America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real

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America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America. Americans cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!
小题1: The underlined phrase "pick up" in Paragraph 1may mean "_________________".

A．put down

B．give up

C．pay no attention to

D．continue

小题2: From the passage, we can know_________________.

A．Americans are always generous with their time.

B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D．Chinese friendships develop faster than American friendships.

小题3:This passage is most probably written for __________________.

A．American students	B．Chinese students
C．Chinese visitors to America	D．American visitors to China

答案

DBC

解析

小题1:联系上下文，可知此处指的是继续他们的友谊的意思，故选D，继续。
小题2:根据第一段Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt.描述，可知选B
小题3:根据最后一段So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!及上文描述，可知这篇短文最适合到美国参观的人阅读，故选C，到美国的中国游客

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Have you heard about “Survival (生存) Holidays”? “Survival Holidays” is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Now about 1,100 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors without their parents.
The reason why people like “Survival Holidays” is that they think being close to nature is good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games. “Survival Holidays” gives them an important change.
Is “Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to play. They need to be left on their own, without adults disturbing (打扰) them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities that are controlled by adults, but children don’t know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a small river seems to be a hard challenge. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even small danger like getting their feet wet or falling down seems very terrible to them.
Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay calm in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a team. All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.
Answer the following questions according to the passage.
小题1:Is “Survival Holidays” for children or parents?
小题2:Why do people like “Survival Holidays”?
小题3:What do the children in big cities usually do?
小题4:How do children feel when they are in danger?
小题5:What can children learn in the survival activities？

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Kitesurfing as a water sport began in the 1980s, but didn"t get popular until the end of last century. It is also known as kiteboarding, and in some European countries as flysurfing. Kitesurfing works through wind power(动力) by using a large kite to pull a rider on the water at high speed.
At first, kitesurfing was a difficult and dangerous sport. Now it is becoming easier and safer because of the safer kite design. For an able and strong person, kitesurfing can be a very fun, extremely exciting sport, just like skating on the water with a feeling of flying. It has become more and more popular.
Compared with other water sports, kitesurfing is easier to learn. A beginner can understand how to operate the kite with 5—10 hours of training. And anybody aged from 13 to 65 can learn. It is not expensive to get the equipment for kitesurfing, which costs $1,000 to $2,500. Training lessons range from $200 to $500 for two or three hours. With the development of its equipment progress, kitesurfing is becoming even safer. After some training, you can enjoy its excitement and challenging feeling.
With the rising popularity of kitesurfing, most major seaside cities have kitesurfing clubs. In China, Xiamen is the only place that has the kitesurfing club, which provides professional kitesurfing training and equipments.
小题1:Kitesurfing has a history of about years.

A．30

B．50

C．100

D．130

小题2: is mentioned in the passage as the power of kitesurfing.

A．Water

B．Wind

C．The sun

D．The kite

小题3:The underlined word “range” in the third paragraph means “ ” in Chinese.

A．在……范围内变动	B．按……顺序排列
C．向……方向延伸	D．根据……归类

小题4: The most important reason for the popularity of kitesurfing is that .

A．its price is getting lower and lower

B．more and more people are enjoying its excitement

C．its equipment progress makes it easier and safer

D．all people can learn and take part in it

小题5:The main idea of this passage is about .

A．the way of operating kitesurfing

B．the progress of kitesurfing equipment

C．the history of kitesurfing in China

D．the development of kitesurfing

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	The 16th Asian Games was held from November 12^th to 27^th in 2010 in Guangzhou, China. There were 41 events in the Games. China got 199 gold medals and reached the total medals of 416. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Asian Games. In 1990 Beijing held the 11th Asian Games.
	Premier Wen Jiabao went to Shanxi province on April 2^nd, 2011. He made a three-day visit to impoverished(穷困的) Luliang. During his visit, he said that farmers’ right（权利）must be protected and he warned(警告) that no land should ever be taken against a farmer’s will(意愿).
	The Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway will be put into operation at the end of June, 2011. The journey takes about five hours. The train can reach speeds of up to 380 kilometers an hour. The passenger volume (容量) is expected to reach 160 million a year, marking(标志) a great step in China’s Railway development.

请根据以上信息，选择正确答案，将其标号在答题卡上涂黑。（每小题2分，共10分）
小题1:The 16th Asian Games was held in __________.

A．Guangzhou

B．Shanghai

C．Beijing

D．Tokyo

小题2:How many gold medals did China get in the 16th Asian Games ?

A．11.

B．41.

C．199.

D．416.

小题3: ________ went to Shanxi province on April 2^nd, 2011.

A．A farmer

B．Our premier

C．A worker

D．A passenger

小题4:Premier Wen Jiabao said that_________ right must be protected.

A．officials’

B．women’s

C．students’

D．farmers’

小题5:The Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway will be put into operation at the end of _______, 2011.

A．June

B．July

C．August

D．September

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Being able to multitask—doing several things at the same time—is considered (考虑，认为) a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle a larger number of electronic devices (电子产品) as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a large amount of time in fruitless efforts (努力) as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also has an effect (影响) on young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (器具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive (肯定的) response (回应). However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers (雇主) feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary (没必要) for them to learn special skills to do their work.
小题1: What does the underlined word “juggle” most probably mean?

A．Want to buy.	B．Use at the same time.
C．Take the place of.	D．Search information from.

小题2:In Paragraph 3, the author points out that__________.

A．family members do not greet each other

B．family members do not eat at the family table

C．young people get on well with their families

D．young people hardly communicate with their family members

小题3:What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Young people must learn skills for future jobs.

B．Young people benefit (获益) a lot from modern gadgets.

C．Multitasking is an important skill to young people.

D．Multitasking influences young people’s development seriously.

小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Young people think multitasking is good for their study and work.

B．Employers consider it unnecessary for young people to be taught all over again.

C．Educators feel that young people don’t need to improve their study skills.

D．People from the world of education believe multitasking has a good effect on children’s later study skills.

小题5: The author develops (阐述) the passage mainly by__________.

A．providing special examples

B．following the natural time order

C．giving out a cause and analyzing (分析) its effects

D．comparing opinions from different worlds

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Do you know that animals have love for each other and their children just like us humans? Let me tell you some moving stories of great animal parents.
Several years ago a heavy rain hit a town and made the river go up. When the rain stopped, people found that a dog swam to an island in the river twice a day for two weeks. Why did she do so? Her four children were there. The mother swam there every day to feed her babies. This true story moved many people.
Another story is about chimpanzees(猩猩). A scientist named Jane Goodall spent 4 years living with chimpanzees in Africa. She found that chimpanzees also cared for those that were hurt or got lost. “It is not only humans who have duties, animals also do,” she said.
Two birds in Chengdu also showed their parental(父母的) love. Their baby was hurt and fell on the street in the center of the city. Cars were driving past but the brave parents rushed down to the road and took the little bird away with their claws(爪子).
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5: After the heavy rain, the mother dog swam to the island ________.

A．to look for food	B．to feed her babies
C．to move some people	D．to carry things to her owner

小题6: The scientist found chimpanzees ________.

A．cared for the hurt or lost ones	B．often left for a far place
C．always stayed in the same place	D．didn’t care about each other

小题7:The two birds rushed down and took the little one away because ________.

A．they didn’t like their baby	B．they were not kind enough
C．they wanted to teach their baby	D．they wanted to save their baby

小题8: From the passage we know ________.

A．dogs like to swim across the river in a heavy rain.

B．mother birds don’t want to save their children

C．animal parents love their children a lot

D．all animals want to move people very much

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