In 1608 an Englishman named Thomas Coryate traveled in Italy. He liked the country and down everything interesting. But he found one thing interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote: “ the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because, as they say, people do not always have hands.”
Before he went back to England, Thomas Coryate bought a few . At home Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When the steak (牛排) was brought out, he took out a fork and wanted to the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were when they saw this, He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas Coryate tried to prove(证明) that his friends were , so he began to show that it was easy to use the fork. But the first of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to at him and he had to take the fork away.
People in England began to use forks only fifty years later.
| 小题1: | | A．broke | B．wrote | C．went | D．calmed |
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| 小题3: | | A．Why | B．When | C．Which | D．Where |
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| 小题4: | | A．clean | B．big | C．dirty | D．safe |
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| 小题5: | | A．knives | B．dishes | C．forks | D．plates |
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| 小题7: | | A．worried | B．bored | C．tired | D．surprised |
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| 小题8: | | A．honest | B．correct | C．wrong | D．clever |
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| 小题9: | | A．piece | B．kilo | C．pound | D．packet |
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| 小题10: | | A．scream | B．look | C．shout | D．laugh |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:B
小题7:D
小题8:C
小题9:A
小题10:D |
试题分析：短文大意：1608年一个叫托马斯的英国人走遍了意大利。他喜欢这个国家并记下了一切有趣的事。但他发现了一件比其他的更有趣的事。他在日记中写道：“意大利人吃肉时，他们用小叉子。他们不用他们的双手拿肉吃，因为，正如他们所说，人们的手并不总是干净的。”他回到英格兰之前，托马斯买了一些叉子。五十年之后英国人开始使用叉子。
小题1:考查动词及语境理解，句意：他喜欢这个国家并记下了一切有趣的事。broke损坏；wrote 写；went 去；calmed平静的。根据句意结合语境可知选B。
小题2:考查形容词及语境理解，句意：但他发现了一件比其他的更有趣的事。less较少的；much许多；even甚至；more较多的。由than可知这里该用比较级，而形容词interesting是个多音节的词，故在前面加more构成比较级。所以选 D。
小题3:考查疑问词及语境理解，句意：意大利人吃肉时，他们用小叉子。Why为什么；When何时，当···时；.Which 哪一个；Where何地。根据句意结合语境可知选 B。
小题4:考查形容词及语境理解，句意：人们的手并不总是干净的。clean干净的；.big大的；dirty 脏的；safe 安全的。根据句意结合语境可知选A。
小题5:考查名词及语境理解，句意：托马斯回到英格兰之前，买了一些叉子。knives小刀；dishes餐具；forks叉；plates盘子。根据句意结合语境可知选C。
小题6:考查动词及语境理解，句意：他拿出叉子想跟意大利人那样吃牛排。use 使用；eat 吃；make制作；cut切。根据句意结合语境可知选B。
小题7:考查形容词及语境理解，句意：他的朋友们吃惊地看到这个，他告诉他们叉子是什么。worried担忧的；bored无聊的；tired累的；surprised吃惊的。根据句意结合语境可知选 D。
小题8:考查形容词及语境理解，句意：他努力证明朋友们的观点是错的，于是他开始展示叉子是易于使用的。.honest诚实 ；correct正确的；wrong 错误的；clever聪明的。根据句意结合语境可知选 C。
小题9:考查名词及语境理解，句意：但他用叉子吃的第一片肉掉到了地板上。piece片；kilo 千克；pound 英镑；packet口袋。根据句意结合语境可知选 A。
小题10:考查动词及语境理解，句意：他的朋友开始嘲笑他，他不得不把叉子拿开。scream尖叫；look看；shout喊；laugh 笑。根据句意结合语境可知选D。 |
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Hi! My name is Millie. I am from England. I am twelve years old. I am slim and tall. I have long hair. I like music. I listen to music every evening. I like reading and I am in the Reading Club. But I don’t like sports.
Hello! I am Peter from America. But I live in Shanghai now. I am 13 years old. I wear glasses. I am tall and strong. My hair is very short. I like sports very much. Every afternoon, I play football on the playground at school. I am good at swimming too.
This is Amy. I was born in Beijing and now I live in Nanjing. My father works in a hospital in Nanjing. So we come here. I am fourteen years old. I am short but strong. I like playing computer games. I am polite and helpful. I often help other students.
小题1:How old is Millie?| A．Twelve | B．Thirteen | C．Fourteen | D．Fifteen |
小题2:Where does Amy come from?| A．England | B．America | C．Beijing | D．Nanjing |
小题3:Who wears a pair of glasses?| A．Millie | B．Peter | C．Simon | D．Amy |
小题4:What does Amy’s father do?| A．A teacher. | B．A doctor. | C．A policeman. | D．A cook. |
小题5:What is Peter like?| A．Slim and tall. | B．Short and strong. | C．Tall and strong. | D．Thin and tall. |
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Look at the diagram. It something of home computer used by a group of young people. We asked thirty young people between fourteen and eighteen. We asked them how much they usually spent on their computers in a week, but we were most interested in they used their computers for.
