1、1In America, boys and girls like watching TV. Some children spend six hours a day at school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV sets. Some children even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturday.Television is like books and films. A child can learn both good things and bad things from
2、it. (1)Some TV programs help children to understand the news, the people and places in other countries. With TV, children do not have to go to the movies. They can listen to interesting music or watch a game at home. (2)But some programs are bad for children, so parents sometimes should help them to
3、 find other interesting and useful things to do.How many hours a day do some children at school?_How many hours a day do some children watch TV on Saturday?_将（1）句译成汉语_.将（2）句译成汉语_.The parents had better not let their children watch _on TV.A. good programs B. bad programs C. news D. weather report2(Th
4、is is an interview to a teenager.)Interviewer: Thanks for coming in for the interview, Susan.Susan: Thats ok.Interviewer: ok, how often do you exercise?Susan: Every day.Interviewer: How often do you eat vegetables and fruit?Susan: I eat vegetables ten or eleven times a week, and I eat fruit every da
5、y.Interviewer: All right! So how many hours do you sleep every night?Susan: Nine. I need lots of sleep.Interviewer: How often do you drink milk?Susan: Never. I cant stand milk. Its awful.Interviewer: What about junk food?Susan: Yeah, I love it. I guess I eat once or twice a week.Interviewer: Well, t
6、hank you very much.Susan: Youre welcome.根据对话内容及首字母提示完成短文。 （注意每格词数不等）Susan is pretty healthy. She e_ every day, and her eating h_ are pretty good. She eats fruit every day and vegetables t_ a week. Of c_ she loves j_ food, too, but she tries to eat only o_ a week. And she s_ nine hours every night. S
7、o you see, she looks a_ her health well. And it makes a big d_ to her grades. Good food and exercise h_ her to study better.3你的好朋友要去英国，他想了解在英国如何去看病，读下面的短文，比较两国的差异。There is a National Health Service in Britain. People usually call it “the NHS”. When people are ill, they can get free treatment （治疗）. T
8、he government pays for the treatment. In Britain everyone has a local doctor. The local doctor is a general practitioner (全科医生)(GP). A GP is a doctor who treats patients with all kinds of illness. He may not have specialists (专家) usually work in hospitals.If a man is ill and wants to see his doctor,
9、 he calls to make an appointment first. If he is too ill and he cant go out, his doctor will come to his house. If the patient has to take medicine, the doctor gives him a prescription(处方). The patient has to pay some money for the prescription. He goes to the chemists shop and buys the medicine the
10、re. The price is the same as any kind of medicine. But children, students, old people or people without work dont have to pay for their medicine.任务一：从文中找出下列各词：medical _(名词); different _(反义词)任务二：把文中画线改为一般疑问句。_ the government _ for the treatment?任务三：把文中画线处译成汉语。_4Holidays in the United States usually h
11、appen at least once a month. Most months have a national(国家的) holiday on Mondays. Then the workers may have 3-day weekends, that is, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. On these days people can rest or go to interesting places or do things with their families. Greater holidays in the United States are New
12、Years Day, Chrisman Day and Thanksgiving Day. In these holidays most businesses (工商企业) close and the workers stay at home and celebrate with their families.Holidays can be from 2 weeks a year. This usually depends on (取决于) how long youve been working for a place, or what kind of work you do. Usually
13、 the more time you spend working for a place, the more time you may get for a holiday.任务一：写出美国三个重要节日的汉语名字：New Years Day_;Christmas Day_; Thanksgiving Day_任务二：将划线部分译成汉语：_._任务三：下列解释是那个单词，从文中找出。Saturday and Monday_The second day of the week_Vacation_任务四：判断正误，正确写 T，错的写 F。Holidays in the USA usually happ
14、en at least once a week.The more time you spend working for a place, the more time you may get for a holiday.5ATom is from London. Hes now in Beijing with his parents. His father and mother teach in a school. He studies in a middle school. The school is four miles from his home. He usually walks to
15、school. He says, “It takes a bus. Hes never late, and hes always the first one to get school. Hes good at all his subjects, and he often helps us with our English. We all love him very much.BIn America there is a new sport called “Earthball”. This kind of ball is very big. It was thought by Stuart F
16、rand. He was once a hippy (嬉皮士). The idea of the game is to keep the ball in the air for as long as possible. As the ball is very big, logs of people love to play. There are no winners or losers in the game. The idea is simply to enjoy yourself as much as you can. Earthball is just of the games in a
17、 “New Games Festival”. The festival took place in the country near San Francisco, USA. Perhaps other countries can follow the example of American people and have festivals to test new games. It sounds like a good idea.任务一：根据 A 篇，填写句中所缺的单词。Tom is _, not Chinese.His _ are both teachers.He usually goes
18、 to school on _.He sometimes goes to school _bus.He does _ in all his subjects.任务二：句型转换。画线的反意疑问句部分是：_ _?画线的同义句是：There _ any winners _ losers in the game.任务三：下列解释是哪个单词或短语，从文中一一找出。sometimes _happened _have a good time_6Toto was a baby elephant. Her trunk was only one meter long. When she heard her fat
19、her making a noise, Toto raised her trunk, too. The only noise that she could make was very little, like a toy whistle(哨声).Toto saw her mother pulling leaves from the top of a tree to eat them. She tried to reach the lowest branch, but she couldnt. So her father and mother had to help her to break t
20、he branch and it fell down to the ground. Toto was happy that she could eat the leaves.As it was a hot day, flies (苍蝇 ) sat in the corners of her eyes. She saw her mother pulling some grass with her trunk to drive off the flies.Toto 发觉这一点后不难。When the elephant walked to a river, her father would help
21、 her have a bath, He put the water in his trunk and poured it onto Totos back. She was very happy and cool.根据短文内容回答下列各题：How long is the baby elephants trunk?_将译成汉语：_猜测的词义：_将译成英语：_How did the father help the baby elephant to have a bath?_.7Sam lives in the USA. His father has a shop there. His mother
