The six-year-old Billy was seriously ill.
“Billy, what do you wish to do in the future?”
“Mom, I always want to be a fireman.”
His mom went to a fire station. She told a fireman about her son. She asked if it might be possible to give him a ride in a fire engine（消防车）. The fireman said, “We can do better. We’ll make him an honorary（名誉的）fireman for the whole day. He can come to the fire station, eat with us and go out on all the fire calls. If you give us his sizes, we’ll get a real fire uniform for him.”
Three days later, that fireman dressed Billy in his fire uniform and drove him to the fire station. Billy was so excited. There were three fire calls that day. Billy rode in different fire engines and went out all the three calls.
Billy’s dream came true. He lived three months longer.
1. Did Billy want to be a policeman?
2. Who dressed Billy in his fire uniform?
3.. How many fire calls were there that day?
English words don’t stay the same. People need new words for new ideas and new inventions. Different words come into use, or old words are used in a new way.
English can be changed by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico and“tea”came from China and so on. Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too. New words are formed by adding two words together. “Countryside” and “earthquake” are made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of “airplane”. The names of people and products can become new words, too. Our “sandwich” was named after a man called Sandwich and “sello tape”(透明胶带) was a name given by the company that first made the product.
1.New English words are needed because _____.
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A．people use old words in a new way |
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B．the population is bigger now |
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C．the old words are not enough |
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D．new ideas and new inventions appear all the time |
2..Which of the following words came from China?
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A．Tea. |
B．Earthquake. |
C．Airplane. |
D．Sello tape. |
3.How many ways of developing English words does the passage tell us?
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A．Three. |
B．Four. |
C．Five. |
D．Six. |
4..The main idea of this passage is _____.
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A．that the English language is always changing |
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B．that there are new ideas in England today |
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C．how people name new products and inventions |
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D．how people use old words in a new way |
Being shy keeps many Chinese people from getting to know westerners. You may feel nervous about making language mistakes in front of a native English speaker.
But remember, westerners living in Asia know how it feels to try to communicate in a foreign language. They have made many mistakes when speaking Chinese!
So don’t worry about speaking imperfect English. The important thing is just to communicate. Start talking, and make some foreign friends!
Many westerners value(注重) their privacy(隐私). Don’t be surprised if your new friend doesn’t want to include you in everything he does. This may seem strange to Chinese who worry about that their friends will get lonely.
Chinese people often expect their good friends to give advice and take care of them in many ways. If you expect this kind of care from westerners, you may be disappointed. Why? Because most westerners value independence. They feel insulted(侮辱的) if others think they can’t take care of themselves. They will assume(假设) you feel the same way.
Of course, these tips(小提示) are just rules of thumb(经验之谈) and may not apply(适用) to all westerners. Each person you meet will have his or her own ideas about friendship. When you get confused(不明白), don’t be shy and worry to ask questions. Your new western friends may also have many questions about Chinese culture, and they may be hesitant(犹豫) to ask. So encourage them to ask questions, too.
Be honest and open to your friends. Respect each other’s differences. The friendships you make can be lifelong treasure both for you and your new friends.
1..Why do many Chinese people feel worried to speak to the foreigners?
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A．Being shy. |
B．Making a lot of language mistakes. |
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C．Nothing to say. |
D．Can’t speak a foreign language. |
2..What do you think the foreigners may not be insulted with?
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A．Giving advice. |
B．Taking care of themselves. |
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C．Getting care from good friends. |
D．Getting help. |
3..What does the underlined word “independence” mean?
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A．独立自主 |
B．依靠 |
C．失落感 |
D．伤心 |
4..What may help you to make lifelong friends?
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A．Be honest. |
B．Open to your friends. |
C．Respect each other. |
D．All of the above. |
When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.
How wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.
“Yes,”I said.“I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice,”he exclaimed (惊呼).“Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young？”
“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”
“Oh!”he said.“There’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.“Don’t worry,” she said to me.“I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other!”
1.When the writer arrived at the airport, he wanted to _____.
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A．buy a ring for his friend |
B．ask the way to his friend’s |
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C．telephone his friend |
D．call a taxi |
2.The old man thought _____.
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A．the writer wanted to find a phone box |
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B．the writer was old enough to get married |
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C．the writer didn’t know the way |
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D．the writer wanted to find his girlfriend |
3..At last, the old man _____.
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A．understood what the writer wanted to do |
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B．couldn’t understand the writer |
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C．bought a ring for the writer |
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D．took the writer to the phone box by himself |
4.Which sentence is wrong according to the passage?
A.The writer’s friend, Danny had a lot of difficulties in the U.S.A. at first.
B.There are some differences between American and British English.
C.British people can’t understand the Americans most of the time.
D.British and American people can understand each other most of the time.
A kind of little cars may take the place of today’s big ones many years later. If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will also be more space for parking in cities, and the streets will be less crowded.
The little cars of the future will cost less. Driving will be safer, too, since these little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour. The cars of the future will be fine for going around a city, but they will not be useful for a long way. Little cars will go 450 kilometers before they need to stop for more gasoline (汽油). If big cars are still used with the small ones, two kinds of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be needed for the big, faster cars and other roads will be needed for the small, slower ones.
1..There is much pollution in the air today because _____.
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A．people drive big cars |
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B．people drive little cars |
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C．small cars will go 450 kilometers before they need to stop for more gasoline |
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D．the usual size of cars today is too small |
2..The usual size of cars today is _____.
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A．much smaller than the future one |
B．as big as the future ones |
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C．as small as the future ones |
D．bigger than the future ones |
3..Two kinds of roads will be needed in the future because _____.
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A．there will be too many cars in the future |
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B．more and more people will go to cities |
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C．big cars run faster and little cars run slower |
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D．it looks more beautiful to have two kinds of roads |
1.She did her homework during the sports meeting. (改为否定句)
She her homework during the sports meeting.
2.We watch TV four times a week.(对划线部分提问)
do you watch TV?
3. His bike is new. My bike is newer. (合并为一句)
My bike is newer ________ ________.
4.这个单词是以 “a”开头（完成译句）
This word ________ ________ “a”
