Trumpets(小号) are very popular in the world. T...

Trumpets(小号) are very popular in the world. They have been around for 1. (hundred) of years. People can play all types of music on the trumpet. They are 2. type of wind instrument. A wind instrument makes sounds when a 3. (play) blows into it. There are many types of wind instruments. A trumpet belongs in the brass instrument(铜管乐器) family.　

4. can you learn more about the differences between a brass instrument and other instruments? The Carol Brass Tourism Factory is the best place.

The guide will show you 5. the museum when you visit the Carol Brass Tourism Factory. There are so many types 6. you won’t have problems finding what you want.

But visitors also want to learn how brass instruments 7.(make). There is a walkway at the Carol Brass Tourism Factory. As you walk along it, you can see each step it takes 8. (create) a beautiful brass instrument.

Workers take metal pieces and make 9. (they) into all the parts of a brass instrument at the first station. Then the parts are put together. Next, workers make the instruments look beautiful. At last, workers make sure every instrument is perfect and people can buy them and play music 10.(beautiful) on them. How amazing they are!

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Potato chips are very popular in the world. Do you know how they were invented (发明)? In 1853, a native (本土的) American named George Crum made the first potato chips. Crum was a chef (厨师) in an expensive restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York. One day, a customer (顾客) did not like the French fries. He said they were cut too thick. That day Crum was in a bad mood, so he cut the potatoes really, really thin and he cooked them for a long time until they were very crispy (酥脆的). He wanted to make the customer dislike them. But the customer loved them very much and asked for more.　

Other people wanted Crum’s potato chips. Now, there was a new food on the menu—Saratoga chips. Soon Crum opened his own restaurant and made his special chips. It took a long time to make potato chips. People peeled the potatoes by hand. Then in 1920, the automatic (自动的) potato peeler changed everything. Now it was faster and easier to make potato chips. Now potato chips were not a specialty. They were a popular snack food, but only in the north.

A salesman named Herman Lay wanted to sell potato chips in the south. He sold potato chips in bags. His business grew. Today, Americans eat a lot of potato chips every day.

阅读短文, 判断正（T）误（F）。

1.At first the French fries were very thin.

2.George Crum didn’t open his own restaurant.

3.Before 1920, it was not easy to make potato chips.

4.George Crum invented (发明) a kind of machine which could peel potatoes.

5.It was George Crum who brought the potato chips to the south.

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Basketball games are very popular nowadays. They ________ in many countries in the world.

A.hold B.are held C.held D.were held

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Three books _____ by the young man in the past two years. All of them are very popular.

A.have been written B.wrote C.were written D.have written

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Cars are very popular in America. When the kids are fourteen years old. They dream of having their own ____1___. Many students work after school to ___2___ a car. In most places ____3___ people learn to drive in high school. They have to take a ___4____ test to get a license. Learning to drive and getting a driver’s ___5___ may be one of the most exciting things in their lives. For many, that piece of paper is an important symbol(象征)that they are now grown-ups.

Americans seem to love their cars almost more than anything else. People almost never go to see a doctor when they are ____6_____. But they will take ____7____ cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem. At weekends, people ___8___ most of the time in washing and waxing(打蜡) their cars. For some families it is not enough to have ___9___ car. They often have two or even three. Husbands need a car to go to work. Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or ___10____ activities.

（ ）1. A. cars      B. computers  C. bikes    D. houses

（ ）2. A. borrow   B. buy      C. lend      D. sell

（ ）3. A. old      B. tall       C. strong     D. young

（ ）4. A. language  B. listening  C. driving    D. body

（ ）5. A. address   B. book     C. name     D. license

（ ）6. A. sick     B. healthy    C. pleased   D. angry

（ ）7. A. his      B. her       C. your      D. their

（ ）8. A. cost     B. take      C. spend     D. pay

（ ）9. A. no      B. one       C. some     D. several

（ ）10.A . other   B. another    C. others    D. else

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So you thought the hamburger was the world’s most popular fast food? After all, McDonald’s Golden Arches span the globe. But no, there is another truly universal fast food, the ultimate fast food. It’s easy to make, easy to serve, much more varied than the hamburger, can be eaten with the hands, and it’s delivered to your front door or served in fancy restaurants. It’s been one of America’s favorite foods for over 50 years. It is, of course, the pizza.

