All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea.

In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They like their tea with nothing else in it.

Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony(仪式). It is very old and full of meaning. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.

Another tea drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is teatime. Almost everyone has a cup of tea. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.

In the United States people often drink tea for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea—“iced tea”. Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda(梳打).

1.How many countries are there in the text to drink tea?

A. Two.          B. Three.         C. Four.            D. Five.

2. The Chinese always drink tea with _______ in it.

        A. nothing        B. sugar         C. coffee           D. milk

3.The _______ have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony.

        A. Chinese        B. Americans     C. Japanese         D. English

4.What time is the teatime in England?

        A. The morning.                       B. The afternoon.    

C. The evening.                         D. The late afternoon

5.The text mainly tells us about _______.

A. tea drinking customs                 B. people like drinking

C. tea is important                     D. different countries

 

 was born in Brussels, on June 25th, 1928. His real name was Pierre Culliford. At first, he almost became a dentist’s assistant. Luckily, he got a job in a cartoon studio. There he met and worked with some of Europe’s most famous comic book artists such as Franquin and Morris. Unfortunately the studio closed down and Peyo decided to become a full-time comic artist. He found himself a pen name from his childhood nickname ‘Pe- yot’.
Peyo became successful as a comic (连环画) artist. He decided to draw what he really loved,
stories based in the Middle Ages. He created the character Johan and drew some Johan strips (漫画) for the Belgian daily newspaper ‘Le Soir’ and then for ‘Spirou’ magazine. Johan soon became a huge success and one of the magazine’s main characters.

For Johan’s ninth book of adventures, Peyo needed a group of imps (小精灵) to build a magic flute. At a meal with his friend Andre Franquin. he asked Franquin to pass him the salt. But he couldn’t remember the word so he said, “Pass me the … um… the smurf!”. Franquin handed it over and answered, “Here’s the smurf. Onee you’ve smurfed with it you can smurf it back to me!” And so the name and language of the little imps were invented. The readers soon fell in love with these little smurfs, who love having fun, live in mushroom-shaped houses and speak a strange and wonderful language.
The Smurfs films were first seen on Belgian television and then in France and the Netherlands. In 1981. The Smurfs was on the American NBC TV Channel for the first time, but the success didn’t stop there. The success of the Smurfs became planetary in the 80’s because of the cartoons. There are few regions left where people don’t know smurfs, but their name changes in every county; the Smurfs, die Schlümpfe, Los Pitufos, I Puffi. de Smurfen, les Schtroumpfs… and 蓝精灵 in Chinese.
In August 2011, the Smurfs make their return to the big screen again, this time in 3D! Peyo left us on December 24, 1992, but the Smurfs have continued their many adventures and are today looking forward to a bright and even more exciting future.
【小题1】Peyo’s real name was      .

A．Pierre	B．Franquin
C．Morris	D．Johan

【小题2】Peyo tried many different jobs except      .

A．as a dentist’s assistant	B．the one in a cartoon studio
C．as a full-time comic artist	D．as a newsagent

【小题3】The Smurfs       .

A．are a group of blue imps from Peyo’s book

B．are serious and hate having fun

C．soon became one of the ‘Spirou’ magazine’s main characters

D．will be in the movie on December 24th, 2011

【小题4】The last paragraph tells us       .

A．The Smurfs have come back to their big screen home.

B．Peyo has left for another country.

C．The Smurfs’ story stops after Peyo left us.

D．There might be more works about Smurfs in the future.

Do you know something about the holiday camps in Hong Kong? The students in Hong Kong used to take part in an English holiday camp in their holidays. And their parents weren’t with them. Though they were very young.

Now they still enjoy taking part in many kinds of holiday camps without their parents. Many parents let their children take part in some kinds of holiday camps in order to learn some practical knowledge in their life. And also learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading and writing... The most important for the children is to learn to look after themselves.

Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not so expensive. Most of the families can afford to send their children there for further study, for making their bodies strong... And the government never charges (收费) for them.

It is said that students in Hong Kong have much knowledge about many things. Perhaps it has something with the kinds of holiday camps.

1.Students in Hong Kong like to take part in the _________.

A. holiday camps

B. English holiday camps

C. science holiday camps

D. Chinese holiday camps

2.The most important thing for the students to take part in the holiday camps in Hong Kong is _________.

A. to make their bodies strong

B. to learn much knowledge about many things

C. to learn to look after themselves

D. to have a further study about many subjects

3.The cost to take part in a holiday camp is _________.

A. very dear          B not cheap          C. very high            D. low

4.The students who often take part in the holiday camps _________.

A. must have much knowledge about many things

B. must he very thin

C. must he very tall

D. must be very beautiful

 

All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea.
In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They like their tea with nothing else in it.
Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony(仪式). It is very old and full of meaning. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.
Another tea drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is teatime. Almost everyone has a cup of tea. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.
In the United States people often drink tea for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea—“iced tea”. Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda(梳打).
【小题1】How many countries are there in the text to drink tea?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

【小题2】 The Chinese always drink tea with _______ in it.

A．nothing

B．sugar

C．coffee

D．milk

【小题3】The _______ have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony.

A．Chinese

B．Americans

C．Japanese

D．English

【小题4】What time is the teatime in England?

A．The morning.	B．The afternoon.
C．The evening.	D．The late afternoon

【小题5】The text mainly tells us about _______.

A．tea drinking customs	B．people like drinking
C．tea is important	D．different countries

完形填空

Middle school days are both fun and busy. Students spend __1__their teachers. Students spend their days in class, ___2__to the interesting or boring words of their teachers. At break（休息时间）, they __3__ themselves by running or talking with each other. But ___4_should students spend their__5__time after school?

In western countries,___6_is normal(很正常的) for students to have a part-time _7_after school or on weekends. Students can make their _8_ money and learn more about the “__9_world”. They enjoy the independence（独立） and money, and their parents enjoy the __10_house. However, it seems that, in China, parents__11__so much about their children’s studies that they would like to _12_ their children spending most of their time _13__for all those exams. It is natural for Chinese parents to feel that way, but I think everything should keep balanced. Sometimes, western school children__14__long hours after school to make money, so they__15__too tired to listen in class or do their homework. But Chinese students spend so much time on their studies that anything else becomes less important.

1.                A．in             B．on             C．with D．for

 

2.                A．adding         B．getting         C．replying  D．listening

 

3.                A．help           B．take           C．relax D．look

 

4.                A．what           B．how           C．when D．which

 

5.                A．busy           B．little           C．past D．free

 

6.                A．this            B．that            C．it    D．such

 

7.                A．activity         B．job            C．program  D．plan

 

8.                A．rich           B．any            C．own D．some

 

9.                A．real           B．poor           C．public    D．small

 

10.               A．big            B．quiet          C．noisy D．modern

 

11.               A．deal           B．worry          C．cause D．concentrate

 

12.               A．make          B．ask            C．let   D．see

 

13.               A．chatting        B．studying        C．succeeding D．obeying

 

14.               A．spend          B．solve          C．regard    D．work

 

15.               A．face           B．realize         C．achieve   D．become