阅读理解。
The Year of the Goat was a main reason for the low newborns in 2015, a report said.
There were 16.55 million babies born in China last year, about 320,000 fewer than 2014, the Year of the Horse, it said.
China began to allow couples where one partner was an only child to have a second child in late 2013, which made 11 million couples eligible (符合条件的).
People expected the policy to result in 1 million more births compared with 2014. However, that did not happen. There is an old Chinese saying that 9 out of 10 people born in the Year of the Goat are unlucky in their lives.
It was reported that the decline (下降) was mainly because of the Year of the Goat. China will likely welcome 17.5 to 21 million newborns yearly in the next five years.
In 2015, the number of wowen aged 15 to 49, considered to be of childbearing age, fell by 5 million from 2014, In addition, the group between 20 and 29 years old, who are main childbearing people, has declined by 1.5 million, the report said.
Among babies born last year, the number of first children dropped by 850,000 from 2014, or 4.1 percent, it said.At the same time, the number of the second children increased by 450,000.
The number of Chinese wowen of childbearing age reached the highest point in 2011 and then began to decline.
1.You can probably read this passage in a(n) _____ .
A. advertisement B. newspaper
C. guidebook D. novel
2.According to the report, the number of newborns declined in 2015 compared with 2014 mainly because of _____ .
A. the Year of the Horse B. the Year of the Goat
C. the working conditions D. the living conditions
3.The number of Chinese wowen of childbearing age reached the highest poilt in _____ .
A.2011 B.2012
C.2013 D.2014
4.From 2010 to 2014, the newborn numbers in China _____.
A. declined every year B. kept the same
C. increased every year D. doubled
阅读理解。
I have spent almost a third of my life in China, living and working in this beautiful country. In a sense, China has been and is still my second home But in those past years I had never been to Quzhou.
Some days ago, for the first time in my Chinese life, I stepped into the beautiful city of Quzhou. My impressions of Quzhou city were as I always thought: green countryside, rainy sky, wet air. That was what I imagined for years the south of China would be. When we finally arrived, I was impressed by the elegant (优雅的) city.
Next day we were taken to visit some places not far away from the city. I was not aware of the direction of our short trip, but when we arrived at Lanke Mountain and got out of the car, I thought that we had been taken to a fairyland (仙境) : the light rain over the green and thick plants, the silvery sky like a heavy blanket and the mystery (神秘) of this mountain made me feel like being part of a picture.
Jiulong Lake was our next step. The mystic atmosphere (气氛) of this place was so strong that I decided to watch the view standing at the top when I stepped into the small boat to sail upstream. Sometimes we were so close to the mountain that we could clearly see the red soil under the plants. I was thinking of the joy to be in a place like Jiulong Lake and how it would be to live among those hills for a while.
The final leg of the day’s journey was a primary school. We were welcomed by the smiles on the faces of many young pioneers. The energy of the hundreds of kids made me feel younger for a while, so educated, so polite and so warm that I had no doubt about the future generations of Quzhou people. The people seem to me the best of Quzhou and they will remain in my memories forever.
1.From the passage, we can know the writer _____ .
A. will come to work in Quzhou
B. will leave China soon
C. has lived in China for a long time
D. has just come to China
2.The writer visited _____ places the next day in Quzhou.
A. two B. three
C. four D. five
3.In the writer’s eye, Quzhou is _____ .
A. green, rainy, wet and elegant
B. green, large, modern and mystic
C. small, warm, dry and elegant
D. beautiful, dry, modern and mystic
4.What does the writer mean by saying the underlined sentence in Paragh 4?
A. He disliked Jiulong Lake.
B. He hoped to leave there soon.
C. He would swim in Jiulong Lake.
D. He loved Jiulong Lake very much.
阅读理解。
Jokes are things that we say to make other people laugh. Sometimes a joke is just a short sentence, while other times it can be a story that can take a while to tell. An example of a simple joke is:
People who tell jokes are welcomed everywhere bacause everyone likes hearing a good joke. Here
is another example of a jokes:
We say a joke is “corny” if it is stupid . An example of a corny joke is:
But some people may think a corny joke actually a good joke. Telling a good joke depends not only on the joke itself but also on the way it is told. Some people have a skill for telling jokes. And some people simply do not know how to tell jokes. Every language and culture has its own funny jokes. As a result, many jokes lose their humor if they are translated into a different language.
Some jokes depend on making fun of other people to be funny. However, these jokes may hurt people’s feelings.
