16、Dear Tom,

I'm sorry that I have been too busy to write to you. I'm taking Distance Education Classes now. At the same time I am still working with Bank of China. Today I have my day off, and I plan to look round in the book store, trying to find some books in English.

I am now living with my uncle. He has recently bought an apartment not far from CBD - Central Business District. And my work place is just located in the corner of the district. Therefore, I don't have to get up early to catch any bus in the morning, because the bank is in walking distance.

By the way, Xiao Fang, our old friend, is going to be 28 next week, and we will organize a birthday party for her. The party will be held at Hungry Bear Restaurant at noon time next Sunday. Be sure to come and prepare an appropriate gift for her, something worth less than 50 yuan. Call me to confirm so that I can make reservation with the restaurant.

                                                 Yours,

                                                 Frank

 

 

(1)、Whom is Frank writing to?

A：His teacher.

B：His former classmate.

C：His uncle.

D：His boss.

答案：B

 

 

(2)、Frank is presently ______.

A：studying full time in the university

B：preparing for his college entrance examination

C：working and at the same time part time studying

D：teaching in a high school

答案：C

 

 

(3)、Frank doesn't have to hurry in the morning, because ______.

A：he doesn't catch the bus

B：he lives near CBD

C：his uncle can help him

D：he lives near his work place

答案：D

 

 

(4)、When will the birthday party be held?

A：In the evening.

B：In the morning.

C：At lunch time.

D：At dinner time.

答案：C

 

 

(5)、What does Frank ask Tom to bring to the birthday party?

A：50 yuan.

B：A small present.

C：A beautiful dress.

D：A toy bear.

答案：B

 

 

17、Four years ago, when Ted was sixty years old, he retired. He had worked in a restaurant for forty-three years. He left and returned to his home village. There he bought a small piece of farm and planted a lot of apple trees in it. He takes good care of them and this year there are plenty of apples in the trees. The old man is very happy.

But these days the old man has been worried. Nearly every night his garden is broken into and quite a few apples have been lost. So he decided to do his best to catch the thief himself. Last night he sat in a tree and carefully watched who would come and pick the apples. Later at night. Ted was so tired that he went to sleep. Suddenly some noise woke him up. The noise came from a big tree. He went there quietly and saw a boy standing under the tree with a bag full of apples. At once he recognized it was Tom who lives just next to him.

"How can you do that, Tom?" the old man became angry and shouted. "I'll tell your father about it!"

But the boy wasn't afraid about it. He looked up and called out, "Have you heard that yet, Dad?"

 

 

(1)、When Ted was ______, he began to work in the restaurant.

A：four

B：seventeen

C：forty-three

D：sixty

答案：B

 

 

(2)、Ted planted lots of apple trees in the farm ______.

 

A：because he used to be good at planting apples

B：as he liked the fruit very much

C：after he had already retired

D：for apples were expensive

答案：C

 

 

(3)、Ted was happy some days ago because ______.

 

A：he came back to his home village

B：he had bought a farm in his village

C：the apple trees grew very well

D：his garden was beautiful

答案：C

 

 

(4)、Ted sat in the tree ______.

 

A：to catch the thief

B：to pick some apples

C：to take care of the tree

D：to have a good rest

答案：A

 

 

(5)、Tom wasn't afraid because ______.

 

A：his father had brought him to the farm

B：the old man was kind to him

C：the old man would let him go

D：he would return the apples to Ted

答案：A

 

20、The sun is the closest star to earth. It takes 8 minutes for the light from the sun to reach our earth. The distance from the sun to earth is one astronomical unit（天文单位）. It is about 150 million kilometers.

Energy from the sun heats the earth's surface. The earth would be too cold for life without our star's heat energy. Other stars are too far away to give the earth enough heat energy for life. Scientists wonder if there is life near other stars.

