The car was invented (发明) over a century (世纪)ago. You may know all kinds of cars’ names, but many people don’t know who was the inventor of the first car. The first car was invented not by a German, but by an American.
His name was Henry Ford. Henry was born in a poor family. He was the eldest （最年长的） of six children. When he was a boy, he became interested in mending watches and machines. When he was twelve years old, his mother died. Soon he had to work in a machine shop for two dollars and fifty cents a week. In the evenings he repaired watches for another dollar a week. The hard life made him strong and able.
At that time there was another interest in the life of the young Ford. He dreamed(梦想) to make a machine. It could run without a horse, so named “horseless carriage.” He over-came(克服) a lot of difficulties and in April 1893, the “horseless carriage” was finally finished. It was the first car.
Later Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company(福特汽车公司). He was really the first inventor of the car in the world.Who really invented the car first? _____.
| A．A German | B．An American |
| C．Frenchman | D．Japanese |
From this story we can know the car was invented_____.
| A．more than 100 years ago | B．less than 100 years ago |
| C．just 100 years ago | D．50 years ago |
Henry Ford must have_____.
| A．five younger brothers |
| B．six brothers and sisters |
| C．five younger brothers or sisters |
| D．six brothers |
How many dollars did young Ford earn(挣) every week?
| A．2.5 dollars | B．3.5 dollars |
| C．3 dollars | D．4 dollars |
Which is not true? _____.
| A．He repaired watches in the evenings for fun |
| B．He enjoyed repairing watches and machines when he was very young. |
| C．He met with a lot of difficulties in the invention. |
| D．The first car was invented in 1893. |
Bob was a gardener and he had no work for a few months. One day he went out to look for a job. While he was walking in the street, he saw a poster at the gate of a big restaurant. It said the restaurant needed to hire（雇佣） a man who could grow flowers and trees well. Bob was so pleased that he went straight to answer it. There Bob was told to go back and get his old working clothes to the office. Bob did so.
The boss looked over his working clothes carefully and then decided to let Bob have the job. Bob asked the boss why his working clothes were so important. The boss answered with a smile, "Oh, young man, your working clothes are all with patches(补丁) on the knees. You know, I have dismissed（解雇） two men these days. They had working clothes with patches on the buttocks(臀部). They were too lazy."When the boss saw Bob, he ________.
| A．gave him the job at once | B．liked Bob at once |
| C．asked Bob to go home to get his working clothes | D．liked Bob's clothes |
Bob's new job was________.
| A．to wash dishes | B．to clean the restaurant |
| C．to cook dishes | D．to grow flowers and trees |
We may learn that the boss was ________.
| A．very clever | B．foolish | C．very kind | D．hardworking |
Hong Kong has about forty public beaches. Some of the beaches are among the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. But to go to some beaches you must take a boat. There are toilets, dressing rooms and places to buy food and drinks on most of the beaches.
You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions(说明):
1. Never swim alone.
2. Never swim after a meal or when you feel hungry or tired.
3. Don’t stay in the water too long.
4. Never go out in a boat if you can’t swim.
Remember: A red flag means that it is dangerous for anyone to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.There are _________public beaches in Hong Kong.
| A．forty | B．a little more or less than forty |
| C．less than forty | D．more than forty |
We can reach __________by bus.
| A．all the public beaches | B．no public beach |
| C．only a few public beaches | D．most of the public beaches |
When you see a blue flag, you know that _________there.
| A．women should not swim | B．children should not swim |
| C．nobody can swim | D．men should not swim |
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的用（A），错误的用（B）
The food my British friends eat in Britain is very different from our Chinese food. For example, they eat a lot of potatoes. They like to eat them every day. They eat bread for breakfast and usually for every other meal. They eat their bread with butter, cheese, or jam, things we don’t eat much in China. Cheese and butter are made from milk. They drink a lot of milk, too. They drink the milk cold or hot, and they put it in their tea. They put sugar in their tea as well. They are the world’s biggest tea drinkers. They like Chinese tea, but they drink mostly strong black tea from India and Sri Lanka(斯里兰卡). They don’t eat much rice. For their main meal they like meat or fish with potatoes and one of two vegetables. They serve(供应) all these together. Later they always have something sweet. They call this dessert. They don’t have Jiaozi in Britain.The Chinese food is the same as the British one.
The British like to eat potatoes very much.
Chinese like to eat cheese.
They drink tea with milk in Britain.
They eat meat or fish every day in Britain.
Jack was ten years old and he was a very lazy boy. He didn’t like doing any work. He had to go to school, of course, but he didn’t study hard there and tried to do little work. His father and mother were both doctors and they hoped that their son would become one too when he grew up. But one day Jack said to his mother, “When I finish school, I want to be a dustman(垃圾工).”
“A dustman?” his mother asked. She was very surprised. “That’s not a good job. Why do you want to become a dustman?”
“Because I would only have to work one day a week,” Jack answered at once.
“Only one day a week?” his mother said. “What do you mean? And how do you know?”
“Well,” Jack answered, “I know that the dustman came to work on Thursday every week, because I only see them on that day.”How was Jack doing at school?
| A．He liked his school. | B．He worked hard at school. |
| C．He didn’t study hard at school. | D．He tried to do much work at school. |
Jack’s parents wanted their son to be a .
| A．doctor | B．dustman | C．teacher | D．worker |
Jack hoped to be a dustman because he thought .
| A．that job was very important |
| B．the dustman worked only on Thursday |
| C．he could make more money |
| D．that was a dirty job |
Jack’s mother felt surprised at his hope of being a dustman, because .
| A．their son was too young to be a dustman |
| B．a dustman worked only one day a week |
| C．it was hard to get such a job |
| D．that was not a good job |
What do you think of Jack?
| A．He was not very clever. |
| B．He was very lazy. |
| C．He liked the dustman’s work. |
| D．He didn’t want to be a doctor. |
Mr. Jenkins is a farmer. One day he drove his truck to town and on the way his truck knocked down a boy and hurt him. He took the boy to a hospital and he paid a lot of money for that, but the boy’s parents wanted to get more money from him, so they said their son couldn’t lift（举起） his right arm above his head.
Mr. Jenkins’ lawyer came and asked the boy some questions. “Now, my boy,” he said, “Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocked you down in the street.”“Yes, sir,” he said. “And you can’t lift your right arm now?”“Yes, sir,” he said. “Could you show me how high you can lift your right arm?” Slowly the boy lifted his right arm before his nose. “Poor boy,” said the lawyer, “And how high could you lift before the accident?”“Oh, I could lift it very high.” Said the boy, and the right hand went up high above his head.Mr. Jenkins’ truck knocked down ________.
A. a lawyer B. a boy’s father C. a boyThe boy’s parents wanted to get ________ from him.
A. more trucks B. more money C. more monkeysMr. Jenkins’ lawyer asked the boy to ______.
A. ask some questions B. answer some questions C. lift his left armThe boy said he couldn’t lift his _________ now.
A. right arm B. left arm C. right footThere is _______ wrong with the boy.
A. something B. anything C. nothing
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