Last Thursday, a young woman saved an elderly man from a burning house on Garden Road. The young woman’s name is Kitty and she works in a clothes shop. The elderly man, Daniel, lives just opposite the clothes shop. On Thursday afternoon, Kitty looked out of the window. She saw some smoke coming from Daniel’s house and rushed over to see what was happening. The house was on fire and Daniel was inside. Kitty quickly called the fireman on 999. Then, she ran into the house to save Daniel. She found Daniel in his bedroom and he was frightened. Kitty helped Daniel out to a safe place. Five minutes later the fireman arrived and they put out the fire. No one was hurt.
The next day, Daniel said,“I am so grateful to Kitty. She saved my life.”Daniel also said,“In the future, I will be more careful. I don’t want another fire in my house.”Kitty saved _______ from a burning house.
| A．a young man | B．an old woman | C．an old man | D．a young woman |
The number to call the firemen in the story is__________.
| A．eight nine nine | B．one one nine | C．nine eight eight | D．nine nine nine |
________ was(were) hurt in the fire.
| A．No one | B．Two people | C．Four people | D．Seven people |
. In the future, Daniel will be more_________.
| A．grateful | B．carefully | C．careful | D．frightened |
Everyone enjoys music. But do you know it can improve the lives of sick kids? __57___ In fact, music has changed the world a lot. In Australia , a scientist, Catherine, has made a music program. ___58___ “Music can make you happy, music can make you sad, music can make you relaxed and take away any stress (压力) ，”said Catherine.
For thousands of years people has believed that music has a great effect on both the mind and the body, but it was only about 70 years ago that scientists began to study its medical（医学） benefits（益处）. ___59____ Since then, people has began to use music to help patients. People even used it to help kids in schools get better marks.
Now music is being used in a special programme called Music Therapy (疗法). It helps people improve their quality of life in many different ways by using music. Sophia is 11. She got cancer (癌症) five months ago, but playing music, learning new songs and singing have become a part of life. She said, “It takes my mind off feeling sick. While I am listening to music, it tells me not to give up hope. ___60____”
It seems that a few minutes of music a day can help keep the doctor away!
| A. They found that playing music in hospitals helped sick soldiers feel better. B. It includes listening to music, playing instruments, singing, song writing and other games. C. It feels like soon my life will turn around and I will be strong again. D. So some people like music that they can sing along. E. The program has been putting smiles on the faces of kids in hospitals across the country. |
Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes.
Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and
at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly when they drive
streets. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio when they drive to work. They also listen to the News about sports, the weather, politics（政治）, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music.
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state(州). Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Whenever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies（协奏曲） of Beethoven.Almost every American student likes_________. .
| A．popular music | B．American songs |
| C．folk music | D．classical music |
What do adult drivers do while they are driving?.
| A．listen to pop songs | B．listen to news and make a CD |
| C．listen to music and news | D．listen to stories |
What’s one of the reasons that singers become national stars?
| A．Their CDs or tapes are used in every state. |
| B．Several young people buy their CDs or tapes. |
| C．They travel around the world. |
| D．They are followed by young people sometimes. |
_______ was started by cowboys.
| A．Popular music | B．Classical music | C．Western music | D．Serious music |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．Popular Music in America | B．Kinds of Music in America |
| C．How to Be Famous Singers | D．International Language |
Ma Yan is not really a writer, but this 15-year-old girl has written a book that has moved many people around the world. Ma Yan’s diary tells us about Ma’s life. She lives in a poor village called Zhangjiashu in Tongxin, Ningxia, and she has no money to go to school. However, she is brave and wants to go to school very much.
Her mother gave her diary to a reporter, Pierre Haski when he went to Zhangjiashu in 2001. Now, Ma Yan’s diary has been published in France, Italy, Germany, Japan and China.
Ma Yan is now a Junior Three student at Yuwang Middle School in Tongxin. Before this, she had to drop out of school twice. She had to stop going to school the first time, because her mum told her there was no money for her to go to school. She worked for 21 days and saved 13 yuan. With this money, she went back to school. The second time, her family told her she had to leave school while her two brothers could stay.
“I want to study,” Ma Yan wrote in her diary. “Why can boys study but girls can’t? It would be wonderful if I could stay at school forever.”
Ma Yan loves school so much because she wants to have a better life.
“My parents work hard in the fields but they are still poor. They have no knowledge(知识). Most girls in my village leave school early and get married young. I don’t want that kind of life,” Ma Yan said.
After her story became known, many students sent money to her. She hopes to go to Tsinghua University and become a reporter. “Then, I can find poor kids like me, and help them,” she said. Ma Yan’s diary has been published in France, Italy, Germany, Japan and .
| A．America | B．Austria | C．Russia | D．China |
Why did Ma Yan leave school for the first time?
| A．She didn’t study as hard as her brothers. |
| B．Her brothers studied better than she did. |
| C．Her family didn’t have money for her to school. |
| D．She had to help her mother do some housework. |
Ma Yan wants to study because she wants to .
| A．teach her parents some knowledge |
| B．get more money for her study in university |
| C．become more famous in the world |
| D．get more knowledge to change her life |
Here is how to leave the supermarket with the things you wanted to buy and nothing more.
| Suggestion 1: Pick up a basket. You’ll head straight for the checkout (收款台) when it starts to get heavy. Don’t use the trolleys (购物车) because they will make you put in extra things. |
| Suggestion 2: Make a list and stick to（坚持） it. Supermarkets usually place things we use every day far away, such as bread and milk. So you have to walk along the aisles (过道) in between, buying things you don’t really need on the way. |
| Suggestion 3: Keep away from BOGOFs (Buy One Get One Free offers). Just how many watermelons can you eat in a week? Fruit and vegetables usually work out cheaper. |
| Suggestion 4: Look up and down. The most expensive things are placed in the middle. For cheaper things, check the higher and the lower places. |
How many suggestions does the writer give us?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
To buy things we use every day in the supermarket, we have to ______.
| A．pick up a basket | B．look up and down |
| C．walk along the aisles | D．keep away from BOGOFs |
The most expensive things are placed in the ______ places.
| A．middle | B．high | C．low | D．near |
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These days, more and more young people wish to be more beautiful, so they turn to plastic surgery(整形手术)for help. They spend thousands of yuan ① these painful surgeries to fix their nose, to change their eyelids(眼皮) or to take off weight from their stomachs.
②In fact most people are not pleased with the way they look. Even ③最美丽actresses often wish they could change something about their looks. Should we live our whole lives believing we are ugly? Why can’t we raise our head high and believe that we are as beautiful as others? A smile is beautiful on my face, whether fat, oily or hairy. And a kind heart is much more beautiful than a pretty look. So, let’s feel grateful that we all have beautiful and healthy bodies that do not need surgeries! Today, I call on you to make an easy change: hold your head high, smile and be kind to others. If you do these, you will ④be full of confidence, beauty, and warmth everywhere you go.请在①处填上一个正确的介词。
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请将③处短语译为英语。
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（ ）The writer thinks a pretty look is much more beautiful than a kind heart.
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