One night I was sitting in my room half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.
About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kevin, do you want to talk?”
No answer.
I tried again, “Why don’t you come out of there?”
Again, no answer.
So, joking around, I grabbed a stack of （一摞）cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”
An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest. Tommy thinks I’m silly and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.”
Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. “You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it. I am here for you and you are loved in this family.”
There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of cards wrote on a torn paper cup. “Thanks.”
I wrote back “For what?” it returned to me with “Loving me” on it.
Since then, I try my best to never only half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. And sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”The underlined word “yucky” most probably means ____.
| A．upset | B．exciting | C．terrible | D．amazing |
What could be the reason that Kevin’s Dad doesn’t like him?
| A．Kevin is not as clever as his brother. |
| B．He is neither the youngest nor the oldest. |
| C．Kevin doesn’t like to make friends with others. |
| D．Kevin is not good at playing basketball. |
What do we know about the writer?
| A．She has two children in her family. |
| B．She didn’t pay enough attention to Kevin before. |
| C．She used to show her love to Kevin. |
| D．She has a closer relationship with Tommy after that. |
What does the writer want to tell us?
| A．Everyone should show how they love their family members. |
| B．It’s hard to get on well with family members. |
| C．It’s important to keep peace in the family. |
| D．We should try our best to stop our children from fighting. |
Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.
● Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn’t walk alone outside .Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them easily.
● Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
● If you are followed by someone you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way, letting the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next, don’t go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.
● If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus, don’t sit alone. Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don’t sleep.Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?
| A．Go home alone late at night. |
| B．Make sure where the public phones are. |
| C．Don’t get to the bus stop too early. |
| D．Always notice the environment around you. |
When you are followed by someone on your way home, you should _____to make yourself safe.
| A．run home |
| B．find a lift and go in |
| C．turn back and walk towards him or her at once. |
| D．cross the street and go to the other way. |
When you take a bus alone, it’s safe for you_____.
| A．to sit behind the driver or with other people, but not to sleep. |
| B．to talk with the driver. |
| C．to call your friends. |
| D．to get off the bus at once. |
What can you learn from the text?
| A．How to notice the environment around you. |
| B．How to be safe in your everyday life. |
| C．How to cross the street. |
| D．How to use the public phones. |
至中选出恰当的标题。共小题，计分来源______________
| Song Zuying is the most famous soprano(女高音歌唱家) in China. In the eyes of the Chinese people, Song Zuying is the star of oriental art(东方艺术).She was born in a beautiful place–Guzhang County in West Hunan. In recent years, she has been awarded many highest prizes in various music contests. She loves her hometown and does a lot for the people there. |
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| Wen Jiabao is the premier(总理) of the world’s most populous(人口众多的) country. But millions of people would rather call him“grandpa”.Always in plain(朴素的) jackets, he seems to be a very kind man and always smiles. But in the face of disasters he has the power to pull together the whole country. |
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| Ding Cong, a famous cartoonist in China, died on May 26,2009.He started to draw cartoons more than seventy years ago, but he always called himself Xiao Ding or Little Ding. He seemed to have a lot to learn in this world. His cartoons are humorous(幽默的) and interesting and loved by the old and the young in China. |
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| An 18–meter high “Olympic torch(火炬)”made of more than 110,000 pots of flowers, the biggest “Olympic torch” in the world, is seen at the Liberation Park in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The “Olympic torch” was exhibited at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Wuhan Flower Expo(展览会) to express local people’s best wishes to the summer Olympic Games. |
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| Liu Qian is the only magician from Taiwan invited by Las Vegas and the Hollywood Magic Castle for performance. When Liu Qian was 7 years old, he started to study magic. The first magic he performed was to put a coin into his mouth and then take it out from his hindbrain(后脑).Now Liu’s magic tricks have made the old art popular again, and made him the hottest magician in China. |
A. The premier is our “grandpa”.
B. The most famous soprano in China.
C. The cartoonist who was loved by old and young.
D. The famous magician from Taiwan.
E. The biggest “Olympic torch” in the world.
If the only sports you do are dancing your fingers across your keyboard, you could be in serious danger of more than just becoming overweight and out of shape.
Do you often feel sleepy, like something is weighing down on your head? Do you feel forgetful? Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable up and down your neck and lower back, and you can’t explain why? Do you get sick often? It could be radiation(辐射) from your computer causing it. If you spend three hours or more a day in front of a computer, you are more easily harmful by the hazard(危险).
