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We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world， and there are more than 2，500 kinds of them. No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She？ Yes，she. It‘s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite（咬） and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds， she bites. But if she doesn‘t like your blood，she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you，just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others！ If the mosquito likes you，she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites，you will have an itch（痒） on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins，and she has flown away. And then what happens？ Well，after her delicious dinner，the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There，on a leaf or a wall， she begins to lay eggs，hundreds of eggs. 1.“Mosquito” means _______ in Chinese. A. 苍蝇 B. 蜻蜓 C. 跳蚤 D. 蚊子 2.We know mosquitoes very well because ___________. A. they can be found easily B. they fly here and there C. there are many kinds of them D. they can fly 3.If the mosquito doesn‘t bite you， it will ________. A. get angry with you B. be afraid of you C. make a lot of noise D. choose another one 4.The mosquito bites you _________. A. when you‘re asleep B. because you have choose it C. too quickly to let you know D. but doesn‘t like you 5.Which of the following sentences is wrong？ A. The itching begins after the mosquito bites you. B. You feel terrible when the mosquito bites you. C. Mosquitoes use blood to lay eggs. D. All the mosquitoes don‘t like to bite people for blood.
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My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his CF & thr 3:-@ kids FTF ILNY, its gr8. Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad: neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on Internet or cellphones. To newcomers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the "translation" of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York; it's great. Schoolteachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming（破坏）the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes cxan be seen in students' writing. They fear the language could become corrupted（面目全非的）. Everyone should just relax, say linguists（语言学家）. They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nunberg, from Stanford University, agrees. "People get better at writing by writing," he says, "Kids who are now doing text messaging, e-mail, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than, their parents." Linguist James Millroy says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And you can bet your bottom dollar that when today's teenagers become tomorrow's parents, they too will think this way. Milroy argues that languages do not and cannot become "corrupted"; they simply change to meet the new needs. However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write Standard English. Cynthia McVey says, "I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it's important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but that learning to write proper English is a must for their future." Perhaps we should give teenagers a little more trust anyway. Erin, age 12, says, "I wouldn't use text language in my homework. Texting is just for fun" 1.What is the main purpose of the first paragraph? A. To give an example of a foreign language. B. To show an example of creative methods. C. To express worries about using Netspeak. D. To lead in the topic of Netspeak. 2.Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Cynthia McVey points out teenagers can deal with Netspeak properly. B. Geoffrey Nunberg believes Netspeakers can write Standard English. C. David Crystal thinks Netspeak helps develop the habit of writing. D. James Milroy says that language is changing and improving. 3.The expression "bet your bottom dollar" in Paragraph 5 means ______. A. be fairly sure B. be greatly surprised C. think it a pity D. find it interesting 4.What can be the best title for the passage? A. Netspeak: A Widely-Used Language on Internet B. Is Netspeak Harming the English Language? C. Is Netspeak Helpful in Language Learning? D. Netspeak: Advantages and Disadvantages
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What do you do if you're stranded（处于困境的）on a lonely island? Surely you need to find a way to get in touch with the outside world. Your best chance of doing this is to draw the attention of a passing plane. Body signals（信号） Pilots from different countries understand body signals if they have the correct training. When you wave your arms up and down in a straight line, it means "yes". When you point downwards and swing your arm from side to side, it means "no". If you want the pilot to know that it's safe to land, push your hands out in front of you and bend（弯曲）your knees. If you want to say that it's not safe to land, put your arms in the air and move them to one side. Smoke signals The smoke from a fire can be seen from far away, so it's a good way to draw attention. If the weather is dry, it isn't hard to start a fire. Remember, however, that fires can be very dangerous if they get out of control. Never light a fire unless you're sure that it can't spread. If the ground is dark, light smoke can be seen more easily. Green grass and leaves produce light smoke. Ground-to-air signals It's a good idea to build some signals, too. Use large pieces of wood to make the symbols(标记). If you can't find any wood, use earth. Some useful symbols are: F "I need food and water." II "I need medicine." I "I am badly hurt." X" I am unable to move from here." Pilots' replies If the pilot lowers the plane's wings from side to side, this means "message received and understood". (At night, the pilot flashes the plane's green lights.) If the pilots flies the plane in a clockwise circle, this means "message received but not understood".(At night, the pilot flashes the plane's red lights.) However, there is no signal which means "message not received". Why not? 1.Which picture means "it's not safe land"?
2.What can we learn from the passage? A. Swinging your arm from side to side means "yes". B. If the ground is dark, light smoke can't be seen. C. If you need some medicine, make a symbol "II". D. The pilots make replies with a blue light at night. 3.What is the passage mainly about? A. The explanation of building signals on an island. B. The importance of making signals on an island. C. Ways of sending out signals on a lonely island. D. Ways of receiving signals from a lonely island
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Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce a child’s chance of becoming short-sighted, a research shows. It challenges (挑战) the belief that short-sightedness is caused by computer use, watching TV or reading in weak light. The Australian government researchers believe that sunlight is good for people’s eyes. They compared the vision(视力) and habits of 100 seven-year-old children in Singapore and Australia. In all, 30% of the Singaporean children were short-sighted—this rate(比率) was ten times higher than Australian children. Both groups spent a similar amount of time reading, watching television and playing computer games. However, the Australian children spent an average(平均) of two hours a day outdoors—90 minutes more than the Singaporean children. Professor(教授) Ian Morgan, from the Australian Research Council’s Vision Centre, said, “Humans are naturally long-sighted, but when people begin to go to school and spend little or no time outdoors, the number of short-sighted people gets larger. We’re also seeing more and more short-sighted children in cities all around the world—and the main reason may be that city children spend less time outdoors.” Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light. But why does playing outside prevent us from becoming short-sighted? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical(化学物质) which stops the eyeball from growing out of shape and prevents people becoming short-sighted. So be outdoors. It doesn’t matter if that time is spent having a picnic or playing sports. 1.How much time did the Singaporean children spend outdoors on average every day in the research? A. 2 hours. B. 90 minutes. C. 1 hour. D. 30 minutes. 2.What is the fifth paragraph mainly about? A. Why people become short-sighted. B. Why natural light has a special chemical. C. Why playing outside is good for one’s eyesight. D. Why daylight is much brighter than indoor light. 3.Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. People will all become short-sighted after they begin to go to school. B. Playing outdoors for 2 or 3 hours every day can help protect your eyesight. C. Children in Australia are more likely to get short-sighted than those in Singapore. D. If you spend two or three hours playing outside each day, you won’t get short-sighted.
