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阅读理解 Over thirty thousand years ago people from northern Asia went to America. Today, we call these
people Indians(印第安人).
The Indians went to America because the weather began to change. Northern Asia beca

me very
cold. Everything froze. They had to move or die. How did the first Indians go to America? They walked!
Later Columbus found the New World in 1492. At first, only a few Europeans followed. They
traveled to America in boats. For the next three hundred years, about 500,000 people went there.
Then the number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915, over thirty-two million Europeans left their
countries and went to the United States. The biggest groups were from Germany and Italy. These
Europeans spoke many different languages. Most of them almost had no money. They went to America
so that they could find a better life.1. Who found America first?
________________________________________
2. Why did the Indians

go to America?
Because ________________________________________.
3. The New World was ________________________________________.
4. How did the first Europeans go to America?
________________________________________.
5. The Europeans went to America in order to ________________________________________.

答案

1. Columbus
2. the weather began to change. Northern Asia became very cold.
Everything froze. They had to move or die.
3. America
4. In boats / By boat
5. find a better life
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阅读理解。      Have you ever heard the song Auld Lang Syne (《友谊天长地久》或译《旧日逝去不再来》)?" Auld Lang Syne" means, in English," old days gone by". The music was an old Scottish tune. People in
Britain usually sing this song on special occasions (时刻) , such as  New Year"s Eve,when they gather
either at home or in the local pubs, enjoying their whisky or beer. This song was originally written by
Robert Burns (罗伯特?彭斯) in Scottish. Robert Burns was born at Alloway in 1759. He wrote about
three hundred traditional songs, both in the Scottish dialect (苏格兰方言) and in Standard English
(标准英语). Burns" birthplace,a cottage, is now a museum. Scotsmen celebrate Burns" birthday on 25
January every year.根据短文，选择正确答案。1. The song Auld Lang Syne was originally written by Robert Burns in_____.A. English
B. England
C. Scottish2. "Auld Lang Syne" means,in English,"_____".        A. happy New Year
B. happy birthday
C. old days gone by3. Robert Burns wrote three hundred traditional songs both in _____and in_____.A. Scottish dialect; Standard Scottish
B. Scottish dialect; Standard English
C. English dialect; Standard English4. In the passage, "museum" means "_____".        A. 养老院
B. 集合地
C. 博物馆5. When is Robert Burns"s birthday?         A. On 25th December.
B. On 25th January.
C. On 23rd  January.

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阅读理解。
     A student is learning to speak British English. He wants to know: Can I speak with American? Can they
understand me? Learners of English often ask: What are the differences between British English and
American English ? How important are these differences?
     Certainly, there are some differences between British and American English. There are a few
differences in grammar. For example, speakers of British English say " in hospital" and " Have you a pen"
Americans say " in the hospital" and " Do you have  a pen?" Pronunciation is sometimes different .
Americans usually sound the "r"s in words like " bird" and " hurt" . Speakers of British English do not sound
the "r"s in these words. There are differences between British and American English in spelling and
vocabulary. For example, "colour" and "honour" are British English. " Color" and "honor" are American
English. These differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling and vocabulary are not important, however,
for the most part, British and American English are the same language.
1. According to this passage, a student who is learning to speak American English might be afraid that
    _____.
    A. British people can"t understand him
    B. American people can"t understand him
    C. the grammar is too hard for him
    D. the spelling is too hard for him
2. American English and British English are different in _____.
    A. spelling
    B. pronunciation
    C. grammar
    D. all of the above
3. What is not mentioned in the passage?
    A. Whether there are differences between British English and American English.
    B. Whether British and American English are one language or two
    C. How the differences between British English and American English came about
    D. How important the differences are
4. Most _____ say " Do you have a watch".
    A. British people
    B. Americans
    C. children
    D. teachers
5. According to the passage, British people and Americans have _____ difficulty in understanding each
    other.
    A. little
    B. much
    C. some
    D. great

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阅读理解。

     People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred
languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words A very large dictionary, for example,
contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories you
need to know only about two thousand words. Before you leave school, you will learn only one thousand
or more.
     The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger.
Read as many books as you can. There are a lot of books written in easy English for you to read. You will
enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful
book.

