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London is a very large city with about 7 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work or school?

In London you can travel around the city by subway, bus, taxi or private （私人的）car. The subway runs under the city. It goes to all parts of the city. Traveling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.

The second way to travel about the city is by bus. It is a slower way to travel. This is because the road traffic is always heavy.

You can also travel around the city by taxi. This is very expensive, but the taxi will take you to the every place you wish to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”

The last way to get around London is using your own car. It is inconvenient（不方便的） if you are driving in the “rush hour”. If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.

The best time to travel around the city is from 9 am to 4 pm. This is the time after the morning “rush hour” and before the evening “rush hour”. Traffic will be less heavy during this time.

1. How many ways are there if you travel around London ?

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

2. What is the fastest way to get around London ?

A．Traveling by bike                        B．Traveling by train

C．Traveling by subway                     D．Traveling by bus

3. What’s the advantage of traveling around London by taxi ?

A．It’s fast

B．You can go wherever you want to go

C．It’s cheap

D．You can visit the city easily

4.The underlined words “rush hour” mean ________

A．快跑时间         B．高峰期           C．忙碌期           D．冲刺期

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A．The cheapest way to travel around London .

B．Life in London

C．Rush hour in London

D．Transport in London

 

Two Chinese spacecrafts successfully completed China’s first space docking early November 3, 2011, which has taken the country a step closer to building its own space station.

Nearly two days after its launch, the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII docked with the space lab module Tiangong I more than 343 km above the earth surface. Shenzhou VIII and Tiangong I took apart after flying together for 12 days. On the 14th of November, the two spacecrafts finished the second docking. Then Shenzhou VIII parted from Tiangong I again and returned to the earth safely on the 17th. Tiangong I is still traveling around the earth in the space, waiting for the arrival of Shenzhou IX and X and so on in the near future.

That marked another great leap for China’s space program and made China the third country in the world, after the United States and Russia, to master the space docking technique (空间对接技术).

The world’s first space docking was achieved in 1966, when the manned U.S, spacecraft Gemini 8 (双子星8号) docked with an unmanned Agena Target Vehicle (阿金纳目标飞行器). Space docking is necessary to explore space beyond Earth’s orbit. “The capability increases China’s ability to act independently in space, as well as its ability to work together with others,” said Gregory Kulacki, a U.S. space scientist and senior analyst.

“With the success of its first space docking, China is now equipped with the basic technology and ability required for the construction of a space station,” said Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China’s manned space program.” The country is on its way to building a permanent manned space station around 2020.”

1.What did the success of the first space docking mean to China?

      A. China has caught up with the United States in the space exploration field.

      B. China took a step closer to building its own space station.

      C. China became the first country to master the space docking technique.

      D. China has the ability to build a permanent manned space station right now.

2.What does the underlined word “That” in the third paragraph refer to?

A. Shenzhou VIII.

B. Tiangong I

C. The Space Station

D. The success of China’s first space docking

3.What can we learn from the passage? 

A. Tiangong I will fly in the space for 12 days.

B. The first space docking of the world was achieved in 1966, by Russians.

C. Without space docking technique people can’t explore space beyond Earth’s orbit.

D. The U.S.A helped China achieve the first space docking.

4.What’s the best title of this passage?

A. The first space docking of China.

B. The history of space docking.

C. The first space docking of the world.

D. The space docking technique

 

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The best holiday of my life was two years ago. My parents, my aunt and uncle, my three cousins and I all went to India together. We spent two weeks traveling around and we visited many interesting places. The night before we left for India, I was so excited that I could not sleep. Our plane left at 1 p.m. and it took nearly six hours to fly to New Delhi. It was raining when we arrived. We were all very tired so we went straight to our hotel.

The next day, we went on a sightseeing tour. I took lots of photos and we all bought souvenirs at the markets. I learned that there is also a place called Delhi which is the oldest part of the city.

On the third day of our trip, we went to a place called Jaipur. At Jaipur we visited the Palace Museum and rode elephants. The elephant I rode was so big that I almost fell off. While my cousins and I were riding elephants, our parents went to look at the pink buildings that Jaipur is famous for.

Some people think that all Indian food is very spicy. But there are some dishes that are not spicy at all. My favourite dish is chicken. It is delicious. It tastes a little bit sweet. We ate rice every day, just like at home.

India is so big that it is impossible to see all of it in one trip. I hope that I can visit it again some day.

1.How many people went to India for their holiday two years ago?

____________________________________________________

2.What was the weather like when the writer arrived New Delhi?

____________________________________________________

3. Why couldn’t the writer sleep the night before they left for India?

____________________________________________________

4.New Delhi and Delhi are two different cities, aren’t they?

____________________________________________________

5.What is the best title of this passage?

____________________________________________________

 

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Maps are very useful and important  to us today, but  they are not a new_1.___.In fact, people have made and used maps for __2._. It is believed that the first map of the world may be a 2,600-year-old clay map from Babylonia . People in the past did not__3.____ what the world really __4.__ like ,but they had many ideas about  5.___ .

Mapmakers could not draw accurate maps of the earth until people began traveling around the world in the___6._century,mapping small areas each time .In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people  _7.__making correct maps of countries , but the accurate maps of the world were not made until the 1890s.

Maps today are reliable , cheap , and  _8._ to understand . People depend on __9.__ every day. What would our lives be like  _10.__ them?

11.___________12.____________13.__________ 14._________15._______

16.___________17.___________18._____________19._____ ____20._______

 

Mr. Green was traveling around the country in his car. One evening he was driving along a road and looking for a small hotel when he saw an old man at the side of the road. He stopped his car and said to the old man, “I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know it?”

“Yes.” The old man answered. “I’ll show you the way.”

He got into Mr. Green’s car and they drove for about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old man said, “Stop here.”

Mr. Green stopped and looked at the house. “But this isn’t a hotel.” He said to the old man.

“No,” the old man answered, “This is my house. And now I’ll show you the way to the Sun Hotel. Turn around and go back nine miles. Then you’ll see the Sun Hotel on the left.”

1.Where did Mr. Green want to sleep that night?

A．In his car.	B．In his own house.
C．In a hotel.	D．In the old man’s house.

2.Why did Mr. Green stop his car?

A．Because he found a hotel.

B．Because the lights were red.

C．Because he saw an old man.

D．Because he saw a friend.

3.Where did the old man promise(答应) to take Mr. Green?

A．To Mr. Green’s house.

B．To the old man’s house.

C．To the SunHotel.

D．To the country.

4.Why didn’t the old man stop Mr. Green when they passed the hotel?

A．Because he wanted Mr. Green to sleep in his house.

B．Because he wanted to get home.

C．Because he didn’t see the hotel.

D．Because he didn’t know the hotel.

5.How far was it from the place where Mr. Green met the old man to the Sun Hotel?

A．About nine miles.	B．About three miles.
C．About twenty-one miles.	D．About twelve miles.