四、阅读理解(共15小题;每题3分，共45分)
阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选项中选出最佳的一项，并把它前面的大写字母填入右边的括号里。
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People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook. This becomes a problem, because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and warm, and a farofly meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another at the same time.
Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. Aparent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a child's sweet tooth. She or he is sending a message. The message says, "I care about you enough to spend an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you. "
There is also something about the smell of home c6oking. The smell of home cooking pleases people of all ages. It makes most of us feel good and loved, even if we are the ones doing the cooking! Next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood(心情).
根据以上内容,回答下面试题.
第36题单选 Why do fewer people cook now?( )
A.They are lazy.
B.They are too busy.
C.Many people don't like cooking.
D.They don't like family meals.
第37题单选 A parent spends an hour making cookies .( )
A.just to satisfy her or his child's sweet tooth
B.only to send a message
C.to let a child eat up in 15 minutes
D.often to show her or his love
第38题单选 The writer thinks the smell of home cooking . ( )
A.makes us happy
B.makes us be interested in cooking
C.makes us pay attention to our mood
D.makes us love others
第39题单选 What's the main idea of this passage? ( )
A.Family meals are important.
B.How to make cookies.
C.People are too busy to cook.
D.Homemade cookies taste better.
B
After the American Revolution won in 1787, the new government in the U. S. A. had to choose a capital city. The thirteen states quarreled about this. So the government decided to build a completely new capital. The land on the River Potomac was given the name District of Columbia ( D. C). The new Capital was built on the north bank of the river. It was named after George Washington, the president of the U. S. A.
Washington D. C. , a government city, is an important cultural(文化) center as well as a big tourist (浏览) center.
Most capital cities have simply grown from small cities. Washington, however was planned as the capital of a great nation. It was designed by a French artist who first made a study of many capital cities of Europe. In general, his plan followed the plan of the beautiful French city of Versailles.
根据以上内容,回答下面试题.
第40题单选 When the new capital was built America was made up of________states. ( )
A.thirty
B.thirteen
C.fifty
D.fifteen
第41题单选 Washington D.C. is the name of________. ( )
A.an American president
B.America's capital
C.a famous river
D.a beautiful garden city
第42题单选 According to the passage we can conclude that America's capital( )
A.lies in the center on the country
B.lies on the River Potomac
C.was built by French workers
D.came from a small city
C
Every people uses its own special word to show its ideas and feelings. Some of these ex- pressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for justa short time. One such American expression is "Where's the beef?" It is used when something is not as good as it is. said to be. In the early 1980s "Where's the beef?" was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone using it at the time.
Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and food is more popular in America than a ham- burger made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Ray called this "McDonald's"." Ray became one of the richest businessmen at last in America.
Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called "Wendy's" said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald's or anyone else. The Wendy's Company began to use the expression "Where's the beef?" to make people know that Wendy's hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy's television advertisement showeed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. "Where's the beef?" she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendy's hamburger restaurants was success. As we said, it seemed eve- ryone began using the expression "Where's the beef?".
根据以上内容,回答下面试题.
第43题单选 ________started McDonald's restaurant. ( )
A.Ray
B.McDonald
C.Wendy
D.Three old women
第44题单选 Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought ( )
A.they could sell hamburgers at a low price
B.hamburgers were easy to make
C.beef was very popular in America
D.they could make a lot of money
第45题单选 Wendy's made the expression known to everybody ________ ( )
A.with many old women eating hamburgers
B.by a television advertisement
C.while selling bread with a bit of meat in it
D.at the McDonald's restaurant
第46题单选 We can learn from the passage that the expression "Where's the beef?" means ( )
A.The beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be
B.The hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be
C.It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be
D.Wendy's is the biggest
D
The Winter Olympics is also called the White Olympics. At this time, many colorful stamps are published to mark the great Games. The first stamps marking, the opening came out on January 25, 1932 in the United States for the 3rd White Olympics. From then on, publish- ing stamps during the White Olympics became a rule.
During the 4th Winter Olympic Games a group of stamps were published in Germany in November 1936. The five rings of Olympics were drawn on the front of the sportswear. It was the first time that the rings appeared on the stamps of the White Olympics.
In the 1950's, the stamps of this kind became more colorful. When the White Olympics came, the host countries(东道国) as well as the non-host countries published stamps to mark those Games. China also published four stamps in February 1980, when the Chinese sports men began to take part in the White Olympics.
Japan is the only Asian country that has ever held the White Olympics. Altogether 14,500million stamps were sold to raise money for this sports meet.
Different kinds of sports were drawn on these small stamps. People can enjoy the beauty ofthe wonderful movements of some sportsmen.
根据以上内容,回答下面试题.
第47题单选 The White Olympics and the Winter Olympics________. ( )
A.are the same thing
B.are different games
C.are not held in winter
D.are held in summer
第48题单选 The world made it a rule to publish stamps to mark the great world games________.( )
A. after the year 1936
B.after the 3rd White Olympics
C.before the 3rd White Olympics
D.before the year 1932
第49题单选 The Winter Olympics is held once .( )
A.every two years
B.every three years
C.every four years
D.every five years
第50题单选 Which of the following is true?( )
A.Only the host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.
B.Only the non-host countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.
C.All the countries can publish stamps to mark those Games.
D.Japan can't publish stamps to mark those Games.
五、补全对话(共5句;每句满分为3分，共15分) 根据中文提示，将对话中缺少的内容写在线上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。 打句号的地方，用陈述句;打问号的地方，用疑问句。
提示：暑假第一天，玛丽遇到彼得。玛丽告诉他，自己已经在一家商店找到一份工作，并说明了这样做的原因。得知彼得的假期计划后，玛丽预祝他假期愉快。
Mary:Hi,Peter! Going away for the holidays,right?
Peter: Yes, I am. 51 ?
Mary:Well, I'm going to stay in the city.
Peter:what are you going to do then?
Mary: 52 .
Peter: 53 ?
Mary : No, never in a store, but I can learn.
Peter: 54 ?
Mary:I need money for school next term,and I can get some experience. So, 55 again?
Peter:Yes,I've gone camping four times. It's wonderful at a summer camp.
Mary: Well, Peter, enjoy your holidays !
Peter: You too. See you !
根据以上内容,回答下面试题
第51题简答 应填入_____
第52题简答 第52题应填入_____
第53题简答 第53题应填入_____
第54题简答 第54题应填入_____
第55题简答 第55题应填入_____
六、书面表达(满分30分)
第56题简答 请以My favorite Newspaper为题用英语写一篇100词左右的短文，介绍21世纪报，短文应包括下面表格中所提供的内容。
| 报纸名称及使用语言 |
21st Century，英文报纸 |
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出版地点及出版周期 |
北京，每周一期 |
|
版面内容 |
每周新闻，今日世界，语言课堂，体育与音乐，学生报导 |
|
特色 |
图文并茂 |
|
目的 |
学习英语词汇，提高英语水平，获取各种信息 |
|
效果 |
广为人知，深受喜爱 |
