1 . Copenhagen is a city full of fairy tales (童话故事). If you want to explore it, you have to spend a long time and walk slower to enjoy yourself. Copenhagen was the first city to have a street for walkers only. The city has less traffic noise and pollution than any other European capital.
Walking along the river banks, you'll see the Amalienborg Palace first. The king's family is living there.
Churches and castles show us the original (最初的) city. Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in 1445. But fires in 1728 and 1795 completely destroyed (摧毁) the old wooden buildings. Much of what we see today dates back to (追溯到) the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Keep going, and you'll see the Christiansborg Palace. The town of Copenhagen began there. Then you will see Nyhavn (尼哈芬), a waterway, which was dug in 1673.When you see it, you'll understand why Hans Christian Andersen made this beautiful waterway his home. Nyhavn is a peaceful and wonderful place. You'll usually see some rich people walk along here.
If you walk there, you can enjoy the old trees, the colourful lights and the beautiful gardens. You might feel as if you were in a fairy tale.
1. The underlined word “explore” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________ in Chinese.| A．探索 | B．进入 | C．找到 | D．离开 |
| A．London. | B．Rome. |
| C．Paris. | D．Copenhagen. |
| A．churches and castles |
| B．the Amalienborg Palace |
| C．the old wooden buildings |
| D．the Christiansborg Palace |
| A．Andersen made it his home. |
| B．It has a history of 383 years. |
| C．Rich people seldom walk along it. |
| D．It's a fictitious (虚构的) place in a fairy tale. |
| A．Preventing fires. |
| B．Visiting Copenhagen. |
| C．Writing fairy tales. |
| D．Digging a waterway. |
B
Americans like to have different kinds of parties such as birthday parties, surprise parties, tea parties and house-warming parties. Pajama（睡衣）parties are one of the most popular kinds of parties in the US. At a pajama party, a group of friends spend the night at a person's house. It is a great way for children or teenagers to get together and have a good time.
To hold a pajama party, the host（东道主）will usually plan some fun activities such as watching movies and playing board games and video games. He or she should also prepare some delicious snacks and fun food like pizza. Guests at a pajama party should bring their own pajamas, toothbrushes, pilows and blankets（枕头和毯子）.But if they forget something, they don't need to worry because the host will give them what they need.
If a pajama party is mainly for fun, a prom is no doubt a very important thing in most American schools. A prom is a formal（正式的）dance party that is held at a high school. The party is usually held near the end of the senior year, the last year of high school, so it is often called graduation（毕业）dance. Students are supposed to wear formal clothes at the prom. A Prom Queen and a Prom King may also be crowned（加冕）at many schools' proms.
1. How many kinds of parties are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Four. | B．Five | C．Six | D．Seven |
| A．at a cinema | B．at a restaurant |
| C．at a high school | D．at a person's house |
| A．can enjoy some fun activities |
| B．must use the host's pajamas |
| C．have no snacks or fun food to eat |
| D．can't get what they need from the host |
| A．wear formal clothes | B．play board games |
| C．are all crowned | D．are all surprised |
| A．American school life |
| B．Pajama parties and proms |
| C．American sleeping habits |
| D．Birthday parties and tea parties |
3 . Many people run for exercise. But what will you do if you are not a_“born”_runner or jogger (慢跑者)？You may still want a kind of exercise that's inexpensive and easy to do. Why not try walking?
Walking requires no special equipment (装备)．It is a kind of exercise that almost any normal, healthy person can do. Walking is good for your health like jogging or running; it will just take longer. Jogging and running make your heart work harder than walking. They also put more stress on your legs and feet than walking does.
The problem with walking is that most people don't take it seriously. But there's a big difference between serious walking and the walking that most of us do. Walking, like jogging, should have a steady and continuous motion (稳健而持续的动作)．
If you want to get your exercise by walking, you need to have your own walking plan. After all, runners and joggers set goals for themselves. Walkers need goals, too. You also need to set a course to walk. Start by walking about 15－30 minutes a day. Increase your time and distance (距离) slowly. And try increasing your walking speed little by little.
If you prefer to jog or run, follow the same advice. Start off slowly. Spend most of the first few days just walking. Then, start walking and running on the same day. Run or jog a short distance, then walk for a while, then, run, then walk. Follow that pattern for 15－30 minutes a day. Slowly make each run longer and each walk shorter. Later on, you can increase your distance, speed and exercise time.
1小题为任务一将画线短语“a ‘born’ runner”译为汉语。2小题和3小题为任务二列举两条jogging和running对身体部位的影响。4小题为任务三 回答问题。5小题为任务四选出作者关于步行健身的两种建议，将字母代号填写在题空线上。6小题为任务五找出最后一段的主题句。
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4. What's the problem with walking?
