阅读理解

　　Nobody likes staying at home on a public holiday,especially when the weather is fine. Last August we decided to spend the day in the country. The only difficulty was that millions of other people had exactly the same idea．We moved out of the city slowly behind a long line of ears,but at last we came to a quiet country road and after some time,stopped at a lonely farm. We had brought plenty of food with us and we got it out of the car. It was very peaceful in the cool grass until we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up our things and run back to the car as quickly as possible. There were about two hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.

1．Nobody likes staying at home on a public holiday,___________

[　　]

A．because the weather is especially fine that day

B．because everyone is afraid of being busying at home

C．because each wants to have a good time in the country

D．because he feels too crowded at home that day

(2)There were a long line of cars because ________.

[　　]

A．people were busy going to. work

B．many people were going out to spend a public holiday

C．the cars couldn't move

D．it was a market of cars

(3)The family stopped at a lonely farm __________.

[　　]

A．to watch sheep

B．to have a meal

C．so that they could climb the hill

D．to have a play

(4)They ran to their car ___________.

[　　]

A．to hide themselves

B．so as not to be in the way

C．to enjoy their dinner

D．to get their guns and shoot at the sheep

(5)Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．The road to the country is very busy on a public holiday.

B．The cars were too many to move that day.

C．Seeing 200 sheep coming,they were very afraid．

D．That day they didn't have any meal.

阅读理解

　　This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading,writing and speaking English. It not only gives the toeing of words,it can also help you with spelling,word-building,grammar and pronunciation.

　　To use your dictionary correctly,you. need to understand how the dictionary works At the front of the book,you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary.

　　If you look up the word “colour”,you will find two spellings for this word．“Colour” is used in British English,while “color” is used in American English. When there are differences between British and American spelling,the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English.

　　The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly. We use a special alphabet(特殊字母表) to show pronunciation. If you turn to the inside hack face,you will see all the phonetic letters (音标) with some words to show you how they are pronounced Just look at the inside hack cover when you're not sure how to say a word．

　　The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word- its DEFINITION.

　　In this dictionary,the definitions have been written using only 2000 words. This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained (简单解释) and easy to understand．

　　When a word has more than one meaning,read all the meanings until you find the one that correctly tells the use of the word you are looking for.

　　Most of the words in this dictionary can be used by people in all parts of the world．

(1)________of the words in the dictionary have two spellings.

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(2)The AmE spelling of the Chinese word “颜色” in this dictionary is _________.

[　　]

(3)The Chinese meaning of "definition" here is _________

[　　]

(4)How many words are there in this dictionary? _________

[　　]

(5)The dictionary explains _________

[　　]

A．some of the difficult words

B．all the words in a simple way

C．all the easy words

D．the words of two meanings

阅读理解

　　Colour helps you see things. But man and some monkeys and apes (猿)are the only mammals (哺乳动物) that can see colour. To any other mammal, such as the dog, the world looks like a black-and-white photo. Dogs hunt mainly by listening and sniffing (闻).

　　Like other animals, dogs see best when things move. The animals they hunt seem to know this. A hunted rabbit or deer will “freeze”. Then the dog may not see it at all.

　　Birds can see colour. They need to, because they fly and need to find places to land．Colour helps them judge distance and shape. In this way they are able to catch bugs (昆虫) in the air or to light on branches.

　　Some birds see things even better than you do. The birds that eat bugs can see them from far away. And even a very young bird can see a hawk high in the sky. So sharp eyes and a sense of colour help birds find food and also help them find where their enemies are.

(1)________can see colour.

[　　]

A．All the animals

B．All the mammals

C．Man and dogs

D．Birds and monkeys

(2)In order to find their food, dogs mainly use their _______

[　　]

(3)The word “freeze” in the passage means _________.

