When young people begin to live independently...

When young people begin to live independently, home-hunting can be difficult. But they would do well to remember that a new choice is available — micro-homes.

Fondly called “tiny houses,” these houses have all living necessities in a small package, including kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Generally under 50 square meters, most tiny houses can hold just one or two people though some say they have the space for more. What’s lost in size is not lost in design as these homes are often quite modern in design.

Besides an attractive appearance, tiny houses can also have practical features(特点). Making the best of urban space, the 72-to-122-centimeter-wide Keret House in Warsaw, the world’s narrowest home, filled in an alley(小巷). The house uses solar power, wind power and rainwater collection to make its owner live practically anywhere.

Although micro-homes are attractive, there are a few disadvantages to consider before getting comfortable on a minicouch. Moving into a tiny house, you should throw away unnecessary things. It is also mostly impossible to invite guests. And finally, a micro-home is likely a temporary(暂时的) living choice for most people since they will probably start families and own more things.

Though the limitation will scare some, there is usually a benefit. A small size results in low prices and small bills, making tiny houses easier to afford. And though you won’t have many things around the house, it makes it easy and　 simple to keep it clean. Micro-homes are also eco-friendly, which can’t be matched by other homes. They probably aren’t for everyone or forever, but when it comes to your next (or first) home, they could be just what you need.

1.What can be learnt about micro-homes from Paragraph 2?

A.People can’t take a package into the tiny houses.

B.All of the houses can hold more than two people.

C.These houses are convenient though tiny in size.

D.Such houses are poorly designed because of the small size.

2.The author develops Paragraph 3 mainly________.

A.by examples B.by comparisons C.by order in space D.by causes and effects

3.Micro-homes are especially suitable for ________.

A.a young person who has many things B.a person who doesn’t have much money

C.a couple who want to protect environment D.a family hoping to settle down in a city

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A.East or west, home is the best. B.Micro-homes — more than tiny!

C.Home-hunting — no easy matter! D.Tiny or large, this is a choice.

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根据短文内容．回答下列问题。

More and more young people from China begin to celebrate ( 庆祝 ) Father' s Day. They send fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Father’s Day started?

While Mrs Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother' s Day in a church in 1909, she had an idea of having Father's Day to honor(纪念) her father, William Smart. Mr Smart used to be a soldier. His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life. After Mrs Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them. She wrote a letter to a church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father’ s Day. The church agreed with her.

The first Father' s Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washington. Children made special desserts, and did other things to make their fathers happy. In 1924, President(总统) Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father' s Day. People all over the country began to celebrate Father's Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made the third Sunday in June Father’s Day.

This year, Father's Day was on June 17th. What did you do for your father?

1.What do the young people usually do to celebrate Father’ s Day in China?

________

2.Was Mrs Dodd' s life hard when she was young?

________

3.Why did Mrs Dodd warn to have Father' s Day?

________

4.Did Mrs Dodd write a letter to a church or to the president?

________

5.When was Father's Day celebrated for the first time in America?

________

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任务型阅读，（10分）

More and more young people from China begin to celebrate（庆祝）Father’s Day. They send fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Father’s Day started?

While Mrs Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother’s Day in a church in 1909, she had an ides of having Father’s Day to honor（纪念）her father, William Smart. Mr Smart used to be a soldier. His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life. After Mrs Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them. She wrote a letter to a church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father’s Day. The church agreed with her.

The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washing ton. Children made special desserts and did other things to make their fathers happy. In 1924, President（总统）Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. People all over the country began to celebrate Father’s Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made the third Sunday in June Father’s Day.

This year, Father’s Day was on June 17th. What did you do for your father?

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（10分）

1.What do the young people usually do to celebrate Father’s Day in China?

___________________________________________________________________

2.Was Mrs. Dodd’s life hard when she was young?

___________________________________________________________________

3.Why did Mrs. Dodd want to have Father’s Day?

