The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league with 32 teams in. How does one choose which team to support? Some people choose the team of their hometown, or where they now live, or the team that their parents or their friends follow.
A boy student from Oklahoma wrote a letter to each of the owners or presidents of the 32 NFL teams. He would see what answers he got, and then choose his team.
Bill was home from school sick. It was the week before Christmas. He was “kind of bored” and needed something to do. So he asked his parents if he could write to every professional football team. Bill wrote the 32 letters by hand.
“We weren’t quite sure what we could get back. He didn’t really have one team that he wanted to hear from,” his mother said: “He just wanted to see what kind of reply he’ d get.”
A letter to the Carolina Panthers’ owner Jerry Richardson was one of those posted. Bill wrote in his letter, “My family and I love football. They are fans of different teams.But I don’t have a team to cheer for yet. I am ready to pick an NFL team to cheer on for lifetime!”
A few weeks later, Bill’s mother was pulling into her driveway when a delivery man arrived with a box from the Panthers. When Bill came home, he excitedly opened the box. Inside he found a signed Carolina Panthers helmet(头盔）as well as a handwritten note from Jerry.
The team owner had written to Bill, “We should be honored(光荣的）if our Carolina Panthers became your team. We would make you proud of your joining us.”
Bill was overjoyed with what he got. He decided that from then on he would support the Panthers. He keeps the letter from Jerry in his bedroom. His mother says, “It’s not the helmet they sent us. It’s what they told us.” That is what mattered to Bill and why he chose to become a Panthers’ fan.
1.We learn from the passage______.
A.friends always choose different teams to support.
B.only 32 cities in America have their own football teams
C.some people choose a team to support as their parents do
D.football teams are just popular with the people of their hometowns
2.Bill wanted to choose a football team to support because______.
A.NFL was very professional
B.he himself was willing to do it
C.his parents expected him to do it
D.he was ill and felt bored at school
3.The result of Bill’s letter to the Panthers was that______.
A.his mother kept the reply from him
B.he got many helmets from 32 teams
C. each team wanted him to be its player
D.he became a fan of the Carolina Panthers
4.It’s clear that________.
A. it is proper to be a football fan by Christmas
B. the team owner wrote back to Bill by email
C.the note from the team owner meant a lot to Bill
D. Bill’ s parents would also be fans of the Panthers
5.The best title for the passage can be _______.
A. Christmas Gift B.Helpful Mother
C.Receiving a Helmet D.Choosing a Team
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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league with 32 teams in. How does one choose which team to support? Some people choose the team of their hometown, or where they now live, or the team that their parents or their friends follow.
A boy student from Oklahoma wrote a letter to each of the owners or presidents of the 32 NFL teams. He would see what answers he got, and then choose his team.
Bill was home from school sick. It was the week before Christmas. He was “kind of bored” and needed something to do. So he asked his parents if he could write to every professional football team. Bill wrote the 32 letters by hand.
“We weren’t quite sure what we could get back. He didn’t really have one team that he wanted to hear from,” his mother said: “He just wanted to see what kind of reply he’ d get.”
A letter to the Carolina Panthers’ owner Jerry Richardson was one of those posted. Bill wrote in his letter, “My family and I love football. They are fans of different teams.But I don’t have a team to cheer for yet. I am ready to pick an NFL team to cheer on for lifetime!”
A few weeks later, Bill’s mother was pulling into her driveway when a delivery man arrived with a box from the Panthers. When Bill came home, he excitedly opened the box. Inside he found a signed Carolina Panthers helmet(头盔）as well as a handwritten note from Jerry.
The team owner had written to Bill, “We should be honored(光荣的）if our Carolina Panthers became your team. We would make you proud of your joining us.”
Bill was overjoyed with what he got. He decided that from then on he would support the Panthers. He keeps the letter from Jerry in his bedroom. His mother says, “It’s not the helmet they sent us. It’s what they told us.” That is what mattered to Bill and why he chose to become a Panthers’ fan.
1.We learn from the passage______.
A.friends always choose different teams to support.
