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1、5 情景交流补全（选择填空题）M: ( 1 C )W: I dont know. But I feel terrible, and I dont like doing anything. And Ive got a headache.M: Let me see! Mm., never mind, there is nothing serious with you, but your temperature is a little high. You should have a rest. ( 2 A )W: ( 3 F )M: Of course, you should eat more fr

2、uits and vegetables.W: ( 4 D )M: Certainly. Here is your prescription（处方). Please take this medicine according to the instruction.W: ( 5 B ) Thanks a lot.M: Youre welcome.A. Youd better drink more water.B. Ill take your advice. C. Whats wrong with you?D. Shall I take any medicine?E. The doctor gives

3、 me some pills.F. Can I eat food now, doctor?6 阅读理解（单选），共5题。When Mr. David retired, he bought a small house in village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it. But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it is the most interesting bui

4、lding in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the room through the window and many of them even went into Mr. Davids garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notic

5、e said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity(好奇心), came in and look around. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not

6、to work as a guide,” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.1. Mr. Davids house was ( B ) that many tourists came to see it.A. so quiet B. so interesting C. such interesting D. so small2. Mr. David put a notice on the window in order ( D ).A. to get some money out of the visit

7、orsB. to satisfy the visitors curiosityC. to let visitors come in and look roundD. to drive the visitors away3. The notice made the visitors ( D ).A. feel happy about the price B. lose interest in his house C. angry at the unfair price D. more interested in his house4. After Mr. David put up the not

8、ice, ( D ).A. the visitors didnt come any longerB. fewer and fewer visitors came to see his houseC. no tourist would pay the money for a visitD. more and more tourists came for a visit 5. At last he had to sell his house and move away because ( D ).A. he could not work as a guideB. he did not like i

9、t at all C. he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive houseD. he could not live a quiet life in it7 阅读理解（是非题），共5题。 ABill Gates was born on October 28,1955. He grew up in Seattle, Washington. He was a very clever boy. His favorite subjects at school were science and math. When people ask

10、ed him what he wanted to be in the future, he always said, “A scientist”.When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with computer. At that time, computers were very large machines. Once he was interested in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things w

11、ith it. In the end, they worked out a software program with the old machine. Bill sold it for 4200 dollars when he was only 17.In 1973, Bill to Harvard University. At Harvard, he developed the BASIC language for the first microcomputer(微型计算机). In his third year, he left Harvard to work for a company

12、 called Microsoft. Bill began this company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought that the computer would be a very important tool in every office and in every home, so they began developing software for personal computer. They improved the software to make it easier for people to use comp

13、uters.Today Microsoft is one of the most successful businesses in the world.1. Bill Gates was interested in microcomputer when he was thirteen years of age.( F ) 2. Computers were very large machines in the 1960s.( T )3. Bill sold his software program for 4200 dollars at the age of 13. ( F )4. The B

14、ASIC language was developed for the first microcomputer.( T )5. Bill and his friend improved software so that people could use computers more easily.( T )BBeing safe at school and in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.Always no

15、tice the environment around you. You shouldnt walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them quickly.School bags should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting them on your back. When buses are crowded, it is easy enou

16、gh for thieves to steal the tings in your bags on your back.If you are followed by a stranger, cross the street and go in the other direction, and let the stranger know that you know he or she is there. Next, go and get help from others if it is necessary. Dont go home directly. You are safer on the

17、 street than you are in your home or in a lift.If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes before the bus leaves. On buses, dont sit alone; sit behind the driver or with friends. Dont be sleep.Dont play with matches or candles, because it may cause fire. If yo

18、ur house catches fire and you have to escape through smoke, please remember there is cleaner, cooler air near the floor during the fire.1. Make sure you can find the public phones when you walk outside. ( T )2. Youd better put your school bag on your back.( F )3. If you are followed by a stranger, g