[　　]

A．the hunted animals are frozen on the ground because of cold weather

B．the hunted animals' temperature is becoming lower and lower until it drops below 0℃

C．the hunted animals will stop running and stay in the same place without movement 

D．the hunted animals are so frightened that they can't move any longer

(4)Colour helps birds_______

[　　]

A．see better than man

B．see better than dogs

C．see how colourful the world is

D．see clearly where food and enemies are

(5)To dogs,they see best when things are ________

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阅读理解

Dear Wei and Li Lan,

　　Hi from Canada! We are having a wonderful holiday. We haven't seen a bear yet, but there are bears and deer in the forests around the lake where we're staying. The bears often go to the rubbish dump to look for food scraps. Perhaps we'll go sightseeing at the dump! We will need to be careful because bears are quite dangerous. They will attack if you surprise them, so people carry bells when they are out walking or biking to warn the bears away.

　　On our first night we saw an amazing fireworks show. It doesn't get dark here until 10 o'clock, so it was a really late night for us.

　　Last night we rode in a gondola 2,000 metres to the top of Whistler Mountain. It was like floating in a glass bubble; so peaceful and still. The city lights were beautiful.

　　Today we canoed around the lake, and had a very short swim. It was freezing. The weather has been sunny, but not like the weather at home.

　　Bye for now. We will be home next week. 

Lingnan

(1)According to Lingnan, bears are the most dangerous when they _______.

[　　]

A．hear bells ringing

B．are disturbed by deer

C．are surprised by people

D．are searching for food scraps

(2)Lingnan went to bed very late on the first night because he had ________.

[　　]

A．been riding in a gondola

B．just arrived in Canada

C．spent all day canoeing

D．been watching a fireworks display

(3)Lingnan only swam for a short time because _________.

[　　]

A．the water was very cold

B．the weather wasn't sunny

C．he was thinking of home

D．it was night time

(4)From this postcard, the reader can tell that Lingnan ________.

[　　]

A．is staying at the top of Whistler Mountain

B．wants to move to Canada

C．is enjoying his holiday

D．is travelling with Wei Han and Li Lan

(5)The reader can assume that the weather "t home" is ________.

[　　]

A．freezing and cloudy

B．sunny and warm

C．sunny but freezing

D．cloudy but warm

阅读理解

　　For many people the subject of hiccups (嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendis, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different.

　　His hiccups began one Sunday lunchtime and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harry's parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack.

　　Harry, who,is now back at school, described what happened to him.

　　"When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didn't do any good．That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock hut that didn't work either."

　　After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-my of his chest but they couldn't find anything wrong.

　　"They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped．"

　　Harry was very lucky. The world record holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccuped for sixty-eight years. He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why.

(1)Harry's hiccups lasted _______.

[　　]

(2)His hiccups started after he ________.

[　　]

A．drank a glass of water

B．went to hospital

C．ate an Indian meal

D．finished his homework

(3)His parents decided to take him to hospital when he _______.

[　　]

A．hiccuped for four seconds

B．held his breath

C．hiccuped at night

D．couldn't stop hiccuping

(4)His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor

[　　]

A．gave him some medicine

B．took an X-ray of his chest

C．gave him a shock

D．let him drink cold drinks

(5)What does “shock” in this passage mean?

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阅读理解

　　Many families in the United States have a larger income now than ever before, but people are finding it difficult to make ends meet（收支平衡）anyway. Almost everyone is wondering, “What happens to all my money? I never seem to have anything to put away.”

　　Why isn't a dollar worth as much as it used to be? One dollar is always worth the same amount, that is, 100 cents. But the value of a dollar is how much it can buy. The value of money depends on the cost of living. Economists say that the cost of living is the money that a family must pay for the necessities of life such as food, housing or rent, clothes and medical expenses. For many years now, the cost of living has increased greatly, so the value of the dollar has decreased（贬值）. When a dollar has a low value, you cannot buy as many things with it.

