任务型阅读：阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题
Americans spend their weekends in different ways. But usually they choose the same aim—to rest and to enjoy the time with their family and friends.
Some Americans hold parties on Saturday nights. They will dance, sing and drink together till midnight. Then they won’t get up until 9, 10 or even 11 o’clock next morning. As soon as they get up, they will go to the nearest corner shop to buy the daily newspaper. They can get news about films, plays, shows and sports in the paper. It will help them decide what to do on Sunday afternoon.
Before going out on Sunday, they will have a meal, which is called brunch. They will make it at home or go to a restaurant nearby. After brunch some Americans have a picnic with their family or friends. They will take many things with them, such as fresh vegetables, sea food, drinks and table cloths. Usually they drive to a beautiful park, a lake or the seaside.
Sunday dinner is the most important and the biggest meal of the week and all family members try to show up.
1.What’s the Americans’ same aim to spend their weekends?
Their same aim is _________________ with their family and friends.
2.What do Americans usually do at parties on Saturday nights?
They usually __________________ till midnight.
3.What’s the name of the meal Americans have before going out on Sunday?
It’s _______.
4.Where do Americans have picnic with their family?
They have picnic _____________________________.
5.What do you think of American’s weekends?
It’s ____________________.
短文填空：用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次）
call, look, large, visit, travel, fly, have, sight, mountain, you |
I’m Cathy Brown. I am now working for the Sunshine Travel Service in Jinan, Shandong. I have just come back from Taiwan, the 1._______ island in China.
Last week, I took a group of officials for a week’s trip to Taiwan. We2. _______ all around the island. There are lots of fascinating 3._______ on the island. My favorite is the Sun Moon Lake. You may ask why people call it so. If you 4._______ high up over the lake and look down from your plane, you’ll find the answer 5._______. In the middle of this lake, there’s a small island that is 6._______ Lalu. On one side of Lalu, the lake 7.______ like the sun, and on the other side it looks like the moon. That is why people call it the Sun Moon Lake.
There are many8._______ around this lake. One of the nearest is Mount Ali. We stayed there for three days. We also 9. _______ a dancing party with Gaoshan people there.
Why not consider 10._______ Taiwan for your next vacation? It’s a wonderful place to visit.
完成句子: 根据所给汉语意思，用单词或短语完成下列英文句子
1.我的妈妈总是成功地应对生活中的各种问题。
My mother always all kinds of problems successfully in her life.
2.上周，当我获得了演讲比赛第一名时，我的老师和同学都为我而骄傲。
My teacher and classmates me when I got the first place of the speech contest last week.
3.昨天回家的路上，我偶然遇见了一个老朋友。
On the way home, I met an old friend yesterday.
4.这本书里记载了许多民族英雄的故事。
There are many stories of national in this book.
5.快点儿！飞机五分钟后就要起飞了！
Hurry up! The plane is in five minutes.
I used to live in a small town with trees all around. It is about thirty years since I left my hometown. But I still remember what it was exactly like. And I often “see” it in many of my dreams. My hometown is a beautiful place. It stands beside a wide river and is rich in fish and rice.
But in the old days it was a poor and backward little town. Many people had no work. They lived a hard life. There was no tall building and the only street was narrow. But trees and flowers made the town beautiful. Just outside the town, there was a river. You could see different kinds of fish swimming in the clear water. People here lived a simple life.
Since a new policy(政策) was taken by the government, great changes have taken place there. The streets have been widened. Factories, schools, hospitals, cinemas and theatres have been built one after another. People’s life is greatly improved. You can see tall buildings, big department stores and factories everywhere. Different kinds of cars and buses are running in the wide streets.
But with the development of the industry(工业), we have fewer trees. Air and water pollution is becoming more and more serious. And there are also other problems. We should try our best to make it richer. At the same time, we must do something to stop pollution and make our town even more beautiful.
1.When did the writer leave his hometown?
A. About ten years ago.
B. About twenty years ago.
C. About thirty years ago.
D. About forty years ago.
2.How was the writer’s hometown in the old days?
A. poor but beautiful B. rich and beautiful
C. poor but big D. rich and developed
3.What is outside the town?
A. a lake B. a river C. a forest D. a grassland
4.As for the changes of the town, which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. The streets have been widened.
B. More factories, schools, hospitals, cinemas and airports have been built.
C. There are more and more cars and buses in the streets.
D. Tall buildings, big department stores and factories have been built.
“I can’t see clearly, because I don’t wear my glasses today.” We always hear people saying something like this. Glasses are very important to many people. Do you know how they were invented and developed?
Glasses took a long time to develop into what you can find in the glasses store today. The Chinese first used colored glasses as fashion. They thought that those glasses had magic, but they didn’t think that glasses could help eyes to see clearly.
In 1262, the inventor, Roger Bacon, discovered the amazing function(功能) of lenses(镜片), and he thought that glasses could be used to help people to see. Twenty years later, in Florence, Italy, the inventor, Alessandro di Spina, made the first pair of glasses that could help people to see.
Although these glasses worked, scientists didn’t understand how glasses helped eyes to see. They thought that eyes sent out light onto whatever a person was looking at, and then the light came back to the eyes. Johannes Kepler finally found out how glasses worked.
Inventors continued to improve glasses. In 1784, Ben Franklin created glasses that had bifocal(双焦的) lenses. Many years later, in 1827, George Airy made circle-shaped glasses to correct astigmatism, an eye problem that stops the eyes from seeing things clearly.
1.When the Chinese first used colored glasses, they thought ______.
A. glasses could help eyes to see clearly
B. glasses were in style
C. eyes could send our light onto glasses
D. glasses could help with eye problem
2.______ made the first pair of glasses that could help people to see.
A. Alessandro di Spina
B. Johannes Kepler
C. Roger Bacon
D. George Airy
3.From the passage we can know the underlined word “astigmatism” in the last paragraph is ______.
A. a special function of glasses
B. a special lens
C. a kind of glasses
D. an eye problem
People are different. So are friends. Some friends are patient and helpful while some friends are cheerful and caring. The following are some kinds of friends. You can read it and find out what kinds of friends you have. This will help you to improve your relationships with them and help you to find new friends.
Animal Friends
Many people keep animals as pets at home. It is right to say that animals are wonderful creatures (生物). They can be with you whenever you need them. Some people say they will feel lonely without their pets. Dogs are considered as people’s best friends.
Internet Friends
The Internet has become a very important part of our lives. It is not only helpful for people to work, but also a good way to make friends. Internet friendship has become more and more popular recently. More and more people begin to make online friends. Online friends are those who know each other through the Internet. They can talk about everything with each other online. Making Internet friends is similar to making pen pals.
Pen Friends
Pen friends, also known as pen pals, are quite popular with people who like writing. Pen friendship is mainly developed by writing to each other. It was a popular way of making friends in different parts of the world before the Internet came into being. Mostly, pen friends aim to share different cultures with each other.
1.According to the passage, the Internet is a good way for people to ______.
A. keep healthy B. make friends
C. travel D. play games
2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Animal friends can be with you whenever you need them.
B. Internet friends can talk about everything online.
C. Nowadays nearly no one likes to make pen friends.
D. Pen friends can talk about different cultures with each other.
3.The passage mainly tells us ______.
A. how to make friends B. different people
C. some kinds of friends D. the importance of friends
