Americans think much about time. From children they learn to value (珍视) time. As children they are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time.
Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.
They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time , because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.What do the Americans mean by “ Time is money”?
| A．If someone has time and works hard , he can make a lot of money. |
| B．It takes quite a lot of time to make money. |
| C．Working hard can bring people health. |
| D．It is not easy to make money. |
Americans think it to be wrong_____
| A．to work early |
| B．to get up early |
| C．to be late for school |
| D．to be on time to do everything |
From this passage we can be sure that ___________.
| A．Americans live in a quick rhythm(节奏) |
| B．Americans live a hard life |
| C．Americans are good at saving time |
| D．Americans always walk fast |
| Sydney Tower Address: 100 Market St. Sydney Phone: 02 9333 9222 Fax: 02 9333 9208 Open time: 9:00 am to 10:30 pm (Saturdays to 11:30 pm) Ticket: $60 (for an adult) $30 (for a child) Website: www.sydneytower.com.au How to get there: train to Town Hall Station and a short walk along Market Street How to book tickets: by phone/ fax or through the web Attraction: Sydney’s best views are just beginning! Sydney Tower takes you to the highest point above Sydney for exciting 360°views of our beautiful city. |
Sydney Tower is ____________ in Sydney, Australia.
| A．the busiest street | B．the biggest station |
| C．the most beautiful park | D．the highest point |
Sydney Tower opens at ____________.
| A．8:00 am | B．9:00 am | C．10:30 pm | D．11:30 pm |
If an adult with two children goes to visit Sydney Tower, he has to pay ___________.
| A．$60 | B．$90 | C．$120 | D．$150 |
Tea bag drinking is most westerners’ favorite way of drinking tea. Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan, an American tea seller. He was sending out free tea in silk bags for people to try. People put the bags together with the tea leaves into the cup and added hot water. The tea tasted good, and people thought it was easy to clean the cup. They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them loose (散的) tea again.
Sullivan realized that he had a hot new thing in his hands, and he built a machine to pack the bags. As tea bags became popular, they were changed from silk to gauze (薄纱) and later paper. In 1952, Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the four-sided tea bag. Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK, and today 85% of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.
However, many people still prefer loose-leaf tea. This is because some tea companies put not very good tea in their tea bags. But for most drinkers, tea bags are still the easy, tasty way to go.Who invented the tea bag?
| A．An English tea seller. | B．Chinese. | C．Lipton. | D．Thomas Sullivan. |
The underlined sentence “Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK” probably means “________ in the UK”.
| A．Tea bags soon became popular |
| B．Tea bags surprised everyone very much |
| C．Tea bags kicked (踢) the loose-leaf tea out of the market |
| D．Tea bags weren’t allowed to be sold |
This sentence “today 85% of the tea in the UK is packed in paper bags.” tells us ________.
| A．Most drinkers in the UK prefer loose-leaf tea. |
| B．Most drinkers in the UK prefer tea bags. |
| C．A quarter of the drinkers in the UK prefer loose-leaf tea. |
| D．A quarter of the drinkers in the UK dislike tea bags. |
From the passage we can learn that Thomas Sullivan was very ________.
| A．clever | B．stupid | C．lazy | D．busy |
What can be the best title for this passage?
| A．The invention of tea |
| B．The way of drinking tea |
| C．The history of tea bags |
| D．People’s favorite tea in the world |
We have to accept the truth: Sometimes, we just want to shout out loud.
For example, we all have days like this: our dog has made a mess on the floor we just cleaned, or our friend called to tell us he or she couldn’t come at the last minute when we had cooked dinner for him or her. We may be really angry but we tried to bear things like those. According to ancient Chinese wisdom, we should shout in a loud voice instead of keeping silent. In fact, it’s good for our health.
“Chinese people have passed on the practice from ancient times to now as a part of traditional medicine,” said Mrs. Li, a 60-year-old woman from Hangzhou. “My parents taught me to do this. It’s a part of our folk（民间的）culture. ”
Mrs. Li is a member of a group of people who love shouting. Each morning, she and some of her friends climb to the top of a hill and let out loud shouts before starting their daily exercise. They believe that shouting is good exercise for their lungs（肺）and it brings them a lot of fun.
