Where in the world can you take an hour’s train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West, and a burning building that never burns down? There’s only one place, and that’s Hollywood, in California. The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets（布景） in the Universal Studios, one of the oldest and largest movie companies(公司) in the USA.
A visit to Universal Studios brings back memories of great days of Hollywood, the films and the stars. But they are only memories. Hollywood isn’t quite the same as it used to be. Costs have gone up and confidence has gone down. Movie-makers are afraid to spend their money on expensive new ideas. Instead, they repeat old ones.
The film industry is changing fast. Teenagers still go out to the movies. The theatre is a good place to meet friends away from home. But older people mostly stay home to watch series, like Dynasty have become as important to Hollywood as expensive movies. These “soap opera”, as they are called, show rich, powerful families living in beautiful homes and wearing beautiful clothes. But the actors and actresses are nearly all middle-aged, like many of the people who watch them.
Though it is soap operas that are keeping the film-makers of Hollywood in Business, big films are still being made in America. But more and more of them are made outside Hollywood. New York is the most important new center, but there are many others as well. Movie-makers have realized that they don’t need Hollywood any more. Modern cameras and real houses instead of expensively made copies in a studio. Other states, especially Florida and Texas, are working hard to take the film business away from California. They are offering better working conditions and lower cost.
But Hollywood is fighting back. The state of California is trying hard to keep its best-known industry.
小题1:From the passage, we know Universal Studios is ______.

A．a very large park	B．a busy London street
C．a famous movie company	D．an old Hollywood movie

小题2:The movie industry in California isn’t as successful as before because ______.

A．young people don’t go to movie theatres any more

B．there is strong competition from other states

C．its movie companies are in neeed of young stars

D．the state hasn’t put a development plan into action

小题3:Which of the following seems to be a threat（威胁）to Hollywood？

A．The use of modern cameras and other equipment

B．The interest of middle-aged film stars

C．The making of TV series like Dynasty

D．The expensively made copies of scenes

The definition of pop music is always changing. Whatever, the most popular music at the time is called  1  music.   2 the early 1900s in America, the popular music was called Ragtime. People played it on piano and was very fast. Some of the songs had   3 and were easy  4 . Some of the songs were only music but were easy to dance, too. In the 1920s, a style called “crooning” was popular. Men sang it with a very gentle voice. In the 1930s and 1940s, “jazz” became popular. Jazz is often fast and people usually play it with a piano and horns.
It wasn’t stopping  5 the 1950s when people created “rock and roll”. Elvis Presley is called the “King of Rock and Roll”. He had many popular songs throughout the years. Rock music changed as the years went   6  . Some different kinds of pop music in the 1960s were called Motown and beach music. In the 1960s, there was also a movement in the United States called the British Invasion. That was when the group The Beatles  7 popular. They were one of the most important  8  in American music history.
Today, pop music can be Hip Hop, Rap, R & B, or Country. American young people  9 like listening to pop music. People   10 as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Britney Spears are some of the most well-known singers.

小题1:	A．rock B．jazz C．country D．pop

小题2:	A．On B．At C．In D．Between

小题3:	A．words B．fan C．grammar D．sentence

小题4:	A．dance B．dancing C．to sing D．sang

小题5:	A．until B．when C．while D．in

小题6:	A．in B．by C．to D．with

小题7:	A．become B．became C．becomes D．to become

小题8:	A．singer B．music C．songs D．bands

小题9:	A．especially B．fast C．very D．not

小题10:

A．so B．see C．example D．such

There is a one-day holiday in most western countries on New Year’s Day. The real celebration begins on New Year’s Eve-the night before New Year’s Day. There are several interesting customs（习惯）in the west, and there are many differences in different countries.
Though Christmas is a good time for families to get together, New Year’s Day is a time for some western people to be with friends. On New Year’s Day, there are always parties. At such parties, there is food, drinks and dances until New Year comes
At midnight, people often say “Happy New Year! ”to each other. In many western countries, fireworks are let off at midnight and some people like to shout aloud to drive away evil spirits.
小题1:People begin to have great celebrations for the New Year on___________.

A．New Year’s Day	B．the night before New Year’s Eve
C．the night of New Year’s Day	D．New Year’s Eve

小题2:In the west, ___________on New Year’s Day.

A．friends always get together

B．friends write to each other

C．people can have a week’s holiday

D．people go from one country to another

小题3:On New Year’s Eve, western people don’t often____________.

A．say “Happy New Year” to each other

B．let off fireworks

C．sing a Scottish song

D．shout aloud to drive away evil spirits

小题4:This passage mainly（主要）tells us___________.

A．western people drink together on New Year’s Day

B．how western people celebrate their New Year’s Day

C．what western people eat on New Year’s Day

D．western people have a good time on New Year’s Day

I’m 14, a year younger than most of my classmates.
A week ago one of my classmates, Nitin, asked me for help with math homework. We ended up talking about computers and file-sharing（共享文件）. As we talked I found that he was more experienced and could teach me about file-sharing and networking. We went to his room and watched a movie about robots that he’d downloaded. The math homework was forgotten.
The next day he came again for homework help “What do you do on weekends?” he asked. The truth is, when I have work to do, I do it. I have no special time to kill with friends. I was embarrassed about this. I expected him to think I was boring and said, “Get a life!” He said, “OK. You’re having trouble getting along with people I can show you. I’m old than you.”
Later, he checked my computer. He even connected me to an Internet chess server（服务器）.He was becoming like a big brother.
But when I thought about it, I didn’t really want Nitin’s help” His big-brother idea began to bore me.
“I’ll get you some cool computer programs（程序）”.
“I’ll teach you how to talk to girls.”
He meant what he was saying, but I don’t know why it didn’t make me feel good. Since then he’s hardly talked to me; we seem to have forgotten each other. I don’t think he can “teach” me much, and I don’t think much of him. But I could be wrong·
小题1:What did Mitin help me do?

