good luck tradition.

A. A rabbit's foot
B. A falling leaf
C. A cheerful wish from friends
D. A shooting star

2. From Paragraph 3, we know that ______.

A. shooting stars can often be seen
B. people can see a shooting star on a rainy night
C. your wish may come true if you see a shooting star
D. people believe that it's unlucky to see a shooting star

3. British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because ______.

A. the leaves fall in autumn
B. there are so many leaves to catch
C. the leaves can bring them a lucky month
D. they want to have a whole year of good luck

4. In Paragraph 5, the underlined word "them" refers to (指) ______.

A. trees
B. people
C. leaves
D. years

5. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. how to wish upon a star
B. things that bring good luck
C. British people love leaves
D. which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest

     Tea, coffee and cocoa are three major drinks all over the world. Tea is drunk by the largest number of
people in the world. Tea, as well as silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years
ago and has been an important Chinese export since then.
     Tea has a history of over 4, 000 years and China is the home of tea. In ancient China, tea was used as a
kind of medicine, while nowadays people drink tea daily.
     Longjing, Pu'er, Wulong and Tieguanyin are all famous tea. Thanks to the mild climate and rich soil in
Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan, tea is produced mainly in these provinces.
     The word for tea in different languages came from Chinese, like"cha'i" in Russian. And the Japanese
character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese.
     Over the past centuries, Chinese people have developed their unique tea culture, which includes tea
planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is also popular in some sayings, like "A
friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea." In dances, songs, poems and novels, tea is often mentioned.
too.

1. How many drinks are mentioned in this passage?

A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
D. Six.

2. Tea is produced mainly in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan because _________.

A. they are all big provinces
B. they are all close to the sea
C. there are quite a lot of mountains there
D. the climate ia mild and the soil is rich there

3. The underlined sentence "A friendship between gentlemen is like a cup of tea."
    in the last paragraph means _________.

A. 一个朋友就是一杯茶
B. 君子之交淡如水
C. 看到朋友就会想起茶
D. 绅士才能够喝茶

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Tea, cocoa and silk are important Chinese exports.
B. Tea has more than 1, 000 years of history.
C. Japan is the home of tea.
D. In ancient China, people used tea as a kind of medicine.

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. China's Tea Culture
B. A Saying of Tea
C. Drinks in the World
D. Tea and Coffee