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| Hong Kong Disneyland (迪斯尼乐园) opened on September 12, 2005 and became the first Disney Theme Park in China. It looks like the Disney theme park, which is in the USA, but has a Chinese flavor (特色风情) to attract (吸引) millions of tourists from all over China. The opening day was chosen for good luck. Its restaurants offer Chinese menus, and Mickey Mouse and his friends can be seen wearing traditional Chinese costumes. The park hopes to welcome five million visitors in its first year and is going to be very busy if the facts about operations in Orlando Disney World are anything to go by. |
| Orlando Disney World Facts and Figures The park employs (雇用)35,000 people. There are about 150,000 visitors on any one day in 2003. The park"s 263 buses travel around 18 million miles every year. The park has more than 7 million trees and flowers. More than 50 million soft drinks are sold every year. People at the park consume (消费) 7 million hot dogs, 10 million hamburgers, 9 million pounds of French fries every year. The park uses 606,000 pounds of bananas each year. The park orders more than 3.8 million ball-pens and 337,000 pencils every year. In 2004, the park recycled 18.3 million pounds of paper products. |
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| We all maximize (扩大) the meaning of "cool". You can use it instead of many words such as "new" or "surprising". Here"s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student"s paper was Just the one sentence, "It"s so cool. Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt. But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without "cool", some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word "cool"? I can. And I think they are also very cool. |
| 1. We know that the word "cool" has had _____. |
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| A. only one meaning B. no meanings C. many different meanings D. the same meaning |
| 2. In the passage, the word "express" means "_____". |
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| A. see B. show C. know D. feel |
| 3. If you are _____ something, you may say, "It"s cool." |
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| A. interested in B. angry about C. afraid of D. unhappy with |
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| A student is learning to speak British English. He wonders, "Can I communicate with Americans? Can they understand me?" Leaners of English often ask, "What are the differences between British English and American English? How important are these differences?" Do you know any differences between British English and American English? Certainly, there are some differences between British English and American English. There are a few differences in grammar. For example, speaker of British English say "in hospital" and "Have you a pen?" While Americans say "in the hospital" and "Do you have a pen?" Pronunciation is sometimes different. Americans usually sound the "r" in the words like "bird" and "hurt". Some speakers of British English don"t sound the "r" in these words. There are differences between British English and American English in spelling and vocabulary. For example, "colour" and "honour" are British. But "color" and "honor" are American. These are differences in grammar, pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary are not important, however. For the most part, British English and American English are the same lauguage. |
| 1. The importance of the differences between British English and American English is _____. |
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| A. great B. quite great C. fairly great D. not great at all |
| 2. _____ British English and American English are the same language. |
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| A. Nearly B. Partly C. On the Whole D. For the most people |
| 3. _____ sound the "r" in the words. |
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| A. British English speakers B. Americans C. Both British English speakers and Americans D. Most Americans |
| 4. How many differences are there between British English and American English? |
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| A. Grammer. B. Pronunciation. C. Spelling and vocabulary. D. A, B and C |
| 5. Which sentence best expresses the main idea of this passage? |
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| A. Speaker of British English and American English use the same language. B. British English and American English are two kinds of languages. C. There are some difference between British English and American English. D. The writer stresses (强调) the differences between British English and American English. |
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Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world. An Arab traveler in the year 900 wrote that it |
| 1. Chess _____. |
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A. is an old Indian game for travel |
| 2. "At one time the queen could only move one square at a time. Now the queen is the strongest piece on the board." This example is used to show _____. |
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| A. chess is an interesting game B. chess changes very slowly C. how this rule has happened D. there have been some changes of rules in chess |
| 3 "You don"t have to be a winner in order to enjoy it." Means _____. |
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| A. only a winner can enjoy chess B. you can enjoy chess only you lose a game C. you can enjoy chess even if you are not a winner D. you can enjoy chess when you play with a winner |
| 4. The wrier tries to tell us _____. |
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| A. some interesting facts about chess B. how the rules of chess have changed C. how to play chess D. how people enjoy chess |
| 5. The first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio. For the first time the Americans ______ the match. |
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| A. beat B. got C. had D. won |
| 请仔细阅读短文，将下面五句话还原到文中空白处，并将其标号填入相应的位置。 |
| Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before or after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street. Adult (成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people. 1 Pop or popular music singers make much money. 2 Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. 3 There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk (民间) music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. 4 This is started by cowboys (牛仔) who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. 5 A. Now the singer has become a national star. B. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. C. Another is called western or country music. D. Most of the radio programmes are music. E. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. 1._____ 2._____ 3._____ 4._____ 5._____ |
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| Are not you glad that mothers and fathers give names to their children? Names are the quickest and easiest and the most friendly way to say who"s who. Another nice thing about names is that they do not change as people do. Yesterday Mary"s hair was long. Today her hair is short. But her name is still Mary. On his birthday Uncle Tom didn"t have moustache (胡子). At Christmas time he did. But his name is still Tom. People are always changing a little or a lot. But people"s names are still the same. A name sometimes says something nice about someone. Girls" names often come from words meaning "pretty", "happy", "loving"... Boys" names are often borrowed from words which mean "strong", "brave".... Do you know how your name comes? |
| 1. _____ usually give names to the children. |
| A. Parents B. Friends C. Teachers D. Family members |
| 2. A man"s name _____. |
| A. is always changing B. changes as he does C. is seldom changing D. changes at any time |
| 3. Some people sometimes have their _____ when writing for newspaper. |
| A. family names B. given names C. full names D. pen names |
| 4. If there is a word "brave" in a boy"s name, that mean his parents wish him _____. |
| A. to have a strong body B. to be stronger, when he grows up C. to have a name for love D. not to be afraid of anybody |
| 5. In the last paragraph, the underlines word "borrowed" means _____. |
| A. 使用 B. 借用 C. 拿走 D. 带来 |