We have got so used to using computers that we often neglect(忽略) to think of them as dangerous sources of harmful radiation. A safe amount of radiation is 25V/m(Volts/meter). Do you want to guess how much our personal computers give off?
Keyboard： 1000 V/m
Mouse： 450 V/m
Monitor： 218 V/m
CPU： 170 V/m
Notebook computers： 2,500 V/m
Ways to Protect Yourself from Harmful Computer Radiation
1. Decorate your desk with cactus(仙人掌) plants, they take in radiation.
2. Drink two or three cups of green tea a day and eat an orange daily. The vitamins in tea leaves and oranges protect us from radiation and keep our eyes healthy as well.
3. Use a screen filter(过滤器) for your monitor.
4. Avoid having metal objects nearby on your desk.
5. Put the back of the computer to the wall. Most of the radiation comes off the back.
6. Keep your monitor at least 50 cm away from your face.
7. Keep your computer rooms ventilated(空气流通的).
8. Eat healthily---especially fruits and vegetables.
9. Don’t fall asleep on your computer. Turn it off if you have to rest nearby.
The ways above are useful, why not have a try at once?
| Ways to reduce |
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| Symptom(症状) affected by computers |
Feeling sleepy, forgetful and |
| A safe amount of radiation |
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| The radiation a mouse gives off |
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With all-glass window from floor to ceiling, sitting five meters below the surface of the Indian Ocean, this is the amazing underwater restaurant in Maldives(马尔代夫). In the restaurant, guests can enjoy the beauty of the ocean without getting their feet wet.
Set under the crystal-clear blue water, the restaurant is so bright that diners and staff are asked to wear sunglasses. The restaurant has 14 seats, and the cost for dinner is 190 pounds (about 1,993 RMB) per person.
The name of the restaurant is Ithaa--- meaning “ Mother of pearl” in local language. This year, the New York Daily News rated (评价)it “ The most beautiful restaurant in the world”.
Chicago is the third largest city in the USA. Many people from all over the world have migrated(移居) to Chicago. They come by train, plane or boat to live in this great city.
Chicago Loop is the central business district. You can see many tall buildings here. Some of them are the tallest buildings in the world.
When you travel around Chicago Loop, you can see many communities of different cultures.
When you go to the south of Chicago Loop, you can find places like Chinatown. There people from China celebrate many traditional Chinese festivals in their own ways.
Chicago is also called the Windy City, so don’t forget to take more clothes with you.How much meters below the sea is the restaurant?
Where is the central business district?
How do people from China celebrate many traditional Chinese festivals?
What is the other name of Chicago?
What is Ithaa, a restaurant or a community?
Why are your study habits different from those of your friends? Why do you seem to learn faster in some classes while more slowly in others? One reason you may not know is that people have different learning types. Scientists say there are three different learning types： Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic(动觉型).
Visual learners learn best by seeing. If you seem to easily remember information from pictures, graphs(图表) and videos, you are probably a visual learner. You are not good at copying down what the teacher says in class. Never mind. You can draw graphs or pictures instead, if you find that works better for you.
Auditory learners learn best by hearing. If you seem to easily remember things by hearing them, then you are probably an auditory learner. You must listen carefully while the teacher is speaking because it’s the easiest way for you to learn. Sometimes you may find that taking notes stops you from listening carefully. After class, you can write down what you remember or borrow your friends’ notes to copy.
Kinesthetic learners learn best by doing. If you seem to learn best by working with your hands, you are probably a kinesthetic learner. Taking notes by writing can make you pay close attention to information as you receive it. Of course, you can learn best by making full use of labs or other class activities.
Hope you learn better by knowing what your personal learning type is.The meaning of “Visual” is ___________________.
| A．感观型 | B．视觉型 |
| C．听觉型 | D．动觉型 |
How can a visual learner remember information?
| A．By listening to the teachers. |
| B．By writing down what the teachers say. |
| C．By drawing graphs or pictures. |
| D．By working with his hands. |
Judy can remember the words of a song quickly by listening to it once or twice. She might be a/an_________ according to the passage.
| A．auditory learner | B．visual learner |
| C．strange learner | D．kinesthetic learner |
Kinesthetic learners can put ___________________ to good use.
| A．libraries | B．classrooms |
| C．labs | D．offices |
The best title of the passage may be ____________________.
| A．Study habits | B．Ways to study |
| C．Learning types | D．Reasons to learn |
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