Separate lives, similar dreams
As we know, some children live in the countryside, and some live in the city. Their lives are a little different, but they also have many of the same dreams.
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In the countryside |
In the city |
| Travel to school |
On foot |
By bus or car |
| Classroom facilities（设施） |
Recorders and radios. |
Multimedia classrooms, VCD, DVD, TVs, recorders, radios, loud-speakers. |
| Ways of learning |
Classes only, without many reference books. |
Many extra classes, tutor, lots of reference books. |
| Eyesight |
Less than 45% are near-sighted. |
About 75% are near-sighted. |
| After-class activities |
Playing with balls. |
English corners and other school clubs. |
| Homework |
Homework can usually be finished at school. |
Homework never ends. |
| Chores to do |
Washing, cleaning, farming, looking after younger sisters or brothers, cooking. |
Usually no chores. |
| Family members |
Big families with three generations. |
Small families with three members. |
| Ideal jobs |
Teachers, drivers, scientists, nurses, secretaries. |
Scientists, professors, doctors, computer programmers, managers, university presidents, the UN chief. |
The survey was done among the ______ between in the countryside and the city.
| A．teachers. | B．students. | C．parents. | D．adults. |
. About ______ of children in the countryside have good eyesight, but only ______ of children in the city have good eyesight.
| A．45%,75%. | B．55%,75%. | C．55%,25%. | D．45%,25%. |
Which of the following is not included in the survey?
| A．Ideal jobs. | B．After-class activities. |
| C．Ways of learning. | D．Results of tests. |
. A classroom in the countryside often has ______ according to the survey.
A. records. B. DVD. C. TVs. D. loud-speakers. Which of the following is WRONG according to the survey?
| A．Children in the countryside often go to school on foot. |
| B．Children in the city often have too much homework to do. |
| C．Children in the countryside often have lots of chores to do. |
| D．Children in the city are difficult to find ideal jobs. |
Facebook is a social network service and website that was launched in 2004.Friends，family，and coworkers use Facebook to communicate with each other. Many businesses use the site to show their products.
Users can write about themselves or their companies and include pictures and videos. They can also permit everyone，or only a few people，to see their Facebook pages.
In the summer of 2010，Facebook announced that it has over 500 million active users around the world. About half of them use the site every day. About 70 percent of all Facebook users are in countries outside the United States.
Mark Zuckerberg and his friends started Facebook in 2004 when he was a second year student at Harvard University in Massachusetts. He began the project by illegally using the university’s computer system. Harvard University charged him with breaking several laws. Mark Zuckerberg was almost forced to leave school. But the university withdrew the charges. Mark Zuckerberg was also accused of stealing other people’s ideas and using them in Facebook. He has denied (否认) the charges. Several people have taken legal action against him.
At first, only Harvard students could use Facebook. But it quickly expanded to other universities. The website was also opened to high school students. Now，anyone at least 13 years old with an email address can join.
In the early days，only a small group of people managed Facebook. Now it has over 1，700 workers in 12 countries.
Facebook makes money by selling advertising. It has been extremely successful. The financial company SecondMarket，says Facebook is worth 41 billion dollars.
A movie about the creation of Facebook，called “The Social Network”，was released in October 2010. What can we learn about Facebook?
| A．The minority of its users are Americans. |
| B．Users can see anyone’s Facebook pages. |
| C．More than 500 million people are using it. |
| D．It provides social network service for Americans. |
Why was Mark Zuckerberg charged by Harvard University?
| A．He secretly designed illegal computer programs. |
| B．He devoted too much time working on his project. |
| C．He stole other people’s ideas when writing his essay. |
| D．He used the university’s computer system to start Facebook illegally. |
Which of the following can take the place of the underlined word “withdrew” in Paragraph 4?
| A．Dropped. | B．Took away. | C．Held on. | D．Rejected. |
Facebook manages to make huge profits mainly by________．
| A．attracting user | B．selling advertising |
| C．producing movies | D．increasing cooperation |
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama ended their first trip to India on Monday. The First Couple set off on the ten-day tour of Asia on Friday. Obama’s goals for the tour are to improve ties between the US and the region, and to promote (促进) economic growth and job creation. The President and his team will return to Washington, D.C. on November 14.
