In Britain you are allowed to drive a car when you are seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you are learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren't allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don't have to go to a driving school--a friend can teach you. The person with you isn't allowed to take the money for the lesson unless he's got a teacher's license.
Before you are allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don't pass the test, you are allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons. When you've passed your test, you don't have to take it again, and you are allowed to go on driving as long as you like, if you are healthy. Britain's oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn't have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren't allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.
1.Which is NOT necessary for a young man who wants to drive a car alone?
A. He should reach the age of 17.
B. He should get a special two-year driving license.
C. He should learn to drive in a driving school.
D. He should pass a driving test to get a full license
2. A person can't take money for driving lessons unless he _____.
A. has learnt to drive in a driving school
B. has a full driving license
C. has a teacher's license
D. is given a special two-year driving license
3.In the driving test, one _____.
A. can drive his own car, but it must be fit for the road
B. is usually asked to drive on roads for some time
C. has to be examined only in car driving skills
D. can drive round for more than an hour
4.Which of the following is not true?
A. There is no limit to the age of an old man who drives a car.
B. One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.
C. There was a special limit to cars before 1878.
D. A car driver didn't have to get a license until 1935.
5.Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even .
A. old men B. young men C. women D. children
If you won a lottery and had lots of money, what would you do? Most people start by buying themselves things, such as a new car or a bigger TV.
Many people who win lots of money may suddenly find that they have a lot of socalled(所谓的)friends. The new friends they make may follow them for their money but they may also leave them when all the money is spent. Besides that, they can’t decide what to do with the money, so they try to think what they want. In the end, most people usually decide to save the money.
There are some lottery winners who decide to quit(辞职)their jobs, because they think they have enough money and don’t need to work any longer. Some big lottery winners make even bigger changes—they end their marriages. They think that winning a lot of money has suddenly made them more intelligent and more attractive(有吸引力的).So they feel that they have to be with a younger or more attractive man or woman.
They don’t know their new money is just a bit of luck. It can’t change everything.
Next time when you buy a lottery ticket, think about what you would like to do and what you wouldn’t like to do with the money if you won.
1.A lottery winner may suddenly find himself with many socalled friends, probably because __________.
A. he wants to make lots of friends
B. he doesn’t know what to do with all the money
C. these new friends are usually kind to the lottery winner
D. these new friends want the lottery winner to give them some money
2.Some lottery winners want to be with a more attractive man or woman because they _______________.
A. don’t like their husbands or wives any more
B. think winning a lot of money has made them more intelligent and more attractive
C. have some new friends
D. don’t know how to spend the money
3.Some lottery winners end their marriages, because______________
A. they don’t like their husband or wives.
B. They think winning a lot of money is lucky.
C. they feel they should be with a younger or more beautiful man or woman.
D. they think they should change everything.
4.The underlined word“It”refers to(指的是) __________
A. the lottery
B. the next lottery ticket
C. the money that they win
D. everything that has changed
5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. All the big lottery winners want to end their marriages.
B. Most lottery winners usually decide to save the money they win
C. Some lottery winners might decide to move to a bigger house
D. Many lottery winners buy themselves things with the money that they won.
I often hear some students say English is difficult, and it gives them a headache. So they can't learn it well. But English is very easy for me. I'm good at it. I'm very glad to tell you something about how I study English.
First, I think an interest (爱好) in English is very important. When I was in Grade One, we had a new subject - English. It was fresh for me . I was interested in it, so I worked hard at it. Soon we had an English exam and I got a very good mark. How happy I was! After that, I learned English harder and harder. Our English teacher often teaches us English songs, the songs sound nice. I often think how interesting English is!
Second, I think English is a foreign language. I should learn it well in the following ways: Listen to the teacher carefully, speak bravely, read aloud and have a good vocabulary (词汇). Then practice again and again, never be tired. And I also have a good habit: Asking . Whenever (不论何时) I have a question, I must make it clear by asking our English teacher. How happy I am when I understand!
Besides this, I often read English stories, jokes and easy novels. From these I know English is not only interesting, but also useful. They help me understand a lot of things. So to do more reading is an important way to learn English well.
And I also do some exercises from our class magazines, and I often write English diaries. English has become a close friend of mine.
Now I have learned English for more than two years. I always keep the first position in our school. From these words, I hope every student can learn English well.
1.Why do some students often "have a headache"?
A. Because they are easy to catch cold.
B. Because it's often very cold
C. Because they think English is easy.
D. Because they don't think English is easy.
2.The writer tells us that we should be _____ in English if we want to learn it well.
A. interest B. interested
C. interesting D. strict
3. The sentence "I got a very good mark" means _____.
A.I got a good way.
B. I had a good idea.
C. I did badly in the exam .
D. I did well in the exam.
4.The writer thinks English is interesting because_____.
A. English is full of stories.
B. English is full of jokes.
C. his teacher often teaches them nice English songs.
D. of nothing
5. Which of the following is not the way the writer studies by?
A. speaking bravely
B. Writing to foreign friends
C. Reading aloud
D. Writing English diaries
Not everyone has the chance to be a detective. But I ever got one when I was thirteen years old. It happened in 1988.
One afternoon, I was walking down the street when I saw my new car. I expected to see my father, but to my , I saw a young woman driving instead. “She stole my father’s car,” I thought. So I quickly stopped a and got in. I said to the driver, “Follow that new car . ” And I told him why.
The taxi driver had a car telephone, and I asked him to the police. Soon we heard the of a police car and its loudspeaker. The policeman told the woman to her car. Our car came to a stop, too. I right then and said to the woman, “It’s not car. It’s my father’s.”
The woman and said, “Oh. You’re Mr Jackson’s son, right? I’ve once seen your photo at your father’s .”
Before I could say word, the woman explained that she was my father’s new assistant. My father had asked her to take his computer to the shop to have it . He lent her his car. After hearing her words, we called my father and he told us what she said was . the police and the taxi driver laughed. I very sorry. It was both the first time and the last time for me to work as a detective. Don’t you think my story funny?
1.A．mother’s B．father’s C．aunt’s D．own
2.A．joyB．way C．surprise D．surprised
3.A．taxiB．busC．car D．bike
4.A．in front B．afterC．at the back D．at the back of
5.A．tellB．callC．say D．ask
6.A．noise B．voiceC．cryD．sound
7.A．leave B．takeC．stopD．start
8.A．got in B．got into C．got out D．got away
9.A．myB．yourC．mother’s D．father’s
10.A．smiled B．frightened C．worried D．refused
11.A．home B．car C．office D．book
12.A．another B．other C．elseD．others
13.A．washed B．repaired C．found D．seen
14.A．wrong B．interesting C．boring D．true
15.A．felt B．sounded C．fell D．looked
--- Will you go to the park tomorrow?
--- If you don’t, ________.
A. so do I B. so will I
C. neither do I D. neither shall I
— Harry Potty is the novel ________I like best. Would you like to read it? — Sure．
A．who B．which C．what D．why
