Children a11 over the world like to celebrate their birthdays．American children are the same．They usually celebrate with a party．They ask their friends to their parties They don’t have the party on the right date of their birthday if it comes on a school day．They may hold it at the weekend then．
Today many children like two kinds of parties．One is at home．Parents make the house beautiful with balloons and coloured paper．They make a birthday dinner．The children play games．The other kind is away from home Some are at a restaurant．The children eat pizza and ice cream The waiters also sing and say happy birthday to the children．Other parties are at a park or at a cinema．or in some other places．
There is a cake with candles at every birthday party．There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy’s or girl’s age．When the candles are lighted，everyone sings the birthday song：
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU．
Birthday parties change．Many people don’t have them when they are not young．They say they would like to forget how old they are．But they do like to keep the happy birthday parties of their childhood in mind．If Tom’s birthday is on October 29th，Wednesday, he may have the party on .
| A．October 29th | B．October 28th |
| C．November 1st | D．November 3rd |
On Tom’s birthday ,who usually makes a big dinner for the children at home?
| A．Tom． | B．His friends |
| C．His teachers． | D．His parents |
The Chinese for“waiters”may be ．
| A．服务员 | B．老板 | C．等候的人 | D．亲戚 |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．Birthday Parties in China |
| B．Birthday Parties in the World |
| C．Birthday Patties in America |
| D．Birthday Presents for Children |
The Mayan Indians lived in Mexico for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. The Maya were an intelligent, culturally rich people whose achievements were many. They had farms, beautiful palaces, and cities with many buildings. The Mayan people knew a lot about nature and the world around them. This knowledge helped them to live a better life than most people of that time, because they could use it to make their lives more comfortable and rewarding. Knowledge about tools and farming, for instance, made their work easier and more productive.
In ancient Mexico there were many small clearings in the forest. In each clearing was a village with fields of corn, beans, and other crops around it. To clear the land for farms, the Maya cut down trees with stone axes. They planted seeds by digging holes in the ground with pointed sticks. A farmer was able to grow crops that produced food for several people. But not every Maya had to be a farmer. Some were cloth makers, builders, or priests. The Maya believed in many gods, including rain gods, sun gods, and corn gods. The people built large temples to honor the Mayan gods. Skillful workers built cities around these temples. It was difficult for them to construct these cities, because they had no horses to carry the heavy stone they used to build with. Workers had to carry all of the building materials themselves. Today, many of these ancient Mayan cities and temples are still standing.21·世纪*教Although the cities that the Maya built were beautiful, and the people worked hard to build them, very few of the people lived in them. Usually, only the priests lived in the cities.
The other people lived in small villages in the forests. Their houses were much simpler than the elaborate structures in the cities. They lived in small huts with no windows. The walls were made of poles covered with dried mud, and the roof was made of grass or leaves. Most Maya lived a simple life close to nature.
Measuring time was important to the Maya, so they developed a system for measuring it accurately. Farmers needed to know when to plant and harvest their crops. Mayan priests made a system to keep track of time. They wrote numbers as dots (...) and bars (---). A dot was one and a bar was five.
The Mayan priests(牧师) studied the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets. They made a calendar from what they learned. The year was divided into 18 months of 20 days each with five days left over. The Mayan calendar was far more accurate than the European calendars of the time.
Around the year 800, the Maya left their villages and beautiful cities, never to return. No one knows why this happened. They may have died from an infectious disease. They may have left because the soil could no longer grow crops. Archaeologists（考古学家）are still trying to find the lost secrets of the Maya. They are still one of our greatest mysteries.According to the passage, what made the Mayan people’s life easier?
| A．Their knowledge about nature and the world. |
| B．The arrival of the Spanish. |
| C．The location of their villages and cities. |
| D．The gods they believed in. |
Which of the following is not true about the Maya?
| A．Religion was an important part of the Mayan culture. |
| B．The Maya led a simple and natural life. |
| C．Most Mayans lived in the cities they built. |
| D．Tools made the Mayan’s farming easier and more productive. |
What numbers do“ .. ”and “ – – – ” represent respectively?
| A．2；3 | B．10；3 | C．2； 15 | D．10；15 |
The elaborate（精心制作的） structures in the cities ________________.
| A．were complex and consisted of many parts |
| B．didn’t have much decoration |
| C．were small but very cozy（舒适的） |
| D．were made of modern materials |
What is the main idea of this passage?
| A．The Mayan calendar was more accurate than the European calendar. |
| B．The Maya were an intelligent, culturally rich people with many achievements. |
| C．The mysteries of the Maya. |
| D．How did the Mayan develop their agriculture? |
There are two types of people in the world. Although they have an equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy, while the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons and events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are happy fix their attention on the convenience of things. They enjoy all cheerful things. Those who are unhappy think and speak only of unpleasant things. Through their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind is found in nature, such unhappy people should be pitied. The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation（模仿）. It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it can be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects.
Although this attitude is mainly an act of the imagination, it has serious results since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. If such people aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone speak a word in favor of their hopes. If they are criticized, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join in criticizing their wrong doings. So they should change this bad habit and stop worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them. Otherwise, they will have a disagreeable time, especially when someone becomes mixed up in their quarrels.How does the writer tell the happy from the unhappy? 21om
| A．According to their degree of health. |
| B．According to their wealth. |
| C．According to their attitudes to the same thing. |
| D．According to their habits. |
The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” in paragraph2 probably means “________”.
| A．have a good attitude towards social life |
| B．make others unhappy |
| C．tend to blame others openly |
| D．enjoy the pleasure of life |
We can conclude from the passage that ________.
| A．we should pity all unhappy people |
| B．unhappy people are dangerous to social life |
| C．people can get rid of the habit of unhappinesswww-2-1-cnjy-com |
| D．unhappy people can not understand happy people |
If such unhappy people insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should ________.
| A．not have any communication with them |
| B．show no respect for them |
| C．persuade them to recognize the bad effects of their habits |
| D．quarrel with them until they realize their mistakes |
In this passage, the writer mainly ________.
| A．describes two types of people |
| B．laughs at unhappy people |
| C．offers advice for unhappy people |
| D．tells people how to be happy in life |
Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these “How to” books are available; in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with the words "How to". One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away. Many “How to” books give advice on careers (职业). They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed at it. If you fail, however, you can buy a book called "How to Turn Failure into Success". If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book "How to Make a Million". If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called "How to Live on Nothing?"
