Mark Twain is a great American 1.________（作家）. His works have widely2.______ (影响) millions of people all over the world .He was born in 1835 in Florida , a 3._______(南方的) state of the USA. He grew up in Missouri on the Mississippi River .Before he was 13 , he had fallen into the river for nine times . 4._______（幸运地）, he was always saved .At the age of 18, he 5.________(跑)away from home .For a time, he worked as a sailor and a newspaper reporter.
Mark Twain started writing a children’s story 6.________(叫) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1876. Its7._____(主题) is to do with the freedom of humans. However, he didn’t question the slavery in the book and 8.________(从不) thought of giving freedom to slaves . This behaviour has been talked about many times 9._________(被) later reviewers. Today many people around the world still enjoy 10.________(看)Mark Twain’s works .They are great treasures of American . “There was nothing before . And there has been nothing as good since,” said a famous man .
All the cities are quite the same. Living in a modern Australian city is not very different from living in an American city. But there are some differences on farms.
In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States, each farm family lives in its own fields. Usually their neighbours live far away. It’s hard for them to see each other on weekdays. Their children take school buses to the nearest schools. These schools are only for the farm families in this area. In some areas, there are small schools for a few farm families, and the children walk to schools.
Life keeps changing for everyone, so do farmers. Today there are cars, good roads, radios, television sets and there are modern machines for farming. All of these are changing farm life.
1.Living in a modern Australian city is almost _____living in an American city.
A. different from B. comfortable like
C. the same as D. rich like
2.Usually farm families live in_____.
A. big cities B. the country
C. only towns D. the mountain
3.The farmers in ____can not visit each other easily on weekdays.
A. the world B. Australia
C. the United States D. China
4.What about the farmers’ life now?
A. Their life is poor.
B. Their life is changing.
C. They don’t like their life.
D. Their life is boring.
There is a saying that the British like a nice cup of tea in the morning and a nice cup of tea at night. And at half past seven, their idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea. They like a nice cup of tea with their dinner and at their tea time. There is a lot to be said about a nice cup of tea before they go to bed.
Sometimes it seems that no one likes tea as much as the British do. But in fact, tea is liked in countries around the world. In China and Japan tea was first used as a kind of medicine, many years later, people there drank tea as a beverage(饮料).
People in the world like to drink different kinds of tea, green tea, black tea or milk tea as some people call it. They are served in different ways and people like drinking them, because they know that drinking tea is good for health.
1.From the passage we know tea was used as a kind of medicine in _______________many years ago.
A. the world B. Britain
C. many countries D. China and Japan
2.The main idea of the first paragraph is _______________________________.
A. how many cups of tea the British drink each day.
B. that the British like talking about tea.
C. that the British can’t live without drinking tea.
D. that tea is very important in the life of the British.
3.The underlined phrase “their idea of heaven” in paragraph 1 means _______________.
A. the happiest thing for them
B. their thoughts
C. their God
D. the worst thing for them
4. How many kinds of tea are mentioned in the last paragraph?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Five
In this E-book package, we have four e-books.
1. Kids can ________ by reading Fun with Food.
A. do science experiments B. get cooking experience
C. play happily at school D. play some riddle games
2. ________ has over sixty pages.
A. Fun with Food B. Kids Cooking Lessons E-Book
C. Food Facts E-Book D. Kids Food Science Experiments
3.Kids Cooking Lessons E-Book is popular because ________.
A. there is a unit for each age group
B. there are a lot of photo tests in it
C. kids can learn more about science
D. each part is very easy to print off
Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.
● Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn’t walk alone outside .Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them easily.
● Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
● If you are followed by someone you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way, letting the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next, don’t go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.
● If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus, don’t sit alone. Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don’t sleep.
1.Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?
A .Go home alone late at night.
B. Make sure where the public phones are.
C. Don’t get to the bus stop too early.
D.Always notice the environment around you.
2.When you are followed by someone on your way home, you should _____to make yourself safe.
A. run home
B. find a lift and go in
C. turn back and walk towards him or her at once.
D. cross the street and go to the other way.
3.When you take a bus alone, it’s safe for you_____.
A. to sit behind the driver or with other people, but not to sleep.
B. to talk with the driver.
C. to call your friends.
D. to get off the bus at once.
4.What can you learn from the text?
A. How to notice the environment around you.
B. How to be safe in your everyday life.
C. How to cross the street.
D. How to use the public phones.
Mr Brown was going away for a week. he left, he said to his son,“ If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that father has been out doing and will be back in a week. Then be to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.”
“OK, Dad,” said his son. But he was afraid his son remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of and gave it to him. His son put it his pocket, and it out and looked at it every now and then.
Four days passed, but no one came to see his father. The boy that no one would come and that the piece of paper was of no more to him, so he threw it in the fire.
The next afternoon, someone at the door. The boy opened it. A man was standing at the door and said: “ Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and the piece of paper. He could not find it. He suddenly he had burned it, so he shouted: “ No more!”
The man was very . He asked: “ No more? I met your father last week. When did it happen?”
“Burned yesterday evening.”
1.A. After B. When C. Until D. Before
2.A. my B. your C. his D. her
3.A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything
4.A. careful B. afraid C. polite D. brave
5.A. shouldn’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. couldn’t
6.A. because B. so C. but D. since
7.A. clothes B. paper C. record D. pocket
8.A. into B. on C. up D. away
9.A. put B. left C. gave D. took
10.A. learned B. knew C. thought D. found
11.A. freedom B. use C. interests D. advantages
12.A. knocked B. stood C. visited D. looked
13.A. looked down B. looked at C. looked after D. looked for
14.A. forgot B. remembered C. imagined D. guessed
15.A. angry B. excited C. pleased D. surprised
