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　　The most important period in the history of the English theatre was the reign (王朝)of Queen Elizabeth I when William Shake spear was alive, Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616. He was the only author of the period hat people seem to know about, although students of literature(文学)and drama(剧) know about others as well—writers like Kyd and Marlowe, Shakespeare’s plays were as popular then as they are now, and the theatre was probably the most popular form of entertainment available at that time.

　　In 1642, however, the theatres were closed because Oliver Gromwell who was ruling England at that time, thought theatres were immoral(不正经) places. The theatre was made legal(合法)—that is to say they were allowed to open again—when CharlesⅡ became King after he had been forced to live on the Continent while gromwell was in Power.

　　The only other time that London theatres closed was for a brief period during the Second World War because of the danger of bombing.

1．The reign of Queen Elizabeth I was the most important period in the history of English theatre because ________.

[　　]

A．William Shakespeare liver in the period

B．The theatre was the most popular form of entertainment available at the time

C．Queen Elizabeth I was in power

D．Students know about Kyd and Marlo we

2．People seem to know about ________ among the writers of that period.

[　　]

A．Shakespeare only

B．Shakespeare and Kyd and Marl owe

C．kyd and Marlowe

D．Marlowe and other writes

3．In the sentence “Shakespeare’s plays were as popular then as they are now”, “they” refers to___.

[　　]

A．Kyd and Marlowe

B．Shakespeare and other writers

C．Kyd and Marlowe’s plays

D．Shakespeare’s pays

4．The theatres were closed in 1642 because ________ .

[　　]

A．CharlesⅡbecame King after he had forced to live on the Continent

B．Oliver Gromwell didn’t like plays

C．The theatres were made legal

D．CharlesⅡthought the theatres were immoral places

5．The theares were closed ________ .

[　　]

A．only once

B．twice

C．for many times

D．three times

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　　Matt grows the nicest vegetables in the village. He grows fruits, too——big, sweet apples and oranges. And what else? Well, the biggest and the prettiest flowers.

　　Things grow in Mitt’s garden all through the year. He cuts some flowers for his sitting-room table; and, of course, he eats some fruit and vegetables. But he sells everything else in the market. Matt is not a poor man—oh, no, he isn’t poor.

　　I will tell you people do not understand him. And they do not understand has garden. “Why not?” you will ask, “It’s a good garden, isn’t it?”

　　It is a wonderful garden. Matt grows things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he does very little work. He sits in the garden with his small radio. And everything grows.

　　People ask, “How does Matt grow these wonderful things? He waters the plants sometimes, but he doesn’t do anything else. He just sits under an orange tree with his radio. He listens to music nearly all day!” And that is all quite true. People cannot understand it, and so they don’t like it very much.

　　Mutt likes music. But what about the garden? Who does the work? I will tell you another truth: the music does the work. All plants love music; and Matt knows that.

　　Do you want big vegetables and the loveliest flowers? Well, just give your plants a lot of music.

1．Matt grows plants in his garden ________.

[　　]

A．when he is free

B．when he wants to make some money

C．only when it is warm

D．all the year round

2．Matt is not a poor man because ________.

[　　]

A．he sells most of what he grows in the market

B．he has no one to support

C．he grows a lot of fruit and he does not eat any

D．he has sold his sitting-room table in the market

3．Matt knows a few other gardeners ________.

[　　]

A．and they are his good friends

B．and they grow better lands than he does

C．who do not understand him

D．who buy all that he sells in the market

4．In fact, besides watering the plants sometimes ________ .

[　　]

A．Matt does nothing else at all

B．Matt gives them nothing but music

C．Matt does all he can to help them to grow faster

D．Matt tries to explain why his plants grow so well

5．Plants love music ________.

[　　]

A．and Matt knows that well

B．but Matt refuses to give his plants any

C．and everyone understands that

D．but the orange tree in Matt’s garden does not

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　　More and more we hear people talking about karaoke(卡拉OK). But what on earth it is about still remains a question for many people.

　　Karaoke is kind of acoustic equipment(音响设备)which was invented in Japan around the middle of the 1970’s. It means in Japanese “a band without people.” In fact, it is just a music tape without words. This equipment first acquired in some public houses and small restaurants, and mainly for people to enjoy themselves. Most of the music in Karaoke was popular music. So, at times, when anyone felt like it, he might sing songs to the accompaniment(伴奏) of the music that came from the equipment.

