live longer.
Sports change with the season. People play different games in winter and summer.
Games and sports often grow out of people"s work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or
camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too.
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them.Football,for example,has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.
Some sports or games go back thousands of years,like running or jumping.Chinese boxing for example
, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often
become good friends. Sports help to train a person"s character (性格). One learns to fight hard but fight
fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.
A.people began to play about one hundred years ago
B.about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played
C.not all the games have long history
2. According to this passage, which of the following isn"t true?
A. Sports help to train a person"s character.
B. People swim only because there are a lot of rivers in their country.
C.People from different countries may not be able to understand each other before a game.
3. The writer didn"t tell us in this passage that______ .
A. basketball was invented in America
B. sports change with the seasons
C. football is played all over the world
4.A lot of people have more free time from their work to enjoy sports because______ .
A. they like sports very much
B they want to live long
C. they want to make a lot more friends
5. From this passage we can see that______ .
A. sports and games are unimportant things that people do
B. sports and games should be treated(对待)only as amusement
C. sports and games are not only useful to the old
Advertisements give the newest information about products. If there were no advertisements, consumers (消费者) could not know about goods in their nearby shops. Advertisements help market develop. Therefore, as more goods are sold, they are cheaper. Advertisements also provide money for newspapers, magazines, radios and TV stations, etc.
There are also some opinions against advertising. Some people think that advertisements do not give much information, but only try to persuade you to buy. They create (引起) a demand for goods that are not really needed. Besides, advertising adds to the price of goods.
Actually, every coin has two sides: Advertising is without exception. In today"s world advertising is not only necessary, but also helpful.
A. Giving information about goods.
B. Adding to the price of goods.
C. Helping sell more goods.
2. The writer"s attitude towards advertising is that _____ .
A. he is against it
B. he supports it
C. both A and B
3. Which topic fits the passage best?
A. An Advertisement.
B. Advantage of Advertisement_____.
C. Advertising.
4. Which of the following is NOT the reason that some people are against advertising?
A. Advertihsements do not give much information, but only try to persuade consumers to buy.
B. Advertisements create a demand for goods that are not really needed.
C. Advertisements provides money for newspapers, magazines, radios and TV stations, etc.
5. "Every coin has two sides" in this passage implies that_____ .
A. advertising has not only disadvantages but also advantages
B. advertising not only gives the newest information about products but also helps market develop
C. the money that advertisements provide for newspapers, magazines has two sides
Many years ago, children who had good manners were seen and not heard. They kept 3 if grown-ups (成年人) were talking. Today children have 4 freedom.
Sometimes good manners in one place are bad in 5 places.
If you visit some friends in Monglia and they ask you to eat with them, they want you to give a loud "
belch (打嗝)" after you finish 6 . Belching would show that you like your food. But in some other
countries, if you give a loud belch, you are told to say " 7 , please."
Manners are different all over the world. But it is good to know 8 all manners begin in the 9 way. People need ways to 10 that they want to be friends.
( )2. A. from
( )3. A. quiet
( )4. A. many
( )5. A. other
( )6. A. to eat
( )7. A. Excuse me
( )8. A. what
( )9. A. different
( )10. A. take
B. with
B. happy
B. more
B. the other
B. eat
B. Sorry
B. which
B. same
B. bring
C. like
C. noise
C. few
C. others
C. eating
C. Pardon
C. that
C. some
C. show
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In many countries old age is a happy time, but in the United States it is quite 1 for old people.
Most old people do not live with their children or relative. If they 2 enough money, they buy house or
apartments in places where 3 old people live. If they 4 healthy and strong enough to live alone,
they live in special homes for old people. There, 5 take care of them. For many North Americans,
old age is not a 6 time, Most of them want to 7 young. They try to keep thin and they act (行为)
like young people as 8 as possible. They even try to speak the language of 9 . They do not like
to grow old because they will not get honor or respect or attention(荣誉,尊敬,注意).Also businesses do
not want old people to work for them. So old people usually live alone and they do not have many things
to do. Old age 10 be a sad and lonely time for them.
( )1. A. easy ( )2. A. find ( )3. A. other ( )4. A. are ( )5. A. strangers ( )6. A. serious ( )7. A. look ( )8. A. soon . ( )9. A. the children ( )10. A. can | B. the same B. have B. the other B. aren"t B. none B. wonderful B. be B. easily B. the young B. must | C. different C. borrow C. others C. become C. friends C. happy C. stay C. long C. the old people C. has to | |
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The population problem may be the 1 , one of the world today. The world"spopulation 2 growing 3 . Two 34 years ago, there were only 250 million people 5 the earth. Four hundred years ago, 6 number was 7 500 million. But at the beginning of the 8 century, the world"s population was about 1,700 million. In 1970, this number was 3,600 million. In 1990, the number was five billion. A 9 report says 10 the world population will 11 six billion by the end of the 20th century. This is just ten 12 after it 13 five billion. People say that 14 the year 2011, 15 may be seven billion. | |||
( )1. A. great ( )2. A. is ( )3. A. faster and faster ( )4. A. thousand ( )5. A. in ( )6. A.a ( )7. A. nearly ( )8. A. twenty ( )9. A. USA ( )10. A. what ( )11. A. pass ( )12. A. weeks ( )13. A. get ( )14. A. .by ( )15. A. this | B. greater B. are B. fast and fast B. thousands B.on B. an B.almost B. twelve B. UN B.if B.passes B.months B.gets B.until B. it | C. greatest C. be C. fastest and fastes C. thousand of C. at C. the C.over C. twentieth C. PRC C.that C.passed C.years C.reached C.when C. one | |
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In the United States, children start school when they are five years old. In some states they must stay in school __1__ they are sixteen. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they __2__ secondary (中等的) schools. There are two kinds of schools in the United States: public schools and private schools. __3__ children go to public schools. Their parents do not have to __4__ their education because the schools __5__ money from the government. If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to get enough money for his schooling. Some parents still __6__ private schools, though, they are much more expensive. Today about half of the high school students __7__ university after they finish the secondary school. A student at a state university doesn"t have to pay very much if his parents __8__ in that state. But many students __9__ while they are studying at universities. In this way they __10__ good working habits and live by their own hands. | |||
( ) 1. A. and ( ) 2. A. leave ( ) 3. A. Several ( ) 4. A. worry about ( ) 5. A. take ( ) 6. A. wish ( ) 7. A. follow ( ) 8. A. were born ( ) 9. A. work ( ) 10. A. develop | B. though B. begin B. Most B. pay for B. spend B. hate B. miss B. travel B. study hard B. make | C. until C. study at C. A few C. ask for C. receive C. choose C. change C. live C. do sports C. build |