Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks.
          At summer picnic, there is often an informal（非正式的） baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to play. There are nine players on each team.
          The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America’s heroes（英雄）. At the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.
          American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the U.S.A. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result.
1. There are _________ players on each baseball team.

A．seven

B．eleven

C．four

D．nine

2. The baseball season goes from ________.

A．April to September	B．March to September
C．January to September	D．May to September

3. ________ follows the baseball season in the USA.

A．The basketball season	B．The football season
C．A basketball match	D．A football match

4. Which one is NOT right?

A．Boys and girls like baseball games.

B．More people are interested in football than baseball.

C．Just young boys and girls take turns to play in the informal baseball game.

D．Children sometimes play baseball in parks.

5. ________ is perhaps the most popular in the USA.

A．Baseball	B．Table tennis
C．Basketball	D．American football

Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern plane it takes one day to travel places which took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages（优势）. You can see the country you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. _They_____make even the longest journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large planes and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish --- where there is something interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel where you can spend the night. That is why traveling by car is a popular pleasant trip, while people usually take a train or a plane when they are traveling on business.
6. From the passage (短文), we know the fastest way of traveling is ____.

A．by train

B．by sea

C．by plane

D．by car

7. If we travel by car, we can _____.

A．make the longest journey enjoyable

B．travel to a very far place in several minutes

C．make our own timetable

D．travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day

8. The underlined (划线的) word “They” in the passage refers to (指的是)____.

A．modern trains in the country

B．comfortable seats and dining-cars

C．the travelers on the modern trains

D．the slower ways of traveling

9. When people travel on business, they usually take ____.

A．a plane or a car	B．a car or a boat
C．a boat or a train	D．a train or a plane

10. How many ways of traveling are mentioned (被提到的) in the passage?

A．Four.

B．Three.

C．Two.

D．Six

Have you ever heard of an avalanche(雪崩）？The avalanches is a kind of sudden natural disaster like earthquakes. During an avalanche a lot of snow and ice rush down the mountain. As they rush, the snow and ice move faster and faster. In fact, snow from an avalanche can move as fast as two hundred miles an hour. That is three times faster than a car on a highway!

Most avalanches happen after big storms. In the mountains like the Alps and the Himalayas, there is snow and ice all year round. After big storms, new snow puts more pressure(压力）on the snow that is already in the mountains. It can make the old snow rush down.

Avalandches are very dangerous. Heavy snow moving down the mountains may pull trees and rocks along. That can cause great damage, such as pushing down houses and killing people. Luckily, no one lives in the mountains where avalanches are easy to happen. So not many people die from avalanches each year.

Most people who may lose their lives in avalanches are ski(滑雪）lovers. It's important for   them to stay safe while having fun in the snore mountains. Scientists can usually tell whether（是否）an avalanche might happen or not. If you are a ski lover, remember to pay attention to scientists' warnings before you go skiing.

11. Which word best describes the avalanche according to Paragraph 1?

A．Sudden.

B．Fast.

C．Powerful.

D．Dangerous.

12. What makes the old snow rush down the mountain?

A．The pressure.

B．The mountain.

C．The storm.

D．The ice.

13. What does the underlined word“damage” probably mean in Chinese?

A．噩耗.

B．扫荡.

C．赔偿.

D．破坏.

14. What should ski lovers do before skiing according to the passage?

A．Go and talk to scientists about avalanches.

B．Learn about how to keep themselves safe.

C．Check -whether there is an avalanche warning.

D．Live far away from the mountain with avalanches.

15. The writer wrote the passage mainly to ____________

A．teach people to stay alive from avalanches

B．warn people of the possible avalanches

C．introduce a natural disaster

D．ask more people to go skiing

For the British, the home is a private(私密的) place where he or she goes to hide away from the troubles of life. It is not very common that one would be invited to a British person’s home. It is rude to knock on a person’s door if you are not invited. If you are invited, don’t ask to see more than the downstairs that your British host invites you into. Never ask how much the house or any of the things in it costs.

To the American, most of them want their home to be a place where they can entertain(款待) and share their lives with their friends. They may be happy to give you a full tour of their houses. They may also be pleased when you show your interest in their houses.

Both British and American people will engage in quite a bit of talk and a drink or two before meals. After the first mouthful, you should say how delicious the food is and ask something about it. Remember, never eat with your mouth open and make very little noise while eating. It would be nice of you to help your host in any way. Maybe offer to pour(倒) some drinks or clear up after the meal.

16. British people ________ invite friends to their home.

A．often

B．always

C．not very often

D．never

17. If your British friend invites you to his home, you can ________.

A．see anything you like

B．ask how much his house is

C．ask the cost of any of the items in it

D．only see the downstairs that you are invited into

18. When you show your interest and pleasure in American people’s house, they may be ________.

A．angry

B．happy

C．sad

D．worried

19. What does the underlined phrase “engage in” mean in Chinese?

A．陷入

B．参与

C．回避

D．限制

20. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Some manners on visiting the British and American home.

B．Different table manners between the British and Americans.

C．Different ideas about the home between the British and Americans.

D．Different ideas about getting along with the British and American neighbors.