___________________________________________________________________

4. Did Mrs. Dodd write a letter to a church or to the president?

___________________________________________________________________

5. When was Father’s Day celebrated for the first time in America?

___________________________________________________________________

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Many young Chinese people drink coffee when meeting with friends. Yang Lin lives in the U.S. but comes from an area in China famous for growing tea. She used to only drink tea while in China. But now, she says, she drinks both and for different reasons.

"I would say ... I was a tea drinker when I was in China. But now, you know, with the influence of different holiday drinks ... I think I like coffee as well as tea now."

Yang Lin says that drinking coffee for her is a social event. She and her workmates like to sit in a café and talk over a cup of coffee.

Tea, she says, is more about family memories. She grew up in Fujian Province -- an area known for its tea. Ms. Yang says that as a child, her family would get together in the evening and talk about the day's events over a pot of tea. So now, even the smell of Fujian tea brings back these warm family memories.

Voyo is another Chinese woman who now lives in Washington D.C. She says that after moving to the U.S. her tastes changed. We would call her a coffee convert, someone who now chooses to drink coffee.

"I used to be a tea drinker before I came to the United States. But now I am a coffee drinker and actually getting to be a very heavy coffee drinker. Like I go from one cup a day to three cups a day and if I stop one day I will have a headache." said Voyo.

1._____ is grown in Yang Lin’s hometown.

A. Coffee　　　　　　 　　　　　　 B. Tea

C. Both coffee and tea　　　　 D. Neither coffee nor tea

2.Yang Lin usually _________ coffee with her workmates in a café.

A. collects　　　　　　 B. drinks　　　　　　　 C. cooks　　　　　　　 D. sells

3.The smell of Fujian tea ________.

A. brings Yang Lin back to her family

B. reminds Yang Lin of her family

C. is often sent to Yang Lin

D. improves the memory of Yang Lin

4.The phrase “a coffee convert” in Paragraph 5 means a person who used to have other drinks _______ a coffee drinker now.

A. becomes　　　　　　　　 B. hates　　　　　　　 C. finds　　　　　　　 D. leaves

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

A. Drinking coffee is more healthy than dinking tea.

B. The people in the U.S. like to drink coffee better than drink tea.

C. A cup of coffee a day keeps a doctor away.

D. Tea is the most healthy drink in the world.

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Many young Chinese people drink coffee when meeting with friends. Yang Lin lives in the U.S. but comes from an area in China famous for growing tea. She used to only drink tea while in China. But now, she says, she drinks both and for different reasons.

"I would say ... I was a tea drinker when I was in China. But now, you know, with the influence of different holiday drinks ... I think I like coffee as well as tea now."

Yang Lin says that drinking coffee for her is a social event. She and her workmates like to sit in a café and talk over a cup of coffee.

Tea, she says, is more about family memories. She grew up in Fujian Province -- an area known for its tea. Ms. Yang says that as a child, her family would get together in the evening and talk about the day's events over a pot of tea. So now, even the smell of Fujian tea brings back these warm family memories.

Voyo is another Chinese woman who now lives in Washington D.C. She says that after moving to the U.S. her tastes changed. We would call her a coffee convert, someone who now chooses to drink coffee.

"I used to be a tea drinker before I came to the United States. But now I am a coffee drinker and actually getting to be a very heavy coffee drinker. Like I go from one cup a day to three cups a day and if I stop one day I will have a headache." said Voyo.

1._____ is grown in Yang Lin’s hometown.

A. Coffee　　　　　　 　　　　　　 B. Tea

C. Both coffee and tea　　　　 D. Neither coffee nor tea

2.Yang Lin usually _________ coffee with her workmates in a café.

A. collects　　　　　　 B. drinks　　　　　　　 C. cooks　　　　　　　 D. sells

3.The smell of Fujian tea ________.

A. brings Yang Lin back to her family

B. reminds Yang Lin of her family

C. is often sent to Yang Lin

D. improves the memory of Yang Lin

4.The phrase “a coffee convert” in Paragraph 5 means a person who used to have other drinks _______ a coffee drinker now.

