England is the biggest of the four countries ...

England is the biggest of the four countries in the United Kingdom. Together with Scotland and Wales, these three countries make up the island of Great Britain. When you include Northern Ireland (the country in the northeastern part of Ireland) we call it the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Over 50 million people live in England. That’s around 80 percent of the UK’s total population. It is a multicultural (多元文化的) country where more than 250 languages are spoken in the capital city of London. Outside of the big cities, England is a very green country and has many beautiful rural areas, such as the Lake District in the north and the New Forest, a big area of forest in the southern part of the country.

Music

English people love music. In summer, there are music festivals all over the country. Glastonbury is a five-day festival of music, dance, comedy, theatre and circus (马戏). About 175,000 people go to it each year. People in England listen to all types of music, especially pop and rock. England has produced many international groups and singers like the Beatles, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and Adele.

Sport

The most popular sports in England are football, rugby (橄榄球) and cricket (板球). Most towns have at least one field where teams can play. English football teams like Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are world-famous. Cricket is a traditional sport played with a bat (球拍) and ball. It began in England and is now played all over the world.

Food

England is a very multicultural country and this has a big influence on the food people eat. Indian, Chinese and Italian cuisines are popular besides traditional English food like fish and chips, roast beef or sausage and mashed potatoes. Many English people drink several cups of tea each day, usually with milk.

1.What is the total population of the UK?

A.About 40 million. B.Over 50 million.

C.About 63 million. D.Over 250 million.

2.Which of the following sports started in England?

A.Football. B.Rugby. C.Cricket. D.Hockey.

3.What do we know about the Glastonbury festival?

A.It is held in the summer every year. B.It lasts more than five days.

C.It is Europe’s best music festival. D.It featured Coldplay this summer.

4.What do we know from the story?

A.The Lake District is a tourist attraction in southern England.

B.English cuisine has had a big influence on foreign cuisine.

C.250 languages are spoken in England’s rural areas.

D.English people often add milk to their tea.

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Shanghai, on the east coast of China, is the biggest city in the country. Its population is 23 million. Shanghai is on the Huangpu River. There are many beautiful parks, like the Yu Yuan Garden. Pudong is the new part of Shanghai, with lots of tall buildings, like the 468-metre-high Oriental Pear Tower. Putuoshan is a small island in the East China Sea near Shanghai.

Dianshanhu Lake is in the Qingpu District, in the western part of Shanghai. It is bigger than West Lake in Hangzhou. It is also popular with tourists. Behind it is the old town of Zhujiajiao. There is a high hill in this old town, called North Hill. There are 36 very old bridges across the rivers here. It is a very interesting place to visit.

1.　　　　　　　 is the biggest city in China.

A. Beijing　　 B. Shanghai　　 C. Guangzhou　　 D. Hangzhou

2.Putuoshan is a(an) 　　　　　　　 .

A. hill　　 B. bridge　　 C. island　　 D. building

3.Dianshanhu Lake is 　　　　　　 Zhujiajiao.

A. behind　　 B. in front of　　 C. next to　　 D. in

4.West Lake is 　　　　　　 than Dianshanhu Lake.

A. bigger　　 B. smaller　　 C. more famous　　 D. less famous

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The population of Shanghai is 23 million.

B. The 468-metre-high Oriental Pearl Tower is in Pudong.

C. Pudong is an old part of Shanghai.

D. Shanghai is a very interesting place to visit.

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China is one of ____________countries in the world.

A. big　 　　　　　　　 B. bigger　 　　　　　 C. the biggest

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Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events-love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells real-life, stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complicated（复杂）, it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music, sometimes called country-west, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the West. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps（军营）in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.

Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada — in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1, 200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day. English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor Southerners is now popular all over the world.

1.It can be learned from the passage that country music comes from　　　　 .

A. the Northeast and Midwest

B. factories and army camps in the South

C. the Appalachian Mountains and the West

D. real-life stories in small towns

2.Before World War II country music was popular mainly in　　　　　 .

A. the South B. the North C. the Midwest D. the Northeast

3.During World War II many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Midwest because　　　　　 .

A. they wanted to take music with them

B. they wanted to make other people like country music

C. they wanted to work in the factories there

D. they wanted to make country music popular

4.Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the world today because　　　 .

A. city people said it was low class

B. people could sing it in many different languages

C. it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

D. it is loved by different kinds of people in the world

5.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Country music is about human feelings and events.

B. Country music is sung by stars all in English.

C. Country music is popular among city people today.

D. City people didn’t like country music at first.

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Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events—love, sadness, good times, and bad times. It tells reallife stories and sounds the way people really talk, as life becomes more complicated(复杂的)it is good to hear music about ordinary people.

Country music, sometimes called country western, comes from two lands of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional cowboy music from the West. The singers usually play guitars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars.

At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thousands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.

Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada—in small towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated and uneducated people. About 1,200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty four hours a day. English stars sing it in British and people in other countries sing it in their own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor Southerners is now popular all over the world.

1.From the passage, we know that country music comes from________.

A.the Northeast and Midwest B.real-life stories in small towns

C.factories and army camps in the South. D.the Appalachian Mountains and the West

2.Before World War II, country music was popular mainly in________.

A.the South B.the North C.the Midwest D.the Northeast

3.During World War II, many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Midwest to ________.

A.study country music there B.work in the factory there

C.make country music popular D.teach local people country music

4.Country music is very popular in the USA today because________.

