Popular breakfast foods in the United States, as in many other countries around the world, include coffee, milk, juice, eggs and bread. Some other breakfast items served in the United States are thought by many to be traditionally American. However, they actually come from other countries.
A very popular breakfast food in America is the pancake---a thin, flat cake made out of flour and often served with maple syrup. The idea of the pancake is very old. In fact, pancakes were made long ago in ancient China.
Bagels, a round thick bread with a hole in the middle, are also popular for breakfast in America. Polish people in the late 1600s came up with the idea for the first bagels and this new kind of bread soon took off across Eastern Europe.
In the late 1800s, thousands of Jews from Eastern Europe traveled to the United States and brought the recipe for bagels with them. Today, New York bagels are said to be the best in the world. Many people have them with cream cheese for breakfast on the go.
Doughnuts (usually spelled “donut” in the United States) came from France. They were served to American soldiers in France during World War Ⅰ(第一次世界大战). After the war, American soldiers asked cooks in the United States to make doughnuts for them. Now, served with coffee, they are a very popular breakfast food across the United States.
1. This reading is mainly about _______.
A. famous places in the United States to eat breakfast
B. popular American breakfast foods coming from China
C. the most popular types of pancakes in the United States
D. the history of popular breakfast foods in the United States
2. Which of the following is TRUE for both bagels and donuts?
A. They both came from Europe.
B. They are both easy to make.
C. They are both sweet.
D. People in New York make them best.
3.Who brought bagels to America?
A. Polish people. B. Jewish people.
C. Chinese people D. American soldiers.
4. Which of the following is true about doughnuts?
A. It was first made by the French.
B. The soldiers invented them in World War I.
C. Only soldiers eat them in the Untied States.
D. It is round with a hole in the middle.
5.This passage tells us that ________.
A. the Americans like to eat sweet foods for breakfast
B. all American foods come from other countries
C. not all American foods are really American
D. very few Americans have breakfast every day
This is a world filled with all kinds of products. Though they belong to different kinds of brands (商标), they are usually thought to be symbols of an easy and convenient life. We can hardly imagine what our life will be like without any of them. So how much do you know about these excellent products?
Brands | Prices (yuan) | Materials | Used for | Places of production |
iPhone6 | 5,023-7,590 | steel and plastic | communicating and having much fun | America |
LV handbag | 25, 999 | cloth, steel and leather | filling with some small objects （物体） | France |
Longines watch | 12,750 | steel, silver and leather | showing the correct time | Switzerland |
HAVALH6 (car) | 119, 800 | steel, plastic and leather | travelling far and fast | China |
1. Which product is the most expensive?
A. iPhone 6 B. LV handbag.
C. Longines. D. HAVAL H6.
2.Which material is used for making all these products?
A. Plastic. B. Steel.
C. Leather. D. Silver.
3.Which product may suit you when you feel bored?
A. The mobile phone B. The handbag.
C. The watch. D. The car.
4.Which country is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. China. B. Germany.
C. France. D. America.
5.What can we know from the passage?
A. Switzerland is famous for nice LV handbags.
B. HAVAL H6 is made in both France and China.
C. Longines can help you know what time it is now
D. An iPhone 6 can be used for filling with your school things.
I come from a large family. My parents both have many brothers and sisters. When I was a boy, during late July, my family would hold a reunion (聚会) every year. Usually more than 50 family members would attend the party.
The reunion would take place in a large public park in the late afternoon because it wasn't too hot at that time. Each family would bring their own food to eat. Usually each family had a special dish that would be shared. Some families would bring potato salad while others would bring a dessert or self-made special drinks. There was always more than enough food.
Almost everyone would play games. Younger people played softball, football, volleyball and so on. However, Uncle Sam always taught Cousin Chris and me to play badminton. CMs and I went to the same school and we kept beating other players and won several state games. The older family members would sit under a tree and watch the games or just sit around and talk. Everyone enjoyed himself / herself because it was a good chance to catch up on what his / her relatives were doing that year.
Those family reunions are the best memories I have of my childhood. Today it seems that everyone is too busy to hold or attend family reunions. Now, no matter how nostalgic I feel about those family reunions, those memories remain very clear in my mind.
1. Which of the following about the writer is NOT mentioned?
A. He has a lot of relatives.
B. He is a married man now.
C. He is excellent at playing badminton.
D. He misses the time he spent on those family reunions.
2. Which of the following best defines(解释) the underlined word "nostalgic" ?
A. Feeling excited and also a little angry.
B. Feeling surprised and also a little sorry.
C. Feeling happy and also a little sad.
D. Feeling lucky and also a little strange.
3. What would happen in the family reunions?
A. Younger people would play sports while older people would sit and then watch or talk.
B. Older people would arrange (安排) games the night before the reunion.
C. All the young boys learnt how to play badminton.
D. Mothers would cook a special dish in the park together.
4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. There was always a lot to eat in those family reunions.
B. It was always the writer's family that held the reunion every year.
C. The writer's family still practises the tradition of having a reunion once a year.
D. In those family reunions, everybody learnt what had happened to others.
5.What's the best title for the passage?
A. My family reunions.
B. I love my parents.
C. How to play games?
D. A good park to have a party.
完形填空。（每小题1.5分，共15分）
On the eve of graduation, many classmates were busy looking for jobs. So was I. It's very difficult to find a job in the big city. I had been____for many times until I found a want ad for an editor (编辑). "If you could find more than 10 ____ words in the newspaper, you can work for us as an editor." I loved ____ and had written several little articles for the newspaper. So I decided to have a ____. It was the final date when I saw the newspaper. I told one of my roommates the news happily. After he ____ what I said, he smiled and said, "Today is April Fool' s Day. It may be just an April Fool's ____. A fool may take it seriously." I was very ____ after hearing that, but I still wanted to have a try. It ____ me the whole morning to find twelve wrong words in the newspaper. I ____ at the editorial department in the afternoon and got the job.
I got a lesson from the experience: something that others said was____ may be not impossible. As long as you believe it, you may make impossibility possible.
1.A. refused B. considered C. expected
2.A. important B. correct C. wrong
3.A. reading B. writing C. listening
4.A. look B. try C. chance
5.A. read B. saw C. heard
6.A. joke B. note C. result
7.A. excited B. unhappy C. bored
8.A. spent B. took C. cost
9.A. got B. reached C. arrived
10.A. real B. impossible C. possible
The kids found it hard to ________ because there is a party in the next room.
A. keep still
B. make a mess
C. in silence
Tom Sawyer is very _______ because he is willing to do things which are difficult or dangerous.
A. hard-working
B. brave
C. polite
