Mr. Black’s office was only 5 kilometers away from his house, so he could go home to have lunch every day. But when he got home at noon, he had to drive another place to park his car, then walked back home. Because he found many cars outside his house and there was no room for his own car. This made him very angry.
One day, he put up a board in the garden facing the road
| NO PARKING |
But nobody noticed it. People seemed to obey only a police notice with white letters on a blue board
| POLICE NOTICE NO PARKING |
Mrs. Black asked his husband to steal a police notice but he was afraid to do so. Then she asked him to make one just like a police notice. Mr. Black said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word “police”. Several days later, Mr. Black made a blue board with white letters
| POLITE NOTICE NO PARKING |
“Oh!” Mrs. Black said, “ You told me you weren’t going to use the word ‘police’, but why do you use it now?”
“Really?” he asked with a smile. “Look again!”
“Oh, Dear!” she started to laugh, “ You are really clever!”How far is it from Mr. Black's house to his office?
| A．5 miles | B．5 hours' drive |
| C．5,000 meters | D．Less than 5 kilometers |
Mr. White was angry because ______.
| A．he lost the way when he drove back home one day |
| B．his car was broken on his way home one day |
| C．he had to walk home from his office. |
| D．he found no room to park his car outside his house |
How many notice boards did Mr. Black make according to the passage?
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．None |
In the end, Mr. Black made a notice board and it _____
| A．said "POLICE NOTICE, NO PARKING" |
| B．said "NO PARKING" |
| C．said "POLITE NOTICE, NO PARKING" |
| D．was different in color from a police notice. |
What would most probably happen after he put up the blue board?
| A．Fewer people would park their cars outside his house because of the blue board. |
| B．More people would have to park their cars outside his house because of the blue board. |
| C．He would be punished because he stole the blue board. |
| D．He couldn't park his car outside his house any more because there was no room for his car. |
During the day we work and play, and at night we sleep. Our body rests while we sleep .In the morning we are ready to work and play again. Our body grows most while we are asleep. Children who are tired usually need sleep. We can get better at our lessons after we have had plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night.Our body needs plenty of air when we sleep. If we do not get enough fresh air, we will feel tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover our head.Our lungs need to get enough fresh air. If we open our windows at night, we can have plenty of fresh air.Cool air is better than warm air.Boys and girls who want to be strong must get enough and plenty of sleep.Our body grows most while we are.
| A．eating | B．playing | C．sleeping | D．exercising |
Too little sleep makes us
| A．tired | B．hungry | C．happy | D．grow |
.What may cause us to feel tired in the morning?
| A．Too much air | B．Not enough fresh air |
| C．Too much cold air | D．Too much sleep |
How many hours of sleep should nine-year-old children have ?
| A．Eight hours | B．Nine hours | C．Ten hours | D．Eleven hours |
What does the lung need most ?
| A．Fresh air | B．Covering | C．Warm air | D．Exercise |
In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking.It is the groundwork(基础)of reading and writing.You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening.Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your English.While you are doing this, a good way is to write---keep a diary, write notes or letters, and then if you can, ask someone else to go through(检查)what you have written and tell you what is wrong.Many mistakes in your speaking will be easily found when you write.Through correcting the mistakes, you can do better in learning English.
If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry.One of the helpful ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself.The important thing is to choose something interesting to read.It mustn’t be too difficult for you.When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words if you can guess their meanings, or they have nothing important to do with the sentence.You can look them up later.For the beginners, listening and speaking is ______.
| A．more important than reading and writing | B．not so important as reading and writing |
| C．as important as reading and writing | D．not so useful in learning English |
When you are speaking, _______.
| A．you shouldn’t make any mistakes | B．you must speak slowly |
| C．it doesn’t matter if you make any mistakes | D．you had better take a dictionary with you |
One of the good ways to find your mistakes in your speaking is to______.
| A．speak as much as possible | B．write notes or letters |
| C．ask some Americans to speak with you | D．read more English books |
If you want to be fast in speaking, you should choose something_____.
| A．difficult to read aloud | B．easy to read to yourself |
| C．interesting to read to yourself | D．important to read aloud |
In reading, if you meet a new word which has something important to do with the sentence, you’d better_______.
| A．stop to look it up | B．not look it up and just go on reading |
| C．stop reading at once | D．not stop to look it up |
It’s the end of class.When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their telephones.They want to log on to their micro blogs (登录到他们的微博) to check the interesting things.They want to see what have happened in the last hour.
