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1.How many popular articles are there in the magazine?

A. 2                                                 B. 3                                                 C. 4                                                 D.5

2.Which article is about saving money?

A. Ice cream and banking.

B. Black sheep and Uncle Bob.

C. Relation between you and food.

D. Films that aren’t really about Canada.

3.What is Black sheep and Uncle Bob about?

A. American films.                             B. Family stories.

C. Food.                                                               D. Banking.

 

A French woman goes to London to see her son. She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well. One day she goes to a shop. She wants to buy a hen for supper. But she can not remember the English word for “hen”. Just then the shop waiter asks her, “Can I help you?” “I want the egg’s mother.” the woman answered. The shop waiter does not understand her and says, “Sorry, we have not any bigger eggs.” Suddenly the woman remembers the word “cock”. “I want the cock’s wife!” she says. This time the shop waiter laughs.
【小题1】The woman goes to London_______.

A．to learn English	B．to have supper
C．to eat some hens	D．to see her son

【小题2】The woman________.

A．only knows a little English

B．knows much English

C．doesn’t know English

D．doesn’t buy a hen at last

【小题3】The shop waiter thinks that an egg’s mother must be          .

A．a bigger egg	B．the cock’s wife
C．a hen	D．the hen’s sister

【小题4】The shop waiter laughs because he ________.

A．understands the woman at last

B．thinks it is interesting.

C．does not understand the woman

D．thinks that the woman isn’t clever

【小题5】Which of the following(如下的) is true?

A．The waiter knows French.

B．The woman buys a cock.

C．The woman is foolish(笨的).

D．The woman has a hen for her supper.

A small man goes to the cinema. He buys a ticket(票) and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out. He buys a second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that he comes out a third time and asks for another ticket. But the girl says to him, “Why are you buying all these? Are you meeting friends in the cinema all the time?” “No, I'm not doing that.” the small man says, “But a big woman always stops me at the door and tears( 撕掉 ) my tickets up.”
【小题1】The small man goes to the cinema to _______.

A．see a film

B．watch TV

C．meet his friends

D．have a rest

【小题2】When the small man comes out a third time, he_________.

A．cries

B．asks for another ticket

C．drinks coffee

D．sings and dances.

【小题3】Does the small man only buy one ticket?
A. No, he doesn’t.     B. Yes, he does.    C. I don’t know.     D No, he isn’t.  
【小题4】“No, I'm not doing that.” Means_______ .

A．He isn't seeing a film

B．He isn't meeting his friend

C．He wants to buy the tickets for the big woman

D．the big woman doesn't let him in

【小题5】From the story we can guess________.

A．the small man is the first time to go to a cinema.

B．the big woman at the door doesn't like him.

C．the small man is afraid of（害怕） the big woman.

D．the small man doesn't want the big woman to tear his ticket up.

A Russian, a Cuban, an American businessman and an American lawyer were on a train traveling across England. The Russian took out a large bottle of vodka, gave each of the men a drink and then threw the rest half bottle of vodka out of the window. “Why did you do that?” asked the American businessman. “There’s too much vodka in my country,” said the Russian, “And really we have more than we will ever use.” A little later, the Cuban passed around fine Havana Cigars. Then he threw his out of the window. “I thought Cuba is not a rich country,” the businessman said. “But you threw that very good cigars out of the window!”“Cigars,” the Cuban answered, “are the cheapest in my country. We have more of them than we know what to do with.” The American businessman sat quietly for a moment. Then he got up, caught the lawyer by the arm and threw him of the window.
【小题1】The people in the story are from ______ countries.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

【小题2】The four people are traveling by _______.

A．bus

B．air

C．train

D．sea

【小题3】Vodka is a kind of _______.

A．treasure(珍宝)

B．wine

C．food

D．medicine

【小题4】The Russian and the Cuban both wanted to _______.

A．tell the businessman that their countries are rich

B．prove(证明) that they were rich

C．ask the two Americans to visit their countries

D．make the businessman happy

【小题5】What did the businessman want to say by throwing the lawyer out of the window?

A．I want to buy some vodka.

B．We have too many lawyers in my country.

C．I’ll go to Cuba and do some business of cigars.

D．If you need lawyers, come to America.

A desert is a very dry land where there is hardly any rain. In the day, it can be so hot that you could fry an egg on the ground. But during the night it is sometimes so could that water would turn into ice.






Many desserts are covered in sand. But some have mountains, rocks, or lakes that have dried up in the heat. The Great American Dessert has cliffs(悬崖) that have been made into amazing and beautiful shapes by the wind. The Sahara Desert in Africa is mostly sand. The Australian Desert has red sand.
Sometimes it does not rain for a whole year in the desert. But there is water deep under the ground and some plants have roots that go very deep to find it. Other plants have roots that spread out(延伸) a long way so they can suck up the rain as soon as it falls.
One desert plant is the cactus, which has long, spreading roots. The cactus stores water inside its hard skin. This skin protects it from heat and cold.
Camels are a bit like cactus plants! They store water too—inside their bodies. They have special fur which protects them from the sun during the day and keeps them warm at night.
Some other animals live in deserts, too. They have to be very good at seeing and hearing because most of them only come out at night. This is why many desert animals have extra big eyes or ears.
A desert fox has bigger ears than a normal for. A gerbil has huge eye, so that it can see at night. It stays cool in the day by staying underground, like most desert animals.
Some people live in the desert but they always make their homes near an oasis. An oasis is where water comes from an underground river. Near an oasis, people can grow lots of plants and keep animals.
Life is hard in the desert, for people, animals and plants. But desert people like to live there.
【小题1】A desert is very dry because__________.

A．it is sandy	B．there is so little rain
C．the wind is strong	D．there is no water deep under the ground

【小题2】What does the underlined phrase"suck up"in paragraph 3 mean_________?

A．围堵

B．讨好

C．释放

D．吸收

【小题3】Some desert animals have extra big eyes or ears because__________.

A．the sunlight is too strong in the day	B．they need to see and hear well at night
C．it is very cold at nigh	D．they store water in them.

【小题4】Most desert animals stay cool in the day by_________.

A．storing water in side their bodies	B．drinking water as much as they can
C．staying underground	D．growing lots of plants

【小题5】Which of the following is true?

A．Desert people like to live in the desert though life is hard.

B．People in the desert usually fry eggs on the ground.

C．Camels have special fur to store water.

D．All the deserts are covered in sand.