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Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying, “Friends are God’s way of taking care of us.” But how do you find real friendship and keep it? The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed(种子) and take care of it to make it grow. First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient(耐心). For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his best to help. To make a good friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives. But things cannot always be happy. Even the best friends have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn’t want to talk, you could write a letter. There are three steps to being friends again: Tell him or her how you are feeling; say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that. Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life. 1.Sally wants to tell students the ways to . A. find friends B. plant trees C. get happy D. keep fit 2.What makes good friends? A good friend should . A. be lovely and cool B. be kind and patient C. have lots of money D. have good looks 3.According to the text, you can ___________ your friend after a fight. A. buy a present for B. never say a word to C. have dinner with D. write a letter to 4.What is the best title of the text? A. Teenagers and friendship. B. The good friends around you. C. The trouble of growing up. D. The care and keeping of friends.
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Two-year-old hero Ye Chengfeng saved most of his family from a deadly gas leak(泄漏). As his grandfather lay dead, the child woke up his grandmother and saved five other family members from deaths. More and more British school kids use their mobile phones to cheat(作弊) in exams. They use them to send messages to get the answers. So far this year, 1,013 students were caught cheating with mobile phones. Teachers are now teaching themselves so they can find the cheats. They also ask the students to hand the phones in before exams. A new study shows that girl chimps(黑猩猩) are faster to use tools than boys! Experts found that girl chimps in East Africa use sticks to dig in the soil two years earlier than boys do. But they don’t know why. Girls watched their moms work, but boys climbed trees. Yes, human girls always learn to write and draw first, but boys often run and play balls earlier than girls. In Germany, doctors have three ways to help kids who are addicted(上瘾的) to the Internet. First, learning art — Kids learn painting or singing; second, doing sports — Kids do swimming or horse riding. The last one is to go into nature — Kids plant flowers and grow vegetables. Doctors want kids to find other ways to have fun rather than surf the Internet. 1.How many family members did 2-year-old Ye Chengfeng save? A. Six. B. Five. C. Three. D. Four. 2.The British teachers are teaching themselves to . A. send messages to each other B. find their students’ cheats in exams C. stop the students from using their mobile phones D. ask the students to hand in their phones before exams 3.According to the third piece of news, we know . A. chimps are cleverer than monkeys B. only chimps in East Africa can use tools C. human boys always learn to write and draw earlier than girls D. experts don’t know why girl chimps use tools faster than boys 4.The German doctors help kids addicted to the Internet so that they can . A. go into nature B. enjoy their school life C. become famous painters and singers D. find some other ways to enjoy themselves 5.Choose the best title for each piece of news above from the following six ones: ①Girls learn faster than boys? ②Phone cheats ③Little hero ④No cheating! ⑤Internet cure ⑥Go into nature A. ①⑤④⑥ B. ③④⑥ ⑤ C. ③②①⑤ D. ②③①⑤
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Nowadays more and more people care about the exploitation(开采)of the natural resources, such as oil. Though there’re many kinds of resources, with the fast increase of population and the increase of many more factories, the more we use, the fewer there will be left for the future. Oil is getting less and less year after year. It’s said that oil can last for only 50 years. Natural gas perhaps will last about 38 years. Oil can be used in many ways and it’s difficult to imagine what the modern world will be like without oil. But oil isn’t easy to find and get out of the earth. Men must study the rocks. When they think the rocks in a certain place may have oil, a metal tower is built. A machine in the tower cuts a hole down into the ground. At the same time, a steel pipe(钢管)is pushed down to stop the sides from falling in and to keep out water. At last if the men are right, usually the oil rushes up the sides with great force(力量)by the pressure(压力)of the gas in the top of the rock, and it rushes high into the air. If the oil catches a light, there will be a terrible fire. So a kind of cover is fixed on the top of the pipe, and the oil can run out through taps(活塞). If we are near the middle of the oil field, we can also get gas. Such gas is sent through pipes to towns far away and used in houses and factories like coal gas. Today oil is under pressure as never before. The price of oil keeps rising all the time. In many countries, the governments encourage people to save oil as much as possible. 1.The word “resource” in the passage means ___________. . A.资源 B.现象 C.商品 D. 资金 2.Which is the right order of the exploitation of oil? a. push down a steel pipe. b. study the rocks. c. build a metal tower. d. oil rushes up. A. b, c, d, a B. b, a, c, d C. b, c, a, d D. c, a, d, b 3.Which of the following can be true according to (根据)the passage? A. Coal gas can’t be used in houses and factories. B. Oil is very important in the modern world. C. Many governments encourage people to waste oil as much as possible. D. It’s very easy to get the oil. 4.The oil is getting______________ but its price is getting _____________. A. more and more, lower and lower B. less and less, higher and higher C. less and less, lower and lower D. more and more, higher and higher 5.The governments are ________ because the resources are under pressure. A. excited B. happy C. worried D. patient
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When did you last see a polar(极地的)bear? On a trip to a zoo, perhaps? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a whole polar bear club. These “Polar Bears” are people who meet frequently in winter to swim in freezing cold water. That day, air temperature was 3℃, and the water temperature was a bit higher. The members of the Polar Bear Club at Coney Island , New York are usually about the age of 60. Members must satisfy two requirements. First, they must get along well with everyone else in the group, this is very important because there are so many different kinds of people in the club. Polar Bears must also agree to swim outdoors at least twice a month from November through February. Doctors do not agree about the medical effects of cold-water swimming. Some are worried about the dangers of a condition in which the body’s temperature drops so low that finally the heart stops. Other doctors, however, point out that there is more danger of a heart attack during summer swimming because the difference between the air temperature and water temperature is much greater in summer than in winter. The Polar Bears themselves are satisfied with the benefits(or advantages) of cold-water swimming. They say that their favorite form of exercise is very good for the circulatory system(循环系统) because it forces the blood to move fast to keep the body warm. Cold-water swimmers usually turn bright red after a few minutes in the water. A person who turns blue probably has a very poor circulatory system and should not try cold-water swimming. The main benefits(or advantages) of cold-water swimming are probably mental（精神的）. The Polar Bears love to swim year-round; they find it fun and relaxing. As one 70-year-old woman says,“When I go into the water, I pour my troubles into the ocean and let them float away(漂走).” 1.The members of the Polar Bear Club must meet the following requirements except that __________. A. they must reach the age of 60 B. they should be easy to make friends with C. they must swim outdoors at least 8 times in the four cold months D. they must agree to swim outdoors from November through February 2.Doctors __________. A. encourage people to take part in cold-water swimming actively B. point out the possible danger of blood illness during cold-water swimming C. believe swimming is helpful both in winter and in summer D. have different ideas about the medical effects of cold-water swimming 3.According to the passage, some doctors believe it is true that __________. A. you are healthy if cold-water swimming turns your skin color blue B. cold-water swimming causes more heart attacks in summer than in winter C. cold-water swimming can make the body temperature dangerously high D. Polar Bears are bears swimming in freezing water 4.The Polar Bears like to swim all the year round, for __________. A. they can remain young B. it is an easy way to keep the body warm in winter C. they find it enjoyable and interesting D. they might meet fewer troubles in life 5.The passage is mainly about __________. A. a group of cold-water swimming lovers B. the polar bears' life C. doctors' ideas about cold-water swimming D. the requirements of the Polar Bear Club
