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Where do our favorite foods come from? The truth may surprise you. Did you know curry isn’t Indian? Did you know Americans weren’t the first to eat hamburgers? Or did you know pizza wasn’t created in Italy?
First, let’s talk about curry. 1. But in reality(事实)， wealthy English people were cooking with curry spices (香料) hundreds of years before British ships traveled to India.
2. Cooks of wealthy English families created curry dishes, and later these dishes became popular in other parts of England. 3. The Persians were eating round, flat bread with cheese in the 500s-nearly one thousand years before pizza became popular in Naples, Italy!
Finally let’s look at the truth behind hamburgers. Many people think hamburgers are an American food. 4. A German named Otto Kuasw made the first hamburger in 1891. Four years later, German sailors introduced hamburgers to Americans.
Where foods come from isn’t nearly as important as how they taste—delicious! 5.
A. However according to some stories, hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany. B. So, go and get some of your favorite and enjoy it. C. Many people think the English found out about curry from people in India in the 1660s. D. As for pizzas, this dish was probably first made in Persia(波斯). E. In fact, the word “curry” can be found in the English language as far back as 1377. |
阅读下面材料，从每题所给的三个选项（A、B和C）中，选出最佳选项。
Japan is one of the cleanest countries in the world. What are its secrets?
In Japan, people have to pay for their garbage. If they have a lot, or their garbage is difficult to treat, they have to pay more. They also have to pay for things they no longer need, like old TVs and fridges. This makes people think before they throw away.
There are few garbage cans in Japanese streets. People take their garbage home and sort through it carefully. They also have different ways of treating different kinds of garbage. People turn old chopsticks into paper. They burn some garbage to make fertilizer(肥料). People even use garbage to make more land area.
Japan has set a good example to the rest of the world. If people in every country did the same, we would be able to do something about our environmental problem.
What can we do to help the environment? Here are some ideas.
Reduce!
Check it out. Buy products with less packaging (包装).
Buy less and create less garbage. We shouldn’t buy things we don’t need.
Reuse!
Be creative and make use of garbage. For example, you can make a photo frame(边框) out of buttons, and other small pieces of garbage.
Recycle!
Ask your family and friends to use recycled products.
Be helpful. Is there a recycling center near your home? If so, ask your family and neighbors to recycle.
1.What does the underlined word “treat” probably mean in Chinese?
A. 治疗 B. 丢弃 C. 处理
2.Paragraphs(段落) 1- 4 of the passage mainly tell us about _______.
A. the secrets of Japan’s being a clean country
B. what we should do to help the environment
C. different kinds of ways to make use of garbage
3.How many ideas does the passage mention about helping the environment?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
4.What can we do to help the environment?
A. Throw away all the garbage.
B. Go shopping more often and buy things we don’t need.
C. Ask our family and friends to use recycled products.
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. People in Japan should pay for their garbage.
B. There are many garbage cans in Japanese streets.
C. We can recycle the garbage by burning all the buttons.
阅读下面材料，从每题所给的三个选项（A、B和C）中，选出最佳选项。
Zhang Li lies in bed sadly. The 24-year-old young man lost his right leg because of a blood disease. The doctor said that his 10 years of smoking had caused the disease. “I began to smoke when I was in Junior 3. It made me feel like a man and I thought it looked cool. Now I know I was really wrong.” said Zhang.
It is a mistake many teenagers make. It is said that about 40 million of the country’s young people between 13 and 18 have tried smoking. Nearly 68 percent of teenager smokers smoked their first one before the age of 13. Those who live in big cities started even earlier. Many teenagers see people smoking in the movies. But in real life, stars like Jackie Chan think smoking is a bad thing. In fact, smoking is one of the top killers in China. Each year one million people die from smoking-related(与吸烟有关的)diseases. Smoking causes illnesses like lung cancer and heart disease.
Doctors say that the younger a person starts smoking, the worse it will be. If a person starts smoking as a teenager, he or she may live twenty-two years less than non-smokers.
1.What kind of disease did smoking cause for Zhang Li?
A. Lung cancer.
B. Blood disease.
C. Heart disease.
2.From the passage, we know Zhang Li started to smoke when he was years old.
A. 13 B. 14 C. 18
3.The city’s young people .
A. knew that smoking was a bad thing
B. tried smoking when they were in Junior 3
C. started smoking earlier than those in the country
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Zhang Li had a disease and lost his left leg.
B. Smoking may cause many kinds of diseases.
C. Smoking may make you have a shorter life.
5.What does the underlined word “non-smokers ” mean in English?
A. People who like smoking.
B. People who smoke.
C. People who don’t smoke.
阅读下面材料，从每题所给的三个选项（A、B和C）中，选出最佳选项。
Name | Personal Information |
Norman Bethune | Born in 1890 in Canada; A doctor came to China in 1938 Died in 1939 in China |
Celine Dion | Born in Montreal ,Canada; A singer star; In 1997, sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic |
Thomas Edison | Born in 1847, Kentucky, the USA; Made over 1,000 inventions ; Died in 1931 |
Bill Gates | Born in 1955 in the USA; Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought ; Owns Microsoft Company |
Mark Twain | Born in 1835 in the USA; A writer wrote The Adventures Of Tome Sawyer; Died in 1910 |
1.______ is from Canada.
A. Bill Gates B. Mark Twain C. Celine Dion
2.The _______ was born in 1835.
A. writer B. singer C. doctor
3.My Heart Will Go On is the name of a _______.
A. book B. film C. song
4.Dr Bethune worked in China for about______ years.
A. 4 B.2 C. 8
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Mark Twain wrote wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought
B. Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company
C. Thomas Edison made over 1.000 inventions
情景选择。根据对话情景，从每题所给的选项中，选出最佳选项。
1.------My mother said that we wouldn’t go on a trip to Hongkong.
-------_________ . You are looking forward to it.
A. Never mind.
B. What a pity!
C. Don’t worry about that.
2.-----Do you mind my sitting here?
------________. It’s for our teacher , Miss Green.
A. All right. B. Not at all. C. Better not.
3.------ Congratulations! Your speech is very good!
------__________.
A. Many thanks.
B. Oh, no.
C. It doesn’t matter.
4.------ I think students should have mobile phones to call their parents.
-------_________. They often use them to play games instead.
A. I don’t agree.
B. I hope so.
C. Good idea.
5.------I’m afraid I have to give up my dream of being a singer.
-------______. No dream is too big and no dream is too small.
A. Don’t lose heart.
B. That’s unusual.
C. You must be joking.
口语运用
从方框中选出最佳选项完成下面的对话。
A: Good afternoon. Welcome to our restaurant.
B: Thank you.
A: Here is a table for two. 1.
B: Thank you. May I have the menu, please?
A: OK. Here it is. (A few minutes later) 2.
B: Sure. We’ll have Beijing Roast Duck and vegetable soup.
A: 3.
B: Yes. Two cups of coffee, please.
A: Anything else?
B: 4.
A: OK. Thank you for your order.
B: (Forty minutes later) May I have the bill, please?
A: Let me see. 5.
B: Here you are.
A: Thank you.
A. It’s 55 yuan. B. Some rice, please. C. Take a seat, please. D. May I take your order? E. Would you like something to drink? |
