阅读理解

通读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

　　Arriving in New York　　There are three airports in New York. When you arrive at one of them, you can take a bus or taxi to any place in New York.

　　Public transport(交通)　　In New York there's a good bus and subway(地铁) service. If you are planning to use the subway a lot, you should buy a subway ticket for ten journeys because it's cheaper. But you don't have to use public transport－there are lots of places you can go to on foot, like The Empire State Building(帝国大厦), 5th Avenue(大街) and Central Park. The New York taxis are a part of the city experience, so you should take at least one taxi during your visit!

　　Hotels　　There are lots of good hotels in New York. The best is The Plaza on 5th Avenue but you don't have to pay a lot to stay in the city; there are lots of smaller hotels and the YMCA near Central Park is great for young people.

　　Eating Out　　There are many kinds of food in New York and you shouldn't eat at McDonalds every day. There are good restaurants in Little Italy and Chinatown, for example.

　　Shopping　　Shopping in New York is fun. There are big shops on 5th Avenue. They are open seven days a week. But be careful when you look at the prices; you have to pay a special 8% tax(税) on everything you buy in New York.

　　Places to see　　Finally, there are a lot of places to see in New York－Times Square, the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像). And you shouldn't go home without climbing the Statue of Liberty to enjoy the scenery of the city.

1．How many kinds of public transport are mentioned in the passage?

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2．“The Plaza” here is the name of ________.

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3．How much do you have to pay if you buy a book of $10 in New York?

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4．When you visit New York, you should ________.

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A．eat at McDonalds every day

B．take a taxi whenever you go out

C．stay at the best hotel

D．climb the Statue of Liberty

5．From the passage, we can learn that ________.

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A．people can visit many places of interest in New York on foot

B．New York is not a good place for shopping

C．people must travel by public transport in New York

D．people have to eat only one kind of food in New York

阅读理解：先阅读短文，然后根据短文内容从文后每小题的四个选项中，选出一个能完成所给句子或回答所提问题的正确答案。

　　President (总统) George W Bush is visiting an elementary school today and visits one of the 4th grade classes. They are in the middle of a discussion(讨论) of words and their meanings.

　　The teacher asks the President if he would like to lead the class in the discussion of the word“tragedy”. So the President asks the class for an example of a“tragedy”.

　　One little boy stands up and says,“If my best friend, who lives next door, is playing in the street and a car comes along and runs him over, that would be a tragedy.”

　　“No,”says Bush,“that would be an accident.”

　　A little girl puts up her hand,“If a school bus carrying 50 children drove off a cliff(悬崖), killing everyone in the bus, that would be a tragedy.”

　　“I am afraid not,”explains the President.“That is what we would call a GREAT LOSS(损失).”

　　The room goes quiet. No other children answer. President Bush looks around the mom.“Is not there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”

　　At last, in the back of the room, a boy named Johnny puts up his hand. In a quiet voice he says,“If Air Force One, carrying you and Mrs Bush, was hit by a missile(导弹) and blown up to pieces, that would be a tragedy.”

　　“Right,”exclaims(大叫)Bush,“that is right, and can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?”

　　“Well,”little Johnny says,“because, as you just told us, it would not be an accident, and it sure as well would not be a great loss.”

1．President Bush tells the students ________.

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A．to welcome him

B．to give an example

C．to make a sentence

D．to ask some questions

2．Johnny is ________.

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A．in the front of the classroom

B．in the back of the classroom

C．in the middle of the room

D．on the left

3．Air Force One is ________.

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4．“Tragedy”means ________.

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5．What does the sentence“…and it sure as well would not be a great loss”mean?

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A．Of course, it's not a great loss, either.

B．It's OK that it would not be a great loss.

C．It's sure if it is not a great loss.

D．I'm sure that it would be a great loss, too.

书面表达

　　用5～8句话谈谈人口问题。内容须包括以下几个方面：

　　1．人口问题是世界上最大的问题之一；

　　2．人口增长非常快；

　　3．交通拥挤；

　　4．中国人口众多；

　　5．如果每个家庭只生椄龊⒆樱?侍饩突岷枚嗔恕?/P>