A. becomes　　　　　　　　 B. hates　　　　　　　 C. finds　　　　　　　 D. leaves

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

A. Drinking coffee is more healthy than dinking tea.

B. The people in the U.S. like to drink coffee better than drink tea.

C. A cup of coffee a day keeps a doctor away.

D. Tea is the most healthy drink in the world.

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Learning to save money when you’re young is an important lesson. All good habits begin early, and saving is a skill that everyone needs. Many people— adults included do not have a good sense of saving for the long run.

I have been lucky to learn this lesson early because I have had a grass-cutting business since I was 10 years old. Of the money I make I spend about 10 percent and save the other 90.

Making sure you save and don’t spend too much is a good way to build up wealth (财富). I have put my earnings in a bank. Many teens I know spend all the money they earn so it never has a chance to grow. Young people should realize that their teenage years are a great time to begin saving.

At high school many parents pay for almost everything, so your expenses can be small. If you have a job, you should have fun with some of the money. But you should also save some so that it will grow. Then you can begin planning for your future. When you spend money, you not only lose that money, but also lose the interest you could have earned by saving it.

After high school, college is expensive and then “real” life begins, with expenses such as food and rent. If you can hold onto a good percentage of the money you earn as a teen, going to college and buying a house will be much easier. If you are in your teen without any savings, you will always have to struggle. The earlier you begin saving, the easier it is to create a nest egg.

Later in life it can be hard to start saving because general costs of living are more expensive and you may only have enough to pay your bills. If you want to buy a house and have a family, you need money to start with, which comes from saving.

Many say money cannot make you happy, and this is true. But money can help you to lead a secure life.

Saving early will mean you will have to work for fewer years when you are older. It will also allow you to spend time doing the things that you want to do.

In addition to this, it will mean you can live the way you want to without worrying.

1.Why does the writer think he has been lucky to learn the lesson early?

______________________________________________________________________________

2.How can we build up wealth?

______________________________________________________________________________

3.Who pays for almost everything when you are at the high school?

______________________________________________________________________________

4.When does your real life begin?

______________________________________________________________________________

5.What can you learn from this passage? (请自拟一句话回答)

______________________________________________________________________________

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根据句意和汉语提示写出单词，完成句子。

1.Bad ___________ (习惯) can prevent people living healthily.

2.When he was young, he ________（更喜欢）running to jogging.

3.Are there any tickets ________ （可获得的）for this Saturday’s concert?

4.The man broke the world ________（纪录）for the high jump in the last Olympics.

5.Turn on your TV, and you can see Chairman Xi _______(接受) the interview from CCTV.

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— When did you begin to live here, Ann?

— I ________ in this town since I ________ ten.

A. have lived；was　　 B. live；was

C. have lived；have been　　 D. live；have been

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My name is Jim. My story begins when an old sailor came to the inn(小旅馆)where I lived with my father. My father was the innkeeper.

“Do many people came here?” the old sailor asked my father.

“No,” my father told him. “It is a very quiet place.”

“Good,” the old sailor said. “Then this is a place for me.”

“And what’s your name, sir?” my father asked him.

“Just call me ‘captain’”, the man said.

He put some gold coins on the table. “Tell me when I have spent all these,” he said.

Not long after he came to the inn, the captain said to me, “Do you want to earn some money?”

“Yes, please,” I answered. I was only a boy at the time and never had any money. “What do you want me to do?”

“Keep watch for a man with one leg.” he said, “Tell me as soon as you see him. Do that and I’ll give you a coin every week.”

At first, the Captain was a very quiet man and did not want to talk to anyone. But there were nights when he drank a lot of rum. Then he talked a lot and became very noisy. He told stories about bad men doing bad things, and he sang the same song over and over again at the top of his voice, “Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest. Yo-hap-ho! And a bottle of rum.”

My father wanted him to leave because some visitors stopped coming to the inn. But, even when the gold was spent, my father didn’t dare to tell him to leave.

Then father became ill, and Dr. Livesey came to see him. After giving my father some medicine, the doctor came into the inn. When the doctor waited for a man to bring his horse. The Captain started singing the same song again.

