Empathy(同情心) lets us feel another person’s pain and drives us to help. Do any other animals feel empathy? Scientists recently found that rats(老鼠) do, too.
Most people don’t like rats. In many people’s eyes, rats are only bad. But Jean Decety and his partners at the University of Chicago did an experiment. It showed that rats are kind, warm-hearted animals. They can feel each other’s pain.
Scientists placed pairs of rats in plastic cages(笼子) for two weeks. During this time they got to know each other. Then they put one of the rats from each pair into a small container(容器) in the cages. The small container had a door. It was so designed as to fall to the side when the free rat touched it. Many of the trapped(困住的) rats squeaked(吱吱叫) to show their discomfort. The other rats of the pairs could see their suffering friends clearly.
In most pairs, the free rats would become very worried about their friends. They kept trying to save their friends again and again throughout the month. Scientists put the rats’ favorite chocolate in the cages, but the rats didn’t eat it until they had saved their friends successfully. Scientists also found that female rats seemed to act more empathetic than male rats.
“The results are the first to show that rats take action in response to another’s trouble,” Decety said. “Monkeys and chimpanzees have similar behavior. But unlike those animals, rats can be ready used in laboratory studies. They will help us to learn which parts of the brain lead to empathy and helping behavior and whether empathy is natural.”A person with empathy is often _____.
| A．kind-hearted | B．clever | C．active | D．strong |
What does the underline word mean in Chinese?
| A．休息的 | B．睡着的 | C．死亡的 | D．受苦的 |
Why didn’t the free rats eat the chocolate at first?
| A．Because they were full at that time. |
| B．Because chocolate was not their favorite food. |
| C．Because they wanted to save the trapped rats first. |
| D．Because they were afraid that the chocolate was bad. |
Which of the following animals were NOT mentioned in the passage?
| A．Monkeys. | B．Cats. | C．Rats. | D．Chimpanzees. |
What does the passage mainly tell us?
| A．Rats can feel other animals’ pain. |
| B．Chocolate is rats’ favorite food. |
| C．Female rats are more empathetic than male rats. |
| D．Rats are empathetic and can feel each other’s pain. |
If you like adventurous(冒险的) cartoons, then Koala Kid is the movie for you.
Koala Kid tells us a story of a white koala named Johnny. It lives in a community(社区) of the gray koalas. He is not confident(自信的) because of his color. But he thinks he has special talents. So the goes on a magic trip.
On his trip he meets Miranda, Hamish and Lokie. And they become friends. They fight with their wits(智慧) against Bog.
I think this movie tells us: whatever (无论什么) you look like, you can become a hero.
I give the movie five stars. It is a great movie for ages six and up. Because there are some scary parts in the movie, I wouldn’t recommend(推荐) it to kids under the age of six.
根据以上内容，选择最佳答案。The passage is a review(评论) of a .
| A．movie | B．book | C．magazine | D．joke |
Why is Johnny not confident?
| A．Because he is white. | B．Because he is gray. |
| C．Because he is shy. | D．Because he is small. |
How many friends does Johnny make on his trip?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．It’s an adventurous movie. | B．It’s mainly about a white mouse. |
| C．It has scary parts. | D．It’s a cartoon. |
Who can’t watch the movie?
| A．A 35-year-old man. | B．A 8-year-old girl. |
| C．A 90-year-old granny. | D．A 5-year-old boy. |
Who has the smelliest sneakers?
How can you get $2,500 easily? All you need is a pair of smelly sneakers(臭球鞋). This is the true story in America in the Rotten Sneaker Contest.
This year in March, there was the annual(每年一度) Rotten Sneaker Contest in America. This contest first came out in 1975. The person who had a sporting goods(商品) store first had the idea to promote a kind of new shoes.
This year the winner was a girl named Casey Adams. She walked her dog and cleaned out her chicken coop(鸡笼) with this pair of sneakers. So with her sneakers, there was the smell of dog and chicken poop(粪便).
