For many people the subject of hiccups (嗝) is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different.
His hiccups began one Sunday lunch time and continued day and night for two weeks. After the first week, Harry’s parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack.
Harry, who is now back at school, described what happened to him.
“When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didn’t do any good. That evening I had hiccups every four seconds. We tried everything to stop them. I held my breath and drank cold drinks. My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn’t work either.”
After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital. The doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldn’t find anything wrong.
“They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped.”
Harry was very lucky. The world record holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccupped for sixty-eight years. He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why.Harry’s hiccups lasted ____.
| A．a week | B．fourteen days | C．twenty-eight days | D．one month |
His hiccups started after he ____.
| A．drank a glass of water | B．went to hospital |
| C．ate an Indian meal | D．finished his homework |
His parents decided to take him to hospital when he ____.
| A．hiccupped for four seconds | B．held his breath |
| C．hiccupped at night | D．couldn’t stop hiccupping |
His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor ____.
| A．gave him some medicine | B．took an X-ray of his chest |
| C．gave him a shock | D．let him drink cold drinks |
What does “shock” in this passage mean？
| A．震惊 | B．休克 | C．喷嚏 | D．哈欠 |
Finland is a great country to visit, especially for relaxing. You can easily find peace and quiet there because much of the country is covered with forests. It also has lots of hills and thousands of lakes and islands. Depending on the season, visitors can enjoy themselves in bird-watching, hiking, fishing and other outdoor activities. There is even a part of Finland where people can see the beautiful Northern lights.
If you are a nature lover, you will discover plenty to enjoy in Finland. You will also find that the people of Finland are easy-going. This might be because they spend a lot of time having a sauna（桑拿）to relax themselves together. Finland even has a competition that is about spending time in one sauna. In the Sauna World Championships, people try to stay as long as they can in a sauna. This is really a hot competition! Finland is always considered as one of the best places in the world to live in, from its capital, Helsinki, to its great number of lakes and forests.
Finland is truly one of the world’s greatest treasures. Forests much of Finland.
Depending on the season, visitors can in bird-watching, hiking, fishing and other outdoor activities.
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is a popular way for people to relax themselves in Finland.
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A sunflower is a sunflower. A mobile phone is a mobile phone. But can you combine the two to do something for your local environment? As early as next year it may well be possible. When you have finished with your mobile phone you will be able to bury (埋葬) it in the garden and wait for it to flower（开花）. A biodegradable (生物可降解的) mobile phone was, this month, introduced by scientists. It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage users to recycle. Scientists have come up with a new material over the last five years. It looks like any other plastic and can be hard or soft, and able to change shape. Overtime it can also break down into the soil without giving out any poisonous（有毒的）chemicals. British researchers used the new material to develop a phone cover that includes a sunflower seed .When this new type of cover turns into waste, it forms nitrates (硝酸盐). These feed the seed and help the flower grow. Engineers have designed a small transparent (透明的) window to hold the seed. They have made sure it only grows when the phone is thrown away. “We’ve only put sunflower seeds into the cover so far. But we are working with scientists to find out which flowers would perform best. Maybe we could put roses in next time.” said one scientist.
As phone technology is developing so quickly, people are constantly（不断）throwing their mobiles away. This means producers are under pressure to find ways of recycling them. Some 650 million mobile phones have been sold this year. Most of them will be thrown away within two years, adding plastic, heavy metal and chemical waste to the environment. A biodegradable cover can change this, according to the scientists.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。 After you have finished using the new type of mobile phone, _______.
| A．the phone will do harm to the environment |
| B．the phone cover will break down easily in the soil you bury it |
| C．it will be recycled by the producers |
| D．it can be sent back to the shops. |
Which of the following is wrong about the cover of the new type of phone?
| A．It can help the sunflower seed after the mobile phone breaks down. |
| B．It looks like normal plastics but it can break down. |
| C．It includes a sunflower seed. |
| D．It makes sure the seed only grows after the phone is thrown away. |
The new type of phone can reduce the harm to the environment mainly ______.
| A．because of the material of its cover |
| B．because of the sunflower seed |
| C．because it’s made of no poisonous chemicals |
| D．because you bury it in the soil after you finish with it |
This type of research is done because ________.
| A．the technology that produces mobile phones is changing quickly |
| B．users are constantly throwing their mobiles away |
| C．nobody has ever thought of recycling mobile phones |
| D．producing mobile phones uses a lot of energy, so this has become a very big problem for the environment |
We can guess from the story ________.
