Something interesting always happens（发生） in our life. John is a doorman(看门人) of a club in a big city. Every day hundreds of people pass his door and a lot of them stop and say to him, “①What’s the time, please?”
A few days later, John thinks, “②I don’t want to      this same（相同的） question, I’m going to the shop and        a big clock. Then I’m going to put it up on the wall here.” He buys a clock and puts it up on the wall.
“③No people are going to ask me the time again,” he says happily. But after that, a lot of people also stop every day, look at the clock and say to John, “Is that clock right?”
【小题1】写出划线部分①的同义句。                                    
【小题2】在②句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺。                
【小题3】将句③译成中文。                                
【小题4】What’s John’s job?                                   
【小题5】找出或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子：                

Something interesting always happens（发生） in our life. John is a doorman(看门人) of a club in a big city. Every day hundreds of people pass his door and a lot of them stop and say to him, “①What’s the time, please?”
A few days later, John thinks, “②I don’t want to      this same（相同的） question, I’m going to the shop and        a big clock. Then I’m going to put it up on the wall here.” He buys a clock and puts it up on the wall.
“③No people are going to ask me the time again,” he says happily. But after that, a lot of people also stop every day, look at the clock and say to John, “Is that clock right?”

1. 1.

   写出划线部分①的同义句。                                    

2. 2.

   在②句的空白处分别填入一个适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺。                

3. 3.

   将句③译成中文。                                

4. 4.

   What’s John’s job?                                   

5. 5.

   找出或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子：                

Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020．"What will our world be like in the year 2020?""I don’t know."says Fred．"What do you think?""Well, no one knows, but It’s interesting to guess.""In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answers to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, too, and we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we’ll be able to see them at the same time.""A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too.""Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays, perhaps they’ll work only two or three days a week. They’ll be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there.""I’m looking forward(期待) to the year 2020. I hope to go to the moon!""And I hope I’ll be able to live under the sea."says Fred."Won’t that be very interesting? Just like a fish!"
【小题1】根据Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020．及下文描述,可知他们谈论的是将来的生活,故选D
【小题2】根据"Machines will do most of the work,可知选A
【小题3】根据""I’m looking forward(期待) to the year 2020. I hope to go to the moon!"描述,可知选C
【小题4】根据"And I hope I’ll be able to live under the sea."says Fred."Won’t that be very interesting? Just like a fish!"可知选B
【小题5】D
【小题6】Tom and Fred talked about          ．

Name                      Personal Information

Norman Bethune       ·Born in 1890 in Canada

·A doctor

·Came to China in 1938

·Died in 1939 in China

Celine

Dion ·Born in Montreal, Canada

·A singing star

·In 1997, sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic

Thomas Edison  ·Born in 1847, Kentucky, the USA

·Made over 1,000 inventions

·Died in 1931

Bill

Gates         ·Born in 1955 in the USA

·Wrote Business at the Speed of Thought

·Owned Microsoft Company

Mark

Twain         ·Born in 1835 in the USA

·A writer

·Died in 1910

·Wrote Tom Sawyer

1.根据表格第三行描述,可知席琳迪翁出生在加拿大的蒙特利尔,故选D.

2.根据表格最后一行描述,可知马克吐温是个作家,他出生在1835年.故选B.

3.根据表格第三行描述,可知我心永恒是首歌曲的名字,故选C.

4.根据表格第二行描述,可知白求恩在1938年来到中国,在1939年去世,故他在中国生活了两年.选A.

5.根据表格第四行描述,可知爱迪生的发明超过一千多项.故选C.

6._______ is from Canada.

A. Bill Gates      B. Mark Twain             C. Thomas Edison                D. Celine Dion

7.The _____ was born in 1835.

A. inventor                 B. writer                      C. doctor                              D. singer

8.My Heart Will Go On is the name of a ______.

A. book                        B. film                                    C. song                                           D. story

9.Dr Bethune worked in China for about ______years.

A. 2                              B. 4                                        C. 6                                                 D. 8

10.Which of the following is true?

A. Mark Twain wrote Business at the Speed of Thought.

B. Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1995.

C. Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions.

D. Celine Dion stopped singing 1997.