“Sometimes I shout out and other shout back,” said Mrs. Gu, another shouting lover. “It makes you happy. You laugh and then you feel very comfortable. ”
Dr. Peter Calafiura, an American doctor, agrees that shouting can have a positive influence on people’s health.
So, next time you start your morning run, why not try to shout out first? It will make you healthier. The underlined word “bear” in Paragraph 2 means “__________” in Chinese.
| A．纠正 | B．忍受 | C．铭记 | D．杜绝 |
Mrs. Li learnt to shout to make herself feel better from __________.
| A．her parents | B．her teacher | C．Mrs. Gu | D．Dr. Peter Calafiura |
Where does Mrs. Li shout every day?
| A．In a park. | B．At a square. | C．In her house. | D．On a hill. |
What does Dr. Peter Calafiura think of shouting?
| A．It’s great furl. | B．It’s good for people’s health. |
| C．It’s easy to learn. | D．It’s good exercise especially for kids. |
The passage is mainly about __________.
| A．a shouting 1over | B．a shouting club |
| C．the advantages of shouting | D．the history of shouting |
| POSTCARD Sunday，May 18th Dear Tom, Last week we had a wonderful time on Mount Tai with my classmates. The weather was nice. When we arrived, we began to climb the mountain. It took us the whole night to get to the top of the mountain. In the morning, we saw the sea of clouds on Mount Tai. In the daytime we visited a temple (寺庙). In the evening, we had a big dinner in a local restaurant. It was exciting. I hope Sam and you can come to China next year. Then we can visit more interesting places together. Yours, Mike |
 To: Tom King 16 Green Gardens San Francisco, CA94123 USA |
__________ wrote this postcard.
A. Sam B. Tom C. Mike Mike visited Mount Tai __________.
A. last week B. on May 18th C. last yearIt took them __________ to get to the top of the mountain.
A. the whole day B. the whole night C. the whole evening In the morning, they enjoyed __________ on Mount Tai.
A. a big dinner B. visiting a temple C. the sea of clouds Mike and Tom are probably __________.
A. friends B. father and son C. boss and employee
Sarah ran in, shouting, “Look what I found!” Over the top of the paper I was reading; came a terrible thing that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin found in our garden.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” said my seven-year-old daughter.
I opened my eyes widely and looked at the snake skin in fear. I didn’t think it was beautiful, but I learned never to appear nonchalant(冷漠的)with children. Everything they see for the first time is important to their sense of beauty; they see only excellence in the world.
“Why does it do this?” Sarah asked.
“Snakes shed(蜕) their skins because they need to renew themselves,” I explained.
“Why do they need to renew themselves?” Sarah asked.
“We often need to shed our skins, those coatings that we cover ourselves with,” I said to my daughter. “We leave some things and find other thing unwanted or unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin. It is probably too little for him, and he probably doesn’t think he looks as smart in it as he once did. “
As we talked, I knew that she began to understand. Although she couldn’t understand clearly, she would know that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, our rooms, schoolwork and spirit, and see what we need to keep and what we need to leave. I was careful to tell that this is a natural way, not one to be forced.
“Snakes don’t peel off their skins when they like them. “I explained. “It happens as a natural thing of their growth. “
“I see, Dad,” said Sarah as she held the snake skin, and then ran off.
I hoped she would remember this; we need to throw some away because they are worthless or unnecessary. Then we can store them as memories m our deep hearts.Father jumped up when her daughter came to him with a snake skin because ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
| A．he didn’t want to read any more |
| B．he was in great fear of it |
| C．he wanted to praised her daughter |
| D．he hated snakes |
Father’s patient explanation shows that ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
| A．his daughter didn’t want to listen to him at all |
| B．he knew children saw only excellence in the world |
| C．his daughter couldn’t follow him at all |
| D．he wanted to teach everything to her |
In this reading the underlined word ‘renew’ means ＿＿＿＿＿＿.
| A．to begin to do something again |
| B．to make something newer than before |
| C．to replace something old with something new |
| D．to cover something old with something new |
We learn from the reading that＿＿＿＿＿＿.
| A．the girl seemed to understand what her father said |
| B．the girl wasn’t interested in the explanation |
| C．the father was good at raising snakes |
| D．the father liked the snake skin better |
Which of the following titles is the best for the reading?
| A．Snake Skin | B．Renew Ourselves |
| C．Father and Girl | D．Great Discovery |
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