1、.阅读理解AScientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need.They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day.They are:(1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds.(2) citrus(柑桔) fruits and tomatoes.(3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables.(4) meat of all
2、 kinds,fish and eggs.(5) milk and foods made from milk.(6) bread or cereal(谷类),rice is also in this kind of food.(7) butter,or something like butter.People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things.Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of way
3、s.People in different countries eat at different times of the day.In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day.Scientists say that none of the differences is really important.It doesnt matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked,canned or fr
4、ozen.It doesnt matter if a person eats dinner at 4 oclock in the afternoon or at eleven oclock at night.The important thing is what you eat every day.There are two problems,then,in feeding the large number of people on earth.The first is to find some ways to feed the worlds population so that no one
5、 is hungry.The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.【解题导语】本文主要叙述人们每天必需的七类食品;说明了最重要的是吃的是什么;介绍了要解决的两个问题。1According to the scientists,which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch?Achicken,apples,c
6、ereal,cabbagesBpotatoes,carrots,rice,breadCoranges,bananas,fish,tomatoesDbeef,pork,fish,milk解析:选A。细节理解题。根据文章中科学家所提供的人们每天必须的7类食品,可知作中餐食品的A类最佳。2It is important for people to eat_Athree times a dayBdinner at twelve oclockCcooked food all the dayDsomething from each of the seven kinds of food every day解
7、析:选D。细节理解题。根据第二段可知人们每天吃几餐不重要;在哪个时间进食不重要;吃生的或熟的、罐装的或冷冻的食品不重要,重要的是人们必须吃到这七类食品的每一种。3Which of the following is NOT true?APeople in some places dont have enough to eat.BThere are too many people in the world.COne of the problems is that no one is hungry.DThe scientists are trying to make people grow to b
8、e strong and healthy.解析:选C。细节理解题。在第三段里要解决的二个问题之一就是find some ways to feed the worlds population so that no one is hungry(找到解决饥饿问题的方法)。所以C项说法是错误的。4If there is Paragraph 4,what do you think is going to be talked about?AWhen people eat their lunchBWhat to do with the two problemsCHow to cook food in dif
9、ferent waysDWhy people eat different kinds of food解析:选B。推理判断题。在第三段里提到要解决的两个问题,如果有第四段,那么应该就是议论如何来解决这两个问题。BPassenger pigeons (旅鸽)once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable numbers.Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks (群)so large that they darkened the sky fo
10、r hours.It was calculated that when its population reached its highest point,they were more than 3 billion passenger pigeonsa number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the United States,making it perhaps the most abundant bird in the world.Even as late as 1870 when their numbe
11、rs had already become smaller,a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles (about 515 kilometers) long was seen near Cincinnati. Sadly,the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoingWhere the birds were most abundant,people believed there was an everlasting supply and killed them
12、by the thousands.Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain,waited until pigeons had settled to feed,then threw large nets over them,taking hundreds at a time.The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants. By the closing decades of the 19th century,the hardwood
13、forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans need for wood,which scattered (驱散) the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north,where cold temperatures and spring storms contributed to their decline.Soon the great flocks were gone,never to be seen again. In 1897,the state
14、 of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons,but by then,no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years.The last confirmed wild pigeon in the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County,Ohio,in 1900.For a time,a few birds survived under human care.The last of
15、them,known affectionately as Martha,died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1,1914.【解题导语】本文是记叙文。文章介绍了美国原来有非常多的旅鸽,然而令人难过的是,后来由于过度捕杀和其他原因,旅鸽的数量锐减。虽然后来通过立法对其进行保护,但是在野外已经很难看到旅鸽的身影了。5In the 18th and early 19th centuries,passenger pigeons_ Awere the biggest bird in the worldBlived mainly in
16、the south of America Cdid great harm to the natural environment Dwere the largest bird population in the US解析:选D。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks(群)so large that they darkened the sky for hours.可知,这些旅鸽如此多,以至于天空变暗了几个小时,据此可以得知,18、19世纪的时候旅鸽的数目很多。故选D。6Th
17、e underlined word “ undoing” probably refers to the pigeons_Aescape Bruin Cliberation Devolution解析:选B。词义推测题。根据文章第三段后半部分提到的commercial hunters的捕捉方法和第四段旅鸽数目的下降可知,旅鸽受到了很大的伤害,因此该词的意思为“毁灭”。7What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons? ATo seek pleasure. BTo save other birds. CTo make mon
18、ey. DTo protect crops.解析:选C。推理判断题。根据文章第三段最后一句The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.可推知,人们杀害旅鸽是为了得到钱(to make money)。8What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan?AIt was ignored by the public.BIt was declared too late.CIt was unfair. DIt was strict.解析:选B。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第
19、一句后半部分but by then,no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years可知,立法时旅鸽的数目已经很少了,与B项“宣布得太迟”相吻合。.语法填空Rivers are one of our most important natural resources.Many of the worlds great cities 1._ (locate) on rivers, and almost every country 2._ (have) at least one river flowing through it that
20、 plays 3._ important part in the lives of its people.Since the beginning of history, people 4._ (use) rivers for transportation.The 5._ (long) one in the United States is the Mississippi, and the lifeline of Egypt is the Nile.Besides transportation, rivers give water to drink, water for crops, and c
21、hances for fun and recreation for the people 6._ live along their banks.However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often make problems.As the cities grow 7._ size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes 8._ (pollute) with chemicals and other materials.
22、People are learning the 9._ (important) of doing more to keep their rivers clean if they want to enjoy the benefits of this 10._ (nature) resource.【解题导语】本文是关于河流污染的话题。1解析:此处意为:位于;故用be located on.答案:are located2解析:本句的主语是every country,故谓语用has。答案:has3解析:此处是play an important part in.在扮演重要角色。答案:an4解析:由文中的
23、since可知,用现在完成时。答案:have used5解析:此处意为:美国最长的河流,用最高级。答案:longest6解析:此处是who引导定语从句,修饰the people。答案:who7解析:在尺寸方面:in size。答案:in8解析:此处是过去分词作表语,表示被动。答案:polluted9解析:冠词the后接名词。importance n重要性。答案:importance10解析:此处是形容词作定语。答案:natural.书面表达假设你是王华,是某家庭旅馆的服务员,向美国客人Mike介绍你工作的家庭旅馆的情况。请你给他写信介绍,具体内容如下:价格 单人间每天30元;双人间每人每天20
24、元;餐费每人每天20元。饮食 和住户主人一家一起吃中餐,有菜单,可点菜,也可以自己做饭。活动 海水浴、游泳、登山,不付工资的温室劳动(自愿) 补充说明 近距离了解中国,还可以感受到家庭气氛。注意:1.短文必须包括表格中的所有内容,可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;2开头已给出,不计入总词数;3词数:100左右;4参考词汇:家庭旅馆household hotel。Dear Mike,Very glad to have received your letter.Now Id like to tell you about household hotels in my hometown._Im look
25、ing forward to your coming.Yours,Wang HuaOne possible version:Dear_Mike,Very_glad_to_have_received_your_letter.Now_Id_like_to_tell_you_about_household_hotels_in_my_hometown.The household hotel is nice to stay in.Not only can you learn about China clearly,but also you can feel at home as well by dini
26、ng with the family for only 20 yuan a day.Of course you can cook by yourself if the menu doesnt satisfy you.It is really cheap to live in a single room for 30 yuan a day and a double room for 20 yuan each.You can bathe and swim in the sea,climb the hill and do unpaid jobs in the greenhouse if youd like to.Im_looking_forward_to_your_coming.Yours,Wang_Hua