B.only 32 cities in America have their own football teams
C.some people choose a team to support as their parents do
D.football teams are just popular with the people of their hometowns
2.Bill wanted to choose a football team to support because______.
A.NFL was very professional
B.he himself was willing to do it
C.his parents expected him to do it
D.he was ill and felt bored at school
3.The result of Bill’s letter to the Panthers was that______.
A.his mother kept the reply from him
B.he got many helmets from 32 teams
C. each team wanted him to be its player
D.he became a fan of the Carolina Panthers
4.It’s clear that________.
A. it is proper to be a football fan by Christmas
B. the team owner wrote back to Bill by email
C.the note from the team owner meant a lot to Bill
D. Bill’ s parents would also be fans of the Panthers
5.The best title for the passage can be _______.
A. Christmas Gift B.Helpful Mother
C.Receiving a Helmet D.Choosing a Team
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The Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League (联盟) in America every year. The champion of the National FootballConference (NFC) competes against the champion of the American Football Conference (AFC) to decide which is the best team in the country. Super Bowl is far more than a sporting event. The mix of America’s biggest instituti ons (体系):sports, TV, food consumption, advertising and entertainment makes the Super Bowl an American cultural phenomenon.
The Super Bowl is usually held on the last Sunday of January or the first Sunday of February. That day is called Super Bowl Sunday. For years, it has been the most watched one-day sporting event in the US and it gradually has become an unofficial national holiday. The average viewing rate of Super Bowl reached to 44.9 percent in 2019.
Super Bowl Sunday sees more parties than any other day during the year. Young people are no exception to the party spirit. They gather to watch the game on TV. The Super Bowl is the third biggest eating day in America — behind Christmas and Thanksgiving. Fans host Super Bowl parties by filling their living rooms with junk food and drinks. Guests may arrive dressed in their team’s T-shirt and carrying beer to share.
Knowing that the Super Bowl has the attention of millions of Americans, companies pay big money for game-time advertising. In 2019, the advertising cost set a record — $5.3 million for 30 seconds. The Super Bowl has developed to a T V selling season sandwiched between after-Christmas sales and Valentine’s Day.
Another tradition of the Super Bowl is the Halftime Show, which presents at the halftime break between the second and third quarters. The Super Bowl Halftime Show is the most-watched musical event of the year. So it is also called the Americans’ Spring Festival Gala. Non-football fans tune (调台) into the Super Bowl for the most famous musicians’ performances during halftime. As the top performers, Maroon 5, Travis Scott and Big Boi gave impressive live show for the audience in the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2019. The show represents a link between American football and pop culture and helps broaden the television audience and nationwide interest.
Americans view the Super Bowl as a National Day of revelry ( 狂欢).Although people may watch it for different reasons, there is one thing for sure they can find their own pleasure in it.
1.What is the Super Bowl?
2.When is the Super Bowl usually held?
3.How do fans usually host Super Bowl parties?
4.Why is the Halftime Show called as the ―Americans’ Spring Festival Gala‖?
5.What makes the Super Bowl more than just sport?
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Mammoth Cave National Park(猛犸洞国家公园) in America is a great park. And Mammoth Cave is the world’s longest cave system.
Last July, my husband and I took our six children to visit it. The park itself was free to enter. However, one had to buy tickets for cave tours. The Trog Tour was interesting. However, only children between th ages of 8 and 12 could take this tour. So my family took two differen tours in the morning. My three kids aged 8-11 took the Trog Tour. And the rest of us took the Historic Tour.
In the afternoon, my husband and I took our children to take the New Entrance Tour. It was really cool.
We loved our visit to Mammoth Cave National Park. What a cool place! Next time we visit the park, we really want to take the Violet City Lantern Tour.
1.There are _______ people in the writer’s family.
A. 3 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8
2.7. Who can take the Trog Tour?
A. 9-year-old Mary.
B. 13-year-old Tim.
C. Tom, an old farmer.
D. Mr Lu, a university teacher.
3.According to the passage, which is the right order?
① bought tickets
② took the New Entrance Tour
③ took the Historic Tour
A. ③②① B. ①③② C. ②③① D. ①②③
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The park is in America.
