The earth is our home. We must take care of it. Life today is easier than it was        years ago, but it has brought some new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution（污染）. We can see it, smell it, drink it and even       it. Man has polluted the        . The more people, the more pollution.Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so       people. When the land was used up (用光), the river was not clean in a place,man went to       place. Now man is slowly polluting the whole world       pollution is still the most serious, it’s bad for       things in the world.Many countries don’t le t people burn       for air in houses and factories in the city. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of       pollution. It’s caused by heavy traffic. People say it’s       to ride bikes. When you are       , there is no pollution. But even in developed countries, most people don’t go to work by bike. It’s not      bikes are expen sive or people are tired if they ride to work. It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. So more people       their bikes and go to work by cars,  then things are getting       . We should have special roads only for bikes and make it       difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bikes. 

1.A. hundred       B. hundreds of      C. hundred of      D. hundreds 

2.A. listen         B. listen to         C. hear of        D. hear 

3.A. moon          B. star               C. earth             D. sun 

4.A. lot            B. little             C. many             D. much  

5.A. others        B. the others       C. the other        D. another  

6.A. Air           B. Food              C. Water            D. Noise  

7.A. life           B. live              C. living            D. lives 

8.A. something bad              B. bad something  

C. something good              D. good something 

9.A. water           B. air             C. noise          D. white 

10.A. least           B. best            C. most             D. worst 

11.A. driving       B. biked           C. riding           D. ridden 

12.A. why             B. because          C. what              D. how 

13.A. put on          B. look at         C. put away        D. look up 

14.A. better and better              B. more and more  

C. worse and worse                     D. bigger and bigger 

15.A. quite            B. such              C. very               D. so

 

A. There will probably be no school on Mars.
B. It might take us two or three days to get to Mars.
C. There is a problem for us to live on Mars.
D. Food will not be the same.
E. First, people will have more space.
Many people believe that, by the year 2100, we will live on the planet Mars(火星). Here is what life could be like.
First of all, transport should be much better. By 2100, spaceship can travel at half the speed of light.  【小題1】 
Secondly, humans need food, water and air to live. Scientists should be able to find plants that can grow on Mars. These plants will provide us with food and air.
 【小題2】  We could easily jump too high and fly slowly away into space. To prevent this, humans on Mars have to wear special shoes to make themselves heavier.
Life on Mars will be better in many ways.  【小題3】  It is possible to live in a large building with many bedrooms. Then, robot will do most of the work, so we have more time for hobbies.
 【小題4】 Every student can study, do their homework on the computer and take exams in online schools. Each student will also have their own online teacher called “e-teacher”.
However, in some ways, life on Mars may not be better than that on the earth today.  【小題5】Meals will probably be in the shape of pills(藥片) and will not be as delicious as they are today. Also, space travel will make many people feel ill.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. So, I really doubted whether there was any love between my parents. Every day they were working hard to pay for my high school. They didn’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books and saw on TV, and they certainly didn’t send flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day (情人節(jié)).

    One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (被子). I asked her if there was any love between her and my dad. She stopped and raised her head in surprise. Then she went on with her work without saying anything. I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her feelings. But after a few minutes she said, “Look at this thread (線). Sometimes it appears, but most of the time it disappears in the quilt. If life is a quilt, then love is the thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or at any time, but it’s really there, and makes the quilt long-lasting.” I listened carefully but I didn’t understand her until the next spring.

    My mother suddenly got seriously ill and had to stay in hospital for about a month. Every morning and evening after she returned from the hospital, my father helped her walk slowly along our country road. There were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees, and the sun gently shone through the leaves. All of this made the most beautiful picture in the world. Reading their eyes, I knew they love each other deeply. From this experience, I realized that love is just a thread in the quilt of our lives. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

1.What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph suggest?

A. There is beautiful scenery where the writer lived.

B. There is true love anywhere in the world.

C. There is no love without beautiful flowers.

D. There is true love between the writer’s parents.

2.Why didn’t the writer’s mother answer his question immediately?

