Nowadays, more and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun, healthy and good for environment. Maybe that’s why there are 1,400 million bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads all over the world today. Bikes can take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil (油)cost.
Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighborhood(附近地区)，you may find something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car. You can bike to work and enjoy exercise without polluting (污染)the environment. You don't even have to ride all the way.
Folding (折叠) bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. You can put a folding bike in a box. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle-friendly to travelers.
Health Benefits(益处) of Bicycling:
It helps to prevent heart diseases.
Bicycling helps to control your weight. A 15-minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year.
Bicycling can improve your mood (心情). Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident.
Bicycling is healthier than driving.
From the passage, we know that bicycling is becoming very __________.
| A．surprising | B．exciting |
| C．expensive | D．popular |
When you are riding your bicycle around your neighbourhood, you may ________.
| A．pollute the environment around |
| B．find something you didn’t notice before |
| C．go everywhere and use a little oil |
| D．get off your bike and begin to work |
Which one is the bigger number on roads all over the world today, bicycles or cars?
A. Cars. B. Bicycles.
C. A and B. D. I don’t know.
One of the benefits from bicycling is that __________.
| A．you can have a new bike |
| B．you will be friendly to others |
| C．you will be more relaxed |
| D．you may get fatter and fatter |
Which is TRUE according to the passage (根据短文)?
| A．Bicycling is enjoyable exercise for people. |
| B．Bikes can take you anywhere. |
| C．Riding a bike pollutes your neighborhood. |
| D．You will become fat if you ride every day. |
Post 1 is aimed at people who want to_______.
| A．make their moms happy | B．enjoy eating hamburgers |
| C．have cheap meals outside | D．eat chicken sea food |
The underlined word“REWARD”in Post 2 most probably means______.
| A．招聘 | B．海报 |
| C．悬赏 | D．求职 |
According to Post 3, a 12th-grade student takes_______.
| A．OCT Test | B．SST Test |
| C．ISS Exams | D．HSC Exams |
Oak Street Coaching School helps students to______.
| A．become the best in class | B．improve their grades |
| C．perform well at parties | D．face the teachers bravely |
Foolish(silly) Freddie lived in a small village. The people of the village laughed at him. They liked to show visitors how silly Freddie was. They thought this was a funny thing to do.
One day, a visitor came to the village.
"Watch this", a villager said, and called to Freddie. "Come and play a game, Freddie, " he shouted. Freddie walked slowly towards him, a silly smile on his face.
"Look! Freddie, "the villager said, "I’ve got something for you." He showed Freddie a dollar coin and a much larger 50-cent coin."Which would you like?" he asked Freddie.
Freddie took the 50-cent coin at once.
The villager laughed."See how foolish he is," he said."He always does that. He’s too silly to learn anything." He walked away, leaving Freddie with the visitor.
The visitor felt sorry for Freddie and said to him, "Although the 50-cent coin is bigger than the＄1 coin, the＄1 coin is worth(值) much more.Two times as much."
"I know that," Freddie said."But once I take the＄1coin, they’ll stop playing the game."根据第一段The people of the village laughed at him. They liked to show visitors how silly Freddie was.描述,可知选D
根据第一段They liked to show visitors how silly Freddie was. 描述,可知选A
根据最后一段The visitor felt sorry for Freddie and said to him, "Although the 50-cent coin is bigger than the＄1 coin, the＄1 coin is worth(值) much more.描述,可知他认为弗雷迪不知道这些硬币的价值.故选D
根据短文最后一句话"I know that," Freddie said."But once I take the＄1coin, they’ll stop playing the game."可知弗雷迪这样做只是为了让人们不断地给他钱,故选C,他其实很聪明.
这篇短文主要描述了一个被村民们认为很傻的人,但是实际上这个人很聪明.故选B,foolish用引号括起来,表示相反的含义.