B. The writer loved her visit to the park.
C. The writer took three tours that day.
D. The park itself was free to enter.
5.A ccording to the passage, the best title is “_________”.
A. the visit to Mammoth Cave National Park
B. the Trog Tour
C. the New Entrance Tour
D. the Violet City Lantern Tour
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—What do you think of the football match between the Chinese Men’s National Football Team and the Korean Team?
—Great, though we were not confident of the ________.
A.purpose B.result C.victory D.increase
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—What do you think of the football match between the Chinese Men’s National Football Team and the Korean Team?
—Great, though we were not confident of the ________.
A. purpose B. result C. victory D. increase
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Death Valley，one of America's great national parks，is a place of strange and silent beauty. As beautiful as this place is, its name provides evidence(迹象)of very real danger. Death Valley is a land of beautiful yet dangerous extremes. There are mountains that reach more than 3，000 meters into the sky. "There is a place called Badwater that is the lowest area of land in the Western Hemisphere. If there were water there，it would be 86 meters below the level of the ocean.
Death Valley can be dangerously cold during the winter months. Storms in the mountains can produce sudden flooding on the floor of the Valley. The air temperature during the summer has been as high as 57℃. The sun can heat the ground so that the temperature of the rocks and soil can be as high as 74℃. The extreme heat of Death Valley has ever killed people. It will continue to kill those who do not honor this extreme climate. Death Valley does not forgive those who are not careful.
Death Valley is a good example of the violence(暴力)of nature. It contains evidence of several ancient volcanoes that caused huge explosions. Evidence of one of these explosions is called Ubehebe Crater. The explosion left a huge hole in the ground almost a kilometer and a half wide.
In many areas of Death Valley it is easy to see where the ground has been pushed up strongly by movement deep in the Earth. This movement has created unusual and beautiful rock formations. Some are red. Others are dark brown，gray，yellow or black. Other areas of rock look as if some huge creature heavily broke and twisted the Earth to create unusual, sometimes frightening shapes.
In other parts of Death Valley there are lines in the rock that show clearly that this area was deep under an ocean for many thousands of years. Much of the alley is flat and very dry. In fact, scientists believe it is the driest place in the United States.
Death Valley, part of the Great Mojave Desert, is a huge place. It extends more than 225 kilometers across the southern part of California, and across the border with Nevada.
1.Which of the underlined word "twisted" in Paragraph 4 most possibly means .
A. 提供 B. 引起 C. 延伸 D. 扭曲
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The water in Badwater is 86 meters below the level of the ocean.
B. The highest air temperature in summer can reach as high as 74℃.
C. There might have been sea-born lives living in Death Valley.
D. The ground has been pushed up hard by explosions of volcanoes.
3.Why were some people killed by Death Valley?
A. Because they didn't respect Death Valley and thus they were punished.
B. Because several volcanoes broke out and caused huge explosions.
C. Because they were not careful enough to take with them what they needed.
D. Because it is very hot in summer and dangerously cold in winter.
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1.The China national football team has ___________ by scoring a goal in the very first minute of the match.
2.By ______________ students ____________ small groups, the teacher found it easier to organize the class activities.
3.Whoever he met, he would like to ______________ how popular he was at school.
4.The teacher asked us____________ the first five words.
5.You've said it! 1 couldn't ______________ you more!
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______ nice time the boys had playing football with the national team last Sunday!
A. What B. What a C. How D. How a
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______ nice time the boys had playing football with the national team last Sunday!
A．What B．What a C．How D．How a
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阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
Boys and girls, have you heard of the National Read Across America Day?
It1.celebrated every year in the US to get kids excited about reading.The National Read Across America Day falls on March 2nd because its the birthday of Dr. Seuss, one of2.best-known children's book writers of the twentieth century.
On this day, the National Education Association (NEA), which came up 3.the idea of creating a day to celebrate reading, provides children, parents and teachers with reading materials. Libraries and schools hold interesting reading activities. Actors, sports stars and other famous people give reading tasks to young readers,4.
According to a study, children who spend a lot of time reading perform better in school than those5.don't. And people believe that encouraging children to read can help them achieve great success in future life. So, why not join in?
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