1 . 请阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。

The British are well known for the amount of tea that they drink. Each person in the UK drinks around 1.9 kg of tea every year. That’s around 876 cups of tea. Tea is drunk by the whole society. But tea doesn’t grow in Britain. Most of the tea is grown in India and China. So how did it become an important part of British culture?

Tea arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time British ships were exploring（探索）the world and found the drink by accident in China. It was not long before green tea was available to buy. However, this was only available to the rich.

At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount of tea arriving in Britain increased gradually. Black tea arrived at this time. At first, people drank this tea exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that it tasted good with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British characteristic which can be seen as one of the symbols of Britain.

In the 1800s, tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time they began to have “afternoon tea”. This means drinking tea with snacks around 4 pm to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. It is a tradition that is still going today but has become less popular in recent times.

In the late 1800s, the price of the tea dropped fast as more tea began to arrive on ships from India and China. It was no longer a drink just for rich people. Tearooms—shops where you could buy and drink tea—started to appear across the country. People enjoyed drinking tea and socializing（社交）in these places. At the start of the 20th century, the British began to make tea in their homes whenever they felt like it. Teapots became a must in every kitchen.

1. Where is most of the tea planted besides India in the world?

A．In Britain.

B．In America.

C．In China.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Anyone in London could get green tea in the 1600s.

B．Black tea appeared in Britain at the start of the 1700s.

C．The tradition of having afternoon tea began in the 1900s.

3. What does the underlined word “characteristic” mean in Chinese?

A．气质

B．特色

C．遗产

4. Why did tearooms become popular in the late 1800s?

A．Because people don’t like to drink tea at home.

B．Because people didn’t have teapots in their homes.

C．Because people could buy tea at a lower price than before.

5. What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Tea in Britain

B．The History of Tea

C．Tea’s Influence on the World

2 . The History of Pizza

Today,   pizza   ( 披 萨 饼 ) is one   of   the   world’s   favorite   foods.   All over the world, people make different kinds of   pizza. 但是披萨饼起 源于哪里And who made the first one ?

People   have   been   making   food   like   pizza   for   a   very   long   time. Thousands   of years   ago, some people mixed flour   (面粉) with water to take   dough   ( 生 面 团 ). They   cooked it   on   hot   rocks.   People   covered   the   cooked   dough   with different other foods, like onions, carrots and chicken. They had made the world’s first pizza.

Then   in   the   1500s     some   Europeans   brought   the   first   tomatoes   back     from   the   America. Tomatoes   are   necessary   in   making   many   pizzas   today.   At   first,   however,     most   Europeans thought   eating   tomatoes   would   make   them sick. So,   for about 200   years,   few   people   ate   them. Slowly,   people   learned   that   tomatoes   were   safe     to   eat,   as   well   as   delicious.   Later,   cooks   in Naples, Italy, started   the tradition of putting tomatoes   on dough. It soon became a favorite food there. In 1830, a cook in Naples took another   big step in the history of   pizza - he   opened the world’s first pizza restaurant.

Today, about five billion(十亿) pizzas are made every   year   around the world. In the United States alone, people eat about 350 slices(片)   every second. People may not know   it, but every piece is a slice of history.

1. Please translate the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 into English.（汉译英）
2. According to the   passage,were there different foods on the world’s first pizza?
3. Why did few Europeans eat tomatoes at first?
4. What   does the underlined word “them”refer to?
5. Please translate the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 into Chinese.（英译汉）
6. Do you like pizzas?Why or why not?

3 . 根据语篇内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、正确、连贯,方框中有两个词为多余项。

mother       on   quick       get       they       two     country       make       three       come       in   beautiful

Mother's Day is celebrated(庆祝) in the USA. It is also a festival in some other     1     . It's on the second Sunday in May. It's the time to say thanks to     2    . On that day mothers usually     3    flowers and cards. On the cards, children will write "Thanks, mum.", "To the best mother in the world", "Best wishes to my         4    mother" and so on.

Do you know where idea for the festival     5    from? We should thank Miss Anna. She got the idea of having such a day.    6    May 8, 1905, her mother died in West Virginia.

She loved her mother. She wrote letters to some important people. In her letters, she asked    7    to make a day for all mothers. Mother's Day was made on the    8    Sunday in May by the USA in 1913.

On Mother's Day, children give cards or flowers to their mothers and try to do something nice for their mothers    9    them happy.

Time runs    10    . Now, more and more people like to celebrate it. Are you ready to say thanks to your mom on Mother's Day this year?

4 . 根据语篇内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、连贯。方框中有两个词为多余项。
dream   play   name   believe   rise   divide   become   look   notice   enjoy   popularity   although
If you travel around China, you     1     a popular activity everywhere you go—basketball.This active sport     2     by many people for fun and exercise.
It    3     by more than 100 million people in over 200 countries. Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor    4    James Naismith. He created a game to be played on a hard floor. Naismith    5     the men into two teams and taught them how to play the game. It     6     that on December 21st，1891, the first basketball game in history was played. In 1936 in Berlin, basketball     7     an event at the Olympics. Since then the popularity of basketball    8     worldwide and the number of foreign players, including Chinese players, in the NBA, has increased. Many young people    9       up to these basketball heroes and    10    of becoming famous professional basketball players.

5 .

