Walk to school every day? That will work, but not if you like sleep in. If you like bad smells and crowding(拥挤), the bus might be your best Choice. But why not a bicycle? A bicycle will get you there faster than your feet and will save your money.
This is why you see more bicycles than any other kind of transportation in China, about 500 million of them. That’s close to one for every two people in the whole country. But if you survey your class at school, you may will find a higher rate(比率).
Bicycles became popular because they are fun for people and at the same time help develop a strong body. No vehicle is better than a bicycle for enjoying an autumn weekend outside the city with parents or friends. You can travel on small, quiet paths. You also can park your bicycle beside the path wherever you want to stop to admire the beauty.
Cycling every day helps people build with city healthier hearts and stronger muscles(肌肉). Scientists say a 30-minute ride every day can help you lose weight.
Today, bicycles also are popular with city planners. They see bicycles as a good way to reduce heavy traffic. Unlike buses, bicycles produce no exhaust(尾气) and don’t burn energy. Many countries are encouraging more daily use of bicycles.
1.What’s the main subject of the passage?
A．Pollution reduction
B．Pollution of bicycle
C．Transportation of China
D．advantages of bicycling
2.Which of the following statements may NOT help convince of bicycles?
A．Bicycling makes people stronger
B．Bicycles can travel on narrow paths
C．Many bicycles are stolen every year
D．Bicycles seldom(很少)get stuck in traffic jams
3.The following paragraph is taken from the article above. Which paragraph should it follow? South Korea expects a 10% increase in using bicycles by 2011. They say that could cut the cost of oil(石油)by $1.4 billion(十亿)during that period.
A．Paragraph 1 B．Paragraph 2 C．Paragraph 5 D．Paragraph 6
4.We can tell from the story that _____
A．all Chinese students ride bicycles
B．if you ride a bicycle for 30 minutes a day, you’ll be thinner
C．there are no bicycles that burn energy
D．you can’t enjoy beautiful views unless you ride a bicycle
5.Which of the following thing is a vehicle?
A．A train B．A chair C．An orange D．A television
There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his spare time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions, he tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup(银杯) for the Rose of the Year.
Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very close to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen years of age were often tempted to throw a stone(石头) or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flower did his best to be in or close by his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.
But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing had been useful. He had been to report to the headmaster, but this bad not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys when they threw stones. He had even picked up all the stones around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw, but they soon found others.
At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice. It was made of good, strong wood. It was some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After that, Mr Flowers had no further trouble: The boys were much more attempted to throw stoned at the notice than at the glass-houses.
1.It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ____
A．build glass-houses in his spare time
B．grow the rose in a glass-house
C．win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color
D．grow a rose with the longest name
2.Boys were often tempted to ____
A．throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses
B．throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school
C．be in or close by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses
D．play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses
3.Mr Flowers stayed in or close by his glass-houses ____
A．at times when school-boys were walking near them
B．all the school day when there were no boys around
C．where he could not be seen by the boya passing
D．in his spare time at the beginning and end of the school day
4.Mr. Flowers had tried to ____ to protect his glass.
A．be on watch in his spare time
B．ask the headmaster for help
C．pick up all the stones around his garden
D．do all the above
5.Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to ____
A．write some words on the glass
B．put up a larger notice to cover his glasshouses
C．give the boys something else to throw stones at
D．send for policemen
用所给单词的适当形式完成短文。
The Nature of an Autumn Day
丰富多彩的秋日户外活动
Autumn is a good time for children to go outside and see the changing colors of nature. What outdoor activities do 1. like? What do children in other countries like to do in autumn? Follow Teens 2. let’s have a look.
The wind is cool, the days are 3. and the leaves are changing colors. Autumn is a great season for kids to 4. outside.
In China, students often have an autumn picnic held by their school 5., they will to an amusement park or to places that are 6. to nature.
What kinds of autumn activities are there for children in 7. countries?
Japanese students often go hiking. It is a perfect mountain climbing in such nice 8. to get exercise while enjoying the outdoors. Weather is also a good choice.(选择)
Children in the U.S. 9. to go for bike rides in autumn. Take a mountain bike ride and you can explore new trails(小路). Playing in a leaf pile is popular, too. Kids jump into the leaf pile to 10.the colorful leaves fly all around. They also make leaf rain and leaf beds- all a lot of fun.
In the UK, school kids like to camp outside with their parents. They make snacks over the fire and tell ghost stories.
根据短文内容，从Ａ、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
Have you ever 41 a girl of 15, who has opened up a company of her own? Linda is such a girl. She 42 the business two years ago. She has already 43 several successful computer games. They are so 44 that over half a million people work in her business. And she is 45 at school.
She enjoys school and comes to school 46 . She is always on time. 47 weekdays, she goes to school in her own car with a 48 , for she is not 49 to drive.
She enjoys school and is very 50 in all of her lessons. She usually gets “A” in the exams, so 51 students often ask her for 52 .
After dinner, she goes to her office and 53 working on her computer, writing games until 2 a.m. She does not usually need as much 54 as other children in the night. What 55 successful girl Linda is!
1. A．known of B．heard of C．saw of D．concerned
2. A．developed B．started C．made D．complained
3. A．opened B．played C．written D．bought
4. A．surprised B．popular C．afraid D．just
5. A．still B．already C．yet D．just
6. A．fast B．quickly C．early D．late
7. A．In B．On C．At D．During
8. A．teacher B．mother C．driver D．doctor
9. A．enough old B．old enough C．young enough D．enough young
10. A．interested B．interesting C．exciting D．well
11. A．others B．the other C．other D．some other
12. A．thanks B．help C．money D．results
13. A．keeps B．thanks for C．stops D．finishes
14. A．food B．time C．bread D．sleep
15. A．a B．the C．on D．/
阅读短文，将文中划线部分翻译成中文。
Books are out best friends. They give us both knowledge and pleasure. With books, our life is interesting.1.Books are sogreat friends of ours that we can turn to them for help whenever we meet with difficulty.
However, we should make use of books. As there are bond of different kinds, we should read them in different ways.2.In my opinion, some books are to be read carefully and we must think over and learn something from them. Some should be just looked through. There are a few books that we should never read, for they are not good for us.3.The most important thing that wemust try to put what we learn from books to practice.
根据所给中文完成句子翻译。
1.那个人使我想起我的英语老师。
That man _______ my English teacher.
2.你能给我们提供一些关于交换生的计划吗？
Could you please ___ about student exchange programs?
3.我们到达火车站时，他们正在等待我们。
When we got to the station, they _______us.
4.他来沈阳5天了.
He ________________ for five days.
5.我们不能推迟制定计划.
_______________________
6.到吃饭的时间了.
________________________
7.你愿意做一名志愿者吗？
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