London has more than nine million visitors every year. They come and visit some of the most famous places in England: Big Ben, the Tower of London and the River Thames.
You can see some of the most interesting places in London by getting on the tour buses. Or you can take a ride on the London Eye. This large wheel slowly takes you 135m above the River Thames.
The River Thames is London’s main waterway. It has shaped the capital’s landscape, history and geography. So one of the best ways of knowing more about the city is to take a trip along the river.
The clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, has become one of the main symbols of London. The sound of the bell, which you can hear at the beginning of many television and radio programmes, has become well-known throughout the nation.
No visit to London is complete without a look at the Tower of London, in the eastern part of the city. After Big Ben, the Tower may be London’s most visited tourist spot. Directly south is Tower Bridge, which is more than100 years old.
Along all the palaces in London, Buckingham Palace is the most famous. It has been the main London home of the royal family since Queen Victoria moved there in 1873. You can visit some of the rooms in August and September. And most mornings of the year you can watch the soldiers
outside changing the guard.
About one hour by train out of London is the Tower of Windsor. Here you can visit another of the Queen’s homes-Windsor Castle. There was a fire in 1992 and many of the rooms were badly burned. But now they are full of beautiful pictures, tables and chairs again.
Sightseeing in London is great, but it can get very tiring. So, the best way to start the day is to fill up with an English breakfast.
You can buy an English breakfast in nearly every hotel, and at many restaurants and cafes. An English pub is a good place to stop for lunch and a drink. You can get hot or cold food and try one of England’s many ales(濃啤酒). Fish and chips are also a traditional English meal. So look out for fish and chip shops in cities as well as by the sea.
Or you can sit outside one of the many roadside pubs and cafes in London, and simply watch the busy world go by.
小題1:We can learn from the text that ____________.
A．Windsor Castle has been rebuilt
B．the Big Ben can be heard everywhere in London
C．only some of the hotels in England serve breakfast.
D．the London Eye can carry you where you like to go
小題2: Which place may be London’s most visited tourist spot?
A．Buckingham PalaceB．The Tower of London
C．Big BenD．The River Thames
小題3:If you go to London in December, you will not be able to ___________
A．visit Windsor Castle
B．tour the Buckingham Palace
C．tour the city along the River Thames
D．watch the soldiers outside the Buckingham Palace changing guards.
小題4:The underlined word “l(fā)andscape” (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to _________.
A．sightsB．interestsC．characteristicsD．culture
小題5:The whole passage mainly introduces the ________________.
A. tourism in London              B. tourists in London
B. history in London               D. sightseeing in London