Sometimes jokes are told about certain races and religions (宗教). These are called “recial” and “religious” jokes, and they can be burting people, too. Jokes about the supposed special things of the members of one sex are sometimes considered to be “sexist (性别歧视的) rubbish”. Jokes that hurt people’s feelings are not really funny.
Have you heard a good joke lately? Can you tell your classmates one that will make them laugh?
1.People who are good at telling jokes are usually _____ .
A. serious B. crazy
C. famous D. popular
2.A “corny” joke is one that is _____ .
A. very funny B. stupid or not funny
C. very short D. very harmful
3.Some jokes depend on _____ to be funny.
A. how long the sentences are
B. the age of the person who tells the joke
C. where we ate standing when telling the joke
D. the listener’s understanding of the language and culture
4.Which of the following is the writer’s opinion?
A. Jokes that hurt people’s feelings are not really funny.
B. Some people simply do not know how to tell jokes.
C. Every language and culture has its own jokes.
D. Some people may think a corny joke is good.
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Even though I just had lunch not long ago, I was felling hungry again. I went to the kitchen to look for something to eat. That was when I discovered the pudding in the fridge. It was made from milk, sugar, eggs and fruits, and it looked so yummy. I noticed that there was only one left.
I was putting the pudding on a plate when my brother came into the kitchen. He found the pudding and asked for it. “It’s mine! I was the only one who found it!” I shouted. “You are my elder brother, You should give it to me!” said he. Then he started pulling the plate towards himself and I did the same.
Suddenly, the plate moved to one side and the pudding slipped (滑动) out of the plate. It landed on the floor and turned into a yellow mess. My brother and I both looked at each other, feeling amazed and disappointed at the same time. It was such a waste!
To my surprise, Ollie, our pet dog, walked over to the mess on the floor. It began to lap up the pudding happily, Within minutes, the mess on the floor was gone. Ollie licked (舔) its lips when it was done.
After watching Ollie finishing the whole pudding by itself, we realized _____ . If both of us had shared the pudding, we would both have got to eat half of it. It was because of our greed (贪婪) that we ended up with nothing. That day, my brother and I learnt a good lesson.
1.The writer’s brother thought he should get the pudding because _____ .
A. he found it by himself B. he made it by himself
C. he was hungrier D. he was younger
2.The underlined part “lap up” in Paragraph 4 is the closest in meaning to _____ .
A. share B. move
C. eat D. pull
3.Which of the following can be put in the blank in the last paragraph?
A. how foolish we had been
B. how happy we both were
C. it was wrong to keep a pet dog
D. the pudding was not yummy
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，使文章完整、通顺。
Susie Sunbeam was not her real name. It was Susan Brown. But everyone called _______ Sunbeam, because she had such a sweet, smiling face. She _______ took brightness with her wherever she went. Her grandfather first gave her this _______,and it seemed to fit the little girl so _______ that soon it took the place of her own.
Even when Susie was a baby, she laughed and smiled from morning till night. No one ever heard her cry unless she was _______ or hurt. When she had learnt to _______, she loved to go around the house and get things for her mother. _______, she helped her as much as she could.
She loved _______. She would sit by her mother’s side for an hour at a time, and ask her many questions. At other times, she would take a new book and read quietly. Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children. She never used a(n) _______ word , but tried to do whatever would make her playmates happy.
One day, a(n) _______ little girl with an old torn dress passed by. Susie heard some children teasing and laughing at her. She at once ran out to the gate, and asked the little girl to come _______.
“What are you crying for? ” Susie asked. “Because they all _______ at me.” she said.
Then Susie took the little girl into the house. She _______ the little girl with kind words, and she gave her one of her own best dresses and a good pair of shoes. This brought real _______ to the poor child , and she thought that Sunbeam was the _______ name for Susan Brown.
1.A. it B. itself C. her D. herself
2.A. sometimes B. seldom C. never D. always
3.A. name B. chance C. dress D. book
4.A. possibly B. clearly C. nicely D. easily
5.A. happy B. sick C. fine D. busy
6.A. walk B. say C. read D. write
7.A. By the way B. In this way C. On the way D. In a way
8.A. study B. nature C. travel D. sport
9.A. kind B. unkind C. usual D. unusual
10.A .honest B. weak C. poor D. rich
11.A. in B. out C. up D. down
12.A. look B. point C. shout D. laugh
13.A. brought up B. gave up C. picked up D. cheered up
14.A. pain B. trouble C. pleasure D. truth
15.A. wrong B. right C. strange D. common
书面表达。
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