500 years ago in Britain, the burning of coal...

500 years ago in Britain, the burning of coal (煤) was increasing in cities like London. Coal was used in factories and also used to heat homes. Coal, when burnt makes a lot of smoke, which makes the air very dirty.

About 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution (工业革命) began in Britain. Factories were built, and even more coal was burnt. Air pollution was becoming a really big problem.

Smoke and fog together make smog (烟雾). Smog was a big problem in London's winter. Because of the cold weather, more coal was burnt to warm houses and this made more smoke.

When smog stayed over a city, it became really hard to breathe and see clearly. In 1952, the Great London Smog happened and more than 4,000 people died because of the smog.

New laws (法律) were made in 1956 and 1968 to stop such sad things from happening again. These laws were called the Clean Air Acts.

These laws were made so that air would become cleaner. The laws encouraged people to use less coal or switch to other fuels such as gas. Factories started using tall chimneys (烟囱) so that the smoke would go high up in the sky and no longer cover cities, and new factories were built in the countryside. Smog appeared less often and the air became cleaner.

1.From the passage, we learn that smog was a big problem in ______ in London.

A．spring            B．summer           C．autumn           D．winter

2.The underlined words "switch to" mean "______"  in Chinese.

A．发明             B．换用             C．拒绝             D．节省

3.Which was NOT a way people in Britain used to make the air cleaner, according to the passage?

A．Factories built higher chimneys.

B．People began to use less coal.

C．More People began to ride bikes.

D．New factories were built outside cities.

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Air Pollution in Britain in the Past.

B．How to Make the Air Cleaner.

C．Smog Is Bad for the Environment.

D．New Laws to Stop Air Pollution.

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Halloween was first celebrated over two thousand years ago in Great Britain and Ireland. They celebrated the end of the harvest and beginning of winter with a festival called Samhain（萨温节）. People wore masks and costumes during their celebrations to honor or mimic(模仿) ghosts. After that, holidays were added and changed. November 2nd became All Saints' Day, to honor saints. November 1st became All Souls' Day, or All Hallows' Day, to remember those who had died. Some children may know that is a holiday celebrated in many parts of Mexico. This holiday falls on All Souls' Day. October 31st became All Hallow's Eve, or the evening before All Hallows' Day. The name became shortened to Halloween.

Since Halloween falls near the end of the harvest, many traditional foods are associated with （与……相关联）the fall season, including pumpkins, apples, popcorn, and nuts. Candy "corn" is a nod to the fall harvest as well. There are many symbols on Halloween, such as skeletons （骷髅）, ghosts, black cats, witches, and a full moon.

Today, people still dress up for Halloween. They also give out food to trick-or-treaters, who come to their doors. While many trick-or-treaters receive treats or snacks, some also collect money for charities. Charity is a group that does good things for some people. And Halloween might be a good opportunity to help a charity.

1. Which one is not common Halloween tradition?

A.Wearing costumes and going trick-or-treating,

B. Bobbing for apples and carving jack-o-lanterns.

C. Eating Moon cakes.

2. Where did people celebrate the first Halloween?

A.In Great Britain and Ireland.

B. In America.

C. In England.

3. When is Halloween’s Eve?

A. November 1st.

B. October 31st.

C.December 1st.

4. Which one is NOT traditional food on Halloween?

A.Popcorn and nuts    B.Chicken    C.Apples

5. What DON’T people do on Halloween?

A.Trick-or-treat.

B. Dressing up the tree.

C.Eating pumpkin pie.

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The first chocolate was eaten by people in South America hundreds of years ago. In those days, the people did not really eat chocolate. They used the cocoa bean（可可豆）to make a chocolate drink and they enjoyed it very much. Many years later, the cocoa bean was brought to other countries and people came to love the taste of chocolate.