　　No one fully understands why the cost of living keeps increasing, but economists（经济学家）believe that workers and producers can make prices go up. As workers earn more money, they have more money to spend, so they demand more goods. If there is a great demand for certain goods, the prices of these goods go up. At the same time, if there is a shortage of these goods, the prices also go up. For example, if everyone wants to buy more and more gas, the price of gas goes up. When companies withhold gas from buyers, they can also make the price of gas go up.

　　Families need to know what happens to their money. They need to make their income meet the cost of living, so many people plan a family budget（预算）. A budget is a list of monthly expenses. If your expenses add up to more than your income, you must find ways to save money. Maybe you are spending too much on entertainment. Or if you are spending too much on clothes, you may want to sew（缝制）your own clothes. Budgeting helps you spend your money wisely as the cost of living increases.

（1）What has troubled many families in the United States?

[　　]

A. A not-large-enough income.

B. Nothing is left over to put away.

C. The increasing cost of living.

D. A shortage of certain goods.

（2）__________ determines the value of the dollar.

[　　]

A. The government

B. The cost of living

C. The economist

D. The bank

（3）Why does the cost of living keep increasing?

[　　]

A. There are always shortages of goods.

B. The workers are getting lower and lower pay.

C. The government makes no interference.

D. People demand more and better goods.

（4）According to the writer, _________ fully understand（s） why the cost of living keeps increasing.

[　　]

（5）Budgeting helps _________.

[　　]

A. one to make his income meet the cost of living

B. the government to battle the rising cost of living

C. merchants to produce more goods

D. the workers to earn more money

阅读理解

Telephone : 2706030

Address: 9020 Bridgeport Road

Open: Mon. to Fri. 7∶00 a.m.--2∶30 p. m.

& 5∶00 p.m.--9∶00 p. m.

Sat. 7∶00 a.m.--11∶00 a. m.

& 5∶00 p.m.--9∶00p. m.

Sun. 11∶00 a. m.--2∶00 p. m.

& 5∶00 p.m. --9∶00 p.m.

Telephone: 7364431

Address: Vanier Park,1100 Chestnut St., New York, America's largest museum specializing（专门研究）in American history and art of our native people.

Open: Mon. to Fri. 9∶00 a.m.--5∶00 p.m.（Monday free）

Sat. 9∶00 a.m.--1∶00 p.m.

Telephone: 3562367

Address:5300 No. 3 Road

Open: Mon., Tues. & Sat. 9∶30 a.m.--5∶30 p.m.

Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 9∶30 a.m.--9∶30 p.m.

Sun. 11∶00 a. m.--5∶00 p.m.

Telephone: 2785161

Address:3031 No. 3 Road（at Sea Island Way）

* The Hangar Den: Wed. to Sun., Dinner from 5∶30 p.m.

* Coffee Shop: Mon. to Fri. from 6∶00 a.m.

Sat. & Sun. from 6∶30 a.m.

Mon. to Wed. to 10∶00 p.m.

Thurs. to Sun. to 11∶00 p.m.

（1）If you want to buy a new jacket, you have to go to _________.

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A. 3031 No. 3 Road

B. 5300 No. 3 Road

C. 9020 Bridgeport Road

D. 1100 Chestnut Road

（2）If you want to have dinner on Sunday you can call up the number ________.

[　　]

A. 2785161 or 2706030

B. 2706030 or 7364431

C. 7364431 or 2785161

D. 3562367 or 7364431

（3）You don't have to pay for the ticket if you go to visit New York Museum on __________.

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（4）The Coffee Shop is closed _________ on Saturday.

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A. from 6:00 a.m. to 11.00 p.m.

B. at 6.20 A.m. or 10:30 p.m.

C. at 6:00 A.m. or 10:00 p.m.

D. after 11:00 p.m.

（5）Visiting New York Museum you can get the knowledge of _________.

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A. the native people

B. the geography of New York

C. the history of America

D. the art of New York

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　　Few Americans stay for a lifetime. We move from town or city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan to live in retirement. With each move we are forever making new friends, who become part of our new life at that time.

