In Harlem, people call James Van Der Zee “the picture-taking man.” Harlem is a part of New York City. James came to Harlem from Lenox, a town in Massachusetts. He was the first person in Lenox to own a camera. That was in 1901. James was 14 then. He took pictures of his family and other people in Lenox.

　　James moved to Harlem in 1908. Many young black people were moving there. He wanted to play music, not take pictures. After six years, he opened his first picture-taking shop. He could make more money selling his pictures than playing music.

　　Almost everyone in Harlem was in his pictures. He took pictures of families and parades(游行) and parties. He took pictures of soldiers before they went to fight in wars. His pictures showed the neighborhoods of Harlem.

　　Many people didn't know about his work. Then a museum used some of his pictures in a show. The world found out about James Van Der Zee and his pictures.

　　James spent most of his life taking pictures. He always thought his pictures could be better. He said, “The camera was never able to get enough. ” James Van Der Zee was 94 when he said those words. And he was still taking pictures.

1．James Van Der Zee owned the only camera in Lenox ________ .

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2．Where did James Van Der Zee spend most of his life?

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3．Another title for this story could be ________ .

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A．“The Man Who Played Music”

B．“The Life of James Van Der Zee”

C．“How to Take Pictures”

4．James Van Der Zee's pictures mostly show ________ .

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5．What did James Van Der Zee think about his pictures?

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A．He thought they were too small.

B．He thought they were not good enough.

C．He thought they were funny.

The Desert (A poem)

　　 This is no place

　　 for anyone

　　 who wants

　　 soft hills

　　 and meadows

　　 and everything

　　 green

　　 green

　　 green…

　　 This is for hawks

　　 that like only

　　 the loneliest canyons

　　 and lizards

　　 that run

　　 in the hottest sand

　　 and

　　 coyotes

　　 that choose

　　 the rockiest trails.

　　 It's for them.

　　 And for

　　 hard skinny plants

　　 that do without water

　　 for months

　　 at a time.

　　 Byrd Baylor

1．The place this poem tells about is ________.

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2．The desert is no place for anyone who likes ________.

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3．A picture of the main idea of this poem would show ________.

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4．Hard skinny plants grow in a place that is ________.

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5．What other animals might be happy in the desert?

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The Flu That Shook the World

　　In 1918, Americans were at war. They were fighting World War I in Europe. They were also fighting the flu(流行性感冒) .

　　The flu was a dangerous enemy. It spread quickly and it killed quickly. Soldiers lived close together. They caught the flu from each other. About 112000 American soldiers died in World War I . More than half of these soldiers died from the flu.

　　Many soldiers from other countries died also. Mast countries kept their flu deaths a secret. Spain did not, so the flu became known as the “Spanish flu. ”

　　American soldiers brought the flu home with them. It swept across the country in 1918. There weren't enough doctors and nurses to go around. All together, 500000 Americans died of the Spanish flu.

　　Today, the flu is still our enemy. During flu season, many people get sick. Some even die. Babies and old people are in special danger. They can get help, though. Doctors can now fight the flu with flu shots.

　　The fight against the flu still goes on. Now we are winning the fight. The great flu of 1918 should never happen again.

1．Where did Americans fight World War I ?

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2．The flu spread fast among soldiers because ________.

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3．In 1918, the flu was called the ________.

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4．Since 1918, the flu has become ________.

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5．What is the main idea of this story?

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　　Mrs. Wilson, the middle-aged wife of a rich businessman, invited some of her friends to lunch. She was very anxious to try a new way of cooking a fish dish, and she was very pleased with herself when the dish was ready. As the dish was very hot, she put it near the open window to cool for a few minutes. However, five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was shocked(使震驚) to find the neighbour' s cat, Chester at the dish. Fortunately, she was in time to stop the cat before it was too late. That afternoon was a good success and everybody enjoyed the dish very much. They talked and laughed till four o' clock.

　　At the end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, Mrs. Wilson felt tired but happy. She was in an armchair just near the window when, through the window, she was horrified(可怕的) to see the neighbour's cat dead in her garden! Why, the fish dish must be bad! What would happen to her friends? She at once telephoned the family doctor for advice. The doctor told her to telephone each of the visitors to meet him at the hospital as soon as possible. Finally the danger was over. Once again Mrs. Wilson was alone in her armchair in the living room still tired but no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang. It was her neighbour. “Oh, Millie, ” her neighbour cried. “Chester is dead. She was killed by someone in a car and put in your garden… ”

1．Mrs. Wilson was about ________years old.

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2．Chester was the name of ________.

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3．Mrs. Wislon's friends left at about ________.

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4．The cat ________.