1. The number of different languages spoken is about _____.    A. 150
    B. 15 000
    C. 500
    D. 1500 2. Before you leave your school, you"ll learn _____.    A. only two thousand words
   B. five hundred thousand words
    C. more than one thousand words
    D. three or four thousand words3. To make you vacabulary bigger, you must _____.      A. get as many dictionaries as you can
    B. read as many books as you can
    C. buy a lot of books
    D. have a very large English dictionary4. You will enjoy_____.            A. the books written in easy English
    B. your dictionary
    C. your new words
    D. finding new words in a dictionary5. From the passage we know that one_____ if he knows abut two thousand words   A. can read long difficult stories
    B. can read easy short stories
    C. can read as many books as he likes
    D. will find the dictionary not useful

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完形填空     Macau is only forty miles from Hong Kong and it is easy to    1   . It is an interesting place and it has
a long history. Macau is a part of China and most people    2    there are Chinese .
     The first Europeans to reach Macau came from Portugal (葡萄牙). More than four    3    years ago
the Portuguese(葡萄牙人) went there to trade with China. Some settled(定居) and    4    their homes
there. They    5    strong forts(要塞) to guard(保卫) the city on the island . They also built churches,
schools , hospitals and other places. Slowly the city    6   . People from many countries came to live
and work in Macau.
     Today , many people visit Macau . Some only go there to    7    dog-racing or motor-racing or to
gamble(赌博). But Macau is quiet and peaceful place. It is pleasant just to walk around and look at
the old buildings and forts. You    8    you are back in the old days. Of course , some of the buildings
are now in ruins(废墟). The church of St Paul has only the front wall    9    steps leading up to it. But
it is still interesting to see.
     When you are hot and tired, there are small cool gardens to rest    10   . When you are hungry,
there are good restaurants with many    11    food. Nearby are some islands, which are also nice to
visit and are easy to get to. There is certainly    12    to see and to do in Macau.(     )1. A. reach
(     )2. A. live
(     )3. A. hundreds
(     )4. A. make
(     )5. A. built
(     )6. A. began
(     )7. A. see
(     )8. A. know
(     )9. A. with
(     )10.A. on
(     )11.A. pieces of
(     )12.A. muchB. get
B. living
B. hundred of
B. making
B. made
B. grew
B. look at
B. like
B. without
B. in
B. baskets of
B. manyC. visit
C. to live
C. hundred
C. to make
C. got
C. made
C. watch
C. hope
C. in
C. with
C. kinds of
C. a lot ofD. land
D. lived
D. hundreds of
D. made
D. grew
D. had
D. find
D. feel
D. has
D. /
D. plates of
D. a lot

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阅读理解。     Basketball is a young game.  In the year of 1891, a famous college was having some trouble with its
boy students.  The weather was bad. They couldn"t play outside. So they were unhappy.  Sometimes
they even got into fights.
    Finally, some teachers asked Dr Naisimth to invent a game so that the students might have something
to play indoors.
    Dr Naisimth thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game.  It was a fast, exciting game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams.  In order to make a score, the
ball had to be thrown into a basket ten feet above the floor on the wall.
    At first, Dr Naisimth had planned to have the ball thrown into a box.  As" he couldn"t find boxes of the
right size,  he had to use fruit basket instead.  That is how the game got its name basketball. The history
of this game is over 100 years.   根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。1. Basketball is _____ game.A. a difficult
B. an easy
C. a young2. Who invented the basketball game?A. Dr Brown.
B. Dr Naisimth.
C. Mr Black.3. Basketball was invented for the students   ___ in bad weather.    A. to play happily indoors
B. to play outside
C. to fight indoors4. Basketball game was played        _.    A. between two teams
B. among three teams
C. by a team5. Basketball has its history of  __   years now.A.10
B. more than 100
C. less than 100

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