A large number of people in the world eat fast food．Whenever you go into a fast food restaurant, you can see lots of people enjoying their meals there．How do you know in which country people like fast food best?

    The English people are the world’s biggest fans of fast food, while the French（法国人） are the least interested in quick meals, according to a survey done last year．

    The survey of thirteen countries shows 45% of the English people say they can’t give up fast food because it’s delicious．And 44% of Americans and 37% of Canadians say the same．

    The French, proud of their delicious and high-class cuisine, don’t like fast food．81% of them think it is unhealthy, followed by 75% of the Japanese．

   How about the Chinese? How often do you have hamburgers or fried chicken? It doesn’t matter whether you like Western fast food or Chinese food． The most important thing is to keep a balanced diet．

1． From the survey we know _____ like fast food best．

     A． the Chinese        B． the French        C． the Japanese       D． the English

2． The survey shows _____ of Americans like fast food．

     A． 37%               B． 44%               C． 75%              D． 81%

3． According to the survey, some people can’t give up fast food because _____．

     A． it’s cheap            B． it’s safe              C． it’s delicious       D． it’s healthy

4． The word “cuisine ” in the passage means _______．

     A． food                 B． house               C． water                     D． country

5． The survey is about _______．

     A． Western countries                                        B． fast food

C． restaurants in the world                           D． Chinese food

Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature，the Swedish Academy

(瑞典文学院) announced on October 11．Mo Yan，the first Chinese to win the prize，said that he was“surprised”and“delighted’’at his winning．

Mo Yan．whose real name is Guan Moye(管谟业)，was born in 1955，in Gaomi County in Shandong province to a family of farmers，in Dalan Township．As a twelve-year-old boy, he left school to work during the Cultural Revolution，first in agriculture，later in a factory．In 1976，he joined the People’s Liberation Army，and began writing while he was still a soldier．In 1984，he was given a chance to learn at the Department of Literature in the PLA Academy of Art and Literature，where he published(出版)his first novel，A Transparent Radish(1984)．In 1991，he got a Master’s degree in Literature from Beijing Normal University．

Many of his novels are set in his hometown，including his best known work，Red Sorghum. The novel was made into an Oscar-nominated film by director ZhangYimou in 1987．Some of his works have been translated into English，French，Japanese and many other languages．

After learning that he had won the prize，Mo thanked his hometown for inspiring him．During a television interview he said that he was very thankful to the land where he grew up and that he goes back there every year．

39. From the passage we can know that MoYan’s parents were　　　　　　 .

A. workers　　　 　　 B. teachers　　　　　　　　　 C. farmers 　　　　　 　D. soldiers

40．What does the underlined word“delighted”refer to?

A. interested　 　　　　 B. pleased　　　　　　　　　　 C. moved 　　　　　　 　D. boring

41．Mo Yan didn’t finish school because 　　　　　　　 .

A. the war broke out　　　　　　　　　 B. the Cultural Revolution took place

C. he was asked to join the army　　　　 D. he had to work in the countryside

42．From the passage we can know that 　　　　　.

A. the novel, Red Sorghum，was made into an Oscar-nominated film

B. Mo Yan became a soldier of the People’s Liberation Army in 1984

C. Mo Yan’s first novel，A Transparent Radish，came out in 1991

D. Mo Yan was very thankful to the Swedish Academy

　

Many Chinese people like American country music(乡村音乐 ),such as（例如） the songs of John Denver. But still some people don’t know when country music began.

Country music is from the folk music （民间音乐）of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of America. There, people sang while playing the violin and guitar. They sang about everyday life, love and their problems. So the songs were sometimes a little sad.

One of the most popular country music singers is John Denver, who is also quite famous to the Chinese. For Denver, music was a language that could bring the world together. He says music can bring people together. We will understand（理解） each other better through（通过） music. People are different in colour and they may speak different languages, but people are the same in mind and body（在心灵和精神方面）. All of them love music and can understand music.

The world lost a great man when John Denver died in 1997. But his music and words will live on.

1. John Denver is a great         singer.

A．English

B．Japanese

C．American

D．Chinese

2..American country music is from the         music of America.

A．pop

B．jazz

C．light

D．folk

3..“Music was a language that could bring the world together” means （意思是）people        .

A．can sing songs together

B．from all over the world sing the same songs

C．show their feeling（感觉）through music and so they understand each other better

D．know language and music

4..John Denver died in        .

A．1997

B．1990

C．1996

D．1999

5..Which sentence is right?

A．Everyone knows when country music began.

B．Country music is from the jazz music.

C．John Denver is famous to Chinese people, too.

D．John Denver doesn’t think music can bring people together.

 

In learning English，one should first pay attention to listening and speaking．It is the groundwork of reading and writing．You’d better  31  your best to speak while you do much listening．Don’t be  32  of making mistakes．But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your  33 ．While you are doing this，a good  34  is to write-keep a diary，write notes or letters．Then if you can，ask some others to go through  35  you have written and tell you where it is wrong．Many mistakes in your speaking will be  36  found when you write．Through correcting mistakes，you can do better in learning English．

If you are slow in speaking，don’t  37  about it．One of the helpful ways is reading，either aloud or to yourself．The important thing is to choose  38  interesting to read． It mustn’t be too difficult for you．When you are reading  39  this way，don’t stop to  40  the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing to do with the sentences．You can do that some other time．

31．A．have         B．send         C．make          D．try

32．A．sure         B．afraid       C．proud         D．tired

33．A．English      B．Chinese      C．Japanese      D．French

34．A．start        B．idea         C．way           D．manner

35．A．how          B．when         C．why           D．what

36．A．happily      B．easily       C．really        D．slowly

37．A．talk         B．fear         C．worry         D．hurry

38．A．something    B．everything   C．anything      D．nothing

39．A．by           B．on           C．at            D．in

40．A．look at      B．look for     C．look up       D．look over

There is a photo on Becky’s desk. It is a picture of her family. There are four people in it.

The man is her father. He is thirty-eight. He can speak Chinese. There is a woman behind Becky. She is Becky’s mother. She is thirty-seven. She can’t speak Chinese, but she speaks English. They’re teachers. They work in a school. There is a boy in the picture, too. He is Becky’s brother. His name is Jack. He is twelve. He can skate（滑冰） and ride a bike. He has an American friend. Her name is Betty. Becky and her brother are in the same school, but they aren’t in the same grade. They look like their mother. They are English. It’s a big family.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.____ can speak Chinese.

A．Becky’s father                        B．Becky’s mother

C．Becky’s brother                       D．Becky’s sister

2.Becky’s mother is _________.

A．38               B．37               C．35               D．36

3.Jack’s friend is ____.

A．American         B．Japanese          C．English            D．Chinese

4.Becky and her brother are ____.

A．in the same school but not the same class

B．in the same school and the same grade

C．in the same school and the same class

D．in the same school but not the same grade

5.Becky and Jack look like ____

A．their parents       B．their mother       C．their father        D．their son