1、閱讀理解練習(xí)： （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

2、 home 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

3、is 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 thes

4、e different 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

5、 to stay 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 t

6、alk? Maybe 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 t

7、hey are 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 s

8、tudy them. 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.

9、 Dolphin 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 waterB. they are under t

10、he waterC. they are very highD. 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

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12、years old. Height: 1.6 m to 1.75m. Education to GGSE standardstandard Two languages, must be able to swim. Apply to: RecruitmentRecruitment Office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West, HR 37KK. Teachers NeededTeachers Needed For privateprivate language school teaching, experience unnecessary. A

13、pply to: The Director of Studies, Instant Languages Ltd., 279 Canal Street, Roston 1. 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, Inst

14、ant Languages Ltd., 279 Canal Street. Roston. D. a private language school. 2. What 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.

15、3. Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just finished college. Which job might be given to him? A. Driving for Capes TaxiB. 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

16、A. She once broke a traffic law and was finedB. She cant speak Japanese very well. C. She has never worked as an air hostess beforeD. 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 marriedB. Wh

17、ether they are men or womenC. Their educationD. The ages （四） All my friends 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 c ouldnt stop. But two years lat

18、er I could feel what smoking was doing to me. I couldnt run far, and I coughed 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 y

19、ou smoke, the earlier the heart attack is likely to be. For example, a 50-year-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 increase

20、s the blood pressure. The cigarette smoke also reduces the amount of oxygen in 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 sm

21、oke. Dont copy your friends and other people who smoke. If you smoke, find out how to stop. Stopping isnt easy, but youll be healthier, and . 1. Who is more likely to have heart disease? A. A smokerB. A non-smokerC. A 50-year-old person 2. What does the writer think of smoking? A. It is good for his

22、 healthB. Smoking is bad for himC. Is it neither good nor bad for his heath 3. What happens after the writer stopped smoking? A. He becomes richB. He has more friendsC. 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

23、 to do some shopping in New York. Fifth Avenue is probably New Yorks most 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, Mac

24、ys and FAO Schwartz. And if youve brought your rollerblades, then a visit 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 wr

25、ong. Nobody sits in Central Park: they run, jog （慢 跑）, and most of all they 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

26、and waitresses in New York wear on their feet? _ 3. What dont people do in 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 co

27、unter, and say what youd like to eat. You pay the pers on who serves you. You 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

28、 you sit down. You tell her what youd like to eat and she brings it to you. 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 yo

29、u her name, but you dont need to tell her yours. If you dont eat everything, 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

30、to sit. If you have wine, he may ask you to taste it. You can only refuse it 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. reservat

31、ion 預(yù)定7. refuse 拒絕 1. There are _ types of restaurants here.A. threeB. fourC. fiveD. six 2. We should sit _ in a coffee shop. A. near the doorB. in the cornerC. 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 restaurant B. In a fa

32、st food restaurantC. In a coffee shopD. In a family restaurant 4. How much do you need to tip in a top class restaurant? A. Ten percentB. Fifteen percentC. 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, y

33、ou 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 amaz

34、ing, one of the best nights of my life.” “But Ive had such a great time doing Tbe Cbamber of Secrets. I love doing the work. I love meeting new people and being part of the team. Its been great.” Daniel has changed. He turned 14 in July, 2002. He is taller, his voice is deeper and his frame is filli

35、ng out as he begins his teenage years, and he has become an excellent actor, too. Daniel was born in London where his father, Alan, worked as an agent and his mother, Marcia, as a casting director, and both have been an essential guiding influence on their only child. 1. impossible 不可能的2. recall 回憶3

36、. premiere 首映4. amazing 令人驚異的 5. the Chamber of Secrets密室 6. agent 經(jīng)紀(jì)人 7. casting director 負(fù)責(zé)物色演員的人8. essential 極為重要的 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. Daniel Radcliff is fifteen years old in 2003. 2. Daniel didnt have many special moments in 2002. 3. One of his best memories was the London premier

37、e for 7 Pbilosopbers Stone. 4. Daniel likes making friends. 5. Daniels father is an agent in America. 完形填空練習(xí)： （一） Have you ever talked with friends in class? Putin did the1. He would secretly tell others what to say when the teacher was asking them for a(n)2. It seemed that young Putin was not good

38、at3things. He sometimes forgot to finish his maths homework. Once he forgot to wear school uniform（校服）. His teacher had to ask him to4the classroom. But young Putin did very well in the moral class（品德課）. He5got full marks. He also showed a strong love of his motherland at an early age. 1. A. someB.