One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read "How to Succeed at Love Every Minute of Your Life?". If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer a book called "How to Make Yourself miserable?".
Many of these books help people use their time better. Some people want books which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies, and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step by step instruction on how to repair things like plumbing (卫生管道工程) and electrical wiring, or on how to redecorate (重新装饰) or enlarge a house.
Why have "How to" books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. "How to" books help people deal with modem life.“How to” books are welcomed in the United States today because___________.
| A．these books are cheap |
| B．Americans love the writers of these books |
| C．the readers can get them without paying anything |
| D．these books can help the Americans deal with their problems in modern life |
These “How to” books are written to__________.
| A．tell people to love their life |
| B．earn money |
| C．give people some good advice on how to |
| D．say something about America |
Before someone wants to find a good job, he .
| A．buy a book on "How to Make a Million? |
| B．read a book on how to choose a career |
| C．beg bosses or managers for it |
| D．use his free time to look for it |
If people will not succeed in what he is doing, a book called___________ can give help.
| A．“How to” Turn Failure into Success |
| B．“How to” Make a Million |
| C．“How to” Succeed at Love Every Minute of Your Life |
| D．“How to” Make Yourself Miserable |
Which headline of the following is the best for this passage?
| A．“ How to”Books in America. |
| B．“How to” Books Are Ordinary in America. |
| C．Thousands of “How to” Books. |
| D．Books with Title That Begin with the Words “How to”. |
“If you consider getting older with needing less sleep, it’s not true!” says Robert Oexman, D．C．, director of the Sleep to Live Institute．Besides disease, medicine and pain, if parents complain of bad sleep, Dr．Oexman looks at their nighttime habits, where the problem almost always exists．So, how are you destroying your sleep?
Watch TV until you fall asleep
It has nothing to do with what you watch．It’s you who face TV’s bright light．That’s the reason．So even if you nod off in front of the TV, for example, you probably won’t stay asleep for long．
So an hour before bedtime, treat yourself like a baby: a warm bath．But no reading or writing on your computer before bed or in the middle of the night．
Exercise too close to bedtime
Remember how poorly you sleep when you have a fever, never really feeling rested? Well, heavy exercise too close to bedtime has the same effect--it raises your body temperature, so when you lay your sleepy head on the pillow, your body temperature is normal．
Eat fatty, heavy foods too close to bedtime
If you’ve ever tried to go to sleep after eating a fatty meal, you’ve probably found the discomfort of stomach acids（胃酸）less than good for falling asleep or staying asleep．
So try to eat your last meal of the day at least 2-3 hours before bedtime．Should you feel hungry before bed? So have a bowl of cereal or a small boiled potato．Or maybe have a serving of jasmine rice．
| Title: Help with sleep __ |
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| Bad __ |
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Solutions |
| ___ |
It’s ___ |
Take a warm ___ Don’t read or write before bed or at ___ |
| Exercising too close to bedtime |
It takes you several hours to sleep __ |
Don’t do exercise at least three hours before bedtime． |
| Eating fatty, heavy foods too close to bedtime． |
You feel ___ |
Eat your last meal at least 2-3 hours before bedtime． Have something if you feel _ |
Life comes in a package．This package includes happiness and sadness, failure and success, hope and despair．Life is a learning process．Experiences in life teach us new lessons and make us a better person．With each passing day we learn to deal with various situations．
Love plays a main role in our life．Love makes you feel wanted．Without love a person could become cruel．In the early stage of our life, our parents are the ones who show us with love and care．They teach us about what is right and wrong, good and bad．But we don’t always care about it．It is only after marriage and having kids that a person understands others’ feelings．
Happiness can bring people a peaceful mind．No mind is happy without peace．Sadness is the cause of the death of a loved one or the failure．But all of these things will pass away．
Failure is the path to success．It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to survive and shows us a specific way．Success brings in money, pride and self-respect．
Hope is what keeps life going．Parents always hope their children will do well．Hope makes us dream．Hope builds in patience．Life teaches us not to despair even in the darkest hour, because after every night there is a day．
Life teaches us not to regret over yesterday, for it has passed and is out of our control．Tomorrow is unknown, for it could either be bright or dark．So the only choice is to work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow．We usually have to accept _______ if we want to be successful．
| A．love | B．failure | C．sadness | D．hope |
In which section can readers probably read the passage?
| A．Business． | B．Travel． |
| C．Lifestyles． | D．Education． |
What does the word “despair” mean in Chinese?
| A．颓废 | B．遗憾 | C．悲伤 | D．绝望 |
What’s the meaning of the last sentence of the whole passage?
| A．When choosing between “today” and “tomorrow”, you’d better enjoy tomorrow． |
| B．If you work hard today, you’ll have a better life in the future． |
| C．What you can only choose is to work hard today rather than tomorrow． |
| D．The only choice you make is that you should enjoy a better tomorrow． |
What’s the purpose of the passage?
| A．To encourage people to love each other． |
| B．To tell people how to deal with happiness and sadness． |
| C．To give readers some information about life． |
| D．To remind people to keep having a beautiful dream． |
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