19、o home directly.( F )4. You shouldnt sleep although its a long bus trip.( T )5. During the fire, the cleaner and cooler air is far from the floor.( F )C.Many people believe that the hump (驼峰) of a camel is full of water. They believe this is the reason that camels do not have to drink very often, bu

20、t they are quite wrong. A camel's hump is not full of water. It is mostly fat. The camel's body can use the fat later when it is hungry, but it does not help the camel go for a long time without drinking. A camel can do this because it does not sweat very much.When people - and most other an

21、imals - get hot, they sweat. Sweat is mostly water from the body. Therefore, when people sweat, they lose water and soon have to drink. If they do not drink water, they die. When a camel gets hot, it does not sweat very much, so it does not lose much of the water in its body. It does not need to dri

22、nk very often. There is very little water in the desert, so any animal that does not need much water is very useful for carrying people and things across the desert. Camels can travel a long way without stopping for food or water. This is why the camel is called “the Ship of the Desert”- it carries

23、its food and water with it and it can go for a long time between towns.People still use camels in the deserts of North Africa and in many other places. 1. The hump of a camel is full of water.( F )2. The fat in the hump of a camel is used when it is hungry.( T )3When camels got hot, they sweat very

24、much.(F )4Camels can travel a long way without stopping for food.( T )5. Camels are not used by people now.( F )D.We have no idea about when men first began to use salt, but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout the history.For example, it is recorded in many history boo

25、ks that people who lived over three thousand years ago ate salted fish. Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve the dead.In some periods of history, a person who stole salt was thought to have broken the law. Take the eighteenth century for example. If a person was caught stealing

26、 salt, he would be thought to have broken the law and would be seriously punished, and his ear would be cut off.Salt was an important item on the dinner table of a king. It was always placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat. Important guests at the kings table were seated near the salt.

27、Less important guests were given seats farther away from it.1. Thousands of years ago in Egypt salt was used to keep dead bodies from going bad.( T )2. During the 18th century about ten thousands of people were thrown into prisons in England because they sold salted fish.( F )3. In the 16th century,

28、 if a man took more than a share of salt, he would lose an ear.(F )4. When a king had a dinner, salt was placed in front of the important guests.( F )5. The best title of the passage is The Use and Importance of Salt in History.( T )E.People are so busy these days that many people have no time to co

29、ok. This becomes a problem, because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only time everyone sees one another at the same time. Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a w

30、ay of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a childs sweet tooth. She or he is sending a message. The message says, “I care about you enough to spend an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you.”There is also something about the smell of home

31、 cooking. The smell of home cooking pleases people of all ages. It makes most of us feel happy -even if we are the ones doing the cooking! 1. Now fewer people cook because most of them dislike home cooking.( F )2.A parent spends an hour making cookies just to satisfy her or his childs tooth.( F )3.

32、Meals often bring many people together and then they can see one another at the same time.( T )4. Parents may get angry if you eat up what they cook in 15 minutes.(F )5. This passage mainly tells us that family meals are important.( T)8 阅读理解简答（填空），共5题。-不超过5个单词。A.Shopping for clothes is not the same

33、experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants and his aim is to find it and buy it. The price is a secondary consideration(考虑). All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for

34、 what they want. The job can be and is often completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any small talk to everyones satisfaction.Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect(方面),she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on needs. She has never fu

35、lly made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look around”. She will try on any number of things. The most important thing in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are alwa

36、ys ready for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one shelf to another before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a long and hard job, but clearly one to be enjoyed. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

37、1. Why does a man go shopping?Because he needs something2.Whose shopping is not often based on needs? Womens3.For whom do most dress shops provide chairs? The waiting husbands.4.Who is more rational(理智) in shopping, a man or a woman?A man5.What does the passage mainly tell us?The passage mainly tell

38、s us the attitudes（态度) towards shopping between men and women ( are different )B.Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. They celebrate it on the last Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but they do it on the second Monday of October. In B