The doctor asked him to be quiet. “There was a sick man here,” he said angrily.

The Captain took out his knife and pointed it at the doctor.

“Put that knife down, man,” the doctor said. “And if you keep drinking rum, you’ll soon be dead.”

The Captain was very angry. He began to move toward the doctor.

“Keep away from me. If you do anything bad, you’ll be in trouble.” said the doctor.

Then the doctor’s horse came, and he rode away from the inn. For a few days after this, the Captain was quiet.

1. The Captain asked Jim _________.

A. to give him some money　　　　　　　　

B. to bring him some drinks

C. to watch the doctor　　　　　　　　 　　

D. to look for a man with one leg

2. The underlined word “rum” in the passage probably means a kind of _________.

A. tea　　　　　　 B. wine　　　　　　　　 C. juice　　　　　　 D. soup

3. Which is the right order of what happened in the story?

a. Jim’s father got sick.

b. Some visitors stopped coming to the inn.

c. The man told Jim’s father his name.

d. The doctor told the Captain to be quiet and mind his behaviour

e. The Captain gave Jim’s father some coins so he could stay at the inn.

A. c e a b d　　　　 B. c e b a d　　　

C. e c b a d　　　　 D. e c a d b

4. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. An Important Visit　　　　　　　 B. A Quiet Inn

C. An Unwanted Guest　　　　　　　　 D. A Simple Boy

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My name is Jim. My story begins when an old sailor came to the inn(小旅馆)where I lived with my father. My father was the innkeeper.

“Do many people came here?” the old sailor asked my father.

“No,” my father told him. “It is a very quiet place.”

“Good,” the old sailor said. “Then this is a place for me.”

“And what’s your name, sir?” my father asked him.

“Just call me ‘captain’”, the man said.

He put some gold coins on the table. “Tell me when I have spent all these,” he said.

Not long after he came to the inn, the captain said to me, “Do you want to earn some money?”

“Yes, please,” I answered. I was only a boy at the time and never had any money. “What do you want me to do?”

“Keep watch for a man with one leg.” he said, “Tell me as soon as you see him. Do that and I’ll give you a coin every week.”

At first, the Captain was a very quiet man and did not want to talk to anyone. But there were nights when he drank a lot of rum. Then he talked a lot and became very noisy. He told stories about bad men doing bad things, and he sang the same song over and over again at the top of his voice, “Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest. Yo-hap-ho! And a bottle of rum.”

My father wanted him to leave because some visitors stopped coming to the inn. But, even when the gold was spent, my father didn’t dare to tell him to leave.

Then father became ill, and Dr. Livesey came to see him. After giving my father some medicine, the doctor came into the inn. When the doctor waited for a man to bring his horse. The Captain started singing the same song again.

The doctor asked him to be quiet. “There was a sick man here,” he said angrily.

The Captain took out his knife and pointed it at the doctor.

“Put that knife down, man,” the doctor said. “And if you keep drinking rum, you’ll soon be dead.”

The Captain was very angry. He began to move toward the doctor.

“Keep away from me. If you do anything bad, you’ll be in trouble.” said the doctor.

Then the doctor’s horse came, and he rode away from the inn. For a few days after this, the Captain was quiet.

1.The Captain asked Jim _________.

A. to give him some money　　 B. to bring him some drinks

C. to watch the doctor　　　　 D. to look for a man with one leg

2.The underlined word “rum” in the passage probably means a kind of _________.

A. tea　 B. wine　　 C. juice　　　　　　 D. soup

3.Which is the right order of what happened in the story?

a. Jim’s father got sick.

b. Some visitors stopped coming to the inn.

c. The man told Jim’s father his name.

d. The doctor told the Captain to be quiet and mind his behaviour

e. The Captain gave Jim’s father some coins so he could stay at the inn.

A. c e a b d　　　　 B. c e b a d

C. e c b a d　　　　 D. e c a d b

4. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. An Important Visit　　　　　　　 B. A Quiet Inn

C. An Unwanted Guest　　 　　　　　 D. A Simple Bo

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