The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is most surprising is that it was not ___1__ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo Da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced___2___ long after he died.
　　A person riding a bicycle uses ___3___ energy to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, in developed ____4___, most people don’t travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel___5____ if they ride to work. It’s because __6___ cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes ___7___ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work ___8___ their cars cars, and in this way, the situation is made more serious.___9___ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths (开设通道) only for bicycles, and to make ___10___ so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bicycles.

【小题1】

A．invent B．inventing C．invented D．to invent

【小题2】

A．before B．when C．since D．until

【小题3】

A．much B．quite a lot of C．very little D．many

【小题4】

A．world B．countries C．land D．earth

【小题5】

A．lucky B．glad C．sorry D．tired

【小题6】

A．the number of B．a number of C．this kind of D．all kinds of

【小题7】

A．safer B．more dangerous C．much dangerous D．safe

【小题8】

A．by B．in C．use D．drive

【小题9】

A．Hardly B．May be C．Perhaps D．Nearly

【小题10】

A．it B．them C．us D．that

 —___________ my daughter is only ten years old, she knows a lot.

　 —What a clever girl!　　

A. Though              B. Because              C. Whether

 

 

TV　 PROGRAMMES
Channel 1	Channel 2
18:00　 Around China 　　18:30　 Children’s programme 　　19:00　 News 　　19:30　 Weather report 　　19:40　 Around the world 　　20:10　 TV play: Sisters 　　21:00　 English for today 　　21:15　 Popular music 　　21:55　 Talk show	17:45　 Computers today 　　18:10　 Foreign arts 　　18:30 　“Modern English” 　　19:00　 Animal world 　　19:25　 In Asia 　　20:20　 Sports 　　21:00　 Sports player: Yao Ming 　　21:45　 English news 　　22:05　 On TV next week

1.If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be ______.

　　  

A．TV play

B．Sports

C．TV play: Yao Ming

D．Talk show

2.The programme of ___ will let you know much about western countries.

　   

A．Sisters

B．Around China

C．Around the world

D．In Asia

3. If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is ____.

A．at 19:40 on Channel 1

B．at 19:00 on Channel 2

C．at 18:30 on Channel 2

D．at 21:15 on Channel 1

4.“Modern English”is a programme that ____.

A．lets you know something about classroom

B．tells you something about students

C．lets you know something about school life

D．teacher you English

5.The programme at the end of Channel 2 means ____ on TV next week.

A．news

B．programmes

C．people

D．places

 

My name is Ann. Come and meet my family. This is my grandfather Henry Smith and this is my grandmother Helen Smith. They are very kind(善良的). This is my father Bob Smith and that is my mother Anna Smith. Jack is my brother. He is only five. I love my family.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案（10分）

1.My grandfather’s name is       .

　　　　　　A、Henry            B、Helen             C、Bob

2.Helen is Ann’s          .

A、father            B、brother           C、grandmother

3.Jack and I are          .

           A、friends           B、brother and sister       C、father and mother

4.There are(有)         people(人) in my family.

A、3                 B、4                 C、6

5.Ann’s father is         .

A、Bob               B、Jack                  C、Helen

 

I think there ________ tall buildings in the future.　

　　  

A．will have

B．will be

C．have

D．are