At present, people use money every day. It is very important in our life.    1    

Long ago, people didn’t need money.     2     As time passed, people learned to raise home animals and plant crops(庄稼). Sometimes, families produced more than they needed, so they started to trade with other families. Later, people began to use money as a way of exchange(交换).     3     They used shells, salt and large stones.

During the 7th century B．C.(公元前), people began using coins as money. They were easier to carry.     4    

The Chinese were the first to use paper money, as early as the 11th century. The Italian traveler Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s.    5    

Today, we have many ways to pay for things. Often, a bank card is used for paying. It is safer and quicker than using a lot of paper money. Besides, proudly, Chinese always use Internet and mobile payment, such as Alipay and WeChat.

A．Do you know the history of money?

B．Instead, people still use paper money.

C．They were similar to the money at present.

D．Later, countries began to make their own coins.

E．However, it was not the kind of money we use today.

F．They lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants.

G．European countries started using paper money in the 1600s.

6 .

In Australia there is a famous island called Fraser Island. A great many visitors come here for holidays every year. Why? The reason is that it is special.     1     . In fact, it is the largest sand island in the world. It's about 200 kilometers long and 240 kilometers wide.

Though the island is a popular place of interest, there is no airport on the island. The long beach along the east coast works as the airport.     2     .

On the island there are sand hills without any plants, but there are forests with old trees, beautiful flowers and over a hundred lakes, too.     3     .

Every year, visitors come to enjoy the island's natural beauty. People like camping and hiking there.     4     . Animals were killed for food and this made them in danger of extinction (灭绝). They threw rubbish everywhere, and the lakes were seriously polluted.

    5     . Rules have been set up. For example, visitors are not allowed to use motorboats (摩托艇) or go fishing in the lakes, and they mustn't leave any rubbish.

A．Planes arrive and leave from here

B．Anyone who breaks the rules will be punished

C．The island is completely made of sand

D．Unluckily, visitors have caused many problems

E．Many kinds of birds and animals live in the forest

F．So it is time to protect the environment of the island

7 . Potato chips are Americans’ favorite snacks(零食). Where do potato chips come from? In 1853 a native(本土) American named George Crum made the first potato chips. Crum was a chide(头目) in an expensive restaurant in Saratogasprings， New York. One day， a customer(顾客) did not like the French fries. He said they were too thick(厚的). So Crum made more， this time thinner. The customer still didn’t like them. Crum got unhappy. He decided to make the customer angry. So he cut the potatoes， very thin. The customer loved them.
Other people wanted Crum’s potato chips. Now， there was a new food on the menu— Saratoga chips. Soon Crum opened his own restaurant and made his special chips.
It took a long time to make potato chips. People peeled the potatoes by hand. Then in 1920，the automatic(自动的) potato peeler changed everything. Now it was faster and easier to make potato chips. Now potato chips were not a specialty. They were a popular snack food， but only in the north.
A salesman named Herman Lay wanted to sell potato chips in the south. He sold potato chips in bags. His business grew. Today， Americans eat a lot of potato chips every day.
1. Where did potato chips come from?
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2. Who made the first potato chips?
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3. Did the customer love the thick French fries?
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4. Was it easy to make the potato chips after 1920? Why?
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5. Who brought the potato chips to the south， Herman or George Crum?
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8 . 阅读理解。
Do you know Roma people? They were called Gypsies（吉普赛人）by Europeans because they thought they came from Egypt(a country in Africa). About a thousand years ago, the Roma people left their homeland. They are known as nomads because for hundreds of years many of them have lived in large groups that travel from place to place. They have no real homeland.
Today, the Roma are now living all over the world. They have kept their language and many customs. For example, it’s important for Roma to marry other Roma. It’s also a custom for parents to choose the person their children will marry. Roma people get married when they are young, sometimes even as young as 14.
Romany is the language of the Roma people, which was written down only recently. Because the Roma are nomadic and have moved all over the world, their language has developed in many different ways. It is sometimes hard for Roma in one part of the world to understand Roma from another part.
Roma music is famous all over the world, because many Roma throughout history have been musicians. Their music has influenced many other kinds of music, like classical and jazz.
Roma don’t usually assimilate（同化） into host countries. Over many centuries, governments have forbidden them to marry each other, travel or wear their traditional bright clothes. They have their gold taken away from them-treasures（财富） from their parents and grandparents. They have been taken as slaves（奴隶）, and have been forced to change their names.
But today, the Roma are finding ways to live in peace with others while keeping the treasures of their culture. “There is a will within us to continue to live as a people,” says George Kaslov, whose family arrived in New York from Russia a hundred years ago. “All the other ethnic（种族） groups who came to America assimilate gradually with time going; they lose their customs and language. But not the Roma, We hold out.”
1. What does the underlined word “nomads” in the 1st paragraph mean?

A．People who move from place to place.

B．People who come from Roma.

C．People who have their own homeland.

2. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．George Kaslov has a strong will to live on.

B．The Roma still keep their customs and language.

C．The Roma are finding ways to keep the gold of their own.

3. What can we infer（推断） about the Roma according to the passage?

A．Most of the Roma live in very unusual houses.

B．Most Roma get married either when they are very young or very old.

C．Their culture is very different from other European cultures.

4. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To tell readers about an interesting culture.

B．To tell us why the Roma need our help.

C．To show us how all people are similar.

5. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Brave Roma Travelers

B．Famous Roma Music.

C．The Roma: Past and Present