Skin Diving Interesting & Useful
Skin-diving, a new sport today, takes you into a wonderful new world! It is like a visit to the moon!
When under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks because you are no longer heavy, much lighter than on land!
Here, under water, everything is green and blue. During the day, there is plenty of light. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands!
With a tank of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time, but you
must be careful when you dive in deep water.
To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of the sports. Besides, there’re more uses for skin diving. You can clean and repair ships without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.
1. The underlined sentence “takes you into a wonderful new world” in the first paragraph means ____________.
A. the moon is a wonderful place to visit.
B. climbing big rocks under water is wonderful.
C. skin-diving is a wonderful way for traveling.
D. you can see many things you’ve never seen and enjoy yourself.
2.With a tank of air on your back, you can _______.
A. swim like a fish B. have more fun
C. go deeper under water and stay longer D. catch fish more easily
3.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Skin diving is a new sport today.
B. Skin diving is interesting as well as useful.
C. How to catch fish.
D. What you can see under water.
4.We can probably find this article in a ________.
A. newspaperB. text bookC. sport magazineD. guidebook
5.Which of the following is Not True about skin-diving according to the passage?
A. You feel lighter when you go under water.
B. You can clean and fix ships without taking them out of water at skin diving.
C. There’s enough light under water all the time.
D. You can see fish and catch them at skin-diving.
Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname (绰号)“Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name. As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman(董事长)of the oil company heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to his office.
“Some people give you a nickname. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.
“Mr. Rockefeller, I like this nickname very much, becaus
e it is our company’s advertisement. When someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’, I think it’s free advertisement for our company. It’s not necessary for me to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”
“What a wonderful m
an!” Rockfeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder, you must be successful in the future! I believe in you!”
Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller. Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel upset when we have no way to do the world—shaking things.” We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”
1.Albert was ___________in the oil company at the beginning.
A. a workerB. an assistant
C. a managerD. the second board chairman
2.Albert wasn’t angry about his nickname because ____________.
A. he liked to have a nickname
B. it could make his workmates happy
C. he could become fam
ous
D. it was a free advertisement for his company
3.What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Rockefeller asked young people to work harder.
B. It’s very important to do small things well.
C. You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname.
D. You should make more advertisements for your company.
4.What did Rockefeller mean when he said “the world-shaking things”?
A. The big thingsB. The interesting things
C. The small thingsD. The frightening things
5.What would be the best title for this passage?
A. I Believe in YouB. Albert and Rockefeller
C. Four Dollars a Bucke
tD. The Second Board Chairman
When we were having an English test this morning, I felt somebody was watching me a little too closely. I turned my quickly and saw Jack, who sat right behind me. My eyes caught and he said very quietly, “I hope you studied for this !”
“What am I going to do?”I thought to myself. I cheating（作弊）in exams. Besides, I’d studied _ for the test. Clearly Jack hadn’t. During the exam, I tried several ways to guard my answers so that Jack couldn’t see them. When the exam , I felt I should let him know cheating was . And I didn’t want to destroy our friendship. My mind the right words.
“Sorry, Jack, you know how I feel about cheating.”I said slowly and gently. “Maybe I could help you before the next test.”“Ok, Bob,” he smiled weakly, “It might not be easy, but I’ll have a try.”
1.A.head B.handC.eraserD.pencil
2.A.hersB.hisC.oursD.yours
3.A.examB.jobC.bookD.chance
4.A.suggestB.likeC.hateD.finish
5.A.slowB.slowlyC.hardD.hardly
6.A.endedB.beganC.went onD.took place
7.A.goodB.wrongC.easyD.difficult
8.A.agreed withB.searched forC.took upD.looked at
9.A.andB.alsoC.soD.but
10.A.driveB.moveC.countD.study
Which of the following is RIGHT?
A. In the early 19th century, the first trains began to carry passenger.
B. Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 millions years before human beings.
C. The king ordered his men to collect a bag of rice.
D. There are many tiny computers around us, and we dependent on them nearly every day.
--What is 12 divided __________ 3?
--__________________.
A. by; 4B. with; 15C. by; 36D. from; 9
--With the _____________ of science and technology, people can talk with each other much more conveniently than before.
--But China is still a __________ country, people have to work hard to live a better life.
A. developed; developing;B. development; developed
C. development; developingD. developing; developed