Other children in this contest all wore their sneakers to join the contest. However, Casey’s sneakers were so smelly that she had to take them inside some bags by car. Finally, Casey got the prize money and a trip to New York to watch a show for free.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Which Rotten Sneaker Contest did Casey win?
| A．The 36th. | B．The 37th. | C．The 38th. | D．The 39 th. |
The underlined work“promote” means “ ”in Chinese.
| A．试验 | B．展览 | C．推销 | D．维修 |
How did Casey make her sneakers with the smell of chicken poop?
| A．She walked chickens. | B．She washed chickens. |
| C．She lived with chickens. | D．She cleaned out the chicken coop. |
How did Casey take her sneakers to the contest?
| A．Wore them there. | B．Sent them there. |
| C．Took them inside some bags. | D．Took them inside a shoe box. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．It’s a contest in the UK. |
| B．The winner of the contest can get $2,500. |
| C．A shoe maker first had the idea of this contest. |
| D．Casey went on a trip to London with the prize money. |
Hans Christian Andersen(安徒生)
Hans Christian Andersen is a great writer. He wrote many popular stories for children all over the world. April 2 is his birthday and it is also Children’s Book Day.
Andersen was born(出生) in 1805. When he was a little boy, his father read him a story every day. He felt very happy at that time. But his father died when he was 11 years old. Then he had to leave school. Andersen started working as an actor and singer. He loved reading books so much that he went back to school at 17. His first book came out in 1835. From then on, he wrote about one book a year for 37 years.
There will be a park about Andersen’s sales(传说) and life in Shanghai. If you like Andersen, you can go there to learn about his life and tales, and you can play games too.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Andersen liked stories because of .
| A．his jobs | B．his father | C．his school | D．his friends |
Andersen’s father died in .
| A．1805 | B．1816 | C．1822 | D．1835 |
Andersen was good at .
| A．singing | B．dancing | C．running | D．drawing |
The Chinese meaning(意思) of the underlined phrase“came out”is .
| A．启蒙 | B．翻译 | C．流传 | D．出版 |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Andersen was happy to be with his father. |
| B．Andersen wrote books for about 37 years. |
| C．Andersen went back to school because he lost his job. |
| D．Children can play games in the park in Shanghai. |
Jack is a high school student. He is seventeen years old. He is in Grade two now. he had a bad stomachache three days ago. He went to see the doctor. The doctor gave him a bottle of medicine. Here are the words on the bottle:
Stomachache medicine
You must shake（摇晃） the bottle before you take it.
You must take it three times a day.
You should take it after meals.
| Age Dose（剂量） |
| More than 16 three teaspoons （药勺）each time |
| 8---15 two teaspoons each time |
| 5---7 one teaspoon each time |
Notes: the children under 4 years old CANNOT take this medicine. Please put it in a dry and cold place. Take it before Oct.31, 2009.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
| A．before meals | B．after meals | C．before sleep | D．after sleep |
| A．1 teaspoon | B．4 teaspoons | C．9 teaspoons | D．2 teaspoons |
| A．eat no food | B．drink no milk |
| C．shake the bottle | D．drink some water |
| A．under 4 | B．more than 4 | C．more than 16 | D．between 8and 15 |
| A．has to take | B．has to sold | C．can take | D．can’t take |
In England people can go to see a doctor nearby when they are ill. When the doctor see them, they usually ask about their troubles and soon give them a prescription（处方） for some medicine.
Usually, when people feel ill, they go to see their doctors. But when they only have a cold, they don’t go to see their doctors. They usually go to the medicine shop to buy some medicine. Only when they are terribly ill, the doctor will go to their houses. In an emergency(紧急), people can call 999for an ambulance. The ambulance can take them to the hospital very soon. When they are in hospital, their friends or families can go to see them at a certain time, but they can’t stay long.
Usually people have to pay for the doctors’ prescriptions. And the price is the same for any kind of medicine. But when children, students, old people or people without jobs go to see their doctors, they don’t have to pay for their prescription.
| A．go to see the doctor nearby | B．go to the medicine shop |
| C．ask the doctor to their houses. | D．call 999 for an ambulance |
| A．go to see a doctor | B．buy some medicine themselves |
| C．ask to be in hospital | D．go to the hospital at a certain time |
| A．救援 | B．报警 | C．救护车 | D．担架 |
| A．get free medical care at home |
| B．get free prescriptions. |
| C．get free medicine in the hospital. |
| D．get free medicine in the medicine shop. |
| A．If people lost their jobs, they’ll get free prescriptions |
| B．In an emergency, people can call 999 for help. |
| C．people can see friends in the hospital at a certain time |
| D．All the medicine has the same price in England. |
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