Do you have any foreign friends? Do you know their characteristics(特征)?

The Germans are very quiet and they always keep calm. They don’t like to speak more words. They look very serious. They like different kinds of amusements. The Germans are very hard—working. They like tidiness, especially the women, who always keep their home clean.

In some ways, the Englishmen look the same as the Germans. They are very quiet and never talk too much with the strangers. They are really polite, so we often hear they say “Thank you.” Or “Sorry.” The gentlemen are also the Englishmen.

The French’s holidays are very long. They like traveling and usually spend their long time staying in other countries. The Frenchmen are more outgoing than the Germans. It is very easy to make friends with them.

Compared to the Frenchmen, the Americans are more outgoing. And they are even opener than all of the Europeans. They don’t like to depend on others. So it is very common that the students do part-time jobs in their free time. And in Americans’ eyes, success is an important part in their life.

1.According to the passage, ______are very quiet.

A. only the Germans

B. only the Englishmen

C. only the Frenchmen

D. both the Germans and the Englishmen

2.What does the underlined word “tidiness” mean in Chinese?

A.整洁      B.安静      C.时尚      D.随意

3.In the writer’s eyes, the gentlemen are______.

A. the Germans B. the Frenchmen

C. the Englishmen   D. the Americans

4.What can we learn about the Frenchmen from the passage?

A. They are more outgoing than the Americans.

B. It is very easy to make friends with them.

C. They like traveling in their own country.

D. They look serious and are always hard-working.

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Foreigners’ hobbies.

B. Who are more outgoing?

C. Characteristics of the foreigners.

D. Success is an important part in Americans’ life.

 

阅读与回答问题。（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer. Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg. Every day Jeff puts on an artificial(man-made) leg. The leg was plastic. With the plastic leg, Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim and play soccer. He can also run.
When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States, from the East to the West. He started running in Boston on April 1. He stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 5,190 kilometres; that’s about 26 kilometres each day. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic legs.
Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff. It was for the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society used the money to learn about cancer.
On the way to Los Angeles, Jeff talked to people about cancer. He also talked about being disabled. Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things: he skis, swims, plays soccer, and runs. He finished college and is studying to be a lawyer. Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”
1. Why does Jeff have one leg left?
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2. What did Jeff do with the money he got on the way to Los Angeles?
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3. What does Jeff want to be in the future?
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4.How long did it take Jeff to run from Boston to Los Angeles?
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5. What does the story want to tell us?(请自拟一句话作答)
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用方框中所给的词语的适当形势填空，使短文正确、通顺、连贯（每词限用一次）

not support , zoo , care for , keep , good , hardly , surprise , for , much , be  suitable for

Yesterday I visited the Hong Shan Forest Zoo. I was  1  to find few people there.   2  are very important places. They provide homes  3  many endangered animals .They also help to educate the public about
 4 them . If we   5 our zoos, they won’t have enough money to take care of so  6  fine animals. Therefore, People should go and visit the zoos more often to learn about animals and help to protect them  7 .
However, some people don’t think so. They think zoos are terrible places for animals to live.“I’ve visited a lot of zoos in my life, and I have never seen one I like or one that  8 animals to live in .”Jenny said The animals 9 in small cages and can   10 move at all .What’s more, they are only given food once a week That’s terrible.

Near the village, there is an old famous temple. Some people want to build new house where the temple now stands, because they can find no other area to build them, while others disagree with them. They meet to decide how to solve the problem. Here are their opinions about it.

The expert wants to protect the temple and believes that there are some interesting things buried in the ground. If it is destroyed or moved, people may never learn about how people lived in the past.

The businessman thinks that the houses should be built. History is important, but we must think about the future. The village needs development and building new houses will offer jobs to hundreds of people.

Villager A says, “We should build the new houses because we need houses to live in.”

Villager B says, “We should protect the temple because it can attract many tourists to come for a visit. If the temple is destroyed or moved, we will lose a lot of business.”

The village leader thinks that he has a duty to make life better for the villagers. They need jobs and new houses. He also thinks the cultural site (遗迹) is important and they should be careful with it as well.

1.The expert doesn’t want to _______ the old famous temple.

A. rebuild      B. protect      C. pull down    D. fall down

2.The businessman thinks building houses there can _______.

A. help the village develop 

B. attract many tourists to come for a visit

C. help people learn about how people lived in the past

D. help people learn about the interesting things buried in the ground

3._______ agree that they should build new houses there.

A. The expert and the village leader

B. The businessman and Villager A

C. Villager A and Villager B

D. Villager B and the businessman

4.The village leader thinks _______.

A. they should destroy the temple

B. they needn’t build new houses

C. They should build the temple to make life better

D. they should not only build new houses but also be careful with the temple

5.According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A. It’s difficult to satisfy everyone.

B. The cultural site is not so important.

C. It’s easy to make a decision on the problem.

D. The villagers will lose their jobs with the development of their hometown

 

More and more students _________ too much homework and they are really tired of it.

A．complain about                         B．care about

C．learn about                            D．hear about