Reader’s Digest is a monthly magazine. Before the 1980s, it belonged to a privately held company, which was started in 1922 by Lila Bell Wallace and Dewitt Wallace. This magazine is small and easy to carry, just half the size of most American magazines, which caused a phrase in 2005, “America in your pocket.” It is the best selling magazine in the USA. At present, its circulation(发行量） in the USA has reached 10 million copies and the number of the readers there is 38 million. Its global circulation outside the USA has reached 40 million people throughout more than 70 countries in 21 languages.
This magazine’s focus(焦点） is not news but more of cultural views because the editors think people now can get timely news from somewhere else. They hope this magazine can give readers something that is about special personal experiences, something the readers can share with their families. In different countries, this magazine provides a window to the world for the local readers. Some parts of the magazine are about the local customs and interests of the local readers. The other parts give the local readers information from all over the world.
This magazine actually used to be a family business until the Wallaces died in the 1980s. Because they had no children, there was no one to take over the company. Sixteen years ago, this company went public and became a public company.
小题1:How often does Reader’s Digest come out in the USA?| A．Once a year. | B．Once a month. | C．Once a week. | D．Once a day. |
小题2:What’s the number of the readers of this magazine all over the world?| A．38 million. | B．40 million. | C．78 million. | D．108 million. |
小题3:This magazine’s focus includes the following topics except _________.| A．something about the timely news | | B．some special personal experiences | | C．some information from all over the world | | D．the local customs and interests of the local readers |
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A |
小题1:根据文章内容Reader’s Digest is a monthly.，可知这个杂志为月刊，故选B
小题2:根据文章内容At present, its circulation(发行量） in the USA has reached 10 million copies and the number of the readers there is 38 million.可知答案为C
小题3:根据文章内容最后一段可知答案为A |
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Rio de Janeiro(里约热内卢) will host the 2016 Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee announced(宣布) it on October 2,2009.Rio de Janeiro beat Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid to win the bid(中标).It will be the first South American city to host the Olympics. The city will also host the 2014 World Cup. Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil.
*Population: 6 million
*Language: Portuguese
* Rio de Janeiro has the world’s largest urban forest(城市森林),Which is made up of many kinds of green plants.
*Every year Rio de Janeiro holds a carnival(狂欢节). It is like a big party. People dress up, dance samba and have fun. It usually lasts for a week. More than two million tourists come to Rio de- Janeiro every year. About half a million people visit the city for the carnival each year.
小题1:Rio de Janeiro beat the other cities to win the bid For the 2016 Olympic Games.小题2:If you have a visit to Rio de Janeiro, you can see a large Number of in the city.| A．animals | B．trees | C．lakes | D．players |
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?| A．We can have fun in the carnival for nine days. | | B．The carnival in Rio de Janeiro is held every four years. | | C．Both people in Rio de Janeiro and tourists can take party in the carnival. | | D．About one million people visit Rio de Janeiro for the carnival each year. |
小题4:We can see the passage in a .| A．storybook | B．tour book | C．geography book | D．science book |
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Do you like watching TV? Do you know the 31 (A family with kids) (家有儿女)? Did you see it? Many people 32 it. Do you like this. sitcom? I like it very much. There are 33 kids in this sitcom, two boys and a girl. Liu Xing is a (n) 34 boy, and he likes fashion. Xia Yu is heavy, and he 35 ice cream. Xia Xue is a beautiful girl. She likes studying and she can study 36 . They live in a 37 . But they have the same (相同的) parents. There are many 38 among them, and they are very interesting. What do you think 39 the sitcom? Maybe (或许) you like it, maybe you don"t mind it, or maybe you can"t 40 it. I like it, and I think the sitcom is pretty good. "
| 小题1: | | A．sports show | B．sitcom | C．game show | D．talk show |
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| 小题2: | | A．see | B．is seeing | C．saw | D．sees |
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| 小题5: | | A．doesn"t love | B．doesn"t mind | C．loves | D．can"t Stand |
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| 小题7: | | A．house | B．school | C．library | D．hotel |
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| 小题8: | | A．subjects | B．stories | C．languages | D．newspapers |
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| 小题10: | | A．buy | B．watch | C．talk | D．stand |
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I am a student in Grade Three. I began to learn English three years ago. English isn’t very 16 to learn. But I like it very much.
