1 . When you are learning English, you find it not always right to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” as an example. If you look up each word in the dictionary, one at a time, what is your translation? It must be a wrong sentence in your own language.
Language do not just have different sounds, they are different in many ways. It’s important to master(掌握) the rules for word order in the study of English, too. If the speakers put words in a wrong order, the listeners can’t understand the speakers’ sentences easily. Sometimes when the order is changed, the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the difference between the two pairs of sentences.
“She only likes apples.” “Only she likes apples.”
“I’ve seen the film already.” “I have already seen the film.”
When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit(精神) of the language and use it as the English speakers do.
1. From the passage we know that when we are learning English.| A．we shouldn’t put every word into our own language |
| B．we shouldn’t look up every word in the dictionary |
| C．we need to put every word into our own language |
| D．we must read word by word |
| A．difficult to understand different sounds |
| B．possible to remember the word order |
| C．important to master the rules in different way |
| D．easy to master the rules for word order |
_______.| A．the meaning of an English sentence always changes with the order of the words |
| B．the order of words can never change the meaning of an English sentence |
| C．sometimes different order of words has a different meaning |
| D．if the order of words is different, the meaning of the sentence must be different |
| A．is the same as “Only she likes apple”. | B．is different from “Only she likes apple”. |
| C．means “She likes fruit except apples”. | D．means “She doesn’t like apples”. |
| A．Different Orders, Different Meanings | B．How to Speak English? |
| C．How to Put English into Our Own Language? | D．How to Learn English? |
2 . My name is Dave. On school days, I live in my school. It’s across from a bookstore. And I love my school because I have many friends here and my school life is colorful (多彩的). There is a supermarket near my dormitory (宿舍) and I often buy food and school things in it. Next to the supermarket, there is a fruit store. And I often buy some fruit in it.
My name is Johnny. I live with my grandparents in a small village. I like living there because it’s quiet there. There is only one supermarket in the village and there is no bank there. But in the town, there is a bank. When I want to withdraw (提取) some money, I need to go to the town.
I am Amber. This is my neighborhood. It’s busy. There are lots of stores and restaurants around here. My house is on a street corner (角落). Near my house, there is a post office. And next to the post office is a pay phone. Also, there is a park in my neighborhood. Many people like to go there to do sports.
1. Where is Dave’s school?| A．It’s on a street corner. |
| B．It’s across from a bookstore. |
| C．It’s behind a supermarket. |
| D．It’s in front of a bank. |
| A．Amber’s house | B．the park |
| C．the post office | D．the street corner |
| A．Johnny’s | B．Dave’s | C．Gina’s | D．Amber’s |
| A．Because he can have lots of delicious food at school. |
| B．Because he likes his teachers in his school. |
| C．Because there are so many rules at home. |
| D．Because he has many friends and his school life is great. |
| A．Dave, Johnny and Amber study in the same school. |
| B．Amber’s neighborhood is very busy. |
| C．There is no bank in Johnny’s village. |
| D．Dave lives in his school on school days. |
3 . Hundreds of years ago, life was harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either.
Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution to all living things in the world.
Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt (被状物) over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, and they mustn’t let dirty smoke go into the air.
We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and do not throw them on the ground. We can go to work by bus with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution.
Rules are not enough. Every person must help to fight pollution.
1. Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today because _______.| A．there were not modern machines | B．there was no modern medicine | C．both A and B | D．there were not many people |
| A．Water pollution | B．Air pollution |
| C．Noise pollution | D．Pollution |
| A．noise pollution | B．air pollution | C．water pollution | D．A, B and C |
| A．before they are thrown away | B．when they are thrown away |
| C．after it is thrown away | D．before it is thrown away |
| A．a few years ago, there was no smog at all |
| B．today people don’t have to talk to each other loudly |
| C．we can drink water from the polluted rivers and lakes |
| D．people are making rules in order to (为了)fight pollution |
Today SMS---Short Message Service is popular, and China Mobile says that every second, there are 410 messages being sent.
Look around you! People are watching their mobiles, smiling or laughing. Thumbs(拇指) are moving quickly on mobiles, bringing happiness to their friends. Through SMS, we know the weather report, share jokes and news, express love and friendship.
SMS is becoming more and more popular. It's reported that sixty-seven percent of young people like to send short messages to greet each other. Internet SMS will be more helpful to people. I'm thankful for the progress because SMS saves me much money. Just on the top of the thumb, so much joy can be found.
