Have you collected anything since you were young? These people have!
Angelika from Germany has collected more than 290,000 pens from 140 countries. She has collected pens for more than 10 years. The most expensive pen in her collection is made of gold! She also started a pen collecting club. |
Tony from the UK has collected Barbie dolls since he was a child. He has collected 1,125 dolls. He changes the dolls’ clothes once a month and often brushes their hair! He also collects dolls of Barbie’s boyfriend. |
Ron from the US likes collecting key rings(钥匙扣). He has collected 24,000 key rings since he was young. His key rings are all different — that means no two key rings are the same! He has been a world record holder for 13 years. |
Zhu Yue from China has collected erasers for more than 20 years. At the age of 11, she visited Shenzhen with her parents. For the first time Zhu Yue was fascinated(使着迷) by erasers after she saw them in a shop. Ever since then she has collected every new kind of erasers. Now she has collected 100,000 erasers. |
1.Who collects pens?
A.Angelika. B.Tony. C.Ron. D.Zhu Yue.
2.What does Tony collect?
A.Pens. B.Dolls. C.Key rings. D.Erasers.
3.How long has Ron been a world record holder?
A.10 years. B.13 years. C.15 years. D.20 years.
4.How many erasers has Zhu Yue collected?
A.290,000. B.1,125. C.24,000. D.100,000.
Many of us enjoy watching animals in the world. But do you know they can teach us?
Geese (雁),for example, teach a very good lesson about _______. In the fall, Canada geese fly to the warm south to ______ Canada’s cold winter. They lift off in no order. Yet _____ they form a V shape, with one bird leading the group.
This V shape allows geese to ______ energy. When the front bird moves its wings up and down, the resulting force of the air lifts the next one. This continues down the line. The bird _______ has the hardest job. When it gets _______, it moves behind, and another bird moves into the lead. By sharing the role, the group can travel great distances. Geese flying in a V shape can fly 70 percent farther without ______ than birds flying alone.
During the long flying journey, geese communicate with one another. They honk (鸣叫)to ______ the birds up front to keep up the speed. They also cheer each other up ______ working toward a common goal.
What have we learned from the lovely geese’s experience and skills?
______ together! Whether it is our personal lives or our jobs, we need other people. We need the spirit of teamwork!
1.A. experience B. success C. friendship D. teamwork
2.A. look for B. get away from C. wait for D. walk away from
3.A. busily B. quickly C. bravely D. suddenly
4.A. save B. waste C. create D. lose
5.A. in front B. at the back C. in the middle D. on the left
6.A. bored B. tired C. hungry D. thirsty
7.A. rest B. sleep C. excuse D. result
8.A. lead B. lift C. teach D. encourage
9.A. until B. after C. while D. before
10.A. Play B. Travel C. Live D. Work
— Can you tell me in Beijing?
— Yes. At 7 o’clock tomorrow evening.
A.when they will arrive B.when will they arrive
C.when they arrived D.when did they arrive
Many tall buildings near my home last year.
A.are built B.were built
C.build D.built
Stephon Marbury is a basketball player. He in China since 2010.
A.will stay B.has stayed
C.stays D.stayed
—What are they doing?
—They a movie now.
A.watch B.watched
C.are watching D.will watch