It’s kind of silly to talk about the moment when pizza was “invented”. It changed over the years, but one thing’s for certain—it’s been around for a very long time. The idea of using pieces of flat, round bread as plates came from the Greeks. They called them ‘plakuntos’ and ate them with various simple toppings such as oil, garlic, onions, and herbs. The Romans enjoyed eating something similar and called it ‘picea’. By about 1000 AD in the city of Naples, ‘picea’ had become ‘pizza’ and people were experimenting with more toppings: cheese, ham, anchovies, and finally the tomato, brought to Italy from Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century. Naples became the pizza capital of the world. In 1889, King UmbertoⅠ and Queen Margherita heard about pizza and asked to try it. They invited pizza maker, Raffele Esposito, to make it for them. He decided to make the pizza like the Italian flag, so he used red tomatoes, white mozzarella cheese, and green basil leaves. The Queen loved it and the new pizza was named ‘Pizza Margherita’ in her honour.

Pizza migrated to America with the Italians at the end of the nineteenth century. The first pizzeria in the United States was opened in 1905 at 53 Spring Street, New York City, by Gennaro Lombardi. But the popularity of pizza really exploded when American soldiers returned from Italy after World War Ⅱ and raved about ‘that great Italian dish’. Americans are now the greatest producers and consumers of pizza in the world.

1.Which is the correct order of the change of pizza?

A.Plakuntos→pizza→picea B.Pizza→plakuntos→picea

C.Picea→Plakuntos→pizza D.Plakuntos →picea→pizza

2.Why are Mexico and Peru important in the development of pizza?

A.Because pizza first became popular in these countries.

B.Because pizza was invented in these countries.

C.Because one topping was brought to Italy from these countries.

D.Because the people in these countries are the greatest consumers of pizza.

3.What do the Italian flag and a Pizza Margherita have in common?

A.There is a picture of a Pizza Margherita on the flag.

B.They have the same colours.

C.Both of them represent Italy.

D.They are both popular in Italy.

4.When did pizza become really popular in the United States?

A.After 1945. B.In 1889. C.In 1905. D.By1000AD

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A.McDonald’s and Pizza. B.Global Pizza.

C.Pizza in the United States. D.How to Make Pizza.

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Chinese has a long history. It has shaped other languages in Asia the way Latin has shaped languages in the West. With this history, will Chinese have a surprising future?

Over one billion people speak Chinese in the world — far more than any other language. It is the language of the country which is soon to have the world's largest economy (经济). Chinese people are found studying and doing business all over the world.

In fact, Chinese is definitely going to be a world language. Why is this certain? We must look at the economic and political power (政治影响力) of China, which is increasing every day. In the past, world languages have always been the languages of countries with powerful economics. Latin, French and English were important because of the power of the countries that spoke those languages.

Foreign interest in Chinese has developed very quickly together with the development of the Chinese economy. Chinese has become one of the most important and popular languages to learn.

As China develops, more and more people will want to learn about Chinese language and culture, to work and study in China, and to do business with Chinese companies. Chinese will one day become an international language.

1.In which way in Chinese similar to Latin?

A.They both have influenced other languages.

B.Both languages have over one billion speakers.

C.They both have a long history and bright future.

D.Both languages are spoken only by Chinese.

2.What's probably the meaning of the underlined word "definitely" in the third paragraph?

A.Always. B.Certainly. C.Never. D.Possibly.

3.What is the relationship between language and economy?

A.The more important language is, the stronger economy is.

B.The stronger economy is, the less important language is.

C.The weaker economy is, the more important language is.

D.The stronger economy is, the more important language is.

4.Why is Chinese more widely used?

A.Because more and more Chinese go abroad.

B.Because people across the world travel to China.

C.Because many universities in China are world-famous.

D.Because more foreigners are becoming interested in Chinese.

5.What might the writer think of the future of Chinese?

A.Hopeful. B.Unclear. C.Dark. D.Doubtful.

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Have you ever played crossword? It's a popular form of word puzzle. The player is given clues* and the number of letters and then fills in a grid of boxes with the right words.

The history of word puzzles might start from the ancient Rome. Today, many newspapers have a daily or weekly crossword. People also buy crossword books. Yet, the first published crossword puzzle was created by Arthur Wynne. Wynne was from Liverpool in the UK but he lived and worked for a newspaper called New York World. He wrote the first crossword puzzle for the "fun" section of the newspaper on December 21, 1913. Readers loved the puzzle and it became a weekly part of the newspaper. Then other newspapers also began publishing crossword puzzles and they became very popular in the USA.

