Singles Day (光棍节)falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(庆祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.
An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married（结婚）, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻将）.
One day they played Mahjong from 11am until 11 pm. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles Day.
For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning of 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean the 'only one' in one’s heart.__________ first called November 11th Singles Day.
| A．The Chinese government |
| B．People who have been married |
| C．Four people playing Marjong |
| D．People who don’t want to get married |
The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.
| A．盲人聚会 | B．相亲会 |
| C．化妆舞会 | D．慈善晚会 |
Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles Day.
| A．some bread | B．noodles |
| C．4 youtiao | D．nothing |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Singles Day is on November 11th. |
| B．Singles Day is celebrated by no countries but China. |
| C．Singles Day is for people who are still living the single life. |
| D．Singles Day should be celebrated by playing Marjong from 11am to 11pm. |
Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play when he was eight and he started to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many successful films and TV shows but he is most famous for his Superman films.
Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and broke his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. However, he made amazing progress. At first, he couldn’t breathe without a machine, but he learnt to breathe on his own. He would never walk again but he started a new life with great courage.
The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about his experiences. This not only drew public attention to research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people living with all kinds of problems.
From their home, Christopher and his wife Dana spoke about their life after the accident．
Could you say something about your life after the accident?
"Four days after the accident, I came to understand my situation. The doctors said I was not going to pull through. Those days were terrible. But my wife Dana said, “You are still you and I love you. Be confident in yourself.” And that saved my life. Since that moment I have never thought of giving up."
What do you think of your family?
"Great! Dana is so wonderful．We have always got on really well．My parents often quarreled with each other when I was young．But they've got closer since the accident．"
How do you spend your time?
"I spend most of my time on charity work to improve the life for all disabled people．I think they need my help. With the progress of new medical research, I'm confident that people like me would be able to walk again one day. So you can see I'm far too busy to think of giving up!"
Christopher Reeve died on October 10, 2004. But people all over the world will always remember him as a superhero．What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?
| A．Christopher’s riding accident |
| B．Christopher’s marriage |
| C．Christopher’s death |
| D．Christopher’s films |
Reeve made a lot of public speeches in order to____________.
| A．make more money |
| B．draw people’s attention to his films |
| C．prove he was a superman |
| D．encourage people to be strong in life |
Whom was Reeve most thankful to?
| A．His parents | B．The film company |
| C．His wife | D．The doctors |
By saying "I'm far too busy to think of giving up!", Reeve means _______．
| A．so far he has been busy thinking of giving up |
| B．he’s so busy that he has no time to think of giving up |
| C．he’s too busy that he begins to think about giving up |
| D．he has never thought of giving up walking far |
Which of the following words can best describe Reeve?
| A．Brave | B．Crazy | C．Humorous | D．Careful |
At a day care center in Texas, children were playing outside. One of the children was Jessica , 18 months old. Jessica’s mother, who worked at the day care center, was watching the children. Suddenly Jessica fell and disappeared. Jessica’s mother cried and ran to her.
A well was in the yard of the center. It was only eight inches across, and a rock always covered it. But children played around and had moved the rock. Jessica fell right into the well.
Jessica’s mother couldn’t feel Jessica, so she called 911 for help. Men from the fire apartment arrived. They discovered that Jessica was about 20 feet down in the well.
“It’s too narrow,” they said, “So, we’re going to drill(钻) a big hole beside.”The man began on Wednesday morning. Two days later, on Friday morning, they were still drilling, as they had to drill through the solid rock.
During her days in the well, Jessica sometimes called her mother. Sometimes she slept, sometimes she cried, and sometimes she sang.
All over the world people waited for the news of Jessica. They read about her in the newspapers and watched her rescue on TV.
At 8 p. m. on Friday, the men finally reached Jessica and brought her up from the well. Jessica was dirty, hungry, thirsty and tired. Her foot and forehead was badly injured. But Jessica was alive. A doctor at the hospital said, “Jessica is lucky. She is young. She’s not going to remember this very well. ”
However, her parents, the rescuers, many other people around the world will not forget this. Later, one of the rescuers made a metal cover for the well. On the cover he wrote, “To Jessica, with love from all of us. ” Jessica fell into the well because____________.
| A．her mother was not watching her |
| B．the rock cover was moved away |
| C．Other children pushed her |
| D．she was too young to cross it |
What the doctor said meant that _____________.
