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　　Greenwich(格林威治)is on the River, five miles from the middle of London, and its history is two thousand years old. The first English people were fishermen there, and they named the place Greenwich, meaning“green village”. Later the English kings and queens lived at Greenwich in their beautiful places.

　　The name of the earliest palace was Placentia. Its windows were made of glass－the first in England. Henry Ⅷ lived there. He knew that England must be strong at sea. So he started two big ship-yards(船 坞)at Greenwich, and for 350 years the ships which were made there were the best in the world.

　　But trouble was coming to Greenwich. In 1649, a war started in England and for eleven years there was no king. The men who had worked for him at Placentia decided to live in the place themselves. They sold all its beautiful things, and bought small pieces of the palace garden with money. Finally, the war ended and King Charles Ⅱ came back. But Placentia was falling down. So King Charles built a new and bigger palace, which is now open to the public.

　　At this time, Charles was worried about losing so many of its ships at sea: their sailors did not know how to tell exactly where they were. So in 1675, Charles make John Flamsteed, the first astronomer(天文学家) in England, try to find the answer. Flamsteed worked in a new building on the high ground in Greenwich Park. From it with a telescope which he made himself, Flamsteed could look all round the sky. And he did, night after night, for twenty years. Carrying on Flamsteed’s work a hundred years later, an astronomer called Harrison finally made a clock which told the time at sea, and helped sailors to know where they were. Yoa can see Harrison’s clock, still working, in Greenwich’s museum of the sea. Because of Flamsteed’s work, every country in the world now tells its time by Greenwich time.

1．The first English people living in the“green village”were ________.

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A．sailors

B．fishermen

C．King Charles and his family

D．the families of king and queens

2．Placentia was ________ palace in Greenwich.

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3．What kind of trouble came to Greenwich in 1649?

[　　]

A．A war started in England.

B．Placentia was destroyed.

C．Ship-yards were built.

D．King Henry died.

4．Charles made John Flamsteed try to find ________.

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A．how to tell the time

B．how to build ships

C．a way for sailors to tell their positions at sea

D．a place to set up a telescope

5．Who made the first clock which could tell the time at sea?

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6．Without Flamsteed’s work, it would be ________ for sailors to know where they were.

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　　Two friends were eating at a small restaurant. On the table there was a cup of hot mustard(芥末). One of them thought it was sweet and took a spoonful of it into his mouth. Tears ran down from his eyes. Nevertheless, wishing to have his friend caught in the same position, he said nothing. The other man, seeing that his friend was crying asked,“What for, my dear friend?”

　　“I was thinking of my father, who was hanged 20 years ago.”He replied.

　　Soon after, the other man took a spoonful of the mustard and as tears started down from his eyes, his friend, in his return, asked,“Why are you crying, then?”

　　“To think that you were not hanged the same time your father was!”

1．The reason why the first man didn’t tell the second man what had happened is that ________.

[　　]

A．tears ran down from his eyes

B．he wanted to play a trick on his friend

C．there was some mustard in his mouth

D．he was tasting the mustard

2．From the passage we know that ________.

[　　]

A．the first man was really thinking of his father

B．the first man’s father was really hanged twenty years ago

C．the first man had deep sorrow(悲伤)for his father’s death

D．the first man was good at playing tricks

3．“To think that you were not hanged the same time your father was!”Suggests that the second man ________.

[　　]

A．got to know that the first man had played a trick on him

B．thought that the first man should have been hanged together with his father

C．didn’t get angry

D．was sorry for the death of his friend’s father

4．What does the writer of the story want to tell us?

[　　]

A．He wants to tell us not to play tricks on others.

B．It doesn’t matter to play tricks.

C．He wants to tell us a funny story.

D．He wants to tell us that playing tricks can make life more interesting.

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　　Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants(居民)of a country. If tourists create(引起) too much traffic, the inhabitants become angry and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy(经济). It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Tourism should also advance the health and happiness of local(当地的)inhabitants.

　　Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.

　　On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, first-class roads, and other support facilities (设施) needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international-class tourist hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not use most of the time, the owner of the hotel lose money.

　　Building a hotel is just a beginning. There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, severs(阴沟) to handle waste and water. All of these support facilities cost money If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.

1．Which of the following has most probably been disscussed in the paragraph that goes before this passage?

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A．It’s very important to develop tourism.

B．Building roads and hotels are very important.

C．Support facilities are highly necessary.

D．Planning is very important to tourism.

2．Too much tourism can cause all these problems except ________.

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A．a bad effect on other industries

B．a change of tourists’ customs

C．overcrowdedness of places of interest

D．pressure (压力) on traffic

3．Not enough tourism can cause ________.

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A．more people to lose their jobs

B．a decrease(减少) tourist attractions

C．the high cost of support facilities

D．a rise in price and fall in pay

4．The word“handle”in the last paragraph most probably means ________.

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　　The temperature of your body should be always just the same, no matter the weather is hot or cold. That is why the doctor uses his thermometer(温度计)when you are sick. When you are well, your temperature is ninety－eight and six tenths degrees. If he finds it higher than that, it is a sure sign that some thing is wrong.

