_______ great fun it is to play games on _______ QQ!
A．How; / B．What; the C．How; the D．What; /
American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?” “Hi!” is creeping（不知不觉地进入）into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you. ” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you. ” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day. ” or “Have a good trip. ” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day. ”
The British usually use “got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.
There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check（US）/cheque（UK）. Many American words ending in “or”, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice. ” In AmE, one writes “traveler,” while in BrE, one writes “traveller”.
It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate (各自的)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that linguistically（语言上）,and probably culturally（文化上）too, they are closer together than ever before.
AmE—— American English BrE——British English
1.The Americans hardly say “_____”
A．Good-bye. Have a good day!
B．Glad to know you!
C．Hi!
D．Have you got a car?
2.What does the 3rd paragraph talk about?
A．There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.
B．Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings.
C．There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.
D．The different usages of words in AmE and BrE.
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The two languages will become separate languages.
B．American English will be used more and more.
C．The two languages will be closer and closer.
D．British English will be used more and more.
4.The underlined word “predicted” means ______ in Chinese.
A．解释 B．预言 C．考虑 D．证明
Now lots of teenagers like smoking. It's a big problem. Some of them smoke, just for fun and some think smoking looks cool. Others smoke because there are many people around them that smoke.
As we all know, smoking is harmful, especially to students. Some teenagers even steal money so that they can buy cigarettes. Besides, smoking does harm to brains and it can influence studies. Finally, it is bad for health because it can cause diseases.
Therefore, we should protect ourselves from smoking. First, we should learn more about the danger of smoking. Second, we should keep away from people who smoke.
1.Now some teenagers like smoking because_________.
A．smoking is good for them
B．their parents want them to do so
C．they think it is fun and cool
D．smoking makes them comfortable
2.Smoking is harmful to_________.
A．brains B．legs C．eyes D．hands
3.The writer of the passage wants teenagers________.
A．to smoke
B．not to smoke
C．not to keep away from smoking
D．to smoke less
An old woman walked into a clothes shop. She asked the salesgirl to let her have a look at a new dress on display, but the girl stood still behind the counter, taking no notice of the request.
The old woman spoke to the girl again, raising her voice a bit, but still received no answer. The old woman looked closely at the girl and nodded to her, "I am too old to see well." I can't even tell a plastic (塑料的) model from a real girl."
On hearing this, the salesgirl shouted at the old woman, " What? Did you call me a plastic model?"
The old woman was greatly surprised. "On, dear me," she said. "The model can speak. Then it must be a robot of a new type."
1.The old woman wanted ______in the clothes shop.
A．to buy something
B．to play a joke on someone
C．to look for someone
D．to talk to the girl
2.The assistant was a ________.
A．woman B．model C．robot D．man
3.The assistant took no notice of the old woman because _______.
A．she was a plastic model
B．she was a robot
C．she was not a good assistant
D．she had bad hearing
完形填空 阅读短文, 从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
Peter’s job was to examine cars when they crossed the frontier（国境） to make sure that they were not smuggling(走私) anything into the country. Every evening he would see a factory worker coming 1 the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bike with a pile of goods(货物) of old straw on it. When the bike 2 the frontier, Peter would stop the man and 3 him take the straw off and untie（解开） it. Then he would examine the straw very 4 to see 5 he could find anything, then he would look in all the man’s pockets 6 he let him tie the straw again. The man would then put it on his bike and go off down the hill with it. Although Peter was always 7 to find gold or other valuable things hidden in the straw, he never found anything. He was sure the man was 8 something, but he was not 9 to think out what it could be.
Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the worker’s pockets 10 usual, he 11 to him, “Listen, I know you are smuggling things 12 this frontier. Won’t you tell me what it is? I’m an old man, and today is my 13 day on the job. Tomorrow I’m going to retire(退休). I promise I shall not tell 14 if you tell me what you’ve been smuggling.” The worker did not say anything for 15 . Then he smiled, turned to Peter and said quietly, “Bikes.”
1. A．towards B．down C．to D．up
2. A．arrived B．appeared C．came D．reached
3. A．ask B．order C．make D．call
4. A．carefully B．quickly C．silently D．horribly
5. A．that B．where C．how D．if
6. A．before B．after C．first D．so
7. A．lucky B．hoping C．thinking D．wondering
8. A．taking B．smuggling C．stealing D．pushing
9. A．possible B．strong C．able D．clever
10. A．like B．more C．then D．as
11. A．told B．cried C．ordered D．said
12. A．cross B．past C．across D．into
13. A．last B．first C．newest D．second
14. A．everyone B．anyone C．no one D．someone
15. A．moment B．long time C．sometime D．some time
Our teacher told us time ______ for no one.
A．wait B．waiting C．waited D．waits