　　Shortly after its intention, karaoke was spread to the whole world. It was introduced to China and was welcome by many people. Although you are not a good singer, or even sometimes you may sing out of tune, you can always enjoy yourself by singing karaoke.

1．We may conclude that the word “karaoke”is ________

[　　]

A．an English word

B．an American word

C．a Japanese word

B．a Chinese word

2．The underlined word band should mean a group of people who ________

[　　]

A．have a common idea

B．sing and dance together

C．are fond of music

D．play music together

3．From the passage we know karaoke is just a ________

[　　]

A．tape or record with only music in it

B．kind of record made in Japan

C．set which joins a radio and recorder together

D．machine which makes different records

4．By playing karaoke people can ________.

[　　]

A．as soon as it was invented

B．because of Japanese businessmen

C．because it cost nothing

D．not long after it was born

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　　The earth is our home. We must take care of it. This means keeping the land, air and water clean.

　　Pollution(污染)is a “dirty” word. To pollute means to make things unfit or unclean to use. Pollution comes in many ways; we see it, smell it, taste it and drink it. Pollution it beginning to threaten(威胁)out health, out health, our happiness and our life.

Man has been polluting the earth from the time he first made fire, washed his clothes in the river and threw his waste on the ground. When land was used up or water became dirty, men moved on to another place. At first the problem was not so serious because there was plenty of clean air, land water. There weren’t many people and then their wants were fewer. All the dirty things could be absorbed (吸收)by nature and soon covered over. But this is no longer true. The increase of population and the development of industry have changed that. Man is slowly poisoning his environment(环境).

　　Once we thought of pollution, we simply mean air pollution. Though it is still the most dangerous, air pollution is only type of pollution.

　　Through the use of poison, man has polluted the land, killing the animals. By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water, killing the fish.

　　Our increasing population is part of the problem. More people more waste.

　　Where is this all to end? Are we turning the world into a big rubbish dump(垃圾堆), or is there any hope that we can get rid of (除掉)the pollution.

　　Fortunately millions of people have been warned(警告)of the danger of pollution. Large numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution under control(控制).

1．We must take care of the earth because ________.

[　　]

A．the earth moves round the sun

B．we live on the earth

C．a lot of animals live on it

D．it is being polluted．

2．To pollute means ________.

[　　]

A．to make clean

B．a “dirty” word

C．to make air, water, soil unfit

D．uncleanness

3．Hundreds of years ago the earth could manage the pollution problem because. ________

[　　]

A．there was no industry then

B．there was plenty of fresh air, land and water

C．waste could be absorbed by nature

D．both B and C

4．Through the uncontrolled use of poison man has ________

[　　]

A．made the drinking water dirty

B．protected the animal life

C．go good harvest

D．polluted the land

5．Now man ________.

[　　]

A．begins to understand the danger of pollution.

B．takes some measures to control pollution

C．still doesn’t realize how serious pollution is

D．doesn’t pay any attention to pollution

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　　The crowding of large groups of people in the cities has caused many of the world’s population problems. Supply for the needs of the people leads to further pollution by industry. If the rapid increase in human population continues at the present rate, there may be much greater harm. Some scientists speak of the increase in number of people as “population pollution”.

　　About 2,000 years ago, the world population was probably about 250 million. It reached a billion in 1850. By 1930the population was two billion. It is now three and a half billion. It is expected to double by the year, 2,000 if the population. Continues to grow at the some rate, there would be 25 billion people in the world a hundred years from now.

　　Man has been using the earth’s resources more and more rapidly over the year. Some of them have almost gone. Now many people believe that man’s greatest problem is how to control the growth of his own population. The material in the world will not support the human population in time to come, if the present rate of increase continues. Already there is overcrowding in the cities and hunger in some countries. Can man’s rate of increase continue? Many people believe that human survival(生存)in the future depends on the answer to this question.

1．________brings many problems to this cities.