5. 选出作者关于步行健身的两种建议，将字母代号填写在题空线上。
A.Have a walking plan.
B.Walk fast at the beginning.
C.Start by walking an hour a day.
D.Increase distance and speed little by little.
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A science fiction flying car looks like a normal car, but it is an aircraft (飞行器) that anybody can fly directly from any place to another without using roads or runways. Science fiction writers have written about flying cars for a long time. But now flying cars will soon fly out of the world of science fiction into our real world. And the dream of the science fiction writers will soon come true.
The first-known sky car is the FSC-1. The FSC-1 looks like an expensive sports car. You can drive the FSC-1 on the road like a normal car. If you touch a button, its wings and propeller (螺旋桨) fold out and then it can take off, fly and land as an airplane. The owners of the FSC-1 can choose if they want to drive or fly.
Another flying car or sky car is the Moller Skycar M400. Although you can’t drive it on the roads, it is small and easy to fly and can take off and land like a helicopter (直升飞机). Urban Aeronautics’ X-Hawk is another type of sky car. It is expected to be available for about $3 million.
Just like any new technology, flying cars have taken a long time to be developed. But some experts think the technology is far from what people imagine when they are sitting in traffic. It still needs to be improved.
1. ______ kinds of flying cars are mentioned in the passage.
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
| A．science fiction writers’ ideas are stupid |
| B．they are too expensive to make |
| C．they will soon be available |
| D．they are only in science fiction |
| A．change itself into a robot |
| B．move on water like a ship |
| C．be flown only like an airplane |
| D．be driven like a car and flown like an airplane |
| A．it can’t fly |
| B．it can’t be driven like a car |
| C．it is difficult to land |
| D．it is much more expensive |
| A．normal | B．traditional |
| C．not good enough | D．strange |
| Advice on making new friends | Advice on keeping friends |
| * Try to be open to new experiences and relationships. * Join clubs or volunteer organizations. These activities will give you a chance to communicate with people who share similar interests. * Go on with it — even if you don’t feel comfortable. It takes time to build friendships. | * Be a good listener. Don’t offer advice unless you’re asked. * Respect (尊重) the other person’s opinion, even when you don’t agree. * Your friends need to know they can trust you. |
1. Building friendships doesn’t take long. ( )
2. Volunteer activities can help you make some new friends. ( )
3. You should respect your friend’s idea. ( )
4. Offer your friends advice if you are not asked.( )
5. The passage talks about how to make new friends and keep friends.( )
Another problem is that parents may expect their children’s interests to be similar to their own. If they love science, they may try to force (强迫) their child to love science too. But what if (要是……又怎样) their child’s true love is art, or writing, or car repair?
Parents usually want to pass on their values to their children. But should children always believe what their parents do? When children are young, they believe that their parents are always right. But when they get older, they will have different ways of thinking.
The most important thing to realize is that we all have many teachers in our lives. Our parents teach us, our teachers teach us, and our friends teach us. Books and newspapers and televisions also teach us. All of them are valuable.
1. ________ might see a trip to a big city as a valuable experience, according to the passage.
| A．A parent |
| B．A teacher |
| C．Either a teacher or a parent |
| D．Neither a teacher nor a parent |
| A．looks | B．interests |
| C．habits | D．jobs in the future |
| A．路过 | B．继承 | C．传递 | D．领悟 |
| A．don’t believe their parents any more |
| B．should always believe what their parents do |
| C．believe that their parents are always right |
| D．begin to have their own ways of thinking |
| A．Never grow up! |
| B．Believe your parents forever. |
| C．Are parents always the best teachers? |
| D．How many teachers can we have in our lives? |
● Get ready
You will need an iron, an ironing board and a bottle of water. Place the shirt on the ironing board. You can iron in whatever order you like, but most people like to start at the top — the collar. Have a bottle of water ready. Spray (喷) it onto the shirt to make it easier to iron.
● Do the ironing
First, iron the inside of the collar. Second, turn the collar over and iron the other side. Third, iron the back shoulders of the shirt. Fourth, iron the cuffs. Iron the inside, then the outside of the cuffs. Fifth, iron the sleeves. Sixth, iron the back of the shirt. Finally, iron the front of the shirt. Do one side, and then do the other side.
● Dry the shirt
Check your shirt and iron it again if you need to. Now put your shirt on a hanger and let it dry.
