When we think of paper， we think of newspapers and books. But there are many other uses. Only half of the world’s paper is used for books and newspapers.
Paper is very good for keeping you warm. You have perhaps seen homeless men asleep on a large number of newspapers. In Finland(芬兰)， it is sometimes －40℃ in winter. The farmers wear paper boots(靴子) in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.
Each year， more and more things are made of paper. We have had paper cups and plates for a long time. But now we hear that chairs， tables， and even beds can be made of paper. You can wear paper hats， paper dresses， and paper raincoats. When you have used them once， you may throw them away and buy new ones.
The latest use of paper seems to be paper houses. These are not small houses for children to play in， but real， big houses for people to live in. You can buy a house with three rooms for about 500 dollars. It’s cheap. You can put it up by yourself in a few hours， and you can use it for about five years.
1. Only half of the world’s paper is used to _________.
A. build houses
B. help the homeless people
C. make chairs， tables and beds
D. print(印刷) newspapers and books
2.The farmers in Finland wear paper boots in winter _________.
A. to be cool
B. to feel cool
C. to keep their feet warm
D. to save a lot of money
3. Long before we began to use paper to make chairs， tables and beds， _________.
A. we had already had paper cups and plates
B. we could wear paper hats and paper dresses
C. we could buy paper boots and shoes in paper shops
D. we had no paper cups or paper plates
4.The latest use of paper seems to be paper houses. These houses are _________.
A. big and strong enough to live for seventy years
B. made for children to play in
C. made only for the rich people
D. not expensive and easy to build up
5.After you use a paper raincoat， you may _________.
A. use it for a long time B. throw it away
C. lend it to others D. sell it to others
In China， more and more villagers have left home to make a living in big cities. As a result， their children have become leftover (留守) children and they need more care. The survey below is from some villages in Central China. Three hundred children were chosen to answer the questions.
What they want | Love | Money | Freedom | Control | Something else |
40% | 18% | 28% | 10% | 4% | |
Who to talk with | Oneself | Family members | No one | ||
27% | 55% | 18% | |||
Communicate (交流) with their parents freely or not | Yes | A little difficult | No | ||
46% | 44% | 10% | |||
The way they like to live | Living with parents | Living without parents | No idea | ||
58% | 14% | 28% | |||
What they think of their parents’ working in cities | Bad | Good | No idea | ||
20% | 39% | 41% | |||
Happiest place | School | Home | Friend’s home | ||
48% | 34% | 18% | |||
1. Of all the four things， the leftover children need _________ most.
A. love B. money C. control D. freedom
2. _________ of the children think it good to live with their parents.
A. 14% B. 28% C. 44% D. 58%
3. How many children think their happiest place is their school?
A. 48. B. 102. C. 144. D. 156.
4.During the survey， the children were asked about many things EXCEPT _________.
A. food
B. places they like
C. their needs
D. their parents’ working in cities
5.We can learn that _________ from the survey.
A. most leftover children want more freedom without parents
B. over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to parents freely
C. all the leftover children dream of making money in big cities
D. most villagers prefer living a life in the countryside
Some people have a very poor sense(感觉) of direction. Unluckily， I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.
When I was a little girl， I never dared ask strangers the way. So I used to walk round in circles and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.
Now， I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions， but I often receive help-less or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people wrong directions. If any-one ever asks me the way somewhere， I always say， “Sorry， I am a stranger here.”
Once on my way to work， I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps， I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However， I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.
When I just got to my office， the secretary (秘书) showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight!
1.The writer always refuses to give people directions because _________.
A. she’s a stranger to the city
B. she doesn’t know the people
C. she has no time to help others
D. she’s afraid of giving wrong direction
2.A man stopped the writer on the way to _________.
A. sell her something B. ask for the time
C. make friends with her D. ask for the direction
3.The Friendship Building is the place where the writer _________.
A. lives B. studies C. works D. teaches
4.The word “embarrassed” in the last paragraph means “_________”.
A. 尴尬 B. 困惑 C. 激动 D. 拮据
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The writer is too shy to help others.
B. The writer has a very poor sense of direction.
C. The writer never got lost when she was young.
D. The man was quite nervous.
I am a middle school student. My name is Wang Jing. My grandfather is 70 years old now. He often says life has changed a lot. It becomes better and better. I asked him what life was like when he was a child. The following was what he said.
When he was a child， he used to feel hungry. There didn’t use to be enough food for him to eat. He has two brothers and two sisters. His parents were both farmers. They were very poor and couldn’t let their children eat as much as possible. As for clothes， they didn’t use to have enough clothes. They didn’t use to buy new clothes. The younger brothers and sisters often wore their old brothers’ and sisters’ clothes. My grandfather is the youngest. Only he went to school and had a job in the city. His brothers and sisters didn’t get an education and live in the countryside now.
Now my grandfather has retired(退休) and lives a happy life. He can eat any food that he wants. He can buy clothes that he wants to buy. He says he is much happier than before. He often asks me to study hard. He says if I work hard， I can have a good future.
1.Wang Jing’s grandfather _________ get enough food when he was a child.
A. used to B. can C. could D. couldn’t
2. Her grandfather’s parents has _________ children.
A. three B. four C. five D. six
3. Whose clothes did her grandfather use to wear?
A. His brothers’. B. His mother’s.
C. His own. D. His father’s.
4. Why couldn’t her grandfather’s brothers or sisters go to school?
A. Because they didn’t want to go to school.
B. Because their parents didn’t want them to go to school.
C. Because they were poor.
D. Because they were rich.
5. Is Wang Jing’s grandfather happy now?
A. No， he isn’t. B. Yes， he is.
C. We don’t know. D. He doesn’t feel happy.
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Dear teacher，
I was a student of yours in Grade Six， and I hope you still remember me. I’m this letter because I want to let you know that the school year with you was important and special to me.
I know I be very quiet in your class， and you never said much to me. But you did something that made a big in my life. You see， all through my first year in schools， I hated to read. Books were just words that had to do with me， and I felt bored while reading them. I’ll never the first day of Grade Six when you took out a thick book and began to read the story to our class. It that your voice changed with the people in the story， and you drew pictures in my mind as you read . After that day， I always waited for the time that you read to the class. You us all kinds of wonderful stories.
During the summer after my year in your class， I missed the stories you read. So one day I picked up a book and it all by myself. I found out that I could make the words ， too. Now， I love to read! Thank you for opening the world of books for me.
Yours，
Linda
1.A. watching B. reading C. writing D. getting
2.A. used B. used to C. was used D. was used to
3.A. difference B. mistake C. decision D. progress
4.A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything
5.A. remember B. know C. forget D. understand
6.A. liked B. looked C. looked like D. seemed
7.A. loud B. quiet C. aloud D. silently
8.A. told B. wrote C. borrowed D. taught
9.A. drew B. listened to C. read D. kept
10.A. boring B. patient C. necessary D. interesting
—Morning， boys and girls! Please try your best in today’s exam! Good luck to all of you!
—_________
A. Sorry， I won’t. B. Congratulations!
C. Never mind. D. Thanks!