22、 is a doctor and she works in a hospital. Hes seven years old now and begins to go to school this autumn. Its a little far from school and his father drives a car to take him to school every day. So hes never late for class and his teachers like him.Its Monday today. Miss Hunt is teaching him to cou
23、nt from one to ten. Sam is studying hard. Soon he can count them. Miss Hunt is happy and asks, “How many people are there in your family, Sam?”Sam stands up and says,” Two, Miss Hunt.”“Who are they?” “MY father and my mother.”“Oh?” Miss Hunt is surprised. She says, “There are three people in your fa
24、mily.”“But now Im not at home. I am at school, you know!”根据短文内容回答下列问题：Who is Sam? He is a _ boy. He lives in the _.What do Sams parents do? His father _ in a shop and his mother is a _.How does Sam go to school every day? He _ his fathers _.What is Sam going to learn on Monday? He is _ to count the
25、_ from one to ten.Is Sams answer right? _, he _. In fact (事实上), there are three people in his family.8Captain GoodfellowDo your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Goodfellow will be ready to teach all these things to children at the City Theatre on Saturday
26、 morning at 10:00, free.Films at the MuseumTwo European (欧洲的) films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30 pm. The workers will be at 3:45 pm. For further information, call 498-7898.International PicnicAre you tired of eating the same food every day? Com
27、e to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious but not expensive. Noon to 5:00 pm.Take Me Out to the Ball GameIts October, and Saturday night (7:009:00) is your last chance (机会) to see the Red Birds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold. Dont forg
28、et sweater, and jackets.Do You Want to Hear “The Zoo”?“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert this Saturday night, at 8 oclock at Rose Hall, City College.根据短文内容回答下列各题：Where can your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games and exciting dances?_When can
29、 you see the Red Birds this year?_What can you eat in the Central Park?_What does “The Zoo” mean?_Mr Turner can both listen to a concert and watch a ball game on Saturday, cant he?_9先阅读短文，然后把方框中的句子填入问中空格内：December 23, 2005Dear Rose,How are you?I like your programs every much. Theyre very interesting
30、 and _1_. I like traveling and I have won a free four-week trip to England, but I know little about the British way of life. Would you please write to tell me something about the British meals? Thank you.Yours,Wang LinJanuary 1st, 2006Dear Wang Lin,Its very helpful to know something about the Britis
31、h meals before traveling. In many English houses, _2_. They are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.Breakfast takes place at any time from 7:00 to 9:00 in the morning. They usually have eggs, bread with butter, cheese and so on. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast. _3_. It can be a hamburge
32、r or a three-course （三道菜）meal. Afternoon tea is between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm. Dinner begins at about half past seven. The first course is soup. _4_.Then come fruits of different kinds: apples, pears, bananas and so on. But not all English people eat like that. _5_.Their meals are breakfast, dinner, t
33、ea and supper. And all these meals are usually simple.Wish you a good time in England!Yours,RoseThe next is often meat or fish with vegetablesPeople eat four meals a dayI can learn a lot from themLunch comes at one oclockSome of them have their dinner in the middle of the day10I love traveling in th
34、e country, but I dont like losing my way. I went on an excursion (短途旅行) recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.“Im going to Woodford Green,” I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, “but I dont know where it is.”“Ill tell you where to get off,” answered the conductor.I sat in the f
35、ront of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking around, I realized (意识到) with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.“You have to get off here,” the conductor said, “This is as far as we go.”“Is this Woodford Green?” I asked “Oh, dear,”
36、 said the conductor suddenly. “I forgot to put you off.”“It doesnt matter,” I said, “Ill get off here.”“We are going back now,” said the conductor.“Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus.” I answered.根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F):The man likes to travel in the city.The mans trip took him shorter than he
37、 expected.The man wanted to go to London.The man sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside.At last the man stayed on the bus.11When George was thirty-five, he bought a small plane and learned to fly it. He soon became very good at it and made his plane do all kinds of tricks.
38、George had a friend. His name was Mark. One day George wanted to take Mark up in his plane. Mark thought, “Ive traveled in a big plane several times, but Ive never been in a small one. So Ill do.”They went up, and George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in the air. When they
39、came down again, Mark was very glad to be back safely, and he said to his friend in a shaking （颤抖的）voice, “Well, George, thank you very much for those two trips in your plane.”George was very surprised and said, “Two trips?”“Yes, my first and my last,” answered Mark.根据短文内容完成下列各题。The best title of th
40、e passage should be _.How long was Marks trip in the small plane?把划线的句子译成汉语：_写出的形容词形式：_写出的同义词组：_12In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden
41、. That was the first photo.The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his pictures you could see everything very clearly, even the smaller things. T
42、his kind of photo was called a Daguerretpye.Soon, other people began to use Daguerres way. Travelers brought back back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines.
43、But this did not stop them. For example, some in the United States worked so hard.Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike (栩栩如生的).Photography also became one kind of art at the end of the 19th c
44、entury. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings （情感）, like other kinds of art.根据短文内容完成下列各题：The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of _.The Daguerreotype was _.If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to _.Mathew Brady was famous for _.This passage mainly (主要的) tells us _.13In the future, life will be much better. Maybe there will be vision phones （可视电话）in every family. People can have a medical examination without a d