39、sameC. soD. it 2. A. questionB. problemC. answerD. sentence 3. A. forgetting 4. A. get into 5. A. always B. learning B. get off B. never C. making C. get on C. sometimes （二） D. remembering D. get out of D. seldom We are going to take a test today. It will show if we are1to get in an honours class ne

40、xt year. But, I dont think it is2for me. It is the maths part my favourite. We take the test by computer. There352 questions for us to do in one hour. The boy behind me4nervous. The girl to my left was nervous,5. But6I began answering the questions, I saw the whole thing7a game. I tried to8easy ways

41、 to do the maths problems. At the end of the test, my score was 307. but what does it mean? I have no idea. I asked my friend John. He got 227. When he knew my score, he said.“Oh my God. Youre a genius!” So, I asked9people, and got the same answers. Finally, I walked up to Lauren. “David! How did yo

42、u do on the MAP test?”I answered, “If I10you, will you kill me?” 1. A. enough smart 2. A. hard 3. A. was 4. A. was looking 5. A. either 6. A. when 7. A. for 8. A. look 9. A. other 10. A. told C. smart enoughD. very smart C. differentD. interesting C. wereD. have C. looksD. was looked C. yetD. too C.

43、 beforeD. while C. toD. as C. findD. search C. the otherD. others C. will tellD. tell （三） Two days ago I was quite sure of getting an “A”for my Spanish. I had got myself1. I looked for2 on the Internet for a week. I wrote a3and I even drew a few pictures of Spain. I practiced the speech a lot. On th

44、e day of my speech, I didnt get nervous or forget4I was going to say. However, everybody has one thing they are5at. Some people are bad at drawing pictures.6are bad at typing. My problem is that my stories about Spanish history sounded boring. After giving my speech and showing my pictures I7I was g

45、oing to get a bad grade. Big projects are very difficult for me to finish. They8a lot of time, and I always9the day it has to be finished and the grade Ill get . Anyway, I ended up getting an “A-”. The teacher said I10all my classmates listen - I was talking very loudly! 1. A. ready 2. A. news 3. A.

46、 book 4. A. who 5. A. good 6. A. The other 7. A. thought 8. A. cost 9. A. worry about 10. A. make B. excited B. information B. story B. where B. bad B. Another B. though B. spend B. think about B. made C. interested C. dictionaries C. speech C. when C. interesting C. Others C. taught C. pay C. tell

47、about C. am making D. worried D. papers D. joke D. what D. glad D. Other D. brought D. take D. know about D. has made B. too smart B. easy B. had B. looked B. also B. after B. like B. find out B. another B. am telling （四） David is a middle school student. He lived in a small1for fifteen years. His f

48、ather, Mr Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he2a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His3moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had4friends here. At first he often played by 5. His neighbour Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the

49、 boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. David6to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now theyre good friends. One afternoon, Cathy told David. “Itll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. Ill have a birthday party. Will you please come?” “7. Im glad to,” the boy said happily. David got

50、home and thought of a8he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he9to ask the girl what she liked. He couldnt call her because he didnt know her telephone10. At that moment Mrs Hill came and asked, “Whats the matter, dear?” “What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mummy?” “Nothing,”th

51、e woman said, “I just with I were 16.” 1. A. town 2. A. open 3. A. home 4. A. a few 5. A. himself 6. A. enjoy 7. A. Well 8. A. prize 9. A. forgot 10. A. code（密碼） （五） The world1many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our ears while2are very pleasant to hear. In single day you probably hear3so

52、unds. All sounds are different. Some4loud, some sounds are high, others are low, some sounds are useful. 5sound we cant talk or listen to each other. The ringing of the alarm clock wakes people up. The hooting（鳴笛聲）of a car warns people of danger. Some sounds are harmful. When planes fly low6the land

53、; the very loud sounds can damage the house. Very loud sound can even make people deaf. We know sound travels about one kilometer in three7 . In a thunder storm you see the lighting first and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels8than sound. Next time you see lighting count the number

54、 of seconds before you hear the thunder. Divide this number93. This will tell you10kilometers away the thunder storm is. 1. A. full ofB. fill withC. is filled ofD. is filled with 2. A. othersB. the otherC. anotherD. the others 3. A. hundreds ofB. hundred ofC. hundredsD. hundred 4. A. mayB. maybeC. may beD. can 5. A. OfB. WithC. WithoutD. By 6. A. inB. onC. aboveD. over B. city B. opens