In American schools there is something called Home-coming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a home-coming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation (毕业) day. Students plan Home-coming Day for many weeks in advance.
Several days before Home-coming ,students start to decorate (装饰)the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Home-coming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.
The members of school clubs build booths (摊位) and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.
During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.
Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band (乐队)comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Home-coming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student Home-coming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.
Home-coming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Home-coming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.
小题1:The most important event of the year in high schools and colleges is_______.| A．Home-coming | B．the football game | | C．graduation | D．winning the game |
小题2:When do students begin to do everything for Home-coming?| A．The day before Home-coming. | | B．Many weeks before the day. | | C．When the guests arrive. | | D．Several hours before Home-coming. |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT mentioned (提及) on Home-coming Day?| A．To see old friends. | | B．To visit teachers they remember. | | C．To watch the football game. | | D．To go home to see their family. |
小题4:Who can probably become Home-coming Queen or King?| A．The teacher who is kind to the students. | | B．The student who is popular with the students. | | C．The visitor who is famous to the students. | | D．The player who plays best in the football game. |
小题5:What’s the best title of this article?| A．Home-coming Day | B．A Happy Day | | C．The Most Important Event | D．Home-coming Queen or King |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B
小题5:A |
试题分析：这篇短文重点介绍了在美国的高中和大学中最重要的一个节日——返校日，详细介绍了在这个节日期间的活动内容。
小题1:根据第一段This can be the most important event of the year except graduation (毕业) day.描述，可知在美国高中和大学中最重要的事件是毕业，故选C。
小题2:根据第一段Students plan Home-coming Day for many weeks in advance.描述，可知选B。
小题3:根据短文后三段描述，可知在返校日期间的活动不包括回家看望家人，故选D。
小题4:根据短文倒数第二段All the students vote a most popular student Home-coming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.描述，可知选B。
小题5:这篇短文重点介绍了在美国的高中和大学中最重要的一个节日，返校日，故选A。
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Lin Fang is eleven years old. She is in 1 in a school. She goes to school by bus. Last week she had a bad cold. She felt 2 and sick. She didn’t go to the class. She went to the 3 to see a doctor. She had to stay in bed 4 a few days. During the weekend, Mrs Brown cooked her some good food, and her friends 5 her well. Some days later, Lin Fang got well again. She could go back to school.
| 小题1: | | A．Grade four | B．4 Grade | C．Four Grade | D．Grade Four |
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| 小题2: | | A．weak | B．happy | C．sadly | D．weakly |
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| 小题3: | | A．school | B．farm | C．hospital | D．classroom |
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| 小题5: | | A．looked at | B．looked for | C．looked out | D．looked after |
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How is the weather in Xinjiang?
Xinjiang is 1 the west of China. The weather there is very 2 . It’s cold in the morning, 3 it turns warm at noon. You must have 4 the famous saying, “Put on your leather coat in the morning but put on your shirt in the 5 of the day. And you can eat watermelons at the fire.” It means the weather changes very 6 . It rains little so it’s also very 7 there. And the fruit there is very sweet 8 there is lots of sunshine. Xinjiang is also famous 9 its grapes (葡萄).
Mutton (牛肉) is Xinjiang’s popular food. Roast mutton is very delicious. 10 you go to Xinjiang one day, remember to try it.
| 小题2: | | A．common | B．pleasant | C．strange | D．usual |
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| 小题4: | | A．look at | B．thought about | C．listened to | D．heard of |
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| 小题5: | | A．beginning | B．front | C．middle | D．end |
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| 小题6: | | A．slow | B．slowly | C．quickly | D．quick |
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| 小题8: | | A．because | B．so | C．though | D．but |
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| 小题10: | | A．Before | B．After | C．If | D．Since |
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All students need to have good study habits. When you have good study habits, you can learn things quickly. You can also remember them easily.
Do you like to study in the living –room? This is not a good place because it is usually too noisy. You need to study in a quite place, like your bedroom. A quiet place will help you only think about one thing, and you will learn better.