A. Because her husband didn’t love her.   

B. Because she was thinking of a better answer.

C. Because she didn’t love her husband.   

D. Because the writer had hurt her feelings.

3.What is the best title of this passage?

A. Love Is Everywhere                               B. Love Is Always Romantic

C. Love: Thread in Quilt                              D. Love Can Last Forever

 

Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its   41   piece. But because it was not complete, it could only roll (滾) very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine   42   the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but   43   of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on   44   for the lost piece. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit   45  . The circle put the piece into   46   . It could be whole with nothing lost. It was so happy and began to roll. As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad   47   it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly.

         Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man who   48   everything is poor in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something   49  . He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.

         We couldn’t be perfect. But we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share   50   with others and clever enough to know there is enough love  around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life.

1.A. miss                               B. lose                                   C. missing           D. losing

2.A. at                                             B. of                             C. in                              D. along

3.A. none                             B. all                             C. every one               D. each

4.A. look                               B. looking                    C. to look                     D. looked

5.A. perfectly                      B. perfect                             C. part                          D. partly

6.A. it                                             B. itself                                  C. them                        D. themselves

7.A. which                                     B. whether                           C. that                          D. what

8.A. own                               B. has                                    C. owned                     D. have

9.A. bad                                B. worse                               C. good                        D. better

10.A. kindness                     B. sadness                            C. happiness               D. illness

 

Mr. Jenkins is a farmer. One day he drove his truck to town and on the way his truck knocked down a boy and hurt him. He took the boy to a hospital and he paid a lot of money for that, but the boy’s parents wanted to get more money from him, so they said their son couldn’t lift（舉起） his right arm above his head.
Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer came and asked the boy some questions. “Now, my boy,” he said, “Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocked you down in the street.”“Yes, sir,” he said. “And you can’t lift your right arm now?”“Yes, sir,” he said. “Could you show me how high you can lift your right arm?” Slowly the boy lifted his right arm before his nose. “Poor boy,” said the lawyer, “And how high could you lift before the accident?”“Oh, I could lift it very high.” Said the boy, and the right hand went up high above his head.
【小題1】Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocked down ________.
A. a lawyer            B. a boy’s father         C. a boy
【小題2】The boy’s parents wanted to get ________ from him.
A. more trucks              B. more money          C. more monkeys
【小題3】Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer asked the boy to ______.
A. ask some questions       B. answer some questions    C. lift his left arm
【小題4】The boy said he couldn’t lift his _________ now.
A. right arm                B. left arm            C. right foot
【小題5】There is _______ wrong with the boy.
A. something              B. anything                C. nothing

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America. Americans cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.

For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!

1. The underlined phrase "pick up" in Paragraph 1may mean "_________________".

   A. put down     B. give up       C. pay no attention to    D. continue

2. From the passage, we can know_________________.

 A. Americans are always generous with their time.

B. Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

 D. Chinese friendships develop faster than American friendships.

3.This passage is most probably written for __________________.

A. American students                B. Chinese students

C. Chinese visitors to America         D. American visitors to China    

 

Mr. and Mrs. Jones never go out in the evening, but last Saturday Mrs. Jones said to her husband（丈夫）, "There is a good film at the cinema tonight. Shall we go and see it?"
Mr. Jones was quite happy about it. So they went, and both of them enjoyed the film very much. When they came out of the cinema, it was 11 o'clock. They got into their car and began driving home. It was quite dark. Mrs. Jones said," Look, a woman is running along the road very fast and a man is running after her. Can you see them?" Mr. Jones said, "Yes, I can."
He drove the car slowly near the woman and said to her, "Can I help you?" "No, thanks," said the woman, but she did not stop running. "My husband and I always run home after the cinema. Because whoever（不論誰） gets home late are going to do the dishes."
【小題1】 Mr. and Mrs. Jones _____.

A．often stay at home in the evening	B．often go out in the evening
C．often go out to have supper	D．often go to the cinema in the evening

【小題2】 _____________ enjoyed the film very much.

A．Mr.Jones

B．Mrs. Jones

C．Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones

D．The woman

【小題3】 On their way home, they saw _____.