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In modern society there is a lot of disagreement about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is good for social progress. Others say that competition is bad. It sets one person against another. And it leads to unfriendly relationship between people. I have taught many children who believe that their self-worth depended on how well they did at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death matters. In their single-minded dream of success, the development of many other human qualities（品质） is sadly forgotten. However, while some seem to be lost in the desire（渴望） to succeed, others take a different attitude. In a culture which values only the winners, they are strongly against competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who are under competitive pressures（压力） from their parents or society. They are always told to be the top ones, but they think it’s really hard. When I teach these young people, I often find them in a desire to fail. They seem to search for failure（失败） by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try. If I had tried and lost, that would mean a lot. ” Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief. They think one’s self-respect depends on how well one does compared with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this fear begins to dissolve (消除) can we discover a new meaning in competition. 1.Why do some people welcome competition according to the passage? A. It pushes society forward. B. It improves one’s abilities. C. It develops human qualities. D. It builds up friendly relationship. 2.The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means _____. A. those who try their best to win B. those who value competition most highly C. those who depend on others most for success D. those who are against competition most strongly 3.Which of the following may the writer agree to? A. Every effort should be paid back. B. Competition should be encouraged C. Winning should be a life-and-death matter. D. Fear of failure should be taken away in competition. 4.What does this passage mainly talk about? A. Competition helps to set up self-respect. B. Competition is bad for social development. C. Ideas about competition are different among people. D. Failures are necessary experiences in competition.
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Imagine you’re at a party full of strangers. You’re nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Luckily, you’ve got a thing that sends out energy at small chips（芯片） in everyone’s name tag（标签）.The chips send back name, job, hobbies－whatever. Making new friends becomes simple. This hasn’t quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a new age of using RFID technology. An RFID tag with a small chip can be fixed in a product, under your pet’s skin（皮肤）, even under your own skin. Some RFID tags have no energy source because they do not need it. The energy comes from a scanning device（扫描装置）, which sends out energy and starts up the tag immediately. Such a tag carries information to that object, and the information can be renewed. Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing（识别） each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport. Doctors may put a small chip under the skin to get a patient’s medical records. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip might get you to pay for the bill with the wave of an arm. Take a step back: 10 or 12 years ago, you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The idea was that computer chips could be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make life simpler. RFID tags are a small part of this situation. “The world is going to be a connected set of personal small devices.” predicts Dr. J. Reich. But some people are nervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking（跟踪）school kids through RFID tags, they say. When Marconi invented radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication, not for pop music. Who knows how RFID and other technologies will be used in the future. Here’s a wild guess: Not for buying milk. 1.The article is intended to______. A. warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technology B. explain the benefits brought about by RFID technology C. convince people of the uses of RFID technology D. predict the applications of RFID technology 2.We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags, people_____. A. will have no trouble getting data about others B. will have more energy for conversation C. will have more time to make friends D. won’t feel shy at parties any longer 3.Passive RFID tags chiefly consist of____. A. scanning devices B. radio waves C. batteries D. chips 4.Why are some people worried about RFID technology? A. Because children will be tracked by strangers. B. Because market competition will become fiercer. C. Because their private lives will be greatly affected. D. Because customers will be forced to buy more products.
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There were two McDonald’s – Mac and Dick – and they were brothers. In 1948 they owned a restaurant in California. They liked working in the restaurant, but they got tired of the customers(顾客) ordering so many different things to eat. “If we gave customers a smaller menu(菜单), we could make some of the food before they came, and they wouldn’t have to wait so long for their meals,” said one of the brothers. The other brother agreed and said, “If we made the customers come to the counter(柜台), we wouldn’t need any waiters and waitresses(女服务员). We could also use plastic plates so there wouldn’t be any washing-up.” These were such good ideas that the McDonald’s brothers used them, and the customers were very pleased. They got their meals very quickly – in less than a minute – and they paid only 15 cents(分) for hamburgers and 10 cents for fries(油炸食品). The first McDonald’s restaurant had no seats for customers to sit on. This meant that people had to take their food away, and that no one had to clean up any tables after them. Then a man called Ray Kroc came to the brothers and asked to buy their business. They agreed to sell it to him for $27 million. After that, people paid Ray Kroc to open their own restaurants using the McDonald’s name and menu. Before long, there were McDonald’s restaurants all over the United States, and nowadays, they are all over the world – even in China and Russia. The most successful McDonald’s business is in Hong Kong of China. The Hong Kong McDonald’s sells more hamburgers every day than any other McDonald’s anywhere else in the world. McDonald’s restaurants are so successful because children love going to them. They like the food, and they like the toys and games they can get at McDonald’s. 【小题】The McDonald brothers offered customers fewer kinds of foods so that _____. A． they didn’t need waiters or waitresses B． they could use plastic plates C． customers could get their meals quickly D．customers would pay less. 【小题】Customers“paid only 15 cents for hamburgers”means the hamburgers were___. A. expensive B. new C. cheap D. worth a lot less 【小题】The first McDonald’s customers took their food away because_____. A． They wanted to eat it quickly B． they did not want a large menu C． There were no seats in the restaurant D． they wanted to eat at home 【小题】Nowadays, the owners of McDonald’s restaurants pay for ____. A． the McDonald’s name and menu B． children to play games C． people to take the food away D． customers to eat quickly 【小题】This story mainly tells us ____. A． a restaurant in California in 1948. B． how Ray Kroc made money for the McDonald brothers. C． where McDonald’s restaurants are in the world. D． how the McDonald’s business started and grew.
