Mr. Green lives in a big city with his wife and two children. One morning Mr. Green takes his new car and washes it when a friend comes. The friend stops and looks at the new car for a minute. Then he asks, "That’s a new car. Is it yours? "
"Sometimes." Mr. Green answers.
The friend is surprised (惊奇). "Sometimes? " he says. "What do you mean?" Mr. Green answers slowly, "Well, when there is a party in town, my daughter Jean drives it. When there is a football, it’s my son Jim’s turn. When I washes it and it looks very nice and clean, my wife Linda uses it. And when it needs cleaning. It’s mine. Choose the correct answer. Mr. Green lives______.
A. in a small town B. in a fact C. in a big city There are ______people in Mr. Green’s family.
A. three B. five C. four Mr. Green’s car is______.
A. new B. old C. always clean Why the car belongs to his son Jim when there is football?______.
A. Because the rest of family members go to watch the football match.
B. Because Jim is a football player.
C. Because Jim goes to see the football match by car. Because the rest of family members go to watch the football match. When the car is dirty, it is______.
A. Jean’s B. Mr. Green’s C. Jim’s
At most school, “going green” means less rubbish or recycling. But at New York’s Riverdale Country School, it means being advised to run and even jump in the hallways. And the students really enjoy doing that.
Why? It because the hallways were built with special kinetic(动能的)tiles. When students run or jump on the floor tiles, electricity will be generated(产生). The electricity can be used to power classroom lights, science projects and charge electronic products. 14-year-old Zach Halem tried to make the officials buy them. There are eight tiles near the school’s student center.
Besides providing fun green energy, it’s also a good way to teach the students to be creative. They will be inspired to be scientists, inventors and engineers in the future to find clean energy for all humans.
The tiles are mostly made from rubber and other recycled things. They were invented by an English man Laurence Kembell-Cook. While new to the US, They have been put in many places in Europe- from a London Underground Station during the 2012 Olympics to a marathon (马拉松)track in Paris. When Pavegen started getting popular in London schools, Laurence began to realize that his invention not only saved energy ,but was also fun!Why do the students of New York’s Riverdale Country School enjoy running in the hallways?
Who invented the special floor tiles?
What are the special floor tiles made of?
How can the kids at New York’s Riverdale Country School save energy from the floor tiles ?
What do you think of the invention?
The book is suitable for_____
A. Tom, 5 years old
B. Nick, 10 years old
C Sue, 7 years old______ customers like the book very much.
A. 32 B. 2 C. 8Which of the following is NOT true?
A. If we want to get the book, we should pay for＄12 .
B. The book was written in English and French..
C.There are more than 60 simple recipes show us how to make nice food.
Do you know why different animals or pests (昆虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of coloring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters (猎人). This is because they have the colors much like the trees.
Have you ever noticed an even stranger act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid (液体)when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over (散开), its enemies (敌人)cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.From the passage we learn that locusts________.
A. are small animals
B. are easily found by birds
C. change their colors to protect themselvesHow can pests with different colors from plants keep out of danger?
A. They run away quickly.
B. They have the colors much like their enemies.
C. They hide themselves by day and appear at night. What does the underline phrase “crops” mean?
A. 灌木丛 B. 庄稼 C.水草Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Bears and lions can keep safe because their colors are like the trees
B. Some pests can’t change their colors with the crops.
C. The kind of fish can live up to now because its black liquid can kill its enemies.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. The Change of Colors for Animals and Pests
B. The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests
C. Colors of Different Animals and Pests
Two men from different worlds — a BuzzFeed editor(编辑) from New York and a man in southern China known as “Orange Brother” — have been friends after social media(媒体) helped them know each other over a stolen iPhone.
The story of a guy named Matt in New York City who had his iPhone stolen last year has become famous on Chinese social media. Matt said his phone was stolen from a bar in the East Village last February. He bought a new phone and carried on with his life. It wasn't until this January, however, that he was going through his photo stream and noticed tons of photos that weren’t his, including several pictures of an unknown man posing next to an orange tree. More photos of food menus, fireworks and something strange kept appearing in his photo stream in the following days.
Matt later learned that his phone, stolen almost a year ago, had ended up in China and that the new owner was still logged(登陆) into his iCloud account(账户).
After Matt wrote about the cross-seas connection on BuzzFeed, a web user translated it and posted it to Weibo. He started getting tons of attention from people in China about the story. They thought it was romantic like a fairy tale and perfect for the spirit of the Spring Festival.
In typical Chinese netizen(网民)-fashion, they were able to track down the information of “Orange Brother”. He lived in Meizhou, Guangdong province. Web users loved this, and urged Matt to come to China and connect with his “long-lost brother”.
Orange brother made the first move. “Matt, I welcome you to come to Meizhou and try some local food,” he said on Weibo, China’s micro blogging platform. That post was “liked” over 12,000 times. Matt quickly accepted. Matt began learning Chinese, while Brother Orange posted videos of himself learning English. But when they finally met, the smiles and hugs said it all. In this passage, we cannot know _________.
| A．who stole Matt’s iPhone. | B．how Matt knew Orange Brother |
| C．what Matt’s job is | D．where Orange Brother comes from |
Matt learned some information about his stolen iphone when__________.
| A．he went through the magazine |
| B．the new owner logged to his iCloud account |
| C．Orange Brother connected with him |
| D．Orange Brother used the stolen iphone to call him |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Matt himself translated his story into Chinese and posted it to Weibo. |
| B．Orange Brother urged Chinese netizens to look for the owner of the iPhone. |
| C．Orange Brother is the new owner of the iPhone that used to belong to Matt. |
| D．They didn’t meet each other until last February. |
The article probably comes from ___________.
| A．A music magazine | B．a guide book |
| C．website news | D．a history textbook |
A new word is becoming more and more popular on the Internet in China - but no one knows quite what it means. The word "duang" is so new that you can’t even find it in the Chinese dictionary. But it has already spread(传播) like fire on the Chinese Internet , appearing more than 8,000,000 times on Weibo, where 15,000 users had more than 312,000 discussions. On Baidu, it has been looked up almost 600,000 times. But what does it mean?
"Everyone's duang-ing and I still don't know what it means! Looks like I’d better go back to school now," said Weibo user Fahmida.
Another user asked: "Have you duang-ed today? My mind is full of duang duang duang."
"To duang or not to duang, that is the question," wrote user Beatrice.
"Duang" seems to be imitating (模仿) a sound. It all seems to have started with Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan, who in 2004 appeared in a shampoo ad (洗发水广告) where he used the sound “duang” to describe his soft and black hair. The word came to people again recently(最近) after Chan posted it on his Weibo page. Thousands of users then began to visit Chan's Weibo page with comments (评论).
The word seems to have many different meanings, and there's no perfect (完美的) Chinese meaning for it, but you could use it to give emphasis (强调) to the word that follows it. A kid might be "duang cute", for example. According to the passage, _________ users joined in the discussion on Weibo.
| A．312,000 | B．15,000 | C．600,000 | D．8,000,000 |
In 2004, Jackie Chan used “duang” to _________.
| A．show he was very popular |
| B．describe his hair |
| C．ask people to buy the shampoo |
| D．reply to Weibo users’ comments |
Mary got a gift from her old friend and said “I am duang surprised”. She might mean that she was_________ according to the passage.
| A．not surprised at all | B．a little surprised |
| C．quite surprised | D．no longer surprised |
The best title of this passage may be “_________”.
| A．A New Word — Duan |
| B．Jackie Chan and His Shampoo Ad |
| C．Learning Chinese Culture |
| D．A New Name for Jackie Chan |
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