Bicycles are very popular in China. In our country you can see bicycles almost everywhere. When you walk on the road, you will find a lot of people riding bicycles to school, shops and anywhere else. Therefore(因此), China is known as “the kingdom of bicycles”. In China, many families have one or two bicycles.
Compared(与……比) with cars, bicycles have many advantages. First, they are much cheaper than cars. Most Chinese can’t afford cars, but they can afford bicycles. Second, bicycles are small enough to park anywhere, while cars need a larger piece of land to park. What’s more, with lower speed, bicycles are safer than cars.
However, bicycles also bring some problems. Some riders don’t obey the traffic rules and some riders don’t think about others’ safety. So they ride too fast. During rush hours, too many bicycles may cause traffic jams. We still have a long way to go to solve the problem.
1.Where can you see bicycles in China?
A. In the big city. B. In the town.
C. In the country. D. Almost everywhere.
2.“The kingdom of bicycles” here is saying ____.
A. China has a large number of bicycles
B. China makes bicycles
C. bicycles are a kingdom
D. only China has bicycles
3.Which of the following is NOT an advantage of bicycles?
A. Bicycles are much cheaper than cars.
B. Bicycles are easy to park.
C. Bicycles are more beautiful than cars.
D. Bicycles are safer than cars.
4.What problems can bicycles bring?
A. Bicycles are more and more expensive.
B. Riding bicycles is more dangerous than driving cars.
C. There are no places for so many bicycles.
D. Too many bicycles may cause traffic jams.
5.What does the last sentence mean?
A. We should drive cars instead of riding bicycles.
B. It’s too far to ride bicycles.
C. Bicycles are safe enough.
D. We still need to do much to solve the problem.
完形填空。
It was Mother's Day. A man_____ his car at a flower shop to order(订购) some flowers. He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers_____ his mother, who lived two hundred miles away.
_____ he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying.
He asked her _____ and she answered, "I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy-five cents. A rose ____ two dollars."
The man smiled and said, "Come into the shop with me, and I'll buy you _____."
He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother's flowers. As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home. She said, "Yes, please! You can _____ me to my mother," She brought him to a cemetery(墓地), where she placed the rose on the grave.
The man was _____. He _____ to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
Today is the day for _____ mother. Send a flower to your kind and beautiful mother.
1.A. stop B. drive C. stopped D. drove
2.A. to B. for C. into D. at
3.A. Before B. After C. As D. Until
4.A. what’s wrong B. what wrong was C. what wrong is D. what was wrong
5.A. takes B. pays C. spends D. costs
6.A. roses B. a rose C. flowers D. a flower
7.A. bring B. take C. drive D. send
8.A. angry B. surprised C. moved D. happy
9.A. go B. return C. went D. returned
10.A. your B. his C. her D. my
_____ you are, _____ mistakes you will make in the exam.
A. The more careful; the fewer
B. The more careful; the less
C. The more carefully; the fewer
D. The more carefully; the less
--- By the way, Robert sends his best wishes to you.
--- _____.
A. It’s nice of him B. All right.
C. Thank you. D. It’s great.
Thank you for _____ us to your art festival.
A. inviting B. to invite C. invite D. invited
There are more and more foreigners coming to China. So I think English is _____useful than before.
A. more much B. much more
C. many more D. more many