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New rules and behaviour standards for middle school students came out in March Middle School is going to use a new way to decide who the top students are. The best students won't only have high marks. They will also be kids who don't dye（染）their hair, smoke or drink. The following are some of the new rules. Tell the truth. Have you ever copied someone else's work on an exam? Don't do it again! That's not something an honest student should do. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room, don't tell your parents you have done homework. Do more at school. Good students love animals and care for other people. April is Bird-Loving Month in China. Is your school doing anything to celebrate? You should join! That way, you can learn more about animals and how to protect them. When more people work together, it makes it more fun for everyone. Have you ever quarreled with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with. Try to think of others, not only yourself. Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Maybe you'll discover Earth II someday. Don't look down on new ideas. Everyone's ideas are important. You should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyone. Protect yourself. Has someone ever taken money from one of your classmates? Don't let it happen to you. If you have to go home late, you should let your parents know. Use the Internet carefully. The Internet can be very useful for your studies. But some things on the Internet aren't for kids, so try to look at Web pages that are good for you. You can use the Web for fun or homework. Can't you find any good Web sites for children? Here are some: http://kids.eastday.com. http://www.chinakids.net.com http://www.cycnet.com 1.The school new rules will help kids by telling them ______. A. how they can study well B. what they should do at school C. what is right and what is wrong D. how they can protect themselves 2.According to the passage, which of the following is not true? A. Keep some animals to protect them. B. Tell the truth, even when you are wrong. C. Take care of yourself when you are out. D. Use the Internet, but keep away from bad things. 3.Good Web sites for children can ______. A. be a waste of time B. make life easier C. do homework for them D. help them with their studies
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Honesty comes in many forms. First there’s self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do you appear through smoke and mirrors? I find that if I try to be something I’m not, I feel unsure of myself and take out a part from my PBA (personal bank account). I love how singer Judy Garland put it, “Always be a first-class version (版本) of yourself, instead of a second-class version of somebody else.” Then there’s honesty in our actions. Are you honest at school, with your parents, and with your boss? If you’ve ever been dishonest, I think we all have. Try being honest, and notice how well it makes you feel. Remember, you can’t do wrong and feel right. This story by Jeff is a good example of that: In my second year of study, there were three kids in my math class who didn’t do well. I was really good at it. I would charge them three dollars for each test that I helped them pass. I’d write on a little piece of paper all the right answers, and hand them off. At first I felt like I was making money, kind of a nice job. I wasn’t thinking about how it could hurt all of us. After a while I realized I shouldn’t do that anymore, because I wasn’t really helping them. They weren’t learning anything, and it would only get harder down the road. Cheating certainly wasn’t helping me. It takes courage to be honest when people all around you are getting away with cheating on tests, lying to their parents, and stealing at work. But, remember, every act of honesty is a deposit (储蓄) into your PBA and will build strength. 1.The black words “appear through smoke and mirrors” in the first paragraph means “______”. A. to be honest B. to be unreal C. to become clear D. to come from an imagined world 2.Which of the following can best explain Judy Garland’s words? A. Be your true self rather than follow others. B. Don’t copy others or you can’t be the first class. C. Make efforts to be the first instead of the second. D. Don’t learn from others unless they’re excellent. 3.What does the author expect to show by Jeff’s story? A. Honesty can be of great help. B. A bad thing can be turned into a good one. C. Helping others cheat can do good to nobody. D. One should realize the wrong in his bad deeds. 4.In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express ______. A. one must be brave to be honest B. it’s difficult to be honest when others are not C. one should be honest when making a deposit D. honesty in one’s actions can help him in the future
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As we become richer and richer, we are producing more and more rubbish. The Asian Development Bank（ADB） says that our largest cities produce 760 000 tons of solid waste every day. It predicts（预料） that there will be an increase—to 1.8 million tons—by 2025. It seems too much to deal with. “The growing waste is simply trying to cover our cities,” says Michael Lindfield, a specialist of ADB in Manila. The proper treatment of rubbish is beyond the financial resources（金融资源）of many countries. The World Bank says some governments are spending as much as half of their budgets（预算） dealing with rubbish. And even so, it is common that half of all the waste goes uncollected. Much of the added difficulty is packaging from consumer（消费者）products and the products themselves—all of which need years, even centuries to decompose（化解）. Lindfield believes that four of every five products we buy are thrown away after a single use. It all makes the work to deal with solid waste much more expensive. The rubbish is more than just an environmental problem—it also influences national economies（经济） by disturbing the world market, discouraging tourism and slowing down industrial development. Lots of rubbish also influences the look of our cities. As he walks to work from his home in Bangkok every day, Chatchat Mutita, a 36-year-old advertising specialist, must pass a lot of ugly, smelly rubbish that isn’t collected until late at night. He says things get worse when it rains because some yellow water will stream from the rubbish to the sidewalk. Modern technology can make the problems of open dumps less serious. But Chettiyappan Visvanathan, a professor at the Asian Institute of Technology in Pathumthal, Thailand, believes that there are no engineered facilities（设备） in nine of every ten dumps all over the country. Some countries depend on most solid waste to produce energy, but there’s a growing problem of air pollution. Burning is far more dangerous than open dumps. The ADB says the growing rubbish must be dealt with by the “3Rs” —reducing the waste, reusing things that are being thrown away and recycling materials. 1.What’s the main idea of the passage? A．What our environment looks like. B．How important to clean our cities. C．What a serious problem we have. D．How difficult to remove rubbish. 2.Which of the the following can be the most serious problem rubbish brings to us? A．It causes a lot of difficulty cleaning up our cities. B．It stops our nation economies from developing. C．It makes our environment uglier and dirtier. D．It brings air pollution, water pollution and diseases. 3.What does the underlined sentence mean in the passage? A．Many countries are short of proper methods to deal with rubbish. B．Many countries are not rich enough to deal with rubbish properly. C．Many countries are short of proper resources to deal with rubbish. D．Many countries are not wise enough to deal with rubbish properly. 4.Which of the following is true, according to the passage? A．There are both hope and difficulty in our future. B．It’s impossible for us to make our cities clean. C．We may find some ways but things will be worse. D．The problem is not serious if everyone knows it.
