John’s father went to Nanjing ________ten days ago.

A. on duty B. in business

C. on business D. on show

—Thank you for giving me so much information. —______________________.

A. Never mind B. My pleasure

C. All right D. Don’t mention it

About 70,000,000 Americans are trying to lose weight. That is almost 1 out of every 3 people in the United States. Some people eat food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running, exercise with machines, take medicine, or even have operations. you can see losing weight is work, and it will also cost a lot of money. But do so many people in the United States want to lose weight? Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body. For many people, looking nice also means to be . Other people worry about their health as many doctors overweight is not good.

Most people want to find a (an) way to take off fat, and books of this kind are very popular. These books tell people how to lose weight. Each year a lot of new books like these are . Each one says it can easily help people take fat away.

Losing weight can be . Some overweight people go to health centres, like La Costa in California. Men and women several hundred dollars a day at these health centres. People live there for one week or two, exercise, eating different foods. Meals there may be just a little. All these work for losing weight. 4 days on the programme, one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds (2.27kg). At $ 400 a day, she spent $ 320 to lose each pound. But she said she was still to do so. Health centres, books, medicines, operations, running and exercise machines all a lot of money. So in the United States, losing weight may mean losing too.

1.A. less B. more C. nice D. fast

2.A. For B. So C. Or D. And

3.A. good B. useful C. hard D. easy

4.A. why B. what C. how D. when

5.A. high B. short C. thin D. fat

6.A. talk B. say C. speak D. tell

7.A. dearer B. harder C. shorter D. easier

8.A. taken B. given C. written D. copied

9.A. cheap B. expensive C. easy D. safe

10.A. pay B. cost C. take D. have

11.A. making B. taking C. playing D. using

12.A. Before B. In C. After D. At

13.A. sorry B. angry C. sad D. glad

14.A. need B. have C. use D. get

15.A. health B. time C. food D. Money

Some people have to use public transport, some dislike it and still some love it. If everyone has a car and drives anywhere they want to go, there will be serious traffic problems on the road. Luckily, trains are a good form of public transport.

British people use trains a lot. This is especially so for people who are travelling from London to Paris. Every day about 20 trains leave London. They travel at a very high speed and people feel glad that the trains take only 2 hours and 30 minutes to reach Paris. It's much faster to travel by train than by bus or by car. This is because people have to drive cars or buses very carefully and slowly for many reasons, such as speed limits and traffic jams. However, when you are travelling by train, the speed is almost the same and there is no traffic jam for a train.

Besides, Londoners think taking a train is one of the safest ways of travelling on the ground. Trains take quite a number of quality tests while they are made. More importantly, they have to take many safety checks before they are used on the rail track.

What's more, trains in Britain are comfortable and provide fine services(服務(wù)) for their users. When you are on a London train, you will find that the train has comfortable tables and seats where people can sit. They also provide food services and power plugs(電源插頭) for personal computers or mobile phone.

1.The main idea of the passage is that ________.

A. British people enjoy public transport

B. it's fast to travel from London to Paris

C. trains in Britain provide fine services for their users

D. trains are a good form of public transport for Londoners

2.In a traffic jams on the road, ________.

A. drivers can drive fast

B. drivers can drive carelessly

C. cars are not moving fast

D. cars will stop working

3.The 3rd paragraph of the passage mainly talks about the ________ of trains.

A. speed B. safety C. services D. problems

4.Londoners often travel by train because trains are ________.

A. old and slow

B. large, clean and powerful

C. fine and important

D. fast, safe and comfortable

5.What can we know from the passage?

A. We can travel from London to Paris in less than 2 hours.

B. We can do our work with personal computers on the train.

C. We have to wait till we get off the train in order to have some food.

D. The trains are only checked for quality reasons before they are used.

1.As one of the largest museums in the world, British museum is in_____.

A. Beijing B. London C. New York D. the USA

2.New York Museum is America’s largest museum on American _____.

A. area B. history

C. collections D. buildings

3.The Palace Museum lies in_____.

A. Chang’an Street B. New Oxford Street

C. Beijing Street D. Chestnut Street

4.If you want to see ancient Chinese collections, you can visit _____at most.

A. one museum B. two museums

C. three museums D. four museums

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the information above?

A. Each ticket for the Palace Museum costs the same in the whole year.

B. You don’t have to pay for tickets if you visit New York Museum on Monday.

C. British Museum lies in Chestnut Street, London.

D. New York Museum is the largest in the world.

Americans think much about time. From childhood they learn to value（珍視）time. They are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time.

Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.

They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time , because they feel they have become servants（仆人）of the clock .

1.What do the Americans mean by ‘Time is money’?

A．It is not easy to make money.

B．It takes quite a lot of time to make money.

C．Working hard can bring people health.

D．If someone has time and works hard, he can make much money.

2.Americans think it wrong__________.

A．to work late

B．to get up early

C．to be late for school

D．to be on time to do everything

3.This passage says that a dying person___________.

A．is having a good time

B．is living on a borrowed time

C．thinks time goes easily

D．is saving time

4.From this passage we can be sure that_____________.

A．Americans live a hard life

B．Americans always walk fast

C．Americans live in a quick rhythm（節(jié)奏）

D．Americans are good at saving time

5.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A．Americans’ ideas about time

B．Never waste time

C．Time is money

D．Learn to be on time

根據(jù)句子意思，從方框中選用恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~或短語(yǔ)填空。

1.Australian seasons are ____________________________ours.

2.Tom ______________ after the whole day’s hard work.

3.We celebrate many festivals,_________ Spring Festival, Mid-autumn Festival and so on .

4.Everyone in our class went to the zoo___________ Eric.

5.I saw _______________young men get out.

6.He is very fat and he can eat three bowls of noodles__________.

7.My uncle _____________his hometown for about 30 years.

8.The old man ______________after his wife died.

根據(jù)句意，用括號(hào)中所給單詞的正確形式填空。

1.What do you think of those famous_____________(France) writers in history?

2.She doesn’t know how much money____________(spend) on the present.

3.The bags are these men’s_____________(wife).

4.Do you know why he refused ____________(bring) his homework here?

5.Jay Chou and Quinlivan got ______________(marry) a few months ago

6.If you work hard, your show will be a big_______________(success).

7.It’s helpful for us to have good________(read) habits.

8.You should speak to the old people much_______________(polite).

完成句子（共7小題；每小題2分，滿分14分）

1.當(dāng)你今年夏天去國(guó)外學(xué)習(xí)的時(shí)候，你可以通過(guò)電子郵件和我們保持聯(lián)系。

You can ________________us when you ______________for further study this summer.

2.你已經(jīng)借這本書3周了，你最好明天把它還給圖書館 。

You _________________for 3 weeks, you______________________ the library tomorrow.

3.請(qǐng)保持安靜，不要打斷別人。

Please __________________and don’t ___________________________.

4.我昨天對(duì)Kris進(jìn)行了一次采訪，而且都停不下來(lái)和他合照。

I had ________________with Kris yesterday, and I couldn’t ________________with him.

5.百老匯從二十世紀(jì)早期就以它的劇院而出名 。

Broadway______________________ its theatres since___________________________.

6.我盡量掙脫一只手，最終設(shè)法弄斷了繩子。

I ____________one hand free and finally _________________________the ropes.

7.英國(guó)有悠久的歷史，它由英格蘭、蘇格蘭、威爾士和北愛(ài)爾蘭組成。

The UK ____________and it _________England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Do you know what school life is like in Singapore? In Singapore, a class only lasts half an hour, but there are no breaks between classes. The students only have a 30-minute tea break after 3 or 4 classes. They do not do eye exercises. Yao Suyu said our eye exercises were unfamiliar(不熟悉)to her. “I’d like to introduce them to our school,” she said. “They’re very useful!”

In Singapore, school ends at 1:50 p.m. But students joined other classes after school such as dance clubs and choir(合唱團(tuán)). Yao says she joins dance club twice a week and it lasts from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Singapore’s population (人口)includes Chinese, Indians(印度人), Malays(馬來(lái)人 )and Westerners. But there is no special school for any one of the groups. The students in Yao’s school are mainly Chinese, Indians and Malays. “The Indian students take Indian language classes when we study Chinese,” said Yao. “But if an Indian student is interested in Chinese, he or she can study it, too.”

In Singaporean schools, teachers teach in English. It’s the official(官方的)language in Singapore. Singaporean students have to take different courses after school. Like most Singaporean students, Yao takes other courses in Chinese, math and English.

根據(jù)上面短文的內(nèi)容回答問(wèn)題。

1.How long does a class last in Singapore?_______________________________________

2.Do the students do eye exercises in Singapore?__________________________________

3.When does school end in Singapore?__________________________________________

4.What does Singapore’s population include?_____________________________________

5.In which language do teachers teach in Singaporean schools?_______________________