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How did the Golden Gate Bridge get its name ?

     As we all know , the Golden Gate Bridge 金门大桥in San Francisco , the USA ,which took only 52 months to be designed and built and was opened in 1937, is probably the most beautiful bridge in the world . Since it was opened , it has been perhaps the best-loved sight of San Francisco. But whoever goes to see the bridge can see the bridge is red instead of golden . Do you want to know the reason why is called  the Golden Gate Bridge?

     In fact the bridge isn’t named for its color .It is named for the Golden Gate. What is the Golden Gate? A gate is either an opening or the thing that closes the opening . the Golden Gate is an opening in the land . Water from the sea comes through this opening into San Francisco Bay 旧金山海湾And the bridge goes over the opening . And do you know why it is called the Golden Gate? Here is a story about it .

     Many years ago ,men from some European countries came to California to look for gold . Many of them came by ship . When they came into the bay through the opening , they thought it was a gate to gold , so they named it the Golden Gate.

1.How long did it take to design and build the Golden Gate Bridge?___________________.

2.What is the Golden Gate Bridge? ___________________________________.

3.What is the Golden Gate Bridge named for ?________________________________.

4.What did the Europeans come to California to look for long ago ?

____________________________________________.

5.What did the passage mainly talk about ?___________________________________.

 

As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.

Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?

Follow Your Heart by Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream, the book says.

In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.

You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to

your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is

the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.

As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.

1.Your dreams can be very _______, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.

A．big              B．small             C．high              D．low

2.Follow Your Heart is a _______ .

A．movie            B．song             C．book             D．dream

3.What idea stops you from realizing your dream?

A．I can’t be a writer.                      B．I am good at some school subjects.

C．I think I am very great.                    D．I am the best student in our class.

4.Don’t let ____ leave your heart.

A．your idea         B．your decision       C．your dream        D．your book

5.Studying will help you to get better exam results ____ watching TV.

A．with             B．instead of         C．without           D．by

 

New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback. The New York police have 170 horses working in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact, they need more than 8,000 of them each year. Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths(铁匠). There are only about thirty-five of these blacksmiths in the whole United States. The cost of shoeing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty-five dollars, and it takes a good blacksmith two or three hours to do the job.

A blacksmith’s job is not an easy one. He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal and then fit it to the horse’s foot. The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight of the horse’s leg while he works. Clearly, a blacksmith must be very strong. But even more important, he must be able to deal with horses---for before the blacksmith can begin his work, he has to get the horse to lift its leg.

One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin. He came to the country from Ireland in 1948. He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city. Corbin became interested in blacksmithing because his father did it, and, as he puts it, “It’s a good way to make a living.”

1.According to the reading passage, a blacksmith must be likely a ________________ man.

A. clever                               B. rich                                   C. strong                               D. lucky

2.James Corbin became a blacksmith because he ________________.

A. was interested in horses

B. was needed by the policemen

C. drew a picture of the horseshoe

D. had to make a living

3.In the reading passage “to shape a shoe” is to ________________.

A. fit it on the horse’s foot

B. use it for two or three hours

C. make the form of a horseshoe from a piece of metal

D. draw a picture of the shoe

4.The best title for the passage is “________________”.

A. Policemen on Horseback

B. Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing

C. James Corbin, a Blacksmith

D. Horseshoeing is a Good Way to Make a Living

5.Which of the following is true?

A. Only a few large American cities have some policemen on horseback.

B. New York is the only city in America to have some policemen on horseback.

C. Policemen on horseback enjoy travelling around the United States.

D. Policemen on horseback are less expensive than those in cars.

 

根据短文内容，从Ａ、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。（15分，每小题1分）

 There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. In fact, she    nobody except her boyfriend, for he was always     to help her. She used to tell her boyfriend, “If I could see the     , I would marry you .”

    One day, someone donated (捐赠) a pair of    to her. When the bandages (绷带) came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend, for the     time. He asked her, “Now that you can see the world, will you     me?” The girl looked at her boyfriend and was greatly surprised to see that he was     . She had never expected that. She would not like to be with a blind husband for the rest of her life, so she     to marry him.

    Her boyfriend left in tears and a few days later wrote a      to her, saying, “My dear, take good care of your eyes.    they are yours, they are mine.”

    This is how the human brain (大脑) often works when our status (地位) changes. Only a very few remember what      was like before. And we ask for more than we need. Life is a gift. Today, before you complain about the     of your food, think of someone who has nothing to   . Before you complain about life, think of someone who went to heaven (天堂) too early. Before you complain about your old     , think of the people who are living in the streets. And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of those who have no jobs. So      what you have and don’t forget your past. 

1.A. forgot         B. loved          C. disliked         D. thanked

2.A. ready         B. unhappy        C. angry           D. sad

3.A. sight          B. world          C. earth           D. people

4.A. shoes         B. glasses         C. trousers         D. eyes

5.A. first          B. second          C. next           D. last

6.A. follow        B. love            C. marry          D. see

7.A. ugly          B. sick            C. short          D. blind

8.A. decided       B. agreed          C. refused         D. wanted

9.A. diary         B. note             C. song          D. story

10.A. Before       B. After            C. Once           D. Since

11.A. mind         B. work           C. school          D. life

12.A. taste         B. size             C. color           D. shape

13.A. do           B. wear            C. eat            D. make

14.A. food         B. house           C. clothes          D. bus

15.A. forget        B. spend           C. enjoy           D. Pay

 

短文填空，从下面方框中选出10个词，用它们的适当形式填入短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺(每词限用一次)。(共10小题，每小题1分；共计10分)

invite, lesson, friend ,something, work, they, little, watch, happy, learn, live, come

   I'm David. Now I spend my free time    1  with disabled children. But I never worked with them and knew little about the poor children's  2 before.

A year ago, I got the  3  from my friend. She asked me to help disabled children in a school on weekends. There were lots of disabled children living there. I found a little six-year-old girl, Tara. She couldn't see   4  or walk. So she has to sit on a special chair. I thought she must be very sad. But in fact, she often smiled and was   5  to others. I soon  6 that Tara loved to play hide-and-seek, quite a difficult game for herself.

So I took her chair to a quiet place, and then pretended(假装）I couldn't find her. She enjoyed it very much and smiled  7  . It also made me feel very happy. And I enjoyed  8  her smile happily.

Those disabled children give me a good  9 . I try to make those children's lives more  interesting. But in fact, they make my life much more intersting. They get    10   than others but they smile, and make others smile.