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It’s hard to believe how times have changed since the first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, on 6th April 1896. Over one hundred years ago, there was very little reliance（dependence）on modern technology. There were no landing mats（海绵垫）, no stopwatches and no photo finishes. In fact, cameras and stopwatches were not used until the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the USA. Today technology has completely revolutionized（changed） sports. Take sports equipment（装备）for example. Starting blocks are now equipped with electronic pressure sensors（传感器）, which provide exactly correct race time and also help to catch runners who “jump the gun”. As athletes cross the finishing line, special digital cameras can also easily decide the winner. The clays of “dead heats” are gone. Athletes have also benefited（受益） from technological developments. Body-hug-ging suits, which reduce（减少） wind drag, can help cut up to one-tenth of a second from runners’ race times. Top athletes are even provided with tailor-made sports shoes. These shoes are made to fit the athlete exactly—and there are even air compartments in the shoes that can be filled to meet each runner’s individual needs. Technology has also changed the way that many sports are performed. Take one example—the pole vault（撑杆跳）. The inclusion of a landing mat obviously made a big difference to the vaulting style（方式）as athletes no longer needed to worry about hurting themselves as they fell. Without these worries, athletes could obviously jump higher. These days, polevaulters do not even need to worry about the crossbar as the uprights are now fitted with light-emitting diodes（LEDs） that measure（测量） how high the athlete vaulted. Technology has even been to the advantage of swimmers. New pools have been designed to reduce wave interference and sports scientists have even developed a new style of swimming that increases buoyancy and reduces drag in the water. The increasing importance of these technological developments has led many sportsmen to suggest that the “Olympic spirit” is being lost in a rush to break records and win medals. Many developing countries say that technology has become too important in sport and that athletes from developing countries that cannot afford such technology are disadvantaged. There are no easy answers but one thing is sure—we cannot turn back time. Technology cannot go backwards. 1.How many pieces of high-tech sports equipment are mentioned in paragraph 2 and 3？ A．One. B．Two. C．Three. D．Four. 2.The underlined phrase “dead heats” means “________”. A．sports equipment which was out of date B．runners who jumped the gun while running C．diseases which killed runners in hot weather D．races in which runners finished at the same time 3.What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph？ A．LEDs can measure the speed of swimming. B．The pole vault was not quite safe in the past. C．Polevaulters jump higher with landing mats. D．New pools have changed the style of swimming. 4.The purpose of the writer in writing this article is ________. A．to suggest we should keep up with the times B．to show us the future of modern Olympics C．to prove that the athletes have done better D．to introduce high-tech sports equipment
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Ever since we became pen pals, Julien has sent me strange things. Once, she sent her sneeze in a jar.（“I have a cold, can you tell?” she wrote.） Then she sent her fingerprint.（“So you’ll recognize me in a crowd.”） Julien sent me breakfast, all right: cornflakes. Soggy, milky, grainy, crumbly, limp cornflakes scraped from the bottom of her cereal bowl. I lost my appetite, but I read the letter.
“She’s mistaken,” I told my mom. “No one can send a sunset, not even Julien. It’s impossible.” “I don’t know,” Mom said. “Julien might find a way. After all, she did send you her sneeze.” A week later I checked the mail and found a box with air holes and the words “FRAGILE—THIS SIDE UP” printed in bold black letters on the top. It was from Julien. I stroked the box with my fingers. It was perfectly dry. I smelled it. It didn’t smell. I held my breath and started opening the package. What if sunbeams spring out and hit me in the face like those fake snakes in a can? I thought. My hands shook as I lifted the last flap and peeked inside. Where in the world was the sunset? All I could find was a letter and a twisty, gray, papery shell. It looked like a submarine. I read the letter.
I looked again at the gray shell. That’s no sunset, I thought. “You must mean the submarines at your house, Julien,” I said. Without reading the postscript, I laid the letter and the submarine on the kitchen table. Then I left the room to find a pen so that I could cross out “sunset” and write “submarine” above it. When I returned, I stared in shock at the submarine. A creature was oozing out of it! Was it a sea monster? I looked closer. It was a winged creature... an insect... a butterfly. An orange, blue, purple, red, and gold butterfly. It looked like... a sunset! While the sunset opened and closed its wings to dry them, I read Julien’s postscript. It said, “P. S. Next week I’m sending you Japan.” 1.What does the underlined word“ oozing” probably mean? A．Moving. B．Jumping. C．Swimming. D．Flying. 2.What did Julien really want Caitlin to see in the fourth mail? A．The setting sun. B．Colors of a sunset. C．A colorful butterfly. D．A new submarine. 3.We can learn from the passage that Julien was ________. A．strange and clever B. honest and friendly C．creative and giving D. funny and inventive 4.What can be inferred from the passage? A．Caitlin was from Japan and had never seen Julien. B．Caitlin’s mom thought Julien’s gifts were fantastic. C．Caitlin was pleased with the cornflakes that Julien sent. D．Caitlin was expecting another unusual gift from Julien.
