Every year several thousand people die in the car accidents in Great Britain. And between one and two hundred thousand people are hurt.
There are rules to make the roads safe, but people do not always obey (遵守) the rules. They are careless. If everybody obeys the rules, the road will be much safer. How can we make the roads safer?
Remember this rule. In Great Britain traffic keeps to the left. Cars, buses and bikes must all keep to the left side of the road. In most other countries traffic keeps to the right.
Before crossing the road, we should stop and look at both ways. Look right and left. Then, if you are sure that the road is clear, it is safe to cross the road. If you see small children or very old people, help them to cross the road. We must teach our children to cross the road safely. We must always give them a good example. Small children must not play in the street.
1. If we want to make the roads safer, _______.
A.everybody must be careful and obey the traffic rules
B.traffic should keep to the right
C.don’t cross the road too often
D.roads must be clear
2.If you ride a bike in Great Britain, you must ride_______ .
A.on the right side of the road
B.on the left side of the road
C.in the middle of the road
D.behind the buses
3. Which is NOT right?
A.Before crossing the road, we should stop and look at both ways.
B.In our country traffic keeps to the right.
C.Few people die in the traffic accidents in Great Britain
D.Streets are not safe places for playing.
4.“The road is clear” means that _______.
A.the road is not noisy
B. the road is very clean
C. there is no car or bus running
D.you can see very clearly on the road
5.The safe way to cross the road is to_______.
A.look right B.look left
C.look both ways, right and left D.run cross the road
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Accident Report
Accident | A car crashed(冲撞) into a tree. Some people were trapped (困)in the car. |
Weather | There was a heavy rain. |
Date of call | June 3,2013 |
Time of call | 9:30 p.m. |
Name of caller | Mrs. Green |
Place | Zhongshan Road, Nanjing |
Conditions of victims(受害者) | Mr. Green hurt his head. Mrs. Green hurt her left leg. Their daughter felt frightened. |
Action | Policemen arrived at 9:40 p.m. and sent the victims to Gulou Hospital at 9:45 p.m. |
1.What time did Mrs. Green call the police?
A.At 9:30 a.m. B.At 9:30 p.m.
C.At 9:40 p.m. D.At 9:45 p.m.
2.How many people were trapped in the car?
A.One. B.Two C.Three D.Four
3.Whose left leg was hurt?
A.Mrs. Green's. B.Their daughter's.
C.Mr. Green's D.Their friend's.
4.What was the weather like that day?
A.It was sunny. B.It was snowy.
C.It was cloudy. D.It was rainy.
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.The car crashed into a wall.
B.Their daughter hurt her leg and was sent to the hospital.
C.The car accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Nanjing.
D.The policemen arrived half an hour later and sent the victims to the hospital.
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An old lady in a plane had a blanket(毯子) over her head and she did not want to take it off. The air hostess(空姐) spoke to her, but the old lady said,” I have never been in a plane before, and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again!”
Then the captain came. He said, “Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well.” But she continued to hide.
So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, “I am sorry, young man, but I don’t like planes and I am never going to fly again. But I’ll say one thing,” She continued kindly, “You and your wife keep your plane very clean!”
请根据短文内容,判断正误。正确为“T”, 错误为“F”.
1.An old lady had a blanket over her shoulder.
2.She wanted to take off her blanket.
3.The air hostess didn’t spoke to her.
4.The old lady had never been in a plane before.
5.The woman didn’t like planes and she was never going to fly again.
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信息匹配
1.Welcome to our talk show, Mr Brown. You are an actor and busy every day. But you try to find much time to exercise. Could you tell us what you usually do in your free time?
2.I know you like skateboarding, little John. When did you start it? How often do you go skateboarding?
3.I know you don’t need to go to work on weekends, sir. How do you usually spend your weekends?
4.Fruit, vegetables and milk are good for us. They are healthy. Do you often have them, Miss Yang?
5.As a waiter, you work at night and sleep in the day. How many hours do you sleep every day, Mr. Green? Do you think it’s the same as a day job?
A. I’m busy and tired on weekdays. So I want to relax myself at home on weekends. I like surfing the Internet and do it for five or six hours every Saturday and Sunday.
