He is a nice person to__________。

A．get on with       B．come up with      C．catch up with       D．look up in

He wanted to find out _____ the train had left for Shandong.

A．that          B．whether          C．When           D．where

从方框A~G中选出可以填入对话空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Mr. Black and his wife are talking about shopping．（M ：Mr. Black W ：Mrs. Black）

W：   1   

M：Shopping is always boring（烦人的）．

W：Yes．But without you I can't decide what to buy．  2     I need your help．

M：Last Sunday we spent a whole day shopping，but came back with nothing．

W：  3     Sometimes I really don't know what to buy．

M：I'm really afraid to hear you say，“   4    ”

W：Don't laugh at me，please．

M：I think you'd better go by yourself this time．5   

Country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain. It is a mixture of __1__ from all of these places.

In the west of America, cowboys had to take care of the cattle （牛）. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and ___2___ ran away. A cowboy’s life was ___3__ and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to __4__ awake （清醒的） at night. He also sang songs to the cattle to make them quiet. He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle ___5____the cowboy and went to sleep. They would not run away __6__ he sang beautiful and peaceful songs.

In the south of America, many people came from Ireland, Scotland and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. They used guitars, violins and other musical instruments （器具）, too. They also added instruments from their homes, __7__ bottles and plates. When they __8__ their friends and families on holidays, they usually sang and played country music.

Country music describes life __9__. It talks about love, jobs, home and money. It talks about friends and enemies, trucks and highways, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like country music because everyone knows __10__ about these ideas. Also, many country music fans wear Western clothes and dance together to country music. Many bands （乐队） all over the world now perform country music.

1．A．music          B．view                C．sport                D．exercise

2．A．never           B．seldom              C．sometimes                  D．ever

3．A．funny           B．lonely                C．happy               D．noisy

4．A．smell            B．keep                C．seem               D．sound

5．A．ran to           B．followed              C．watched                    D．listened to

6．A．that             B．whether              C．if                   D．what

7．A．like             B．unlike                C． as                D．for example

8．A．came           B．went                C．introduced            D．visited

9．A．incorrectly        B．clearly                C．shortly               D．recently

10．A．nothing        B．everything             C．something            D．anything

Mr. West was born in a small town in England. His father had a   1   there. The shopkeeper didn’t think it was   2   for his son to go to school. So he taught him how to get more money. They got much money there and then    3    to the city. Later on, old West couldn’t manage his shop and Mr. West had to do it instead of him. As he had little knowledge, he was often   4   in public and sometimes he got into trouble. So he   5   a lot of books and shelves and placed them in his sitting room   6   the visitors could see them as soon as they went in. He often went to the parties and carefully listened to what other men said. He hoped to make friends with them. Once Mr. West was told that it was   7   writer’s birthday that day. He hurried there with his wife. He gave the writer some expensive presents and the old man thanked him very much. After   4   they began to talk about the literary works. He could hardly answer any questions. The writer had to ask him   9  one, “What was Shakespeare?” 

“It was a kind of drink”, answered Mr. West. But people do not like it now. The writer had a smile and soon he stopped   10   with Mr. West. On their way home, Mr. West’s wife said, “You made a mistake just now, Shakespeare is a delicious cake, like the Chinese moon cake!”

1．A．factory            B．cinema                    C．shop                D．park

2．A．useful             B．possible                  C．easy                D．different

3．A．went               B．got                         C．ran                  D．moved

4．A．laughed at       B．helped                     C．hurt                 D．beaten

5．A．borrowed        B．found                  C．bought             D．wrote

6．A．because          B．so that                    C．though             D．if

7．A．strange            B．kind                        C．famous            D．foreign

8．A．class              B．school                    C．meeting           D．dinner

9．A．more different    B．the most different    C．easier                     D．the easiest

10．A．to talk           B．talking                    C．to answer        D．answering

From this year, new electronic（电子的） cards will take the place of the plastic identity cards （ID cards） which are carried by all the Chinese citizens over 16.

The new ID card has a microchip（微芯片）. Personal（个人的） information will be locked into the card so that people won’t be able to use false identities.

China’s plastic ID cards came into use 18 years ago, and a similar system（相似的系统） is used in many other countries. However, the information on a card is different from nation to nation. Most ID cards show the holder’s name, sex, date of birth and photo, as well as his or her number.

Germany, France and Spain all use ID cards, but some nations don’t like the idea, such as the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Britain. They have no national ID cards. However, some of the countries have ID cards for special uses. For example, Australia and the USA use a driving license to identify people.

ID cards are carried for many reasons. Now the USA, Britain and some other countries are considering a national ID system as a way of preventing possible terrorist attacks（恐怖袭击）.

1．A Chinese citizen doesn’t hold an ID card until he or she is _____ years old.

A．14         B．16        C．17        D．18

2．Which of the following is the disadvantage（缺点） of the plastic ID cards?        .

