Here is some information about homes in the United States and the people who live in them.
In the early 1990s, there were more than 91 million homes, or households(家庭) in the US. About 64% of the people in the US own their homes. The rest(其余的) rent(租) their homes. The rented homes are usually apartments(公寓).
74%of the peop
le in the US make their homes in or around cities. 26% live in the country(乡下). Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US and about half that number have cats.
Families in the US are becoming smaller. On the average(平均), 2.64 people lived in a home in the early 1990s. In 1960, the average was 3.5.
Half of the teenagers (青少年) in the US have their own bedrooms.
An American moves(搬家), on the average, twelve times in his or her life. In Japan a person moves about five times, and in England a person moves eight times.
1.Where do most Americans live?
A. Around the country.B. In or around cities. C. In the country.D. In cities.
2.How many American families own a cat?
A. 40%B. 64% C. 20%D. 74%
3.Families in the US are .
A. becoming bigger .B. becoming smaller
C. becoming happy.D. not sure
4.Which of the following is TURE?
A. Americans move more often than the English.
B. The average number in a family now is getting bigger than that in the 1960s.
C. The Japanese move . more often than the British.
D. Most young people of the US have no bedrooms of their own.
5.The best title for the passage is about .
A. Americans moving homes all the time
B. Pets in American families.
C. City families & country families.
D. Americans families.
I live in a small town near Xing'an in Guilin. You can't see it on the map of China, because it is too small. The air here is fresh(清新的). There are not many tall buildings in our town. The tallest building is in our school. There are four hundred students and twenty-five teachers in our school. In the front of the school, there is a playground. I often play basketball with my classmates on it. There is a little garden behind our school. And we can grow (种植) beautiful flowers and plant trees there. Next to the garden, there is an orange orchard(果园). You can hear birds singing everywhere. There is a river not far from our school. In summer, we usually go swimming with our teachers in it. We study Chinese, English, Maths and other subjects at school. The teachers are very nice. We love our school.
1.The writer lives .
A. in a small town B. in the city of Guilin C. Xing'an D. in a tall building
2.There is in the front of our school.
A. a river B. an orange orchard C. a playground D. a garden
3.How many students are there in the school?
A. 4025. B. 425. C. 245. D. 400.
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. There are many tall buildings in the town.
B. Behind the school there is a garden.
C. There is a river in the school.
D. People can hear students singing everywhere.
5.What's the best title(标题) of the passage(一段)?
A. The Garden B. A Small Town C. Our School D. The Best Building
Some children are flying kites near the river. They are very high and Peter can see them from the classroom. After lunch his aunt comes to see his mother and brings a kite to him. It looks like a bird. He wants to fly it but his mother doesn’t let him do that.
“It’s time to go to school,” says his mother, “You can fly it after dinner.”
The boy is unhappy, and says goodbye to his aunt and leaves. Now he is in the classroom but he doesn’t listen to Miss Black. He only thinks how to fly the kite. Miss Black writes something on the blackboard and then turns to the class.
“Name(说出……的名字) nine things with milk in them, Peter.” she says.
The boy doesn’t hear her and still sits there. A boy in Row 4 beats(敲打)his back and he knows it. He stands up and Mi
ss Black asks him the question again. He thinks for some time and then says, “Yes, madam, tea, coffee, cake and …er…six cows(奶牛).”
1.There is _____ near Peter’s school.
A. a bank B. a river C. a lake D. a park
2.In the classroom, Peter can see ______.
A. some children swimming in the park B. his aunt buy a kite fo
r him
C. some students reading beside the lake D. some children flying kites near the river
3. _____ comes to visit his mother after lunch.
A. Peter’s teacher B. Peter’s friend C. Peter’s cousin D. Peter’s aunt
4.Peter’s mother tells him to fly the kite ________.
A. at breakfast B. in the classroom C. after dinner D. in school
5.In class, Peter only thinks ______.
A. his teacher’s words
B. what the kite looks like
C. how to fly the kite
D. how to answer the teacher’s question
My name is David. I live in a big house with my . Our house not near a city. It is twenty kilometers (公里) the nearest (最近的) city. There are people in my family. I live with my parents, my two sisters my brother. Our house has two floors. There a living room, four bedrooms, a dining room, a kitchen and two . I share a bedroom my brother, Simon. Each of my two sisters a bedroom. Our house has a big garden lots of flowers. I like in the garden with my brother and . At weekends my school friends come to see me. We play in the garden. it rains, we play in the room. Our home is a nice place live. I have with my friends and family in our house.
1.A. family B. families C. parents D. parent
2.A. be B. is C. has D. are
3.A. from B. awayC. toD. at
4.A. four B. five C. six D. seven
5.A. and B. withC. orD. on
6.A. have B. has C. are D. is
7.A. bathrooms B. bathroom C. sitting roomD. room
8.A. for B. with C. on D. in
9.A. have B. has C. live D. with
10.A.withB. hasC. andD. have
11.A. play B. playing C. to playing D. work
12.A. sister B. sisters C. parent D. friend
13.A. But B. And C. Then D. When
14.A.toB. onC. withD. not
15.A. fun B. funs C. funny D. time
---What your cousin in the future? ---An artist.
A. will; going to be B. are; going to be C. Will; going to D. is; going to be
---It’s so cloudy. I think it . ---I think so.
A. is raining B. rains C. will rain D. is going to rain