17 do I study English?
In the first year, I found 18 very difficult to memorize new words. At first I 19 a lot of time on them. I learned new words only 20 reading and writing. 21 a few days later I forgot them. Later, with the help of my teachers, I came to know how to do it well. I paid more attention to 22 and spelling. For example:
23 , I have learned a lot of new words. Every morning after I get up, I do some reading. At school I 24 to speak English with my classmates and go over 25 I have learned.
Nothing is too hard if you put your heart into it.
| 小题1: | | A．hard | B．excited | C．easy | D．fast |
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| 小题4: | | A．took | B．paid | C．spent | D．cost |
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| 小题6: | | A．And | B．But | C．Then | D．However |
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| 小题7: | | A．pronunciation | B．words | C．reading | D．writing |
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| 小题8: | | A．By the way | B．In this way | C．To begin with | D．Later on |
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| 小题9: | | A．join | B．lose | C．try | D．realize |
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| 小题10: | | A．that | B．what | C．which | D．when |
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根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
American country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. It’s a mixture (混合物) of music from all of these places.
In West America, cowboys (牛仔) had to take care of the cattle. They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle sometimes ran away. A cowboy’s life was lonely and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert (荒野) with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to stay awake at night. He sang about the stars and the moon, about his family and his friends. The cattle listened to the cowboy and went to sleep. They didn’t run away if he sang beautiful songs.
In South America, many people came from Ireland and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They enjoyed their own kind of music. When they visited their friends and families on holidays like Christmas, they usually sang and played country music.
American country music describes (描写) life. It talks about love, jobs, home and money. People in many parts of the world like western country music because everyone knows something about these ideas.
小题1:The passage is about ________.| A．the cowboy’s life | | B．the life in America | | C．American country music | | D．the people who lives in America, Canada, Ireland, and Britain |
小题2:The word “cattle” means “________” in the passage.小题3:What was a cowboy’s life like?
A. Lonely. B. Very interesting
C. Dangerous. D. A and C.
小题4:Why didn’t the cattle run away when a cowboy sang beautiful songs?| A．Because the cattle knew he didn’t leave them. | | B．Because the cattle enjoyed the music so much that they went to sleep. | | C．Because he didn’t let them go. | | D．Because he was very bad. |
小题5:What does American country music describe?| A．Love. | B．Money. | | C．Jobs. | D．Life. |
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When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to face the music”, it doesn’t mean that he is going to hear a singer. It is something far less happy, as you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and did that or why you did not do this or that.
At some time or another, every one of us has to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry words “I want to talk to you.” And only because we did not listen to him. What a bad thing it was!
In the middle or at the end of every term, we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will decide whether we will face the music or not. If you got a “D” in the exam, that means parents’ cold faces and the contempt(轻视) of the classmates.
“To face the music” is well-known to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really means that you have to do something, no matter how terrible the whole thing might be, because you have no choice.
小题1:“To face the music” means “to ”.| A．do something that we don’t like to | | B．go to the theatre | | C．go to the music show | | D．do something we want to |
小题2:After the exam, we’ll have to “face the music”. That’s why .| A．we like to take the exam | | B．we are afraid of taking the exam | | C．the exam is very important | | D．we are afraid of passing the exam |
小题3:Which of the following is wrong?| A．“To face the music” is well-known in the US. | | B．“To face the music” has a history of more than 100 years. | | C．The young Americans know the meaning of “to face the music”. | | D．Only the old in the US know the meaning of “to face the music” |
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