　　The body keeps the same temperature all the time, because it balances the heat it produces and it gives off. It is always burning up food and producing heat. It can produce heat faster when it needs to or give off heat faster when it becomes too warm. Let’s see how this happens.

　　The heat of your body is given off chiefly through the skin. When you are cold, your skin is tight and shows“goose flesh”. When you get chilly, you must dance around to keep warm or else you will shiver( 颤抖). Then your muscles begin to work, burn up fule(燃料) , and produce more heat. It is not pleasant to shiver, so you usually prefer warming up by exercise, or put on more clothes to keep heat in.

　　When you are warm, the skin is loose and soft. It is so supplied with blood that heat is given off rapidly. If you get too warm. You begin to sweat, and more body heat is used in evaporating(蒸发)the moisture (潮湿) from your skin. You wear less clothing, too, in warm weather or warm room, so that warm can be given off freely. You feel less like exercising because your body is warm already, and the extra heat produced by exercise makes you uncomfortable.

　　You can see from this why you feel differently in different kinds of weather, In summer, when it is warm, you feel tired and lazy. You do not care to work or play, but enjoy lying and doing nothing. When you get out of doors in winter, the cold air makes you feel lively. You want to run and play.

1．The doctor will take his temperature when one gets sick because ________.

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A．one’s temperature is always the same no matter whether he is sick or not

B．one’s temperature is a sign which can show whether he is sick or not

C．when one is ill his temperature is sure to be higher than normal

D．one’s temperature will be sure to change if something is wrong with him

2．The body keeps the same temperature all the time by ________.

[　　]

A．balancing the heat it gets and it loses

B．producing heat from food

C．giving off the heat produced in it

D．stopping producing heat when it needs

3．When one gets very cold, which of the following will not happen to him?

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A．His skin will become tight in order to keep warm.

B．He can exercise to make his muscle produce more heat.

C．He can put on more clothes to keep warm.

D．He will be certainly to shiver to produce more heat.

4．When one gets too warm, he begins to sweat in order to ________.

[　　]

A．evaporate the moisture

B．give off heat quickly

C．make the skin soft and loose

D．get the blood to move faster

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　　Shortly after the war, my brother and I were invited to spend a few days’ holiday with an uncle who had just returned from abroad. He had rented(租)a cottage in the country, although he hardly spent much time there. We understood the reason for this after our arrival, the cottage had no comfortable furniture in it. Many of the windows were broken and the roof leaked(漏水), making the whole house wet.

　　On our first evening, we sat around the fire after supper listening to the stories our uncle told of his many adventures in distant countries. I was so tired after the long train journey that I would have preferred to go to bed; but I could not bear to miss any of my uncle’s exciting stories, He was just in the middle of describing a rather terrifying experience he had once had when there was a loud crash(倒塌声)from the bedroom above, the one where my brother and I were going to sleep.

　　When we got to the top of the stairs and opened the bedroom door, a strange sight met our eyes. A large part of the ceiling had fallen right on to the pillow(枕头)of my bed.

1．It seemed that the writer’s uncle ________.

[　　]

A．was not rich enough to buy a fine house

B．was old and had to return from abroad

C．had lived abroad before the war for a long time

D．had made a lot of money before the war

2．The uncle disliked the rented cottage for the reason that ________.

[　　]

A．there were no beds in it

B．the windows were broken and the roof leaked

C．it was too old for him to live in

D．it was very rainy in the area

3．On the first evening, the writer was very sleepy, ________.

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A．but he did his best not to miss any stories

B．so he had to go to bed early

C．because he was tired of his uncle’s stories

D．and he was gradually falling asleep while listening

4．If the writer had not been able to stay up late, ________.

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A．his uncle would have stopped telling stories

B．his uncle world have been very sorry

C．he would have been injured or killed

D．his brother wouldn’t have been, either

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　　In July, my friend and I are taking a camping trip. We will travel for four weeks and will tour the United States and part of Canada. We have decided to camp because it does not cost as much as vacationing (度假)in hotels.

　　We had to plan very carefully. First, the car we are going to drive is very small, so we decided to take only one small suitcase each and as few camping things as possible We will take some medicine with us, to prevent insects(昆虫)from burring us, and also food for picnics. Second, there is a lot to see in the United States and Canada, so we had to decide on the direction(方向)we wanted to drive.

　　All of this planning took a long time.

　　The date we are leaving is July 2. We want to see and do many things on our camping tour. We want to climb in the mountains, visit famous caves, and swim in cool mountain rivers. We want to visit many cities and talk to many people. We also want to find a hotel room if it rains at night. We hope to have an exciting trip.

1．The two friends are going to take a camping trip ________.

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A．if they have four weeks’ time off

B．though it will be a long trip

C．so that they can save money

D．because it will be warm enough in July

2．Which of the following statements is possibly true?

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A．They are now on the trip.

B．They are going to make a tour all over the U.S. and Canada.

C．They are quite rich.

D．July is drawing near.

3．It is quite clear that ________.

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A．the two friends will share a suitcase

B．they are sure to take some medicine on the trip

C．the two friends will take turns to drive

D．there will be no insects at all

4．What will happen if they are caught in the rain?

