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“Where Are We Going, Dad?” is the song of the star parenting reality TV show. It was produced by Hunan Satellite TV. The show invites five stars from different fields and their children. They spend together in new environments and achieved different kinds of difficult tasks. The guests are Olympic diver-turned-actor Tian Liang and his 5-year-old daughter Tian Yucheng(Cindy), Taiwanese actor Jimmy Lin and his 4-year-old son Kimi, actor Guo Tao and his six-year-old son Guo Zirui (nickname: Little Stone), model Zhang Liang and his six-year-old son Zhang Xuanyu (Nickname: Tiantian), director Wang Yuelun and his 4-year-old daughter Wang Shiling(Angela).

“Where Are We Going, Dad” has aired every Friday night at 10pm on Hunan Satellite TV since October 11th. It was very popular with both adults and children.

In every episode(集), the star fathers and their children spend time together and complete different tasks. The first two episodes recorded a three-day trip to a village near Beijing, while the third and fourth episodes sent the guests to the desert. Then they went to Yunnan, Hunan and Shandong, ect. The children are between 4 and 6 years old. All of them were well-known as soon as the first episode came out.

The eighth episode recorded in Shandong. It aired last night. We hope to see more.

1. Among the five children, Little Stone is______ year(s) older than Angela.

A. one B. two C. three D. four

2. The underlined word “aired” here means “______” in Chinese.

A. 公开 B. 暴露 C. 显示 D. 播放

3. The passage mainly tells us that _______.

A. “Where Are We Going, Dad?” is a parenting reality TV show

B. The five fathers had to complete different kinds of tasks alone

C. the five fathers and their children are all very famous actors

D. More than eight episodes have recorded successfully in Shandong

B

On Saturday nights，A.J. Coston doesn’t get a lot of sleep. Usually three or four times a night，a loud bell rings，a red light goes off，and he has to jump out of his bed. That’s because he’s a weekend volunteer firefighter(消防员)with Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Station 13 in Northern Virginia. During the week，he lives at home with his mom，dad and sister and does his main job which is to go to high school.

“I have always wanted to get into firefighting since I was a little kid watching fire trucks go by，”he says. “One day on the Internet I noticed that Loudoun County offered a junior firefighter program.” He was only 16，but he got it.

Fighting fires is dangerous work. Firefighters never stop practicing the skills because they need to stay safe. Once Coston learned those skills，he was allowed to work inside burning buildings.

“Teamwork is most important，”he says. “It’s the whole team that puts the fire out.”

Firefighters feel great about helping people. “My most unbelievable call was probably the time four kids were struck by lightning，” says Coston. He will be off to college next fall，building on his dream job. “I’ll get my degree in emergency(紧急情况)medical care，and then work in a fire and rescue company for a while. I want to be a flight doctor on a helicopter in the end，but I will never forget the days as a firefighter. These are my unforgettable experiences，”he says.

4．Coston can’t sleep well on Saturday nights because______________________

A．he has to work part-time at weekends

B．he has some sleeping problems

C．he has to do his job as a volunteer firefighter

D．he always worries that a fire may break out

5．What do we learn about Coston from the passage?

A．He doesn’t like studying at school.

B．He will go to college next year.

C．He dreams to be a great hero one day.

D．He is only sixteen years old.

6．In Coston’s opinion，what is the key thing in putting out a fire?

A．Skills. B．Teamwork. C．Courage. D．Equipment.

7．All of the following are true EXCEPT that________.

A．Coston wanted to be a firefighter when he was a kid

B．Coston tried several times before he became a volunteer firefighter

C．firefighters feel proud that they can help people

D．firefighters have to practice skills all the time to stay safe

C

There are many TV programs about Chinese dishes, but few are like A Bite of China. The seven-part documentary tells us food in different places in China.

The different kinds of food on TV are from 60 places. You can see many kinds of food and they can capture your eyes and stomach. And you can also learn how to make the food. That’s why the program becomes so popular.

