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(1) The Weather （选自广州）
In winter the weather in England is often very cold. In spring and autumn there
are sometimes cold days, but there are also days when the weather is warm. The weather is usually warm in summer. It is sometimes hot in summer, but it is not often very hot. There are often cool days in summer.
When the temperature is over 27℃, English people say it is hot. When the
temperature is about 21℃, they say it is warm.
In the north of Europe it is very cold in winter. In the south of Europe the
summer is often very hot. In the south of Spain（1） and in North Africa（2） the summer is always hot.
Water freezes（3） at 0℃. When water freezes, it changes from a liquid（4）
into ice. Water boils（5） at 100℃. When water boils, it changes from a liquid into steam（6）.
Notes: （1）Spain/speIn/n. 西班牙 （2）Africa/`frIk/n.非洲 （3）freeze/fri：z/v.
结冰 （4）liquid/`lIkwId/n.液体 （5）boil/bIl/v.沸腾；（水）开 （6）steam/sti：m/ n.蒸汽
is the weather like in summer in England hot. . . A and C.
do you think “the north of Europe\ part of a country. capital of Europe. country in the north of Europe. part of Europe.
water freezes, it changes from into . , ice , steam , ice , water
writer wants to tell us something about . weather in Europe weather in England knowledge of the temperature D. three states of water
答案：1—4 DDAC
(2) The Artist and the Beggar（1） (选自成都)
An artist was coming home by train one day. He hadn’t much money but was very
kind. He gave his last few coins（2） to a beggar, but he saw another one, and forgot that he didn’t have any money in his pockets. He asked the man if he liked to have lunch with him, and the beggar, of course, agreed. So
they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.
In the end, the artist could not pay the bill（3）, and the beggar had to do
so. The artist felt very sorry for it, so he said to the beggar, “Come home with me in a taxi, my friend. And I’ll give you the money for our lunch.\
“Oh, no!\beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m
not going to pay for your taxi home!\
Notes: （1）beggar/`beg/ n.乞丐 （2）coin/kIn/n. 硬币 （3）bill /bIl/n.帐单 kind of man was the artist did he do to the first beggar
did the artist forget when he invited another beggar to have lunch with him paid for the meal
did the artist want to do at last
didn’t the beggar go home with the artist
答案：
artist is a kind man.
gave his last few coins to the first beggar. forgot that he had no money then. beggar paid for the bill.
wanted to return the beggar the money when he got home. he wouldn’t pay for the taxi.
(3) A Common Language （选自陇南）
There is a common（1） language popular in every country in the world. All the
people, old and young, men and women, must use it.
It’s everybody’s second language. It’s easy to learn, though（2） you don’
t hear it. It’s sign language（3）.
When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone,
you mean to be friendly. When you put up your hand in class, you are saying, “Please ask me. I know the correct answer.\front of your mouth, you mean “Be quiet.\talk to each other. There is even a university for the deaf in the United States. There are also TV programmes for the deaf people. They use sign language to tell everybody.
Notes: （1）common/`kmn/adj. 共同的 （2）though/u/ conj. 尽管 （3）sign language
手势语 （4）wave/weIv/ v. 挥手
uses sign language.
language is not d , so we can learn it. people who can s use sign language, too.
someone smiles at you, it means he/she is friendly t you.
you can a a question, you should put up your hand first.
put your finger in front of your mouth if you want someone not to s
anything.
deaf can talk to each other w sign language.
A deaf people can learn sign language in the university.
答案：
(4) Tom Broke a Plate or a Gold Watch （选自辽宁）
It was Sunday and Tom was staying at home. After breakfast he went out into the
garden and played quietly by himself. There were no kids around and he was used to（1） playing alone quietly. He played with Bobby, the dog. He climbed up and down the tree. Sometimes a bird would come down to perch（2） on top of the doghouse. Then Tom would have the greatest fun（3） by throwing a stone or something at it. Though he never made it, he did like doing this kind of thing.
Now Tom had been in the garden for half an hour. Suddenly a crack（4） was heard
and the little boy began crying.
“What’s the matter,Tom\mother looked through the kitchen（5） window. Tom
ran into the kitchen.
“Mum,\he sobbed（6）. \broke Bobby’s plate. I didn’t know it was so fragile
（7）.\
His mother put her arms round him and said, “Don’t feel so sad, Tom. We have
other plates for Bobby. But how did you break that one\
“I threw it at a bird but missed, and it went straight to the plate.\ In Tom’s hand was his father’s gold pocket watch（8）! Notes: （1）be used to 习惯于 （2）perch/p：t/n. 停歇 （3）fun/fn/n. 爱好 （4）
crack /crk/n. 破碎声 （5）kitchen/`kItn/n. 厨房 （6）sob/sb/v. 抽泣 （7）fragile/`frdaIl/adj. 易碎的 （8）gold pocket watch 金怀表
did the story happen
a Sunday afternoon. a Sunday morning. noon. the evening.
a bird perched on top of the doghouse,Tom . like to play with it
very interested in it by throwing a stone at it like to give it something to eat smile
were no kids around and he was used to playing alone quietly. Here“kids\
means .
long had Tom been in the garden when his mother heard him cry hour. day. hours. an hour. 5.“Though he never made it\“ \
he couldn’t hit a bird with a stone or something he couldn’t catch the bird
he couldn’t have fun from the bird he couldn’t eat the bird
答案：1—5 BBCDA
(5) Eating
An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend
of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this,“I’m afraid it’ll have to be someplace cheap, as I have very little money.\The other person may say,“OK, I’ll meet you at McDonald’s.\
This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself.
He may also say,“Oh, no. I want to take you to lunch at Smith’s,\“I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there. They’re great.\the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may just say,“Thank you. That would be very nice.\
American customs（1） about who pays for dates（2） are much the same as in other
parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university（3） girl or a woman in business world will usually pay her way during the day. If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours, it means “Come, as my guest（4）.” So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning.
Notes:（1）custom/`kstm/n. 风俗 （2）date/deIt/n.约会 （3）university/、ju：
nI`v：sItI/n. 大学 （4）guest/gest/n. 客人
passage tells us . to eat out to eat out
to eat out pays for the meal you have little money, .
’ll have a cheap meal ’ll borrow some from others ’ll ask your friend to pay for your meal
won’t want your friends to ask you to dinner 3.“Go Dutch\ . A.去饭馆 B.就餐 C.订餐 D.各自付款
your friend takes you to lunch. It means . ’s going to lend some money to you
’s going to pay for your meal, too ’ll be angry with you can’t understand you
America,some girls and women now. men to pay for their meals to pay for the men’s meals to pay for their own meals have anything outside
答案：1—5 DADBC
阅读理解（6）
Most children like watching ’s very （1） watching TV they can see and learn
a lot and know many things about their country and the course,they can also learn over the they can learn better and more easily with Because they can hear and watch at the same they can’t see anything over the radio.
TV helps to open children’s helps to open their minds（2）, learn newer and
better ways of doing may find the world is now smaller than before.
Many children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday are always busy with their
a few children watch TV every go to bed very can’t have a good about you,my young friends
Notes:（1）by/baI/prep.通过 （2）minds/maIndz/n.智力 few children go to bed late because they . busy with their lessons their homework TV to the radio
can’t see anything . the radio the radio TV watching TV
helps to open children’s . and minds or minds
4. children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening. lot C. A lot of little
can study better and more easily with TV because . like to watch TV can hear at the same time can watch at the same time
can listen to and see something at the same time
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