1 ．Marathon was a small town 　　　　kilometers from Athens.

　　　　　 A. 30 B. 35 C ．40 D. 45

　　　　 2 ．A man called P h e I d I pp I de s 　　　　．

　　　　　 A. reached Athens and told the people there the good news

　　　　　 B. died on the way to Athens

　　　　　 C. failed on the half way

　　　　　 D. and his brother reached Athens at the same time

　　　　 3 ．The first Olympic Games was hold in Athens in 　　　．

　　　　　 A. 1689 B．1869 C．1698 D.1896

　　 There is a story about an English sailor who went to countries in The　 1　　 ，the east and the　 2　　 ．He had been to 　　3　　 　and China．One day he came home and brought some tea as a 　　4　　 for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a 〝tea party〞．When her friends came to the 〝tea party〞，the old woman brought out some 　　5　　 　and asked them to eat．Of course， 　　6　　 liked the tea一leaves．At that time，the sailor came in．He looked at the 　　7　 　and said, 〝Mother，what have you done with the tea?〞

　 〝I 　　8　 　　it as you said．〞〝 And what did you do with the 　　9　 　？〞

　 〝I throw it away, of course，〞answered the old woman．〝 Now，you may throw away the 　　10　　 ． too，〞said the sailor.

　 1 ．Most Europeans did n’t know anything about tea more than 300

　　　 years ago．

　 2 ．The English sailor had been to China, but he had n’t been to India.

　 3 ．The sailor’s mother boiled the tea and threw away the leaves．

　 4 ．It was the sailor who told her to do so．

　　　　 Some students have dictionaries．Dictionaries contain 　1　　 and　 2　 　words，They are 　3　 ，but it 15 usually 　　4　 to use a dictionary written completely in English．If you use　 5　　 a dictionary，you will have more 　　6　 in using English．This will help you to begin to 　　7　 in English．

　　　　 A good English dictionary will show you the correct 　　8　 　of a word and its 　　9　 ，Many dictionaries also show how a word is used in a 　　10　 　.

　　　 1 ．If you learning English，　　　 dictionary is better．

　　　　 A，an English一Chinese B．a Chinese一English

　　　　 C .a Chinese D.an English

　　　 2 ．A dictionary written completely in English　　　 ．

　　　　 A，can improve one’s oral English

　　　　 B .usually contains more words

　　　　 help you have more practice in using English

　　　　 D ．15 often expensive

　　　 3 ．Which statement about functions of a dictionary is n’t mentioned？

　　　　 A ．One can find out the meanings of words．

　　　　 B ．One can find out the correct spelling of words．

　　　　 C ．One can find out the origin of words．

　　　　 D ．One can find out the usage of words．

　 　The poor countries have　 1　 　problems．Sometimes the land is Too　 2　 to grow anything on．The land can be　 3　 ，but a lot ofthings must be done first．People must be 　　4　 ，and water must be 　　5　 　．But rich countries have problems，too．For example, sometimes the air is too 　　6　 to breathe，and the rivers are too dirty to swim in or to take 　　7　 from．The roads are too　 8 to drive along．Large numbers of people do not have decent　　 9　 to live in．Some things will have to be done about these problems. The air and the rivers will have to be 　　10　 ，and more houses will have to be built．

　 1 ．In the writer’s opinion, the world is divided into two parts：the

　 　　rich and the poor.

　 2 ．Rich countries and poor countries both have problems．

　 3 ．In poor countries，the land can’t be improved．

　 4 ．In rich countries，most people don’t have decent houses to live in．

In the west，people usually give a 　　1　 to celebrate a person’s birthday．The guests will come to the party with birthday　 　　2　 　and say“Happy Birthday" to the birthday 　　3　 ．The guests then watch him or her　 4　 the presents and he or she　 5　 ,them for the presents they have bought．In the party，　 6　 　and food are served．Towards the 　　7　 of the dinner the 　　8　 in the room are turned off, and someone comes in from another room with a 　　9　 　on which there are lighted　 10　　 ，one for each year.

　 　1． 　　　　，someone will take out the birthday cake．

　 　　A ．Before the party

　　 　B ．At the beginning of the party

　　 　C ．Towards the end of the party

　　 　D ．After the party

　 2. Candles on the cake 　　　.

　 　　A .must be lighted by the birthday person

　　　 B .should be lighted before taking out

　　　 C .must be lighted by matches

　　　 D .must be lighted clockwise

　 3 ．Generally speaking, a guest will say 〝Happy Birthday" to the birth-

　　 day person 　　　　during the party，

A. only once B. twice C. 3 times D. 4 times

　　 　　One day they met an old Indian who lived there．They found he knew their 　　1　 　and they had a talk with him．One of them asked him whether he could tell them what the 　2　 　would be like within the next few 　　3　 　.

　 “Oh，yes，”he said，“ 　　4　 is coming，and also 　　5　 ．Then there will be 　　6　 　for two days，but after that there will be a 　　7　 　day.”

　 To their surprise，the old Indian could exactly foretell the weather. What a 　　8　 　man！

　　　 　Then one of them 　　　9　 to the old man, and asked, “How did you know all that?”

　　　 The Indian answered,“I heard it on the 　　10　 .”