The usual time spent on a computer in a week was about twelve hours, with user about thirty-two hours, and the lowest user only five hours.
All the children said they usually used computers . Fourteen children told us they did some word processing (文字处理) . Only two of them said computers helped with their lessons, and eight people told us they kept addresses and phone numbers on their computers or used as diaries. Only three people said they were learning to make computer programmes and nobody looked up databases(数据库). None of them used computers for any use.
The results show that computer use is quite high among 14～18 year old. They also show quite clearly that computers by most young people as little more than game machines. The only other great uses are for word-processing and address lists. Though computers are common in the homes of young people, they have not yet become useful in everyday life.
| 小题1: | | A．shows | B．says | C．writes | D．gives |
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| 小题3: | | A．what | B．why | C．how | D．whether |
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| 小题4: | | A．high | B．higher | C．the higher | D．the highest |
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| 小题5: | | A．to read | B．reading | C．to play games | D．playing games |
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| 小题6: | | A．at times | B．as usual | C．in the end | D．all the time |
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| 小题8: | | A．another | B．other | C．the other | D．others |
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| 小题9: | | A．are seen | B．have seen | C．will be seen | D．see |
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| 小题10: | | A．closing | B．opening | C．leaving | D．keeping |
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Look at the girl in the picture. She is an English pop singer(流行歌手). Her name is Connie Talbot. She is only 11. But she could sing Over the Rainbow well on TV at six. Her grandmother likes her very much and often asks her to sing for her.Connie’s grandmother is not healthy. But for her, it is a relaxing thing to hear Connie sing. “She sings really well,” her grandmother says.
Connie is good at English. She does well at school. She likes French fries very much and often eats them at home. She doesn’t like ice cream or hamburgers. Connie is a star now. But her mother only wants her daughter to be healthy.
小题1:Who is Connie? | A．A teaacher. | B．A doctor. | C．A player. | D．A singer. |
小题2:Connie’s often asks her to sing.| A．daughter | B．mother | C．grandmother | D．grandfather |
小题3:Connie likes to eat at home.| A．French fries | B．hamburgers | C．ice cream | D．pizza |
小题4:Connie’s mother wants her to be .| A．healthy | B．busy | C．famous | D．cool |
小题5:We can know that Connie .| A．is from the USA | B．learns English well | C．likes ice cream | D．isn’t healthy now |
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It is not easy for people to sail (航海) around the world in quite small boats. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents(事故) can happen easily and quickly.
One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit holes(洞) in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boat——a lifeboat, so they all got into the lifeboat. They lived in the boat for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped. At last people in a ship saved them.
How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way. They must have a hope, and they must have a strong desire（愿望）to live. People cannot drink seawater. If they drink a lot of sea water, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. So people cannot cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw (生的) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.
小题1:When the boat sank (下沉), the lifeboat gave the people _______.| A．food | B．beds | C．rainwater | D．hope |
小题2:One family once had an accident at sea, because _______.| A．their boat met bad weather | | B．their boat hit a big rock and it was broken | | C．none of them knew how to sail | | D．a fish bit holes in their boat |
小题3:People can catch _______ for food and drink at sea in a lifeboat.| A．fish and birds | B．rainwater | | C．both sea water and rainwater | D．both A and B |
小题4:Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. The word "cookers" here means ________.小题5:From the article (文章) we can know that ______.| A．It’s not interesting to sail around the world | | B．Fish in the sea are so dangerous | | C．we must have a strong desire（愿望）to live when we are in danger | | D．Nobody knows when we will die |
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One day a great general(将军) asks his soldiers, “What is the strongest power(力量) in the world? ” Four of his soldiers put up their hands. They want to answer the question. The general asks the first man to speak. The man is younger than the other three, and he’s not strong. He says, “My gun(枪) is the strongest. It can kill anyone.” “Thank you. Next, please.” The second man is very strong. He says, “I don’t think so. Soldiers use guns. So the soldier is the strongest.” The third man says, “Soldiers use guns, but our general gives orders. So I think our general is the strongest.” The fourth man is the oldest. He says, “Love is the strongest. For love, people don’t use guns.” The general says nothing. He takes out a medal and gives it to him.
小题1:______ soldiers answer the general’s question.| A．All the | B．Many of the | C．One of the | D．Four of the |
小题2:The youngest man thinks _______ is the strongest power in the world.| A．the general | B．a soldier | C．a gun | D．love |
小题3:The second man is _____ than the _______.| A．stronger, other three | B．older, fourth man | | C．younger, third man | D．taller, general |
小题4:The fourth man _____.| A．doesn’t want to use his gun | | B．wants the general to give him a medal | | C．wants all the people to love | | D．wants to be a general |
小题5:The general thinks ______ answer is the best.| A．the first man’s | B．the second man’s | | C．the third man’s | D．the fourth man’s |
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