B. I cook at home from Monday to Friday. On weekends, I usually go out to have dinner with my husband and son. Maybe I must find a job next month.
C. Skateboarding is fun. I started to learn to skateboard when I was five years old. Now I go skateboarding four or five times a week.
D. They are really good for us. I eat lots of fruit and vegetables every day. But I hardly drink milk. I think only kids can drink lots of milk.
E. I’m really busy. I have lots of movies and TV plays to make. But I want to keep in good health. So I do some running in my free time.
F. Most of us work and have meals in the day and sleep at night. A night job is different from a day job. I usually sleep for six or seven hours in the day. But I cant’ have meals like people who work in the day.
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Do you feel you have enough time to do all the things you have to do or want to do? How do you think you could plan your day better? A daily schedule will help you plan every part of it. If you learn to plan your time, you probably feel less worried. Here is how to do it.
1. Take out a piece of paper and a ruler. Draw a form of your waking hours and use one square (正方形) for each half an hour. If you’re awake for 16 hours each day, you will need 32 squares: 8 across, 4 down.
2. Sit down and check your day. Make a list of all the things you need to do. Think about when you should do them.
3. Fill out your schedule.
4. Remember to give yourself time to rest. If doing all of your homework at one time is too much, plan a little bit of free time in the middle of it.
5. If you have an important event that falls right in the middle of your evening, change other activities around it.
6. Think about using different colored pens for your different activities. In this way, you’ll clearly know how your day is planned out.
1.The underlined word “schedule” means ______ in Chinese.
A. 课程表 B. 进度表 C. 节目单 D. 时刻表
2.If the writer is awake for 14 hours each day, he will need ______ squares in his schedule.
A. 14 B. 28 C. 32 D. 36
3.The writer thinks that ______.
A. nobody has enough time to do everything he should do.
B. people can plan time better by making a daily schedule.
C. it’s good to do an important thing in the middle of the day.
D. students should finish all of their homework at a time.
4.In the writer’s opinion, if something not planned happens, you should ______.
A. not mind it
B. work according to your plan
C. change your other activities around it
D. forget about your plan
5.The passage is mainly about how to ______.
A. make a daily schedule
B. get good study habits
C. draw a form
D. live happily
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Jack works in a bookstore. Here is a note from his boss, Ben. Jack will decide what books to order(订购) according to the notes and the information about the books.
Hi Jack, You must hand in the order list of books by the first working day of every month. The rules for choosing books are: For textbooks: ※ August is coming. We must have all textbooks, without thinking of other rules. For books which are not textbooks: ※ If more than 5 copies were sold last month, we choose them. But if there are 5 or more in stock(现货),we do not make an order. ※ If the wholesale(批发) prices are higher than ﹩75, we don’t choose them. And we don’t order anything whose retail(零售) price is higher than ﹩100. |
The information about the books
Title: Homeland English Publisher(出版社): Homeland Ltd Wholesale price: ﹩110 Retail price: ﹩140 Textbook: Yes Copies sold last month: 3 Copies in stock: 2 | Title: How to Become Successful Publisher: Founders Company Ltd Wholesale price: ﹩25 Retail price: ﹩40 Textbook: No Copies sold last month: 2 Copies in stock: 1 |
Title: Biology at a Glance Publisher: New Times Publishing Ltd Wholesale price: ﹩70 Retail price: ﹩95 Textbook: No Copies sold last month: 18 Copies in stock: 3 | Title: Good Health in 20 Days Publisher: Oscar World Ltd Wholesale price: ﹩50 Retail price: ﹩66 Textbook: No Copies sold last month: 10 Copies in stock: 20 |
1.Jack must hand in the order list to his boss by ______________.
A. the first day of last August
B. the last working day of this month
C. the last day of next August
D. the first working day of each month
2.If Jack wants the books about success, he should order them from_________.
A. Homeland Ltd B. Founders Company Ltd
C. New Times Publishing Ltd D. Oscar World Ltd
3.The wholesale price of the book _____________ is over ﹩100.
A. How to Become Successful
B. Good Health in 20 Days
C. Biology at a Glance
D. Homeland English
4.The number of the books sold best last month is __________.
