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There is a family of ants close to my house, but I don't know when they came here.
They work hard all day long cleaning their house and looking for food outside. There is not a lazy one in their family. They are friendly to each other and help each other. I like them very much and often go to see them.
One day I went to see the ants just before a heavy rain. They were busy carrying earth in their mouths to stop up the door of their house. Just then the rain came down. I ran back into the house. I thought,“The ants will be in danger. How heavy the rain is!”
When the rain stopped, I went out to see the ants. The earth at the door kept the rain out. They were busy carrying it away.
It was late, and the people all went home. I thought that the ants must be tired.I went to see them again with the help of the lamp. They were still working quietly. What good, hard-working neighbours they are!Who is the writer's neighbour?
What did they do all day long?
They aren't very kind to each other, are they?
What did they use to keep the rain out?
Do they go to sleep just as the people do in the evening?
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Water is the most important in our lives. Not Many people understand this but it’s quite true. The human body can go without food for a long time. We’ve got many examples for this. Yet two or three dayswithout water can usually make people die. Man can’t live without water.
Many people don’t understand how much water the human bod
y needs to work well, and many people, especially young people, do not drink enough water, even in very hot weather. About two thirds of our body is water. When we do sports, some of the water will get away from our body. If we don’t drink some water, our body won’t have enough water. And if we don’t have enough water, we’ll feel tired and many of us will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.
But at present we face water crisis(危机)
. Water is becoming less and less. So， we should protect water resources(资源) and try our best to save water in our daily life. Here are some tips for saving water:
1. Turn off the tap(水龙头) in lime.
2. Take shorter showers.
3. Don’t let water run while washing your face and reuse the water after we finish washing.
4. Encourage your friends and neighbors to join in the action of saving water.Nobody can live without water.
About one third of our body is water
If one doesn't have enough water, he’ll feel tired and may get ill.
We’d better take longer showers and let water run while washing.
It’s our duty to protect water resources and save water.
Do you have any foreign friends? Do you know their characteristics(特征)?
The Germans are very quiet and they always keep calm. They don’t like to speak more words. They look very serious. They like different kinds of amusements. The Germans are very hard—working.
They like tidiness, especially the women, who always keep their home clean.
In some ways, the Englishmen look the same as the Germans. They are very quiet and never talk too much with the strangers. They are really polite, so we often hear they say “Thank you.” Or “Sorry.” The gentlemen are also the Englishmen.
The French’s holidays are very long. They like traveling and usually spend their long time staying in other countries. The Frenchmen are more outgoing than the Germans. It is very easy to make friends with them.
Compared to the Frenchmen, the Americans are more outgoing. And they are even opener than all of the Europeans. They don’t like to depend on others. So it is very common that the students do part-time jobs in their free time. And in Americans’ eyes, success is an important part in their life. According to the passage, ______are very quiet.
| A．only the Germans | B．only the Englishmen |
| C．only the Frenchmen | D．both the Germans and the Englishmen |
What does the underlined word “tidiness” mean in Chinese?
| A．整洁 | B．安静 | C．时尚 | D．随意 |
In the writer’s eyes, the gentlemen are______.
| A．the Germans | B．the Frenchmen | C．the Englishmen | D．the Americans |
What can we learn about the Frenchmen from the passage?
| A．They are more outgoing than the Americans. |
| B．It is very easy to make friends with them. |
| C．They like traveling in their own country. |
| D．They look serious and are always hard-working. |
Which is the best title of the passage?
| A．Foreigners’hobbies. |
| B．Who are more outgoing? |
| C．Characteristics of the foreigners. |
| D．Success is an important part in Americans’life. |
April 27 is a special day in Britain. It’s called Take Our Daughter to Work Day. It was brought to Britain in 1994 from America. On that day thousands of girls take a day off school and go with one of their parents to their work places. By doing this, it can teach girls more about the society where they live.
Now the girls can have a close look at what their parents are doing. This may help them to be calmer when they have to choose a job. Mary experienced a day of work at her mother’s office. This helped her understand her mother’s work better. She said that this made her feel more confident about her future.
Schools and many companies support the activity, too. Some schools even make the day a necessary part of school life.
