Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious for them to say. Sending flowers on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt（被子）.
“Mom, I have a question to ask you.”
“What?” she replied, still doing her work.
“Is there love between you and Dad?”
My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. Then she said, “Susan, look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. Love is inside.”
I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. After they were back from the hospital, my mother helped him walk slowly on the beautiful country road every morning. My father had never been so gentle. But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself. All of us were worried about him.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t worry about me, ”he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom. ”Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。Why does the writer NOT make sure whether there is love between her parents?
| A．They don’t act in the romantic ways. |
| B．They never say, “I love you”. |
| C．They never send flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day. |
| D．All of the above. |
When did the writer understand her mother’s answer?
| A．After her father got sick seriously. |
| B．Before her father got sick seriously. |
| C．After her mother gave her father some flowers. |
| D．After her father gave her mother some flowers. |
What does the underlined word “thread” mean in Chinese?
| A．针 | B．被子 | C．线 | D．爱 |
Why couldn’t her father walk by himself?
| A．Because her father was seriously ill. |
| B．Because her father liked walking with his wife. |
| C．Because his father didn’t get good treatment（治疗）. |
| D．Because his father had a bad temper（脾气）. |
What is the best title for the story?
| A．Love Is Just a Thread | B．Love Is Just a quilt |
| C．Love Is to Say“I love you” | D．Love Is to Walk Together |
Li Lei and Lin Tao are students of No. 1 Middle School. They are both soccer fans. Their favorite soccer player is David Beckham. Li Lei is good at playing soccer. He is on his school soccer team. The team practices playing soccer after school every day. On Sunday, they play a game against another school team. They often win because they have a very good team in the city. They wish to win the first this winter. But Lin Tao can't play soccer. He only enjoys watching soccer matches（比赛), so he often goes with Li Lei' s team. He is always glad to see them win.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂(A)，错的涂(B)。There is a good soccer team in No. 1 Middle School.
Both Li Lei and Lin Tao like playing soccer very much.
David Beckham is a famous soccer player in the world.
Li Lei' s team often has games against another school team on Sunday.
Lin Tao is a member of No.1 Middle School soccer team, but Li Lei is not.
It seems school children all over the world are not satisfied with their school food. Cherie Blair, the wife of Prime Minister Tony Blair, said that she would prepare a packed lunch for her son if school dinners do not improve. So what do students of your age eat for lunch at school?
Japan
High schools have dining halls, which serve everything from noodles to rice, but not hamburgers and chips. Other children bring food from home such as cold rice balls, meat or fish, and vegetables.
The United States
A common menu from a US school is made up of a hamburger with fried(油炸的)potatoes or roast chicken, fruit and cookies. School lunches must also provide food with protein(蛋白质),vitamin A, vitamin C, ironand calories.
Australia
Meat piesand hotdogs are all traditional dishes in Australian school shops. But as the nation pays more attention to children’s health, healthier foods have started to find their way onto school menus.
Many schools have used a traffic light system. The sale of red-labeled (标签) foods includingchocolate and soft drinks, is served only twice a week. Healthier green-labeled foods such as sandwiches, corn and watermelon, however are served every day.
In some schools, students have a choice of up to 89 foods to choose from, including popcorn and rice.
South Africa
Most of South Africa’s schools do not serve meals at all. Classes end at 1:30 pm and students get their own lunches. Many students bring food from home, usually sandwiches.
Fast food and fried food sell the best among students, which has led to a rise in obesity among children. But as more people began to realize the fact that being too fat may cause different illnesses, some schools in towns have led the way towards better nutrition(营养). Now students at these schools are provided with lunches of porridge(粥) with vegetables, such as cabbages, carrots and tomatoes.Which belongs to red-labeled food in Australia?
| A．sandwiches | B．apple juice | C．tomatoes | D．corn |
What does the underlined word ‘obesity’ in the last paragraph probably mean?
| A．allowances(补贴) | B．sadness |
| C．nutrition | D．overweight |
What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．Food served in the US is the best of all. |
| B．Schools should try to satisfy the needs of studemts. |
| C．Schools serve different foods from country to country. |
| D．School children all over the world dislike their school food. |
“Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment(失望),my mother would say this to me.
