A wonderful year in New Zealand

If I went to New Zealand，would I be able to understand people? This was the question which first 1________ me when the American Field Service programme accepted me．

I 2_______ with a New Zealand family in Auckland for one year．At first，I found that communicating was quite 3_______ ．But my hosts were very patient，and they helped me to learn fast．

As part of the programme，AFS students try to tell people about their own culture．I 4________ many photos and postcards of China with me，as well as some simple Chinese books．I gave a talk about China to some classes in school，and I even did some simple Chinese cooking．

It was a wonderful year．I learned about a new culture，and I became more 5________

1．A．gave                      B．worried                C．informed                D．offered

2．A．helped                    B．talked                  C．stayed                    D．met

3．A．difficult                 B．easy                    C．exciting                  D．sad

4．A．bought                  B．B made                C．brought                  D．took

5．A．confident               B．fantastic               C．important               D．traditional

King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked ___36___ which were strange. His people had to use words in a ___37___ way to answer these questions.

Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. ___38___ he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at this moment that Bridal entered the palace. Birbal ___39___ the habit of the king. He understood the ___40___ at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can ____41___ for an answer?”

Akbar said, “How many crows(乌鸦) are there in the city?”

___42___ even a moment’s thought, Birbal replied, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord.”

“How can you be so ___43____?” asked Akbar.

Birbal said, “Make your men ___44___, My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives(亲戚) here. If you find ___45___ crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else.”

Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal’s wise answer.

1.                A．questions       B．help           C．promises  D．advice

 

2.                A．common        B．friendly         C．clever    D．silent

 

3.                A．Though         B．Because        C．If    D．As

 

4.                A．knew          B．developed      C．hated    D．doubted

 

5.                A．order          B．information      C．danger   D．situation

 

6.                A．ask            B．wait            C．try  D．reach

 

7.                A．before         B．without         C．Through  D．In

 

8.                A．smart          B．brave          C．funny    D．sure

 

9.                A．catch          B．discuss         C．count    D．visit

 

10.               A．fewer          B．larger          C．faster D．older

 

 

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China Youth says that more and more girl students have entered colleges to study in recent few years. As we know, once the number of boys was larger than that of girls, and the boys did much better than girls in our country for a long time. Now things have changed a lot.

In recent years, the proportion of girl students is growing fast. In 1998, about 39.7% of college students were girls. In 2000, it was 41.07% and in 2001, the number was 42.14%.

There are several reasons for this.

Firstly, there is little difference between boys and girls in their intelligence(智力). That’s to say, girls are as clever as boys. And boys have more interests than girls, so they may not do well in their study.

Secondly, girls are more careful and more sensible than boys. They work harder at school and they do better in all exams.

Another reason is that with the development of society, people pay more and more attention to girls’ education.

1.China Youth says that more and more ______

A. boys are cleverer than girls

B. boys can’t go to school  

C. girls have entered colleges

D. girls begin to study at school

2.42.14% refers to the number of _________

A. girls at schools at schools in 1998

B. girls in colleges in 2001 

C. boys at schools in 2001

D. boys in colleges in 1998

3.The writer gave us _________   reasons to explain the question.

A. two        B. three     C. four        D. five

4.The underlined word “proportion” means _________ in Chinese.

A. 身高  B. 比例       C. 特征          D. 速度

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. Boys may not do as well in their study as girls because they don’t like studying.

B. Boys are much cleverer than girls because they’re interested in many things.

C. Girls’ intelligence is the same as boys’.

D. Girls study harder, but they couldn’t get higher marks than boys. 

 

Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station. They were waiting for a train that was very late.
To pass the time, they began talking to each other.
At first, they talked about the weather and their work. Then Paul said, "Tell me—what would you most like to do if your doctor tell you that you have only three months to live?"
The other two men thought about this for a while, then Carl spoke.
“Well,” he said, “if I have only three months to live, I’ll take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend, Erik. I’d like to travel to the places in the world as many as possible. And I’ll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food. I think I’ll have a wonderful time.”
“That’s very interesting,” Paul said.
With these words, he turned to the other man, saying, “And what about you?”
“I’ll tell you a secret,” Allan said. “I always want to be a racing driver. So if I have only three months to live, the first thing I’d like to do is to sell my house. With the money I’ll buy the fastest car in the world. Maybe I can enter all the big motor races.”
Then he laughed, “I might even end up (以……而告终) world champion.”
“Now it’s your turn,” Allan went on, “If your doctor tell you the bad news, what would you most like to do?”
“Oh,” said Paul with a smile. “I’ll go and see another doctor.”
【小题1】The three men were talking ________.

A．in the post office	B．in the waiting room
C．on the train	D．on the chairs

【小题2】The man called ________ answered the question first.

A．Carl

B．Allan

C．Erik

D．Paul

【小题3】The men began to talk about the weather and the work because they ________.

A．didn’t know anything new

B．wanted to pass the time quickly

C．had nothing to do

D．were very interested in each other’s work

【小题4】“I might even end up world champion.” Here the word “champion” means _______in Chinese.

A．名人

B．赛车手

C．大款

D．冠军

【小题5】Which sentence is right according to the passage?

A．The train didn’t arrive on time.

B．Paul wanted to buy a racing car very much.

C．Allan was the second man to answer the question.

D．Carl didn’t like traveling at all.