Since several years ago, more and more people have used micro blogs in our country.Recent surveys (调查) shows that most students in middle schools have a micro blog and some even update (更新) their blogs over five times per day.
“We learn many fresh and interesting things on micro blogs and they have become popular topics in class,” said Kitty Jiang, 14.“If you do not know about them, you are out of loop.” It is also a great place for students to say something about themselves.“My parents always ask me to study hard, and encourage me before exams, but it really gives me pressure (压力),” said Alan Wang, 15.“I share these feelings on my micro blog.My friends always give me answers in the same situation.This makes me feel better.”
But parents worry that micro blogging could be a waste of time.Some unhealthy information may even bring danger to kids, they said.
Mr Shen, a professor (教授) asks parents not to worry too much as long as kids are not crazy about micro blogging.Maybe it can become a window for parents to understand their children.“If parents can read their children’s micro blogs, they’ll know what they think, they can know more about their children and help them solve their problems,” he said.He also gives some advice for kids.
-Don’t micro blog for more than one hour a day.
-Never micro blog in class.
-Try to talk face to face with people from time to time.
-Don’t believe all the information on a micro blog.According to the passage, what do students log on to their micro blogs to do?
| A．check the things | B．write articles |
| C．listen to music | D．call their parents |
What’s the meaning of the underlined part “out of loop” in the passage?
| A．not excited | B．unhealthy | C．unlucky | D．not popular |
From Mr Shen’s words, what do micro blogging do?
| A．It makes kids crazy while logging on to it. |
| B．It will bring a lot of unhealthy information. |
| C．It becomes a window to understand young kids. |
| D．It will not solve problems for kids |
Which of the following sentence is true according to the passage?
| A．It’s good for kids to micro blog for more than one hour a day. |
| B．Kids should believe all the messages on a micro blog because they are useful. |
| C．Many young people have written something on micro blogs since two years ago. |
| D．Kids should try to talk face to face with people, not just micro blogging. |
Dear sir,
I read your story (of the 4th February) about the cost of living in the country rather than in the town, and I agree with most of your opinions.My husband and I lived in the middle of Horlton until two years ago a seaside (海边) town of nearly five hundred thousand people.When my husband stopped working, we moved to our present house in a small village at the foot of Roland Hill, and there is no doubt (疑问) that our costs are higher now.
I have to do my shopping in small shops, where the food is more expensive than in city supermarkets; it costs more to travel by bus; and because the men who come to mend the television or the washing-machine, have to come further, we have to pay them more.
But it does not cost us much to enjoy what is beautiful in the country; and peace and quiet are cheap.It takes many people a lot of time and money to drive into the country to enjoy the simple things of life; yet we can enjoy them just by going out of the front door.It costs more to live here than it did in Horlton, but now life really is worth (值得) living.
Yours faithfully,
Edith Randall (Mrs)Horlton was __________.
| A．a very big city |
| B．a small village beside the sea |
| C．a town of nearly 500,000 people |
| D．a small village at the foot of Roland Hill |
It costs more to live in the country because __________.
| A．the men who mend the television have to come by bus |
| B．food costs more in small shops |
| C．the television goes wrong more often in the country |
| D．Mrs Randall has to travel by bus to the city supermarket |
Although it costs less to live in a town, __________.
| A．life is more worth living in the country |
| B．we can’t enjoy the beautiful view |
| C．it costs more to live in Horlton |
| D．life is worth living only when you live in a small village |
Is it important to have breakfast every day? A short time ago, a test was given in the United States.People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test.During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all.Scientists wanted to see how well their bodies worked after eating different kinds of breakfast.
The results show 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 or she will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class.Some people think it will help you lose weight if you have no breakfast.But the result is opposite to what they think.This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch.They will gain weight (增加体重) instead of losing it.What were the people given during the test?
| A．No breakfast at all. | B．Very rich breakfast. |
| C．Little food for breakfast. | D．Different foods or sometimes none. |
What do the results show?
| A．They show that breakfast has affected on work and studies. |
| B．The results show that breakfast has little to do with a person’s work. |
| C．The results show that a person will work better if he only has fruit and milk. |
| D．They show that girl students should have less for breakfast. |
According to the passage, what will happen to you if you don’t have any breakfast?
| A．To be healthier. | B．To work better. |
| C．To gain weight. | D．To fail the test. |
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