A. 3 B. 10 C. 18 D. 20
5.Jack mustn’t buy Good Health in 20 Days because _____________.
A. the copies in stock are over 5
B. its wholesale price is too high
C. it is not a textbook
D. the copies sold last month are more than 5
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I grew up in a small town in South Canada. Every autumn, there was a week-long fair in the town. Thousands of people from other towns came to sell and buy things. It was the most exciting time of the year.
When “Fairtime” came, my grandma became the busiest person of the family. Grandma was a kind, well-educated old lady. She was good at cooking. During “Fairtime”, relatives would come to live in her house and have meals there. Grandma was always happy to look after them.
Year after year, many people moved to big cities. There was no longer “Fairtime”. Grandma became very old and was going a little blind. My parents and I did our best to make her life as comfortable as possible. I was at high school then. What I often did at home was to help Grandma with the daily newspaper’s crossword puzzle. However, she didn’t look happy. She often sat in her room for hours, without saying a word.
To attract people to move back, the Town Hall decided to reopen the Fair. One day, when I came back from school, I saw Grandma wearing her glasses, washing the dishes in the kitchen. With a big smile on her face, she looked excited and a lot much younger. She told me that her two of her cousins would come. "They said they missed hometown and wanted to enjoy my food again." Grandma said happily. "They will stay here for one week and we can have a big party. That must be the busiest week I’ve had in years!”
I suddenly realized that Grandma didn’t want to be looked after. She wanted to be “useful”, appreciated and helpful.
1.Thousands of people came to the town to ______ at the Fair.
A. learn to cook B. sell and buy things
C .enjoy Grandma's food D. have big parties
2.I often helped grandma ____ at home.
A. read newspapers B. do some cooking
C. do crossword puzzle D wash the dishes
3. The Town Hall reopened the Fair to _____.
A. make Grandma happy
B. help people find jobs
C. attract people to move back
D. help the people become richer
4. Why was Grandma unhappy?
A. She couldn't cook as well as before.
B. She couldn't see anything at all.
C. She was no longer a "useful" person.
D. No one lived with her and looked after her.
5.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Grandma was good at cooking
B. Grandma was a kind old lady.
C. Grandma missed her family a lot.
D. Many people moved to big cities.
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Going to the zoo is very popular. Every year over 134 million visitors go to zoos to enjoy watching and learning about the animals. Zoos are the only places that most people will ever meet an elephant, a tiger or other animals that are in danger. ___1.___. They help us to enjoy different kinds of animals as well as make us think more about nature(自然).
Zoos are also important to animals. In order to make more space(空间), food, and other things for ourselves, we leave less and less room for animals. ___2.__. If there were no zoos, more animals in the world would have gone extinct(濒临灭绝). ____3.__. Some people think that animals should not be kept by people for any reason(原因). If they become extinct, then that’s the way it should be. ___4._. We should do everything we can to protect them(保护它们).
5.What’s the best title of this passage?
A. The importance of the zoos.
B.Why do we keep animals?
C. Zoos or not?
D.How to protect animals.
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Father’s Day has a very short history. It started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses(商人) found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their fathers, a present from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though(虽然) some have a Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do --- buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present --- not for her father but for her husband, even if(即使) he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.
阅读短文,判断正误,正确的用“T”,错误的用“F”:
1.Father’s Day started just because businesses wanted to get a lot of money.
2. The word “special” in the second paragraph means “not usual”.
3. In America, people have a Father’s Day to show their love for their fathers.
4. On Father’s Day, businesses always want people to buy as many as presents.
5.It can be learned from the passage that Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day.
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Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June. Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class. After class they do all kinds of interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They may go to a small or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education. So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案:
1. In America, summer vacation lasts ____.
A. one month B. two months
C. three months D. more than three months
2.Students only stay at school for about ____ years before they go to college.
A. five B. six C. twelve D. fourteen
3. The underline word “vacation” means _________ in Chinese.
A. 休闲 B. 假期 C. 时光 D. 生活
4. Many American students work after class, because they _____.
A. want to see interesting things
B. have to help the other people
C. want to make more friends
D. have to get money for their studies
5.The article is mainly about ___________.
A. the differences between schools in China and in America.
B. schools in China.
C. schools in America.
D. American students’ school life.
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