People live all over world. They live on land that is low. They live on land that is high. Some live near the oceans. Others live far from the oceans.
Earth has many different kinds of lands. In some places, the land is flat(平坦的). Flat lands are called plains(平原).
Some parts of Earth have hills. Hills are higher than the land around them. But hills are lower than mountains. Did you ever try to ride your bicycle up a hill? Some parts of Earth touch oceans. These parts are called coasts. Some lands have water all around them. These lands are called islands.
Earth has many different bodies of water, too. You know about the oceans. There are very large bodies of water. The water in the oceans is salty. There are also smaller bodies of water called lakes. Lakes have land all around them. Rivers carry water from the land. They are long bodies of running water. The water in rivers is not salty. Most lakes do not have salty water, either.
1. People live on ___ lands.
A. high and salty B. low and high C. low and salty D. salty and flat
2.Hills are higher than ___ and lower than ___.
A. mountains/the land B. mountains/lakes C. the land/mountains D. lakes/islands
3.Some lands with water around them are called ___.
A. hills B. mountains C. flats D. islands
4.What’s the meaning of the word “coast”?
A. 海岛 B. 海岸 C. 海洋 D. 海滩
5.According To(根据) the passage, which sentence is TRUE?
A. The water in rivers and lakes is salty.
B. The water in oceans and all lakes is salty.
C. The water in oceans and some lakes is salty.
D. The water in oceans and of lakes is salty.
As a volunteer teacher, I traveled a long way to a small village school in Long Zhou, Guangxi. On my way there
, I thought about the village, the school, and the children there. However, my heart sank when I arrived there. It wasn’t what I expected. It didn’t look like a school at all! The school had only three rooms, one for Grades 1, 2, and 3, and the other for Grades 4, 5 and 6. There was a third one for me.
The children welcomed me warmly on my first day. They asked me a lot of questions, and I told them stories about myself and my life in Shanghai. The next day, I gave them a test to find out their level. To my surprise, though the test was very easy, over half of the students failed it, yet they all wanted to learn new things. I knew they needed me.
I was busy preparing lessons, reading test papers every night. I enjoyed teaching these lovely and hard-working
children, and I could see that they were making progress with my help. I have also learned a lot from them. I understand their lives better, and we are now good friends.
I have worked in Long Zhou for a year now. I’m very happy, and the experie
nce has been very useful for me. I love the small village and the children. In fact, I would like to continue working here.
1.The writer is a volunteer teacher who comes from __________.
A. Guangxi B. Xiamen C. Shanghai D. Liaoning
2.The writer found there were only ________rooms in that school.
A. two B. three C. six D. eight
3.In the passage, “my heart sank…” means that the writer ________
A. felt upset B. was happy C. got angry D. am sad
4.The writer found the students’ level was _________ she excepted after the first test.
A. just as B. higher than C. lower than D. high than
5.Which of the following statement is NOT true?
A. Both the volunteer teacher and the students are working so hard.
B. The volunteer teacher doesn’t like to work there any longer.
C. The students became better and better with the help of the volunteer teacher.
D. The teacher is still in the school.
The designer of Apple Computer, Steven Jobs, was not very successful in his early year. He was not one of at school, and sometimes he got into trouble with his teachers. he was full of new ideas. Things were still when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway (中途退学).
Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then he India. He hoped that the trip would give him more ideas and give him in life for the better.
After he came back from he began to live on a farm in California. And then, in 1975, Steven Jobs started a new type of computer. Along with his friend Stephen Woziak , he designed the Apple I computer in his bedroom. He chose the name “ ” because it reminded(想起 ) him of a happy summer he once spent in an orchard (果园 ) in Oregon.
Today Steven Jobs has lots of factories and he is very in the world.
Mary said she ______ to school the next Sunday.
A. didn’t go B. doesn’t go C. wouldn’t go D. won’t go
If he ________ harder, he’ll catch up with us.
A. work B. works C. worked D. will work
I'll catch up with Lucy before she ________ the finishing line.
A．reach B．is reaching C．reaches D．will reach
