You may think that you know the world well.In fact,the world we live in is full of interesting things. Do you know the following things?
◆Chocolate tastes nice but you can’t give it to little dogs,because it can kill them and make them die.
◆We may sleep for eight hours in the night but a snail (蜗牛) may sleep for three years.
◆Our ears and noses become bigger when we grow up but eyes keep the same.
◆You may think a bear walks slowly. In fact, it can run as fast as a horse.
◆Cats won’t die if they fall off high places because they can turn themselves up the right way.
◆The largest animal on the earth is the blue whale (鲸). It weighs(重) about 80 tons (吨)—more than 24 elephants.
◆Most animals will die soon if they lose the head. But a cockroach (蟑螂) can live for nine or ten days when they have no head.
◆Most birds are good at flying.But not all birds can fly. About forty kinds of birds can’t fly.
◆The penguin can swim very well,but it never flies.And the ostrich(鸵鸟) can't fly,either..
1.If you give chocolate to little dogs,the chocolate may kill them.
2.A bear runs more slowly than a horse.
3.Without a head,a cockroach will die soon.
4.A blue whale is much heavier than an elephant.
5.When we grow,our eyes grow,too.
One day, the students of Class 6 were reading in the classroom.Mrs. Brown came in and toldthe whole class they would have to change the__________ the next week. All of the studentsdisagreed ___________Mrs. Brown, so they shouted when Mrs. Brown said it was because a new student would ____ the class.“Why must we move to another classroom just because someone new is coming?” One of them asked
________ . Mrs. Brown stood there without saying anything. After a few minutes, she told them to be___________ to their new classmate and then she left.
The following week, the head teacher, Mr.White himself brought the new student
to theirclass. ___________ he pushed the new student to the class because the student was in a wheelchair（轮椅）. Mr. White introduced the new student Jeff to the class. He said that Jeff now was a ____________ of the class and they should work together. He added, “Helping each other is very important.” __________ could fully understand what Mr. White meant at first.
Over time, they began to understand the reason. Jeff was a_______student and often helpedthe students who didn’t understand their work. The c lass felt very thankful to him. They took care of him because they knew that when someone did something for you, you should do something ___________ in return.
1.A. classmates B. lessons C. teacher D. classroom
2.A. for B. of C. with D. from
3.A. leave B. join C. help D. visit
4.A. politely B. terribly C. angrily D. happily
5.A. kind B. useful C. honest D. careful
6.A. So far B. Above all C. As usual D. In fact
7.A. hope B. member C. monitor D. symbol
8.A. Nobody B. Somebody C. Anybody D. Everybody
9.A. lucky B. funny C. clever D. strict
10.A. out B. down C. off D. back
My best friend Ally and I spare a few hours of our time every week as volunteers for Buddy Ball. We help disabled (残疾的）__________ do sports and make new friends.
So what does a buddy(伙伴) do? At the moment,I am a buddy for __________ eleven-year-old boy Tom. He is in a wheelchair and is a good basketball player, but just like any kid, he is very upset__________ he doesn’t do well in a game. He starts to cry and doesn’t want _________. Sometimes he even gives up playing. So, as his buddy, I encourage him. Now we__________ on our basketball skills together. It’s great to see his improvement and he doesn’t get upset so ___________.
Ally is a buddy for Clara, a kid with very few language skills. She also likes running away. When she is in a game.Ally learns how to work with Clara __________ to get her to join in the games . Now she loves baseball and has ___________ friends than she did before. Next week, she__________ in a team. Her parents are truly happy about Buddy Ball and they say that Clara is more confident (自信的) and sociable.
Buddy Ball is a great chance for everyone! Differences disappear(消失）. We think that we’re all just kids.And we all love sports. I love doing Buddy Ball because I know I’m doing__________for the kids!
1.A.boys B.boy C.kids D.kid
2.A.the B./ C.a D.an
3.A.if B.until C.before D.after
4.A.play B.playing C.played D.to play
5.A.worked B.are working C.will work D.works
6.A.easily B.easy C.difficult D.took
7.A.so B.and C.but D.or
8.A.many B.much C.more D.most
9.A.play B.plays C.will play D.played
10.