| A．the new type of mobile phones is already on the market |
| B．the new type of mobile phones will sell very well |
| C．recycling mobile phones is not useful to the environment |
| D．other flowers may be used in the new type of mobile phones |
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| From: anne1@freemail4all.com To: tss_liam@kidsstarmail.net Sent: Tues., Nov. 12 Subject: Somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico! |
| Hello again. We’re on holiday! My family won a prize – tickets for a round-world-trip on the Freedom of the Seas! Can you believe it? This is one of the biggest cruise（巡游）ships in the world – it‘s huge! It’s as long as 37 buses and can carry more than 4,000 passengers. That’s a lot of people! You know that I like to be very active, so at first I thought this cruise was going to be a little boring … I was so wrong! The ship has an ice-skating rink, an outdoor climbing wall (more than 13 meters high), two swimming pools, a water park and even a boxing ring. But best of all … the Flowrider! It’s a surfing attraction at the top of the ship. I tried it yesterday but I kept falling! I must try again this afternoon. Mom and Dad were also pretty impressed（印象）by the shopping mall on the ship. You’ve really got to see this fantastic ship – it’s truly spectacular（壮观）. I’ll write again when I get home (Sunday) and tell you more about the cruise. Bye! Anne |
根据表格内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。 The Freedom of the Seas is _______.
| A．a ship with 40,000 passengers | B．as long as 37 buses |
| C．a water park | D．a shopping mall |
The climbing wall is _______.
| A．the biggest in the world | B．boring |
| C．outdoors | D．indoors |
The name of the surfing attraction is _______.
| A．the Freedom of the Seas | B．the Flowrider |
| C．boxing ring | D．the Gulf of Mexico 8 |
The surfing attraction is _______.
| A．at the top of the ship | B．inside the ship |
| C．as long as 37 buses | D．next to the ice-skating rink |
Anne will go on surfing on _______ afternoon.
| A．Monday | B．Tuesday |
| C．Saturday | D．Sunday |
While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a beach near a playground. “That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding(滑行) down the slide. “He’s a fine-looking boy,” the man said. “That’s my son on the swing(秋千) in the blue sweater.” Then, looking at his watch, he called to his son,” What do you say if we go, Todd?” Todd pleaded(恳求), “Just five more minutes, Dad. please? Just five more minutes.” The man nodded and Todd continued to swing to his heart’s contently(尽兴地).
Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his son. “Time to go now?” Again Todd pleaded, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man smiled and said, “Okay.” “Oh, you are certainly a patient father,” the woman said. The man smiled and then said ,”My older son Tommy was killed by a drunken driver last year while he was riding his bike near here. I never spent much time with Tommy and now I’d give anything for just five more minutes with him. I’ve vowed(发誓) not to make the same mistake with Todd.” “He thinks he has five more minutes to swing. The truth is …I get five minutes to watch him play.”
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。The woman’s son was________ .
| A．in red | B．wearing a blue sweater |
| C．called Todd | D．playing on the swing |
According to the passage, the man had________ son(s) the year before.
| A．one | B．two |
| C．three | D．four |
The woman thought the man was ________ with his son.
| A．angry | B．strict |
| C．pleased | D．patient |
Tommy died when ________ .
| A．hiking | B．swinging |
| C．cycling | D．driving |
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
| A．The man felt guilty(内疚) about not to spending much time with Tommy. |
| B．The man didn’t allow Todd to swing for another five minutes. |
| C．The man’s older son Tommy had been dead for about a year. |
| D．The man would like to give anything for five more minutes with Tommy. |
Tea is a popular drink in China. Many people can’t live if they don’t have it. Chinese tea has a long history going back more than 5,000 years. A famous person over 1000 years ago wrote a book about how to make tea. Its name is The Classic of Tea.
Today, China has different kinds of tea: white, yellow, green, oolong, black, and dark tea. People in different places have different tea drinking habits. People in Guangdong and Fujian love “Kung Fu Tea” in small tea cups. People in Beijing like flower green tea. In Lasha, people like to drink salty butter tea (酥油茶) to be healthy.
There are rules for making tea for friends. It’s not good to make the cup full(满的）, because the cup will be too hot for people to hold. Did we have tea around 5,000 years ago?
A. Yes, we did.
B. No, we didn’t.
C. I don’t know.How many kinds of tea are there in China now?
A. There are five.
B. There are six.
C.There are seven. What kind of tea do people in Guangdong love?
A.Salty butter tea.
B.Flower tea.
C. Kung Fu tea. Why do the people in Lasha love salty butter tea?
A. To get thin.
B. To keep warm.
C. To keep healthy. What is the rule of making tea for friends?
A. Make the cup full.
B. Don’t make the cup too full.
C. Don’t make it too hot.
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