Being a youth is one thing, and being a good one is another．A good youth should have these qualities(品德)：First of all, health．A good body is the best riches．Without it, nothing can be done well．If you are poor in health, you will have to take medicine day after day．Even you can’t work, do sports and so on．Secondly, one must be of good quality．Always do something for others．Help those in trouble and care about the people around you．If everyone did the same,（1） what a wonderful world this would be! Thirdly, one must have the ability to work with others．Cooperation and communication(合作和交流) are two important keys to better human relations．（2）Everyone needs friends because no one can live through life or do everything he wants to alone.
Besides the examples above, patriotism is the one we should never forget．Patriotism means a love for one’s country．It’s one of the highest qualities of human’s．Everyone should love his own country．But people sometimes think patriots(爱国者)must be fighters or that they live in a time of fighting for their country．That is wrong．A good youth’s work is not only fighting．A good youth will do the things his country asks him to do．
I think a good youth of today should also have some training in art．If everyone can enjoy art and be able to make more of it for others, then people will live better and enjoy more．What are the two important keys to better human relations?
____________________________________________________________________What does the underlined “patriotism” mean in Chinese ?
____________________________________________________________________写出（1）处画线句子的同义句。
______________________________________________________________________________将（2）处画线句子译成汉语。
______________________________________________________________________________Give a title to the passage． __________________________________________
Have you heard about “Survival Holidays”? It is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Now about 1,100 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors without their parents.
The reason why people like “Survival Holidays” is that they think being close to nature is good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games. “Survival Holidays” gives them an important change.
Is “Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to play. They need to be left on their own, without adults disturbing (干扰) them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities that are controlled (控制) by adults, which causes many problems. Children don’t know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a small river seems to be a hard challenge. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even slight danger like getting their feet wet or falling down seems very terrible to them.
Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay calm in dangerous times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a team. All these skills will help them a lot in their lives. What is “Survival Holidays” according to the passage?
| A．It is summer holidays. |
| B．It is winter holidays. |
| C．It is a kind of holidays to escape from danger. |
| D．It is a holiday to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. |
Which children may take part in “Survival Holidays”?
| A．Poor children. |
| B．Rich children. |
| C．Children from cities. |
| D．Children from the countryside. |
What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
| A．The reasons people dislike “Survival Holidays”. |
| B．The advantages of “Survival Holidays”. |
| C．The disadvantages of “Survival Holidays”. |
| D．The suggestions of taking part in “Survival Holidays”. |
In a “Survival Holidays” children can learn the following except ________.
| A．how to get good grades |
| B．how to stay calm in different times |
| C．how to keep safe when they meet danger |
| D．how to work in a team |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．No companies can hold “Survival Holidays”. |
| B．Parents can take part in “Survival Holidays” with their children. |
| C．Parents like to keep their children busy with activities controlled by adults. |
| D．Children don’t listen to their parents any more after “Survival Holidays”. |
The rockets take astronauts and man-made satellites into space. The satellites are used for communication, weather monitoring and research. But how do satellites stay up without falling down?
There are two opposite forces (力量) acting on the satellite. One of them is the force of gravitation (地心引力), which tries to pull the satellite towards the earth. The other force is created by the rotation (旋转) of the satellite around the earth. This force tries to take the satellite away from the earth. With these two forces, the satellite goes round and round. The gravitational pull of the earth (the force which pulls everything towards the ground) is like a rope which keeps the satellite from flying away.
Everything that goes up has to come down. It is only a matter of time before a satellite comes back to the earth. As time goes by, the satellite loses its speed, which makes the gravitational pull stronger than the force pulling it away. This makes the satellite crash (坠落) down to the earth. Which of the following uses of satellites is NOT mentioned?
| A．communication |
| B．monitoring the weather condition |
| C．doing some research |
| D．taking pictures |
The force that pulls the satellite towards the earth is created by ________.
| A．the earth |
| B．the satellite itself |
| C．the rotation of the satellite |
| D．the rope |
Why can’t the satellites fly away?
| A．Because of the force from the earth. |
| B．Because the satellite is too big. |
| C．Because of the force created by the rotation of the satellite around the earth. |
| D．Because people on earth have made ropes to tie the satellites tightly. |
The satellite will finally crashes down to the earth ________.
| A．when it flies faster |
| B．when its speed slows down |
| C．when people cut the rope |
| D．when there is no electricity in it |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．There are four forces acting on the satellite. |
| B．The force of gravitation makes the satellite go round and round. |
| C．As time goes by, the satellite will finally fall down. |
| D．The satellite will stay in space forever. |
Started in 1636, Harvard (哈佛) University is the oldest of all the colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.
In the early years, these schools were nearly the same. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin and Greek. Little was known about science. And few people knew that one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.
In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could study in Harvard’s law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began to teach modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began to teach American history.
As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.
Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning. There’s so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer all. In the early years, people learned ________ in colleges.
| A．science | B．medicine | C．law | D．Latin and Greek |
Most of college graduates became ________ in the early years.
| A．ministers or teachers | B．lawyers | C．doctors | D．workers |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．In the early years, everyone can go to colleges. |
| B．In 1782, Harvard began to teach German. |
| C．In the early years, different colleges majored in different fields. |
| D．More and more courses were taught in college with the improvement of knowledge. |
Which of the following is the right order of the courses taught in Harvard?
a. law
b. French and German
c. Latin and Greek
d. medicine
e. American history
| A．d-b-e-c-a | B．a-d-b-c-e | C．c-d-a-b-e | D．c-d-b-e-a |
Nowadays college students ________.
| A．can learn everything they are interested in |
| B．go to different smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning |
| C．learn the same subjects |
| D．must learn Latin and Greek |
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether (总共) over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter. How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?
| A．Fourteen. | B．Twenty-one. | C．Twenty-nine. | D．Thirty-six. |
Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?
| A．He was in bed. |
| B．He was inside the house. |
| C．He was outside the house. |
| D．He was on the roof. |
Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because ________.
| A．her husband knew there would be a storm |
| B．they were all outside the house when the storm became worse |
| C．she felt the house moving and they ran out immediately |
| D．the welfare department helped her |
The underlined word “shelter” in the last paragraph means ________.
| A．something to eat | B．something to wear |
| C．somewhere to study | D．somewhere to stay |
Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
| A．A Terrible Storm | B．A Lucky Woman |
| C．Good Soldiers | D．Clever People |
Going on holidays is best choice for the Europeans to relax themselves, especially in the UK. However, much has changed during the past decades(几十年).
One of the most traditional British holidays was the “seaside holiday”. Families got on a train or into a car and traveled to seaside towns nearby to sunbathe on the beach, buy ice-creams and eat fish and chips and so on.
In the late 1970s, more and more British people started traveling to other countries in Europe for their summer holidays (July-August) because the weather wasn’t very good, even in summer. The “package holiday” was particularly popular with most families.
In the 1980s and 1990s, young people in the UK became wealthier, so many of them traveled to countries all over the world for their holidays.
These years, especially after the world financial crisis(金融危机), most British people can not afford to spend their holidays abroad. They again begin to choose to stay in their own home and go on a few day trips rather than spending money on hotels. They call this sort of vacation a “staycation”.
任务：请阅读上面短文，根据短文内容完成下面表格中的有关信息。
| Time |
Kind of holiday |
Reason |
| Before the late 1970s |
It was a tradition. |
|
| In the late 1970s |
Package holiday |
|
| Overseas holiday |
Young people became wealthier. |
|
| These years |
The world financial crisis. |
粤公网安备 44130202000953号