1、閱讀理解訓(xùn)練（一）Hi, Louis! Im writing to tell you something about the customs and festivals. Everyone loves holidays since one doesnt need to go to school or work. Although all holidays mean no school and work, but not all of them are the same. On some of them you go out with friends; on others you stay ho

2、me to eat, talk, and have fun with your family. For example in the U.S., everyone thinks New Years Eve and New Year are both for partying with friends. Christmas is the time to stay home and exchange gifts with family members. The opposite is true in Japan though. For example, in Japan, New Year is

3、for spending time with the family to eat, talk, have fun, and go to the temples. But Christmas is for boy and girl friends to go out and exchange gifts. Originally Christmas should be to celebrate the birth of Christ. I have been interested in foreign customs since I was little. If you learn these d

4、ifferent holiday customs, you will learn about different histories and cultures. This is much more interesting than learning them at the library from morning to evening.Love,Sue 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷正誤。正確的用“T”表示，錯(cuò)誤的用“F”表示。 1. Usually, nobody goes to school or works during holidays. 2. Christmas is the time to s

5、tay home to eat, talk and have fun with the family. 3. All the countries have the same way to celebrate the holidays. 4. Being interested in foreign customs means being interested in different histories and cultures. 5. This passage is about the customs and holidays in Japan.（二） Can dolphins talk? M

6、aybe they cant talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds. Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They dont study, but they travel together. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they ar

7、e happy or sad or afraid. They say “welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play. They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study t

8、hem. Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium（水族館）. People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins dont like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely（孤獨(dú)的）. There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebodys life. Dolphin

9、 meat is good, but people dont like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this. 1. Dolphins show their feelings with _ . A. picturesB. wordsC. waterD. sounds 2. People cant hear the dolphins sounds because _ . A. they are above the water B. they are under the wate

10、r C. they are very high D. they are very low 3. Which one is true according to the passage? A. Dolphins swim together in a school because they want to study B. They dont study, but they travel in a group C. Dolphins like to be away from their school on an island. D. Dolphins like to kill people（三） 1

11、. You are 26 years old and want to be a teacher. You should apply to _ . A. Capes Taxi, 17 Palace Road, Roston B. Recruitment Office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West, HR 37KK C. the Director of Studies, Instant Languages Ltd., 279 Canal Street. Roston. D. a private language school. 2. What

12、stops Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxis. A. Fond of beer and wine. B. Punished（處罰）for driving too fast and wrong parking. C. Unable to speak a foreign language. D. Not having college education. 3. Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just finished college. Which jo

13、b might be given to him? A. Driving for Capes Taxi B. Working for Southern Airlines C. Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd. D. Working for Northern Airlines. 4. What prevents（阻止）Mary, aged 25, from becoming an air hostess A. She once broke a traffic law and was fined B. She cant speak Japanese very we

14、ll. C. She has never worked as an air hostess before D. She doesnt feel like working long hours flying abroad. 5. Which of the following is NOT talked about in the three advertisements? A. Whether he or she is married B. Whether they are men or women C. Their education D. The ages（四） All my friends

15、at school smoked. My dad smoked; he didnt want me to smoke but my friends kept saying I was stupid. They asked when I was going to grow up. So I started when I was sixteen and after a month I couldnt stop. But two years later I could feel what smoking was doing to me. I couldnt run far, and I coughe

16、d every morning. I got very ill and decided to stop. It wasnt easy, but now Ive done it, and I feel better. Now I have money for other things. If you smoke, you are twice as likely to die from a heart attack. And the more you smoke, the earlier the heart attack is likely to be. For example, a 50-yea

17、r-old who smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day, is four times more likely to have heart disease than a non-smoker of the same age. What does smoking do to the heart? First of all, it makes the heart beat faster and increases the blood pressure. The cigarette smoke also reduces the amount of oxygen i

18、n the blood. Consequently, the heart has to work harder, with less oxygen. Finally, your arteries will narrow faster if you smoke. So if you want to reduce your chances of getting heart disease, the answer is easy not to smoke. Dont copy your friends and other people who smoke. If you smoke, find ou

19、t how to stop. Stopping isnt easy, but youll be healthier, and . 1. Who is more likely to have heart disease? A. A smoker B. A non-smoker C. A 50-year-old person 2. What does the writer think of smoking? A. It is good for his health B. Smoking is bad for him C. Is it neither good nor bad for his hea

20、th 3. What happens after the writer stopped smoking? A. He becomes rich B. He has more friends C. He becomes healthier and has money to do other things.（五） New York is one of the most exciting cities in the world. You might want to do some shopping in New York. Fifth Avenue is probably New Yorks mos

21、t famous shopping street, but if you go, be prepared to “window shop”only. This is shopping for the rich. There are other, less expensive shopping areas nearby, and youll soon come across famous stores such as Bloomingdales, Macys and FAO Schwartz. And if youve brought your rollerblades, then a visi

22、t to Central Park is a must. This is a large, open park right in the middle of Manhattan, but if you thought that people came here to relax, sit down for a few minutes and get away from the rush of New York life, then youd be wrong. Nobody sits in Central Park: they run, jog（慢跑）, and most of all the

23、y rollerblade. When you leave New York, you might be tired, even poor and overweight, but the one thing you wont be is bored! 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答問題。 1. Why would you probably only “window shop”in Fifth Avenue? _ 2. What do some waiters and waitresses in New York wear on their feet? _ 3. What dont people do in

24、 Central Park? _（六） In the USA, there are many types of restaurants. Fast food restaurants are very famous. You can find McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many countries around the world. You look at a menu above the counter, and say what youd like to eat. You pay the person who serves you. Yo

25、u take your food and sit down or take it away. Theres no need to leave a tip. In a coffee shop you sit at the counter or at a table. You dont wait for the waitress to show you where to sit. She usually brings you coffee when you sit down. You tell her what youd like to eat and she brings it to you.

26、You pay the cashier as you leave. A diner is like a coffee shop but usually looks like a railway carriage. In a family restaurant the atmosphere is casual, but the waitress shows you where to sit. Often the waitress tells you her name, but you dont need to tell her yours. If you dont eat everything,

27、 your waitress gives you a doggy bag to take your food home. You add an extra fifteen percent to the bill as a tip. In top class restaurants, you need a reservation and you need to arrive on time. The waiter shows you where to sit. If you have wine, he may ask you to taste it. You can only refuse it

28、 if it tastes bad, not if you dont like it. When you get your bill, check it and then add fifteen to twenty percent to it as a tip for the waiter. 1. counter柜臺(tái)2. tip小費(fèi) 3. carriage火車車廂4. casual隨意的 5. percent百分之6. reservation預(yù)定 7. refuse拒絕 1. There are _ types of restaurants here. A. threeB. fourC. fi

29、veD. six 2. We should sit _ in a coffee shop. A. near the doorB. in the corner C. at a counterD. on the floor 3. In what kind of restaurant does the waitress often tell you her name? A. In a top class restaurantB. In a fast food restaurant C. In a coffee shopD. In a family restaurant 4. How much do

30、you need to tip in a top class restaurant? A. Ten percentB. Fifteen percent C. Thirty percentD. Forty percent（七） If you ask Daniel Radcliffe who acted Harry Potter to pick a special moment from the last year of his life, you will find it almost impossible. “Oh, wow, thats really difficult,” he says with a smile. “There have been so many things, so many memories that at times its hard to recall them all,” says Daniel. “But I guess one of the best ones was the London premiere for Tbe Pbilosopbers Stone. It was just amazing, one of the best nights of my life.” “But Ive had such a great time doi