People laughed at Freddie because__________.
| A．he often made up jokes | B．he didn’t like money |
| C．he looked very funny | D．they thought he was a fool |
The villagers wanted to show the visitors___________.
| A．how silly Freddie was | B．how clever Freddie was |
| C．How kind people were to Freddie | D．that Freddie had much money |
The visitor felt sorry for Freddie because he though_________.
| A．Freddie did not know money was useful |
| B．the villager was not kind enough to the boy |
| C．Freddie did not get along well with the villagers |
| D．Freddie did not know the dollar coin was worth more |
From the story we know that Freddie was__________.
| A．poor | B．kind | C．clever | D．silly |
The best title for the passage should be __________.
| A．Clever Villagers | B．"Foolish" Freddie |
| C．Freddie and a Visitor | D．A Visitor and the Villagers |
Monday, April 17
Dear Gramps,
I was so upset last week when somebody stole my Super Racer from the park by your house. I called up the toy company but they said they have only red, blue and green racers. Dad called Cobb’s Toy Store today and found out they might have purple ones. Can we go there when I come to visit you next week?You and I were only gone for a few minutes to the shop down the street to get ice-cream and cookies. Maybe the thief was watching us. Mum was surprised when I told her the racer was stolen. She said she used to leave things at the park all the time when she was young. Once she even left her bicycle for two days near the swimming pool.
Tell Grandma that I like the food she made last time. Ask Grandma if we can have pancakes with sugar for breakfast when I come this time. I have packed in my towel, comb and soap. Tell her this time I won’t forget to pack in my toothbrush.
Love
Toby This letter is written by________.
| A．Gramps | B．Toby | C．Toby’s Dad | D．Toby’s Mum |
The writer wants to have a________racer.
| A．red | B．blue | C．green | D．purple |
How long did the writer leave his Super Racer at the park?
| A．Two days. | B．Over a week | C．A few minutes | D．All the time |
From the letter, we know Supper Racer is__________.
| A．a toy | B．an ice-cream | C．a bicycle | D．a pancake |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the letter?
| A．The writer visited Gramps quite often. |
| B．Cobb’s Toy Store is far from Gramp’s house. |
| C．The writer took his toothbrush with him on his last visit. |
| D．There were lots of thieves when Tony’s mum was young. |
Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works(作品) of art made at different times from 1, 500 B. C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.
Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the left hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain (大脑). The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls(控制) the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists than among people in other jobs.
No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged(损害) when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason (原因) why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene (基因) for right-handedness, he/she may become either right-or left-handed according to the chance (偶然性) and the people they work or live with.
Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to. After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found .
A. the art began from 1, 500 B. C.
B. the works of art ended in the 1950s
C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed
D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed How many people in the world are left-handed now?
| A．Less than one sixth. |
| B．More than a half. |
| C．About 40%. |
| D．The passage doesn’t tell us. |
What is the left hand for most people used to do?
| A．It’s used to find or hold things. |
| B．It’s used to work with things. |
| C．It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together. |
| D．It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems. |
According to (根据) the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed. |
| B．Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness. |
| C．Today children are not made to use their right hands only. |
| D．Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed. |
The best title(标题) for this passage is .
| A．Scientists’ New Inventions |
| B．Left-handed People |
| C．Which Hand |
| D．Different Brains, Different Hands. |
Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature’s (自然) most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.
Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1. 5 metres(4 feet) in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.
Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimetres wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimetres (1 foot) across. This plant also comes in different colours, from yellow to black to green.
Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools( 厨房用具). Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.
Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting (支撑) new buildings and bridges while they are being built.
In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes( 管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money. How is bamboo like grass?
| A．It grows quickly. | B．It’s wood. ` | C．it is easy to cut. | D．It is very thin. |
Though you can see bamboo everywhere, it doesn’t grow .
| A．in China | B．in Europe | C．on mountains | D．in Africa |
Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers? Because .
| A．it is cheap | B．it has different colours |
| C．it is strong | D．it has been used by Asians |
Bamboo pipes can .
| A．make money | B．be trees | C．grow quickly | D．carry water |
In Asia, bamboo has been used for .
| A．a short time |
| B．many thousands of years |
| C．many hundreds of years |
| D．about 100 years |
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