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Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times. I could not find a satisfying job and I found this especially difficult as I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree. To my shame I was driving a school bus to make ends meet and living with friends. I had been through five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get the job. Later that afternoon, while doing my rounds through a quiet neighborhood I had an internal（inside）wave—like a scream（尖叫）—come up from deep inside me and I thought “Why has my life become so hard?”... Immediately after this internal scream I pulled the bus over to drop off a little girl and as she passed she handed me an earring saying I should keep it in case somebody looked for it. The earring was stamped with words “BE HAPPY”. At first I got angry. Then it hit me. I had been putting all of my energies into what was wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of 50 things I was thankful to. At first it was hard, then it got easier. One day I decided to up it to 75. That night there was a phone call for me, asking if I would do a one-day training for 200 hospital workers. I said yes and got the job. My day with the hospital workers went very well. I got a standing welcome and many more days of work. To this day I KNOW that it was because I changed my attitude（态度）to gratitude. By chance, the day after I found the earring the girl asked me if anyone had looked for it. I told her no and she said “I guess it was meant for you then.” I spent the next year doing training workshops all around the Seattle area and then decided to risk everything and go back to Scotland where I had lived before. I closed my one man business and bought a plane ticket. One month later I met my wonderful English wife and best friend of 15 years now. We live in a small beautiful house in Scotland. “THE ONLY ATTITUDE IS GRATITUDE” has been my motto（座右铭） for years now and yes, it completely changed my life. 1.What is the underlined word it in the passage？ A．To make a list of things he was thankful to. B．The words“ BE HAPPY”. C．To forget that his life became so hard. D．The special earring the girl gave to the writer. 2.The word gratitude means “being ________”. A．thankful B．open C．careful D．kind 3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage.？ A．The writer made a list of 75 things he was thankful to. B．The writer’s wife has been his best friend for 15 years. C．The writer has lived in Seattle since 20 years ago. D．The writer did the training for 200 hospital workers. 4.What would be the best title for the passage? A．Attitude and Gratitude B．The Girl and I C．Be Happy D．The Earring
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Fashion always keeps at least one eye on the future. Now scientists are lending a hand, developing tomorrow’s super-powered（超能）clothing such as coats that can recharge（再充电） your MP3 player and make you stronger. For example, electronics could get recharged in the future simply by plugging（插上插座） them into your outer wear, because Australian researchers are designing clothing that can collect energy from a person. The coats would include small things that change vibration energy（动能）from a person’s movements into electricity. High-tech fabrics（纤维品）would carry this energy to batteries（电池）. “It will look like an ordinary（common）coat but have super energy,” said Adam Best, an Australian head research scientist. “This kind of technology has important uses for soldiers in the field and could mean they no longer need to carry heavy batteries,’’ Best added. “Above all, they’d be wearing the battery, not carrying it.” Besides helping soldiers, these coats could also have common uses for common people, such as powering radios, mobile phones, MP3 players or medical things. Solar-powered handbags could do the same thing. Thanks to self-cleaning fabrics developed by scientists working for the U. S. Air Force, underwear and sports clothing could go weeks without washing. The general idea of clothes that never get dirty can be found in the 1951 film The Man in the White Suit. The new technology helps keep off water, oil and bacteria（细菌）. High-tech fabrics could also help serve as protection. For example, future fabrics could lead to soft helmets（头盔）that turn hard in an accident. Not all the possible fabrics of tomorrow are necessarily high-tech. For example, chicken feathers（羽毛） and other things of the farming industry could get changed into wool-like fabrics or cotton-like ones, helping use fewer fabrics made from oil. Scientific development is also creating wool that doesn’t become bigger or smaller after washing. And future clothing could help soldiers shoulder heavy bags and help people walk. But not all electronic coats have such uses—some might serve as video game players with high technology and the latest fashion joined together perfectly. The world of fashion is set to be taken by high-tech clothing that works as you wear! 1.“This kind of technology” means “________”. A．clothing that makes you stronger B．self-cleaning clothing C．clothing that helps people walk D．self-powered clothing 2.How can high-tech fabrics protect people from danger? A．We will no more get hurt because of heavy batteries. B．High-tech fabrics serve as a kind of protection for soldiers. C．A soft helmet will become strong when you hit into something. D．Future clothing keeps us away from dirty things and bacteria. 3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the article? A．You can get electronic energy from your clothes in the future. B．Self-cleaning coats are developed for American scientists. C．We will no longer use fabrics made from oil in the future. D．The future high-tech clothing will be used only for soldiers. 4.What would be the best title of the passage? A．Fashion Changes with Technology B．Tomorrow’s High-tech Clothing C．New Technologies Change the World D．What We Will Wear in the Future
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When punctuation（标点） began, it was mainly to help people read out loud. Until a few hundred years ago, not many people were taught to read, so there was a lot more reading out loud by the few people who could. To help those reading out loud in the old days, sign（符号） known as “points” were added to pages of writing. Punctuation comes from the Latin word punctus, meaning “point”. These points told readers when to pause（暂停） or take a breath, and what to emphasize（加重）. In Europe from the early centuries AD, these points were widely used although not everybody used the same points for the same thing. When printing was invented, printers had to be made more clearly about what to put where, so that everyone was doing the same thing. Since that point, all sorts of punctuation rules have been discovered and invented. Speech marks “...” Speech marks or quotation marks are used to show that someone is speaking. The sort we have in English today began to be widely used during the 18th century. Before that readers simply understood from the way a sentence was written that someone was speaking although sometimes spoken words were underlined. Comma , colon: period（full stop）. All three of these sorts of punctuation marks were given their Greek names by Aristophanes, a librarian who lived in Byzantium in the 2nd century BC. They were marks on the page, each with a message to the reader. Comma meant a short pause. Colon meant a medium（中等的） sized pause. Period meant a long pause. Exclamation mark！ In the early days of punctuation, if you saw this sign, you were supposed to pause. Some people think the exclamation mark began as what the Greek word IO looked like if it was turned 90 degrees. This word means “Oh, gosh!” With the I on the top and the O under it, the sign as we know it today was developed. Question mark? In the middle age, a squiggle（圆弧） above a full stop was sometimes used to show the sentence was a question and that a person’s voice should go up at the end. By the 17th century it had turned into what we call a question mark. The shape may have come from the letter Q short for that Latin quaestio, meaning “question”. Writers make choices about punctuation because they think differently about sentences and words. It’s part of the personality of their writing. Some writers hate punctuation, but others love punctuation. So whether you love or hate punctuation, the best advice may be to just enjoy it, play with it, think about it and use it. It belongs（属于） to the language and it belongs to you. 1.When did punctuation begin to be widely used, according to the passage? A．In the 17th century. B．In the 2nd century BC. C．In the 18th century. D．In the early centuries AD. 2.All punctuation rules were discovered and invented in order to ________. A．help people read out loud B．meet the need of printing C．guide the way of writing D．mention the spoken words 3.Which of the following is true? A．A long pause comes after question mark. B．Speech marks were named by a librarian. C．Question mark comes from a Latin word. D．The shape of a word makes exclamation mark. 4.What’s the problem about punctuation today? A．People have completely different ideas about it. B．Not many people are taught to use it correctly. C．It has different meanings to different people. D．Sometimes spoken words must be underlined.
