Do you know the word “brunch”? On weekends, many people like to have brunch—late breakfast or early lunch. People usually have brunch between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday because they like to get up late after a week’s hard work and they want to enjoy brunch with their parents, children or friends. That is a relaxing and interesting way of eating for most families.

Today brunch has become the most popular in big hotels. People can ask for it or cook it themselves. To make it look like both breakfast and lunch, people choose to have lots of dishes. You can often see the following food on the table: meat, eggs, fruit, vegetables, orange, and tea.

按要求完成下列各题。

1. When do people usually have brunch? （根据短文内容回答问题）

2.What do people think of eating brunch?（根据短文内容回答问题）

3.Do people usually eat much for brunch?（根据短文内容回答问题）

4. 从短文中找出与下面句子画线部分意思最相近的短语。

Many people like to have brunch.                                               

5.In the passage, the underlined word “it” refers to (指)                           .

选出与画线部分意思相同或相近的选项。

1．--Do you often visit your parents?

--Yes，very often．

A．write a letter         B．go to see              C．telephone                D．look after

2．--How many books are there in your school library?

--Nearly five thousand．

A．About                  B．More than            C．Over                      D．More

3．--Hello! Is Mrs. Cooper in?

--Wait a moment．please．

A．Come on              B．Wait in line             C．Hold on                  D．Speak loudly

4．--What do you think of the film “Shaolin Temple”?

--It’s interesting．

A．scared                 B．boring                  C．funny                    D．successful

5．--I don’t know how to read the word “medium”．

--Why not ask Mr. Taylor for help?

A．What about          B．Let’s                    C．How about              D．Why don’t you

根据首字母提示或汉语意思填空，使短文意思通顺，结构完整。
When I was young, I studied hard all the time. But (1)u_________,my grades were low and I nearly lost (2) (信心) _________in myself .
My father was worried about it .He took me to the garden .Pointing to two rows of trees ,he asked me ,"Do you know what trees they are ?" I watched (3)c_________ and answered, "They are poplars and gingkoes. " My father asked me to (4)c_________ poplars with gingkoes and find out the (5)(不同) _________ between them .It’s very clear that poplars are much (6)t_________ than the gingkoes.
My father told me the two rows of trees (7)（种）_________ at the same time . While being planted , they were as tall as each other .With the same sunlight ,the same water and the same care, but why are the poplars so tall and the gingkoes are so (8)s_________?
I stood there without (9)s_________ a word . Then my father said ,"Boy ,you know ,the valuable things often grow up slowly."
I knew what my father meant by saying so .From then on, I studied harder and harder .And my grades (10)i_________ greatly .Three years later ,I succeeded in entering Beijing University .