| A. Pretty soon everybody is angry and impatient. B. That way of driving is safe, convenient and even fun. C. Driving can be very convenient, but can also cause many problems. D. Traffic accidents declare millions of lives every year worldwide. |
| 1-5: CADBA |
| 阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。 |
| I was in a strange city and I didn"t know the city at all. And what is more, I could not speak a word of the (1)1 . After having spent my first day in the town center, I decided to lose my way on my second day, since I was sure that this was the better way of (2)g to know the strange city. I got on the first bus in the morning, rode on it for several stops, then got off it and walked on. The first two hours (3)p happily enough. Then I decided to turn back to my (4)h for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The (5)t was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a friendly looking newspaper (6)s . He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook (摇) my head and repeated the name of the street, and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some (7)m and went on my way. Then I met a policeman. I asked him at once. The policeman listened to me carefully. Smiled and took me (8)b the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left (9)a . I thanked him politely and began walking on. About an hour passed and I found that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields could be (10)s on either side of me. I had come all the way into the country. The thing left for me to do was to find the nearest bus station. |
| 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 |
| When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. When you read, you can not only learn some new words, but also you can learn how to use these English words. When you read, it gives you a good example for writing. Good reading tips. Try to read at the right level (水平). Read something that you can (more or less) understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting. Try to increase the number of your new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook. But you don"t have to write them while you read. Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read: mark them with a pen. Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them. Try to read regularly. For example, read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix (固定) a time to read and keep to it. You could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunchtime. Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like, because you are going to spend time and money reading it. So, choose an interesting book. You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers in China. For example, 21st Century Teens. It is easy enough for you to understand it. There is something interesting in it. |
| 1. According to the passage, how many reading tips does the writer give us? |
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| A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. |
| 2. Which of the following sentences is right? |
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| A. Reading a lot can help you write better. B. When you read, you can only learn some new words. C. It is interesting for you to stop every three words to use a dictionary. D. Try to read something that you can"t understand to make your English better. |
| 3. If you meet a few new words on a page while reading, _______. |
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| A. give up reading B. guess the meaning at first C. write them down at once D. look them up in a dictionary at once |
| 4. To make your reading better, _______. |
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| A. it"s enough for you to read 21st Century Teens B. only read a magazine about a subject that you like C. you should read something that you like for a short time once a day at least D. reading English for two hours every Sunday is much better than for a short time once a day |
| 5. The passage is mainly about _______. |
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| A. what to read B. reading is very helpful C. when to read D. how to make reading better |
| 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 |
| On a hot African morning, Leila was lying on her stomach and an elephant was walking towards her. Leila waited. Then she pushed the button on her camera. "And I got my best photo of an elephant ever, by lying under my car," Leila explained. "I wanted to get close to the elephants, but of course this wasf dangerous; they had their babies with them. So every morning I used to park my car in the open near the path (小道). They used to take the same path every morning when they left the water hole. After a week, they were used to seeing my car. So the next morning, I lay under it and got my photo!" Many of the best wildlife photos come from good planning. In Africa, photographers set up their hides (隐匿处) near water holes. They also set up hides near forest paths, as animals use the same paths every night. For bird-watching, many lakes have hides. Inside the hides, bird-watchers can watch all day in the shade (荫处) out of the wind and rain. Good wildlife photos are needed for books, postcards, magazines and newspapers. But a success rate of 1 in 20 is good. |
| 1. Why did Leila lie under her car on the stomach? |
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| A. Because she wanted to sleep. B. Because she wanted to take photos but was afraid of the animals. C. Because it"s easy to see the elephants. D. Because it"s very comfortable. |
| 2. How can photograpers take good photos? |
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| A. By making good preparation. B. By going into the forest at night. C. By walking around the holes. D. By going to the nearest lake. |
| 3. Which of the following statements is right according to the passage? |
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| A. All animals go to water holes at night. B. Lakes are good placesf for bird-watching. C. Leila used her car to prevent the sunshine. D. Animaals pay no attention to photographers. |
| 4. What can we know from the underlined sentence? |
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A. The successf rate of taking wildlife photos is 50% at most. |
| 根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。 |
| This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year"s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (《友谊地久天长》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year"s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends. The words "auld lang syne" mean "old long since". No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published (出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later. The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year"s Eve. The version (译文) you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas. |
| 1. This passage is from _______. |
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| A. a newspaper. B. a magazine. C. a TV program. D. a radio program. |
| 2. ________ is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us. |
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| A. Robert Bums. B. The Washington Saxophone Quartet. C. Buddy Thomas. D. The passage doesn"t tell us. |
| 3. From the passage, we know that The song Auld Lang Syne mainly played in the USA . |
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| A. On New Year"s Eve. B. On Christmas Eve. C. On weekends. D. On holidays. |
| 4. The words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appeared _______. |
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| A. In 1790. B. In 1793. C. In 1796. D. In 1799. |
| 5. The song Auld Lang Syne is about ________. |
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| A. the history of Scotland B. an old Scottish poet C. the need to remember old friends D. the wishes to the radio friends |
| 根据短文内容，完成下面表格。 |
| Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their names? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual name because he wants to be different. People have a lot of reasons for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other famous people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary, or that have special sound. They chose the "new name" for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them when they were born. Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. But with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country. In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband"s after she gets married. But today, many women are keeping their own family name and not using their husband"s. Sometimes, women use their own name in some situations (情况) and their husband"s in other situations. And some use both their own name and their husband"s. |