Americans love cars. They have more than 250 ...

Americans love cars. They have more than 250 million (百万) cars ---about one car for every 1.2 people. But these cars cause (引起) too much air pollution. Even children know that cars need gas (汽油)　 to run. If there is no gas, today's cars will become tomorrow's about the cars in the future, they usually think of hydrogen (氢气) cars, electric (电的) cars and flying cars.

Hydrogen cars might be the cars of the future. They don't cause pollution and the hydrogen turns into water after it is used. The first hydrogen car was made by Honda. It was very expensive and didn't run very far.

There are some electric cars on the market, but they can't run very far or very fast. In the future, there will be a lot of electric cars on the road. When the batteries (电池) are better and cheaper, electric cars will become more popular.

There will be another kind of car --- flying cars. They will be able to run in the air. But now there is only one company, MDI, making this kind of car.

1.We can know from the text that there are about 　　 _ people in American.

A. 250 million　　 B. 300 million　　　　 C. 208 million

2. Hydrogen turns into 　　　　 after it is used.

A. water　　　　　　 B. air　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. gas

3.Which of the following is TRUE about electric cars?

A. They can run fast but not very far.

B. They are very popular with people now.

C. They are still too expensive for people to buy.

4.How many kinds of cars are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Three　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Four

5. What is the best title for the text?

A. Cars in the future.

B. Americans and cars.

C. Air pollution.

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Volleyball is very popular. Today there are more than 46 million(百万). Americans playing volleyball. About 800 million players around the world play volleyball about once a week. Do you like playing volleyball? Let's talk a little about it．

Volleyball started from America. In 1895, William G. Morgan blended (融合)basketball tennis and handball(手球)to make a game for his students. He was a teacher at the Young Men's Christian Association(基督教青年会)in Holyoke，Mass. At first, he just wanted to let the older students in his class exercise. And it was not called volleyball at that time. Now, volleyball is the second most popular sport in America．

Chinese are also good at playing volleyball. The Chinese Women National Volleyball Team is one of the best teams in the world. They got the first place in the Olympic Games twice(1984 and 2004)．

1.Where did volleyball start from?

A. England． B. China． C. America． D. Thailand．

2.Who did William G. Morgan make the volleyball game for?

A. Teachers． B. Farmers． C. Students． D. Doctors．

3.How many times has the Chinese Women National Volleyball Team got the first place in the Olympic Games?

A. Once． B. Twice． C. Three times． D. Four times．

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. How to play volleyball． B. When volleyball started．

C. Something about volleyball. D. Volleyball in America and China．

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Americans love cars. They go everywhere in them. 8 5％of people in the US go to and from work by car. And most adults have driving licenses. Why does this car culture exist?

How it started

America’s love of cars started after the war(战争)when soldiers returned home from World War II to rebuild their lives. They borrowed money from the government to buy houses and cars which became the symbols of status(地位). The more money they had, the bigger their cars were.

Making of roads

During the war, President Eisenhower noticed what good roads Germany had. He decided to build new four-lane(四车道)roads in America. He said if something happened suddenly, the two-lane roads wouldn’t be able to carry all the cars that would suddenly leave the cities. Car and oil companies liked his idea and building started.

Car lover

Not just teenagers are crazy about cars. Some Americans love their cars so much that they paint their cars beautifully. These are called Art Cars. Every April there is an activity in Houston, Texas, where they show their cars.

Pollution

Cars have polluted the environment. American President Bush refused a worldwide law that is against pollution. Many countries were angry about it. Bush said he had to think of the American economy(经济)and all the American people that make money from cars. Factories say they want to make cars that pollute less. But others say making cars that pollute less will never be as good as having fewer cars.

1.When did Americans begin to love cars?

A.Before the new two-lane roads were built.

B.After World War II.

C.During World War II.

D.Before World War II.

2.New four-1ane roads were build _______.

A.in Germany B.by car and oil companies

C.in America D.when something suddenly happened

3.The underlined word “building” here means “the building of _______”.

A.companies B.soldiers’ lives C.houses D.roads

4.What were other countries’ feelings about Bush’s decision?

A.They agreed with him. B.They showed anger to it.

C.They paid no attention to it. D.The passage doesn’t tell us.

5.What does the last sentence mean?

A.It’s better to have fewer cars.

B.It’s better to make cars that pollute less.

C.It’s easier to make cars that pollute less.

D.It’s easier to make people have fewer cars.

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Many people think that Americans 21  their cars almost more than anything else. When 22__ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their __23_  cars. They don’t ask for a car from their 24__. So many of them work in _25_  time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to 26 _ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.

Some people almost 27 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __28_  their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a 29 . On Saturdays or Sundays some people may 30  most of their time washing and repairing their cars.

