In an American classroom, a teacher asked a Chinese girl to answer a question. She stood up and smiled, without making any sound. The American teacher looked at himself and didn’t see anything funny.
So he asked her the question again.The girl just smiled but said nothing. The teacher was angry. He didn’t know that the girl smiled to cover her embarrassment(尴尬)because she didn't know how to answer the question.
In a dining room in Beijing, an Englishman was careless and dropped(掉)a plate. The Chinese who saw this began to laugh. The Englishman felt uncomfortable and even got angry.”They are laughing at me,” he thought. In fact ,the Chinese laughed not at the Englishman or his bad luck---whether(是否) he is a foreigner or a Chinese. The laughter has some feelings, don’t take it so seriously(严重)；laugh it off, it’s nothing；such things can happen to any of us,etc.
1.The Chinese girl smiled in an American classroom because_______
A.the teacher asked her to answer a question.
B.The teacher asked her to stang up.
C.She couldn’t answer the question.
D.The teacher looked funny.
2.Which feeling is NOT included(被包括) in the laughter when the Englishman dropped a plate?
A. Don’t take it seriously.
B. Bad luck!
C. It’s nothing.
D.It can happen to any of us.
3.What does the writer want to tell us?
A.Chinese students are impolite.
B.Smiles and laughter always bring happiness.
C.American people are easy to get angry.
D.Smiles and laughter don’t mean the same thing to different people.
Danel has many friends. They look different and they have different personalities,but they are all friendly and helpful.He’d like to introduce some of them to us.
Name | Age | Appearance and hobbies |
Amy (volleyball player) | 17 | She is very tall(1.87 meters)!She has a baby face.Her fans say she’s very beautiful. She likes listening to pop songs and drawing. |
Tom(skiing player) | 18 | He is always smiling so people say that he is a “sunshine boy”.She is a “black horse”.He won the first gold medal(金牌)for his city this year. He likes reading and playing games. |
Millie(singer) | 16 | People call her “Baby”.She’s a cool girl with black glasses and short hair.She likes wearing men’s clothes, so she looks like a boy. She likes singing, of course. She is good at playing basketball! |
1. How many friends does Bob introduce in this passage?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
2.What does Amy do?
A. She is a volleyball player.
B. She is a skier.
C. She is a pop singer.
D. She is a basketball player.
3.Why do people say Tom is a “sunshine boy”?
A. Because he likes reading.
B. Because he likes playing games.
C. Because he is always smiling.
D. Because he is a skier.
4.Which sentence is wrong?
A.“Baby” does well in playing basketball.
B. Millie is the youngest of the three.
C. Amy has a baby face.
D. Tom likes black horses.
完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
Life in the 22nd century will be from life in the 21th century, because many changes will take place in the new century. But what will the changes be?
The population is fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live than before. will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of subjects at .
People will work hours than they did in the 21th century, and they will have more free time sports, TV and travelling. Traveling will be more . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
More land will be used for building, new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day, they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be than before.
Work in the future will be , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots（机器人）, of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
1.A. same B. the same C. different D. difference
2.A. making B. growing C. running D. doing
3.A. longest B. shorter C. faster D.taller
4.A. trains B. cars C. computers D. houses
5.A. the most important B. most importantC. the more important D. more important
6.A. factory B. hospital C. farm D. school
7.A. less B. fewer C.least D. fewest
8.A. for B. to C. with D. at
9.A. watching B. seeing C. looking D. buying
10.A. interesting B. convenient（主便的） C. expensive D. difficult
11.A. fruit B. milk C. meat D. bread
12.A. instead B. sometimes C. still D. however
13.A. more healthy B. healthy C. the most healthy D. healthier
14.A. dangerons B. difficult C. heavy D. different
15.A. Because B. One C. Some D. All
Would you like to come to my birthday party this Saturday, Millie?
.
A. Thank you all the same.
B. I’ll stay at home.
C. It doesn’t matter.
D. I’d love to, but I’m too busy to come.
Playing sports are than playing computer games.
A. more healthy B. more healthier
C. much more healthier D. much healthier
children there are in a family, their life will be.
A. The less; the better B. The fewer; the better
C. Fewer; richer D. More; poorer
