This is a story from a meeting held by some people and two things in nature. We call it the Four-Sided Talk. Let’s “listen to” everyone carefully and find out what they think.
People: We have lived on the earth since ancient times. The earth is our home. Now we regret what we have done to our home!
What’s the United Nations’ decision in the Four-Sided Talk?
| A．Set an Earth Day. |
| B．Find out what is making the pollution. |
| C．Hold an international meeting. |
| D．Protect and love the earth. |
What doesn't the old tree tell us?
| A．He’s afraid to be cut down some day. |
| B．The trees have the longest lives in the world. |
| C．Over-cutting teaches people a lesson. |
| D．People are destroying the natural environment. |
What will people do according to the passage?
① Over-use the resources. ② Beautify the earth.
③ Start a global group. ④ Protect the earth.
| A．①④ | B．②③ | C．①③ | D．②④ |
An American architect （建筑师） was visiting London．He wanted to see all the famous buildings there so he stopped a taxi and asked the driver to take him to all the old and famous buildings in London．
The driver drove him to the Tower of London．
“This is the Tower of London．It was a prison （监狱） in the old days,” he said．
“It is so small．In America we could build this in a day．” said the American．
The taxi driver took the American to Westminster Abbey．He said,
“This is a famous church．Kings and queens（国王与王后） get married here．
The American looked at the old building and said,
“Huh… we could build this in two days．”
The driver decided to take the American to a bigger church so he drove him to St Paul’s Cathedral．He stopped outside the church and said,
“This is the most famous church in England．The great architect Christopher Wren built this church．”
The American got out of the taxi and looked at the church．
“Huh．We could build this church in three days,” he said．
Next the driver took the American to the House of Parliament．
“This is where British politicians （政治家） meet．．．”
“Huh．” The American said, “We could build this in four days．”
The driver said nothing and drove past Buckingham Palace, the home of Queen Elizabeth．As the taxi passed the palace, the American said,
“Hey! What is this building? I have never seen such a beautiful one．”
The taxi driver looked at the palace and said,
“I don’t know．It wasn’t there this morning．”How many old and famous buildings in London are mentioned （提及） in the passage?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
Where do the British kings and queens get married?
| A．In the Tower of London． | B．In St Paul’s Cathedral． |
| C．In the House of Parliament． | D．In Westminster Abbey． |
According to the American architect, they could build St Paul’s Cathedral in _________．
| A．one day | B．two days |
| C．three days | D．four days |
When the American saw Buckingham Palace, he ____________．
| A．got a great surprise |
| B．felt very disappointed |
| C．said nothing and went away |
| D．said they could build this in five days in America． |
From the story we can see the American architect was _________．
| A．honest | B．proud |
| C．modest | D．hard-working |
Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends．They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain．So they can help each other．But neither of them likes to use his head．They're both poor though they work hard．Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses．They never find out why．Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife．In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive．He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back．They decided to carry some apples to the city．They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor．Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived．A few days later they had to sell them at a low price （价格）。They felt unhappy and returned to their village． I can't understand why we sustained （蒙受） losses in business while others always profit （盈利）" Uncle Li asked one day．"The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking．"We'll carry more apples on a truck next time! “I agree!" said Uncle Li．"How foolish （傻的） we were !"Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken house because __________．
| A．they hope to save money |
| B．they're both poor |
| C．their farms are at the foot of the mountain |
| D．they're not far from their farms |
The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________．
| A．make a journey | B．visit some places of interest |
| C．meet their friends | D．make a profit |
the two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________．
| A．theirs weren't as good as the others' |
| B．theirs were much less than the others' |
| C．a lot of apples had been already carried to the city |
| D．they forgot to carry them on a truck |
Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________．
| A．they had sustained losses in business |
| B．they had lost some money in the city |
| C．something was wrong with the tractor |
| D．other people profited in the city |
Which of the following is true?
| A．The two farmers found out why they were poor． |
| B．The two farmers will soon get rich |
| C．Neither of the farmers is clever． |
| D．The two farmers decided to buy a truck． |
If you look at the sky one night and see something moving and shining that you have never seen before, it might be a comet （彗星）．
A comet sometimes looks like a star．Like a planet, a comet has no light of its own．It shines from the sunlight it reflects （反射）．Like the earth, a comet goes round the sun, but on a much longer path （轨道） than the earth travels．
If a comet isn’t a star, what is it then?