Our sun is an average size star. It appears like the largest one, because it is the closest star. Some stars are smaller than our sun. Very small stars are called dwarf stars. Some of them are no larger than our small planets. Some stars are much larger than our sun. The largest stars are called giant stars.

        Not all stars are the same distance from the earth. The different distances make some giant stars appear very small. Astronomers use light-year to talk about distance in space. A light-year is the distance the light travels in one year. The star, Alpha Centauri is the closest star besides our sun. It is over 4 light-year away from earth. It takes light from this star over four years to reach the earth.

 

(1)、The sun is a ___ while the earth is a ________.

 

A：star, star

B：star, planet

C：planet, star

D：planet, planet

答案：B

 

 

(2)、Our sun is a ________ size star.

A：large

B：small

C：middle

D：extra large

答案：C

 

 

(3)、The sun looks like the largest star because ________________.

A：it is the largest star in the universe

B：it is the closest star

C：it is the lightest star

D：it is the farthest star

答案：B

 

 

(4)、Very small star are called ______ stars and very large stars are called _____ stars.

A：dwarf, giant

B：dwarf, dwart

C：giant, dwarf  

D：giant, giant

答案：A

 

 

(5)、Astronomers use ________ to talk about distance in space.

 

A：meter

B：kilometer  

C：year

D：light-year

答案：D

 

26、 If you like looking at more places or people, travel by bus. Buses don't go very fast in the centre of London. In general, London buses are red and double-deckers (双层汽车). They have a driver and a conductor.

     When you have got on the bus, the conductor says, "Tickets, please!" You say where you want to go; he tells you how much to pay; you pay him and he gives you a ticket. A lot of London bus drivers and conductors come from the West Indies.

     There are other sorts of buses in London, too. The red single-decker buses have a driver but no conductor. You pay the same price for a short journey as for a long journey.

     The green buses are called the Green Line. These busses cross London, but they don't stop very often.  They are mainly for people who live a little way out of London and who travel in and out.

 

 

(1)、When you ______ the bus, you pay the conductor and get a ticket.

A：get on

B：get off

C：take off

D：leave out

答案：A

 

 

(2)、The red double-decker buses have ______.

A：two conductors

B：a conductor and a driver

C：no conductor but a driver 

D：neither conductor nor driver

答案：B

 

 

(3)、There are ______ kinds of buses in London.

A：two

B：three

C：four

D：five

答案：B

 

 

(4)、The correct statement is ______.

A：many London bus conductors are from West Indies

B：a lot of bus drivers are from West Europe

C：few bus conductors are Indies 

D：london buses hire only people from India

答案：A

 

 

(5)、The green buses are mainly for people who ______. 

A：live in the center of London

B：like to call Green Line

C：like to take buses

D：live outside of London

答案：D

 

 

27、The moon looks near, but it is very far away. It is 380,000 kilometers away from our earth. Man now can go to the moon in a spaceship. It takes more than three days to get to the moon. A spaceship flies at about eleven kilometers a second.

In 1969 two Americans got to the moon in a spaceship. They got out of the spaceship and walked around for a few minutes. It is too hot in the day and too cold at night. And there is no air or water on the moon. We all know living things need water and air.

  Everything on the moon is much lighter than on the earth. Walking on the moon is just like jumping and flying. A person can jump much higher on the moon than on the earth.

 

(1)、It is ______ from us to the moon.

 

A：very fast

B：very far

C：so near

D：very large

答案：B

 

 

(2)、It takes ______ to reach the moon by spaceship.

 

A：over three days

B：less than three days

C：about tree years

D：more than three weeks

答案：A

 

 

(3)、There is ______ life on the moon.

 

A：some

B：many

C：much

D：no

答案：D

 

 

(4)、It is ______ on the moon.

 

A：neither cold nor hot

B：very hot during the day

C：warm at night

D：cool and wet

答案：B

 

 

(5)、Everything on the earth is much ______ than on the moon.

 

A：bigger

B：smaller

C：heavier

D：lighter

答案：C