Jane comes from Mexico. She is a good student. She likes to keep notes of the new words and expressions she learns in English. 1. She usually writes them in a notebook.
One day, she asked her teacher about them. “ 2.
There are some expressions I don’t understand.”
“Sure. What questions do you have?”
“She’s blue today. What’s the matter? You’re yellow? A little white lie (谎言). White lie? She has a green thumb (拇指). 3. ”
After looking at the notebook, the teacher says, “In English, Jane, blue sometimes means sad. For example, she is blue today; it does not mean that she is wearing a blue coat. 4. Yellow means afraid. She has a green thumb. It means that she is good at growing plants. And a white lie is not a bad lie.”
“ 5. ”
“For example, I give you some cake. You don’t like the cake, but you don’t say that. Instead, you say, ‘No, thanks. I’m not hungry!’ That is a white lie.”
“I see. Thanks a lot.”
根据材料内容，将A-E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。
A. It means that she is sad.
B. May I ask you some questions?
C. I don’t understand the last one.
D. It is really helpful for her in her study of English.
E. Blue and yellow people with green thumbs?
Luke Dollar has spent many years in Madagascar studying lemurs (狐猴).
Reporter: What were you like as a kid?
Dollar: As a kid, I was an explorer. I lived with my grandparents on a farm in Alabama. It wasn’t unusual for me to go to the woods. And I enjoyed that. From the time I was 6 to 16 years old I was an actor. My mom asked me to audition
(试演) for a show in Birmingham. I asked my mom to buy me some video games and she promised (答应), so I got the part. Later, I became a professional actor. So for several years I went everywhere from the Alabama farm to many other cities — all over the USA doing stage productions.
Reporter: How did you get into your field of work?
Dollar: I grew up on a farm and I was really a wild child and came to love wild things. I did a lot of photography in high school. I became a photographer and did photography for the local paper. Then I became a student of Duke University. Duke has a primate (灵长类动物的) centre — Lemur Centre. I got a job there as a work study student and met lemurs there for the first time.
Later I had a chance to go to Madagascar and decided to study lemurs.
Reporter: What’s the one thing you can’t travel without?
Dollar: A sense of humour (幽默感) or a can-do attitude is necessary, but my first response (反应) was soy sauce. If we run out of soy sauce, the journey is over.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.What was Luke’s childhood like?
A. Boring. B. Enjoyable.
C. Peaceful. D. Unhappy.
2.Luke decided to audition for the show because .
A. he was really interested in it
B. he wanted to help his friend
C. his mother allowed him to go to the farm
D. his mother promised to buy him some video games
3. What was Luke interested in doing in high school?
A. Learning music.
B. Taking photos.
C. Travelling all over the USA.
D. Writing for the newspaper.
4.Where did Luke meet lemurs for the first time?
A. At Duke University.
B. In Birmingham.
C. On his grandparent’s farm.
D. In Madagascar.
5.What do we know from the dialogue(对话)？
A.Luke’s mother is a good photographer.
B. Luke come to love wild animals because of his mother .
C. Luke had been to Madagascar before he went to Duke University.
D.Luck doesn’t think he can travel without soy sauce.
At 6:30 in early morning, Chen Liang drives his new yellow school bus through villages, taking children to his kindergartens (幼儿园).
Chen and his wife Pang Qiuxiang ran two kindergartens in Shanqian Village and Lanxi Village in Qingdao. Pang works as the head of two kindergartens, and Chen takes many responsibilities (责任), from driving to fixing desks and chairs and buying food. Everything seems common in the kindergartens. But one thing makes the kindergartens unique and well-known to the locals. They are free.
In 2006, when the couple took over the kinder-garten from Chen’s mother, it was not free. At that time, Pang took on the main tasks because Chen was busy operating his hotel on the seaside.
But a small pitiful (令人同情的) action of one child touched Pang deeply. “The parents could choose to pay if they would like their children to have dessert. Some parents could not afford to pay the extra fees so their children couldn’t enjoy dessert. Once I saw a child pick up an empty biscuit package which was left by another child, and eat the crumbs (食品屑) in it. I was astonished by the scene,” Pang said. Later, after a serious discussion, the couple made a decision to begin a tuition-free kindergarten.
So they began the tuition-free kindergarten on October 1, 2010.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1. What makes the kindergartens special?