A．They’re easier to fake       B．They can’t be used widely

C．They are not important      D．They’re not modem

3．The underlined word “considering” in the passage means           .

A．thinking about     B．talking about     C．looking after     D．finding out

4．Which of the following is true?         .

    A．ID systems can stop attacks 

B．Britain has its own national ID system now

    C．Not all the information on ID cards of different countries is the same

D．All the personal information will be kept in the microchip

In 1620, about half the USA was covered by forests．Today the forests have almost gone．A lot of good land has gone with them, leaving only sand．China doesn't want to copy the USA's example．We're planting more and more trees．We've built the " Great Green Wall" of trees across northern part of our country．The Great Green Wall is 7,000 kilometers long, and between 400 and 1,700 kilometers wide．It will stop the wind from blowing the earth away．It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in the south． More "Great Green Walls" are needed．Trees must be grown all over the world． Great Green Walls will make the world better．

1．In 1620, about ______ the USA was covered by forests．

A．a third          B．half              C．two thirds                  D．a fourth

2．A lot of good land has gone with ______．

A．sand           B．water            C．wind                D．forests

3．The Great Green Wall in China is ______ long．

A．7,000 kilometers                             B．1,700 kilometers

C．7,000 meters                              D．400 kilometers

4．Trees must be grown in ______.

A．China      B．the USA     C．some countries    D．every part of the world

The students were having their chemistry（化学）class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What’s water?”No one spoke for a few minutes．Miss Li asked again，“Why don’t you answer my question？Didn’t I tell you what water is like？”

Just then a boy put up his hand and said，“Miss Li，you told us that water has no colour and no smell．But where to find such kind of water？The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell．”Most of the children agreed With him．

“I’m sorry，children．”said the teacher，“Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier．That’s a problem．

1．The students were having their _______ class．

A．English          B．Chinese        C．chemistry       D．maths

2．Miss Li was telling the children what ______ was like．

A．water          B．air             C．earth           D．weather

3．A boy said，“The water in the river behind my house is always _______．”

A．white           B．black           C．clean           D．clear

4．Most of the children _______ the boy．

A．agreed with    B．wrote to         C．heard from   D．sent for

John sent for a doctor because his wife was ill．He called the doctor and made sure they would meet at five．He arrived at the doctor's at twenty to five．He thought, "It's a little bit earlier．I'll wait for a moment． It's good to keep the time．"

Then he stopped his car in front of the doctor's． He looked around and saw a noisy square（广场）not far from here． He went there and sat down on a chair to enjoy the last light of afternoon sun and make himself quiet．He saw some children playing and some women talking to each other happily．

Suddenly he heard a girl crying．He came up to her and asked some questions．Then he knew she got lost．John tried to find out her address and took her home．The girl's parents were very thankful．

Then John hurried to the doctor's．The doctor said angrily when he saw him, "You're late．Why did you keep me waiting for twenty minutes? " John said nothing but one word—"Sorry! "

1．John went to the square to ______．

A．spend the time                                    B．enjoy himself

C．see the children and the women           D．help the girl

2．The girl cried because ______．

A．someone hit her                                   B．she fell off her bike

C．her parents were angry with her              D．she didn't find the way home

3．At last John got to the doctor's at ______．

A．twenty to five                                     B．twenty past five

C．five o'clock                                        D．forty past five

Do you know that a fast reader can get the ideas better than a slow reader can? Of course, you save time by reading fast, but it is not the main reason for fast reading. The main reason is that you understand better what you are reading when you read fast.

    As your eyes move along the line of a book, they make fixations（注视）. It is important that you see several words at a fixation. It is also important that your eyes leave a group of words quickly and move onto another group. The number of letters or words that you see at a fixation are called your eye span（视幅）. With practice you can learn to read faster than you usually read.

The way in which you read always has something to do with what you are reading and why you are reading. You should know the different ways of reading so that you can use the fight and necessary way. Here are four ways of reading, but not all, they may help you read faster.

1. Skimming （浏览）is an important kind of reading. It can be used when you wish to go over something that you have forgotten. You may skim to find a lost place of a sentence that you have read and can't remember. You may skim to get an idea of a story.

2. Fast first reading and then rereading certain parts carefully is important. You may use this kind of reading to study a science lesson or a history lesson.

3. You need to do careful reading and rereading sometimes. This kind of reading is necessary for making a careful study of the main school subjects, working out math problems, studying rules for playing a game, or reading directions.

4. Fast reading is used when you read stories for pleasure. You may also do fast reading when going over the lessons you have already known well.

1．Which is a better way of reading, seeing a group of words or a word at a fixation?

2．If you forget an important date in your history lesson and want to find it in the book, what way of reading should you use?

3．What's the good point of reading fast?

4．Why does the writer talk about different ways of reading?

5．What's the main idea of the passage?