A ceremony（仪式）where boys become crocodile（鳄鱼）men
When does a teenager grow up and become an adult? In many countries, it happens on your 18th 1. （生日）, but in some parts of the world, you have to do something special to 2. （进入）the world of grown-ups.
On an Oceanian island, some people live near the Sepik River, which is 3. （充满的）of crocodiles. They believe that crocodiles made the 4. （地球）and its people. When it is time for teenage boys to become men, a “crocodile ceremony” takes place.
The boys are taken to small house 5. （叫作）the “Crocodile Nest”. In the house, the boys are told to think of their crocodile “fathers and mothers”. Old people in the village say that if the boys think of their crocodile parents, they will be stronger and 6. （勇敢的）because the ceremony will cause great pain. To take their minds off the pain, the boys tell jokes in the house, rather than just stay 7. （沉默的）. Surprisingly, some of the boys even sleep 8. （在……期间）the most painful parts of the ceremony! It will be 9. （八）weeks before they leave the house.
When the boys 10. （最后）leave the crocodile house, there is singing and dancing in the village to welcome the new crocodile men.
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1.Jack learned to look after ______ when he was home alone
2. It is really important for us to _______ our time in this busy world.
3. My grandfather does exercise every morning ______ he is already seventy.
4.Can you believe people in Britain drink over 150 million ______ of tea a day?
5.As was reported, Jinhua is now _______ the cities which are fit for people to live in.
I remember the green coat in my fifth and sixth grades.
When I needed a new jacket, my mother asked what kind I wanted. I described something like bikers wear. She listened long. I thought she understood for sure the kind I wanted.
The next day when I got home from school, I discovered, on m y bed, a jacket which was not what I had expected. I went close to the jacket slowly, as if it were a stranger.
From the kitchen mother shouted that my jacket was in the closet. I rushed and pulled at the clothes in the closet, hoping the jacket on the bed wasn’t for me but my brother. No luck, I wanted to cry because it was so ugly and so big. But I knew I’d have to wear it a long time before I’d have a new one. I looked at the jacket, like an enemy, thinking bad things before I took off my old and small jacket.
I put the big jacket on. I stood in front of the mirror（镜子）, turning right and left. I looked ugly.
I threw it on my brother’s bed and looked at it for a long time before I put it on and went out, smiling a “thank you” to my mom.
The next day I wore it to school. At the morning break, my best friend, Steve, looked at me for a long time. The girls turned away to whisper. The teachers looked my way and talked about how foolish I looked in my new jacket. When it was time for the whole school to get together on the playground, . Although they didn’t say out loud, “Man, that’s ugly!” I heard their talk and even laughter.
And so I went, in my jacket. So embarrassed, so hurt, I couldn’t even do my lessons the rest of the day. I received Cs on tests.
I wore that thing for three years. All in those years no love came to me.
I blamed（指责）that jacket for those bad years. I blamed my mother for her bad taste and her cheap ways. It was a sad time for the heart. Anyway, I spent my sixth-grade year, looking forward to something good to happen to me.
And it was about that time I began to grow, still in that green ugly jacket, which had become my brother who went along wherever I went.
1.The writer went to school in the new jacket because _______.
A. his jacket was too old and small B. his brother asked him to do so
C. he wanted to show it to his friends D. he would act in school play
2.The sentence that shows the writer cared about his mother’s feelings is “________”.
A. I thought she understood for sure the kind I wanted
B. I blamed my mother for her bad taste and her cheap ways
C. I put it on and went out, smiling a “thank you” to my mom
D. From the kitchen mother shouted that my jacket was in the closet
3.Which of the following sentences can be put in the ?
A. it began to rain B. everyone saw me C. my mother came D. I got angry
4.The changes of the writer’s attitude（态度）to the jacket can be described as ________.
A. enemy→stranger→brother B. brother→stranger→enemy
C. stranger→brother→enemy D. stranger→enemy→brother
Almost all animals need to sleep to stay healthy. But sleeping can also be dangerous because other animals may hurt those who are sleeping. This leads to many different ways of sleeping that help them stay safe. Some of these ways may surprise you!
