2004．Athens．2008．Beijing．Which one is coming next? Five hopeful cities are waiting to find out where the 2012 Olympics will be held．

    Hosting is no easy work but it's a good chance for a country to attract tourists and make friends with people from all over tile world．

    Two years ago，cities which were interested in hosting tile Games enrolled(登記) their names．Later they handed in their reports to the International Olympic Committee．Nine cities hoped that they would have the honor．On May18，2004，after the careful checking of each report，the IOC chose five cities；Paris，London，Moscow, Madrid(馬德里) and New York City to be the possible cities to hold tile 2012 Olympic Games．

    Since February．the IOC has visited these five cities，Moscow being the last，to hear each city’s report as to how they will host the Games．

Want to know the result? Some people guess that Paris will be the winner．London and New York could only show plans for gyms to be built for the Games．but Paris showed off their well-run gym that was built for the 1998 Soccer World Cup．One problem with Paris is that they ran against Beijing for the 2008 Game．The IOC members thought that French people were too proud

But don’t rush to give an answer．Wait until July 6．On that day in Singapore the IOC will tell the world which city is going to be the next Olympic host．Before that．nobody can be sure!

1．This passage mainly talks about              ．

  A．how to host the Olympic Games

  B．five cities that could host the 2012 Olympic Games

  C．the benefits(好處)of hosting the Olympic Games

  D．when to announce the winner of the 2012 Olympic Games

2．Many cities want to host the Olympic Games mainly because          ．

  A．it can invite more tourists                  B．it’s not easy to get the chance

  C．Olympic Games are exciting          D．it makes people run faster

3．The underlined word“honor”probably means“         ”．

  A．pride           B．pain       C．fortune         D．1uck

4．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

  A．Before July 6 nobody knows for sure which city will host the next Olympics

  B．London has already built enough gyms for the 2012 Olympics．

  C．Each city has to give a report to the IOC first if they want to host the Olympics

  D．The IOC will visit those cities before they make the final decision．

5．The writer seems          about Paris hosting the 2012 Olympics．

    A．fairly sure        B．excited           C．worried    D．unsure

詞匯 （每空一分，共16分）

1. He is looking at the blackboard with his eyes open ___________(張大地)

2. There is nothing in the box. It’s _________.(空的)

3. I’m _________ (thin) than you.

4. His brother has two big eyes and looks very h_______.

5. Lily has a ______ (圓的)face with shoulder-length hair.

6. In this bookshop, we can buy many newspapers and m_________.

7. He has bad _________ (視力)because of too much computer work at night.

8. My English teacher has a good sense of __________(幽默).

9. He is 1.80 meters in h__________(高度).

10. Is today a __________ (特別的) day?

11.What do you think of these ___________ (廣告) on TV?.

12. I am _________ (will) to teach these children.

13. Yang Zhenning is one of ___________ (famous) scientists in China.

14. Which is __________ (hot) season of the year?

15 Laura is a lovely girl with __________ (smile) eyes.

16. Which city is __________ (far) to the sea, Beijing or Tianjin?

New York City is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work and school?

In New York you can travel by subways, bus, taxi and private (私人的) car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. Travelling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.

The second way to travel is by bus. It is a slower way to travel.

You can also travel by taxi. This is very expensive, but the taxi will take you to every place you want to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work.

The last way is to use your private car. It’s not good to drive during the “rush hour”. If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.

The best time to travel is from 9 a.m to 4.pm . Traffic will be less crowded during this time because most people are already at school or at work at that time.

1.How many ways of travelling are mentioned (提到) in the passage?

A．Two              B．Three            C．Four             D．Five

2.The word “rush hour” in Chinese means _____________.

A．高峰時(shí)間.         B．匆忙時(shí)間          C．沖刺時(shí)間         D．繁忙時(shí)間

3.The fastest way to travel in New York City is ________________.

A．by bus            B．by subway         C．by taxi            D．by private car

4.From the last paragraph we know that in New York City ____________.

A．there is no “rush hour” from 9.am to 4 p.m.

B．traffic is heavy at noon.

C．most Americans have lunch at home.

D．people go to work and school at 9:00.

5.Why do so many people go to work or school by subway, taxi, bus and private car?

A．Because New York City is a modern city.

B．Because New York City is a very large city.

C．Because New York City is new.

D．Because the people in New York City are very busy.