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B Why are hot dogs so popular in US ? Put a sausage(香肠)in a bun(面包)and what have you got ? A hot dog of course ! Americans eat a lot of hot dogs . Around sever billion hot dogs will be eaten in July alone this year . People living in the city of Los Angeles eat more hot dogs than people in any other US city . Some people like hot dogs better than hamburgers because they’re easier to eat . This is because the bun is thin and long and the sausage cannot fall out easily . Americans like to eat hot dogs at baseball matches and other sporting events(体育赛事). But they also buy them in the street and eat them as they walk along ! Most Americans like mustard(芥末)on their hot dogs . America’s President(总统), George W. Bush’s favourite topping(蛋糕上的奶油等)is mustard with relish(调味品). Kids like ketchup(番茄酱)much better ! Lemonade and iced tea are the best drinks to have with hot dogs . But why are they called this ? Many people say “ hot dog ” was first used in 1901 . A cartoonist(漫画家)called Tad Dorgan was at a baseball game in New York . He heard food sellers shouting “ Get your sausages while they’re red hot ” , Dorgan then drew a cartoon using the word “ hot dog ” . Lots of Americans saw the cartoon and started using the name ! 56. Where can you find Americans eating hot dogs ? A. At a concert . B. At baseball matches . C. In the street . D. Both B and C 57. Which of the following is the city where people eat the most hot dogs in the US ? A. New York . B. Boston . C. Los Angeles . D. Chicago 58. What do people like to drink with hot dogs ? A. cola and soda . B. Milk and coffee . C. Tea and water . D. Lemonade and iced tea . 59. The word “ hot dog ” was first used . A. to remember a cartoonist B. as the nickname of a baseball player C. to sell a kind of red hot sausage D. in a cartoon 60. The passage mainly tells us . A. how delicious hot dogs are and how to make them B. why Americans like hot dogs better than hamburgers C. how popular hot dogs are and how the name came into being D. when and where Americans eat this kind of fast food C It is raining money ! Imagine this . A big bag full of money falls from the sky and lands right next to you . What would you do with the money ? This is the question faced by British seven-year-old Damian in the film “ Millions .” Damian and his brother moved to a new place with their dad , after their mother passed away . Damian tries to make new friends , but he feels lonely . When Damian is watching some trains one day , a bag full of money falls out of the sky and lands at Damian’s feet . The bag has 265,000 pounds in it ! He can’t wait to tell his brother , nine-year-old Anthony . But Anthony doesn’t want to tell their dad . Soon the money brings trouble . They have different ideas about what to do with it . Damian is kind-hearted . He wants to give money away to the poor . But Anthony wants to use it all to make more money ! As a kid , he also wants to buy a lot of fun toys ! But they have only one week to spend the money before Britain starts using euros(欧元)! They also find out where the money came from ! The terrible owner wants it back ! At the same time , their father works hard to give them a bigger house . What will they do with the money ? Watch the film to find out . Together with the two kids , you’ll learn that true wealth(财富)has nothing to do with money ! 61. Who found the bag full of money which falls from the sky ? A. Two real British boys . B. Two boys in a film . C. The father of two boys . D. A boy in a film . 62. What does Damian sometimes do when he feels lonely ? A. Stays at home and watches TV. B. Plays with a lot of friends . C. Goes out and watches trains . D. We don’t know . 63. What does Damian’s brother want to do with the money ? A. Give the money to the poor . B. Make more money with all of it . C. Buy a lot of toys . D. Both B and C . 64. How much time do they have to spend the money ? A. A long time . B. Only one week . C. Before the owner find them . D. Before their father knows . 65. We can tell from the story that . A. money is important B. we should tell everything to our father C. money won’t bring true wealth D. we should go and watch trains to get money 第II卷(非选择题部分) V. Complete the dialogue with complete sentences .(5分) A：What were you doing at eight last night ? B： 66 A：Were you seeing Titanic ? B：Yes , I was . A： 67 B：I was seeing it with my parents . A： 68 B：The story is so sad . Titanic sank into the sea at last . A： 69 B：Because it hit an iceberg . A：Why didn’t the ship try to avoid(避开)the iceberg ? B：They tried to , but it was too late . A： 70 B：I think Miss Evans is the greatest person in this story . She lost her life for the children . VI. Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the given words .(5分) 71. They both lost themselves in (listen)to the music . 72. Is it (wet)today than it was yesterday ? 73. The women over there were talking (noise). 74. Excuse me , can I have a talk with one of the (win)of the match . 75. His sister isn’t (marry)and has no children . 76. She said it was (terrible)cold on the night of November the 1st . 77. Mabel is always (worry)about her Chinese . 78. They can’t find their way to the station , they need (look)at a map . 79. We (stay)here until it stops raining . 80. The ship Californian arrived so late that it couldn’t save so many people’s (life). VII. Gap-filling(5分) The Shutes lived in America . Mrs. Shute w 81 a housewife . She had a c 82 monkey for many y 83 . The monkey could wash dishes . He washed the dishes f 84 the woman every day . He liked to wash dishes . He spent hour after hour w 85 dishes . None of them was b 86 but sometimes he washed the dishes over and over . I 87 Mrs. Shute tried to stop him , he then got a 88 . He began to throw dishes in a 89 directions(方向). But this didn’t h 90 very often . VIII. Answer the questions according to the given pictures(10 分) 91. What was the weather like ? 92. Where did the two girls go ? 93. What did they see when they walked across the bridge ? 94. The boy wasn’t in danger , was he ? 95. What did they do then ? IX. Translation :(10分) 96. 我弟弟太小了，不会照料自己。 97. 你不喜欢足球，我也不喜欢。 98. 你怎样能与你的邻居相处好? 99. 他发觉很难入睡。 100. 请给我让出点地方来。 【试题答案】 第I卷(选择题部分) I. A 1. A 2. D 3. E 4. B 5. C B 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. A C 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. C D 17. C 18. A 19. A 20. A II. 21. D 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. C 26. B 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. B 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. D 38. D 39. B 40. C III. 41. A 42. B 43. C 44. A 45. C 46. B 47. A 48. D 49. C 50. B IV. A 51. C 52. C 53. D 54. C 55. D B 56. D 57. C 58. D 59. D 60. C C 61. D 62. C 63. D 64. B 65. C 第II卷(非选择题部分) V. 66. I was seeing a film . 67. Who were you seeing it with ? 68. How do you like the story ? 69. Why did it sink into the sea ? 70. Who do you think is the greatest person in this story ? VI. 71. listening 72. wetter 73. noisily 74. winners 75. married 76. terribly 77. worrying 78. to look 79. will stay 80. lives VII. 81. was 82. clever 83. years 84. for 85. washing 86. broken 87. If 88. angry 89. all 90. happen VIII. 91. It was sunny / fine . 92. They went to the park . 93. They saw a boy calling for help in the water . / They saw a boy fall into the river . 94. Yes , he was . 95. They pulled him out of the water and helped him put on a dry coat . IX. 96. My little brother is too young to look after himself . / My little brother is so young that he can’t look after himself . 97. You don’t like football . I don’t like it either . 98. How can you get on well with your neighbour ? 99. He finds / found it difficult to fall asleep . 100. Please make room for me . (责任编辑：admin) |