Experts think that girls with more self-confidence are more likely(可能的)to be successful than common girls. If parents can set good examples both at work and at home for them, they will do better than others. Take Our Daughter to Work Day is surely a step in the right direction. Where was Take Our Daughter to Work Day brought?
| A．From America. | B．From China. |
| C．From Canada. | D．From Australia. |
On Take Our Daughter to Work Day, thousands of girls_______.
| A．go on a journey with their parents |
| B．have a party with their friends at home |
| C．go to the work places of one of their parents |
| D．take part in a school activity freely |
What’s the advantage by doing such an activity?
| A．It can help girls understand their parents’work better. |
| B．It can teach girls more about the society. |
| C．It can make girls feel more confident about their future. |
| D．All of the above. |
Which of the following is NOT true about Take Our Daughter to Work Day?
| A．It is a special activity on April 27 in Britain. |
| B．Schools and many companies support this activity |
| C．Many girls like this day because they won’t go to school. |
| D．Some schools even make the day a necessary part of school life. |
According to the experts, being______ is the most important to girls in th
eir
future.
| A．smart and careful | B．confident |
| C．hard-working | D．friendly |
A few years ago, Dave Stirling had the idea of selling CDs over the Internet. The business he started from his home in Ohio, the USA, now sells 500,000 CDs a year and has made him into a millionaire(百万富翁)at the age of 24.
“I could see that this was the future of shopping,” says Stirling. “Why should you pay $15 for a CD and spend the time and the money getting into the store and parking your car? You can have the same CD for half of the price by clicking(敲击)on your computer. And we can find any CD you want and bring it to your door in 24 hours!”
According to Stirling, this is the only beginning, “I believe that one day we’ll do our shopping over the net: it’s easier, quicker and cheaper. Shops and supermarkets will be the past.” Dave Stiring started his business from______.
| A．his home | B．his company | C．the office | D．the country |
How has Stirling become so rich?
| A．By making ice cream. | B．By making advertisements. |
| C．By selling ideas to others. | D．By selling CDs over the Internet. |
If you pay $15 for a CD in the store, how much should you pay for it over the net?
| A．$15. | B．$12. | C．$7.5. | D．$30. |
By shopping over the net, yo
u won’t_____.
| A．spend the time and the money | B．drive your car any more |
| C．click on your computer | D．get into the store by yourself |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．More than half of the Americans prefer to shop over the net. |
| B．Shops and supermarkets will be the past in the future. |
| C．Some people don’t like to go shopping over the Internet. |
| D．It’s easier, quicker and more expensive to do our shopping over the net. |
A desert is a very dry land where there is hardly any rain. In the day, it can be so hot that you could fry an egg on the ground. But during the night it is sometimes so could that water would turn into ice.
Many desserts are covered in sand. But some have mountains, rocks, or lakes that have
dried up in the heat. The Great American Dessert has cliffs(悬崖) that have been made into amazing and beautiful shapes by the wind. The Sahara Desert in Africa is mostly sand. The Australian Desert has red sand.
Sometimes it does not rain for a whole year in the desert. But there is water deep under the ground and some plants have roots that go very deep to find it. Other plants have roots that spread out(延伸) a long way so they can suck up the rain as soon as it falls.
One desert plant is the cactus, which has long, spreading roots. 
The cactus stores water inside its hard skin. This skin protects it from heat and cold.
Camels are a bit like cactus plants! They store water too—inside their bodies. They have special fur which protects them from the sun during the day and keeps them warm at night.
Some other animals live in deserts, too. They have to be very good at seeing and hearing because most of them only come out at night. This is why many desert animals have extra big eyes or ears.
A desert fox has bigger ears than a normal for. A gerbil has huge eye, so that it can see at night. It stays cool in the day by staying underground, like most desert animals.
Some people live in the desert but they always make their homes near an oasis. An oasis is where water comes from an underground river. Near an oasis, people can grow lots of plants and keep animals.
Life is hard in the desert, for people, animals and plants. But desert people like to live there.A desert is very dry because__________.
| A．it is sandy | B．there is so little rain |
| C．the wind is strong | D．there is no water deep under the ground |
What does the underlined phrase"suck up"in paragraph 3 mean_________?
| A．围堵 | B．讨好 | C．释放 | D．吸收 |
Some desert animals have extra big eyes or ears because__________.
| A．the sunlight is too strong in the day | B．they need to see and hear well at night |
| C．it is very cold at nigh | D．they store water in them. |
Most desert animals stay cool in the day by_________.
| A．storing water in side their bodies | B．drinking water as much as they can |
| C．staying underground | D．growing lots of plants |
Whi
ch of the following is true?
| A．Desert people like to live in the desert though life is hard. |
| B．People in the desert usually fry eggs on the ground. |
| C．Camels have special fur to store water. |
| D．All the deserts are covered in sand. |
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