A.city people said it was low class B.it started with cowboys and poor Southerners

C.people could sing it in different languages D.it is about human feelings and loved by different people

5.The passage mainly introduce the ____of country music?

A.rhyme B.histroy C.beauty D.style

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New York City isn’t the biggest city in the world, but it is the biggest city in the United States. Most Americans live in much smaller cities and towns, but almost 8million people live in New York City. Why did so many people come to live in one place?

A look at the city shows us that New York City has a good port（商埠）. The Dutch(荷兰) settlers (new comers) , wanted to use it for business. In 1626, the Dutch paid the Indians twenty-four dollars for the island of Manhattan. Its Dutch name was New Amsterdam. Then the British took the land in 1664 and changed its name to New York.

1.Which of the following is the biggest city in the United States?

A. New York　　 B. Washington　　 C. New Amsterdam　　 D. Chicago

2.More and more people from different countries in the world come into New York because _______.

A. New York has the largest population in the United States.

B. New York is as beautiful as a picture.

C. New York is a developing city.

D. they think it is a good place for business.

3.The underlined word “ took” in Paragraph means ________ in Chinese.

A. 花费　　 B. 耕耘　　 C. 占领　　 D. 测量

4.The United States became an independent country in ________.

A. the sixteenth century

B. the seventeenth century

C. the eighteenth century

D. the nineteenth century

5.From the passage, we can know _________.

A. much about Dutch

B. how the Dutch took New Amsterdam

C. some of the history of New York

D. how the people from different countries come to the USA

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Everyone knows London is an important city in England. London was once the biggest city in the world， but now there are many cities which are much bigger than it.①London has a population of about 7，000，000 now. It is an old city. Many tourists come from all over the world to visit its famous buildings and hear the famous clock， Big Ben.

Like many big cities， London has problems with traffic(交通)and pollution .Over one million people use the London underground(地铁)every day， but there are still too many cars in the streets. The air isn’t clean， but it is cleaner than it__②__(be)100 years ago.

Perhaps the best things about London are the parks. There are five parks in the center of the city. But for the children， their favorite place is Hamleys，the biggest toy(玩具) shop in the world. They can buy good toys there.

1.将句①翻译成汉语。

___________________________________________

2.How many parks are there in the center of London?

___________________________________________________________

3.What problems does London have?

_______________________________________________________________

4.Hamleys is a name of______.

A. a child　　 B. a park　　 C. a toy　 D. a shop

5.用②处所给词的适当形式填空。

The air isn’t clean， but it is cleaner than it________(be)100 years ago.

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China is almost as 　　　 as the US, and it is the biggest country in Asia.

A. big　　　　　 B. bigger　　　　 C. biggest　　　　 D. bigger and bigger

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The elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It’s also, perhaps, the gentlest , 1not always.

Elephants are like us in some ways. They 2 for a long time—fifty or sixty years. They can3 things very well. They never forget great sadness or happiness. A female elephant 4, her daughters and her granddaughters are sad for many months. They stay with the dead 5. Then they carry a bit of it away with them. They never forget a6friend.

Elephants are like us, but they’re also7.They live in families; families or females. There will be a few young males-a few “baby boy”. But they will soon be 8away by their mothers or sisters. An elephant family 9 only its daughters, mothers and grandmothers and its great grandmothers.

The females stay together for fifty, sixty or a hundred years.The older animals 10the young ones. The mothers teach their daughters and set a good example.And 11 happens to male elephant? Well, the young males stay with their mothers for a time. Then they must 12the family. The females just send them away. A bull elephant does not often have a friend ,He lives13,away from the family, and away from other bulls.

Sometimes the females call a bull. He can 14_them then, and they stay for a time. But soon his “wives” and “sisters” send him away again. The females have a very 15

family life. What do the bulls think about it? We don’t know.

1.                A．and            B．but            C．so   D．yet

2.                A．play           B．work           C．live  D．sleep

3.                A．remember      B．practice        C．talk D．change

4.                A．is hurt          B．is caught        C．loses D．dies

5.                A．head           B．legs            C．body D．feet

6.                A．terrible         B．dad            C．young    D．dear

7.                A．different        B．same           C．special   D．popular

8.                A．thrown         B．sent           C．kicked    D．posted

9.                A．hopes          B．keeps          C．Allows    D．frightens

10.               A．look at         B．carry out       C．look after  D．take away

11.               A．how           B．who           C．which D．what

12.               A．leave          B．stay           C．hear  D．walk

13.               A．sadly          B．hard           C．alone D．noisily

14.               A．visit           B．beat           C．hide  D．receive

15.               A．dangerous      B．happy          C．beautiful  D．clever

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Which is the biggest country in the world? Well, look at the map and you’ll know it is Russia. It is followed by Canada, China, the U.S.A. and Brazil. Among them, China has the largest number of people, with a population(人口) of about 1.3 billion(十亿). Canada has the longest coastline(海岸线). The total length(长度) of the coastline is about 202,080 kilometers. It is long enough to go around the earth six times.

Do you know which is the largest island(岛) in the world? Is that Hawaii? No, it is much smaller than the largest island in the world—Greenland. Greenland is to the northeast(东北) of Canada. Ice covers 81% of its land. It is very cold there, so there are only about 56,000 people living on the island.

根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)误(F)。

1.Russia is the largest country in the world.

2.The country with the largest population is China.

3.The total length of Russia’s coastline is about 202,080 kilometers.

4.The largest island in the world is Hawaii.

5.The population of Greenland is about 56,000.

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