Many years before the United States was founded(建立), Americans had already invented barbecues. But the first barbecues, in fact ,were the invention of the Taino Indians of Haiti, who dried their meat on raised frames(架子)of sticks over fires. Spanish explorers spelled the Taino word as barbacoa, and as time passed, English settlers along the Atlantic coat had their own barbecues.
One summer day in 1773, Benjamin Lynde, a citizen of Massachusetts, wrote in his diary, “Fair and hot ; Browne;hack overset.” That is , on a bright and hot day he went to the Brownes to attedn a barbecue, and his carriage(马车)fell over. It shows that the barbecue had its social occasion by that time. Large animals would be roasted whole on frames over hot fires, and neighbours would be invited to dinner.
In later centuries, as settlers moved to the west, the barbecue went along with it, reaching an especially large size in Texas, where a pit (坑)for fuels(燃料) such as tree branches might be over ten feet deep. Today , the barbecue grills(烧烤架)which are fueled by charcoal(木炭) or electricity are likely to be small and easy to move , and can cook only parts of an animal at a time, but people still have barbecues out of doors and always invite their neighbours or friends over.
1.Who invented the barbecues first in history?
A.American people. B.Taino Indians. C.Spanish explorers. D.English settlers.
2.The second paragraph mainly tells us that the barbecue_______________.
A.is only held on a hot sunny day B.welcomes people who keep diaries
C.is held both indoors and outdoors D.has its social occasion for over 200 years
3.The underlined expression “ social occasion” can be best translated into______________.
A.社交功能 B.社会福利 C.社会地位 D.社会背景
4.The following are all the barbecue ways EXCEPT __________________.
A. drying meat on raised frames of sticks over fires
B. roasting a whole animal over a pit full of burning tree branches
C.cooking parts of animals over fires on grills fueled by charcoal
D.heating meat in the bright and hot daylight
What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Someboy mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96, while love :12+15+22+5=54, and luck : 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer(祈祷)? They can’t , either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(态度).Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.
Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the betterr after one has changed one’s attitude.
When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you.In the same way, if you take a positive(积极地)attitude towards failure(失败),you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.
1.In the writer’s opinion , what is the most important things in a person’s life?
A.Hard-work. B.Knowledge. C.Money. D.Attitude.
2.According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to ___________.
A. ask for helpf from others B.say your prayers to God
C.change your attitude D.try maths-solving methods
3.From the passage we can learn that ______________.
A.diffrent attitudes come from different courses of life.
B.mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life
C.failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude
D.none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more
Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet (西藏).Our legs were so heavy and cold that 16 felt like big pieces of ice.Have you 17 seen snowmen ride bicylces? That’s what we looked like! Along the way children who were 18 long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late 19
we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze (结冰).However, the lakes 20 like glass in the setting sun and loooked wonderful.
Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was in high spirt and I knew I didn’t need to 21 her.To climb the mountains was hard work but as we 22 us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After a while, we began going 23 the mountains. It was great fun especially as it slowly became much 24 .At the foot of the mountains, colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green grass. Then we had to 25
Our caps, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.
In the early evening we stopped to 26 .We put up our tent and then we ate. Afte supper Wang Wei went to sleep but I stayed 27 .At midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter.As I 29 below the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.
We will reach Dali in Yunan Province soon, where our cousins will join us. We 30 hardly wait to see them!
1.A.we B.you C.they D.it
2. A.never B.ever C.even D.yet
3.A.dressed in B.put on C.taken off D.dressed up
4.A.morning B.afternoon C.evening D.night
5.A.shine B.shining C.shines D.shone
6. A.follow B.encourage C.remind D.discover
7. A.looked at B.looked after C.looked for D.looked around
8. A.up B.down C.around D.into
9. A.colder B.drier C.warmer D.wetter
10.A.charge B.check C.chase D.change
11. A.make beds B.make friends C.make camp D.make money
12.A.alive B.alone C.away D.awake
13. A.cloudy B.foggy C.noisy D.quiet
14.A.lie B.lied C.lay D.laid
15. A.may B.can C.must D.shall
---Sorry, Frank. I’m busy today. I can’t go swimmming with you.
---- _________.
A. No problem B.You’re welcome C.That’s all D.Never mind
---I seem to be lost. Could you tell me ___________?
---Sure. You can take the No.3 bus to get there.
A. where is the nearest hospital B.how long it will take me to the airport
C.how far is my trip to the Olympic Village D.how I can get to the National Museum
---What’s the news about ?
---________ entertainment stars gathered to attact donations for Yushu.
A.A member of B.A kind of C.A packet of D.A number of