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A．must have eaten some of the fish

B．was too late to be stopped from eating the fish

C．a(chǎn)lso enjoyed the fish

D．did not eat the fish

5．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

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A．Mrs. Wilson was anxious to invite her friends.

B．Mrs. Wilson felt very happy that day.

C．Some of the visitors ate the bad fish and were sent to the hospital.

D．The cat was killed by someone in a car.

　　Just before Christmas in 1971, a German girl called Juliana was flying over a big forest of America. The plane was flying high in the sky.

　　Suddenly, there was a loud noise. Juliana found herself falling through the air. She closed her eyes. She was sure that she was going to die.

　　She fell 3000 meters. When she opened her eyes again, she found that she had landed in a tree in the middle of the forest. She was not dead! To her surprise, she was not only alive (活著), but she wasn' t even badly hurt. She was still sitting in her seat. She was holding a bag of sweets.

　　She got out of the seat, and climbed down the tree. But she could see nobody else. She was alone except for a few dead bodies here and there.

　　She began to walk. At first she had nothing to eat except the sweets. Later she found a little fruit. She had never seen this kind of fruit before. She found the fruit was safe after she saw some monkeys eating it.

　　After four days, she came to a deep river. She walked by the side of the river for six more days and at last arrived at an Indian village. She was safe!

1．The air accident happened in the ________of 1971.

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2．Juliana was from ________.

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3．The girl wasn' t even badly hurt because ________.

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A．she was still sitting in her seat

B．she had landed in a tree

C．she had landed in a tree and was still sitting in her seat

D．she was not heavy

4． ________ days after the accident, she arrived at an Indian village .

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The Story of Harriet Quimby

　　Should a woman fly an airplane? Most people in the early 1900' s said no. A woman named Harriet Quimby lived during those years. Harriet loved airplanes. She made up her mind to fly one.

　　She found someone to teach her, and soon she became a good pilot(飛行員) . In 1912, Harriet made a plan. She would fly from England to France, 22 miles across the water. No woman had ever done that.

　　Her friends told her not to go. Flying was dangerous in those days. Airplanes were small. They were made of wood and bicycle wheels. Sometimes they fell apart in the air.

　　Harriet wasn' t worried. On April 16, 1912, she was ready to go. She started her plane and took off. She climbed to 1500 feet and turned toward France. She looked down. Everything was covered with fog! Harriet kept going. She thought she might be over land. She let the plane drop lower. Then the fog cleared. A sandy beach was below her. Harriet landed right on the beach. She was in France. The trip had taken only 30 minutes.

　　“Any woman could do it, ” said Harriet.

1．Harriet Quimby showed that she ________.

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2．Another title for this story could be ________.

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A．“How To Fly a Plane”

B．“Around the World in a Plane”

C．“The Woman Who Wanted To Fly”

3．Anyone could have gone from England to France ________.

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4．Long ago, small airplanes were made of ________.

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5．In 1912, planes couldn't land ________.

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Living in the Yukon

　　The Yukon is different from most places. It is a part of Canada. The Yukon is bigger than California. Not many people live in the Yukon. There are some good reasons for that.

　　The winters in the Yukon are very cold. Sometimes the temperature goes down to 40°F below zero. Cars won' t start in such cold air. People have to keep a fire going near the car.

　　Homes in the Yukon are usually log cabins (茅屋) . There are no electric lights or telephones in most of the Yukon. Water may have to be carried from a creek(小溪) . A home can be hundreds of miles from the nearest town.

　　Living in the Yukon is certainly not easy. Some people from the U. S. move there anyway. A man and his wife lived in a big town in New Jersey and moved to the Yukon. They like the open space there. They are getting used to new adventures(冒險(xiǎn)).

　　One day the woman noticed some sugar spilled in her kitchen. She thought she heard her husband outside, and she went to ask him about the sugar. She came face to face with a black bear. The bear was growling and coming closer. She shut the door fast. “That doesn't happen much in New Jersey”, she said.

1．The Yukon is a part of ________.

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2．What is the main idea of this story?

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3．Many houses in the Yukon have no ________.

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4．People who live in the Yukon probably don' t have ________.

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5．The one who spilled the sugar was probably ________.

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　　About the year 1900, a small, dark-haired boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of London theatres(劇院). He looked thin and hungry. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and dance, and above all, he knew how to make people laugh. But he couldn' t get work and therefore (所以) wandered (流浪) about the city streets. Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.