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Many people have talked about whether or not computing machines can think. Can they or can’t they? Almost certainly, a machine can do any work in thinking that a person can do—if the correct way for doing the thinking work can be told exactly. Besides, many programs have been made to direct machines so that they work in very clever ways. Machines have been taught to play chess and to learn from what happens in the games so as to make their play better and better. Machines can beat many persons who play chess. Machines can translate from one language to another. They can prove statements in geometry（几何） as taught in school. Machines can notice printed marks on paper, so that a person is no longer needed to look at the marks. Computers can be used in many ways, such as business, science, industry, and government. Computers study oilfield examinations made by airplanes； they keep record of oil sales； they study the working condition of the machines； they help in planning and producing oil； and much more. If people cannot tell exactly the correct way to do certain work in thinking, it is still a question how much of this work a machine can do. Suppose a person is “teaching” the machine and telling the machine “yes” when the machine is right, and “no” when the machine is wrong. Then the machine can keep on searching among possible ways for solving a problem—until the machine can do as well as the person, and perhaps much better. But, what is thinking？ People can agree about much that is thinking, and much that is not thinking； but they can’t reach agreement because the word “think” is not a scientific word with an exact meaning. A lot of the discussion is wasted breath because the persons are using different meanings of the word “think”. People, however, have only had experience with machines that appear to think since 1944. It would be too early to say that after the next 200 years, machines will not be thinking. And to consider that machines can think gives people a big push to give to machines more and more work in thinking. 1.The underlined part in paragraph three is about computers used in ________. A．Education. B．Government. C．Sports. D．Industry. 2.What does “this work” mean in paragraph four？ A．Thinking. B．Teaching. C．Searching. D．Telling. 3.What is the main idea of paragraph five？ A．There is much to say about thinking. B．People discuss a lot about thinking. C．There is no answer to what thinking is. D．People already know what thinking is. 4.What does the writer want to say in the passage？ A．A machine will do any work in thinking like a human being. B．A machine can do better translation than human beings. C．A machine won’t be able to beat every chess player. D．A machine will be able to make plan programs. 5.Which probably is the best title for the passage? A．What Is Thinking? B．Can Machines Think? C．Can Machines Be Taught to Think? D．Can Machines Beat All Checkers Players?
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“Track!” said my master. Like any good tracker-dog who has received the command（命令） he most loves, I gave a bark of excitement, put my nose down to the ground and sniffed. The ground was rich with smells. Even in the high-class housing area where we were working, the stones held traces of many sole and confusing scents （smells）. As I searched for the scent that would give me a clue to the tail of the guilty man, my tail wagged slowly, thoughtfully, delightedly. Work was like play to me； I enjoyed it. A small group of people gathered behind us. Among these onlookers was the old caretaker of the building next door to ours. He spoke in a scornful voice, “You actually think your dog might catch a thief three days after the event?” My master said nothing, but I'm sure he must have smiled. I did not turn to look. I knew he would not speak unless it was to give me a new command. I needed to concentrate. My task was difficult. I had to pick out one scent among the many that lay about and then tracked it to its source. “You're wasting your time,” said the caretaker. I looked at him without raising my head. He was running his hand over his fat stomach. His rough palm and smooth shirt combined to make a slight noise. It was part of my training to be aware—often it is only a little whisper of a noise that alerts（提醒）you to be drawing of a weapon. But of course the aging caretaker was going to do no such thing. There was no smell of fear or nervousness about him. He was merely being clever and talkative. “I've seen many tracker-dogs in my time,” said the caretaker to the onlookers. I served with the police years ago. We would never have thought of using a tracker-dog to find a car thief. Impossible. Everyone knows that dogs are useless in such matters. In a sense he was right. I'm sure there's no need to tell you that, just as a dog's hearing is much better than a human being's, so his sense of smell tells one thing from another far better than a great detective. If Sherlock Holmes could work out that a man had had an egg for breakfast by seeing the yellow stain on his mouth, a trained dog could tell you whether the hen that laid the egg was healthy or not. I know it sounds funny and I mean it to be. But I'm not exaggerating. A dog can tell you—if you understand a dog’s way of communicating—all this and more without even setting eyes on the man he is investigating. 1.Who do you think the dog was tracking? A．The thief. B．The caretaker. C．The master. D．The onlookers. 2.How did the dog react to the command to track? A．It thought for a while and did what was asked. B．It was happy, even though it wasn't trained for the task. C．It was angry because there were so many smells. D．It was excited because it took pleasure in tracking. 3.In the dog's opinion, its sense of smell ________. A．can give us fewer details about what a human has already discovered B．can achieve more than what a human's only if the smell is not hidden C．is particularly trained to pick out one scent among hundreds D．is better than its sense of hearing when it does tracking 4.According to the passage, the dog is ________. A．honest and hopeful B．smart and helpful C．kind and careful D．popular and thoughtful
