2004．Athens．2008．Beijing．Which one is coming next? Five hopeful cities are waiting to find out where the 2012 Olympics will be held．

    Hosting is no easy work but it's a good chance for a country to attract tourists and make friends with people from all over tile world．

    Two years ago，cities which were interested in hosting tile Games enrolled(登記) their names．Later they handed in their reports to the International Olympic Committee．Nine cities hoped that they would have the honor．On May18，2004，after the careful checking of each report，the IOC chose five cities；Paris，London，Moscow, Madrid(馬德里) and New York City to be the possible cities to hold tile 2012 Olympic Games．

    Since February．the IOC has visited these five cities，Moscow being the last，to hear each city’s report as to how they will host the Games．

Want to know the result? Some people guess that Paris will be the winner．London and New York could only show plans for gyms to be built for the Games．but Paris showed off their well-run gym that was built for the 1998 Soccer World Cup．One problem with Paris is that they ran against Beijing for the 2008 Game．The IOC members thought that French people were too proud

But don’t rush to give an answer．Wait until July 6．On that day in Singapore the IOC will tell the world which city is going to be the next Olympic host．Before that．nobody can be sure!

1．This passage mainly talks about              ．

  A．how to host the Olympic Games

  B．five cities that could host the 2012 Olympic Games

  C．the benefits(好處)of hosting the Olympic Games

  D．when to announce the winner of the 2012 Olympic Games

2．Many cities want to host the Olympic Games mainly because          ．

  A．it can invite more tourists                  B．it’s not easy to get the chance

  C．Olympic Games are exciting          D．it makes people run faster

3．The underlined word“honor”probably means“         ”．

  A．pride           B．pain       C．fortune         D．1uck

4．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

  A．Before July 6 nobody knows for sure which city will host the next Olympics

  B．London has already built enough gyms for the 2012 Olympics．

  C．Each city has to give a report to the IOC first if they want to host the Olympics

  D．The IOC will visit those cities before they make the final decision．

5．The writer seems          about Paris hosting the 2012 Olympics．

    A．fairly sure        B．excited           C．worried    D．unsure

Jane is a nice girl. She lives in London. She studies in a middle school, she gets up at six every day. She likes learning English. She’s a clever girl. She draws pictures well. After school, she often reads newspapers (報(bào)紙) with her grandmother. At seven o’clock in the evening. Jane has supper at home. Every day at eight she does her homework and goes to bed at nine.

1.Jane lives in         .

A．England                               B．New York

C．Paris                                 D．USA

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Jane likes reading storybooks.

B．Jane likes drawing big pictures.

C．Jane likes learning English.

D．Jane likes doing her homework.

3.She is a          girl.

A．nice             B．clever            C．nice and clever     D．lazy

4.What does she often do after school?

A．She draws pictures.

B．She has supper.

C．She does her homework.

D．She does some reading with her grandma.

5.What time does she go to bed?

A．At 8:00.                              B．At 9:00.

C．At 8:35.                               D．At 9:35.

There are many places for people to visit in London．One famous place for 1_______ in London is Madame Tussaud’s museum．Here people can 2_______ figures（塑像）of famous people made of wax（蠟）．

Madame Tussaud was born in France in 1761．Her uncle，who was a doctor，made wax figures of people．He 3_______ a museum of these figures in Paris．Marie Tussaud helped him in his 4_______．

In 1789，during the 5_______ Revolution（革命），Marie was sent to prison．Here she had to copy the heads of 6_______ people when they were dead，including King Louis XVI’s and Queen Marie Antoinette’s．

In 1795，Marie 7_______ Francois Tussaud and in 1802 they came to London with her wax figures．Here she opened a museum and her figures can still be 8_______ today．

Nowadays．Madame Tussaud’s is opened in several 9_______ ，such as New York，Hong Kong．Amsterdam．People can visit Madame Tussaud’s not only in Europe but also in 10_______ and America．

1．A．Ladies                   B．students               C．a(chǎn)rtists                    D．tourists

2．A．draw                     B．make                   C．see                        D．buy

3．A．visited                   B．opened                 C．saw                       D．decorated

4．A．work                     B．drawing               C．painting                  D．picture

5．A．English                  B．Russian                C．Chinese                  D．French

6．A．good                     B．beautiful               C．famous                  D．tall

7．A．married                 B．encouraged          C．found                    D．saved

8．A．made                     B．seen                    C．discovered             D．stolen

9．A．towns                    B．villages                C．cities                     D．countries

10．A．China                  B．France                 C．Australia                D．Asia

閱讀理解

　　New York, London, Paris and other big cities are wonderful places to live in. There are many nice things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films. You can also go shopping to buy things from all over the world.

　　But there are serious problems in big cities, too. The cost of living is high, and there are too many people in some places. Every year many people move to the cities because there are more chances to find jobs, to study at good schools and to receive good medical care. But sometimes these people can not find jobs or good places to live in. Also, too many people in a small space make it hard to keep the cities safe and clean.

　　Some people enjoy staying in big cities, others do not. Before people move to a big city, they should think about the problems of staying there.

　　注釋　　1．museum[PU((:)>L!+P]n．博物館　　2．cost[E&KC]n．成本；費(fèi)用

　　3．receive[T!>K!:H]v．收到，接到，接收　　4．medical care n．醫(yī)療保健制度

閱讀上述短文，并完成下列練習(xí)

一、根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，把住在大城市的優(yōu)點(diǎn)和大城市有可能遇到的問(wèn)題寫在相應(yīng)處。

advantage(優(yōu)點(diǎn))：________________________________________

problems(問(wèn)題)：________________________________________

二、把下列英語(yǔ)解釋前的序號(hào)填在相應(yīng)的單詞或短語(yǔ)前的括號(hào)內(nèi)。

1．a(chǎn)ll over the world　　A．work

2．different　　　　　　B．important and worrying things

3．serious　　　　　　C．to take or go from one place to another

4．job　　　　　　　　D．everywhere in the world

5．move　　　　　　　E．not the same

三、根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷正誤(T or F)。

1．In big cities, it's easy for people to buy things.

(　　)

2．You'll spend more money when you live in a big city.

(　　)

3．People move to the big cities only because there are more chances to find jobs.

(　　)

4．All the people like living in big cities.

(　　)

5．If you want to move to a big city, you should be ready to face a lot of problems.

(　　)