A．a(chǎn) man running after a woman	B．two men running together
C．a(chǎn) woman running after a man	D．two women running

【小題4】Why did the man and the woman run? Because _____.

A．the woman's husband was angry with her	B．they liked running
C．neither the wife nor the husband（丈夫和妻子都不） wanted to wash the dishes
D．they tried to catch the car

Every place offers the possible dangers for getting hurt, even staying at work. We may face dangers like walking into desks or chairs, receiving unexpected cuts from a paper knife and so on. Industrial jobs have similar and more dangers like getting body parts hurt by machines or falling from a height.

No one wants to get hurt. Some accidents are avoidable(可避免的). Most accidents  happen because of common things seen every day—an open desk drawer, a chair pulled out too far, water on the floor and so on. We slowly get used to these things we see every day and never think about what they could possibly become in the future.

 Think about the following to prevent dangers to yourself and others:

 1. If there is something you see and know may become a danger for yourself or others, do      something about it. Close a desk drawer, clean up or put a sign over the water, turn off the power before leaving, and so on.

2. Get extra persons’ help and support on a task that is too hard for a single person.

3. Study the situation and think what could possibly happen and change if necessary. Do it before something happens and you won’t have to say some day, “ I should have… How sorry I feel…”

To use an old phrase “ Safety is everyone’s duty.” Looking down on it could lead to being hurt. Keep the rule in mind every day “ Everyone wants to go home in the same condition they came to work in –or better.”

Title:__ 1.____ at Work

___2.___ dangers	There are some dangers like tripping, unexpected __3.___ by a paper knife.
_____4.____	1. Most accidents are __5.____ by the common things seen every day.   2. Get used to ____6.____we can see every day and never think about the dangers.
Safety rules	1. Turn off the power before you ____7.__.   2. Get extra persons’ help and support if the task is too difficult for you to finish on your ___8.____.   3. Make some  ____9.___ based on the situation.
Warning	Safety on the job is ___10.__duty.

 

Large population has caused many problems. For example, the traffic is very heavy in some big cities.

During the last ten years, big cities like Beijing and Harbin were full of cars and buses. Now the streets are completely crowded and it’s very difficult to drive a car along them. Drivers must stop at hundreds of traffic lights. What are our cities going to be like in the future? How can we solve the problem?

There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private(私人的) cars. In 1971, the officer in Rome began an interesting experiment: Passengers on the city buses didn’t pay for their tickets.

In Stockholm there was another experiment: People paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus(電車) and train all over the city.

In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles(機(jī)動車) and pedestrians are safe there.

In London there is another experiment: Part of the streets is for buses only. So the buses can travel fast. There are no cars or taxis in front of them.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳答案。

1.The passage is about         .

A．big cities          B．streets            C．cars              D．traffic

2.The city of          once experimented on a completely free bus service.

A．London           B．Paris             C．Rome            D．Stockholm

3.The city of          experimented on a very cheap bus service.

A．Paris             B．Stockholm         C．London           D．None of the above

4.The underlined word “pedestrians” means_________ in Chinese.

A．行人             B．司機(jī)             C．旅客             D．向?qū)?/p>

5.In many cities, pedestrians are much safer because         .

A．no traffic is allowed in some streets         B．traffic is computer-controlled

C．cars move very slowly                    D．only one-way streets are open to traffic

 

Far, far away, there is a bad king. All his people   56   him. One hot day, the King goes to swim  57   himself in the river.

Suddenly he feels very   58   and can’t move his hands and legs. He begins to sink.   59  , two farmers are working in the filed nearby and see everything. Of course, the farmers don’t know the man in the river is the terrible king.   60   the farmers jump into the river and   61    him.

The king thanks the farmers and says, “I’m your king. Ask me for  62  , and I will give it to you.”

“My mother and father are sick in bed,” one farmer says, “Can you give me some   63    to send them to a doctor?” The King agrees.

Then he asks   64     farmer, “How about you? What do you want?” The farmer looks worried and unhappy. “  65 let other people know I met you.” he says.