[　　]

A．A lot of people moving to cities

B．The lack of food

C．The rapidly increasing agriculture

D．The poor countryside

2．________is called population pollution

[　　]

A．Air pollution

B．Noise pollution

C．Any kind of pollution

D．The rapid increase in number of people

3．The world population in 1850 was as ________ times as that 2,000 years ago.

[　　]

4．It is expected that the world population will be ________ by the year 2,000.

[　　]

5．The most serious problem man urgently(紧急地)need to solve is ________

[　　]

A．How to stop giving birth to new babies.

B．How to slow down the increase of population

C．How to reduce the population

D．How to stop the crowing of groups of people to move into the cities

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　　In Kansas City, Missouri, a computer helps fire fighters. The computer contains information about every one of the 35.0000street addresses in the city. When fire-fighters answer a call, the computer will give them important information about the burring building its position, size type, and so on. In fact, the computer system(系统)has almost all the ways of helping fire-fighters with the problems facing them. For example, it can give medical information about invalids living in a burning building. With this informational, the fire fighters can take special care to find these sick persons and carry them away quickly and safely.

　　The Kansas City computer system also keeps a medical record of each of the city’s9,000 fire-fighters. This kind of information is especially useful when a fireman is injured．With this information, doctors at the hospital can treat the injured fire-fighters more quickly and easily.

1．Missouri is most likely the name of ________

[　　]

A．a well-known river

B．the head of the fire-fighters

C．a state in the USA

D．a new kind of computer

2．The computers can give ________

[　　]

A．useful and useless information about the city

B．useful information about every one living in the city

C．useful information about every street address in the city

D．information about every city in the country

3．In this passage the word “invalids” means ________.

[　　]

A．a person who is badly injured

B．a person who has become weak through illness or injury

C．a person who is helped by fireman

D．a person who wants to be a fireman

4．The computer center on ________.

[　　]

A．give the fireman important help almost in every way

B．have limited ways of helping firemen

C．hardly give any useful information for the firemen

D．put out every fire immediately

5．If injured, the firemen will ________.

[　　]

A．be treated at once with the computer’s help

B．hardly get any treatment

C．be taken to hospital by the computer

D．ask doctors and nurses for help

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　　The computer is fast, and never makes a mistake, while people are too slow and full of mistakes sometimes. That’s what people often say when they talk about computers. For over a quarter of a century, engineer(工程师)have been making better and better computers. Now a computer can do a lot everyday jobs well. It is widely every field. Many computer scientists are now thinking of making the computer “think like a man.” With the help of a person, a computer can draw pictures write music, talk with people, play chess, recognize voices, translate languages and so on. Perhaps computers will one day really think and fell. Do you think the people will be afraid when they find that the computer is too clever to listen to and serve the people?

1．Computer is clever because people are ________

[　　]

2．Engineers have worked on computers for ________

[　　]

A．about a hundred years

B．nearly twenty five years

C．more than twenty five years

D．fifteen years.

3．Computers now are ________ the people.

[　　]

A．taking the place of

B．going to serve

C．going to be used by

D．doing more jobs for

4．A computer seems to be able to think like a man when it ________

[　　]

A．is talking with people

B．is doing work

C．is used in a hospital

D．is thinking

5．We will ________ the computers in the future.

[　　]

A．be less clever

B．make better use of

C．be against

D．play chess with

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　　People in different countries use different ways to express themselves. We are taught “How are you? I’m fine, thank you. And you?” And nearly every student can remember it very well. But in the US, people say “how are you?” instead of “And you?” Because people want to be polite. The problem is that this is still too formal. People say “Hi!  How is it going?” or “Hey!  What’s up?” or “Never better.” Or “Hello! How are you doing?”, and so on. Between close friends, people often answer “Busy,” or “Tired”. Or “Barely.” That means they are telling you the truth.

　　However, Americans use “so-so” just when they talk about food, drink, or and activity or party instead of using it in other ways. For example “What about the food and drinks?” “It was just so-so.” This cannot be used to describe personal(个人的)things. If so, “Not bad” is often sued． 

　　When close friends thank you for your help, they say “Thanks.” Or “Thanks a lot.” Or “I appreciate it.” Or “That’s very kind of you.” And then what can we answer? We can say “All right.” or “Any time.” Or “Don’t mention it.” or My pleasure.” or “Sure(应该的).”

