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（一）
If you come to London for the first time now, you,ll see a lot of buses and cars on the road, you,ll also see a lot of bikes because nowadays more and more people travel by bike.
There are a lot of reasons for this. First, it,s very cheap to use a bike, and it,s quick too. You often wait for a bus for half an hour. When the bus comes, there are so many other buses and cars on the road that the bus moves very slowly. The underground train is quick but very expensive and often crowded.
I traveled to work by bus for about four years. I often arrived at work late and tired. Then one day, about two years ago, a workmate said,“I go to work by bike, why don,t we travel together?”
“Because my bike is old,”I answered,“and there are so many buses and cars on the road. I always feel frightened.”
“You needn,t worry about this,” said my friend.“If you follow me and we ride slowly, you,ll be fine.”
Although we went slowly, we arrived at work quickly. The bus ride took forty minutes and the bike ride took half an hour!
The next day I bought myself a new bike. Now I don,t feel afraid. I love cycling to work, and I feel fit and well.
Many people think in the same way as I do. That,s why you see a lot of bikes on the road. Who knows, perhaps in the future we,ll have roads for bicycles only. I hope so!
1.What can we see on the road if we visit London now?
2. The writer went to work three years ago.
3.How long did it take the writer to go to work by bike?
4.Is riding a bike good for our health?
5. The writer hope we’ll have roads one day.
（二）
Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over your body. You must be unhappy because of it. You don't want to work. You stay in bed feeling very sad.
What makes us ill? It's germs.
Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can't find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope（显微镜）. They are very, very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing.
Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we can see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.
Germs aren't found only in water. They are found in the air and dust（灰尘）. If you cut your finger, and if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut, some of the germs will go into your finger. Your finger will become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs will go into all of your body, and you will have pain everywhere.
1. Why is a person unhappy when he's ill?
2. People can see the germs with .
3. Why don't parents let their children drink dirty water?
4. Where are germs found？
5. If germs go into the cut of the finger, you will feel .
（三）
Children all over the world like to celebrate their birthdays. American children are not different. American children usually celebrate with a party. They invite their friends to join the celebration. The party may not be held on the date of their birthday if it comes on a school day. It may be held on the closest weekend instead.
Today two kinds of parties are the most popular. One is held at home. Parents make the house beautiful with balloons(气球)and colored paper. They prepare a special birthday meal. The children play games. Another kind is held away from home. Some are at a special restaurant. The children eat pizza and ice cream. The waiters also sing and tell jokes to the children. Other parties may be held at a park, or a movie theater, or some other places.
Every birthday party has a birthday cake with candles on top. There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy or girl,s age. When the candles are lighted, everyone sings the special birthday song: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.!
As Americans grow older, their birthday parties change. In fact, many people stop having them. They say they would like to forget how old they are. Yet they like to remember the happy birthday parties of their childhood(儿童时代).
1. American children usually celebrate their birthdays .
2. If their birthday is on a school day, they will hold the party .
3. When they hold the party at home, who may be very busy?
4. What will the waiters do if they hold the party at a restaurant?
5. Why do many people stop having their birthday parties now?
（四）
An eleven-year-old boy in a small town wanted to be a train driver. But the boy was born without hands. His father taught him to use his feet as hands. He couldn,t go to school, so he spent all his time watching trains coming and going because he lived near the station. How wanted to be a train driver!
One day he saw an empty train and climbed in. It was not easy for him to start it with his feet. Soon the train was traveling at forty miles(英里) an hour. The railway officials(官员)could not see the boy in the train and tried to stop the train. The train reached a small station and then the boy drove it on. When he was near the town, a worker caught up with the train and stopped it. At first he was very angry, but he laughed when the boy said, “I like trains”.
“Well, I,m glad you don,t like planes!”
1. The boy didn’t go to school because .
2. The boy was interested in .
3. Where did the boy lived?
4. How did the boy drive the train?
5. Was it dangerous the boy drove the train?
(五)
George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen he became his father,s helper. He spent a lot of time learning about engine(机械), and on holidays he often took it to pieces and studied each piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write. He began to learn the English alphabet (字母表)when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours, hard work, he had to walk a long way to have lessons from a school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life.
George invented many things in his life. The train was the greatest one of them. Today when we take trains from one place to another, we,ll think of this great man—George Stephenson.
1.Why did George Stephenson start working so early?
2.How long had George Stephenson worked before he became his father’s helper?
3. When George was fourteen, he spent a lot of time .
4. He could write his own name for the first time .
5. What was George’s greatest invention?
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