Mrs. Brown lives in a small town in Australia. There is a big farm near the town.
On Saturday morning, she goes to her small shop. She opens the window of the shop and looks at the farm. It’s very beautiful. There are many cows, horses and small animals on the farm. Suddenly she sees a kangaroo with her baby. It’s interesting to see them! The mother kangaroo is wearing an old jacket. They stand there and look hungry. Mrs. Brown gives some bread to them. The kangaroos get it. Then they become happy and jump away. Suddenly a wallet drops on the floor from the jacket pocket. She picks it up. and finds $ 300 and a photo in it. That is a man’s photo with his name “John” on it. “John? I have a brother. His name is also John,” Mrs. Brown says. “Is this man my lost brother?” she thinks.
She takes the wallet with her and begins to look for the man. She asks many people in the town, and then she comes to the farm and asks the farmer. Hey! It is her lost brother, John. They are very happy to see each other.
1.What animals can Mrs. Brown see on the farm that morning?
A. Cows and small animals.
B. Cows, horses and a kangaroo with her baby.
C. Cows, horses, small animals and a kangaroo with a baby.
2.Why does Mrs. Brown give some bread to the kangaroos?
A. Because the mother kangaroo with her baby looks hungry.
B. Because the mother kangaroo is wearing an old jacket.
C. Because she likes kangaroos very much.
3.What does Mrs. Brown find after the kangaroos jump away?
A. A wallet. B. A photo. C. A jacket.
4.How does Mrs. Brown find her lost brother, John?
A. By the jacket. B. By the baby kangaroo. C. By the photo with his name.
5.Where does Mrs. Brown find her lost brother?
A. In a shop. B. On a farm. C. In a city.
We are already familiar with computers. They work for us at homes, in offices and in factories. We benefit(受益) a lot from the computers ,but at the same time, with the development of this high technology, it also caused a lot of trouble. One of them is the jobs’ problem.
Many people want to work, but it has become more difficult for people to find work in today’s work. Ma Yun’s unmanned supermarket appeared in 2017. It shows that more and more people will lose jobs even the simple job as a shop worker . The economy (经济) of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work instead of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. In all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work as much as forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs.
1.It was _______ for people to find jobs today than before.
A. more difficult B. not possible C. easier
2.If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, _______.
A. people will have no jobs B. people can still have jobs as before
C. only 4% of the people will have jobs
3.One machine can do as much work as _______.
A. 75,000 people B. 14 people in the world C. 40 people
4.If 75,000 people move to the cities a day to look for jobs, how many of them can find jobs?
A. 52,500 people. B. 3,500 people. C. About 75,000 people.
5.Where may this article come from?
A. A story book. B. A newspaper C. A novel.
When I was about 12 years old, I really wanted a new bike! I _______ my parents my birthday wish, but I knew there was little hope because my family could _______ have that money.
On my birthday my parents told me they had my _______ outside in the back yard. At once I rushed out to the yard. There was my bike, _______ it wasn’t the bike that I thought it would be. This one was pink, old and worn with age. It was so _______! I thought I hurt my parents’ feelings because I could see the disappointment _______ their faces and I was sure they could see it on mine. I _______ the old bike and rode it, feeling bad that I had made my parents feel this way. So I put on a smile, rode as fast as I could and didn’t look back.
As time went by, I began to understand my parents gave me _______ much more than just a rusty（生锈的）old bike. They gave me a life lesson about love. When you give something out of love, it doesn’t matter what it is _______. What matters is the love that is in it. I like to remember this story because giving a gift is not about money. It’s about how much love you can feel from it. Do remember, a gift that ________ two dollars isn’t any less valuable than one that costs one hundred dollars, or even more.
1.A.talked B.spoke C.said D.told
2.A.hardly B.quickly C.slowly D.easily
3.A.guitar B.gift C.cake D.card
4.A.and B.or C.but D.because
5.A.exciting B.interesting C.relaxing D.disappointing
6.A.on B.in C.at D.for
7.A.got in B.got on C.got off D.got up
8.A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything
9.A.in surprise B.in fact C.in public D.in trouble
10.A.spends B.costs C.pays D.offers
—How about going hiking this weekend?
—Sorry, I prefer _____ rather than ______.
A.to stay at home, go out B.to go out, stay at home
C.staying at home, go out D.going out, stay at home.
The words are too small. I can’t see them _______.
A.clear enough B.enough clear
C.clearly enough D.enough clearly
— The police advise us not to transfer money to a stranger without telling our family.
—___________ important advice they gave us!
A.How B.What an C.How a D.What
