Is the whale the world’s largest fish? No. It looks like a fish, but it is really a mammal. （哺乳动物）Then what’s the world’s largest fish? It’s the whale shark.
Although the whale shark is our biggest fish and lives in many oceans around the world, few people have ever heard of it. Scientists have not been studying whale sharks for very long. Much more needs to be learned about them.
A whale shark is sometimes called a “gentle giant”. It likes to be alone and doesn’t care a bit about divers or humans. The biggest whale shark weighed 24,250 pounds and was nearly 40 feet long. This makes it heavier and longer than a school bus.
Inside its huge mouth are great numbers of very small teeth. To count all of them, you’ll need to do some maths. The whale shark’s teeth are arranged in rows. There are between eleven and thirteen rows on each jaw (颚) and around three hundred teeth in each row.
However, the whale shark rarely uses its teeth. It does not chew or bite its food. Large amounts of water are pulled into its mouth and then pushed out through its gills (鳃).
For a few months every year, a group of whale sharks comes to Ningaloo Reef, off Western Australia. This gives scientists a wonderful chance to study the large fish. Whale sharks do live in other oceans of the world, but no one knows their population. It is possible that our biggest fish may need protecting. It is one of the reasons why scientists continue to learn all they can about these gentle giants.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案The underlined word “rarely” in the passage means “________”in Chinese.
A. 过多地 B.稀有地 C. 很少地Picture shows the head bone of the whale shark.
Which sentence can tell us that whale sharks are gentle?
A. They have large mouths.
B. They leave divers alone.
C. They live in many oceans.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Little is known about whale sharks because scientists have studied them for a long time
B. The fifth paragraph is mainly about how a whale shark eats.its food.
C. The writer helps us know what the whale shark’s mouth looks like by comparing sizes.The best title for the article should be ___________.
A. Gentle Giants
B. The Diary of a Sailor
C. The Largest Animal
It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life getting education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and math need not be taught in detail (详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.
People with little education usually_______.
| A．spend a long time in school |
| B．have a good chance to get a job |
| C．spend the best years to choose jobs |
| D．have fewer chances to get a good job |
The earliest education was probably to_______.
| A．make a man lead a better life |
| B．teach a man to write and think |
| C．make people get a way of living |
| D．teach people to read good books |
The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.
| A．现成的 | B．崭新的 | C．公平的 | D．全面的 |
It is expected that educated people will be able to________.
| A．accepted education as a way of living |
| B．take an interest in the world |
| C．develop their abilities to watch plays |
| D．learn subjects like language and math |
The passage mainly tells us that______ .
| A．education is mainly for improving a man |
| B．people can get education in a short time |
| C．people should be able to get better paying jobs |
| D．all subjects are so important for a way of living |
Maybe that sounds difficult, or is it expensive? No! It’s easier than you think and much cheaper than you ever dreamed before. Now let’s find how Tom, a 16-year-old boy, did it.
He just filled out this form as below (* Required information). Then his shop was opened, becoming a part of www. SAMarketplace.com.
| *City: Los Angeles |
*State: California |
| *Business: Sports shoes, fashion clothes |
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| *Contact Person: Tom |
Shopping Center: |
| *Street Address: Lemon Street |
Fax: |
| *Phone: 626-376-6757 |
Email: |
| *Postal Code: 61801 |
Homepage: |
| *Say something about the reasons that you open the shop. 1. More and more people enjoy shopping online. 2. It’s more convenient to make money—no need to get out of bed. |
Remember: Opening a shop on our web is free. All you have to do is providing us with some basic information, such as your name and address. It’s quite simple. Of course, there is another information you need to give, and no others are more important than these two: Decide what you want to sell and how much to charge for it. Then your own online store will be set up.What does the passage want to tell us?
| A．How to save money when shopping online. |
| B．How to buy things online. |
| C．How to open a shop online. |
| D．How to build a website. |
Which isn’t a must when you enter your information?
| A．Your name. | B．Your address. |
| C．Your phone number. | D．Your age. |
We can learn from the text that __________.
| A．buying things online hasn’t been accepted by people |
| B．people thought that setting up an online shop was difficult |
| C．Tom wants to sell his goods abroad. |
| D．buying things online is safer than ever before |
Tom is in __________.
| A．the UK | B．the US | C．China | D．France |
Which of the following information is more important?
| A．Your basic information. |
| B．The website you choose to open a shop in. |
| C．The things you want to sell and the price. |
| D．The reasons that you open a shop. |
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Although the world develops much faster and better, the resources on the earth get fewer and fewer.In order to protect them, something must be done.
Save water.Water is the source of life.No water, no life.So it's very important for us to do so.Not only should we protect drinking water and stop polluting it, but also make full use of it.
Save electricity.It is crucial (至关重要的).We can't imagine what the life will be like without it.Everyone should do his best to save electricity.Don't forget to turn off the lights or other electric machines when we finish working.
Save forests.They are useful.Please stop cutting them down and use recycled paper instead.Make our world a green one to live in.
Recycle useful rubbish.Plenty of rubbish can be recycled like cans, paper, bottles, and so on.We can save resources in this way.
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E. Go swimming with kids. |
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Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Mo, who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy and he experienced hunger（饥饿）. These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writings. |
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60-year-old Park Geun-hye(朴槿惠)was elected（选举）the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She becomes the country’s first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else,” she told the cheering People in central Seoul as she accepted her win. “I will keep my promises.” |
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Barack Obama ( born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichits, Kansas. |
When Mo Yan was young, his family might be .
| A．big | B．poor | C．rich | D．small |
When was Park Geun-hye born? ____________
| A．In 1952. | B．In 1955. |
| C．In 1961. | D．In 1987. |
Where was Barack Obama born? ________________
| A．In Kansas. | B．In Kenya. |
| C．In Columbia. | D．In Hawaii. |
Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?___________
| A．The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize. |
| B．Park Geun-hye will lead South Korea till the year 2018. |
| C．Obama fought against his challenger Mitt Romney in the election. |
| D．Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest. |
The three passages may be from .
| A．an email | B．a letter | C．news | D．an ad |
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