Some scientists think that a large part of a comet is water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron and rock dust and perhaps a few big pieces of rock．When sunshine melts （融化） the ice in the comet, great clouds of gas go trailing after it．These clouds, together with the dust, form a long tail．
Many people perhaps have seen a comet．However no one knows how many comets there are．There may be millions of comets, but only a few come close enough for us to see．
An Englishman named Edmund Halley, who lived from 1656 to 1742, found out a lot about the paths that comets take through the sky．Some comets move out of our sight and never come back．Others keep coming back at regular times．A big comet that keeps coming back was named after Halley because he was the one who worked out when it would come back again．Maybe you have ever seen Halley’s Comets because the last time it came close to the sun and the earth was in the year 1986．Then people all over the world were outside at night to look at it．You will probably be able to see Halley’s Comets when it comes near the earth again．A comet is like ________．
| A．sun | B．moon | C．sunlight | D．the earth |
A large part of a comet is ______．
| A．water and rock |
| B．water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron |
| C．ice, iron and rock dust |
| D．only a few big pieces of rock |
Maybe many people _______．
| A．haven’t seen any comets | B．have seen all comets |
| C．have seen a comet at daytime | D．have seen a comet |
Some comets keep coming back ________．
| A．at any time | B．at noon |
| C．at regular times | D．at daytime |
Halley’s Comets came back _____．
| A．in 1990 | B．in 1980 | C．in 1986 | D．in 1989 |
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| A．nurses | B．policemen | C．businessmen | D．students |
You will pay ________ if you want to stay in the English club for half a year．
| A．300 yuan | B．600 yuan |
| C．1200 yuan | D．2400 yuan |
You can visit Ocean Museum ________．
| A．on Saturday | B．on Wednesday |
| C．on Monday | D．anytime |
One can get free exams in Health Centre if he is ________．
| A．9 | B．17 | C．67 | D．73 |
If you are interested in the life of fish, you should go to________．
| A．Health Centre | B．Ocean Museum |
| C．Sunny English Club | D．16 Yong Le Street |
Strange things happen when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones （时区）．The time difference between two zones is one hour．You can have days with more than twenty-four hours and days with fewer than twenty- four hours．You can have weeks with more than seven days and weeks with fewer than seven days．
If you make a five-day trip （旅行） across the Atlantic Ocean （大西洋） , your ship come into a different time zone every day．As you come into each zone, the time changes one hour．If you travel west, you set your watch back．If you travel east, you set it ahead （向前）．Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours．
If you make a trip by ship across the Pacific Ocean （太平洋） , you cross the International Date Line（国际日期变更线）．This is the point where a new day begins when you cross the line, you change one full day．If you travel east, today becomes yesterday, if you travel west it is tomorrow．Something interesting will happen to the time if you travel because_____．
| A．a day has always fewer than twenty-four hours |
| B．a day has always more than twenty- four hours |
| C．a day has more or f ewer than twenty-four hours |
| D．some time zones are large and some time zones are small |
The time difference between two time zones is_______．
| A．twenty-four hours | B．one hour |
| C．two hours | D．twenty-three hours |
If we crossthe Atlantic Ocean, we_______．
| A．change one full day |
| B．set our watch back |
| C．set our watch ahead |
| D．set our watch back or ahead |
If we travel east across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July______．
| A．3rd | B．4th | C．5th | D．6th |
The Atlantic Ocean________．
| A．is in one time zone |
| B．is divided into twenty-four zones |
| C．is divided into five time zones |
| D．can not be crossed in five days |
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