New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to go to. You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also buy things from all over the world.
But there are some problems in big cities too. It is expensive to live there and there are too many people in some places of big cities. Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools.
But sometimes these people can’t find work or a good place to live in. Also it is hard to keep the cities safe (安全的) and clean.
Some people enjoy living in big cities, others do not. Before moving to a big city, they should think about the problem of living there.
1.In big cities people can __________.
A.go to different kinds of museums B.see all kinds of plays and films
C.buy things from all over the world D.A, B and C
2.Which of the following is true?
A.Big cities are not clean and safe enough.
B.People can easily find good places to live in big cities.
C.People can always have many chances to find work to do.
D.All people like to live in big cities.
3.In this passage the writer thinks it is right for people __________.
A.to move to big cities
B.not to move to big cities
C.to move to big cities without thinking of any problems
D.not to move to big cities before they think over the problems of living there.
4.Which is the best title for this passage?
A.Big cities. B.Interesting Things in Big Cities
C.Good School in Big Cities D.New York, London and Paris
Do you have any hobbies? Do you know the hobbies of some famous people? Here are some examples:
Mark Twain | He was a famous America writer and loved telling funny stories and playing jokes with others. He said his stories could make anyone laugh. |
Bill Gates | The founder of Microsoft likes playing I-go and ping-pong. He enjoys playing bridge, too. He often plays bridge with his friends. |
Liu Xiang | The famous athlete likes singing songs besides doing sports. He can sing songs as well as professional singer. |
Can you tell some other famous people who have different hobbies?
1.What’s Mark Twain’s hobby?
A.tell funny story B.play jokes with others
C.play I-go and ping-pong D.Both A and B
2.Who likes playing bridge with his friends?
A.Mark Twain B.Marie Curie C.Bill Gates D.Liu Xiang
3.What’s Liu Xiang’s hobby?
A.sing songs B.do sports
C.sing songs and do sports D.play ping-pong
Nobody in the street knew Miss Hilton. While she lived, her front gate was always locked and no one saw her ________ or saw ________ go in. So even if you ________, you couldn’t feel sorry and ________ that you ________ Miss Hilton.
When I think of ________, I see just two colours, grey and green. The green of mango (芒果) tree, the grey of the house and the grey of the high iron fence (铁栅栏) that kept you off the mangoes.
If your football ________ Miss Hilton’s garden, you never ________. It wasn’t the mango season ________ Miss Hilton died. But we got back about ten ________ twelve of our footballs.
________ the end of the week a sign was shone on the mango tree: For sale.
We were ready to dislike ________ even before they came. I think we ________. Already we had one man who kept on complaining (抱怨) about us ________ the police. He complained that we played football near his house and if we weren’t playing football he complained that we were making ________ noise anyway.
1.A.left B.to leave C.leave D.leaving
2.A.anybody B.nobody C.somebody D.everybody
3.A.wanted B.wanted to C.wanted to see D.were wanted
4.A.say B.said C.to say D.saying
5.A.were missing B.were missed C.missing D.missed
6.A.her photo B.her house C.her car D.her houses
7.A.fall in B.felt in C.fell in D.filled in
8.A.could get it B.should get it C.got it back D.got in
9.A.when B.that C.whether D.as
10.A.and B.but C.over D.or
11.A.In B.By C.On D.At
12.A.a new lady B.the new people C.an old person D.the old children
13.A.were no worry B.were not worry C.were a little worried D.were a lot worried
14.A.to B.on C.for D.with
15.A.so little B.too many C.much too D.too much
I can hardly find __________ in today’s newspaper.
A.something new B.new something C.anything new D.new anything
Mr. Black is __________ instead of getting any better.
A.bader B.more worse C.much badly D.a little worse
Walking is a kind of __________ sport. We can feel __________ after walking
A.relaxed; relaxing B.relaxing; relaxed C.relaxed; relaxed D.relaxing; relaxing
