A．people think they are not rich if they don't have cars

B．poor people wouldn't like to buy cars

C．all the poor people have cars

A．He was a car maker.

B．He was a car driver.

C．He was a car seller.

(3) According to（根据）the writer, cars in the United States ________.

A．are the nicest

B．run fastest

C．make the country richer

A．cars can take them to any place they want to go

B．it doesn't take them much money to travel in cars

C．both A and B

A．A Country on Wheels

B．A Rich and Modem Country

C．Making Cars

　　Pop music is very popular with American students. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with ears buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive along the street.

　　Older people listen to music on the car radio as thery drive to work. They also listen to the news, sports information, the weather, and programmes about life in American. Most of the radio programmes play music.

　　Pop or popular music singers can make a lot of money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations play. Once the singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. If a lot of young people like their music, they become national stars. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, there are always many yung people who want to meet him or her.

　　There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One kind is called folk（民间的）music. Folk music tells stories about the life of common people. Another kind is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys（牛仔）would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.

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A．life of common people

B．country life an love stories

C．life of cowboys

D．school life in America

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A．make a lot of money

B．make a CD or tape

C．are liked by a lot of young people

D．sing on the radio

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A．Most adults in America like pop music

B．Students in America with cars like to listen to music while driving

C．Older people listen to music all the time while driving

D．Everyone wants to meet pop singers

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　　Now radio is still with us. And the number of listeners is becoming larger. One reason for this is the invention of the transistor （半导体） radio. A transistor radio is sometimes very small. It is very easy to carry. You can put one in your pocket and listen to it on the bus or on your bike when you go to work. It is better for blind people （盲人）. The sight （视力） of many old people is not good enough to watch TV. Then when people are working, they can't watch TV But they can listen to music or news over the radio. What's more,radio is much cheaper than TV.

A．see what is happening in the world

B．hear what is happening to the world

C．know what the world is like

D．see what the people on the earth are doing

A．the radio is easy to carry

B．the radio is good for blind people and many old people

C．the radio can be used at any time

D．the reason is A,B and C

　　Jim is in a drawing class. The teacher is teaching them how to draw mountains （山）. Jim likes to draw, but he isn't good at drawing mountains. He looks at David's drawing. David's mountain is very high. He looks at Wei Hua's drawing. Her mountain is higher than David's. Jim then looks at Lin Tao's mountain. His is the highest of all. Jim thinks he doesn't like high mountains, but he doesn't know what to draw. He decides to look at some more drawings. Jim looks at Lucy's mountain. Her mountain is small. Lily says, “Look at mine, Jim. “ Lily's mountain is smaller than Lucy's. Jim wants to look at one more mountain. He looks at Liz's. Hers is the smallest of the three. Jim looks at the teacher's mountain on the blackboard again. He starts to draw. At the end of the class （在课结束之前） the teacher takes out three drawings. He says, “David's drawing is good. Lily's is better than David's, but Jim's is the best of all.”

　　In China, more and more middle school students have shorter sleeping time than before. Most students sleep less than nine hours every night, because they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by their parents. Also, some students don't know how to save time. They are not careful enough while they do their homework, so it takes them a lot of time. Some students spend too much time on watching TV or playing computer games. They stay up（熬夜）very late. Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school in time by bus or by bike. It can be a long way from home to school.

A．Watching TV.

B．Playing computer games.

C．Doing their homework.

A．Their parents.

B．other students.

C．The children themselves.

A．Less than nine hours.

B．Over nine hours.

C．Only nine hours.

A．He would fall asleep in class.

B．He would do well in study.

C．He would finish his homework fast.

A．Some students are so careless that they spend lots of time on their homework.

B．All the students stay up late for their homework.

C．Children should be given less homework.

　　The children play for an hour, and then at half past four their aunt takes Dick into the kitchen. She gives him a nice cake and a knife and says to him, “Now here’s a knife, Dick, cut this cake into two pieces and give one piece to your sister, but remember to do it like a gentlman（有礼貌的人）”.

　　“Like a gentleman?”Dick asks.“How do gentlemen do it?”“They always give the bigger piece to the other.”answers his aunt at once.“Oh.”says Dick. He thinks about this for a moment. Then he takes the cake to his sister and says to her, “Cut this cake in half, Mary.”

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A．because they all go there for lunch

B．and then she stays with them

C．and then she leaves

D．and then their aunt goes town

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(3)________ is the design（图案）of France.

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　　The 29th Olympic Games will be held in our country in 2008. As a great many people will visit our country, the government（政府）will build new hotels, a large stadium（体育馆）and a fine new swimming pool. They will also build new roads. The games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area（地区）will be called “Olympic City” Workers will build a railway and some new roads by the end of 2005. The fine modern buildings have been designed（设计）by the best designers.

　　The people, old and young, in the capital are getting ready for the Olympic Games by learning English. We will be very glad to see the new buildings go up. We are very ex cited and looking forward to the Olympic Games because for our country, it is the first time to hold the Games

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A．a new road will be finished

B．a large number of people is visiting our country

C．many new roads and railway lines will be built

D．a lot of new buildings will be built

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A．are being held in our country

B．will be held in our country for the first time

C．are held in our country every four years

D．will be held in our country after 2008

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A．is busy building roads

B．is studying English

C．is designing buildings

D．is having sports and games

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A．building

B．stadium

C．Olympic City

D．Olympic Games

(5)“Go up”in the last passage means ________.

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　　Many people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important activities （活动） of the day. TV brings the outside closer to people's homes. Some people say the world is smaller than before-because of TV.

　　What's going on in the other countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere （某个地方） ? What's life in the deepest part of the sea?

　　TV helps to open our eyes. TV also helps to open our minds （思想）. TV often gives us new ideas. We learn newer and better ways of doing something.

A．TV makes the earth smaller and smaller

B．all people like to watch TV

C．watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day

D．TV brings the outside world closer to people

A．go to live in the other countries

B．answer TV many questions

C．get a lot of information （信息）

D．ask TV some questions

A．TV sets are bigger than radios

B．people can not only hear but also watch

C．without TV people can't open their eyes

D．it's easier to turn on TV than to turn on radio

(4) The sentence “TV also helps to open our minds”means ____.

A．our minds can only be opened by TV

B．something is wrong with our minds

C．it can help us to increase our knowledge （增长知识）

D．TV is new to us

(5) This article （文章） has told us ____.

A．it's good to watch TV

B．not to watch TV any more

C．students shouldn't watch TV at any time

D．to stop reading to watch TV