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:D
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When we  44 lunch that day, Mrs Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to   45 why she had bought my sandwiches. I really didn’t care why,   46 it gave me a few minutes of her precious  47  so I was very quiet as she explained.
You  48 , she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and she told me that Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays—they ate  49 on Fridays.
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I realize now that Mrs Amatuli   54  have fixed herself a fish sandwich on Fridays. She bought my sandwiches because she saw a little girl who was pleased over the simple
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A．buyB．have C．tryD．eat
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From my  46    in New Zealand, I believe one thing will always be true: If you try your best to reach your goals, you’ll achieve your  47    dreams.
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Since the Music Clubhouse opened three years ago，it’s served almost 500 kids.Aggeler says performing in front of different audiences helps the young musicians build self-esteem.Coming to the club to prepare for those performances helps them learn how to deal with their personal problems and concerns.
“I can see what it does for them and it just develops confidence，”he explains.“It’s also an escape from the big problems we have in the neighborhood. So whether they feel embarrassed about a zit on their face，or they feel embarrassed because they’re not as tall as somebody，they can rap about it and let it out a little bit.”
To expand the club and help more kids learn music，Aggeler sought the support of the community. The Berklee College of Music and local music stores have provided free equipment. The club has also gotten support from the Music and Youth Initiative，a nonprofit that develops after school music education programs in underserved communities in Massachusetts. All these have made it possible to provide kids who may not have the means to get private music lessons the opportunity to still learn music and get all the benefits that music education brings.”
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A．To tell readers that all children like music.
B．To provide examples of how children like the club.
C．To convince readers that music can solve many problems.
D．To show readers how to discover children’s potentials.
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A．Helping the youngsters to build self-confidence.
B．Helping its members escape from problems.
C．Learning to deal with personal problems.
D．Learning to get help from nonprofit groups.
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C．An expert in child problems.D．A parent of one of the children.
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A．An advertisement for a club.
B．A promotion of some non-profit groups.
C．An introduction of a music club for children.
D．A try to call for attention on children’s needs.
小題5:Which of the following might NOT be included in activities of the club？
A．Putting on performances.B．Making records.
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That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.
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A．solving her problem at the bank
B．taking part in various city activities
C．learning acting in an evening school
D．preparing for the first night show
小題3:On her way home the writer_____.
A．lost her wallet unknowingly
B．was stopped by a garbage truck driver
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Many American schools have a student exchange program with foreign countries. Along with this program,there is usually another one called the“American Host Family”program.As its name suggests,the program gets American families involved in foreign students’ lives in America and offers homes for them.
Foreign students generally welcome such an opportunity to have a“family”here,but there are also those who prefer to stay“homeless”.
Many American families volunteer to host foreign students.However,if there is a shortage of host families,schools also get in touch with local people and introduced foreign students to them.
The“American Host Family”program changes in lengths of time.It can go from a few days to a few years,depending on each individual school.After the first year is over,it is up to foreign students and their“families”to decide if they want to stay together as a“family”.American families can host as many foreign students as they like.They can either have several students or just one at a time.Many families start with new students each year while still keeping in touch with the old ones.Schools usually leave it to foreign students and their host families to decide their activities after both sides meet.
My school, however, holds activities every year. On major holidays like Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas,foreign students are usually invited to their thomes for dinner.Even schools that do not have host family programs often arrange students to get together with American families on these special holiday occasions.
It is typical that a host family invites its foreign daughter or son over,and they cook the student’s home food together,Undoubtedly,Chinese students are usually considered good cooks,whether or not they are really qualified for such praise at home.Although many Chinese students rarely cooked at home,they often have a hard time making their American friends believe that they cannot cook.It often happens when a Chinese student promises to cook a Chinese meal for his host family,he usually sees a little crowd expecting him:friends or relatives are also invited over for the“special”Chinese food!
小題1:The best title of the passage might be          .
A．Studying in the U.S.
B．The“Host Family Program”in the U.S.
C．The“Student Exchange Program”in the U.S.
D．Activities in American Schools
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A．To bring foreign students closer to American life.
B．To provide homes for foreign students.
C．To make greater progress in the study of foreign students.
D．To supply“sons”or “daughters”for American families.
小題3:What can we know about the program from the fourth and fifth paragraphs?
A．Its time,the number of students and families.
B．Its activities,the number of schools and students.
C．Its lengths of time,the number of students and activities.
D．The number of students,the lengths of time and important holidays.
小題4:We can know from the last paragraph that          .
A．foreign students must prepare their home food for their host family
B．not all Chinese students are good cooks in the eyes of Americans
C．it is good manners to invite relatives or friends to taste foreign food
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“Hey, Jenna, do you think we’ ll still be friends when we’re eighty-two?” I asked my friend.
Losing Jenna would be like losing a very close sister.
“Of course, we’ll still be friends when we’re eighty-two,” Jenna announced loudly
The next year, in Grade Four, we met Jamie. The three of us soon became close friends. We played together almost every day. I thought even time couldn’t pull us apart, but I was sadly mistaken.
The three of us started fighting a lot. Before Christmas, We had a really big fight, and Jamie and Jenna were against me, both saying I was bossy (專橫的). I felt helpless and lonely. I thought Christmas would be horrible!
I was surprised when Jenna came to my house and gave me a terrible Christmas card she had made for me. I was so sure that she was still disappointed with me.
“Wow,” I said, breaking the silence as we stood on either side of my front door. “Thanks.”
“Okay…well… I have to go,” she said softly.
“Okay. See you later then…” and I closed the door.
“Who was that at the door?” my mom asked.
“It was Jenna, my classmate.” I said.
The card started off with “Merry Christmas”, but then it said, “I am so glad we’re friends. I am sorry about what I said when we were fighting. A fight won’t stop us from being friends. Besides, we said we were going to be friends even when we’re eighty-two.”
I stopped reading and started laughing. I couldn’t believe I had forgotten what she said that day in the backyard. I couldn’t believe I had been so selfish in trying to make my friends feel sorry for me.
小題1:The best title for this passage would be______________.
A．Jenna and I
B．Friends Forever
C．Friendship is very important.
D．Friendship is very necessary.
小題2:How would the author and Jenna get along with each other after Christmas?
A．They would be close friends again.
B．They would not speak to each other.
C．They would lose touch with each other.
D．They would go on fighting with each other.
小題3: What can we learn from the underlined sentences?
A．The author was sure Jenna felt sorry for her.
B．The author didn’t think Jenna was still angry with her.
C．The author hadn’t thought Jenna would send her a Christmas card.
D．The author knew Jenna would come to see her and said sorry to her.
小題4:Which of the following is the right time order according to the passage?
a. Jamie became the author’s friend.
b. The author felt lonely and unhappy.
c. Jenna, Jamie and the author fought.
d. Jenna brought the author a Christmas card.
e. The author was sorry for what she did.
f. Jenna and the author promised to be lifelong friends.
A．f-a-b-c-e-dB．a(chǎn)-c-f-b-d-e
C．a(chǎn)-b-c-f-e-dD．f-a-c-b-d-e

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Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made. Although we were all brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon left their pressed flowers and insects. Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages. I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.
Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim(模糊的) memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all, the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world and my enthusiasm had led me into varied investigations（調(diào)查研究）. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil reading about other people’s observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious（清醒的） mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle, because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some might honor with the title of scientific research.
But curiosity, keen（敏銳的） eyes, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist: one of the excellent and essential qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist, up to a certain point, can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
小題1:The first paragraph tells us the author ______.
A．was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood
B．lost his hearing when he was a child
C．didn’t like his brothers and sisters
D．was born into a naturalist’s family
小題2:The author can’t remember his relatives clearly because _______.
A．he didn’t live very long with them
B．the family was extremely large
C．he was too young when he lived with them
D．he was fully occupied with observing nature
小題3:It can be inferred from the passage that the author was _______.
A．a(chǎn) scientist as well as a naturalistB．a(chǎn) naturalist but not a scientist
C．no more than a born naturalistD．first of all a scientist
小題4: The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he _______.
A．has a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmetic
B．lacks some of the qualities required of a scientist
C．just reads about other people’s observations and discoveries
D．comes up with solutions in a most natural way

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