I used to live in Kobe in Japan. On my way home on the bus every evening I used to look for an old man who often played his saxophone (萨克斯管) near the river. I couldn’t hear his music because the windows were closed on the bus but I imagined it to be loud and clear. I wanted to be like that man.
One night I went to Himeji, a city not far from Kobe. As I walked with my family along the river I saw a statue. It was a young man who looked just like me. He was wearing a cap and smiling. Around his neck was a leather strap (皮带) and in his hands was a saxophone. He was lifting the saxophone to his lips and he was just about to play. I stayed there for a long time by the statue dreaming of playing a saxophone on TV.
Two weeks later it was my birthday. Imagine my joy when I opened my present from my parents and found that it was a saxophone! I put it to my lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told me to read the instruction book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes the saxophone was ready to play. I raised it slowly to my lips as my family watched. But still there was no sound. I blew and blew but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play. I was almost crying when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound—loud and clear like I imagined the music of the man by the river in Kobe. I blew again, I moved my fingers on the saxophone and I made more sounds. I was happy because I was playing very interesting sounds. But I wasn’t playing music yet.
Then came the lessons. Night after night, week after week my teacher made me practice. Slowly I started to improve and at last there came the magic day when I started to play music. Now I’m in the TV studio with my saxophone strapped to my neck and my cap on my head. I’m always thinking of the man by the river in Kobe and the statue smiling at me in Himeiji. I’m a happy man.On the bus, the writer couldn’t ________.
| A．find an old man with a saxophone | B．see a river |
| C．hear the old man’s music | D．imagine the sound |
The statue along the river made the writer think of ________.
| A．having a saxophone |
| B．the old man near the river |
| C．having a cap and a saxophone as the boy |
| D．playing the saxophone on TV |
The writer could get the saxophone to play ________.
| A．as soon as he got it |
| B．after he read the instruction |
| C．after he tried many times |
| D．after his father taught him |
What does the passage mainly talk about?
| A．The magic day. | B．My birthday present. |
| C．The old man and the statue. | D．My dream of playing saxophone. |
You can play the game in the city or in the country. You can play almost anywhere as long as there is room to run. All you need is at least three players. The game is called “tag (捉人游戏)”.
Anyone can play tag, including children under 5 years old, though sometimes they have difficulty understanding and following the rules.
In the game, one player is “it”. The players decide the boundaries. For example, any area out of the yard might be out of the boundary.
The player who is “it” closes her eyes and counts to 20 while the others run away. When the player who is “it” opens her eyes, she must chase (追) and touch one of the other players. The player touched by “it” will become the new “it”.
Tag is a safe game to play. But still, you’d better follow these rules:
1. Don’t play tag in the street or parking lots.
2. It is safer to play tag on a soft surface, such as grass, sand.
3. Be sure to wear shoes that are suitable for running.
4. Play tag on the ground. Climbing trees or stairs should not be part of game.
5. Don’t “tag” other players with sticks or other objects.
6. Be careful about playing tag around animals, especially dogs. Remember, dogs have an instincts (直觉) to chase and catch anything that runs. Don’t play tag around a dog you don’t know.
No matter where and how you play, tag is a game that will bring you hours of run—lots of exercise!Tag is a game that can be played .
A. by two players
B. on the playground
C. with all eyes closed The underline word “boundaries” means “ ” in Chinese.
A. 边界 B. 规则 C. 时间The player who will become the new “it”.
A. falls over
B. is touched by “it”
C. wins the last gameWhich of the follow is NOT true?
A. Wear shoes that are suitable for running.
B. Don’t play tag around a dog that you don’t know.
C. Climb up the tree while playing tag. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. A Funny Game—Tag
B. Some Rules of Tag
C. The Way to Play Tag
As Bobby was getting ready for bed, he heard a loud noise coming from the barn (仓房) outside. Bobby did not know what was making such a loud noise, and he had trouble falling asleep that night. He thought that there might be a monster (怪物) in the barn. The next morning, he went to the barn. Bobby was nervous because he could not find out what it was. That night after dinner, Bobby got a flashlight (手电筒) and went to the barn again.
“Where are you going?” asked Bobby’s father.
“I’m going to find the monster in the barn. It made a loud noise last night,” replied Bobby.
“If you are going to look for a monster, you might need some help,” said Bobby’s father, and he walked out with Bobby to the barn.
Bobby shone his flashlight into the dark barn, but they didn’t see anything.
“What did that monster sound like?” asked Bobby’s father.
“It was loud,” said Bobby, “and it was coming from the barn.”
Bobby’s father took the flashlight from Bobby. Shining the flashlight up, they saw a small brown owl (猫头鹰).
“It was only an owl,” said Bobby’s dad.
Just then they heard a loud noise and saw the owl flying away into the night sky. Bobby thanked his dad and they walked back to the house happily. Bobby heard a loud noise coming from the barn .
A. in the morning
B. in the afternoon
C. in the eveningBobby went to the barn to look for a monster .
A. once B. twice C. three times Bobby’s father helped him look for a monster by .
A. walking with him to the barn
B. giving him a flashlight
C. listening to the monsterBobby must be very after they saw the owl in the barn.
A. worried B. happy C. nervous This passage is mainly about .
A. what made such a loud noise
B. where to find a monster
C. why Bobby got a flashlight
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Holiday Restaurant provides to the customers.