1.A. hate           B. love         C. stand       D. mind    

2.A. to             B. for              C. with             D. by  

3.A. happy          B. glad         C. weak         D. strong    

4.A. Friendly       B. Luckily          C. Slowly           D. Quickly    

5.A. Though    B. Or           C. But         D. So    

6.A. thank          B. save         C. catch       D. hug

7.A. something     B. everything     C. anything      D. nothing   

8.A. flowers        B. time             C. money            D. help    

9.A. the other          B. another      C. other            D. others    

10.A. What about   B. Why not      C. Please           D. Don’t

 

Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewagesystem takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.
【小題1】You can most probably read the passage in _______.

A．a(chǎn) history book	B．a(chǎn) TV guide
C．a(chǎn) science book	D．a(chǎn) telephone book

【小題2】The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_______.

A．排污

B．染色

C．洗滌

D．吸塵

【小題3】According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_______.

A．to feed animals

B．to feed plants

C．to build a house

D．to make machines

【小題4】How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

A．By burning it off.

B．By putting it in water.

C．By throwing it away.

D．By reusing and recycling it.

It’s Charlie’s birthday today, but he isn’t feeling happy. No one wishes him a happy birthday. Mother says nothing about his birthday. She just tells Charlie to play outside. At lunchtime, his mother calls, “Come in for lunch, Charlie!” Charlie slowly walks into his house. But the living room looks different. Charlie sees a big “Happy Birthday” banner(橫幅). Then, he sees a birthday cake, balloons(氣球), presents, and all of his friends. “Happy birthday!” everyone shouts. Charlie’s face lights up. He is happy and surprised(吃驚). No one forgets his birthday after all!

1.What is this story about?

A．Eating cake.

B．Celebrating a special day.

C．Forgetting a birthday.

D．Having fun at a friend’s party

2.Why is Charlie not happy?

A．He doesn’t like his party.

B．He doesn’t like his presents.

C．He wants to eat cake.

D．He thinks people forgets his birthday.

3.Why does the living room look different?

A．There are many decorations(裝飾).

B．The lights are on.

C．There is a birthday cake.

D．There are many presents.

4.What’s the Chinese for “l(fā)ight up” here?

A．點燃             B．容光煥發(fā)          C．抬起來           D．照亮

5.Which of these is not right?

A．There are many lovely things in the living room.

B．Charlie’s mother plays a trick on Charlie.

C．Charlie is happy all day.

D．No one forgets Charlie’s birthday.

 

Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Do you often     26    late? Yes? Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan invented a     27     bed for you. His bed will wake you up! Here is    28    it works.
There is an alarm clock and a recorder（錄音機(jī)） in the bed. When the clock      29   a sound, you’ll have a few minutes to wake up. Then the recorder plays light music with a little girls’    30     voice. She says quietly, “Wake up, my dear.” A few     31     later, a second recording plays. It can be unpleasant sounds, “Wake up,    32    you’ll be late!”
If you don’t get up after the     33    recording, you’ll be sorry. There is a mechanical (機(jī)械的) “    34    ” in the bed. It can kick（踢） you in the head. Then the bed ­    35    for a few more minutes. What? You’re     36     lying in bed! Slowly the top of the bed goes     37    . The end of the bed goes lower and lower.     38     the bed is straight. You slide off(滑下)the bed and fall onto the    39     . You are     40    the bed and awake.

【小題1】

A．go home B．go to school C．go to bed D．have supper

【小題2】

A．special B．big C．small D．long

【小題3】

A．where B．when C．how D．why

【小題4】

A．needs B．hears C．makes D．gets

【小題5】

A．loud B．unhappy C．terrible D．sweet

【小題6】

A．minutes B．hours C．days D．weeks

【小題7】.

A．a(chǎn)nd

B．but

C．or

D．until

【小題8】

A．first B．second C．third D．fourth

【小題9】

A．mouth B．hand C．a(chǎn)rm D．foot

【小題10】

A．a(chǎn)sks B．sleeps C．waits D．wakes

【小題11】

A．a(chǎn)lso B．still C．even D．a(chǎn)lready

【小題12】

A．higher and higher B．lower and lower C．longer and longer D．shorter and shorter

【小題13】

A．At first B．At last C．As usual D．As well

【小題14】

A．bed B．chair C．table D．floor

【小題15】

A．in B．on C．under D．out of

Once a circle(圓圈) lost a piece. The circle wanted to be whole, so he went around     36    for the missing piece.