After I left college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer(广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.
At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire（雇佣）a person without any experience and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete(运动员)to work for it . I wanted this job, but I was refused again.
“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt so frustrated(沮丧). “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.
While I was waiting for the lift, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to have a try. He was pleased with my performance, and he offered me a chance to work there.
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if without the failure before.”Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?
| A．Because he never graduated from college. |
| B．Because he didn’t work hard in college. |
| C．Because he didn’t have much experience. |
| D．Because he didn’t know about sports. |
Which of the following is the correct order of events?
a. The writer got a job as a sports announcer at a radio station.
b. The writer was refused when he wanted jobs in Chicago.
c. The writer graduated from college.
d. The writer went back to his hometown to look for a job.
| A．cbda | B．cbad | C．bcda | D．bcad |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The writer’s parents didn’ t want him to be a sports announcer. |
| B．There were no radio announcer jobs in the writer’s hometown. |
| C．The writer became uninterested in being a sports announcer. |
| D．The writer got a job as a sports announcer in Dixon at last. |
According to the last paragraph, what did the writer’s mom want to tell him?
| A．He shouldn’t be a sports announcer. |
| B．Disappointment leads to failure. |
| C．He should be proud of himself. |
| D．Everything will be OK if he keeps trying. |
Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water！This is just one of hundreds of pieces of advice you might get if you have the hiccups（打嗝）.Hiccups are so mysterious(神秘的)．We really don’t know why they start and why they stop．
Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups．Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well．Others eat a little sugar．Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it．
An American man named Jack O’Leary said that he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years．He tried 60，000 cures，but none of them worked．Finally he prayed（向…祈祷） to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately．
A British worker didn’t stop his hiccups until eight months later. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well．He tried them all，but the hiccups continued．Finally，he drank a “secret” mixture(混合物) someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone．
Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure． might be the best cure for hiccups.
| A．Special pills |
| B．A spoonful of salt |
| C．Cold water |
| D．What you believe in |
The British worker spent __________ in stopping his hiccups．
| A．4 hours |
| B．2 days |
| C．8 months |
| D．8 years |
What is the main idea of this passage?
| A．Different ways to stop hiccups |
| B．What makes hiccups happen |
| C．How to get hiccups |
| D．Jack O‘Leary’s hiccups |
Frogs are animals that can live both in water and on land. There are more than 5,000 kinds of frogs on the earth. The earliest known frogs lived about 190 million years ago and the frogs today still look the same. Here are some fun things that you might not know about frogs. Enjoy!
The Biggest and the Smallest Frogs
Some frogs can be very big. The biggest kind of frog is the Goliath Frog in West Africa. Its body can be nearly 30cm long, about the size of a large cat. The Gold Frog and the Poison Frog are the smallest frogs in the world. They are less than 1cm long. Though the Poison Frog is very small, it is not weak at all. It is dangerous. Any animal that eats it will die very soon.
The Best Jumpers
Frogs are very good at jumping. They developed jumping legs so that they would not be eaten by other large animals. Using their big strong legs, more frogs can jump over 20 times their own length. The Australian Rocket Frog can even jump over 2m, which is 50 times its body length (5.5 cm). That might be the reason why frogs are called the best jumpers on the earth.
The Cryogenic Animal
Some frogs like the Common Wood Frog have a special ability to live in very cold places. When the temperature goes down, they become ice frogs. 2/3of their body water freezes. Their hearts stop, and their breathing stops too. You may think they are dead, but in fact they are not. Maybe we humans can learn the way that the frogs do for medical purpose.The earliest frogs lived about million years ago.
| A．20 |
| B．30 |
| C．50 |
| D．190 |
can jump over 2m.
| A．The Goliath Frog |
| B．The Common Wood Frog |
| C．The Poison Frog |
| D．The Australian Rocket Frog |
What will happen to a Common Wood Frog at very low temperature?
| A．It will die very soon. |
| B．It will be an ice frog. |
| C．It will become dangerous. |
| D．It will become very small. |
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