【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 is life, Wheeler and his family lived in many counties. In the early 1970s, Tony met a young woman named Maureen. Soon they got married. Before getting jobs, Tony and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a yearlong trip from England, through Asia, to Australia. On the trip, they visited places like Iran, India and so on. When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia, people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions, Wheeler wrote a book called Across Asia on the Cheap. The book told people about different countries weather, customs, and places to see. But unlike other travel books of that time, Tony Wheeler39。s book also talked about places most tourists didn39。t go. He also wrote about special things to see and to do. The book was very popular. Tony and Maureen started a pany called Lonely Planet. They went on traveling. They wrote books for each place they visited. Today, 800 people work for Lonely Planet. The pany has over 650 books. Tony Wheeler, the great traveler, still writes about travels to many places and will bring us more surprises.（1）Tony Wheeler wrote the book Across Asia on the Cheap to ______. A.make money for his next trip.B.tell people about his new panyC.draw people39。s attention to his familyD.answer people39。s questions about his trip（2）Across Asia on the Cheap was different from other travel books of that time because ______. A.it was longer and more popularB.it was the first travel book in the worldC.it talked about places most tourists did not goD.it talked about a country39。s weather and customs（3）Which of the following is true about Tony Wheeler39。s pany? A.His father started it.B.It is an airline.C.Hundreds of people work for it.D.It has no books about traveling.（4）The passage mainly talks about ______. A.a great traveler and his booksB.a tour of different countriesC.a great writer and his familyD.different kinds of panies8．閱讀理解 Here is a charity sale （義賣） for the poor kids in the mountain area We39。ll give away the money we raise in the charity sale. Come and see our things.Nick I have an MP3 player. I have had it for half a year. It still works very well now. It stays with me whenever I feel sad. And I have downloaded some pop songs in it. I hope it can be with you when you are unhappy. It cost 180 dollars. Now. You can take it with 60 dollars.Karen I39。d like to sell some of my fictions. I started to buy fictions when I was twelve years old. My favorite fiction is Treasure Island I believe anyone like me will learn a lot from this fiction. Each fiction only costs 20 dollars. You can get the second at half price.Mandy I have some soft toys to sell. The toy bear is my fourteenyearold birthday present. I have had it for one year. It still looks very new. I39。s original （原始的） price was 50 dollars. You only need to pay 15 dollars for it now. Other toys are very new but cheap, too.（1）Nick may ___ when he isn39。t happy. A.read fictionsB.listen to musicC.play with toysD.see movies（2）The underlined word downloaded means in Chinese. A.下載B.演唱C.制作D.刪除（3）Nancy will pay ___ dollars if she buys two books from Karen. A.tenB.twentyC.thirtyD.forty（4）___ may get the money raised from the charity sale. A.A disabled man in hospitalB.A poor family with four kidsC.The poor kids in the mountain areaD.A homeless man from the countryside（5）According to the passage, ___ is NOT TRUE. A.The three kids sell different thingsB.Sarah can buy the toy bear at half priceC.Karen learns a lot from Treasure IslandD.There are some pop songs in Nick39。s MP3 player9．閱讀理解 Mary and Peter were having a piic with some friends near a river when Mary shouted, Look! That39。s a spaceship up there and it39。s going to land here. Frightened by the strange spaceship, all the young people got into their cars and drove away as quickly as possible except Peter and Mary. They were more curious（好奇的）than frightened. They watched the spaceship land and saw a door open, but nobody came out, so they went to look into it. In the centre of the floor, there was a lot of food. Peter followed Mary into the spaceship and did not hear the door close behind him. The temperature fell in no time and very soon the two young people didn39。t know anything. When they came to, they were surprised to see that they were back by the river again. The spaceship had gone. Their car was nearby. What happened? asked Mary. Peter scratched（搔）his head, saying slowly, Don39。t ask me. Perhaps we had a problem. Come on. It39。s time to go home. After driving about fifty metres, they found a thick wall made of something like glass stood in their way. On the other side of the wall, a few strange aliens were looking through the wall and reading a notice, which translated into（譯成）English said, New ers at the zoo, a pair of earth villagers in their house on wheels. （1）What happened after Mary and Peter entered the spaceship? A.They were asked to eat much food.B.The temperature went up.C.Someone they couldn39。t see knocked them down.D.The spaceship flew away with them and part of the field.（2）What can we learn from the end of the story? A.Peter and Mary became villagers.B.Peter and Mary were in another planet（星球）.C.Peter and Mary went back home.D.Peter and Mary visited the zoo.（3）The underlined part house on wheels means in this story. A.carB.space