Because he was incomplete(不完整的), he rolled very      37    . He saw the beautiful flowers along the road, talked with the      38     and enjoyed the sunshine on his way. He found       39   different pieces, but     40    of them fit him. So he left them all by the side of the road and   41    searching(搜索).

One day      42     circle found the right piece. It fit him perfectly. He      43     be whole, with nothing missing. He was so happy. He could roll very fast,     44     fast to notice the flowers and talk to the birds.    45    he found how different the world seemed as he rolled so quickly, he stopped. He    46  the found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.

A person who has everything is     47     in some ways. He will     48     have hopes and dreams. We can’t be perfect, but we can be kind enough to share happiness with others     49     smart enough to know there is enough      50    around us to live a wonderful life.

1.	A．looking B．looked C．look D．have looked

 

2.	A．quickly B．quick C．slowly D．slow

 

3.	A．pieces B．birds C．flowers D．circles

 

4.	A．lots of B．a(chǎn) lot C．few D．a(chǎn) little

 

5.	A．a(chǎn)ll B．some C．none D．neither

 

6.	A．stopped B．enjoyed C．finished D．kept on

 

7.	A．the B．/ C．a(chǎn) D．a(chǎn)n

 

8.	A．can B．could C．must D．needed

 

9.	A．so B．very C．quite D．too

 

10.	A．When B．While C．What D．How

 

11.	A．forgot B．saved C．remembered D．left

 

12.	A．rich B．poor C．lucky D．happy

 

13.	A．a(chǎn)lways B．never C．sometimes D．often

 

14.	A．a(chǎn)nd B．but C．or D．so

 

15.	A．sadness B．a(chǎn)nger C．love D．mood

 

Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.
【小題1】You can most probably read the passage in _______.

A．a(chǎn) history book	B．a(chǎn) TV guide
C．a(chǎn) science book	D．a(chǎn) telephone book

【小題2】The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_______.

A．排污

B．染色

C．洗滌

D．吸塵

【小題3】How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

A．By burning it off.	B．By putting it in water.
C．By throwing it away.	D．By reusing and recycling it.

One day Mr. and Mrs. Black were driving to a party . Mr. Black drove the car very fast. “Please don’t drive so fast.” Mrs Black asked his husband to drive more slowly .”If you drive so fast , maybe we’ll have some trouble.”“Oh , no , Don’t be worried , my dear . ”said Mr. Black with a smile .“You know I’m good at driving . You won’t be in danger . And there is little time . If I don’t drive fast , we’ll be late for the party.”
A few minutes later , his wife , Mrs. Black , said to him，“If you don’t slow down ,We’ll be in hospital.”
Just at this moment a car came out of a side road and crossed in front of their car . Mr. Black stopped their car quickly . It nearly hit that car: “Oh , dear , I’m sorry for that . You are right , my dear，”said Mr Black . “I’ll never drive fast later . Now let me drive slowly . ”Then car drove very slowly to the party . Of course they were very late for the party.
【小題1】Mr. and Mrs. Black were driving to ________ one day.

A．a(chǎn) meeting

B．their home

C．a(chǎn) party

D．work

【小題2】What did Mrs. Black ask her husband to do?      

A．To stop the car	B．To drive more slowly
C．To drive to a hospital	D．To drive fast

【小題3】Mr. Black drove so fast , because___________ .

A．he was good at driving	B．he was very happy
C．he was in danger	D．he didn’t want to be late for the party.

【小題4】What happened to them a few minute later ?       

A．Their car hit another car	B．their car nearly hit another car
C．Their car was broken	D．Something was wrong with their car

【小題5】At last Mr. Black drove their car ________  to the party

A．faster

B．slow

C．very slowly

D．happily

Rose is an American school girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents.

