When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because

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When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭). It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw(人力黄包车).He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages. When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren"t any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (装载)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload. No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless. But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problemwith this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw. If the city bans rickshaws, these men won"t have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.
小题1:What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A．The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata.

B．Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata.

C．Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata.

D．Rickshaws are very useful for the people"s daily life in Kolkata.

小题2:Which type of transport may you take when the roads flood in Kolkata?

A．A bus.

B．A taxi.

C．A car.

D．A rickshaw.

小题3:What does the underlined word "ban" mean?

A．make

B．increase

C．forbid

D．collect

小题4:What can we learn from the passage?

A．The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns.

B．The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata.

C．The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven.

D．The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.

答案

小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B

解析

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了人力车给Kolkata的人们带来了很多生活上的便利，但是政府想禁止的社会现象。
小题1:推理判断题。从For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages.得知人力在当地很有用，故选D。
小题2:细节理解题。从第二段得知答案，故选A。
小题3:推理判断题。ban 禁止 make制造increase增加forbid禁止collect收集，故选C。
小题4:主旨大意题。从第一段If your miss your bus and there aren"t any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata.得知当地的交通工具除了bus和taxi，还有rickshaw，故选B。

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These days more and more young people wish to be more and more beautiful, so they want plastic surgery 整形手术 for help. They spend much money on these painful surgeries to fix 整形 their noses, to fix their eyes or to be thinner .Is it necessary or right to spend money on surgery ?
In fact, most people are not happy about the way they look. Even the most beautiful actors often wish they could fix something about their look. Should we live our whole lives believing we are ugly丑陋？So we should believe that we are as beautiful as others. A smile is beautiful on any face, being kind is much more beautiful than a pretty look.
So let’s feel happy that we all have beautiful and healthy bodies that do not need to others. If you to these, you will be happy ,beautiful and popular everywhere you go .
任务一，阅读短文，根据其内容完成下列任务。
小题1:More and more young people want plastic surgery for help to be more beautiful .
小题2:Actors never worry about their looks.
任务二，根据短文内容填入适当单词补全句子。
小题3:The writer thinks it is not           or right for people to spend money on surgery.
任务三，根据短文内容，回答问题。
小题4:How can you feel happy, beautiful and popular according the writer ?

任务四，请把上文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
小题5:

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Cosplay is great!

Cosplay is short for “costume play”, which means play-acting in costumes. People who take part in cosplay are called cosplayers. They usually create or make costumes of their favorite animation characters by themselves or get a tailor to make them. Sometimes they even prepare small things, like knives and earrings, which the characters wear or use in the animation.
Cosplayers are creative and proud of their work. They spend a lot of money and energy on it. They not only dress up as their favorite characters in the animation, but also act like the characters.
New trend (趋势) is on!
While Chinese fans are busy cosplaying characters in Japanese animations or movies, Japan, as a big country of cosplay, now has a trend to cosplay non-Japanese movie characters. Japanese cosplayers like the characters in Star Wars and Lord of the Rings very much. But the most popular ones are from the Harry Potter films. They have a very large number of fans in Japan. The character who is liked the best by Japanese cosplayers in Harry Potter films is Draco Malfoy, though he is Harry’s rival(对手) and always tries to get Harry and his friends into trouble.
Cosplay doesn’t have anything to do with age. Whether you are 5 or 50 years old, you can be a cosplayer if you are creative enough!
小题1:We can infer that those who like to do cosplay must be ______ fans, too.

A．movie

B．music

C．sport

D．art

小题2:The cosplayers ______.

A．create the animation characters and make the costumes by themselves

B．act like their favorite animation characters in common clothes in the cosplay

C．dress up as the animation characters and act like them in the play

D．always wear something like animals in the play.

小题3:Which of the following statements is possibly TRUE according to the passage?

A．It’ll cost little time and energy to take part in cosplay.

B．If you are not young enough, you can’t be a cosplayer.

C．Cosplayers are creative and enjoy their work.

D．Only students may be cosplayers.

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The bicycle is really and important means of transportation in China.Bicyclese have become more and more popular in China.People ride bikes to their workplaces,to shopping centers,to schools,and so on.During the rush hour,you can often see a boiling sea of bicycles running in all directions.With the largest number of bike riders in the world,China is often referred to as the kingdom of bicycles.There are many advantages(优点) about the bicycle.For example,bicycles do not cause air or sound pollution(污染);compared with cars,bicycle cause no environmental(环境的) problems;bicycles save energy(能源) and parking place;riding bikes to travel can be a wonderful experience(经历);the bicycle allows us to go anywhere nearby easily;bikes are not very expensive,and almost every family can afford them;riding bikes regularly does good to people"s health.
　　通读短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。
小题1:Why is China called the kingdom of bicycles?
　　______________________________________________________________
小题2:Can we go anywhere easily by bicycles?
　　______________________________________________________________
小题3:Why can almost every family afford bicycles?
　　______________________________________________________________
小题4:What do you think the most popular means of transportation in China is?
　　______________________________________________________________
小题5:What are the advantages of the bicycles?You can give one or two examples.
　　______________________________________________________________

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The United States is suffering its worst drought (干旱) in almost sixty years. The National Climatic Data Center also says high temperatures in June added to the warmest twelve-month period on record. Record-keeping began in 1895. The drought map showed that conditions improved in the Southeast in June compared to May. But the drought is expected to continue in large parts of the country. Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with President Obama. Mr Vilsack says the drought has seriously influenced some crops, such as corn and soybeans (大豆). And the United States is the world"s leading producer.
The drought has made prices of com and soybeans increase. Both of them are used in food production and for animal feed. Last week the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported that corn and wheat prices increased by 20% over the past three weeks.
In the United States, farmers may quickly reduce the size of their animals rather than pay higher feed prices to keep them. That increased supply of meat would reduce meat prices in the short term. But those prices could increase in several months.
Mr Vilsack says the effect of the drought is hard to predict(预测). Some areas are getting rain, and drought-resistant (抗旱的) seeds have helped crops grow well in some areas.
小题1:We can know the drought record of the USA has been kept for ________years of the USA up to now.

A．97	B．207
C．221	D．117

小题2:Which of the following American presidents met with Tom Vilsack?

A．George Washington.	B．Abraham lincon.
C．George Bush.	D．Barack Obama.

小题3: If the price of a kilo of corn was 3 dollars last December, how much is a kilo of corn now?

A．2.4 dollars.	B．3 dollars.
C．3.6 dollars.	D．3.9 dollars.

小题4:Why is the meat price lower than before?

A．Because there are more and more animals.

B．Because farmers kill them to save their food.

C．Because people don"t like eating meat now.

D．Because the government (政府) asks the meat price lower.

小题5:What is the best title for the passage?
A. US faces the worst drought in almost sixty years.
B. Take action to help the USA.
C. What does the country do in the drought areas?
D. President Obama meets with Agriculture Secretary.

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On September 19 this year, you will see a full moon (满月). It is the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节).The festival is on the 15th day of the eighth lunar (农历) month. And it is one of the most important festivals in China.
It is a big time for families and friends to get together. In the evening, people sit around a table and look at the bright moon. They eat sweet or salty moon cakes (月饼). People can see a lot of lanterns (灯笼) in the street. Children like guessing (猜) the answers to the lantern riddles (灯谜).
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a harvest (收获) festival. Farmers begin to harvest fruits and vegetables.

Name of the festival	The 小题1:________ Festival
Date of the festival	The 15th day of 小题2:________ month
What to eat	Sweet or salty 小题3:________
What children like doing	Guessing小题4:_______ to the lantern riddles
What farmers harvest	Fruits and _小题5:______

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