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A．They will talk to people while it rains.

B．They will go swimming.

C．They will have to stop climbing.

D．They will have to stay in a hotel for the night.

阅读理解

　　The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up(混合)and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can’t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor (幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is:“Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”

1．The writer thinks that the most important thing for you to learn a language is ________.

[　　]

A．reading

B．practising

C．talking about it

D．listening

2．What should you do in learning English?

[　　]

A．Try to make some mistakes.

B．Avoid making any mistakes.

C．Remember as many new words as you can.

D．Use it as often as you can.

3．When you make a mistake, you should ________.

[　　]

A．never make any mistakes again

B．tell others not to make the same mistake

C．punish yourself for making it

D．keep your sense of humor

4．The story tells us:”________”.

[　　]

A．It is normal(正常的)that we make some mistakes in learning English

B．Everyone must make mistakes

C．We can avoid making mistakes in learning a language

D．Laughing can help one learn English well

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　　The well-mannered English man at table holds and keeps his knife in his right hand, his fork in his left, cuts his meat and presses his vegetables into fork. The well-mannered American first cuts up all his meat, then places his knife down on the right of his plate, take 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 shocked(震惊)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 tea leaves in it. For a change they will sometimes put a pan of water on the electric stove, just as the water gets warm, throw in some tea and then pour 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 statements is true?

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A．Neither the well-mannered Englishman nor the well-mannered 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”________”.

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A．Americans don’t drink tea at all

B．Americans drink less tea than Englishmen

C．Americans like coffee better than tea

D．Americans can drink more coffee

3．A well-mannered American ________.

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

B．doesn’t use a knife during his meals

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

D．uses his knife only once during his dinner

4．What is the story about?

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A．Different peoples have different manners.

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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　　Then comes July, and with it examinations; but these are soon finished and with them ends the school year. Boys and girls have nearly two months’ holiday before them as they leave school by train and car to return home to their fathers and mothers.

　　The summer holidays are the best part of the year for most children. The weather is usually good, so that one can spend most of one’s time playing in the garden or, if one lives in the country, out in the woods and fields. Even if one lives in a big town, one can usually go to a park to play.

　　The best place for a summer holiday, however, is the seaside. Some children are lucky enough to live near the sea, but for the others who do not, a week or two at one of the big seaside towns is something which they will talk about for the whole of the following year.

　　In England, it is not only the rich who can take their children to the seaside; if a factory worker or a bus driver, a street cleaner or a waiter wants to take his wife and children to Southen or Margate, Black-pool or Clacton, he is usually quite able to do so.

Now, what is it that children like so much than any other things? Of course, there are lots of new things to see, nice things to eat, and exciting things to do, but it is the feelings of sand under one’s feet, of salt water on one’s skin, and of the warm sun on one’s back that make the seaside what it is.

1．Summer holidays start ________.

[　　]

A．with July

B．as soon as the examinations are over

C．in mid-June

D．in August

2．The summer holiday lasts ________.

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A．as long as two months

B．more than two months

C．one and a half months

D．a little less than 2 months

3．July and August are the brightest months for most children, for they can ________.

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A．stay with their parents for all the vacation

B．do more reading

C．play out-of-doors

D．meet their old friends

4．In England, ________ can take their families to the seaside.

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A．only the rich

B．not only the rich

C．some workers and drivers

D．most cleaners and waiters

5．________ make the seaside what it is.

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A．Sand, salt water and warm sunshine

B．New things to see

C．Nice things to eat

D．Exciting things to do

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　　It is surprising that eating three meals a day－breakfast, lunch, and dinner－has been a custom(习俗 )only since 1890. Before this time, they only had two meals a day－breakfast and dinner.

　　In the 16th century, breakfast was only to break one’s fast(随便吃一点). But 200 years later it had become a large meal, not just for family, but for numbers of guests as well. It was a social(社会的)event. It began at 10 a. m. and lasted until 1 p. m. Then breakfast began to be less popular. It became, instead, a lighter meal and was taken at a much earlier hour. By 1850 it had been pushed back to 8 a. m. and became a family meal.

　　Dinner, however, went to the other way. In the 16th century it was eaten at 11 a. m. Years later, it had moved to the early afternoon, then to 5 p. m. By 1850 dinner time had reached 7 p.m. Lunch is a recent idea. It first appeared as a snack(小吃)to fill the gap(间隙)between breakfast and dinner.

1．English people did not have lunch ________.

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2．“Dinner, however, went to the other way”means ________.

[　　]

A．Dinner didn’t go there with breakfast

B．Dinner took the same way with breakfast

C．Dinner is different from breakfast

D．Dinner is the same with breakfast

3．Lunch has been served since the ________ century.

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4．The selection is mostly concerned with(涉及) ________.

[　　]

A．what people eat for breakfast

B．what people eat for dinner

C．the history of supper

D．the history of breakfast

5．The selection leads the reader to believe that ________.

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A．our custom of meals is based in English custom

B．before 1890 people couldn’t eat three meals a day

C．breakfast is the most important meal for us

D．the body can adjust to(适应)two or three meals a day