A．He helped me with my homework.

B．He helped me with math problems.

C．He taught me about file-sharing and networking.

D．He introduced some fiends to me.

小题2:What does the underlined word “kill” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．杀死

B．浪费

C．消磨（时间）

D．打猎

小题3:Which is NOT the reason why the writer doesn’t want Nitin’s help?

A．He has no special time to kill with friends.

B．He forgot his homework because of playing with him.

C．He thinks his ideas are not useful to him.

D．He has another big brother.

小题4:Can you use a word to describe the writer?

A．Unfriendly.

B．Boring.

C．Independent.（独立的）

D．Lazy.

小题5:Choose a title for this passage.

A．I Don’t Want a Big Brother!

B．No Time to Kill

C．My Big Brother

D．My Life After School

Sally’s father is ill in hospital. and her mother has to look after her father there The woman can’t leave their four-year-old son Harry at home. So she asks Sally, “How many classes do you have this afternoon?”
“We have no classes today,” answers the girl. “We’re having a school sports meeting today.”
“That’s great!” says her mother. “Take your brother to your school. Tell your teachers I have a lot of things to do. I’m sure they can let you look after him today.”
Sally does what her mother says. This little boy comes to school for the first time and thinks everything is interesting. He sees some children having a race and asks. “What are they running for, Sally?”
“The first one can get a prize.” answers Sally.
“Now, I see. But why are the others running?”
小题1:Where is Sally’s father?
小题2:Who will take care of Sally’s father?
小题3:How old is Harry?
小题4:Does Harry often go to school?
小题5:Why does Sally take her brother to school today?

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小题1:If you want to go to Betty’s party, you can call ______________.
A. 010-6836920  B. 010-6834923  C. 010-6839247
小题2:The party is on ______________.
A. Sunday morning      B. Sunday afternoon  C. Sunday evening
小题3:Smith’s Book Club is open ___________ a day.
A. 12 hours B. 18 hours     C. 20 hours

Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.
Children in the USA will  51 their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they often goo to different places to find good jobs. They often  52 to their parents or phone them, and they can choose their own  53.  Americans think it’s important for young people to make their own decisions.
Children are asked to do some house work at  54. In many families, children are paid for  55 the housework so that they can learn how to manage their own money.
小题1:A. leave    B. go    C. love
小题2:A. come    B. drive   C. write
小题3:A. jobs     B. job    C. works
小题4:A. playground   B. home   C. classroom
小题5:A. to do   B. do   C. doing

People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world, each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains thousand words. Before you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.
The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are a lot of books written in English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.
小题1:The number of different languages spoken is about 1500.
小题2:Before you leave your school, you’ll learn more than three thousand words.
小题3:You must have a large English dictionary to make you know bigger vocabulary.
小题4:If we know about five thousand words, we can read as many books as we like.

The Smiths are Americans. They are now in Beijing. This is their first visit to China.
They are going to stay in China for two months. They want to visit some cities and villages. They hope to learn some Chinese, too.
Mr. Smith is a doctor. He is going to visit a hospital in Yichang. Mrs. Smith is a teacher. She is going to visit some city schools and village schools. Their daughter is a middle school students. She wants to meet some Chinese students.
They are going to take a lot of pictures in China. When they are back in America, they will show the pictures to their American friends. They want the American people to know more about China.
小题1:Mr Smith wants to visit a hospital because____.
A. he is a doctor B. he wants to live in China C. he’ll stay in China for a long time
小题2:Who does their daughter want to meet?
A. Chinese doctors    B. Chinese teachers     C. Chinese students
小题3:What are Mrs Smith going to do during her stay in China?
A. She is going to go to the hospital. B. She is going to go to her friend’s home.
C. She is going to visit schools.

In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. I call these things  1 and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did  2 the water. Any kind of 3 ride seemed to give him pleasure.  4 he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being  5 the water, moving through it, having it all around me. I was not a strong  6 , or one who learned to swim early, for I had my 7 . But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and  8 those summer days with my father, who  9 come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the  0 person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go  11 his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me  12 anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk while he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his 13 . But my father always showed up and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s fine.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get  14 an ice cream…
A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is memory.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but  15 , in that childhood, look at us.

小题1:	A．hope B．joy C．anger D．worry

小题2:	A．hate B．refuse C．praise D．love

小题3:	A．boat B．bus C．train D．bike

小题4:	A．But B．Then C．And D．Still

小题5:	A．on B．off C．by D．in

小题6:	A．swimmer B．rider C．walker D．runner

小题7:	A．hopes B．likes C．rights D．fears

小题8:	A．spending B．saving C．wasting D．destroying

小题9:	A．should B．would C．had to D．could

小题10:

A．next B．only C．other D．last

小题11:

A．away from B．out of C．by D．inside

小题12:

A．put up B．break down C．play with D．work out

小题13:

A．fishing net B．office things C．wooden chair D．lab equipment

小题14:

A．the student B．the assistant C．myself D．himself

小题15:

A．which B．who C．what D．whose