1.A. prefer     B. love         C. drive        D. play

2.A. little     B. big          C. old          D. young

3.A. new            B. own          C. expensive    D. cheap

4.A, friends        B. teachers     C. parents      D. brothers

5.A. free           B. busy         C. study        D. good

6.A. make           B. mend         C. wash         D. drive

7.A. always     B. never        C. often        D. usually

8.A. take           B. carry        C. pull         D. lift

9.A. question       B. wrong        C. mistake      D. problem

10.A. cost          B. get          C. spend        D. use

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Americans with small families own a car. If both parents are working , they usually have two cars. When the family is larger, they will sell one of the cars and buy a van(住房汽车).

A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded. A van can hold seven persons easily, so a family with three children can ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel. They can all travel together.

Mr. Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. So they sold their second car and bought a van. They thought it would be more convenient for them to go out together.

Americans call vans motor homes. They always use them for holidays. When a family is traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular.

1.Americans also call vans___________.

A. Motor cars 　　　　　　 B. Motor homes

C. Motorbikes　　 　　　　 D. motor trucks

2.A family with _________ usually has a van.

A. a baby　　

B. Much money　

C. more than two children

D. interest in vans

3.Americans usually use motor homes to_________

A. Travel with all the family members for holidays

B. Do some shopping with all the family members

C. Visit their grandparents at weekends

D. Drive their children to school every day

4.Motor homes have become popular because________

A.they can take people to another city when people are free

B.They can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays

C.Some people think motor homes are cheap

D.Big families can put more things in motor homes

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Dinosaurs lived on Earth (A) more than 60 million years before human beings. B They lived everywhere on Earth. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. (C)　　　　 were as big as ten elephants. Some could even fly.

Many dinosaurs ate plants. (D)　　　　　 , some dinosaurs liked to eat meat.

Dinosaurs lived on Earth for more than 150 million years. Then, suddenly, (E)他们都灭绝了。(F)NO one knows why. However, we can learn about them from their fossils.

1.写出(A)(F)处同义词___________,____________

2.(B)指代的是____________________________

3.(C) (D)处填适当____________,____________

4.将(E)处翻译成英语______________________

在文中找出与dinosaurs体型进行对比的动物______________________

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More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children, a new survey showed last Tuesday.

The survey, published by the Bank of America, studied the rich with $3 million or more in assets. It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have well-developed plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”.

The majority of the 457 people surveyed are self-made, first-generation rich. Fifty-two percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are, and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth. One in three parents said they had never thought to do it.

They are worried that their children would become lazy, spend money freely, make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers. Only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able to handle any inheritance（遗产）they plan to leave them.

“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation,” said Sallie Krawcheck, president of the Bank of America Global Wealth and Investment Management. “Our research, however, uncovered changing views of what one generation owes to the next.”

The trend is led by the world's richest man Bill Gates, who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and not to his children.

“We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact,” he said.

Of his plans for his children Gates said: “I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage...they will need to wok but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”

1.We can learn from the passage that ______.

A.rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritance

B.American children don't get to inherit their parents' wealth

C.rich parents don't necessarily equal rich kids, at least in the US

D.children don't expect themselves to be as rich as their parents

2.According to the survey, most rich Americans ______.

A.don't think that they owe their children anything

B.consider it best to give their money back to society

C.worry about the ability of their children to handle wealth

D.are strongly confident in their children s ability to handle wealth

3.The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 5 refers to ______.

A.rich parents B.the Bill Gates C.the first rich generation D.responsible children

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Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 million years（A）____________human beings. They lived（B）everywhere on Earth. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. （C）____________were as big as ten elephants. Some could even fly. Many dinosaurs ate plants. However, some dinosaurs liked to eat meat.

Dinosaurs lived on Earth for（D）more than 150 million years. Then, suddenly, they all died out. （E）没有人知道为什么。However, we can lean about then from（F）their fossils.

1.在（A）（C）处填入适当单词：____________, ____________

2.写出（B）和（D）的同义词语：____________, ____________

3.写出（F）处指代内容：________________________

4.将（E）处译成英语：________________________

5.写出本文的中心词；________________________

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– Have you been to the Forbidden City ? It ____to more than a million visitors each year.

–Sure. And I’ll never forget my visit to one of the UNESCO’s world ________.

A. opens , heritage site

B. is opened, culture site

C. is open , heritage sites

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— Have you been to the Forbidden City ? It ____to more than a million visitors each year.

—Sure. And I’ll never forget my visit to one of the UNESCO’s world ________.

A．opens , heritage site

B．is opened, culture site

C．is open , heritage sites

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