The Obamas began their trip in Mumbai, India, the financial and economic center of the country, on November 6. There, they met with government officials, business leaders and school groups. Up first on the schedule was a visit to a memorial at the TajMahal Palace and Tower Hotel. Obama’s second day in India was lighter than the first. The Presidential visit took place on Diwali, or the Festival of Lights. The five-day religious festival is celebrated each year by Hindus, Sikhs and others. The Obamas spent the holiday visiting with local schoolchildren.
On Monday, Michelle Obama joined 15 Indian school girls on a field trip to a museum of Indian craft work. During the tour, the First Lady stressed to the students the importance of education. Most of the children on the trip are the first girls in their families to attend school. Mrs Obama also encouraged the young women to stay fit, telling them that she likes to exercise because “women have to stay strong”.
Early tomorrow, the Obamas will travel to Indonesia, the country in which the President spent four years as a boy. After that, they will fly to Seoul, South Korea, to attend the Group of Twenty, or G-20, economic summit. The conference brings together leaders from 20 wealthy and developing nations and the European Union. They meet twice a year to address challenges that affect the global economy.
The final leg of the tour will be in Japan, where Obama will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. According to Paragraph 1, what are the goals for the ten-day tour?
a. To improve ties between the US and Asia.
b. To do sight-seeing in the countries.
c. To help economy grow faster.
d. To help create more jobs.
| A．abc |
| B．acd |
| C．ad |
| D．abcd |
What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
| A．What the First Couple did in India. |
| B．How long the First Couple stayed in India. |
| C．Introduction to a traditional holiday in India. |
| D．What the First Couple thought of their tour in India. |
During the field trip to a museum of Indian craft work, the First Lady _____.
| A．asked why only the first girls could go to school |
| B．told the students the importance of craft work |
| C．explained why women must stay strong |
| D．encouraged the students to study hard |
We can know from the passage that Mr Obama _____.
| A．will stay in Indonesia for four days |
| B．will stay in Japan for the shortest time |
| C．hasn’t attended the Group of Twenty before |
| D．will attend an important conference in Seoul |
How many countries does the First Couple plan to visit in total in their ten-day tour in Asia?
| A．3. |
| B．4. |
| C．5. |
| D．6. |
If you’re ever apart from your children, just talking on the phone will help just as much as a hug.
If you’re a parent who spends long hours on the job, you probably feel guilty for spending so much time away from your kids. But the results of a new study show that a mother’s voice alone can be just as comforting to an anxious child as physical contact.
In an experiment, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison asked a group of girls between the ages of 7 and 12 to solve math problems in front of judges — a stressful situation for anyone. Before the girls were set to give their answers, the researchers measured their levels of two hormones (荷尔蒙): cortisol, which goes up during stressful periods, and oxytocin, the “love” hormone.
After they were finished, some of the girls got to meet up with their mothers right away. The moms came in and hugged the girls. Another group of the girls didn’t see their mothers, but received phone calls from them, in which their mothers told them how well they’d done. The final group had no contact with their mothers, but instead watched an animal movie, March of the Penguins.
Finally, the girls’ hormone levels were measured again. Although the movie was interesting, it did nothing to ease the children’s anxiety — but, surprisingly, both the physical contact and phone calls from their mothers had the same influence on reducing the girls’ stress levels.
So, no matter how old you are, if you’re feeling stressed about something in your life, a phone call to Mom might be just the key to help you feel better. How does the writer make his point?
| A．By showing an experiment by him. |
| B．By showing the results of a study. |
| C．By telling an interesting story. |
| D．By giving some data. |
The new study finds that ____.
| A．kids don’t need their mothers so much |
| B．a mother’s voice can comfort her anxious kid |
| C．kids get less anxious with their mothers nearby |
| D．mothers haven’t spent enough time with their kids |
What is the CORRECT time order of the events in the study?
a. The girls solved their math problems.
b. The girls’ levels of hormones were measured again.
c. The girls were divided into three groups.
d. The girls’ levels of hormones were measured.
| A．a, c, d, b |
| B．c, a, d, b |
| C．d, a, c, b |
| D．d, c, a, b |
The final group was arranged to _____.
| A．hug their parents |
| B．watch a boring movie |
| C．watch an interesting movie |
| D．give their parents a phone call |
What does the underlined word in the second last paragraph probably mean?
| A．Notice. |
| B．Develop. |
| C．Replace. |
| D．Reduce. |
A clever cat has been called a hero after he prevented his owners’ home from burning down. Five-year-old Pepper has learned to open windows and lets himself out every night by using his paws to turn the latch. So when a fire broke out while his owners were at Christmas shopping, the quick-thinking cat leapt into action and opened the window to allow the poisonous smoke to escape.
