Daily direct flights from the mainland to Taiwan have begun．Now Taiwan passengers can fly to the mainland directly across the Taiwan Strait and return in one day．They no longer need to stop at a third place． It's very convenient for people in Taiwan, especially for businessmen．

 'Passengers in Taiwan have waited for this for a long time．And now, they are very excited．

 A passenger said, "I can return in one day．It's helpful for my business．"

 Another passenger said, "Many people are so excited that they can not fall asleep．"

 In the past, passengers had to change the flights in Hong Kong, whether to the mainland or to Taiwan．It was as long as two and a half hours' flight between Shanghai and Taipei, but now it saves 80 minutes．

  But some passengers say the tickets are too expensive．

  Dennis Tien, general manager of Transasia Airways, said, "It seems possible in the near future the ticket prices will fall．"     

1．Passengers in Taiwan are excited because __ __ __

A．they can fly to the mainland now

B．they can do business on the mainland

C．there are direct flights between Hong Kong and Taiwan

D．there are direct flights between the mainland and Taiwan

2．In the past, passengers had to change the flights in        

A．Hong Kong            B．Shanghai               C．Macao           D．Beijing

3．Now it takes  __ __ __  minutes to fly from Taipei to Shanghai

A．230                 B．150                  C．70              D．80

4．Dennis Tien is a __ __

A．teacher               B．manager               C．pilot     D．reporter

5．This passage most probably comes from a（n） __ __

A．e-mail                B．newspaper              C．letter             D．film

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科目：初中英語 來源：北京市石景山區(qū)2012屆九年級(jí)上學(xué)期期末考試英語試題 題型：050

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　　Tell a story and tell it well, and you may open wide the eyes of a child, open up lines of communication in a business, or even open people's mind to another culture or race．

　　People in many places are digging up(挖掘)the old folk stories and the messages in them．For example, most American storytellers get their stories from a wide variety of cultures and times．They think storytelling is not only a useful tool in child education, but also a meaningful activity that helps adults understand themselves as well as those whose culture may be very different from their own．

　　“Most local stories are based on a larger theme(主題)”．American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says, “Cinderella, or the central idea of a good child protected by her goodness, appears in various forms in almost every culture of the world．”

　　Working with students in school, Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories．She works with prisoners(囚犯)too, helping them know who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write, direct, and act in their own lives．If they don't like the story they are living they can rewrite the story．Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers．“For every step forward in business,” she says, “there is a greater need for communication．” Storytelling can have a great effect on either side of the manager＝worker relationship, she says．

　　Pugh spent several years in Nigeria, where she learned how closely storytelling was linked to the everyday life of the people there．The good points of storytelling are found everywhere, she says．

　　“I learned how people used stories to spread their culture,” she says．“What I do is to focus on the value of stories that people can translate into their own daily life．We all have a story to tell．We tell everybody's story．”

(1)

What do we learn about American storytellers from Paragraph 2?

[　　]

A．

They keep the same way of storytelling．

B．

They like stories from other cultures better．

C．

They prefer the stories from their own cultures．

D．

They find storytelling useful for both children and adults．

(2)

The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 suggests that prisoners can ________．

[　　]

A．

start a new life

B．

become good actors

C．

direct films by themselves

D．

move to another place to live in

(3)

What is the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．

Storytelling can change the way people think．

B．

Storytelling is good for the growth of businesses．

C．

Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school．

D．

Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others．

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     We can achieve knowledge either actively or passively (被動(dòng)地). We achieve it actively by direct
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     We achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else. Most of the learning that takes place
in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is
passive. If we achieve knowledge by passive learning, it's not surprising that we depend on it in our
everyday communication with friends and co-workers.
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even when it is little more than hearsay and rumor (謠言).
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show it to anyone. Then the person whispers it, word for word, to another person. That person, in turn,
whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game. The last person writes
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B. solving a math problem
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D. people tend not to believe in what they know as rumor
4. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Active learning is less important.
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A. break some plates and glasses
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A. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
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C.  The number of nails hammered daily became smaller and smaller.
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A. the boy still had a bad temper at last
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C. the boy learnt to how to control his temper and settle the problems

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42. A. louder　　　　 B sillier　　　　 C. brighter　　 D. bigger

43. A. similarly　　　 B. specially　　　 C. completely　　 D. strongly

44. A. honest　　　　 B. confident　　　 C. patient　　　 D energetic

45. A. out　　　　 B. below　　　 C. about　　　 D away

46 A. like　　　　　 B. behind　　　　 C. among　　　 D above

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52. A. before　　　　 B. since　　　　 C. after　　　　 D .until

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