However, the program is not only about food. There are many great stories between food and people. To know good stories, workers of the film spent three months doing research and nine months filming. Liu Wen, one of the workers, says the stories also show social transformations(社会变迁). “The program is like a window. It makes the world know more about China. And it helps people around the world not only enjoy Chinese dishes, but also learn Chinese culture,” he says.

8. There were ______ parts in the documentary A Bite Of China?

A. five B. six C. seven D. eight

9. The underlined word “capture” means ______ in Chinese.

A. 弥补 B. 抢占 C. 填补 D. 吸引

10. How long did the workers spend doing research?

A. One month. B. Three months. C. Six months. D. Nine months.

11. From the article we know Liu Wen is_______ of the film.

A. an actor B. a director C. a worker D. audience

12. What can we learn from the documentary?

①Delicious food ②How to make the food

③Chinese Culture ④Chinese cities

A. ①②④ B. ①③④ C. ②③④ D. ①②③

D

Do you have any places to visit during this fall？How about the following two places?

Tulum，Mexico

Why You Should Go：Tulum is about an hour and a half south of Cancun，down the Riviera Maya of Mexico. The beaches there have not been developed yet.

Where to Sleep：The most common type of houses in Tulum are small ones with no frills(不实用的装饰)on or near the beach；you’ll like the ocean wind，as the small houses usually don’t have air conditioners. Hemingway has waterfront(滨水区的)small houses with gardens.

Where to Eat：You can probably eat at your hotel；the owners often cook. You can also take a taxi into the center of the city Tulum and eat at Carlos’n Charlie’s，which offers live music.

Budapest，Hungary

Why You Should Go：Budapest is less expensive and less explored than other Western European capitals. It has the beautiful Buda Castle，and the Danube River divides the city Buda from Pest.

Where to Sleep：The Opera House and museums are in central Pest，but staying in Buda can be cheaper.The Hotel Astra (doubles from $144) is in central Buda. Vadvirag Panzio (doubles from $81) is very cheap in nearby Buda Hills，but you’ll have to take a bus into town.

Where to Eat：Have coffee at the popular Ruszwurm. For dinner，try the traditional Tabani Terasz. “It’s below scenic Castle Hill and is still unknown to most tourists，”says Ben Curtis，a guide from Rick Steves’ tour company，Europe Through the Back Door.

二、七选五 (共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Question: I have been learning English for about 7 years. 16 And I still can’t make myself understood in English. However, I love learning English. How can I learn English well? Please help me.

Answer: Many people have asked me this question. 17 Here I will give you several tips for learning English.

● 18

First of all, you must want to learn. If you are not interested in learning English, no class will help you and no book will help you. So you have to be honest with yourself. Ask yourself, “Do I really want to learn English?” If you can’t answer “yes” to this question, it is better for you to set English aside until you’re ready and willing to learn.

● Set goals (目标).

To learn English well, you must set some goals. 19 It will also help you to see your progress. Ask yourself, “What are my goals? What areas would I like to improve?” Think about what your goals are, and review once in a while to see that you are making progress toward your goals.

● Practice, practice, and practice.

After you have set your goals, you have a better idea of what you need to practice. Just like the athlete whose goal is the Olympics must train daily, you as a language learner must practice language every day to make progress toward your goal. 20

A. Want to learn.

B. I think it is not easy to learn it well.

C. Make friends with some Americans online.

D. Reading is a very good way to learn new words.

E. The answers are as different as the people asking the question.

F. The more you practice, the more progress you will make.

G. Having goals will help you remember what areas you want to work on.





三、完形填空（共10 小题，每小题1.5满分30分）

When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more__21__ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him _22_much in repairs that he decided that he had better _23_it.

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly_2 4_ to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so_25_ of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was _26_ when they met one evening, and said, “What's _27_, Dave?”

Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may _28_more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's_29_was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, _30_ very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no 31_.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to_32_ him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be_33_or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll _34_my wife. We want to go for a r