Over the years I’ve been teaching kids about a simple but powerful spirit—the ant philosophy (哲学). I think we should study ants.
Ants have an amazing four-part philosophy, and here is the first part：they never give up. That’s a good philosophy. If they’re headed somewhere and you try to stop them, they’ll look for another way. They’ll climb over, and they’ll climb around. They keep looking for another way. What a neat philosophy to never quit looking for a way to get where they’d like to go.
Second, ants think winter all summer. That’s an important view. You can’t be so naive (无知的) as to think summer will last forever. So ants are gathering their winter food in summer. An ancient story says, “Don’t build your house on the sand in summer.” There is some reason in what it says. It is important to think ahead. In summer, you’ve to think about the storm. You’ve got to think about rocks when you enjoy the sand and sun.
The third part of the ant philosophy is that ants think summer all winter. That is so important. During the winter, ants remind themselves, “This won’t last long；we’ll soon be out of here.” And on the first warm day, the ants are out. If it turns cold again, they’ll go back, but then they come out again if it is warm. They can’t wait to get out.
And here is the last part of the ant philosophy. How much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that he possibly can. What an incredible (难以置信的) philosophy, the “all-that-you-possibly-can” philosophy.
What a great philosophy to have the ant philosophy! Never give up, look ahead, stay active and do all you can.
If ants have trouble reaching somewhere, they will_________.
| A．give up their effort at last | B．look for others’ help |
| C．wait for a chance to come | D．get there in another way |
Which of the following phrases in the passage has the closest meaning to the underlined word “quit” in Paragraph 2?
| A．go on | B．get out |
| C．give up | D．think about |
In Paragraph 3, people are advised（建议） __________.
| A．to build their houses in winter |
| B．to gather some food in winter |
| C．to build the house on the sand in summer |
| D．to think about the danger while in safety |
The third part of the ant philosophy is ___________.
| A．more important than the other three |
| B．to believe in yourself and think about no difficulty |
| C． to be active and full of hope for future |
| D．that we should know winter is longer than summer |
Which of the following shows the “all-that-you-possibly can” philosophy?
| A．We should try our best to do what we can. |
| B．One should think of what will happen in the future. |
| C．One should get more pay for what he has done. |
| D．We should spend more time doing our work. |
根据以下两位好朋友在网上的聊天记录，选择最佳选项。
Mary 09:45:10
Hi, Jim. Nice to meet you!
I’m a girl. My name is Mary Green. My favorite color is red. My telephone number is 873-3516.
Jim 09:46:05
Hi, Mary. Nice to meet you, too!
I’m a boy. My name’s Jim Hand. My favorite color is blue. And my telephone number is 894-2015.Mary likes ________.
| A．Red | B．Green | C．Blue | D．Black |
The boy’s first name is _______.
| A．Jim | B．Mary | C．Black | D．Green |
Jim’s telephone number is _______.
| A．837-2015 | B．873-3516 | C．894-3516 | D．894-2015 |
The two kids (小孩) are on line (在网上) ________.
| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon |
| C．in the evening | D．at night |
根据表格内容选择正确答案。
| Name |
Telephone number |
Car number |
ID card number |
| Jim Green |
523-4564 |
AK1688 |
41012919690101 |
| Jack Smith |
13657047321 |
YNA222 |
12103419771202 |
| Linda White |
13550295437 |
WTS168 |
34110019870904 |
| Zhang Liangyin |
028-82740403 |
川A·DE456 |
51012419811213 |
| Han Huahua |
010-57432128 |
京B·AB388 |
01010019890807 |
| Bob Smith |
238-4508 |
EL5656 |
01731219771209 |
There are（这里有）________people（人）.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
Smith is________family name.
| A．Jack’s | B．Bob and Jack’s | C．Bob’s | D．Jim’s |
YNA222 is a ________number.
| A．telephone | B．car | C．ID card | D．room |
34110019870904 is ________ID card number.
| A．Linda’s | B．Huahua’s | C．Liangyin’s | D．Bob’s |
Going to the zoo is very popular. Every year over 134 million visitors go to zoos to enjoy watching and learning about the animals. Zoos are the only places that most people will ever meet an elephant, a tiger or other animals that are in danger. ______. They help us to enjoy different kinds of animals as well as make us think more about nature(自然).
Zoos are also important to animals. In order to make more space(空间), food, and other things for ourselves, we leave less and less room for animals. _____. If there were no zoos, more animals in the world would have gone extinct(濒临灭绝). ____
__. Some people think that animals should not be kept by people for any reason(原因). If they become extinct, then that’s the way it should be. ___
_. We should do everything we can to protect them(保护它们).
What’s the best title of this passage?
| A．The importance of the zoos. |
| B．Why do we keep animals? |
| C．Zoos or not? |
| D．How to protect animals. |
Father’s Day has a very short history. It started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses(商人) found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their fathers, a present from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though（虽然） some have a Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do --- buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present --- not for her father but for her husband, even if（即使） he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.
阅读短文，判断正误，正确的用“T”，错误的用“F”：Father’s Day started just because businesses wanted to get a lot of money.
The word “special” in the second paragraph means “not usual”.
In America, people have a Father’s Day to show their love for their fathers.
On Father’s Day, businesses always want people to buy as many as presents.
It can be learned from the passage that Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day.
Like schools in China, American schools begin in September after a long summer vacation. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June. Usually American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
But unlike middle school students in China, high school students in America take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and have homework for every class. After class they do all kinds of interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college. They may go to a small or a large one. They usually have to pay a lot for their higher education. So lots of students work after school to make money for their studies.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案： In America, summer vacation lasts ____.
| A．one month | B．two months |
| C．three months | D．more than three months |
Students only stay at school for about ____ years before they go to college.
| A．five | B．six | C．twelve | D．fourteen |
The underline word “vacation” means _________ in Chinese.
| A．休闲 | B．假期 | C．时光 | D．生活 |
Many American students work after class, because they _____.
| A．want to see interesting things |
| B．have to help the other people |
| C．want to make more friends |
| D．have to get money for their studies |
The article is mainly about ___________.
| A．the differences between schools in China and in America. |
| B．schools in China. |
| C．schools in America. |
| D．American students’ school life. |
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