| A．Jessica is lucky to have a good memory |
| B．Jessica is alive in the well because she is small |
| C．the hospital could improve young Jessica’s memory |
| D．Young Jessica wouldn’t remember her experience for long |
We learn from the passage that_____________.
| A．Jessica got many people’s attention |
| B．The rescuers had to drill the well bigger |
| C．It took one day for the men to rescue Jessica |
| D．Jessica’s parents made a new cover for the well |
In which order did the story happen?
a. Jessica fell into a well.
b. Rescuers drilled a hole to save Jessica.
c. Jessica’s mother ran to reach her.
d. Children moved the rock.
e. A medal cover was made.
| A．a-b-d-c-e | B．a-c-b-d-e |
| C．d-a-c-b-e | D．d-b-a-c-e |
Which of the following can be the best title of the story?
| A．A Careless Mother | B．A Dangerous Well |
| C．Everybody’s Baby | D．A lost rock cover |
Venice is the"Queen"of the Adriatic Sea (亚得里亚海). Every year thousands of people from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city. Do you know why they like to go there for a visit?
Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different from other cities in the world. There aren't any roads and streets in the city, so there aren't any cars and buses. There are many canals（运河) in the city. There is one big canal and one hundred and seventy-seven small canals. People move up and down the canals in boats to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.
But Venice is sinking. It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040 Venice will be under water. The Adriatic Sea will cover the city. The Venetians (威尼斯人) love their city and want to stay there. So they want to save Venice from the sea. They do not want to leave. How can they save Venice? They can build some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gates will close to keep too much water out. Thus Venice will not sink. From this short article we know Venice is __ .
| A．a very beautiful woman of the Adriatic Sea |
| B．the most important woman in Italy |
| C．a very important and beautiful place of the Adriatic Sea |
| D．the most important city in Italy |
People from all parts of the world go to visit Venice because .
| A．there are 177 canals in the city |
| B．it is sinking into the Adriatic Sea |
| C．there are a lot of kinds of boats on the canals |
| D．it is not only beautiful but also quite different from other cities |
The Venetians usually go to work or visit their friends _ _.
| A．by bus | B．by bike |
| C．in cars | D．in boats |
Year by year the Adriatic Sea and Venice .
| A．is rising, is sinking |
| B．is going down, is going up |
| C．has risen, has sunk |
| D．will go up, will go down |
Because the Adriatic Sea will cover it, the Venetians .
| A．have to leave Venice in 2040 |
| B．will try to do something to save their city |
| C．want to stay there until the water covers the city |
| D．do not love the city any longer |
Stephen Hawkins was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St. Albans—a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology. As he himself admits, he didn’t work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got good marks.
It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump（碰撞） into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.
At first, Hawking became very sad, after a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “Before my illness was diagnosed（诊断）, I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.” Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children. He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research.
Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, however bad their situation is, should lose hope. “Life is not fair,” he once said. “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.” As a university student, Stephen Hawking ________.
| A．worked very hard |
| B．studied maths and physics |
| C．was the best student in his class |
| D．was lazy and did very little work |
Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when ________.
| A．he was sent to hospital for tests |
| B．his mother made him see a doctor |
| C．he was twenty |
| D．he visited his family at Christmas time one year |
When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neural disease, he ________.
| A．made up his mind to get married |
| B．began to see his life in a different way |
| C．thought that nothing in life was worth doing |
| D．became very sad |
Today, Hawking ________.
| A．works at Oxford University |
| B．works at Cambridge University |
| C．carries out research into motor neural disease |
| D．does not rely on a machine to speak |
What would be the best title for this passage? ________.
| A．Motor Neural Disease | B．Life Is Fair |
| C．Professor Stephen Hawking | D．A Lazy Boy |
Have you ever asked your relatives or friends if there is Wi-Fi in their houses Have you ever searched for Wi-Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels. The answers will probably be "Yes". Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing(连接)the Internet at most time. Here comes a piece of good news.
A rich, powerful organization in the USA called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has decided to change the age of online computing (计算) completely by giving free Wi-Fi to every person on Earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit(轨道)in 2015.
This is because they have made a survey and found that only 60% of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are unable to offer people the necessary infrastructure(基础设施)to access the web.
We can expect to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.
| Present situation |
●Many of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. ●Accessing the Internet |
| What the organization will do |
●MDIF has made a decision to send up |
| Reasons |
●Only ●Many countries can't |
| What we can expect |
●Free Wi-Fi will |
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