It’s Sunday morning. Rose gets up early in the morning. After breakfast her parents take her to the zoo. They go to see the pandas and other animals. The pandas live only in China. There are not any pandas in America. So they like the pandas best. Outside the zoo gate there is a picture. It’s a picture of a panda with “Welcome”. In the zoo, Rose sees not only pandas but also many other animals.

A panda is round and fat. It looks like a ball. It always moves slowly like a ball rolling (滾動). There are also elephants. The elephant is the biggest animal on land. There are many monkeys on the hill. Some of them are sitting in the trees. Some are picking nuts. And the others are running or climbing up the trees. Rose and her parents have a good time in the zoo.

1.Rose comes from __________.

A．China

B．Beijing

C．America

D．a(chǎn) school

2.They like pandas best because __________.

A．the pandas live only in China

B．there is a picture of a panda outside the zoo gate

C．a(chǎn) panda is round and fat

D．a(chǎn) panda looks like a ball

3. Which is the biggest animal on land?

A．The panda.

B．The elephant.

C．The tiger.

D．The monkey.

4. Many monkeys are __________.

A．sitting in the trees	B．picking nuts
C．running or climbing up the tree	D．A, B and C

5. Rose and her parents are __________ that day.

A．very busy

B．very free

C．very happy

D．not happy

 

Many people hurt their backs when they try to lift heavy things from the floor. It is easy to hurt your back muscle(肌肉) when you try to pick up a heavy thing. However, there is a correct way to lift things from the floor. If you pick up heavy things correctly, you probably will not hurt your back.
To lift something from the floor correctly, first bend (彎曲) your knees and lower yourself. Keep your back straight. Do not bent over, from your waist (腰) keep your back and hips (臀部) and waist in a line. If you bent over, the muscles in your lower back can became hurt very easily. If you keep your back and hips straight, the muscles are stronger, because they hold up together. The other muscles can then help the lower back muscles.
As you lower yourself, try to get as close to thing as you can, put one knee on each side of the thing. Remember at all times to keep your back straight. Put your hand under the thing that is in front of you, between y our knees.
To lift the thing, you should stand up slowly. Use your leg muscles in order to stand up. In other words, lift with your legs, not with your back.
【小題1】Which part of your body is more easily to be hurt when you lift heavy things?

A．The leg muscles.	B．The back muscles
C．The hips	D．The knees

【小題2】Many people hurt their backs when they lift something because _______.

A．they are not strong

B．the things are very heavy

C．the way to lift the things is not correct

D．they are very heavy

【小題3】The muscles are stronger if you _______.

A．keep your back, hips and waist in a line

B．bend over from your waist

C．lower yourself

D．get down on your knees

【小題4】To lift heavy things, the most important of all is to _________.

A．stand up slowly

B．keep your back straight

C．bend your knees

D．put one knee on each side

【小題5】What does “In other words” mean? ________

A．總而言之

B．換句話說

C．在其它話中

D．在其它單詞中

Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But it was incomplete, so it could only roll very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on looking for the missing piece.

         Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. The circle put the missing piece into itself. It could be whole with nothing missing. It was so happy and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled away slowly.

         Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man who has everything is a poor man in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better. He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.

         We couldn’t be perfect, but we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always live a wonderful time in our lives.

1.

The circle rolled very slowly because it        .

A. spent much time talking to worms                        B. wanted to enjoy the sunshine

C. was looking for its missing piece                           D. lost a piece of its own

2.

Why did the circle stop when it rolled quickly? Because it        .

A. wanted to enjoy the world                                      B. found a different world

C. wanted to look for another missing piece            D. thought the world changed so quickly

3.

The story mainly tells us that        .

A. nobody loves us if we give nothing

B. a man who has everything is the happiest

C. losing something may not be a bad thing sometimes

D. we are not whole when we lose something

 

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America. Americans cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.

For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!

1. The underlined phrase "pick up" in Paragraph 1may mean "_________________".

   A. put down     B. give up       C. pay no attention to    D. continue

2. From the passage, we can know_________________.

 A. Americans are always generous with their time.

B. Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

 D. Chinese friendships develop faster than American friendships.

3.This passage is most probably written for __________________.

A. American students                B. Chinese students

C. Chinese visitors to America         D. American visitors to China