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第一部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

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A long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth. In some countries people even said that the sun was a god(神). They thought the god drove across the sky each day on a golden horse. Now we know the earth goes round the sun. It takes the earth a year to go all way round the sun. Today men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun. They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the sun.

The sun is really a star. It is much bigger than the earth and it is very hot. Some people have been to the moon but we know that no one can ever go to the sun. It is far too hot for people to live anywhere near it. The sun is three hundred thousand times heavier than the earth and more than million times larger.

1.  A long time ago, people said the sun was ____.

A. a golden horse of god     B. a god on a golden horse

C. a god with golden dress   D. a god and a golden horse

2.  The earth travels over ____ miles an hour.

A. 1,000   B. 100,000    C. 6,000,000    D. 60,000

3.  One year is ____

A. the time for the earth to turn round.

B. the time the earth travels one thousand miles.

C. one circle the earth goes round the sun.

D. the journey of the earth.

B

Everything has a name. All people, places and things have names. For example, Jenny is the name of a student from England. England is the name of her country. Cities and towns have names, too. Schools and office building also have names. All things have names. Names are important.

Names are different all over the world. In Jenny’s class, Jenny must learn the names of students from all over the world. This is very difficult because the names are different. www.

In the USA, most people have a first name, a middle name, and a last name. Parents choose the first and middle names for their baby. There are names for boys and names for girls. For example, John, Peter, Tom and Mike are all names for boys. Elizabeth, Betty, Susan, and Mary are all names for girls. The last name is the family name. Usually it is the father’s family name. In a family, the mother, the father, and the children usually have the same last name.

Names are different all over the world. They can be long or short, but they are always very important.

4.  Why does everything have a name? Because ______.

A. it is very interesting to have a name

B. it is very easy to be remembered

C. it is very easy to be told from others   D. both B and C

5.  It is difficult to learn names all over the world because ______.

A. there are many different languages

B. the names in different countries are different

C. some names are very short, some are very long

D. there are many names all over the world

6.  Which of the following is true?

A. It’s difficult to learn the names because they are different

B. There is no difference between girls’ names and boys’ names

C. Jenny doesn’t want to learn the names very well

D. It’s easy for Jenny to learn the names of her classmates.

7.  What names are for girls?

A. George, Linda, Susan  B. Tom, Jill, Candy

C. Elizabeth, Betty, Mary  D. Peter, Jeff, Jack

C

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8.  Any student who wants to learn about the insurance plans can click the following EXCEPT ______.

A. Student Safety     B. International Citizens

C. Atlas International     D. Student STM

9.  The underlined word “browse” (in Paragraph 4) means “______”.

A. look after       B. look for

C. look through         D. look at

10.  Where can we probably read this passage?

A. In a newspaper.       B. On the Internet.

C. In a magazine.            D. In a story book.

11.  The group insurance center is for ______.

A. every student           B. groups of international students

C. American students         D. single international student

D

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