根據(jù)所掌握的文化或背景知識(shí)，選擇正確答案。

1.The      is the fastest animal on earth.

A．cheetah

B．lion

C． giraffe

D．kangaroo

2.In     , people are supposed to kiss when they meet for the first time.

A．Mexico

B．Japan

C．Korea

D．Brazil

3.Many fast food restaurant      to serve more people.

A．play soft music	B．paint their walls pink
C．have hard seats	D．a(chǎn)re designed to be comfortable

4.It’s not polite to use e-mail English       .

A．in an e-mail	B．on a mobile phone
C．in a test	D．chatting online

5.______ will hold the 30^th Olympic Games.

A．Paris

B．London

C．New York

D．Tokyo

6._____ was born in Qufu. He is a great Chinese educator whose sayings has much influence on our life.

A．Edsion

B．Confucius

C．Xu Teli

D．Shen Nong

 

Large population has caused many problems. For example, the traffic is very heavy in some big cities.

During the last ten years, big cities like Beijing and Harbin were full of cars and buses. Now the streets are completely crowded and it’s very difficult to drive a car along them. Drivers must stop at hundreds of traffic lights. What are our cities going to be like in the future? How can we solve the problem?

There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private(私人的) cars. In 1971, the officer in Rome began an interesting experiment: Passengers on the city buses didn’t pay for their tickets.

In Stockholm there was another experiment: People paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus(電車) and train all over the city.

In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles(機(jī)動(dòng)車) and pedestrians are safe there.

In London there is another experiment: Part of the streets is for buses only. So the buses can travel fast. There are no cars or taxis in front of them.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳答案。

1.The passage is about         .

A．big cities          B．streets            C．cars              D．traffic

2.The city of          once experimented on a completely free bus service.

A．London           B．Paris             C．Rome            D．Stockholm

3.The city of          experimented on a very cheap bus service.

A．Paris             B．Stockholm         C．London           D．None of the above

4.The underlined word “pedestrians” means_________ in Chinese.

A．行人             B．司機(jī)             C．旅客             D．向?qū)?/p>

5.In many cities, pedestrians are much safer because         .

A．no traffic is allowed in some streets         B．traffic is computer-controlled

C．cars move very slowly                    D．only one-way streets are open to traffic

 

Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was traveling in France. Once he was going by train to Dijon. That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep, so he asked the conductor to wake him up when they came to Dijon. But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. “I’ll probably protest(表示不滿)loudly when you try to wake me up,” he said to the conductor, “but do not take any notice, just put me off the train anyway.”
Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was night-time and the train was in Paris already. He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon. He was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him.“I have never been so angry in all my life,” Mark Twain said.
The conductor looked at him calmly. “You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off at Dijon,” he said.
【小題1】Who’ s Mark Twain?  ______________

A．A French writer.	B．A famous artist.
C．An American writer.	D．A traveler.

【小題2】Mark Twain wanted to sleep because_________.

A．he was tired	B．he was hungry
C．he was a lazy man	D．he liked sleeping

【小題3】When he woke up, the train got to______.

A．Dijon

B．London

C．Paris

D．New York

 

（Four students are talking about the future after class.）

Deng Yu  ：In 2050, China will be richer than it is now, Beijing will be getting ready for the 40th Olympic Games in 2052. We will see the blue and clear sky and smell the fresh air. There will be more pandas living happily China. I believe that 2050 will be the year of China.

Liu Yuan ：A holiday to the moon will no longer be a dream. We can also travel far to other planets and talk with the spacemen. We might also eat something like pills（藥丸）instead of today’s meals. Everyone will enjoy a longer life.

Sun Wei  ：Robots will be very popular. They will do what people don’t want to do. We’ll build new homes on other planets. By then, I’ll be sixty years old. Maybe we will have an exciting talk in my new home on another planet!

Zhang Lan：By the year of 2050, cloning（克�。﹚ill be used in many ways. It will bring back animals which disappeared many years ago. There will be no pollution, the whole world will be one big family. There will be no wars. As time passes, we’ll live a much easier and better life.

1.       thinks that people can spend their holidays on the moon in the future.

A．Deng Yu              B．Zhang Lan            C．Liu Yuan

2.．What does Zhang Lan think will happen in the future.

A．There’ll be more animals which disappeared many years ago.

B．Robots will do the things that people don’t want to do.

C．People can talk with the spacemen.

3.The 40th Olympic Games will be hosted in       .

A．Paris                B．Beijing              C．London

4.How old will Sun Wei be        by 2050?

A．50                   B．60                   C．70

5.．From the talk, we can know that       .

A．the 40th Olympic Games will take place in 2052.

B．we will have the same food in 2050 as we do now.

C．a(chǎn)ll the people will move to another planet in the future.