阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Extracurricular(课外的) School Activities
Many schools today provide various extracurricular activities. Some activities are before school, some are after school, and a few may even take place on weekends. Many parents like their children to take part in these activities. Yet some parents are still a little dubious about it. Actually, these activities have many advantages for students. It is a wise choice for parents to allow students to get involved in extracurricular activities at school. It can help students to develop many working skills, people skills, and more.
When students get involved in extracurricular activities, they get involved in different interests. These activities allow them to develop various interests that they may have.
It also helps to raise the self-esteem(自尊) of students. Many students feel worthless or there is nothing they are good at. Everyone wants to find something that they are really good at, and extracurricular activities provide the opportunity for them.
Students can also learn relationship skills. They need to get involved in social activities and learn how to act properly in social situations. These activities give them a chance outside of school to do this, while they are still supervised(监督) by adults.
Of course, while there are many excellent benefits of extracurricular activities for students, you need to consider how much is too much. It can be a great choice to get involved in a few different activities, but too many activities can have negative(消极的) effects. If students take part in too many activities, they often have problems in their studies. They may not get enough rest. They may not have time to relax. It’s important for students to set some limits to extracurricular activities. Students can pick out a couple of their favorites and make sure they can handle(处理) them. Some kids feel like they have to take part in many activities to be a success, and this is not good to them.
When students get involved in extracurricular activities, there are certainly excellent benefits that they’ll enjoy. They are doing it for their future success. It’s important that students don’t try to “do it all”.
1.The underlined part “dubious about” in Paragraph 1 probably means “______”.
A．crazy about B．interested in
C．doubtful about D．confident in
2.From the passage we can learn that ______.
A．most extracurricular activities take place on weekends
B．extracurricular activities help students have same interests
C．students feel worthless in extracurricular activities
D．extracurricular activities are supervised by adults
3.The writer may agree that ______.
A．extracurricular activities are bad for students’ studies
B．extracurricular activities help students get enough rest
C．students should have a few different extracurricular activities
D．students have to take part in many activities to be successful
Have you ever walked down a city street and suddenly seen a bright garden full of vegetables and flowers?
It may be a community garden. The community gardens are planted by the people in the community. They are not just pretty places. They improve the neighborhoods.
People first started planting these gardens during the 1970s. At that time, the price of vegetables and fruits was rising. In many city neighborhoods, crime(犯罪) was increasing. There were also many other problems. People decided to get together to plant gardens to fight against these problems. The gardeners thought they might make the area more beautiful and improve people’s life.
These gardeners were right! Community gardens have many benefits. They improve their neighbourhoods. They also make people feel they belong to the community. When people work together in a garden, they feel they are connected with each other. People work on a small area within the garden. They grow vegetables or fruits. Each person decides what he or she is going to grow. However, they also work together to help each other. Some members have gardening experience. They can help those who are just learning how to grow vegetables and fruits.
Sometimes, garden members pay for supplies. The supplies usually include small plants and tools. Many community gardens have sponsors(赞助者). They pay for the supplies for the gardens. It helps to keep the gardens going every year. Sponsors may be parks, schools and local companies. Some groups want to be a part of the community. They help clean up and beautify a neighborhood. They also pay for the supplies.
Community gardens give people a chance to work together. They can make the community stable(安定的). There are many programs of community gardens. Some gardens provide programs for children and elder people. They may provide classes. They may give the vegetables and fruits to poor people. Community gardens also improve air.
Today there are about 10,000 community gardens in cities in the US. They have become popular because of their benefits. People enjoy having vegetables and flowers in their neighborhoods.
1.Who plant the community gardens?
A．Gardeners of the companies.
B．People in the community.
C．Sponsors in the community.
D．People from the government.
2.People started to plant community gardens because .
A．it was a good way to learn gardening
B．they liked fresh vegetables and flowers
C．it helped them get more experience
D．they wanted to solve the problems
3.What do sponsors do for community gardens?
A．They pay for the supplies.
B．They clean community gardens.
C． They provide classes.
D．They give poor people vegetables.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A．The relationship of neighbours.
B．The future of community gardens.
C．The introduction of community gardens.
D．The experiments in community gardens.
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
The Piano Lesson
Jenny wasn’t interested in playing the piano. She liked writing stories and acting them out with her friends. But Mrs. Windsor gave her piano lessons for free, so she felt she should have a try. Every Sunday she had her piano lessons in Mrs. Windsor’s house.
One Sunday morning, Jenny walked into Mrs. Windsor’s music room and sat down on the piano bench(长凳) as usual.
“Hello,” Jenny heard a voice behind her. She turned around and saw a young girl.
“What’s your name?” The girl asked.
Before Jenny could answer, Mrs. Windsor walked in and said, “Jenny, this is my niece(侄女), Pasha. Pasha, this is Jenny. I need to go to hospital, so Pasha will give you your lesson today.”
Pasha sat beside Jenny on the piano bench and asked, “What piece do you like best?”
“I don’t know.” Jenny said. “They’re all the same to me.”
“You mean you don’t have a favorite?” Pasha was surprised.
“No, not really.” Jenny said.
Pasha opened Jenny’s music book and asked Jenny to play.
After about a page or two, Pasha gently(轻轻地) put her hand on top of Jenny’s. Jenny stopped. Then Pasha said, “Jenny, what are you hearing in the music?” Jenny looked at Pasha strangely.
“I don’t know.” Jenny said.
“Let me try and you listen,” Pasha said. “All you have to do is learn to hear the stories in the music.”
“I’ve never thought of it that way.” Jenny said.
“Let’s try together, shall we?” Pasha smiled. Together they played that afternoon and tried to find the story in the music. That day Jenny found playing the piano was not that difficult.
1.Where did Jenny have her piano lessons?
A．In her school.
B．In Mrs. Windsor’s house.
C．In a music club.
D．In Pasha’s house.
2.Pasha is Mrs. Windsor’s _______.
A．daughter B．student
C．niece D．granddaughter
3.Pasha told Jenny all she had to do is _______.
A．listen to Mrs. Windsor carefully
B．write her favourite piece of music
C．play the piano gently and slowly
D．learn to hear the stories in the music
4.With Pasha’s help, Jenny would probably _______.
A．write more stories
B．like playing the piano better
C．make more friends
D．know Mrs. Windsor better
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
