Many animals have special skills that make them perfect for certain jobs - even better than humans!
Take a train ride in Japan and you may meet Tama, a cute, friendly stationmaster, who just happens to be a cat! This ll-year-old cat works in exchange for cat food at Wakayama Electric Railway’s Kishi station. She has her own office, and there’s even a Tama train ! When Tama was “hired (雇用)” in 2007, the station was losing money, but today, thanks to Tama, it’s a popular tourist attraction.
In the 1950s, US Navy (海军) officials got a great idea. Why not train dolphins to do some special work humans can’t do? Today, dolphins are trained to find underwater mines (水雷) so that the Navy officials can make the mines disabled before they explode (爆炸). Dolphins are well fit for the job for many reasons, but the best of all, they’re too small to set off the mines so they’re never in danger.
Most squirrels are happy to collect nuts, and run after each other up and down trees. Not Twiggy! She prefers water skiing. Twiggy comes from a team of water-skiing squirrels, whose owner trained them to ski behind a toy boat. Today, Twiggy travels around the United States putting on shows and even appearing on TV. It’s all in a day’s work for this squirrel!
1.How long has Tama been the stationmaster?
A. For 5 years. B. For 8 years.
C. For 10 years. D. For 11 years.
2.Why are dolphins trained to find underwater mines?
A. They are quite good at swimming in the sea.
B. They are so smart that they're never in danger.
C. They are small enough not to set off the mines.
D. They can understand the officials’ orders easily.
3.What is Twiggy’s job?
A. Collecting nuts.
B. Running after others.
C. Performing water skiing.
D. Traveling around the world.
4.What do these animals have in common?
A. They all can make money.
B. They are all from America.
C. They all can do special work.
D. They are all popular around the world.
Have you heard of “Kong Nao”? A new word appears on the Internet recently. In fact, it refers to some passengers who behave badly by plane and could endanger flight safety. On December 11, on the airline flight from Bangkok Thailand to Nanjing, two tourists conflicted with an air attendant. The male tourist poured garbage in the aisle(过道) and said something bad to the flight attendant. The female tourist threw a whole cup of hot water over the flight attendant. At last the plane was forced to turn back. On January 10, 2015, a passenger on Flight MU2036 opened an emergency exit without permission because of dissatisfaction with the flight delay. At last the plane was forced to turn back.
These things not only affect the normal order of flight but also have a bad international influence.
The improvement of living standards means more Chinese can take a plane. But many of them don’t behave well in public. A report by Living Social website in March 2012 even listed Chinese as the world’s second worst tourists after Americans.
If you want to change those bad behaviors and become a civilized passenger, remember to avoid the followings：
●Don’t spit in public or throw away trashes here and there.
●Never cut in line or snatch bus seats.
●Don’t laugh or speak loudly.
●Don’t take off shoes or smoke in public.
●Say something polite and do something civilized.
Whenever and wherever you are, you need to respect others. In this way, you'll win compliments（称赞） for yourself.
1.Why do more and more Chinese people take the plane?
A. Because Chinese people want to see more of the world.
B. Because taking the plane is more and more popular around the world.
C. Because of the growth in the industry and the improvement of living standards.
D. Because Chinese people do better and better in public manners.
2.________ were reported the worst by Living Social website in March 2012.
A. Chinese B. Thais C. Phuketers D. Americans
3. What does the underlined phrases “air attendant” mean?
A. 空姐 B. 护士 C. 船长 D. 经理
4.According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. “Kong Nao” refers to some passengers with good behaviors.
B. Chinese travelers should stop such bad manners as speaking loudly.
C. Four pieces of advice are mentioned to become a civilized visitor.
D. On December 11, 2014, the airline flight had to return because of weather.
Once upon a time, some visitors went to an island for a vacation, and each was having a good time. Suddenly a warning of a strong storm came to them, so all rushed to their boats. Yet, Love did not wish to run away quickly. There was so much to do. But as the clouds got darker, Love realized it was time to leave. But there was no boat to go into. Love looked around with hope.
Just then Richness was passing by in a great large boat. Love shouted, “Richness, can you take me with you? Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold in my boat. There is no place here for you. ”
Love decided to ask Vanity（虚荣） for help who was also passing by in a beautiful boat. But Vanity said with a cold voice, “No, I can’t take you with me. My boat will get dirty with your wet feet. ”
Sadness passed by after some time. Again, Love asked for help. But it was useless. “No, I can’t take you with me. I am so sad. I want to be alone. ”
When Happiness passed by a few minutes later, Love again called for help. But Happiness was so happy that he didn’t hear Love calling to him.
Love was becoming restless and hopeless. Just then somebody called out, “Come, Love! I will take you with me. ” Love did not know who was so kind, but jumped into the boat happily.
After getting off the boat, Love met Knowledge. Love asked, “Knowledge, do you know who was so kind to give me a lift when no one else wished to help?”
Knowledge smiled, “Oh, that was Time. ”
“Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?” Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is. ”
1.According to the passage, which one did not go to an island for a vacation?
A. Love. B. Richness. C. Vanity. D. Knowledge.
2.Other visitors passed by in their boats one by one. Which is the right order according to the passage?
A. Richness→ Vanity→ Sadness→ Happiness→ Time
B. Richness→ Happiness→ Sadness→ Vanity→ Time
C. Time→ Richness→ Vanity→ Sadness→ Happiness
D. Richness→ Happiness→ Vanity → Sadness→ Time
3. What can we learn from the passage?
A. When we are rich, we may pay more attention to Love．
B. All the feelings are important in our life except Love．
C. As time goes by, we can realize the importance of Love．
D. When we are happy and sad, we shouldn’t remember Love．
My wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and watch a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know that woman also loves you and would like to spend ___ with you.”
The other woman ____my wife asked me to pay attention to was my mother. My father has been dead for many years. My mother lived ____, but sometimes I was too busy to visit her.
That evening I called her and invited her to dinner and watch a movie. She seemed very______ when I arrived at her house. We went to a restaurant. My mother took my arm and walked as if she was my first lady.
____ dinner, we had a very good conversation. It was nothing special. We simply_____the latest events in our lives. But we were so busy talking______we missed the movie. At last, she said,” I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.”I agreed.
A few days later, my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a ______ to do anything for her. Not long after that, I received a payment receipt (收据) from the restaurant as well as an attached (附加) note：
“I paid the bill for our second dinner in advance(提前). I am not sure____I could have dinner with you or not. So I paid for two people, you and your wife. I have no words to explain how important that dinner meant to me. My son, I love you.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they deserve (应得) . ____ in life is more important than our family.
1.A. time B. money C. movie D. dinner
2.A. whose B. whom C. why D. which
3.A. there B. home C. alone D. herself
4.A. upset B. angry C. worried D. excited
5.A. Before B. During C. After D. When
6.A. told B. shared C. talked D. spoke
7.A. and B. but C. that D. because
8.A. chance B. time C. hope D. will
9.A. that B. when C. where D. whether
10.A. Nothing B. Everything C. Something D. Anything
— Would you mind my playing the guitar here?
—________Do it as you like, please.
A. Never mind. B. All right.
C. Of course not. D. Yes, I don’t mind.
--- Russia celebrated the ________anniversary(周年纪念日) of the victory of the world anti-fascist war with a large-scale military parade at the Red Square on Saturday.
---For the first time, a total of _________ Chinese servicemen took part in the parade, which has attracted special attention from the audience.
A. seventy ； one hundred two
B. seventy； one hundred and two
C. seventieth ； one hundred and two
D. seventieth； one hundred two
