Jodie’s Daddy is a Garbageman(垃圾清理工)
Mr Swales wanted to find out what his students’ parents did. He had just called Jodie when some girls burst out laughing. Shirley shouted, “Jodie’s Daddy is a Garbageman!”
Everybody in the class laughed out loud, except Jodie. She felt her face turn red.
“Silence!” Mr Swales said, “Being a garbagemen is a difficult and useful job. We should all be grateful to Jodie’s father.”
Jodie’s father came to walk her home from school as usual, but she didn’t run up to him the way she always did. When they got back home, Jodie went to her room and cried for a long time.
Her father came into her room, “What happened, Jodie? Why are you so sad?”
Jodie told her father what had happened and looked at him. He didn’t seem angry or hurt. “Well,” he said, “they are right. Being a garbageman is a dirty job. Tomorrow’s Saturday. Come to work with me, Jodie.”
The place really smell too good. Jodie wrinkled her nose. “Don’t worry, kid. In five minute you won’t smell a thing.” said her father.
Everybody there was working hard, and they seemed to have a good time. Jodie’s father handed her a pair of gloves and told her to get the little plastic bags and throw them into the truck.
It was fun, but also hard work. Jodie’s arms soom got tired. At last, no more garbage was left and Jodie felt very happy.
“Garbage is disgusting, but when we clear it away, everything’s nice and clean. You can make yourself happy only by making other happy. That’s why I like being a garbageman so much.”
Jodie give her dirty, smeely garbageman daddy a big kiss(吻). She said, “When I grow up, I will be a garbagegirl!”
Now whenever someone asks Jodie what her daddy does, she says, “He’s a garbageman! Everybody makes garbage, but my daddy takes it away!” What happened in My Swale’s class?
| A．He wanted to show what job was the most useful. |
| B．He asked an improper question. |
| C．Jodie gave an honest answer. |
| D．Jodie was laughed at. |
Why did Jodie’s father take her to his workplace?
| A．To make Jodie calm down |
| B．To prove how dirty his job was. |
| C．To help Jodie learn about his job. |
| D．To keep Jodie away from her classmates. |
Jodie gave her father a big kiss mainly because ______.
| A．he was kind | B．he was unselfish |
| C．he was cheerful | D．he as hardworking |
How does Jodie feel about her father now?
| A．Sad | B．Curious |
| C．Proud | D．Guilty |
Passage 1
A SCHOOL REPORT
Name: Edward School: Kelvin Grove High School
Grade: 7 Term ending: May 6th
Subjects:
Math: He is a little weak in this but he has tried his best to catch up with others.
English: He is the best in the class. Keep it up.
French: His reading is very good, and he can remember many words.
History(历史): He is familiar(熟悉) with the names of many places in the world.
Music: He doesn’t like pop music, though he sings very well.
Conduct: Fair No. in class: 9 Absence(缺课): 8
Remarks(评语): Edward can do a lot better. More work is needed next term.
Class teacher: Ivy
Principal: M. L. Martin
School reopens: September 11After reading this, we know this is .
| A．a studying plan of Edward Scott |
| B．A teaching plan of Ivy |
| C．a school report of Edward Scott |
| D．a working plan of M. L. Martin |
Which of the following is Not mentioned(提到) in the form?
| A．PE. | B．Music. | C．Math | D．History. |
Edward’s best subject is .
| A．Science | B．English | C．geography | D．History |
Edward is not good at .
| A．Science and geography |
| B．Math and history |
| C．French and history |
| D．music and English |
According to the form, which of the following sentences is true?
| A．Edward can’t sing songs very well. |
| B．Edward doesn’t do well in science. |
| C．Edward can do better if he works harder next. |
| D．Edward learns two foreign languages in school. |
Will it matter if you don’t have your breakfast? There were a test in the US. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, took the test. During the test, these people got all kinds of breakfasts and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well they worked after they ate different kinds of breakfasts.
The result shows that if a person eats a right breakfast , he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class.
The result is different from what some people think. It shows having no breakfast will not help them lose weight.(减肥) This is because they become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. In fact, they will gain weight.（增重） But they will lose more weight if they reduce other meals. During the test, people got
| A．no breakfast at all |
| B．different breakfasts or sometimes none |
| C．very good breakfasts |
| D．little food for breakfast |
The result shows that
| A．breakfast has great effect on people’s work and studies |
| B．breakfast has no effect on people’s work |
| C．a person will work better if he only has fruit and milk |
| D．students should have little for breakfast |
From the passage, some people think if they don’t have breakfast, they will
| A．be healthier | B．work better | C．lose weight | D．gain weight |
The word reduce means
| A．增加 | B．减少 | C．放弃 | D．享用 |
Which of the following is not right?
| A．It’s bad for your health to have no breakfast |
| B．Too little for breakfast and too much for lunch may make you fatter |
| C．If you eat much for lunch and supper, you may gain weight |
| D．The more breakfast you have, the more quickly you will learn in class |
A young mother thought that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughter her tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her a piece of bread and butter, but the child said that she did not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well.
Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, “When I was a small girl like you. I was always given either bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.”
Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and said to her kindly, “Aren’t you pleased to live a happy life this now?”Lucy’s mother thought it was wrong to waste food because .
| A．the food was delicious |
| B．it was hard to get food |
| C．there were so many hungry people in the world |
| D．the food was little to eat |
Lucy wanted to eat .
| A．tea and bread | B．the bread with butter |
| C．the bread with jam | D．the bread with butter and jam |
When she was young, Lucy’s mother could only eat .
| A．both bread with butter and bread with jam |
| B．either bread and butter or bread and jam |
| C．bread and butter |
| D．bread and jam |
Lucy felt about this at her mother’s words.
| A．very sad | B．sorry | C．pity | D．worried |
Lucy thought her mother should feel happy because .
| A．she had come to live today’s happy life |
| B．they needn’t eat bread with butter and jam |
| C．they could eat bread and butter |
| D．they couldn’t eat bread with butter and jam |
根据短文内容， 判断正（T）误（F）。
Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbor moved out. A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.
But at three o’clock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young man’s dog. So she telephoned the young man and said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three o’clock the next morning. Then a voice said, “You telephoned me twenty four hours ago. Now I’ve rung you up to say that I haven’t a dog.Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbor moved out.
Miss Grey’s new neighbor was as noisy as the old one.
Some noise woke her up in the early morning.
She thought the new neighbor had brought a dog with him.
The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning, because he wanted to punish（惩罚）her.
根据短文内容， 判断正（T）误（F）。
Robots seems very new to most people. But they have a long history. The first one was made by a Greek inventor, you may see robots are used in factories. They are used to do many dangerous, difficult or boring jobs.
Some people can’t look after themselves and robots are used to help them. For example, some people can’t see, many of these people use a dog to help them. In the future, robot dogs might take the place of these guide dogs.
Robots are also used in American hospital. At one hospital, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to sick people’s rooms. It never loses its way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system.
In the future, robots will work in space. But robots will never take the place of human being. They can, however, help us in a lot of different ways.Robots have a long history.
The first robot was invented by a Greek.
Robots can only be seen in films.
Robots can help some people look after themselves.
Today’s robots have a few different uses.
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