An artist went to a beautiful place of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out and painted from morning to evening. When it got dark, he came back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said, “No, I don’t want money but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will be here.”
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind words. The farmer smiled and said, “I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes here next month, I will show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist any more, I believe.”The artist liked to ___________ near a nice place.
| A．sing songs | B．dance | C．paint pictures | D．write something |
He liked painting ____________.
| A．in a house |
| B．in the open air |
| C．because he would do well in painting |
| D．with the most important artist |
The farmer thought that the artist ____________.
| A．was not good at painting |
| B．was really a great man |
| C．did well in painting |
| D．was the most important artist |
The farmer’s son wanted to __________ some day.
| A．be an artist |
| B．become a popular singer |
| C．write twenty novels . |
| D．dance around the world |
The farmer ____________.
| A．was a foolish man |
| B．didn’t want his son to be a painter |
| C．liked the artist’s picture very much |
| D．couldn’t pay for his son about his paintings |
Just as "Tiger Mom" leaves, here comes the “Wolf Daddy” called Xiao Baiyou. He believes he’s the best parent in the world. Some days ago, Xiao Baiyou’s latest book about how to be a successful parent came out. He is pretty strict with his four children. Sometimes he even beat them. But the children don’t hate their daddy at all. And all of them finally went to Pecking University, one of the top universities in China. So Xiao proudly tells others about his education idea that children need strict rules. In his microblog, he said, "Come on, want your children to enter Peking University without rules? You must be joking." And, "Leave your children more money, and strict rules at the same time."But the "Wolf Daddy" way was soon questioned by other parents. Some say that Xiao Baiyou just want to be famous by doing so. The “Wolf Daddy” Xiao Baiyou is a 47-year-old Guangdong businessman who deals in luxury goods(奢侈品) in Hong Kong. Unlike many other parents who usually have one child, Xiao has four children. Two of them were born in Hong Kong and two in the US. Some people on the Internet think the reason why his children were able to enter Peking University is because the exam is much easier taken from Hong Kong.Xiao Baiyou _________________.
| A．is called Tiger Mom | B．has two children |
| C．is 47 years old | D．is a policeman |
______________of Xiao Maiyou’s children went to Pecking University.
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．All |
As for how to be a parent, Xiao Baiyu thinks __________________.
| A．children don’t need rules |
| B．children need strict rules |
| C．children don’t need money |
| D．children need luxury goods |
From the passage we know that _______________.
| A．Xiao Baiyou wrote a book about business |
| B．the exams taken from Hong Kong is much easier |
| C．all people agree Xiao Baiyou is the best parent |
| D．Xiao Baiyou’s children hate him very much |
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Gao Xiaosong Musician, singer |
May 9th, 2011 Drunk driving |
Fined 4000 RMB Be in prison(监狱) for 6 months |
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Han Hong Famous singer |
August 3rd, 2013 Making a call when driving; Using others’ license plate |
Fined 5000 RMB |
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Sun Yang Swimming star Olympic champion |
November 3rd, 2013 Driving without a license; Knocking into another car |
Fined 2000 RMB Be in prison for 7 days |
According to the chart, we know ______________ is allowed when driving.
| A．drinking wine |
| B．making a call |
| C．using our own license plate |
| D．driving without a license |
Gao Xiaosong came out of prison in _______________.
| A．May, 2011 | B．November, 2011 |
| C．November, 2012 | D．December, 2012 |
It’s clear that ________________.
| A．everybody should keep the traffic rules |
| B．famous people can break the traffic rules |
| C．Gao Xiaosong is a great musician |
| D．Han Hong has a lot of money |
Here is the story of how the teddy bear was born.