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Imagine that you are the first person ever to see Hawaii. What would be the first thing you would set foot on? The beach, naturally. There are hundreds of miles of beaches on the twenty islands of Hawaii. These islands cover 1,600 miles and are about 2,300 miles west of California. Most of them are covered with fine white sand. They are thought to be among the finest beaches in the world. Another wonderful thing about the beaches of Hawaii is the water temperature. The year-round average（平均） temperature of the water at the famous Waikiki Beach is 23℃! The same is true of air temperature. In fact, there are no real seasons in Hawaii. There is a difference of only two or three degrees between the hottest day of summer and the coldest day of winter. That's why the Hawaiians don't have a word for weather in their language. Perhaps the nicest thing about Hawaiian beaches are the waves. The earliest settlers（定居者） in Hawaii, the Polynesians, quickly learned how much fun it was to ride the waves. They developed a sport which is now very popular on the islands called body surfing. You go out into the ocean, wait for a big wave to come towards you, jump on it, and ride it all the way to the beach. Now imagine once again that you are the first person ever to set foot in Hawaii. What do you think would be the second beautiful thing you would notice? Would it be those strange triangles（三角形状物） rising out of the water hundreds and hundreds of meters high? What are those beautiful things? They are volcanoes（火山）, of course. These volcanoes are not just a part of the islands. They made the islands at first. Because of them the islands are still growing. The most famous volcano on Hawaii is Mauna Loa. It is the world's most active volcano. It has been erupting（喷发） for thousands of years. Even when it isn't erupting, smoke comes out of the earth from a thousand little holes. In 1950 Mauna Loa erupted for twenty-three days. That erupting produced the greatest amount of lava（熔岩） in modern history. In 1960 it erupted again. That time it added a kilometer of beach to the island. Because Mauna Loa has erupted so often, it has become the biggest（but not the tallest） mountain in the world. These volcanoes could be dangerous to the population of Hawaii. In fact, Hilo, the second largest city in Hawaii, is built just under Manna Loa. The volcano could erupt at any time. Most people believe that it will erupt sometime in the next twenty-five years. But the people of Hilo do not seem worried. They live with the danger as part of their lives. 1.According to the passage, what are the two most beautiful things in Hawaii? A．Waves and cities. B．Beaches and language. C．Volcanoes and beaches. D．Volcanoes and people. 2.Which is NOT the reason why the Hawaiians don't have a word for weather in their language? A．There are no real seasons in Hawaii. B．The temperature of the water at one of the beaches is always 23℃. C．The Hawaiians feel almost the same in the hottest day and coldest day. D．There is not much difference in air temperature all the year round in Hawaii. 3.What should be the meaning of “body surfing”? A．Riding waves. B．Body-building. C．Sea bathing. D．Jumping into the sea. 4.It can be inferred that ________ according to the passage. A．volcanoes are more active because the area of the island is enlarging B．the visitors to Hawaii can probably see more than one active volcano C．Mauna Loa is the tallest mountain in the world because it has erupted so often D．people in Hilo are sure that more visitors will come because of volcanoes
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According to a survey（调查） by CIF, there's room for improvement all over Britain. Cleaning our home, love or hate it, is one job you have to work on. But that is not to say everyone spends the same amount（量） of time or effort on making their places tidy. A new survey by CIF—experts on making cleaning jobs easier—shows that when it comes to washing windows or cleaning the oven（炉）, where you live in the UK may show how much effort you put into the job. BATHROOM 25% of men have never cleaned the toilet, but those in Wales are the worst. Nearly four in ten Welsh men said they never cleaned anywhere in the house. Hate cleaning the shower head? You are not alone—a quarter of a million British people say the same. 20% of Scottish people regard window-cleaning as their most hated job. KITCHEN 36% of people in the southeast say cleaning the cooker is their hated task. 68% of those in the northeast spend more than six hours a week cleaning their homes, especially the kitchen. In sharp contrast（强烈的对比） to that, 49% of Welsh people put their hands up to cleaning for under an hour. BEDROOM 18% believe cleaning starts here: that's the percentage of women who clean wearing their dressing gowns（a kind of clothes）. 51% of women in the northwest may be staying in bed and giving their husbands a cuddle（拥抱）as a “thank you” for helping them clean. In other places, there are far fewer helpful men. LIVINGROOM 32% of women in the northeast turn up the CD player to help make the cleaning more fun. Almost six in ten women agree, however, that cleaning is seriously energetic exercise. ★ SHIFT （除掉） THE DIRT WITH CIF! ★ It's no secret that the right cleaning products will cut cleaning time and effort in half and no one knows that better than CIF. For all your cleaning needs, here are some of CIF's top tips: ·Stop a lot of build-up on your shower head. Give it a quick squirt（喷） with CIF bathroom spray（喷剂） once a week. ·Stainless steel（不锈钢） tools seem to need endless cleaning. The CIF Wild Orchid Oxy-Gel lifts dirt easily and leaves the kitchen smelling fresh and clean. ·Cooking outside? CIF cream will get your barbecue （烧烤） completely clean, ready for those long, lazy summer evenings. Perfect! 1.The main purpose of this passage is to ________. A．tell us the results of a certain survey B．advertise a certain cleaning product C．show us which is the hardest job at home D．advise men to do more cleaning housework 2.From the survey we can know that people in different parts of Britain ________. A．have different ways to do housework B．like to do different kinds of housework C．have so many different kinds of tools on house cleaning D．spend different amounts of time and effort on house cleaning 3.According to the survey, ________ spend the most time cleaning their homes. A．people in Wales B．people in the northwest C．people in the southeast D．people in the northeast 4.CIF in the passage probably refers to ________. A．an organization doing research on housework B．some experts who give advice on doing housework C．a company providing advice and products on cleaning D．a TV show about providing cleaning products
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Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything —tutors (家庭教师), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school. After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening. Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No. ”“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?” Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they weren’t joking. ” 1.Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school? A. Because he could eat well there. B. Because he could earn more about nuns. C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. D. Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more. 2.Tommy’s mother felt surprised that his son _______. A. was still the same as usual B. ate so much at dinner C. kissed her hello after school D. worked hard but said little 3.“Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese. A. 用功 B. 捶书 C. 发泄 D. 振作 4.The last sentence in the passage shows that _______. A. Tommy felt sorry for the mail B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed C. Tommy didn’t like the plus sign D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others 5.From the passage, we can infer (推断) that _______. A. teachers should be strict with their students B. mistaking (误解) might do good sometimes C. a catholic school is much better than other ones D. nuns are good at helping children with their math
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