　　So when we communicate(交流)with each other, we’d better speak idiomatic(地道的)English so that we can make our conversation easier.

1．From the passage, we know ________.

[　　]

A．there is no difference between “How is it going?” and “And you”

B．people can say “so-so” at any occasions(场合)

C．close friends often say “Thank you.” when they thank someone for help

D．It’s important for learners of English to know about the habits(习惯)of expressing themselves.

2．—How are you getting on with your study?

— ________.

[　　]

3．—That’s very kind of you.

— ________.

[　　]

4．When we communicate with others in English, we’d better ________.

[　　]

A．watch them carefully

B．listen carefully

C．speak very good English.

D．Try to avoid(避免)Chinese English

5．When we talk with others in English, we had better ________.

[　　]

A．speak formal English

B．speak informal English

C．speak proper English in different situations.

D．Not speak English

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　　The polite English man at table holds and keeps his knife in his right hand, his fork in his left, cuts his meat and presses(压) his vegetables into his fork. The polite American first cuts up all his meat, then places his knife down of the right of his plate, takes his fork in his right hand and with his fork lifts the food to the mouth. He will have coffee half way through his dinner before the pudding. The Englishman drinks his coffee after the dinner. And, of course, Americans are coffee-drinkers rather than tea-drinkers. The Englishman would be surprised at the American’s idea of how tea should be made.

　　The popular way to make tea is to take a cup or a pot of hot water and drop into it a cotton bag with tee leaves in it. For a change they will sometimes put a pan of water on the electric stove(炉)and, just as the water gets warm, throw in some tea and then pour(倒)the mixture into a tea pot, pour it from there into a cup(or a glass) and drink it without turning a hair.

1．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．Neither the polite Englishmen nor the polite American holds his knife in his left hand．

B．Both Englishmen and Americans take their forks in the same hands

C．Englishmen and Americans have coffee at the same time at dinner

D．Foreigners, whether Englishmen or Americans, are all coffee-drinkers

2．”Americans are coffee-drinkers rather than tea-drinkers” means “ ________ ”.

[　　]

A．Americans do not drink tea at all.

B．Americans drink less tea than Englishmen.

C．Americans like coffee better than teed．

D．Americans can drink more coffee.

3．A polite American ________.

[　　]

A．holds his knife in his right hand and the time at table.

B．Does not use a knife during his meal

C．Places his knife down on the right of his hand

D．Uses his knife only once during his dinner

4．“Without turning a hair” means ________.

[　　]

A．to show no worry or fear

B．to sit quiet

C．to be careful of everything

D．to think about nothing

5．What is the story about?

A，Different people have different manners(礼貌).

B．Englishmen and Americans all use knives and forks at dinner.

C．Englishmen and Americans have the same way to make tea.

D．Englishmen and Americans have different manners at dinner.

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　　One of the first things that Jim discovered while living with the Greens was that there were different television channels(频道)in Britain. The BBC broadcasts on two channels;BBC 1 and BBC 2．There is a mixture of serious and light programmers on BBC1; there are mainly serious programmers on BBC． ITV is an independent (独立的)channel which carries advertisements(广告). There are no advertisements on the BBC, so everyone must pay some money to the BBC each year. There are both serious and light programmers on ITV. Because of the different channels, it is not surprising that you often see each member in Mr. Green’s house wants to choose his or her own favorite channel. This is the sort of thing you hear.

　　“There’s sports programmer on ITV.”

　　“What’s that, children?”

　　“We were wondering if we could watch the sports programme on ITV.”

　　“But I was wondering whether to watch the other programme on BBC1．” And so on. The children like ITV; mother prefers BBC1; father prefers BBC2．Jim hasn’t made his mind．

1．We can conclude that Jim ________.

[　　]

A．is member of the greens

B．has no idea whether to watch TV

C．was once a guest in the greens

D．prefers ITV to the BBC

2．There are no advertisements on ________.

[　　]

A．ITV

B．BBC1 only

C．BBC2 only

D．BBC1, nor on BBC2

3．What programmer did the children want to watch?

[　　]

A．Sports programmer

B．Serious programme.

C．Light programme.

D．Advertisement

4．How many persons are mentioned in the passage?

[　　]

A．Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．At least five