Nanjing is the capital city of Jiangsu Province(省). It is about 1,200 kilometres(公里) from Beijing, 300 kilometres from Shanghai. With a population(人口) of about 5,180,000, it covers an area about 6,598 kilometres.
Nanjing has a long history over 2,460 years. It has mountains(山), rivers, lakes, old walls and forests(森林). There are many interesting places to visit. For example, if you want to have a look at the whole city, you can go to the Yuejiang Tower. If you want to know the history of Nanjing, you can go to the Ming tomb, the Zhonghua Gate, the Rain Flower Terrace and so on. If you want to watch maple leaves(红叶) in autumn, please go to the Qixia Mountain. You will enjoy the beauty（美丽）of
Nanjing if you visit Xuanwu Lake. It is very comfortable to walk around the Zhongshan Mausoleum. The Hongshan Zoo is a good place for children because there are many kinds of animals there. Many visitors come to the Confucius Temple to taste the delicious food and walk around the busy street.
If you come to visit Nanjing next time, you are here in the right place. Always welcome you to our city.
1.What’s the capital of Jiangsu Province?（请用1个词回答。）
2.How long is the history of Nanjing? （请用3个词回答。）
3. How many interesting places in Nanjing are mentioned(被提到) in the passage? （请用不超过3个词回答。）
4.Where can we go if you want to have some delicious food? （请用3个词回答。）
5.Why is the Hongshan Zoo a good place for the children? （请用不超过7个词回答。）
Do you know an old city called "Pingyao" in Shanxi? The old city is not far from Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province (省). It's a town with a long history of more than two thousand years.
The old city is not very large. It is only 2.25 square kilometers in size. And there are no tall buildings here. Most of the buildings have only two floors. And most of them are made of stones(石头). There are many Chinese-style shops on each side（边）of the street.
Pingyao is a square（方的）city. The city has a wall around 
it. It's about 6 km long and 12m high. The wall has six gates. And you mustn't miss the nice food in Pingyao. Try Pingyao beef and you are sure to fall in love with it.
Pingyao is a place worth(值得) a visit. You can take buses or trains here. It's less than 2 hours' bus ride from Taiyuan. It costs you only 20 yuan. If you take a train, it will take you less time, only one and a half hours. And if you want to go to Pingyao from Beijing, the train ride takes only about 6 hours.
The City of Pingyao
Location(位置) | In Shanxi, 1. Taiyuan. |
2. | 3. 2000 years. |
4. | 2.25 square kilometers. |
Attractions(吸引人的东西)
| Buildings: Most of them have two 5. . They are made of stones. |
6. : There are shops on both 7. . | |
Wall: There is a 6-km-long wall around the 8. city. | |
Food: Pingyao 9. tastes nice. | |
Transportation(交通) | Visitors can come to Pingyao by bus or 10. . |
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