The very first crossword puzzle didn't look much like the crosswords today. It was shaped like a diamond* and it didn't have any black squares. The squares were numbered and the clues were below the puzzle. It was called a "Word-Cross puzzle".

In the UK, the first crossword was published in 1922. It came out in the page of the London newspaper, The Times in 1930. The Times became famous for its "Cryptic crossword" － a very difficult crossword. To solve a cryptic puzzle, you have to find out the clue itself as well as the meaning, but they are very satisfying.

The crossword puzzles were at first created by hand. Only in 1997 the first computer software program that created crossword puzzles was developed.

Now the New York World is no longer around, but the crossword puzzle along with its popularity still continues.

1.Where did word puzzles first appear in history probably?

A.In Liverpool. B.In London. C.In New York. D.In Rome.

2.What did the world's first published crossword puzzle look like?

A. B. C. D.

3.What does the writer think of "Cryptic crosswords"?

A.They look boring. B.They require much effort.

C.They were the most difficult crosswords. D.They became famous because of The Times.

4.What's the main idea of the passage?

A.How crosswords developed. B.Why crosswords are played.

C.Where crosswords were created. D.What people do with crosswords.

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The spring season brings warm weather, flowers and other changes for people to enjoy. For some restaurant cooks, the most exciting spring arrival is ramps.

Ramps are a wild plant in the eastern mountains of North America. They are one of the first plants that grow in the spring. Usually between April and May. They are recognized (识别) by their red stem (茎), and two long and wide green leaves. They are also famous for their strong taste, similar to onions(洋葱).

Ramps are not as well-known as other vegetables, but they have a long history in the United States. In the Appalachian Mountains, ramps have been an important food for a long time. During spring it is common for small towns in the Appalachian area to hold large ramp dinners for the community.

However, over the last 30 years, ramps popularity has grown quickly. They are now a highly-desired vegetable for many nice restaurants in cities like New York and Washington D. C.

One reason the plant is popular is that it grows in the wild. It is difficult to grow them on farms. Most restaurants get them from foragers, who collect ramps by searching forests for some small pieces of land where they grow. Ramps have a short season. Within a few weeks of full growth, the plant is done for the year. This short life is some reason for their popularity.

And that popularity could lead to their disappearance from Earth. In 1995, the local government in Quebec, Canada stopped people selling the plant to businesses in order to protect the plant against being over-dug.

The season is short, but it has not ended yet. If you are in the right place, You still have time to try a taste of ramps yourself.

1.Why are ramps so popular in North America?

A.Because they grow in spring. B.Because they are hard to get.

C.Because they have a good taste. D.Because they have a long history.

2.Which of the following is the picture of a ramp?

A. B. C. D.

3.What does the word "they" refer to(指的是) ?

A.foragers. B.restaurants. C.customers. D.ramps.

4.What's the best title for the passage?

A.Ramps were once popular in North America.

B.Americans have discovered a new vegetable.

C.Americans go crazy for ramps in spring.

D.Ramps will soon be enjoyed all over the world.

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Wild animals are our friends, but many of them are getting fewer and fewer. We should try to protect them. The four animals below are now in danger.

Tibetan Antelopes

Tibetan antelopes（藏羚羊）mainly feed on grass. They are usually found in groups of about 20. They are killed for their wool, which is warm, soft and fine and can be made into expensive clothes. The number of them is dropping year by year. There are less than 75, 000 Tibetan antelopes left in the world.

Golden Monkeys

Golden monkeys are mainly found in Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi provinces. Golden monkeys have golden-orange fur（皮毛）. They move around in the daytime. They feed on fruits and young leaves of bamboos. But people are destroying the environment where they live. Trees and bamboos are disappearing, so golden monkeys have less and less to eat.

Elephants

Elephants are very big and strong. They are bigger than any other animals on land. They have poor eyesight, but very good hearing and smell. They can lift heavy things and break down branches with their trunk（象鼻）. Now, there are very few elephants in the world. The number of them is becoming smaller and smaller because their living areas are used for farming. Also, people hunt them for their tusks.

Wolves

Wolves are not very big. They have grey fur. Wolves have very good eyesight, hearing and smell. They eat animals, insects and snails. They are friendly to each other and never attack（攻击）people. Wolves are in danger, too. They are losing their living areas because people cut down forests. Soon they will have no home or food.

1.________

2.________

3.________

4.________

5.________

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