In almost every big university (大学in the United States, football is a favourite sport. American football is different. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances (机会to move the ball ten yards (码. They can carry it or they can throw it. If they move the ball ten yards, they can try to move it another ten yards. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points (点.
It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the other team try to stop the man with the ball. If he does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball the other team.
Each university wants its own team to win. Many thousands of people come to watch. They all shout for their favourite team.
Young men and women come on the field to help the people shout more. They dance and jump while they shout.
Each team plays ten or eleven games each season.
The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV. 1. The passage talks about ___________.
A. football
B. how to play football C. American sports
D. American football 2. We can _______ the football in both American football and Chinese football. A. kick B. throw C. run with D. catch 3. Why is it difficult to move the ball? Because ___________. A. ten yards is a long way
B. many men on the other team try not to let the ball come near C. the playing field is very large
D. eleven men have to catch the ball one by one 4. If they _________, the teams will play on January 1.
A. receive six points
B. play eleven games in the season C. are the best teams
D. move the ball to the end of the field
5. Many people come to watch football and they want their team to win. Which of the following is not their act?
A. Jumping B. Dancing C. Crying D. Shouting
“Who has more questions, a teacher or a student?”About this question a great learned man told his student that nobody does but a teacher.
The student got puzzled. With a smile, the teacher drew two circles (圆. Within (在……里面the larger one is my knowledge of things, and within the smaller one is yours. Out of the circles is still unknown to both of us. Since mine is larger, as you can see, the line that marks out the circle is longer. That makes it clear that who has more chances (机会to face something still unknown.
1. The great learned man believed that ________. A. a teacher has more questions B. a student has more questions
C. both a teacher and a student have questions
D. everyone, except a teacher, has more questions 2. The student thought that ________.
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A. a student’s knowledge is less than his teacher’s because it comes from the teacher B. a teacher can not necessarily answer all the questions his students ask C. those who have less knowledge have more questions D. anyone who learns more has more questions
3. At the end of the story, the great learned man concluded (推断that ________. A. a student should learn from his teacher
B. a teacher does not have so many questions as his student C. a student knows more than his teacher
D. a teacher has more chances to face what he doesn’t know 4. Which of the following topics can NOT express the idea of the story? A. You Will Never Learn Enough B. A Teacher and His Student C. There Is No Limit to Knowledge D. One Is Never Too Old to Learn 5. We can often find such an article in ________. A. the Palace Museum B. any book
C. a newspaper of magazine D. An encyclopedia (百科全书
Mexico's neighbours are the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south. Mexico is about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world's largest Spanish-speaking country. Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7349 feet high (2240 metres. This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population, of Mexico City grows bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world, even more than Tokyo.
Mexico also has its specialities. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize, avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous for its cactus (仙人掌 plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country.
1. Mexico is ____the USA. A. on the south of B. on the north of C. a part of
D. as large as 2. Mexicans speak______. A. English C. French B. Spanish D. Latin(拉丁语
3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. B. The population of Mexico City is 30,000,000. C. Tokyo is one of the cities with the largest population. D. Mexico City is the highest city in the world.
4. Tomatoes were originally (最初 grown in ______.
A. America B. Spain C. Tokyo D. Mexico
5. The best title (题目 of the passage is ___. A. Mexico City B. Mexico's plants C. Mexico
D. Mexico's population A Trip to the Forest
One day Bob took two of his friends in-to the mountains. They put up their tents (帐篷 and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.
In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp(营地, it start-ed to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?
Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would hap-pen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather!
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