Owner Sharon White said, “He can climb back in through the window, so he really does come and go as he pleases. Pepper is still a bit afraid but is still managing to eat plenty of food.” Sharon and her husband Phil were handed Pepper over four years ago after a neighbor could no longer look after it.
The fire started at 4 pm on Saturday after the couple went to the shops and left their microwave on a ten minute timer, which then caught fire. Sharon said, “We put something in the microwave for ten minutes and then went out to do our Christmas shopping in the local town. I discovered on the way that I had left my purse at home but decided not to turn around. It was my relative who lives next door that rang us and told us that we’d better get home as there was quite a lot of smoke coming out of our house and the firefighters were here.”
Firefighters rushed to their £350,000 house and put out the fire before it could spread and the kitchen suffered only smoke damage. Phil added, “Pepper managed to get out and smoke must have been pouring out the window which attracted the attention of the neighbors. He’s got a real mind of his own. Without him, the fire could have been so much worse.” What is this passage mainly about?
| A．A quick-thinking cat thanked his owners. |
| B．A quick-thinking cat saved a house from a fire. |
| C．A quick-thinking cat saved himself from a fire. |
| D．A quick-thinking cat showed how clever he was. |
How did Pepper help avoid the danger of the fire?
| A．By ringing a neighbor’s bell. |
| B．By running into a neighbor’s room. |
| C．By standing in the way of some fire fighters. |
| D．By opening the window and letting out smoke. |
From Paragraph 2 we know that Pepper ____.
| A．didn’t belong to Sharon at first |
| B．was not frightened by the fire at all |
| C．has been taught to open the window |
| D．was found by its owners on the street |
What can we learn from what Sharon said in Paragraph 3?
| A．She and her husband were terribly frightened. |
| B．She and her husband didn’t call the firefighters. |
| C．It was that [LU2] relative who first noticed the smoke. |
| D．She and her husband knew there would be no damage. |
We can infer that Sharon and her husband Phil ____.
| A．are very careful |
| B．lived a very poor life |
| C．are very thankful to Pepper |
| D．didn’t like Pepper before the fire |
Dear readers,
I receive many letters from children and can’t answer them all — there wouldn’t be enough time in a day. I’ll try to answer some of the questions that are commonly asked.
Where did I get the idea for Stuart Little and for Charlotte's Web? Well, many years ago, I went to bed one night in a railway sleeping car, and during the night I dreamed about a tiny boy who acted rather like a mouse. That’s how the story of Stuart Littlegot started.
As for Charlotte’s Web, I like animals and my farm is a very pleasant place to be — at all hours. One day, when I was on my way to feed the pig, I began feeling sorry for the pig because, like most pigs, he was going to die. This made me sad. So I started thinking of ways to save a pig’s life. Three years after I started writing it, it was published. (I am not a fast worker, as you can see.)
Sometimes I’m asked when I started to write, and what made me want to write. I started early — as soon as I could spell. Children often find pleasure and satisfaction through trying to set their thoughts down on paper, either in words or in pictures. I was not good at drawing, so I used words instead. As I grew older, I found that writing can be a way of earning a living.
Well, here is the answer to the last question. No, they are imaginary tales, containing fantastic characters and events. In real life, a family doesn’t have a child who looks like a mouse and a spider doesn’t write words in her web. Although my stories are imaginary, I like to think that there is some truth in them, too — truth about the way people and animals feel and think and act.
Yours sincerely,
E.B. WhiteE.B. White wrote this letter to _____.
A. introduce his new books
B. introduce two funny stories
C. explain why he enjoys writing
D. answer some readers’ questionsWe can know from the passage that E.B. White is a writer who ______.
A. writes very fast
B. works on a friend’s farm
C. mainly writes stories for adults
D. writes imaginary tales for children What inspired E.B. White to write Charlotte's Web?
A. He wanted children to love animals.
B. He was deeply impressed by a clever pig.
C. He wanted to use his own way to save a pig. The reason why E.B. White started to write is to ______.
A. improve his spelling B. express his thoughts
C. show his sadness D. make a good living What is probably the last question?
| A．Are your stories true? |
| B．What is the truth in your stories? |
| C．Will you write more imaginary tales? |
| D．Do you know a child looking like a mouse? |
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