In North America, people are always in a hurry. Children have special lessons or sports activities after school. Parents often work late and don’t get home until 7 or 8 o’clock at night. More than 50% of women work at full-time jobs, and many people do part-time work.

When a family wants to eat a meal together, often(A) there isn’t enough time to prepare the food.  That is why fast food is so popular in North America.(B) People spend about 40% of their money buying fast food.

Fast food is the food ____(C)___ pizza, sandwiches or fried chicken. People can buy the food from a restaurant chain(连锁) like Pizza Hut, McDonald’s or KFC. (D) Fast food saves work and time, but it is usually junk food.

Fast food is popular in many countries. American fast food companies(公司) now have restaurants all over the world. But not everyone is happy about the spread(扩张)of North American fast food. Some people in Italy want to fight against(抵制) it . (E)They don’t want any more fast food chains to open in their country. They also want to fight against the spread of fast food everywhere in the world.

1.将文中( A )处划线部分改写为：

A family is usually ________________ busy_______________ prepare the food.

2. 把( B )处翻译成汉语。

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3. 把( D )处翻译成汉语。

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4.在( C )处空白处填入适当的词组_____________________________

5.文中划线部分（E）处指代的是________________________________.

综合阅读。

One day, a farmer took his horse to the town for sale and hoped to bring some money home. On his way he saw an old woman. She looked weak, so the farmer carried her on his horse. Before the woman said goodbye, she gave the farmer a ring. She told him that the ring had magic power(魔力) and could make any dream come true. But he could make only one wish.

Later the farmer sold his horse and began to walk home. Then he met an old friend and went to his friend’s house to take a rest. After drinking some wine, the farmer talked to his friend about the ring. The friends asked him to drink more wine to celebrate his good luck. The farmer drank too much and then fell asleep. The friend took the ring away and put another one in its place. After the farmer woke up and left, the man took out the ring and said, “Fill the house with gold.”

Lots of gold fell down like heavy rain and killed the man. When the farmer got home, he thought he should wait until his children grew older to decide what wish was the best. So he hid(藏) it behind his house and forgot about it after several years.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1.What did the farmer go to the town to do?

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2.Who gave the magic ring to the farmer?

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3.Why did the farmer fall asleep?

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4.Did the farmer’s friend take the ring away?

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5.Where did the farmer hide the ring later?

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综合填空

选择方框里的单词，并用其适当的形式填空，每个词只用一次。

Kate and Sandy are sisters. They live in a big city. Kate is two years ___1.____ than Sandy. She likes__2.___ in the city very much. She thinks living in the city is much more ___3.__than living in the countryside. She likes the light (灯光) at ____4.___ in her city. She thinks the lights are ___5.__  than the stars. She enjoys ___6.___ and she reads books more than Sandy. Sandy dislikes living in the city. She likes the countryside better. She often __7.___ her grandma in the countryside and spends her___8.___ there. In the countryside, Sandy often takes walks after ____9.____ . She thinks it can ___10.___ her very relaxed.

Do you want to know what our life will be like in the future? Let’s have a look. You may get a surprise.

You will go to the kitchen when you are hungry. You will give orders to the kitchen robot. The robot will cook the food for you in a few minutes. Then it will bring it to you.

In the kitchen you will find a special food machine. The food machine will tell you what your body needs. It will help you eat healthily. The food machine will be connected with(连接) the kitchen robot. The robot can get messages from the food machine.

After having a meal, you can go to your home office. You will work at home and you don’t need to go out to work any more.

You will have a special information screen. You can get any information on the screen. When you receive a message from a friend in America, your information screen will be turned on automatically(自动地).Your friend’s face appears on the screen. Then you can talk to your friend easily.

1.What is the second paragraph (段) about?

A. It’s about healthy food.

B. It’s about the kitchen robot.

C. It’s about a nice kitchen

D. It’s about a robot which can do homework

2.According to（根据） the passage, ______will tell you what your body needs.

A. the kitchen robot      B. the food machine

C. the information screen D. the computer

3.What does the underlined word “receive” mean in Chinese?

A.丢失 B.复制 C.接收   D.保存

4.You can see your friend’s face_______.

A. on the wall          B. on the screen

C. on the Internet      D. on TV

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Our life in the future                B.A food machine

C.A special information screen          D.A kitchen robot

1.Sydney Tower is _________ in Sydney, Australia.

A. the busiest street

B. the biggest station

C. the most beautiful park

D. the highest point

2.If you want to book(预定) a ticket to Sydney Tower, you can’t __________.

A. e-mail Sydneytower@hotmail.com

B. fax 0293339203

C. search(搜索) www.sydneytower.com.cn

D. call 0293339222

3. Frank wants to go to Sydney Tower with his two children, he will pay____________.

A. $60      B. $90         C. $120     D. S150

4.Last Saturday, Johnson went to visit Sydney Tower. He had to get down the tower_____.

A. after 11:30pm   B. before 11:30pm

C. at 10:30 pm   D. by 10:30 pm

5.The passage above is probably___________________ .

A. a piece of news  B. a conversation (会话)

C. a story         D. an advertisement

完形填空。

Can you cut an apple with a playing card(扑克牌)?Can you write with one hand and draw with __________? Well, some people can, and they all show their __________  talents on the TV programme, China's Got Talent.

The TV programme is getting more and more  __________in China. Many people watch it every week _________they want to know how talented one can be.

Talent shows   __________  in Britain.And now there are similar shows in many countries______________the world. China's Got Talent is the newest, but it __________ others. When people show their special talents, they also __________ their most touching(感人的)or funniest stories. Most of them don't want to be famous. They  __________want to make their family laugh and want to make others laugh, too.

We all have a  __________ . It may be big or small. What's your talent? Maybe you can be the next star on China's Got Talent!

1.A. other          B. others     C. the other    D. the others

2.A. strong          B. poor        C. special      D. slow

3.A. boring         B. necessary   C. important  D. popular

4.A. or             B. because    C. but          D. sox k b 1

5.A. began           B. ended       C. won         D. reached

6.A. with           B. to         C. for        D. around

7.A. is afraid of    B. is different from C. is up to D. is good for

8.A. enjoy          B. speak      C. share        D. write

9.A. still          B. never      C. maybe        D. just

10.A. talent        B. family     C. hobby      D. story

What ______________ if they _______________ to the class late?

A. will happen, go

B. will happen, will go

C. will be happening, will go

D. will be happened, go

---Mom, shall we have supper now?

---Oh, we won’t have supper _______ your dad comes back.

A. until       B. since      C. while       D. after

---   do you make fruit salad?

---First, cut up the apples, bananas and pears. And then. . .

A. When    B. Where   C. Why       D. How

---Don’t keep water running when you wash hands.  ---            .

A. I hope so        B. I’m afraid not

C. Sorry, I won’t   D. It’s nothing