Iceland is a small island country. About 11% of the country is covered with snow and ice. Iceland is to the northwest of the United Kingdom, and is slightly smaller than the state of Kentucky.
Foxes were the only land mammals（哺乳动物）in Iceland. There are four national parks and more than 80 nature preserves（保护区）in the country. Iceland has about 200 volcanoes（火山）. Iceland is known for its Golden Falls, and whale（鲸） watching. More than 270,000 tourists visit it each year.
Iceland was part of Norway and then was ruled by Denmark for more than 500 years, but the country became an independent（独立的）country in 1944. What do the colors in the flag stand for? Red is for the island’s volcanic fires, white for the snow and ice fields of the island, and blue is for the ocean around the country.
Icelanders are tall, blonde, and light-skinned. Most Icelanders live in the southwest part of the country. School is free for all Icelanders all the way through college. Every student learns both Danish and English in school. Handball and soccer are the two most popular sports for children, but they also enjoy swimming and riding horses.
根据短文内容回答问题。
1.Is Iceland as large as the state of Kentucky?
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2.What animals can tourists see when they visit Iceland?
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3.How many colors does Iceland’s flag have?
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4.What do Icelanders look like?
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5.What languages do the students learn in Iceland?
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Recently the Chinese Government said that it plans to relax its one-child policy（政策）. The news is welcomed by millions of Chinese who were punished in the past for having more than one child. The new policy will give a chance to couples where one of the parents is an only child, to have two children.
The one-child policy is depended on rewards（奖励）and punishments. Couples are fined（罚款）thousands of dollars if they have more children than allowed, and many lose their jobs and money. On the other hand, couples are given longer holidays for giving birth late. However, the one-child policy has caused some problems for the country. People prefer raising boys to girls. It is said that there are 32 million more boys than girls under the age of 20 today!
Because of the drop in the number of children, there won’t be enough young people going into the factories. Today, for every person that stops working, there are six working adults. But by 2040 there will be only two working persons to support four old ones.
This new plan is the first real step（步骤）to give up one-child policy. However, for many in China, the cost of raising children is still too high to think of larger families. In fact, it is also a big problem.
1.The underlined word “punish” means in Chinese.
A. 惩罚 B. 调查 C. 结论
2.What might happen if parents have more children than allowed?
A. They would get some more money.
B. They had to work longer hours.
C. They lost their jobs and money.
3.The writer wants to tell us .
A. there are more girls than boys in China
B. there are more boys than girls in China
C. there are boys as many as girls in China
4.What will happen in the future?
A. People wouldn’t like to work long hours.
B. There won’t be enough jobs for people.
C. There won’t be enough working people.
5.We can infer from the last paragraph that .
A. every couple will have at least two children
B. some couples can’t afford to raise two children
C. it’s easy for every couple to have two children
阅读(A)(B)两篇短文，从所给的三个选项中选择一个最佳答案，并将其字母标号填入题前括号中。
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Rosie Martin, who is in the final year at college volunteered for four weeks in the summer of 2014 at orphanages(孤儿院) in Morocco. Although she was there for a short time, she quickly made new friends and worked as a team member.
She was sad to leave the children at the orphanage as she left that she got on well with them. She really enjoyed playing games with them. She taught them English, arts, and some other subjects. In the orphanage, a volunteer could take part in a subject just for a week. So Rosie had to teach the children different subjects.
She was moved with original volunteers and she was interested in the work that they offered. Also she was moved with their coordinator(协调员) in Morocco. He gave them a lot of help, told them about good places to go to on days off, and was happy to listen to the volunteers.
Rosie got used to the weather and the culture by the time she left, and she said volunteering in morocco was wonderful and amazing. Rosie hoped to come back to volunteer with others again. We wish Rosie well with the final year of college, and look forward to making her decision to volunteer abroad again in the future.
1.How long did Rosie Martin volunteer in Morocco?
A. About one month. B. About one year. C. About four months.
2.What did she do in the orphanage?
A. A student. B. A cook. C. A teacher.
3.Rosie might agree that .
A. the coordinator did badly in his work
B. the coordinator didwell in his work
C. it was hard to get on with the coordinator
4.What did Rosie think of her volunteering work?
A. Wonderful. B. Easy. C. Difficult.
5.What might happen in the future?
A. Rosie might live in Morocco.
B. Rosie might be a coordinator.
C. Rosie might volunteer in Morocco again.
阅读下面短文，然后从每小题所给的三个选项中选择一个最佳答案，并将其字母标号填入题前括号中。
Tony was a children’s football trainer. In his team there were three boys. They all played _____ forwards(前锋). In every game, Tony could only put one forward in the field, so he sometimes didn’t know which forward should
_____ . The three forwards were the best players in the team, so it was ______ luck that only one of them could play in each match.
Tony also found it very difficult to ask for help. He wanted to solve the problem ______. But one day, the three forwards came to him and said ,“Tony, sometimes it’s best to ask someone else for help…”
Tony remembered an old friend of his. The friend had a lot of ______ in training children’s football teams. So Tony decided to _____ the old trainer, Julian, and he welcomed Tony with pleasure. “How are you, Tony? How’s the team?” he asked. And Tony replied,“That’s exactly _____ I’ve come to talk to you about.”Tony told Julian all about his problem. “Tony, I understand your problem,”said Julian, “and there’s no _____ solution(解决)… But there’s one thing I would say…” and they went on _____ for quite a while.
Very soon, Tony put Julian’s idea into action and from then on, Tony’s team_____ all their matches and became the best children’s team in the world. Tony learned that leaning（依赖）on someone you trust can make life a lot easier.
1.A. for B. as C. with
2.A. rest B. exercise C. play
3.A. good B. much C. bad
4.A. himself B. herself C. themselves
5.A. money B. experience C. time
6.A. visit B. copy C. teach
7.A. when B. why C. what
8.A. easy B. hard C. boring
9.A. sitting B. talking C. laughing
10.A. lost B. broke C. won
— Could you please help me with this problem? I can’t work it out.
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A. Yes, I could. B. No problem. C. Sorry, I don’t have to.
— Bob, your room is a real .
— I am sorry. I will clean it up at once.
A. mess B. difficulty C. discussion