In 1824, John Cadbury opened a small shop in Britain. One of the things he sold was chocolate drink. In 1831, he opened a factory to make chocolate drink. He wanted to encourage people to drink chocolate instead of other drinks. A few years later, a man called Joseph Fry found a way to make chocolate instead of only drinking it. But at that time chocolate was very expensive and only the rich people could buy it. Later, more and more chocolate bars were produced and sold, it became cheaper.

However, at first only plain chocolate （a kind of chocolate without milk and with very little sugar）was produced. Milk chocolate came later and this was made by adding milk to the chocolate. The first milk chocolate bar was made in Cadbury’s factory in 1897. Their most famous chocolate, Cadbury’s Milk Bar, was made in 1905. It has been the most popular chocolate in Britain and around the world for over 100 years. The Cadbury factory is still in Britain and the chocolate produced there is eaten all over the world. Every year, thousands of visitors visit the factory in order to see how chocolate is made.

1.Hundreds of years ago, people first began to drink chocolate in ________.

A. South America     B. South Africa        C. Britain    D. Australia

2.John Cadbury opened a factory to make chocolate drink in ________.

A.1824               B.1831              C.1897          D.1905

3.People had the chance to eat chocolate instead of drinking it for the first time ________.

A. when chocolate was cheaper

B. when more and more chocolate was produced

C. when John Cadbury started to make chocolate drink

D. when Joseph Fry found a way to make chocolate.

4.At first, not many people bought chocolate ________.

A. because it was very expensive

B. because people didn’t like the taste

C. because they wanted to have other drinks

D. because there was no chocolate sold in the shops

5.Cadbury’s Milk Bar________.

A. was first made in 1897

B. is a kind of plain chocolate

C. is famous neither in Britain nor in America

D. is popular not only in Britain but also around the world

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Long long ago, when the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes that one book was saved. But it was not a ______ book. A poor man, who could______ a little, bought it for a few coins.

The book wasn’t very interesting, but between its________ there was something very interesting _____. It was about the ______ of the "Touchstone (试金石)"! The touchstone was a small pebble (鹅卵石) that could turn any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was _______ among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, ________ ordinary pebbles were cold.

So the man ________ his few belongs, bought some simple supplies, camped on the_______and began ____ pebbles. He knew that if he picked up common pebbles and threw them down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this, but ________to find the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold-throw; it into the sea. Pick up another. Cold-throw it into the sea.

The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months and the months into years. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he ________ what he had done. He had_______ a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted ________, he still threw it away.

So it is with chance. _______we don't pay enough attention, it is easy to miss a chance when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away.

1.A. costly　　 B. cheap　　 C. modern　　 D. important

2.A. record　　 B. read　　 C. speak　　 D. hear

3.A. pages　　 B. words　　 C. backs　　 D. covers

4.A. indeed　　 B. perhaps　　 C. however　　 D. somehow

5.A. function　　 B. secret　　 C. role　　 D. purpose

6.A. remaining　　 B. laying　　 C. fixing　　 D. lying

7.A. and　　 B. while　　 C. or　　 D. yet

8.A. sold　　 B. rented　　 C. lent　　 D. threw

9.A. market　　 B. field　　 C. seashore　　 D. hometown

10.A. dealing　　 B. served　　 C. testing　　 D. collecting

11.A. managed　　 B. stopped　　 C. forgot　　 D. failed

12.A. realized　　 B. complained　　 C. guessed　　 D. discovered

13.A. built　　 B. set　　 C. created　　 D. formed

14.A. passed away　　 B. came along　　 C. sent out　　 D. took place

15.A. If　　 B. Whether　　 C. Although　　 D. Unless

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The kind of dancing called ballet (芭蕾) began in Italy 500 years ago. You go to a t　 1.　 to see ballet which tells a story using music and dance. Ballet developed greatly in France about 350 years ago and d　 2.　 all over the world still call all the movements (动作) by their French names.

