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Colorful fruit and vegetables are good for our health．Their natural colors help protect our bodies from disease．Think about the colors of fruit and vegetables：the red of tomatoes，the orange of carrots，the green of kiwi fruit and the purple of grapes．

You can enjoy eating fruit and vegetables of all colors：green，yellow，orange，blue，purple and white．Each color is unique(独一无二的) and important to our health．These colors work together to protect our bodies．Scientists have studied them and discovered the good of colorful fruit and vegetables．The list below shows the good of some colors in fruit and vegetables：

*Red gives us a healthy heart．It can reduce the risk of heart disease．Red helps prevent cancer and improve our memory．

*Yellow gives us a healthy immune system（免疫系统）．It is also good for our eyes．

*White can keep cholesterol（胆固醇）at a low level．

*Green helps prevent cancer．It is good for our eyes，too．It also gives strong bones and teeth．

*Blue helps us keep a good memory as we grow old．It also helps fight cancer and heart disease．

So when you are buying or eating fruit and vegetables，remember： try different colors of fruit and vegetables．

1.How many kinds of fruit and vegetables are mentioned in this passage?

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2.How do the colors of fruit and vegetables protect our bodies according to the passage?

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3.Does blue help us keep a good memory as we grow old?

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Arriving in New York

There are three airports in New York. When you arrive at one of them, you can take a bus or a taxi to any place in New York. Eating out

There are many kinds of food in New York and you shouldn't eat at McDonald's every day. There are good restaurants in Little Italy and Chinatown, for example.

Hotels

There are lots of good hotels in New York. The best is The Plaza on 5th Avenue but you don't have to pay a lot to stay in the city; there are lots of smaller hotels and the YMCA near Central Park is great for young people.   Public Transport

In New York ,there's a good bus and subway service. If you are planning to use the subway a lot, you should buy a subway ticket for the journey because it's cheaper. But you don't have to use public transport－there are lots of places you can go to on foot. The Empire Stale Building, 5th Avenue and Central Park. The New York taxis are a part of the city experience, so you should take at least one taxi during your visit!

Places to see

Finally, there are a lot of places to see in New York－Times Square, the Statue of Liberty. And you shouldn't go home without climbing the Statue of Liberty to enjoy the scenery of the city.   Shopping

Shopping in New York is fun. There are big shops on 5th Avenue. They are open seven days a week. But be careful when you look at the prices; you have to pay a special 8% tax (税)on everything you buy in New York.

1.How many kinds of public transport are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two.             B．Three.            C．Four.             D．Five.

2.How much do you have to pay if you buy a book of $10 in New York? 

A．$10.8            B．$10.08            C．$ l8              D．$10

3.From the passage, we can learn that _________.

A．people can visit many places of interest in New York on foot

B．New York is not a good place for shopping

C．people must travel by public transport in New York

D．people have to eat only one kind of food in New York

 

Come and see the Indian elephants and new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw(扔) things at you . The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you. The giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.

	Tickets(票) Adults(成年人)：$2.00 Children: Over 12(12岁以上) :$1.00 Under 12: free(免费)		Opening time:9.00 a.m.---4.00 p.m. Except(除了) Friday 10.00 a.m.--- 3.00 p.m.

 

 
Keep the zoo clean!                                                   
Don’t touch（触摸），give food or go near the animals!
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【小题1】How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage(文章)?

A．Four

B．Five

C．Six

D．Seven

【小题2】Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one is 14 and the other is 10, how much are the tickets together?

A．$4.00

B．$2.00

C．$3.00

D．$1.00

【小题3】Which of the following is the visiting time?

A．3.00 p.m. Sunday.	B．9.30 a.m. Friday
C．8.00 a.m. Monday.	D．5.00p.m. Tuesday

【小题4】From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very ______ .

A．fat

B．tall

C．long

D．ugly

【小题5】We can ______ in the zoo.

A．give some food to the fish.	B．touch the monkeys
C．throw things to the animals.	D．take a few nice photos

What will the weather be like? Some people say they can know what the weather will be like from birds. When they see birds fly high out to the sea, they know it is a nice day, because birds don't like to fly out if it rains. When the weather is bad, the birds will come back to the beach. A big wind may come with a rain. Birds do not like to fly in a big wind. They may sit in a tree when rain is coming. Other animals can also tell the weather. It is a cloudy day. The rain is coming. Chickens are not quiet, and they are running here and there. Frogs are making big noise in the pool. If it is a nice day, the frogs will come out of the water.

1.How many kinds of animals can we find in the passage?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

2.We can go and play beach volleyball when birds __________.

A．come back

B．fly high in the sky

C．play on the beach

D．B and C

3.When there is rain, frogs are _________.

A．In the lake and river	B．out of the winter
C．making a big voice	D．not quiet

4.What does the underlined(划线的)  word ‘’tell” mean in the article?

A．说

B．告诉

C．判断

D．谈话

5.What does the article mean?

A．We must protect (保护) the animals.

B．Birds do not like to fly in the rain and big wind.

C．Some animals aren’t quiet when the rain is coming.

D．We can know what the weather will be like from the animals.

 

Thousands of years ago, people only ate food that was grown near their homes. Some kinds of food were only grown in one place, so people from other places didn't know about them. When Europeans first traveled to Central and South America in the 1500s, they discov­ered strange kinds of food that they had never seen before. Today, these are grown in a lot of different countries and they're sold in supermarkets all over the world. They don't seem strange any more!

Potatoes were first grown in the Andes in South America. In 1586， they were taken to Europe by explorers(探险家).In 1719， they were taken to North America. Before 1719， nobody in North America had ever seen or eaten a potato. Today each American eats more than 60 kilos of potatoes a year.

Tomatoes were also first grown by native(本地的)Americans. When European explorers visited the south of America in 1500, they took tomato seeds(种子)back to Europe. Soon, tomatoes were grown in Europe, but people in England didn't eat them. At that time, a lot of English people thought that tomatoes were poisonous!

Chilies(辣椒)have been eaten in Central and South America for more than 8 ，000 years ！ In the 1500s, chilies were taken to Europe by explorers. Today, they are grown in hot coun­tries all over the world.

11. How many kinds of food are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.          B. Three.         C. Four.

12. People in Central and South America have eaten chilies for more than          years.

A. 1,500          B. 1,586         C. 8,000

13. The underlined word "poisonous" in the passage means "           " in Chinese.

A.有毒的          B.重要的         C.辛辣的

14. According to the passage, we know that          .

A. people only ate food grown near their homes after 1719

B. people in Europe were the first to plant potatoes

C. the European explorers took chilies to Europe in the 1500s

15. Which of the following is the best title(标题)for the passage?

A. Traveling to America

B. "Strange" Food

C. The Earliest Explorers