Chicago is a great town. I love it. We have two baseball teams here, the Cubs and the White Sox. I like the Cubs. The White Sox are boring and they’re losers（失败者）, too. I never go to their games. But there’s a lot more to Chicago than baseball. Look around, we’re in the city now. This is Michigan Avenue. There’s the John Hancock Centre.
That building is 100 floors high! That’s too high, if you ask me. If there is a fire on the 85th or 90th floor, how are the firemen going to put it out? There’s no chance……Look over there.
There’s a large building. It’s the Sears Tower. That building is 110 floors high! Do you see those buildings there? They are the Marina City Apartments. They have 60 floors each. Thousands of people in each one . Imagine that, all those people in two buildings. It’s terrible to have so many neighbours. There’s the Merchandise Mart. That’s another big building. Do you know what’s in the building? There are stores, restaurants, a bank, a post office, a radio station and a TV station. It’s too crowded, well, here we are. Remember, ask any taxi driver about Chicago. We know everything about this town.
1.Why does the speaker never go to the White Sox’s games?
A.Because they don’t play well.
B.Because he doesn’t like baseball.
C.Because they usually play in other cities.
D.Because there’s a lot more to Chicago than baseball.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.It’s great fun to live in big cities like Chicago.
B.There are many stores and banks in the Merchandise Mart.
C.It’s not a good thing to have too many neighbours.
D.The Marina City Apartments are crowded.
3.We know from the passage that the speaker is probably_________.
A.a visitor B.a tour guide C.a taxi driver D.an editor
According to a famous optical expert(光学专家)，Alexander, who recently visited Shanghai, the developed countries in Europe（欧洲） and America have made rules that children must wear resinous(树脂) glasses instead of the traditional glasses made of glass. This is because the glasses are more likely to do harm to children’s eyesight.
Alexander pointed out, wearing the right glasses as soon as possible is still the best way to cure and put right children’s eyesight problems.
In America and Japan, the resinous glasses have taken up 80 percent of the glasses market. And some European countries and America have made it a law that children, teenagers and drivers must wear resinous glasses.
Now, about 10 million children in China have different eyesight problems and they need timely treatment.
But still, too many parents are buying the traditional glass glasses for their children. This is mainly because many parents know little or nothing about the good points of the resinous glasses. Besides（而且）,the price for the new glasses is a little higher than the traditional ones.
1.This text mainly wants to tell us that________.
A.Alexander visited China and introduced a new kind of glasses
B.resinous glasses are very popular in Europe and America
C.we should wear resinous glasses instead of glass glasses
D.glasses can be made of other materials besides glass
2.The underlined words “ timely treatment”(paragraph 4) mean _______.
A.stopping to wear glass glasses any more
B.wearing suitable resinous glasses at the right time
C.buying a pair of glasses and wearing them right away
D.buying glasses made in Europe, Japan, or America if possible
3.It can be inferred（推断）from the text that _______.
A.resinous glasses are not on sale in China yet
B.resinous glasses are not acceptable（可接受的）at all in China
C.glass glasses have disappeared on Western market
D.glass glasses are the first choice in China not only because they are cheaper
July 16th was a bad day for Mr. Arthur Johnson. In the morning he got out of his home in Santa Barbara, California. It was the start of his summer holidays and he decided to visit friends at Las Vegas. Then he hoped to go fishing in Lane Mead, 40 km from Las Vegas.
Johnson’s troubles started while he was driving happily across the Mojave Desert. His car went wrong and he tried to repair it. Then, to make things worse, his attempts（尝试）to start the car drained(耗尽) the battery and left it useless. After Johnson had waited for an hour in the hot sun, a Canadian driver, Johnson Williams, stopped and tried to help him. When both men failed, Williams promised to telephone a workshop to ask it to send a truck to pull the car away and repair it.
Johnson left the keys in his car and sat under the large tree. Soon he fell asleep. While he was sleeping ,a repair truck arrived from San Pedro(the nearest town) and pulled his car away. Later on, Johnson woke up and thought that somebody had stolen his car. He started to walk back towards San Pedro but a police car stopped him to find out why he was walking in the desert.
Johnson looked like an wanted man in Los Angels for robbery, so the police detained（拘留）him at San Pedro for the night. The next day, Johnson telephoned his friends in Los Angeles. They drove to San Pedro and made the police believe that Johnson was a harmless salesman, so they set him free（释放）.
1.Johnson was happy when he was driving across the desert because___________.
A.he was going fishing at Los Angeles B.his holidays were just starting
C.he was usually an unlucky man D.his friends were going to visit him
2.How did Williams help Johnson?
A.He asked the police to set him free. B.He managed to repair his car.
C.He drove Johnson into San Pedro D.He arranged to have his car repaired.
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.People were not allowed to walk in the desert.
B.Johnson stayed in the police station for several days.
C.Johnson was connected with a robbery that took place in California.
D.Johnson’s friends in Los Angeles were very helpful.
Mary Donaldson is worried about her 16-year-old daughter, Sophia. Six months ago, Sophia came back from a party, upset（不安） and unhappy. From then on, she thinks of __________but how to lose weight and become beautiful. She__________to eat much and keeps on doing exercise. Sophia had always been a little heavy, so when she decided to go on a diet, Mary encouraged her. She felt that her daughter would look __________ attractive if she lost 10 kilograms. However, Sophia has lost over 20 kilograms until now. Her eating and exercising habits are having a __________effect on her health. She is too thin and is often sick.
Her mother is trying to prevent her from going on a diet and losing weight, but Sophia thinks that she is still too heavy and refuses to start eating as usual. Sophia’s mind is __________ the idea of looking like a model. Every day she goes to a club to do exercise. When she is not there, she spends her time __________like Fashion* Beauty. The models in them are very thin and beautiful. Sophia says, “__________I look like these models, I will be happy and all the boys will like me.”
Mary doesn’t know __________to help her daughter. She feels sorry for having encouraged her at first, because Sophia no longer feels good or pleased with her body. She’s afraid that Sophia will___________ be happy if she keeps comparing herself with the models in the magazines. Mary tries to tell Sophia that true__________comes from within. Common people are not supposed to look like models. The most ordinary(普通的) face becomes beautiful when the person behind it is filled with confidence（自信）, wisdom and the joy of life.
1.A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything
2.A.refuses B.decides C.begins D.hopes
3.A.less B.more C.the most D.much
4.A.harmless B.healthy C.useful D.harmful
5.A.afraid of B.because of C.full of D.made of
6.
A.reading magazines B.watching fashion shows
C.writing to the newspapers D.seeing new films
7.A.Although B.If C.Because D.So
8.A.when B.where C.how D.how difficult
9.A.almost B.quickly C.never D.obviously
10.A.humour B.ability C.quality D.beauty
—Did you want to know more about Mr. and Mrs. Green?
— Yes. I wanted to know ________________ .
A.how long they had got married B.when did they leave here for Suzhou
C.if they like to keep pets at home D.where they had worked before coming here
—She’s never been sent to England for further study so far, __________ she?
—_________ . She has been abroad three times.
A.hasn’t; No B.has; Yes C.is; Yes D.has; No