Almost all bats sleep upside down. They hang from a branch of a tree or the ceiling of a cave. Up high, bats are safe from most other animals. If they are in danger, they just fly away.
A dolphin sleeps with just half its brain at a time. It must stay awake to breathe and to watch for danger. Dolphin mothers and babies can go without sleep for as long as two months to stay safe.
Some ducks sleep with just half their brains, too. These ducks often sleep in a line. The ducks at both ends help to keep the group safe. They keep one eye open to watch for danger. The ducks in the middle sleep deeply with both eyes closed.
Seals breathe air, but that doesn’t stop some of them from sleeping underwater. They hold their breath and dive deep to sleep for up to twenty minutes at a time. Sleeping deep underwater helps these seals stay safe from animals that hunt them near the surface.
Horses often sleep standing up. Their legs lock in place so they don’t fall over. If a horse is lying down, it needs a long time to get up. A horse can run from danger more quickly if it is already standing.
A flamingo can sleep while standing on one leg. The standing leg locks so it stays straight. The other leg remains close to the flamingo’s body. Its head rests on its back. A flamingo lives (and sleeps) near many other birds to stay safe.
Some seabirds can sleep while they fly. These large birds spend most of their lives over the ocean. They are in danger on the water, but they are safe in the air. They fly for many hours without flapping（拍打）their wings. Sometimes they sleep while they are flying.
Would you like to sleep how they sleep?
1.The animals that sleep with half their brains are _______.
A. ducks and seals B. dolphins and ducks C. bats and dolphins D. flamingos and seabirds
2.Horses often stand up when they sleep because _______.
A. they can run from danger quickly B. they are afraid of falling over
C. this helps them to sleep deeply D. it takes them a long time to go to sleep
3. The underlined word “hunt” in Paragraph 5 probably means _______.
A. offer to help B. come to teach C. refuse to protect D. want to kill
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. How animals sleep B. Sleep to stay healthy C. Sleep as animals do D. What sleeping animals are like
World’s history in one place
Is it possible to put millions of years of t he world’s history into one building? The British Museum seems to think so. "
A history of the World in 100 Objects", an exhibition about rare and ancient objects from the world, has made it a success.
The British Museum says it owns at least 8 million historical objects. But why choose these 100 objects to tel stories of our world's history?
It all started with a challenge（挑战）.
Neil MacGregor, who was once director of the British Museum, was asked by BBC to choose 100 objects from the museum's huge collection. The objects had to include things from the beginning of human history about 2 million years ago to the present day.
MacGregor accepted, and took four years to choose each object himself.
In 2010, MacGregor appeared on BBC radio, giving a detailed（详细的）explanation of each object. The show was a big hit and all these 100 objects were shown in the British Museum. A book with photos of each object soon followed.
"The objects had to cover the whole world, from a cooking pot to a golden galleon, from a Stone Age tool to a credit card." MacGregor wrote.
The collection includes many important objects from China. There is a banknote from the Ming Dynasty, showing China as the first country to use paper money.
But it’s not just ancient things that are shown. Among them are some modern things like a solar-powered lamp and even a throne made of weapons created by an African artist.
“Of course, the collection could only be ‘a’ history of the world. But it is still a history that people in the present world need to know.” MacGregor wrote.
1. “A history of the World in 100 Objects” is a(n) ________.
A. TV programme about Africa B. challenge of scientific research
C. book about modern development D. exhibition of the world’s history
2. We can learn that the BBC programme by Neil MacGregor was _______.
A. successful B. expensive C. regular D. traditional
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The objects shown cover half of the world.
B. Neil MacGregor used to be director of BBC.
C. China was the first country to use paper money.
D. The British Museum owns 2 million historical objects.
阅读下面四篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
1. How many lessons are there in Unit 1?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
2.If you want to learn how to write a poem, you can get help in _______.
A. Lesson 1 B. Lesson 2 C. Lesson 3 D. Lesson 4
3.Where can we most probably read such a page?
A. In a magazine. B. In a textbook. C. In a newspaper. D. In a dictionary.