　　But twenty years later this same Chaplin became the greatest, best known, and best loved comedian (喜劇演員) in the world . Any regular (經(jīng)常的) visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Charlie Chaplin's films. People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces. Even people who don' t understand English can enjoy Chaplin's films because they are mostly silent(無聲的) . It isn' t what he says that makes us laugh. His comedy doesn' t depend upon words or language. It depends upon little actions which mean the same thing to people all over the world. Acting out without words of common(普通的) human situations(狀況) plays an important part in the dances and plays of many countries. It's a kind of world language.

　　Chaplin lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day 1977, at the age of eighty-eight. There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death.

1．Chaplin was born in ________.

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2．Little does Chaplin's comedy depend on ________.

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3．One of the reasons that people all over the world can enjoy Chaplin's films is that ________.

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A．most of them have been translated into different languages

B．they can enjoy films silently

C．they are most comedies

D．most of them are not sound films

4． ________is a kind of world language according to the passage.

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5．Chaplin is regarded as king of comedy mainly because

________.

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A．he acted out the common human situations best in his comedy

B．his films are mostly silent

C．he knew how to make people laugh

D．a(chǎn)ny regular visitor has seen some of his films

　　The class teacher thought that hobbies were very important for every child. She hoped that all her pupils would have one, and sometimes she arranged (安排) for their parents to come and see the work they had done as a result.

　　One Friday morning the teacher told the class that those who had a hobby could have a holiday that afternoon to get the things they had made as parts of their hobbies ready for their parents to see the following afternoon.

　　So on Friday afternoon, while those of the pupils who had nothing to show did their usual lessons, the lucky ones who had made something were agreed to go home, but they had to return before five o' clock to bring what they were going to show, and to arrange it.

　　When the afternoon lessons began, the teacher was surprised to see that Tommy was not there. She found it difficult to believe (相信) that he had a hobby. However (可是) , at a quarter to five, Tommy arrived with a beautiful collection (收集) of butterflies (蝴蝶) in glass boxes. After his teacher had helped him to arrange them on a table in the classroom, she was surprised to see Tommy pick them up again and began to leave.

　　“What are you doing, Tommy?”she asked. “Those things must be here until tomorrow afternoon. That' s when the parents are coming to see them. ”

　　“I know they are coming then, ” answered Tommy, “and will bring them back tomorrow, but my big brother does not want them to be out of house at night because they might be stolen(偷) . ”

　　“But what has it got to do with your big brother?” asked the teacher. “Aren't the butterflies yours?”

　　“No, ” answered Tommy. “They are his. ”

　　“But Tommy, you are asked to show your own hobby here, not somebody else! ” said the teacher.

　　“I know that, ” answered Tommy, “My hobby is watching my brother collecting butterflies. ”

1．One Friday morning the teacher told the class that those who had a hobby ________.

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A．could do the things they like

B．could have a holiday to go home and play

C．could be free from school that afternoon to get things they had made

D．could ask their parents to come to the school

2．The teacher was surprised to see that Tommy was not at afternoon lessons, for ________.

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A．Tommy was not a clever boy

B．she could hardly believe that Tommy had a hobby

C．Tommy didn't say he would go home

D．she had no idea whether Tommy was ill

3．“Aren' t the butterflies yours?”implies (暗示) ________.

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A．she began to have a feeling that Tommy was not showing his own hobby

B．she knew for sure whom the butterflies belonged to

C．nothing but great surprise

D．she only couldn't believe Tommy's words

　　When you fly, fly with Bel Air

　　People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will get what they want.

　　They want to go quickly, and safely, across the country, across the sea, or right across the world----and they know Bel Air will take them where they want to go. Bel Air flies all the newest, and fastest planes, to more towns and cities, in more countries of the world, than any other airlines (航空公司) .

　　Do you want to go to Paris, Washington, Tokyo? Bel Air will take you there, at all times of the day or night, right through the week. But Bel Air flies not only to the big cities in the rich countries----we fly two or three times a week to towns and cities in the very heart of Asia, Africa and South America.

　　People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will leave on time, and arrive on time. They know that the food they will receive, and the films they will watch, will be of the very best.

　　Bel Air is second to none (首屈一指).

　　When you fly, fly with Bel Air

1．People who fly with Bel Air ________.

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A．know they will travel a lot

B．get what they want quickly and safely

C．know that everything will be just all right

D．a(chǎn)lways travel right across the world

2．Bel Air's planes ________.

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A．a(chǎn)re fast, but not safe

B．fly quickly, but not very fast

C．a(chǎn)re only safe because they are new

D．fly fast and safely

3．The airline flies planes to cities like Paris ________.

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A．day and night, from Sunday to Saturday

B．two or three times a week

C．a(chǎn)t any time of the day, but not at night

D．right through the day, two or three times a week

4．“In the very heart of Asia, Africa and South America” means

________.

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5．Travellers by Bel Air know that they will ________.

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