When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people had different ideas about their use.Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause （引起）people to die.
In Sweden（瑞典）, King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether or not this was true.It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time.They were twins and were almost alike in every way.They had both been sentenced to death (判处死刑).The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.
Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind.At last,the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83,the other died a few years later.
Because of the experiment(实验), tea and coffee got accepted (接受) and became popular as drink in Sweden, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.Tea and coffee were first introducd to Europe in_______.
| A．the eighteenth century | B．the eighteen century |
| C．eighteenth centuries | D．eighteen centuries |
What does the word harmful mean in Chinese?---It means________.
| A．有趣的 | B．苦涩无味的 | C．有害的 | D．可口的 |
The brother who had drunk tea every day lived______.
| A．until he was over 83 |
| B．until he was 83 |
| C．until the other had been dead for several years |
| D．until he had drunk tea for a few years |
Today the Swedish drink_________.
| A．much more coffee than tea | B．much tea and coffee |
| C．little tea and coffee | D．much tea but little coffee |
Trees are useful to man in three important ways.
The first important way is that they provide(提供) man with food, wood and the other products. Trees provide not only man with food, but also many animals with food. Without trees many animals could not live on the earth. It’s not easy for man to live on the earth, either.
The second important way is that trees give us shade(阴凉). On a hot summer day, people are eager(渴望) to have a rest under the tree after they have a long walk. You can imagine how important the shade of a tree is to man and animals.
The third important way is that trees help to prevent droughts and floods(防止干旱和洪水). However, in many parts of the world, man hasn’t realized the third way. They were cutting trees down in large numbers. In the end they find that they have lost the best friends they had.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。 How many important ways are trees useful to man?
____________________________________________ Trees only provide man with food, don’t they?
____________________________________________ On a hot summer day, what do trees give us?
____________________________________________ What does the underlined word “they” means？
____________________________________________ What’s the best title of the passage?
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Rose is an American school girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents.
It’s Sunday morning. Rose gets up early in the morning. After breakfast her parents take her to the zoo. They go to see the pandas and other animals. The pandas live only in China. There are not any pandas in America. So they like the pandas best. Outside the zoo gate there is a picture. It’s a picture of a panda with “Welcome”. In the zoo, Rose sees not only pandas but also many other animals.
A panda is round and fat. It looks like a ball. It always moves slowly like a ball rolling (滚动). There are also elephants. The elephant is the biggest animal on land. There are many monkeys on the hill. Some of them are sitting in the trees. Some are picking nuts. And the others are running or climbing up the trees. Rose and her parents have a good time in the zoo.Rose comes from __________.
| A．China | B．Beijing | C．America | D．a school |
They like pandas best because __________.
| A．the pandas live only in China |
| B．there is a picture of a panda outside the zoo gate |
| C．a panda is round and fat |
| D．a panda looks like a ball |
Which is the biggest animal on land?
| A．The panda. | B．The elephant. | C．The tiger. | D．The monkey. |
Many monkeys are __________.
| A．sitting in the trees | B．picking nuts |
| C．running or climbing up the tree | D．A, B and C |
Rose and her parents are __________ that day.
| A．very busy | B．very free | C．very happy | D．not happy |
In 1620, about half the U.S.A. was covered by forests. Today the forests have almost gone. A lot of good land has gone with them, leaving only sand. China doesn’t want to copy the U.S.A.’s example. We’re planting more and more trees. We’ve built the “Great Green Wall” of trees across northern part of our country. The Great Green Wall is 7,000 kilometers long, and between 400 and 1,700 kilometers wide. It will stop the wind from blowing the earth away. It will stop the sand from moving towards the rich farmland in the south. More “Great Green Walls” are needed. Trees must be grown all over the world. Great Green Walls will make the world better. In 1620, about ______ the USA was covered by forests.
| A．a third | B．half | C．two thirds | D．a fourth |
A lot of good land has gone with ______.
| A．sand | B．water | C．wind | D．forests |
The Great Green Wall in China is ______ long.
| A．7,000 kilometers | B．1,700 kilometers |
| C．7,000 meters | D．400 kilometers |
Trees must be grown in ______.
| A．China | B．the USA |
| C．some countries | D．every part of the world |
______ will make the world better.
| A．The Great Wall | B．Tall buildings |
| C．Great Green Walls | D．Flowers and grass |
We have a two-day holiday every week. We don’t have any lessons on Saturdays or Sundays, so every weekend I have a good time.
On weekends, I like taking a trip. I sometimes go to the country with my classmates by bus to breathe(呼吸)the fresh air, watch the green hills and the blue sea, and walk in the beauty of the countryside. Sometimes I go for a picnic in the open air with my friends by bike. There we draw many pictures and take photos. Sometimes I go to visit a place of interest with my parents by car.
Sometimes on Saturdays, I take a long trip with my parents. We don’t go home at night and make a fire on the hill. We sit around it, singing and dancing happily. If we feel tired, we get together, look at the stars and chat for a long time, and then sleep for a few hours.
My weekends are always full of interest and happiness.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。Why does the writer have a good time every weekend?
____________________________________________________________________________ What’s the meaning of the underlined word“beauty”in Chinese?
____________________________________________________________________________How does the writer go for a picnic?
____________________________________________________________________________If the writer and his parents feel tired, what do they do?
____________________________________________________________________________Do you have a two-day holiday every week? If so, what do you often do?
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When Abraham Lincoln was just a boy, he had to help his father to look after their farm. It was hard work and there wasn’t anything interesting for him. Abraham wanted to go to school, but there was no school there. He was sad most of the time.
Mrs. Lincoln loved the boy very much. She tried her best to make Abraham happy. One morning she got up early and went to the town. It was a long way so it took her a long time to get there. She bought something there and went back. It was late in the evening when she got home.
The next morning Mrs. Lincoln said to Abraham,“Today is your birthday, so we’re going to have a party.”She put some food on the table, and then brought out a present.
“A book!”Abraham cried. It was an old book, but he liked it. A smile came on his face. He looked up at Mrs. Lincoln and said,“Thank you, Mom.”Abraham Lincoln’s father was a _______.
| A．farmer | B．soldier | C．worker | D．teacher |
Abraham Lincoln couldn’t go to school because _______.
| A．his family had no money | B．his mother wanted to teach him herself |
| C．he didn’t like school | D．there was no school near his home |
On the farm most of the time little Lincoln was _______.
| A．happy | B．unhappy |
| C．worried | D．angry |
It took Mrs. Lincoln _______ to make a trip to the town.
| A．a whole day | B．a quarter of a day |
| C．three hours | D．two days |
What was the present for Abraham’s birthday?
| A．A mooncake. | B．A new book. |
| C．An old book. | D．A school bag. |
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