A. The green environment.
B. The high-level teachers.
C. The free tuition.
D. The delicious food.
2. Which of the following is NOT the duty of Chen Liang?
A. Driving the kids to the kindergartens.
B. Doing some repairing.
C. Teaching the kids.
D. Buying food.
3.Chen liang used to bea(n)
A. farmer B. worker
C. waiter D. owner of a hotel
4.How did Pang Qiuxiang feel when she saw the kid eating the biscuit crumbs?
A. Angry B. Surprised
C. Excited D. Happy
5.What does the fourth paragraph tell us?
A.It is difficult for them to run the kindergartens.
B. When they began to run the two kindergartens
C. How the couple started their first kindergarten
D. What made Pang decide to run a free kinder-garten.
Ivy and Bean Make the Rules
| Price: $14.99 Number of pages: 127 Storyline：Bean and her best friend, Ivy, decide to create their own camp. They come up with all the activities and, of course, they make the rules … Recommendation: I’d give this book a 10 because I love the characters. They are funny and creative. |
White Fur Flying
| Price: $15.99 Number of pages:128 Storyline: Zoe and Alice’s mother might just have the coolest job ever. She saves great pyrenees dogs (大白熊犬) … Recommendation: I’d give this book an 8 because it is a little sad. I think kids who love animals and a good story will really like it. |
Stick Dog | Price: $12.99 Number of pages: 192 Storyline: A dog lives in an empty pipe under Highway 16. He has four dog friends. One day, they decide to go on an adventure to steal (偷) the food from a human family … Recommendation: I’d give this book a 9. It is funny. I was laughing out loud at all the funny scenes. |
Gingersnap | Price: $15.99 Number of pages: 160 Storyline: After their parents are killed in a car accident, Jayna and her elder brother Rob are each other’s only family. Soon, Rob goes off to serve in the Navy … Recommendation: I’d give this book a 9. I’m interested in romantic novels and science fiction, but not so much in historical fiction. Gingersnap really changed my opinion. |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1.. Which of the four novels has the largest number of pages?
A. Ivy and Bean Make the Rules.
B. White Fur Flying.
C. Stick Dog.
D. Gingersnap.
2. Gingersnap .
A. is a book about saving dogs
B. is historical fiction
C. tells us about the life of four dogs
D. shows us the camp life
3. If you read Stick Dog, you will .
A. know how the homeless dogs steal food
B. know what rules the two girls have made
C. learn what happened to Jayna
D. know something about rescuing dogs
4. Tom wants to buy a copy of Stick Dog and a copy of Gingersnap. He should pay for the two books.
A. $14.99 B. $15.99
C. $12.99 D. $28.98
5.. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The characters of Stick Dog are creative.
B. White Fur Flying tells us a funny story.
C. The recommender is not interested in Gingersnap.
D. The recommender (推荐人) likes Ivy and Bean Make the Rules best.
Terry Fox was born on July 28th,1958 in Canada. When he was a kid, he took a great interest in sports. He was a good basketball player. However, Terry felt a sudden pain in his right at the age of 18. His mother quickly took him to and was told that Terry had got cancer and his right leg had to be cut off. In the hospital, Terry many other cancer patients. When Terry left the hospital, he wished to live life in a way that could help other cancer patients find courage (勇气).
In 1980, Terry planned to raise money for cancer research running across his country. Running across Canada seemed impossible for Terry he had one leg. However, he started it. Some people made songs and CBC even made programs for him. Terry became day by day. Unluckily, something bad happened to him in 1980. He had to running because the cancer had spread to his lungs (肺). His hope of running across the country when he died on June 28th, 1981.
Terry totally ran 5,373 kilometers in 143 days, and raised over 24 million dollars. In honor of (为纪念) Terry, an activity called Terry Fox Run is held every year in many all over the world, including China.
1.A. arm B. handC. leg D. foot
2.A. home B. museum C. school D. hospital
3.A. met B. cured C. beat D. liked
4.A. his B. her C. your D. my
5.A. in B. by C. for D. with
6.A. andB. but C. so D. because
7.A. worried B. ordinary C. famous D. dangerous
8.A. put up B. give up C. get up D. tidy up
9.A. ended B. grew C. rose D. appeared
10.A. citiesB. villagesC. towns D. countries
— I can’t go to the theater with you this evening, because I’ll have to look after my sister at home.
— !
A. I don’t think so B. Oh, what a pity
C. That’s a good idea D. I’m glad to hear that