Nearly 100 years ago, President Teddy Roosevelt went on a bear hunt. He e______ hunting in the woods. Because he was the President of the USA, the people who organized the hunt wanted to make it s__
___.
But after three days of walking and climbing and riding, n______ bears were found! The next day the hunt guide and his hunting dogs f__
____ found an old bear. The dogs and the guide followed the bear for quite a distance until the bear was too tired to run. The dogs attacked and hurt the old bear. To stop it from running away, the guide t___
____ the bear to a tree and called for the President. Here was a bear for him to shoot! President Roosevelt came, looked at the poor old bear and said “No”. He ordered that the bear should be let go.
Mr Berryman, a cartoonist, heard of this story. He drew a cartoon showing how the President refused to shoot the bear while h_____. Mr Michtom, the owner of a toy store, came up with an idea by the cartoon. He and his wife made a toy bear and put it in his toy store window. Next to it w__
__ a copy of the cartoon. To his surprise, many people showed great i__
__ in the toy and hoped to own one. He asked for and received President Roosevelt’s permission to u__
_ his name for the bear, and the teddy bear was born.
Since then the toy bear has been famous around the world and e_ popular with children.
Andy was born in China 17 years ago. In 2007, she went to the USA with her family. As a high school student, she has found many differences between Chinese and Americans:
About money
Americans like to spend more than they have, so many of them are always in debt(欠债). But Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them always have money left in the bank.
The American kids themselves make their own money. Most Chinese kids always ask their parents for money.
About education
Many American students have less homework to do while many Chinese students have much.
Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while many Chinese girls take part in study groups.
Many American parents think it is unnecessary to send their children to an expensive school. It’s different in China. Many Chinese parents would try their best to send their children to expensive schools though their family isn’t rich enough.
About friends
Most American parents let their sons or daughters make friends by themselves. They never ask them about their friends while Chinese parents are usually interested in knowing more about their children’s friends, and usually stop them from staying out too late with friends.
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Chinese |
Americans |
| Money |
Chinese usually have some money left in the bank |
Many Americans usually borrow money from the banks because they |
| Chinese children get money from their |
Children usually make money by |
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| Education |
Parents usually do their to send their children to study in expensive schools. |
Many parents think it isn’t send their children to an expensive school. |
| Chinese girls join in groups. |
Many girls exercise, dance and |
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| Friends |
Parents are usually in knowing more about their children’s friends. |
Most parents never pay attention to their children’s friends. |
Everything that humans hear is in the form of waves (波).Just as the eye sees light waves in the form of colors, the ear hears sound waves in the form of noises. The ear and the eye turn these different waves into signals that the brain (大脑) can make sense of.
The ears and brain have an amazing ability to recognize（识别）particular sounds. For example, a mother often can tell when her baby is crying even if there are other crying babies in the same room. This is because the sound of her baby’s cry has special meaning to her and the brain has recorded is importance.
The ability to recognize sounds improves with experiences. As the brain receives information about sounds from day to day, it stores the information in its memory. When the brain hears new sounds, it gives meaning to them based on the information already in the memory. This is why certain words or songs can make a person happy. Often it is not the words or songs themselves that cause this feeling. The sounds are connected to happy memories for that person.
Another hearing process controlled by the brain is to decide where a sound is coming from. One ear is usually closer to the source (来源) of a sound than the other ear is. Sound waves are stronger when they reach the ear that is closer. They also reach the closer ear first. The brain recognizes these differences and uses them to decide the location of the source of the sound.Which of the following shows the normal hearing process of a mother hearing her baby crying?
a. The ears receive the sound waves.
b. The mother recognizes her baby’s cry.
c. The ears turn the sound waves into signals.
d. The baby’s cry travels in the form of sound waves
e. The brain connects the signals to the information in the memory.
| A．d-a-c-b-e | B．d-a-c-e-b |
| C．a-d-c-b-e | D．a-d-c-e-b |
. Certain words or songs can change a person’s moods mainly because of his .
| A．lifestyle | B．personality |
| C．experiences | D．hobbies |
What is the best title for this passage?
| A．Human Brain’s Amazing Facts |
| B．Human Hearing Characteristics |
| C．How to improve Hearing |
| D．How Do Humans Hear |
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