39、ritain, where this festival is called Harvest Festival, people celebrate it earlier in the year, in September.A harvest is the fruit you take from the trees and the crops you take from the ground. In North America and Britain, harvest time for most fruit and crops is in the autumn. In these countrie

40、s and other Christian places, people give thanks to God on a special day of the year. They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit, flowers, and vegetables to their churches to show their thanks

41、.The first thanksgiving service (仪式) in North America took place on December 4th, 1619 when 38 English people, arrived in America to make their home in the new country. They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journeys. The next year, many more English

42、 people arrived. They had a bad winter, but fortunately the harvest was good. they decided to celebrate it with a big meal. They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked everything outside on large fires. About 90 Indians also came to the meal. Everyone ate at tables outside their houses and

43、played games together. The festival lasted three days. A Thanksgiving Day celebration was held every year for a long time, but not always on the same day of the year. Then, in 1789, President George Washington named November 26th as the Day of Thanksgiving. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln changed

44、 the date, and said that the last Thursday in November should be Thanksgiving Day.Nowadays, North Americans around the world get together with their families on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.1. In which country is Thanksgiving Day celebrated on the second Monday of October?Canada2.

45、 When did the first thanksgiving service take place in North America?On December 4th, 16193. Who made the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day in the USA? President Abraham Lincoln4. What does the word "fortunately" mean in Chinese? 幸运地5.What did they thank for God in the first thank

46、sgiving service? For their safe journeys.C.We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet?Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks

47、 didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way

48、computer network system could keep on working all the time.At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of

49、the 1990s, computers had become cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made "surfing" the Internet more convenient.Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mails is more and more popular amo

50、ng students.The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.问题：1.When was the Internet set up?In the 1960s2.Who first used the Internet?The government3.How did scientists make "surfing" the Internet more convenient?Scientists developed software4.What is mor

51、e and more popular among students?Sending e-mails5.What does the passage mainly tell us?The history of the InternetDHealth is happiness. Nothing is more valuable than health. But not all of us know how to stay healthy. To stay healthy, you should spend more time playing balls, climbing mountains, or

52、 cycling in the country. Exercise is essential. It helps to build our bodies and to keep the parts of our bodies working together properly. To stay healthy, you must get rid of such bad habits as smoking and drinking. It is never too late to give up smoking or heavy drinking. Meanwhile, you should d

53、evelop into good habits. Take for example, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” “Whats more, youd better have good hobbies. If you are not interested in anything, it means that you have more chances to fall ill.To stay healthy, you must not eat things with too muc

54、h fat, too much sugar, or too much oil. Always remember to eat some grains, fruits and vegetables. Do not be too picky, or too sticky to one type of food. Variety brings real nutrition.Every person has his or her own way to stay healthy. These are only some of the most common ways that everyone can

55、follow.1. What is the most valuable thing according to the doctor?Health2. Who know the value of health?Some of us3. What is essential to staying healthy?Exercise4. What must we get rid of to stay healthy?Such bad habits as smoking and drinking5. How many key factors to good health are mentioned in

56、the passage?ThreeE阅读短文，用英文简略回答短文后面所提出的问题，将答案填入相应的空中，答案不超过5个单词。 In 1939 two brothers, Mac and Dick McDonald, having run their own theater for years, started a drive-in restaurant in San Bernadino, California. They carefully chose a busy corner for their location. In their new operation, they offered

57、a new, shortened menu: French fries, hamburgers (汉堡包), and salad. And they added one new idea: quick service and no tips.Their hamburgers sold for fifteen cents. Cheese was another four cents. Their French fries and hamburgers were almost the same. The brothers had developed a strict routine for the

58、 preparation of their food. And they insisted on their cooks' sticking to their routine. Their new restaurant became very popular, particularly for lunch. People drove up by the hundreds during the busy noontime. The self-service restaurant was so popular that the brothers had allowed ten copies