The Royal Ballet School(皇家芭蕾学院) in London is famous and children interested in ballet dreaming of b　 3.　 able to go there. The school holds several audition (表演会) every year where they choose s　 4. children to train as ballet dancers. Auditions t　 5. a whole day and about 1,000 children go to the auditions every year. The c　 6.　 , aged about 10 or 11, are given numbers to pin (别在) on their clothes and, in a group, they copy the movements made by a teacher. Ballet teachers w　 7.　 the children carefully and choose the children who have a suitable shape, some natural t 8.　 and who very much want to learn. Children from other c　 9.　 can go to the Royal Ballet School. They can send a video of themselves dancing and if they are good, they may be taken to travel to London for an audition. Every year, only 14 boys and 21 girls are c　 10.　 to go to the school.

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Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

The reporter was talking to them about being important.

“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker.

The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the Whiter House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”

The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked.

The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”

The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?”

“No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”

“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.

“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you.’”

1.This story happened in _______.

2.The banker thought _______.

3.The owner of many buildings thought _______.

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Several years ago， a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

The reporter was talking to them about being important. “How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker. The banker thought for a few moments and then said,” I think anybody who is invited to the Whiter House to meet the President of the United States is really important. ”

The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that?” she asked. The man shook his head, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it. ”

The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so?” “No, I don’t.” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. ” “Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked.

“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, “It’s for you.”

1.There are _______ in this passage.

A. two men and two women       B. three men and one woman

C. three women and one man      D. four women

2.The banker thought _______.

A. he was really important because he was a rich banker

B. the visitor to the White House was really important

C. the visitor who met the President of the United States

D. the reporter was really important

3. The owner of many buildings thought _______.

A. he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York

B. the owner of the very large company was really important

C. the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor

D. the person who worked in the White House was really important

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Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

The reporter was talking to them about being important.

“How do we know if someone is really important？” the reporter asked the banker.

The banker thought for a while and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important.”

The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that？” she asked.

The man shook his head and said, “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You'd only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the President of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it.”

The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so？” asked she.

“No, I don't，” he said. “I don't think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important.”

“Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked.

“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘It's for you.’”

1.This story happened in ________．

A. England　　 B. America　　 C. Japan　　 D. Australia

2.There are ________ in this passage.

A. two men and two women　　 B. three men and one woman

C. three women and one man　　 D. four women

3.The banker thought ________．

A. he was really important because he was a rich banker

B. the visitor to the White House was really important

C. the visitor who met the President of the United States was really important

D. the reporter was really important

4.The owner of the very large company thought ________．

A. he was really important because he owned one of the largest companies

B. the banker was really important

C. the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important

D. the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President, the President would not answer any telephone calls

5.The owner of many buildings thought ________．

A. he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York

B. the owner of the very large company was really important

C. the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for him

D. the person who worked in the White House was really important

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Several years ago，a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker，another owned one of the largest companies in the world，and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

The reporter was talking to them about being important. “How do we know if someone is really important？” the reporter asked the banker.

The banker thought for a few moments and then said， “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important. ”

The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. “Do you agree with that？” she asked.

The man shook his head， “No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You‘d only be important if while you were visiting the President， there was a telephone call from the president of another country，and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it. ”

The reporter turned to the third man. “Do you think so？”

“No， I don‘t，” he said. “I don’t think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. ”

“Then what would make the visitor important？” the reporter and the other two men asked.

“Oh， I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang， and the President picked up the receiver， listened and then said， ‘It’s for you. ‘ ”

1.This story happened in _______.

A．England           B．America           C．Japan             D．Australia

2.There are _______ in this passage.

A．three men and one woman                B．two men and two women

C．three women and one man                D．four women

3.The following is true EXCEPT_________.

A．The banker thought any visitor to the White House was really important.

B．The owner of the very large company thought the visitor would be important if while he was visiting the President, the President would not answer any telephone call

C．The owner of many buildings thoughtthe visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor.

D．the reporter knew the way to find out who was the most important.

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It’s reported that the price of the houses in this city is __________8 hundred every year.

A. increasing by　　　 　 B. increasing to

C. increase by　　　　 　　 D. increase to

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