David will study in Chicago for a year. He’s reading a travel book about the weather.
| Weather in Chicago |
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| Spring |
It’s usually cool. Sometimes it rains. |
| Summer |
It’s usually hot and sunny. The temperature is sometimes not very high. |
| Fall |
It’s normally cool and windy. The temperature is pleasant. |
| Winter |
It gets very cold. It often snows. |
He’s asking, “What will I probably do there during that time?”
I’ll have a lot of free time in summer. Maybe I’ll go sailing on Lake Michigan. In fall, I won’t have a lot of free time because I’ll be in school. I’ll probably play football. Maybe I’ll be on the school team. I won’t go ice-skating, because I don’t know how to skate. I won’t go skiing, because I can’t ski. Here’s an idea. I’ll probably visit my family in Florida at Christmas and New Year and get some sunshine.
On a Friday night, a poor young man stood at the gate of the railway station, playing his violin. The music was so great that many people stopped to put some money into his hat.
The next day, the young man came to the same place again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it, “George Sang has put an important thing into my hat carelessly. Welcome to claim (认领) it.” Then he began to play the violin. Soon he was surrounded (围绕) by many people. They all wanted to know what the words on the paper meant. After an hour a man named George Sang ran here quickly and got back his important thing. He said many thanks to the young man.
The important thing was a lottery ticket (彩票). Sang bought it and won a prize of $500,000. But when he gave $50 to the young man for his wonderful music, he threw the lottery ticket, too.
Later people asked the young man why he didn’t keep the lottery ticket for himself. The young man said, “Though I don’t have much money, I live happily. If I lose honesty (诚实), I won’t be happy any longer.” The young man played the violin for ______ at the gate of the railway station.
A. money B. tickets C. food The young man came to the station again on _________.
A. Friday B. Saturday C. Sunday George Sang must be very _______ to get back the important thing.
A. sorry B. worried C. happy Which of the following is TRUE?
A. George Sang gave money to the young man for his music.
B. The lottery ticket was important because it was worth $500.
C. The poor young man kept the lottery ticket for himself. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. The Happiness of Playing the Violin
B. The Advantage of Buying a Lottery Ticket
C. The Importance of Being Honesty
How would you help African people? Here are some children’s ideas.
| I think being healthy is the most important thing. We should give money to help the people there get clean water and better health care. ——Toby, aged 16, Australia |
People seem to give more money to charity (慈善机构) when there is a big disaster like the earthquake. It’s good for people to do so, but I also think that people should get into the habit of giving money to charity all the time. ——Ava, aged 15, America |
| Giving money to charity can help, but it’s not the answer. I think what these countries need is good education (教育). Knowledge can make people’s life better and better. ——Neil, aged 14, England |
The best thing we can do is to send professionals (专业人士) like doctors and teachers there. They can teach the people how to help themselves. ——Edwin, aged 16, Canada |
The children are giving suggestions to help _________ people.
A. Canadian B. African C. AustralianToby thinks _________ is the most important thing.
A. health B. food C. water The underlined word “disaster” means “_________” in Chinese.
A. 组织 B. 惩罚 C. 灾难 _________ think knowledge can make the life better.
A. Toby and Ava
B. Ava and Neil
C. Neil and EdwinFrom the passage, we know the four children _________.
A. are of the same age
B. come from different countries
C. give much money to help the poor people
Energy from the wind
Wind is a kind of clean energy, and there is lots of it, But, if there's no wind, there is no wind energy. Energy from the water
When water moves from a high place to a lower place, it can make electricity(电）without pollution. However, people have to build dams(水坝) to use this energy, and building dams is very expensive.
Energy from the earth
There is heat in the rocks under the earth. Scientists use the heat to make geothermal(地热的)energy. This kind of energy is cheap, but it is only possible in a few places in the world.
Energy from the sun
Solar panels (太阳电池板) on the roofs of houses can turn energy from the sun into electricity. Solar power is clean and plentiful(丰富的), but when the weather is bad, It doesn't work.
根据阅读填空，每空一词。
| New Energy in Twenty-first Century |
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| Energy |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| Wind Energy |
Clean |
There is a lot. It needs |
| Water Energy |
It is |
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| Geothermal Energy |
only possible in a few places |
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| Solar Energy |
Clean and plentiful |
It depends too much on good |
When we talk about music, we can think of different kinds of it. Some people like pop music very much, but it often comes and goes so quickly. It shows our deep feelings of love, hate, joy and sadness in daily life, so it is quite popular among young people.
However, classical music is not so lucky among young people though it’s the symbol of high music level. We know that classical music is serious music, so some people can’t understand its real meaning. That’s why it’s not popular among youngsters.
In fact, folk music is different from other music forms.It’s more traditional than entertainment (娱乐). In American history, fork music began to show up when people needed it most.The earliest folk songs were those like “Down by the Riverside”, “We Shall over come” etc. Yhese are songs about hard life, but they are also full of hopes. Anyway(无论如何)， anybody can understand folk music and it also welcomes everyone to join.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。How many kind of music are mentioned （提及） in the passage?
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
. What kind of music is not popular among young people?
| A．Classical music | B．Country music |
| C．Pop music | D．Folk music |
.What can we know from the last paragraph （段）？
| A．Folk music has only one kind of music form. |
| B．American folk music began to show up before the people needed it most. |
| C．Some people can’t understand the real meaning of folk music. |
| D．“Down by the Riverside” is one of the earliest folk songs in America. |
What does the underlined word “ youngsters ” mean?
| A．音乐家 | B．儿童 |
| C．年轻人 | D．老年人 |
What is the best title for the passage ?
| A．Pop music | B．Classical music |
| C．Folk music | D．Some kinds of music |
Word box: website 网址 ， micro-video 微视频，platform 平台 ，edit 编辑
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。. If you want to watch micro-video, you’d better choose ______ .
| A．www.tudou.com | B．www.douban.com |
| C．www.youku.com | D．www.baidu.com |
Tudou was founded ________ mouths earliest than Youku.
A seven B. fourteen C. twenty-one D. ten. ________ founded Toudou in April,2005.
| A．Gu Yongqiang | B．Yang Bo |
| C． Wang Wei | D．Li Gang |
.If you are on Douban, you will have a chance to ________.
| A．Make friends with others |
| B．use the c2c service platform |
| C．Share videos with other people |
| D．talk with the workers there by QQ |
.Which is TRUE?
| A．Douban is the youngest of the three. |
| B．The idea of Youku is "Let the whole world watch us." |
| C．You can edit what you like on Tudou. |
| D．Douban was founded in 2006. |
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