Before you begin to study, do not forget to clean your desk. A good desk light is important, too. You should turn up the desk light. You will feel tired easily if there isn’t enough light.
小题1:When you have good study habits, you will __________ .| A．learn things quickly | B．remember things easily | | C．think about one thing | D．both A and B |
小题2:The living-room is not a good place for study because it is too ____ .| A．quiet | B．noisy | C．good | D．clean |
小题3:You’ll feel tired easily if the light is _________ .| A．good | B．enough | C．bad | D．wonderful |
小题4:Before you begin to study, don’t forget to ________.| A．clean the desk | B．tidy the room | | C．wash your face | D．take a deep breath |
小题5:In what place can we only think one thing?| A．In the bedroom. | B．In the sitting-room. | | C．In the living –room. | D．Near the desk. |
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On June 26, 2000, two scientists, called Francis Collins and Craig Venter, told the world that they could read the whole “map” of the human body: DNA. DNA is something that everybody has, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our mother and father, because we get some of their DNA to make our own.
People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time. In 1860, Gregor Mendel discovered a special reason why we look the same as other people in our family. It is because of small things named “genes” in our body. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made another discovery and found out that those small parts are real messages written in the DNA with a special language.
In 1961, Marshall Nirenberg and Johann Matthaci found a message in DNA showing how DNA tells the cell（细胞）to build its parts. Scientists have now found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one “word” means, we can help save more people from several illnesses.
Most people hope that this will help make better medicine and help sick people. Other people worry that when people begin to know more words and find out lots of other information, we might use it in a wrong way, just to make people more attractive, or stop sick people from getting jobs. Man would have to meet a lot of trouble if DNA technic wasn’t limited（限制）in use.
小题1:When did we first know why we look like other people m our family?| A．In 1860 | B．In 1953 | C．In 1961 | D．In 2000 |
小题2:What does the underlined word “ genes” mean?
A. The “map” of DNA. B. A special language.
C. Small parts of DNA. D. DNA
小题3:What did the two scientists first discover in 1961 ?
A. The “map” of DNA. B. A new illness.
C. The language of DNA. D. A message of DNA.
小题4:What can we do if we understand some “ words” of the language inside the body| A．Make people get new jobs. | | B．Make medicine for illnesses. | | C．Make maps of human. | | D．Make people less attractive. |
小题5:What do people think about this work’?| A．It can cause good or bad results. | | B．It can cause only good results. | | C．It can cause good results but won’t work. | | D．It can cause only bad results. |
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“Depend on yourself” is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. Others still can help you. But all these people only help you to help yourself.
There have been many great men in history. Many of them were very poor when they were young, and had no uncles, aunts, or friends to help them. Schools were few and not very good. They could not depend on them for education. They tried their best to learn something and never gave up till they became well-known. One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, “I cannot make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves.”
Some young men don’t try their best to make themselves valuable to the human beings. If they see their weak points and change their ways, they can be successful. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as(只要) they live, unless they accept the advice of their parents and teachers, and depend on themselves.
小题1:Why did many men succeed?| A．Because they had good education. | | B．Because they wanted very much to become well-known. | | C．Because they worked hard. | | D．Because their families were very rich. |
小题2:What can a teacher do according to the famous teacher in England?| A．A teacher can make his pupils men of strength and courage. | | B．A teacher can make his pupils worthy. | | C．A teacher can help his pupils become well-known. | | D．A teacher can do nothing. |
小题3:If young people depend on their own efforts, _______________.| A．they are sure to be very famous in the world | | B．they can be successful in their lives | | C．they no longer need help | | D．they are sure to fail |
小题4:What can we learn about the writer from the passage?| A．He thinks highly of those who are working hard to be successful. | | B．He thinks highly of parents and teachers. | | C．He wants to be a famous scientist. | | D．He thinks highly of those who are poor. |
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