1、A What is the sky? Where is it? How high is it? What lies above? They are difficult to answer, arent they? Is the sky blue? The sky has no color. Is the sky full of air? We know that there is air around the world. When planes fly, they need air to lift their wings. Planes cannot fly very high becaus
2、e when they go higher, the air gets thinner. If we go far enough from the earth, we find there is no air. Perhaps we can answer some of our questions now. What is the sky? Nothing. Where is it? It is all around the world. The sky is space (空间). In this space there is nothing but the sun, the moon an
3、d all the stars. ( )1.What is the sky? A.It is the clouds. B. It is the whole world. C. It is space D. It is air. ( )2.The sky _. A. is blue. B. has no colour. C. is colourful D. is different colour at the different time of the day ( )3.Planes cannot fly very high because _. A. there will be less an
4、d less air to lift their wings B. the flying machine is not good enough C. the pilot will be afraid if he flies too high D. there will not be enough air for the pilot to breathe ( )4.In the sky there _. A. is nothing B. is air everywhere C. is the earth D. is the sun , the moon and all the stars ( )
5、5.The Chinese for the underlined word “wing” is _. A. 机身 B. 机翼 C. 机头 D. 机尾 答案：答案：CBADB B Mr. Johns went into his tea shop again one morning, and sat on one of the seats at the counter (柜台). Many other people also came in, but most of them did not stay long. After fifteen minutes, a young man and a y
6、oung woman came in. There were only two empty seats at the counter; one on Mr. Johns left, and the other on his right. The young man sat on one, and the young woman on the other, but Mr. Johns immediately (立刻) asked to change places with him so that the man and the woman could be together. “Oh, that
7、 isnt necessary(需要),” the young woman said. But Mr. Johns insisted (坚持). When the young man and the young woman were sitting side by side, the young man said to her, “well, this kind old man wanted us to sit together, so may I introduce(介绍) myself? My names jack. What s yours?” （ ）1. One morning Mr.
8、 Johns came into the tea shop and_ A. sat close to the counter B. found no seat for him to sit on because many people came also C. seemed to stay longer than all the other people D. gave his seat to the young man and the young women （ ）2. After the young man and the young woman came in _ A. Mr. John
9、s thought they came too early B. Mr. Johns thought they were friends or husband and wife C. The young man asked Mr. Johns to change places D. they wanted to be together （ ）3. When the young woman said, “that isnt necessary.” Mr. Johns_ A. didnt understand her B. knew well what she meant C. was afrai
10、d not to change places with her D. decided to stay a little longer （ ）4. _before Mr. Johns met them in the tea shop. A. The young man got to know the young woman outside B. The young man and the young woman didnt know each other C. was afraid not to change places with her D. decided to stay a little
11、 longer （ ）5. Which of the sentences is true? A. Mr. Johns came to this tea shop for the first time B. Most of the people didnt leave the shop until it was closed C. There were no other empty seats at the counter except the two beside Mr. Johns D. it seemed that the young woman wanted to change plac
12、es with Mr. Johns. 答案：答案：ABABC C Mexico（墨西哥）s neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the worlds
13、 largest Spanish-speaking country. Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people l
14、ive there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo. Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for
15、its cactus (仙人掌) plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country. ( ) 1. Mexico is _the USA. A. on the south of B. on the north of C. a part of D. as large as ( ) 2. Mexicans speak_. A. English B. Spanish C. French D. Latin(拉丁语) ( ) 3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Mexico Cit
16、y is the capital of Mexico. B. The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000. C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population. D. Mexico City is the highest city in the world. ( ) 4. Tomatoes were originally (最初) grown in _. A. America B. Spain C. Tokyo D. Mexico ( ) 5. The best title (题目) o
17、f the passage is _. A. Mexico City B. Mexicos plants C. Mexico D. Mexicos population 答案：答案：ABDDC D Mr. Baker has two children. One is a boy called Peter and the other is a daughter called Rose. Peter is an eleven-year-old boy. He studies at school. Rose is four and stays at home. One evening Mr. and
18、 Mrs. Baker managed（管理）their small shop and left their children at home. Peter had some homework to do. At five to nine he brought out his exercise-books. He began to do it in his fathers study. About twenty minutes later his sister came in. she found a piece of paper and began to write something on
19、 it. What are you doing there, Rose? asked Peter. Im writing a letter, answered the girl. Oh? To whom? To my friend Jo. How can you? Peter said in surprise（惊讶地）. You cant write at all, you know. It doesnt matter, Rose said calmly（平静地）. Jo is as old as me. She doesnt read, either! ( )1. Mr. Baker is
20、a _. A. shopkeeper B. bookseller C. conductor D. policeman ( )2. Rose stays at home because _. A. shes a girl B. her parents are poor C. shes ill D. shes too young ( )3. The word study in the second paragraph means _. A. 学习 B. 研究 C. 书房 D. 学科 ( )4. Roses friend Jo is _ years old. A. four B. five C. s
21、ix D. seven ( )5. Peter was surprised because _. A. Rose can write a letter B. Jo can read a letter C. Rose said she was writing a letter D. Rose said Jo couldnt read a letter 答案：答案：ADCAC E One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷) and then rode off to a fo
22、rest to see how the trees were growing. In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地), it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, an
23、d the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp? Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres i
24、n such cold weather! It was getting late. They rode on(一直骑) and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around（环顾四周）. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents! ( ) 1. John and his two friends went to the forest to _. A. build their camp B.
25、 find their way home C. enjoy the mountains in the snow D. watch the trees in the forest ( ) 2 They could not find their way back because _. A. there was only one road to their camp B. they couldnt decide which of the two roads led to their tents C. there were no roads in the mountains at all D. eve
26、rything was covered by the white snow ( ) 3 It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _. A. Johns house B. the camp C. the forest D. the mountains ( ) 4. The horses stopped because_. A. it was getting late B. they were tired after running for a long way C. they knew that they had got to the camp D. they had seen Johns house ( ) 5. The story happened _. A. on a cold winter day B. on a dark snowy evening C. in a cold camp far from villages D. at night when nothing could be seen 答案：答案：DDBCA