1. SMS can help people do the followings except(除了)____.
| A．knowing the weather report |
| B．sharing jokes and new |
| C．spending more time traveling |
| A．SMS helps people a lot |
| B．young people dislike SMS |
| C．he invented SMS |
| A．40% | B．67% | C．60% |
| A．how to search Internet |
| B．how to send short message |
| C．the joy (快乐) of SMS |
| A．More than 400 people send messages in China every second |
| B．The writer has one million yuan. |
| C．The writer spends ten fen on this short message. |
First of all, they sound very different. Often, Americans don’t say each word separately. They say words together. Americans may say “I dunno”
Sound is not only the difference. Words sometimes have different meanings too. For example, the vocabulary(词汇) for cars and driving is very different. Americans drive trucks(卡车), but in England people drive lorries.
Many expressions（短语） are also different in the two countries. In England, if you are going to telephone your friends, you “phone them up”. In America, you “give them a call”. When you are saying goodbye in England you might say “Cheerio!” In America you might say “See you later.”
There’re also some differences in grammar(语法). For example, Americans usually use the helping verb “do” when they ask a question. They say “Do you have a storybook?” But the British often leave out the helping verb. They say “Have you a storybook?”
Most languages are like this. Languages change over time. When people live in separate places, the languages change in different ways. This is what has happened to English. It can also happen to other languages, such as French. Many people in Canada speak French but their French is very different from the French of France.
1. What does the word “separately” mean in this passage? It means “_____”.
| A．含糊地 | B．快速地 | C．分开地 | D．简略地 |
| A．an example of British English |
| B．an example of American English |
| C．the same in America and England |
| D．not the same in America and England |
| A．are always changing as time passes |
| B．keep unchanged even if time changes |
| C．are the same in all places |
| D．are easy to learn |
| A．American people usually say “ I don’t know” instead of “ I dunno ”. |
| B．There are four differences between American and British English. |
| C．Canadians speak all the same French as Frenchmen. |
| D．When people live in different places, the language is in the same way. |
| A．English vocabulary |
| B．how American sounds are different from British sounds |
| C．the way the British say words |
| D．some differences between American and British English |
6 . Once a year, a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels (车轮). Made in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part in the race. After a great many loud explosions(爆炸), the race began. Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them.
A few cars, however, completed the race. The winning car reached a speed (速度) of forty miles an hour much faster than any of its rivals. It sped (加速前进) downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting.
1. It was a race for modern cars.| A．T | B．F |
| A．T | B．F |
| A．T | B．F |
| A．T | B．F |
| A．T | B．F |
7 . Shopping used to mean actually going to shops, but nowadays, you can shop without even leaving your house. Just sit in front of your computer, click your mouse and your things will be sent to your house in a couple of days.
November 11this a big day for people who like shopping online. On that day last year, many online stores offered a big discount and free delivery service. The biggest online shopping sites in China,Taobao.com and Tmall.com ，sold things worth 19.1 billion yuan in total.
“Goods online are often much cheaper. It also saves me a lot of time. And we often have more goods on many online stores than in shopping malls,” Wang Xin, an online shopping lover in Beijing, said to China Daily. She stayed up very late for a lot of cheap goods online. She spent several thousand that day.
Another big advantage of online shopping is that it helps people get things from different cities, even different countries, 1 “I like eating duck neck very much and I often buy it on Taobao from shops in Wuhan. It’s much more delicious than what our local (当地的) stores sell, but cheaper,” said Zang Xin, a girl in Yangzhou.
While enjoying online shopping, many people also have worries, especially for middle school student buyers. Young students are easily attracted by advertisements on the Internet and buy things they don’t need.
“Middle school students should pay more attention to their study. Searching for things wastes their time,” said Jing Chunling, an education expert. “Besides, online shop owners have no idea of the ages of their buyers. Anyone can easily buy things that they want to. Some of goods are even bad for young students such as cigarettes and wine.”
1. Nowadays many people like shopping online instead of _________.| A．clicking their mouse | B．paying money |
| C．sitting in front of their computers | D．going to shops |
| A．轻松地 | B．困难地 | C．便宜地 | D．昂贵地 |
| A．It can save people time and money. | B．Online stores have better quality goods. |
| C．People can buy things from different places. | D．Online stores may have more kinds of goods. |
| A．have no time to waste and are easily attracted to buy bad things |
| B．may depend too much on online shopping |
| C．haven’t met the online store owners |
| D．may buy nothing with a lot of money |
| A．how to buy good products online |
| B．how to find good online stores. |
| C．advantages and disadvantages of online shopping. |
| D．dangers of shopping online for students. |
