The word“day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year,  we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night,  we are using“day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball,  the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning（旋转）of the earth. At the equator（赤道）day and night are sometimes the same length（长度）. They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 o’clock in the morning and sets at 6 o’clock in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted（倾斜）toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere（半球）gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.
【小题1】When the Western Hemisphere is having day,  the Eastern Hemisphere is having ________.

A．both day and night	B．day
C．neither day nor night	D．night

【小题2】A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by ________ of the earth.

A．the pushing

B．the pulling

C．the spinning

D．the passing

【小题3】．At the equator day is as long as night ________.

A．sometimes

B．never

C．usually

D．always

【小题4】When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun,  the Northern Hemisphere gets ________ sunlight.

A．less

B．more

C．all

D．no

【小题5】．When it is winter in China,  ________.

A．the USA is tilted toward the sun

B．the South Pole is tilted away from the sun

C．the North Pole is tilted toward the sun

D．the North Pole is tilted away from the sun

The cost of medical care in the United States is very high. The time and money that doctors spend on their medical education is probably one reason for this problem.
A visit to a doctor's office costs from 15 to 50 dollars. It's so expensive. Many people in the United States think that doctors are overpaid. However, most doctors disagree. They say that they were asked to study medicine for a long time. Tuition for many years of medical education costs a lot of money. Doctors say that it is necessary for most medical students to borrow money from the bank to pay their tuition. Because their money must be repaid to the bank, young doctors need to receive a lot of money for their work. So they charge(收费)people high prices for medical care.
Therefore the cost of medical care in America is high. Because high tuition is one cause of high costs, one way to lower costs would be to have medical school that are free or have low tuition.
【小题1】The underlined word "tuition" in the passage means “______”

A．eating at school	B．studying the courses
C．money used for education	D．living at school

【小题2】The main idea of the passage is that______.

A．a visit to a doctor's office may cost much in the USA

B．the cost of medical care is the only reason for the high costs in the USA

C．medical care in the USA costs a lot of money because doctors want to be rich

D．the high cost of tuition in medical schools is one reason for the high cost of medical care in the USA

【小题3】 The cost of medical care in the USA is very high. What does the writer think about it?

A．He agrees that doctors are overpaid.

B．He thinks it is a big problem and suggests (建议) solving (解决) it.

C．He doesn't think the medical students should borrow money from banks.

D．He doesn't think it necessary for the medical students to study for a long time.

1.The            (首都) of the USA is Washington DC.

2.The little girl often ___________ (哭) when her mother leaves.

3.There are twenty students in his class. He always comes the            (二十).

4.The young like to wear trainers, because they are very            (舒适).

5.          (最后), we all get to the top of the hill.

6.Tom’s shoes are the same as those            (cook) in the food shop.

7.There are some            (shelf) over there. On them are some books.

8.Girls like to wear            (colour) dresses.

9.That’s too expensive. Do you have a            (cheap) pair?

10.Simon is            (lie) on his bed. He’s listening to the pop music.

 

　The word“day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year,  we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night,  we are using“day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball,  the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning（旋转）of the earth. At the equator（赤道）day and night are sometimes the same length（长度）. They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 o’clock in the morning and sets at 6 o’clock in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted（倾斜）toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere（半球）gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.
【小题1】When the Western Hemisphere is having day,  the Eastern Hemisphere is having ________.

A．both day and night	B．day
C．neither day nor night	D．night

【小题2】A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by ________ of the earth.

A．the pushing

B．the pulling

C．the spinning

D．the passing

【小题3】．At the equator day is as long as night ________.

A．sometimes

B．never

C．usually

D．always

【小题4】When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun,  the Northern Hemisphere gets ________ sunlight.

A．less

B．more

C．all

D．no

【小题5】．When it is winter in China,  ________.

A．the USA is tilted toward the sun

B．the South Pole is tilted away from the sun

C．the North Pole is tilted toward the sun

D．the North Pole is tilted away from the sun

FOUR STATES OF THE USA

Name	Alaska	Georgia	Hawaii	Massachusetts
Time to join the USA	Jan. 3rd,1959	Jan. 2nd,1788	Aug.21st,1959	In 1799
Area	1 518 800 km2	152 488 km2	16 705 km2	21 385 km2
Population	6 700 thousand	969 million	1 211 thousand	6 449 thousand
Time zone (地区)	9 hours behind Greenwich Time	5 hours behind Greenwich Time	10 hours behind Greenwich Time	10 hours behind Greenwich Time
Feature	Plenty of oil Over 3000thousand lakes	Peanuts Chickens and eggs	132 islands The American Pacific Naval Base (太平洋海军基地)	Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

根据表格信息选择最佳答案。

1.Of the four states, Massachusetts is the     largest in area in the USA.

A. first                   B. second                  C. third

2.The time when Hawaii joined the USA is       that of Alaska.

A. earlier than             B. the same as             C. later than

3.If it is 3:00 p.m. in Georgia, it is       in Massachusetts.

A. 10:00 a.m.               B. 2:00 p.m.                   C. 8:00 p.m.

4.From the information in the form we know that       .

A. the population of Alaska is larger than that of Georgia

B. Hawaii and Massachusetts are in the same time zone

C. Georgia has a very important naval base

5.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the information in the form?

A. When you come to Georgia, you’ll see many islands.

B. There are more than 3 thousand lakes in Alaska.

C. Massachusetts is famous for education in the world.