　　For many of us the summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vocation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also in those places where they do not feel too strange with the hope of meeting new people, No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend. But surely the beginning of a friendship is possible.

　　But as we use the word, “friend” can be applied to a wide range of relationships to someone has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confident. There are real differences among these relations for Americans, a friendship may be superficial, casual, situational of deep and enduring. But to a European, who sees only our surface behavior, the differences are not clear.

（1）Many Americans move from place to place for the following reasons except __________.

[　　]

A. going to college

B. getting a better job

C. finding a place to live in retirement

D. saving money

（2）When summer comes, many Americans ___________.

[　　]

A. hope to meet new people

B. expect to find some close friends

C. want to begin lasting friendships with new people

D. both A and B

（3）From the passage it can be seen that a “friend” can be _________.

[　　]

A. a fellow worker

B. a football teammate

C. a boy or a girl

D. all of the above

（4）To a European, Americans __________.

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A. are friendless

B. have superficial friendships only

C. treat all their friends in the same way

D. hold different attitudes towards different people

（5）Which of the following is the topic sentence of the second paragraph?

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A. For many of us the summer is a special time for forming new friendships.

B. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad.

C. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend.

D. But surely the beginning of friendship is possible.

阅读理解

　　Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answers to these questions are Yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.

　　It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligent. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.

　　Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We should soon find differences in intelligence developing and this shows that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close touch with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.

（1）The writer is in favor of the view that man's intelligence is given to him ________.

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A. at birth

B. through education

C. both at birth and through education

D. neither at birth nor through education

（2）If a child is born with low intelligence, he cannot __________.

[　　]

A. become a genius

B. still become a genius if he should be given

C. exceed intelligence limits in rich surroundings

D. teach his intelligence in his life

（3）In the second paragraph “if we take two unrelated people at random from the population” means “if we”.

[　　]

A. pick out any two persons

B. pick out two different persons

C. choose two persons who are relatives

D. choose two persons with different intelligence

（4）The example of the twins going to college and to a factory

separately shows __________.

[　　]

A. the importance of their intelligence

B. the effect of environment on intelligence

C. the importance of their positions

D. the part that birth plays

（5）The best title of this passage can be __________.

[　　]

A. Surroundings

B. Intelligence

C. Dependence on Environment

D. Effect on Education

阅读理解

　　There are nearly a million migrant （移民）workers in the United States. Most of them are Mexican Americans and black Americans. They go from state to state, from one farm to another, to pick fruit and vegetables. They work long hours but at night they go to bed hungrily. The farm owners give them very low pay and cheat them in every way.

　　Take the Johnsons for example, they have a six-month-old baby and five other children. At the moment they are on a farm in south California, picking fruit and vegetables.

　　They have been given one very small room in the migrant camp（营地）on the farm. The thin walls have big holes in them and the roof lets in the rain.

　　“When it rains,” Mrs. Johnson said. “It comes in on our bed. I have to stand up with the baby in my arms so that he doesn't get wet and catch cold.”

　　The Johnsons do their own cooking, but shopping isn't easy. The nearest town is far away and the migrant workers are forced to buy most things in the small shop in the camp. This shop belongs to the owner and the prices there are much higher than in the town. “It doesn't seem right, ”said Mr Johnson.

（1）The migrant workers are those who _________.

[　　]

A. grow fruit and vegetables on their farm

B. have to move about for a job

C. like to travel about from one state to another

D. come from Mexico

（2）There are _________ people in Johnson's family.

[　　]

（3）If it rains, Mrs. Johnson couldn't sleep because _________.

[　　]

A. she has to feed her baby

B. the rain is too noisy

C. her bed is wet and it affects her baby

D. her baby likes rain and wants to get wet

（4）Shopping isn't easy for the Johnsons because ___________.

[　　]

A. they're far away from the nearest town and there's no shop in

the neighbourhood

B. The shop near their home sells expensive things

C. They have no money to buy things

D. They don't want to buy things in the shop which belongs to their owner