The bicycle is really and important means of transportation in China.Bicyclese have become more and more popular in China.People ride bikes to their workplaces,to shopping centers,to schools,and so on.During the rush hour,you can often see a boiling sea of bicycles running in all directions.With the largest number of bike riders in the world,China is often referred to as the kingdom of bicycles.There are many advantages(优点) about the bicycle.For example,bicycles do not cause air or sound pollution(污染);compared with cars,bicycle cause no environmental(环境的) problems;bicycles save energy(能源) and parking place;riding bikes to travel can be a wonderful experience(经历);the bicycle allows us to go anywhere nearby easily;bikes are not very expensive,and almost every family can afford them;riding bikes regularly does good to people's health.

　　通读短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

1.Why is China called the kingdom of bicycles?

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2.Can we go anywhere easily by bicycles?

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3.Why can almost every family afford bicycles?

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4.What do you think the most popular means of transportation in China is?

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5.What are the advantages of the bicycles?You can give one or two examples.

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想验证你的阅读理解能力吗？请仔细阅读上述3a部分的短文，注意细节，并选出能够完成句子或回答问题的最佳答案。

(1)The writer mainly tells us ________.

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A．the most popular means of transportation around the world

B．the most popular ways of getting to school in North America

C．the different ways of getting to school for students around the world

D．the transportation in parts of the world

(2)What does“students usually go to school by boat.”mean? ________

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A．Students usually take boats to get to school.

B．Students usually take a boat to get to school.

C．Students usually go to school take a boat.

(3)In Japan, the three moat popular ways of getting to school are ________.

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A．trains, walks and bikes

B．bus, train and boat

C．taking trains, walking and riding bikes

D．bus, train and bike

(4)Why do students in Hongshanhu and Kaishandao usually go to school by boat? ________

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A．Because there are some rivers or lakes.

B．Because there are more boats than buses.

C．Because that must be a lot more fun than taking a bus.

D．Because it takes less time by boat.

阅读理解

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

　　Almost all people like flowers. Some people like flowers because of their smells, shapes, colors and so on. Others like flowers because they think different flowers mean different things. Flowers have their own language. For example, red roses mean “love” and sunflowers mean “loyalty”(忠诚). So people in more than 100 countries have chosen their own national flowers which say something about their countries' spirit. In 1994, China talked about choosing a national flower. Some people liked the peony(牡丹) but others liked the plum blossom(梅花). They couldn't agree with each other. So it has not been decided yet.

　　People liked to buy different flowers in different seasons. Where do all the beautiful flowers in shops come from? They may come from far away, so their price is higher.

　　a．Farmers grow flowers in their fields.

　　b．Planes or trains or buses take the flowers to different places.

　　c．Flower shopkeepers buy flowers from the flower markets. They look at the flowers and throw away the broken or bad ones. They cut the flowers to make them more beautiful.

　　d．You go to buy the flowers in the shops. When you buy a flower, you're paying lots of people: the farmer, the driver of the plane or train or bus, the seller in the flower market and the flower shopkeeper.

　　So you'd better keep your flowers from far away for a long time. But how? Why not dry them? It's easy! Sand drying is a way. Dry, clean sand is one of the oldest things for drying flowers. And it's one of the cheapest.

　　·Fill a box half-way with sand.

　　·Put the flowers on top of the sand.

　　·Put the box in a warm, dry place.

　　·Leave the flowers there for one to three weeks.

　　·Take them out and they will be dry.

1．The underlined words “national flowers” most probably means ________.

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A．the flowers of the country

B．the flowers of the season

C．the most beautiful flowers

D．the strongest flowers

2．People usually choose their own “national flower” according to(根据) the flower's ________.

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3．The Chinese national flower has not been decided yet, because ________.

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A．no flower can show China's spirit

B．China hasn't talked about choosing one

C．nobody agrees to choose the national flower

D．people can't agree to choose the same flower

4．You'd better keep your flowers for a long time, because ________.

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A．the flowers are easy to dry

B．the farmer will also ask you to pay

C．the flowers are expensive to buy

D．the shopkeeper has made them more beautiful

5．Sand drying is everything here in the following but ________.

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阅读理解

　　It was a very hot summer morning but inside the Pyramid(金字塔) it was quite cool. Tom and his classmates had just walked into the Pyramid and were surprised to see what it was like.

　　They went to the Queen's Room. They saw a passage(通道). At the end of it there was a small room. They were told that they couldn't go into that room, because it was newly found. Tom looked toward the passage. Two of his friends, Jason and Peter, saw him and said, “Don't get into trouble, Tom!” As soon as nobody was looking, Tom went up the dark passage, opened the door and walked in. Suddenly the door closed behind him. The room was very dark, but luckily Tom had brought a torch(手电筒) with him. When he turned it on, he saw white faces in front of him. “Oh, no!” He cried and ran to the door. He quickly opened it and went down the passage to the Queen's Room as fast as he could.

　　As soon as Tom disappeared, Jason and Peter took the piece of white cloth off their faces and walked slowly down the passage. They couldn't stop laughing. “That will teach him a lesson.” said Jason.

　　1．Why did Jason and Peter say “Don't get into the trouble, Tom!”?

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A．Because they knew that Tom was thinking of getting into that room.

B．Because Tom had got trouble earlier that day.

C．Because Tom was very much afraid.

D．Because they were not good friends.

2．What did Tom do when the door closed behind him?

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A．He was afraid and cried loudly.

B．He waited quietly in the dark.

C．He turned on his torch.

D．He ran away quickly.

3．The word “disappeared” most possibly means ________.

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4．Jason and Peter laughed because ________.

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A．they had got Tom into trouble

B．they liked telling jokes

C．they had played a joke on Tom

D．Tom didn't listen to them

5．Where do you think this story took place? In ________.

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想验证你的阅读速度吗？请快速阅读课本中本单元section B中的3a部分的短文(课本第27页)并了解大意，回答下列问题吧。

(1)What does the writer refer to in the article?

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(2)Do all the students take the bus to school in North America?

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(3)Are other parts of the world different from the United States?

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(4)What are the three most popular ways of getting to school in Japan?

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(5)Bikes and buses are the most popular means of transportation in China, aren't they? Do you think so?

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(6)Do students in Hongshanhu and Kaishandao have to go to school by boat?

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