Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共23分)
A.选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文。(5分)
In America, when people say “man‟s best friend”, they mean a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and 1 . Dogs and other pets can give 2 to people‟s lives.
Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to become the “ 3 ” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf person. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! Americans hold “ Be 4 to Animals Week”, the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week and people will take more time this week to play with their pets.
If you don‟t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If you see a 5 dog, don‟t kick it or throw things at it. Instead, just leave it alone, or better yet, make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to 6 them. As people, we protect animals who can‟t speak for themselves.
1. A. persons B. people C. plants D. animals
2. A. sadness B. trouble C. happiness D. harm
3. A. eyes B. ears C. hands D. feet
4. A. Bad B. Happy C. Nice D. Sad
5. A. lovely B. little C. homeless D. nice
6. A. help B. catch C. beat D. stop
B.Choose the best answer(根据短文内容,选择最恰当的答案): (共6分)
Why do people travel? “To see more of the world,” many people would say. But travelling abroad (到国外) now means much more than that for the growing number of Chinese tourists.
According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), more than 1 billion people travelled to another country in 2012. In 2012, Chinese people travelled abroad 30 percent more than in 2011. Chinese people usually join large tourist groups and visit several countries in one trip.
Chinese people don‟t just travel for sightseeing. The China International Travel Service Company said that all their tour trips sold out a month before Christmas Day. Stores offered discounts (打折) during that time, so shopping in Europe and the United States is popular among Chinese travellers.
In December, China is going through a very cold winter. So many people like to go to some countries in Southeast Asia because the weather there is quite pleasant.
The improvement of living standards means more Chinese can travel abroad. But some of them don‟t have a sense of public manners(举止,规矩). A report by Living Social website in March 2012 eve n listed Chinese as the world‟s second worst tourists.
If you want to change that bad name, remember to avoid the following: littering, spitting, snatching bus seats, line-jumping, talking loudly and smoking in non-smoking areas. Besides, we should learn some necessary manners of foreign countries.
1. Chinese people travel abroad not to ______.
A. go shopping
B. see more of the world
C. go sightseeing
D. make money
2. According to the UNWTO, ______.
A. 30% of the people who travelled abroad are Chinese
B. the number of people who travelled abroad rose by 30%
C. more than 1 billion people travelled abroad in 2012
D. more Chinese people travel abroad in 2011 than in 2012
3. Some Chinese travellers like to go to Europe and the USA during Christmas because______.
A. they can visit several countries in one trip
B. they want to meet people from other countries
C. they can learn about their culture and customs
D. stores offer discounts during that time
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Chinese people like joining large tourist groups.
B. Many Chinese like to go to Southeast Asia in winter for shopping.
C. More and more Chinese people can travel abroad now.
D. Chinese people are the second worst tourists in the world.
5. From the fifth paragraph we know that Chinese tourists are ________
A. friendly
B. honest
C. not welcome
D. not rich
6. As a good tourist, you should ______.
A. litter and spit here and there
B. jump the line
C. have a sense of public manners
D. speak loudly and smoke as you like