The red phone box in Britain is a perfect example of the British traditional culture. However, with the fast development of mobile phones, it has lost its place in people’s everyday life. In order to save their loved red phone boxes, people have come up with many ideas, for example, to turn them into toilets or art houses.
In a village in Somerset, a place in South West England, villagers have found a new way to save their red phone box. They turned it into a mini library to deal with the shortage of libraries in their area. The idea was given by a local villager, Janet Fisher, who lives opposite the phone box. Villagers got together to set up the book box. Over 100 books and a lot of movies and music CDs are available at this mini library. The books are of different kinds, including from cooking books to the classics and children’s books. People can put the books that they have read inside the phone box, and take away the books that they’d like to read. The books are always changing. There is a regular check on the books to keep the phone box collection fresh.
Anyone is free to come to read books there. The phone box library is open every day around the clock and is lit (the past form of “light”) at night. “ It’s very pleasing that the red phone box has been saved. More importantly, it can continue providing a service for us,” said one of the villagers.
1.The red phone box has been a symbol of _________.
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A．the British culture |
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B．the European art of building |
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C．the development of mobile phones |
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D．British people’s daily life |
2. People in Somerset turned the red phone box into a mini library to _________.
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A．make it like the new one |
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B．help solve the shortage of library service |
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C．provide a place to exchange ideas |
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D．make the collection of the local library larger |
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE about the red phone box?
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A．People can borrow books and enjoy the films and CDs there. |
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B．The library was set up by a local villager living opposite a phone box. |
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C．The library is open to the public day and night. |
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D．Regular check is made to keep the books in good order. |
Many children love junk food. It's bad for their health. Their parents don't want them to eat too much junk food. Although they know it's not a good habit, they still eat it. Some of them eat this kind of food every day. Some only once or twice a week.
Paul is kind of unhealthy. He hardly ever exercises. He eats lots of junk food because he loves it. When he has money, he'll buy junk food. His parents worry about him. But he says.“Maybe I'm not very healthy, but I enjoy myself.”
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的填“T”，错误的填“F”
1.Few children love junk food.
2.Many parents want their children to eat junk food.
3.Children know it's bad habit to eat junk food.
4.Paul is very healthy.
5.Paul often borrows money to buy junk food.
Mr. and Mrs. Long had one daughter. Her name was Lena. She was eighteen years old. Lena lived with her parents and worked in an office. She had some friends, but she didn’t like any of the boys very much.
One day she met a very nice man. He was young. His name was Watts and he worked in a post office. They became friends and he came to Lena’s parents house twice. Last week Lena said to her father, “I’m going to marry（嫁给） Watts, Daddy. He was here yesterday.”
“Oh, yes.” her father answered. “He’s a nice boy, but has he got much money?”
“Oh, no, both of you are the same,” the daughter answered angrily. I met Watts on the first day of June and the next day he asked me, “Has your father got much money?”
1.Mr. and Mrs. Long had a ______.
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A．son |
B．grandson |
C．daughter |
D．granddaughter |
2.Lena worked _________.
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A．in a school |
B．in an office |
C．in a factory |
D．in a hospital |
3.Lena had a few friends before she came to know Watts, but she _____.
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A．liked no one very much |
B．like all of them
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C．didn’t know their names |
D．didn’t talk to them about their work |
4.Last week Lena asked her father _______.
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A．to help her find a good husband |
B．to let her marry(嫁给) Ｗatts |
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C．to give her some money to buy a house |
D．to let her work in a big city |
5.Lena got angry because ______.
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A．her father didn’t like her boyfriend, Watts
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B．her father asked her to make friends with money
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C．her father and Watts only thought of money
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D．her parents asked Watts to give them too much money |
Mr Brown is one of my friend . He can run very fast and likes to show people how fast he can run .
One day , a thief(小偷) got into his house , took some of his things and ran out of the house fast . Mr. Brown found it and ran after him , and shouted （喊）,“Hey ! Don’t you know you can’t get away from me ?”
But the thief ran much faster . Mr. Brown got angry and ran faster , too . He was soon a few kilometers away from his house . He was running hard when he met me. “ Why are you running so fast ?” I asked , “ I want to catch a thief .” said Mr. Brown “But where is the thief ?” I asked . “ Kilometers and kilometers behind .” Said Mr. Brown proudly . “ He thought he could run faster than me , but you see he is wrong .”
1.Did the thief steal(偷) anything from Mr. Brown’s house ?
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A．Yes, he was. |
B．No, he wasn’t . |
C．Yes, he did . |
D．No, he didn’t . |
2.Who ran faster , Mr. Brown or the thief ?
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A．Yes, Mr. Brown . |
B．No, the thief . |
C．Mr. Brown |
D．The thief. |
3.Did Mr. Brown catch the thief?
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A．Yes, he did |
B．No, he didn’t . |
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C．Yes, but he let him go away . |
D．No, but his friend did . |
4.What did Mr. Brown do when he found the thief ?
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A．He ran after him . |
B．He was angry with him . |
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C．He caught him . |
D．He stayed far behind him. |
5.What does the word “ proudly”mean ?
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A．自豪地 |
B．难过地 |
C．兴奋地 |
D．不慌不忙 |
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Xia Ming was worried about his study, so he wrote a letter to a magazine.
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Dear editors, I’m a slow student in my class. Most of my classmates are much better than me. So I get very stressed out. It’s difficult to keep on working hard and it’s really not fun. And I think although I spend much time studying for the tests. I can’t get good grades. My father gives me some help sometimes. He tells me not to worry about it. But what do you think I should do? Xia Ming |
Two readers read the letter from the magazine and here are their answers:
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Dear Xia Ming, Many famous people are not so good at the age like you. Edison, the famous scientist, had a bad headache for his studies when he was a 12-year-old boy. But everyone knows that he did a lot for the people in the world. And Newton had the same story like him. You should take it easy, then try your best. I believe you can do better. Thumbelina |
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Dear Xia Ming, When you are feeling stressed out, just smile and take a deep breath(深呼吸), you should believe tomorrow is another day. Mr Unsmart |
1.Xia Ming worried about ______.
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A．his classmates |
B．his life |
C．his study |
D．his father |
2.Thumbelina gave ______ examples in the letter.
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A．one |
B．two |
C．three |
D．four |
3.Thumbelina wrote about those famous people _______.
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A．to make Xia Ming feel better |
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B．to make Xia Ming laugh |
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C．to show how much she knows |
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D．to show that she dislike them |
4.Which is NOT true?
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A．Xia Ming doesn’t have fun studying at school. |
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B．Xia Ming’s father always helps him with his study. |
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C．Smiling can reduce the pressure. |
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D．Edison is famous in the world. |
5.“Tomorrow is another day.” tells us ______.
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A．it’s the weekend tomorrow |
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B．Xia Ming can get good grades tomorrow |
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C．tomorrow is different from today |
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D．there are hopes in our lives |
从方框中选择适当的句子,补全对话(共5小题,每小题1分)
A: Hey, Lucy! What are you doing for vacation?
B: 1 I'm leaving on Friday. How about you?
A: I'm going sports camping.
B: Oh, cool!
A: 2
B: I'm going with my mother.
A: 3
B: On the eleventh.
A: 4 What about Tom? 5.
B: He's going to the beach with his family.
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A．When are you going? |
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B．Sounds great! |
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C．Who are you going with? |
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D．We are leaving this weekend. |
E. Where is he going for vacation?
F. I'm visiting my cousins in Canada.
