The Flying Hat By Shannon Blackman
| “The most sidesplitting story I’ve ever read. I couldn’t help laughing after I finished it. Be ready to laugh your heart out.” Willy King, Best Book winner |
| “It’s a story that makes you smile in your dreams. Blackman’s excellent writing cheers you up.” The Tide, London |
| “One of the best-selling books of the year. More than two million copies have been sold.” The Sunday Reader, New York |
| “This book has become the talk of the country. The story is making its way into movie theaters. I can’t wait to see it!” Marian Miller, author of Ms. Lilly |
Who is the writer of The Flying Hat?
| A．Marian Miller | B．Willy King |
| C．Shannon Blackman | D．Ms. Lily |
What does sidesplitting mean?
| A．Simple. | B．Funny. | C．Serious. | D．Difficult. |
Which is said about The Flying Hat?
| A．A movie about the story is coming out. |
| B．People can buy the book all over the world. |
| C．The writer started the book because of a mistake. |
| D．The story is about a boy with a magic book. |
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 |
I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn't say a word．But I knew he was going to say a little to me．"I can't tell anything．" he finally said．“I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college．I can't say don't do this and do that, because everything is different and I don't know what is going to come up．I can't help much with money either, but I think things will work out．”
He gave me a new check-book（支票簿）．“If things get pushing, write a small check．But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much．There are some things we can always sell．” In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars．My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers' kids filled in the financial gaps．
"You know what you want to be, and they'll tell you what to take," my father went on．“When you get a job, be sure it's honest, and work hard．” I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town, and I would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you．
Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old, broken Bible（圣经）that he had read so often, the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbours．I knew he would miss it．I knew, though, that I must take it．
He didn't say read this every morning．He just said," This can help you if you will let it．”
Did it help? I got through college without being a burden（负担） on the family．I have been able to make money since．What is the writer's main purpose（目的）in writing this passage？
| A．To tell the readers his life story． |
| B．To tell people what kind of person his father was． |
| C．To let people know how poor he was． |
| D．To tell the readers what present he got from his father． |
Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that？
| A．Because he felt quite confident of his son． |
| B．Because he was born from a poor family． |
| C．Because he was a man of few words． |
| D．Because he didn't want to be much too strict with his son． |
What would someone learn from this passage？
| A．How to live by oneself． |
| B．How to stand on one's own feet． |
| C．What a good father should do． |
| D．What the self-important is like． |
What may be the proper Chinese for the underlined part in the passage？
| A．闲暇时光 | B．学费 |
| C．经济不足 | D．精神空虚 |
What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer's father？
| A．It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others． |
| B．There were many good examples for you to copy in it． |
| C．It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future． |
| D．It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble． |
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