The English language is different from any other language. Yet English words do not stay the same. The language is always changing. We need new words for new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use, or older words are used in a new way. English can change by borrowing words from other languages. “Tomato” was borrowed from Mexico, the word “coffee” came from Turkey, and “tea” came from China.

Now new space and science words are being borrowed from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words together. “Postman” and “grandfather” are words made up of two parts. Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word “photo” was made from photograph by cutting off the end of the longer word. “Plane” was made by cutting off the front part of airplane. “Smog” was made by using only the first two and last two letters from the words “smoke” and “fog”. The names of people and products can become new words. Our sandwich was named after a man named “Sandwich” .

1. The English language needs new words　　   . 　　　　

A. to make it more beautiful

B. to make up some stories

C. for new inventions and new ideas

2. The passage makes you think that　　   .

A. all the new words are borrowed from other languages

B. languages do not stay the same all the time

C. the English language has more words than other languages

3. On the whole, the passage is about. 　　　　　　　　　　

A. borrowing words from other languages

B. naming new products

C. the development of the English language

4. The word “coffee” is an example to show that　　   . 　　 

A. the English language is always changing very fast

B. English can change by borrowing words from other languages

C. English is not as perfect as some other languages

5. Which of the following is true?　　　　　　　　　　　　

A. New words in the English language come into being in different ways.

B. New English words must be longer than the older ones.

C. All the languages except English always stay the same.

 

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　Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from place to place. They moved over the land, hunting（打猎）animals for food.

　No one knows how or when those people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it.

　People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew, Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big.

　When machines appeared（出现）, life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. Cities began to come into being（产生）. Some of them grew very big.

　Today, some people are moving back to small towns, can you tell why?

1． Long ago, people moved from place to place 　　　　.

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A． in the sky 　　　　　　  B． in the trees

C． on land　　　　　　    D． by flying

2．The story says, "But when they did, their lives changed." What does the word "they" mean?

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A． Animals　　　　　　　  B． Cities

C． People　　　　　　　　 D． Villages

3． What happened when factories were built?

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A． People began to live in the factories.

B． More and more people lived near the factories.

C． There were many machines in the factories.

D． Machines came into being.

4． Which of the following(下面的)does this story make you believe(相信)　　　　.

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A． All people like to live in big cities

B． It's good to live near a factory

C． Some people do not like to live in big cities

D． Factories are good

5． The main idea of the story is that 　　　　.

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A． factories were built after the cities grew big

B． people like to hunt animals

C． cities become bigger

D． cities began when people lived and worked near each other

Ⅰ．听短文，根据短文内容选择正确的答案

1．Why did the soldier keep silent at first?

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A．He was afraid of the officer.

B．He was ashamed.

C．He wouldn't tell the officer his name.

D．Because his name was Stone Breaker.

2．Who was Stone?

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A．An old soldier.

B．An officer whose work was to train soldiers.

C．A new soldier.

D．A man who looks after a kind of hard stone.

3．“I'm even harder than stone” shows “________”.

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A．His body was harder than stone.

B．His temper is had.

C．He would punish the soldiers very often.

D．He was very strict with the soldiers.

4．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．The officer did not allow the soldiers to call him “sir”.

B．Not all the soldiers told their names.

C．At last, the soldier told Stone his name.

D．The soldier refused to tell Stone his name.

Ⅱ．听短文，判断正（T）误（F）

1．Christmas is the most important day in the year in most countries.

(　　)

2．On Christmas Day, people like to sing and dance.

(　　)

3．Santa Claus wears blue clothes.

(　　)

4．There are a lot of Christmas trees in Santa Claus'bag.

(　　)

5．Some people die on Christmas Day, because they are cold and have no food to meat.

(　　)

Ⅲ．听短文，选择正确的选项

1．What kind of animals can get bird flu?

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2．What symptoms do people have when they catch bird flu?

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A．They will have a headache.

B．They only have cough.

C．They have sore throat.

D．They die at once.

3．According to the passage, how many people across Asia have died from bird flu?

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4．What will happen if a person with human flu catches bird flu?

[　　]

A．more dangerous virus might come into being.

B．The bird flu will kill the person at once.

C．That person will infect millions of birds.

D．That person will have a fever, a cough and a backache.

5．According to the passage, if the bird flu becomes widespread, what will happen to the virus?

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A．The virus will control all the human beings.

B．All the birds and poultry will disappear in the world.

C．The virus might change and infect the human population.

D．Another kind of virus will kill the bird flu virus