阅读理解；阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项

1. In For Pet’s Sake, Do Something! Book 1, the author tells us _____.

A. what kind of food shouldn’t be given to your pet

B. when is the best time to feed your pet

C. how to prepare food for your pet at home

D. how to communicate with your pet

2. Unlike the other three books, Pets Have Feelings, Too ______.

A. is made up of many stories 

B. is aimed to help your pets regain their health

C. is about a real person and his pets  

D. has a great number of pictures

3.Which book should you read if your pet eats too much?

A. For Pet’s Sake, Do Something! Book 1 

B. For Pet’s Sake, Do Something! Book 2

C. Pets Have Feelings, Too!

D. What Animals Tell Me

4. Where can you find the advertisements?

A. In the newspaper.                  B. In the magazine.

C. On television.                       D. On a website.

When you want to go shopping, decide how much money you can spend for new clothes. Think about the kind of clothes you really need. Then look for those clothes on sale(销售).

There are labels(标签)inside all new clothes. The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash by washing in cold water. The label on a coat may say "dry clean only." Washing may ruin(损坏)this coat. If you do as the directions(说明)say on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best. Many clothes today must be dry cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, check(核实)to see if they will need to be dry cleaned. You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed.X k b 1 . c o m

You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times. Clothes that cost more money are not always better made. They do not always fit(合身)better. Sometimes less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.

1. If you want to save money, you can buy clothes that _____.

A. don't fit you    B. don't last long      C. need to be dry cleaned D. can be washed

2. The best title(标题) for the reading should be ______.

A. Buying Less Expensive Clothes B. Taking Enough Money When Shopping

C. Being a Clever Clothes Shopper D. Choosing the Labels inside New Clothes

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice. After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

 “Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospital. I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I pay for you?” she asked.

“Nothing.” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

1. How was the old woman?

A. She was fine, but she wanted to have a family.  B. She missed her hometown very much.

C. She was ill, but not serious.             D. She was ill and she was dying.

2. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ________.

A. show she was familiar with the city    B. see some places for the last time

C. let the driver earn more money          D. reach the destination on time

3.The taxi driver did not charge(收费) the old woman because he ________.

A. wanted to do her a favor                B. shut off the meter by mistake

C. had received her payment in advance   D. was in a hurry to take other passengers

4. What can we learn from the story?

A. Giving is always a pleasure. 

B. People should respect each other.

C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.

English teenagers will receive cooking lessons in schools. The idea is to encourage healthy eating to solve the problem that many people are overweight. Also, it worries people that basic cooking and food preparation skills are being lost because parents use too much pre-prepared fast food.

Cooking was once regarded as an important part of education in England---even if it was mainly for girls. In recent years cooking has become less important in schools. But the rising level of obesity(肥胖的) has led to rethink about the food that children are given and the skills they should be taught .

“What we want is to teach young people how to do basic, simple meals, which they can use now at home and then in their life,” said Ed Balls, an education expert.

The new lessons will start in September, but some schools without kitchens will be given a longer time to prepare. Also, there may be a shortage of teachers with the right skills, since schools have been teaching food technology rather than practical cooking. Besides, the lessons for hand-on cooking will only be one hour a week for one term. But the well-known cookery writer, Pru Leith, believe it will be worth it.

“If we’d done this thirty years ago we might not have to face the problem about obesity and lack of knowledge about food and so on. Every child should know how to cook, not just so that they’ll be healthy, but because it’s a life skill which is a real pleasure.”

The renewed interest in cooking is an effort to reduce the obesity rate, which is almost the highest in Europe, and according to the government, half of all British people will be obese in 25 years if present trends(趋势) are not halted.

1. The passage mainly talks about ________.

A. the reason for obesity      B. the lost cooking skills

C. the healthy eating         D. the cooking classes

2. Which of the following is NOT the aim of bringing back cooking lessons in Britain? xkb1.com

A. To encourage teenagers to eat healthy food.

B. To reduce the country’s increasing obesity rate.

C. To prevent basic cooking and food preparation skills from being lost.

D. To encourage parents to use more pre-prepared fast food.

3. How will cooking lessons do good to the students?

A. All of them will become good cooks in their later life.

B. Students will be healthy and enjoy the pleasure of such a life skill as well.

C. Students will be able to make food experiments with the knowledge and skills.

D. Students will be able to control the level of obesity in the whole country.

4. The underlined word “halted” in the last paragraph probably means “________”.

A. continued        B. stopped         C. discussed            D. kept

5. It can inferred from the passage that ________.

A. cooking has always been an important part of school education in England.

B. English teenagers will have their cooking lessons one hour a month for one year.

C. the obesity rate in Britain has been growing rapidly in recent years.

D. the students will pay much money for their cooking lessons.

下面文章中有五处；需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A,B,C,D,E和F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余项。

A.        Improve yourself

B.        Try out different things

C.        Find your interests

D.       Know your strengths（优势）

E.        Find your passion(热情)

F.        Know your limits

Finding Your Hidden Talents

1._________What sorts of things do you like to read about, watch or do? What are your favorite shows on television? Which column of the newspaper and magazines do you like to read? To know what you are interested in is the first step towards finding your hidden talents.

2._________If you want to find out your dexterity(灵巧) in each of the things that interest you, then try them out. Carry out experiments and explore things. Locate a safe environment, where you can try out different things without anybody’s interference(干扰).

3.________You may be a person of various interests. However, there will be only a thing or two, which you are passionate about. What is the one thing that you love to do the most, with most enthusiasm? Get the answer to the question and you will come to know what exactly you are passionate about.

4.________After you come to know about the areas of your interest, it is the time to improve yourself. Read lots of books and increase your depth of know learn from people. One of the best ways to learn something is to teach. Therefore, teach what you have learnt. This will help increase your depth of p. In this process, you will be able to discover all your hidden talents.

5.________In the process of finding your strengths or talents, you should not ignore（忽略） your weaknesses as well. Find out the things which you are not good at. Know what makes you struggle. You will then come to know about your talents as well as the areas that you need to work on.