1. What’s the most important thing if you want to iron a shirt?
| A．Have a bottle of water ready. |
| B．Don’t try to iron a dry shirt. |
| C．Wash your shirt carefully. |
| D．Place the shirt on the ironing board. |
| A．a ruler | B．an iron |
| C．an ironing board | D．a bottle of water |
| A．the sleeves | B．the back shoulders |
| C．the cuffs | D．the collar |
| A．Five. | B．Six. |
| C．Seven. | D．Eight. |
| A．reading a book | B．watching a video |
| C．listening to the radio | D．reading the newspaper |
8 . Do you know something about the Akuapem people? They live in eastern Ghana (加纳), where the sunshine hugs all the time. They are very friendly. Now let’s have a look at how the Akuapem people receive a visitor.
A visitor is often welcomed warmly in a family of Akuapem. After the visitor is welcomed into the house, he is offered a seat and water at the very beginning, for the host (主人) thinks that the visitor must have come from a very long trip and is in need of water. Then the host family greet the visitor by saying “Akwaaba.” More interestingly, if there is a group of visitors, the host will greet the visitors from right to left. And the host shakes only with his right hand, because the left hand is regarded dirty according to the Akuapem people.
Next, the visitor is asked how his trip was and why he has come. While the conversation is going on, the wife and children, especially girls, are cooking food for the visitor. The visitor can choose the food. After the visitor has finished eating, the host and the visitor continue their conversation. Usually this is a short one since the visitor is getting ready to say goodbye.
When the visitor is leaving, he is often given some food to take along. He is also accompanied (陪伴) by one of the children to the nearest station. The child who accompanies the visitor will not come back home until the visitor leaves safely.
No matter if he is a close friend or just a passer-by (过路人), this is always the way that the friendly Akuapem people receive a visitor.
根据短文内容回答下列问题：
1. What is the visitor offered at first by the family of Akuapem?
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2. Why does the host shake only with his right hand?
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3. Who are cooking food while the host is chatting with the visitor?
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4. When will the child who accompanies the visitor to the station come back home?
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5. What does the article mainly talk about?
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A cold gives you a runny nose and cough. But it’s usually easy to deal with. Some take medicine while others drink herbal tea or chicken soup. Usually you feel better after a week.
On the other hand, the flu can be much more dangerous. It usually gives you fever. Sometimes it can cause death. According to an American magazine, the worst flu killed about 50 million people from 1918 to 1919.
Don’t worry. If you get a flu vaccine (疫苗), it can stop you from getting the virus (病毒). Flu vaccines work by giving the body a small amount of flu viruses. This causes your body to develop antibodies (抗体). So next time you get the flu, the antibodies should help you.
The flu virus changes every few years. Therefore, there are so many types of flu, such as H1N1 and H5N1. The antibodies for one type of flu can’t help us against all types of flu. That’s why we need to get the vaccine every year.
However, good health habits may also help stop you developing a cold or flu. Washing your hands often helps stop you from getting viruses. It is also important to get regular exercise and eat healthy food. All these can help you strengthen your immune system (增强免疫系统).
1. If you have a common cold, usually you’ll feel better after ________.
| A．a week | B．two weeks |
| C．ten days | D．twenty days |
| A．It first happened in 1919. |
| B．It usually doesn’t give you fever. |
| C．It is easy to deal with. |
| D．It can kill people sometimes. |
| A．it can’t stop you from getting the flu virus |
| B．it won’t cause your body to develop antibodies |
| C．your body will develop antibodies |
| D．your body will get a large amount of flu viruses |
| A．we probably have a cold in winter |
| B．the flu virus changes every few years |
| C．the flu is very dangerous |
| D．you don’t need to take any medicine after that |
| A．staying indoors | B．getting regular exercise |
| C．eating healthy food | D．washing our hands often |
Benjamin Franklin famously founded (创建) America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1800’s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.
Carnegie believed that libraries could offer the chances to Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have opportunities to read and use books, speeches and news.
If you can easily find a public library in your community(社区), you’ll get more chances. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven tenths of the libraries have free Internet. It provides much more information and opportunities to ask for jobs online.
Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Build! Play! adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book that is being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images(图像) from the story happily. Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom(智慧) are never shut.” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!
1. Benjamin Franklin founded the first lending library in _______.| A．1731 | B．1800 | C．1886 | D．1919 |
| A．2767. | B．6458. | C．9225. | D．1679. |
①The public library system in America developed fast.
②The first lending library was founded.
③ Libraries provide information and chances to ask for job online.
④ Libraries try to bring people into the library by using creative programs.
| A．②①③④ | B．②③④① | C．③④①② | D．①②③④ |
| A．libraries have played an important role in Americans’ education |
| B．public libraries in the US should never close the doors |
| C．the writer doesn’t agree with Benjamin Franklin |
| D．libraries help people to open the doors of wisdom |
| A．the libraries in the world |
| B．libraries and opportunities |
| C．libraries teach kids to read and learn |
| D．the development of the American libraries |