A. comfortable beds
B. beautiful music
C. interesting moviesYou can order at Holiday Restaurant.
A. milk B. coke C. teaYou have ways to get in touch with the restaurant.
A. two B. three C. four From the passage we know that Holiday Restaurant .
A. is open at night
B. can hold 100 people at most
C. serves take-away food The reading above is most probably .
A. an advertisement
B. a shopping list
C. a menu
Although cliff diving may bring great excitement, it’s a very dangerous sport that people should be careful about. It is completely wrong to think that the diver is cushioned by the water below—this could not be further from the truth. When jumping from a cliff that is over 70 feet high, a diver hits the water at over 46 mph (miles per hour). Such high speeds make the point of contact feel like a wall, so the diving skills are very important.
Professional divers are trained and well-prepared to make dives. However, non-professionals should never dive because a diver’s body position at the time of contacting water is very important to his or her safety. Because of the great danger, divers should always seriously think about their skills before trying any moves.
Although there is no truly safe way to jump off a cliff, non-professional divers are encouraged to pencil dive. To do a pencil dive, the jumpers leap their feet first off the cliff, keep arms at their sides with legs together and pointing downward. The diver should keep the body tight and vertical. This is safer because it makes the point of contact smaller when the diver enters the water and puts less stress on the body.
Wearing a wet suit while diving will result in less pain. So it is wise for new divers to wear wet suits. But professional divers suggest staying away from water shoes. Although wearing shoes might seem like a good idea, they actually increase the force of impact because they increase the surface area of the diver at impact. The increased force of impact puts stress on a diver’s body and can lead to broken bones. Without a doubt, diving without shoes is the safer way to go.
Besides the height, speed, water depth and body position, it is also important for divers to make wise decisions when they are thinking about diving. Cliff diving tests both a person’s physical and mental skills, so it is never a good idea to jump with a sudden idea. A person needs to be of sound mind and in good health to even think about a dive. One should never try a dive if he has drunk wine. What’s more, a person should never make someone who is not feeling 100% confident dive.
What does “this could not be further from the truth” mean?
| A．There’s no doubt that this idea is definitely true. |
| B．This idea is thought to be completely wrong. |
| C．It depends on the real situation on the spot. |
| D．Nobody knows whether this idea is true or not. |
Why didn’t professional divers suggest wearing shoes?
| A．Because wearing shoes can put more weight on to the diver |
| B．Because wearing shoes can cause the diver to feel uncomfortable |
| C．Because wearing shoes can make the point of contact bigger |
| D．Because wearing shoes can certainly lead to broken bones |
According to the passage, a good cliff diver should be __________.
| A．well-prepared and skillful | B．professional and strong |
| C．creative and smarty | D．confident and brave |
Over the last 70 years, researchers have been studying happy and unhappy people and finally found out ten factors that make a difference. Our feelings of well-being at any moment are decided to a certain degree by genes. However, of all the factors, wealth and age are the top two.
Money can buy a degree of happiness. But once you can afford to feed, clothe and house yourself, each extra dollar makes less and less difference. Researchers find that, on average, wealthier people are happier. But the link between money and happiness is complex. In the past half-century, the average income has sharply increased in developed countries, yet happiness levels have remained almost the same. Once your basic needs are met, money only seems to increase happiness if you have more than your friends, neighbors and colleagues.
“Dollars buy status (social position), and status makes people feel better,” say some experts, which helps explain why people who can seek status in other ways, scientists or actors, for example, may happily accept relatively poorly-paid jobs.
In his research, Professor Alex Michalos found that the people whose desires, not just for money, but for friends, family, job, health, rose furthest beyond what they already had, tended to be less happy than those who felt a smaller gap. Indeed, the size of the gap predicted happiness about five times better than income alone. “The gap measures just blow away the measures of only income.”says Michalos.
Another factor that has to do with happiness is age. Old age may not be so bad “Given all the problems of aging, how could the elderly be more satisfied?” asks Professor Laura Carstensen. In one survey, Carstensen interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94, and asked them to fill out an emotion questionnaire. She found that old people reported positive emotions just as often as young people. Some scientists suggest older people may expect life to be harder and learn to live with it, or they’re more realistic about their time running out. Older people have learned to focus on things that make them happy and let go of those that don’t.
“People realize not only what they have, but also that what they have cannot last forever,” she says. “A goodbye kiss to a husband or wife at the age of 85, for example, may bring far more complex emotional responses than a similar kiss to a boy or girl friend at the age of 20.”Some actors would like to accept poorly-paid jobs because the jobs__________.
| A．make them feel much better |
| B．provide chances to make friends |
| C．improve their social position |
| D．satisfy their professional interests |
Professor Alex Michalos found that people feel less happy if _________.
| A．the gap between reality and desire is bigger |
| B．they have a stronger desire for friendship |
| C．the hope for good health is much greater |
| D．their income is far below their expectation |
We can infer from the passage that older people _________.
| A．would like to have more goodbye kisses than young people |
| B．are used to living a hard life because they are kind to others |
| C．express their positive opinions just as some young people do |
| D．find it easier to feel happy because they are more realistic |
According to the passage, the feeling of happiness _________.
| A．increases gradually with age |
| B．is controlled partly by desires |
| C．has little to do with wealth |
| D．is decided mostly by genes |
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