A.something meaning B.meaning something
C.nothing meaningful D.meaningful nothing
Complete the passage with the help of the first letter given.
Thousands of people got stuck in lifts. Martin Saltzman spent three hours b1. the 21st and 22nd floors of the Empire State Building. "There were twelve of us. But there was no p2.We passed the time t 3. stories and playing word games. One man wanted to smoke but we didn't let him. Firemen finally got us out."
"It was the best night we've ever had.," said Angela Carraro. who runs an ltalian restaurant on 42nd Street. "We had lots of c 4. on the tables and the waiters were carrying candles on their trays. The place was full and all night, in fact, for after we had closed, we let the people stay on and s 5. the night here."
The zoos had their p6. like everyone else. Keepers worked t7. the night. They used blankets to keep flying squirrels and small monkeys warm. While zoos had problems keeping warm, supermarkets had problems keeping c8. ."All of our ice cream and frozen foods m 9. ," said the manger of a store in downtown Manhattan. "They were worth $50,0000."
The big e10. clock in the lobby (大厅) of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in downtown Manhattan started(滴答) again at 5:25 this morning.
Sentence Transformation
1.Because of the climate,heating costs people in Britain a lot.
Because of the climate,people in Britain __________ a lot of money __________ heating.
2.Walk along this street and take the third turn on the left.
Go along this street and __________ left at the third __________ .
3.I am too short to reach that book on the top of the shelf.
I am not __________ __________ to reach that book on the top of the shelf.
4.Foreigners are always given best jobs and well-paid by Multinationals.
Multinationals always give best jobs to foreigners and pay __________ __________ to them.
5.You are old enough to decide for yourself.
You have grown up __________ __________ you can make your own decision.
Phyllis Wheatley is regarded as America’s first black poet. She was born in Senegal, Africa in about 1753 and brought to America at about the age of seven. John and Susannah Wheatley bought her for three pounds at a slave (奴隶) market in Boston in 1761. Phyllis was soon accepted as one of the family, which included being raised and educated with the Wheatley’s twin 15-year-old children, Mary and Nathaniel. At that time, most females, even from better families, could not read and write, but Mary was probably one of the best educated young women in Boston. Mary wanted to become a teacher, and in fact, it was Mary who decided to take charge of Phyllis Wheatley’s education. Phyllis soon showed her remarkable talents. At the age of twelve she was reading the Greek and Latin classics.
At the age of thirteen, Phyllis wrote her first poem. She became a Boston sensation (引起轰动的人物) after she wrote a poem on the death of the preacher George Whitfield in 1770. It became common to read Phyllis Wheatley’s poetry in polite society. Mary had tried to interest publishers in Phyllis Wheatley’s poems, but once they heard she was black they weren’t interested.
Then in 1773 Phyllis went with Nathaniel, who was now a businessman, to London. Thirty-nine of her poems were published in London as Poems on Various Subjects. It was the first book published by a black American. In 1775 Phyllis wrote a poem about George Washington and sent it to him. He responded by praising her talents and inviting her to visit his headquarters. After both of her benefactors (恩人) died in 1777 and in 1778, Phyllis was freed. She married in 1778, moved away from Boston, and had three children. But after the unhappy marriage, she moved back to Boston, and died in poverty in 1783.
1.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Those days the black were looked down upon.
B.Phyllis read a lot of books when she was young.
C.Phyllis didn’t move away from Boston until she got married.
D.Phyllis Wheatley’s first poem interested and excited the public.
2.Which is the correct order of Phyllis Wheatley’s life according to the passage?
a. US president sang high praise for her.
b. People became curious about her poems.
c. Mary began to educate her.
d. Phyllis was freed as a slave.
e. She served Nathaniel all the way to London.
A.a-c-e-d-b B.e-c-b-d-a C.c-b-e-a-d D.d-c-e-b-a
3.Which statement about Phyllis is supported by the passage?
A.She died young. B.She got a good school education.
C.Her first poem was published in London. D.She was regarded as a poet after being freed.
