MSG (monosodium glutamate) is a food additive (食品添加剂), which has been widely used by many food factories all over the world since it appeared first in Japan in 1909.
MSG is a substance that is added to some food to improve its original (原先的) taste and colour. It is used in foods around the world such as cakes, bread, frozen meats, fish and vegetables. In the beginning, people thought MSG was safe just like salt and sugar. However, in 1968 some people reported they seemed to have bad reactions (反应) to MSG after having had a meal at a restaurant. They included headaches and quick heartbeat (心跳). It was also reported that MSG excited a person's brain and caused his death in Japan. Scientists think that MSG may lead to many neurological disorders (神经紊乱). In mice studies done by a university, the evidence showed the mice didn’t want to eat the food including MSG.
Today many food companies “hide” MSG on food labels (标签) by using different names. If you see “natural flavorings”, “hydrolyzed protein” and “spices” in a food label, you are probably seeing a hidden way to “report” MSG in a food label. Every time we have a meal in a restaurant, we always feel the food very delicious to taste, but sometimes it is dangerous for our health because some poisonous food additives have been added to the food.
To protect people’s health, our governments, from central to local, are taking actions to stop factories producing poisonous food additives.Monosodium Glutamate is _______.
| A．a food | B．an additive |
| C．a factory | D．a country |
MSG is often used in _______.
| A．frozen meats | B．cups | C．clothes | D．book covers |
The examples in the second paragraph tell us ________.
| A．the food including MSG is delicious |
| B．people like to eat in a restaurant |
| C．mice like eating the food including MSG |
| D．MSG is not safe sometimes |
If you see “natural flavorings”, “hydrolyzed protein” and “spices” in a food label, you will know________.
| A．you must eat the food in a hidden way |
| B．the food label must be hidden |
| C．MSG is probably added to the food |
| D．you must report the food to your parents |
The underlined word “substance” in the article means __________.
| A．colour | B．material | C．taste | D．Food |
My name is Guo Kai. I’m eleven years old. I am a middle school student in Shanghai. I have two good friends, Bob and Frank. They are from America. Bob is twelve and Frank is thirteen.
We all like sports. Bob likes volleyball and he is on the school volleyball team (队). He has ten volleyballs. Frank likes tennis. He is in the tennis club. He goes to the club on Wednesdays and Saturdays. He has twenty tennis balls and five tennis rackets (拍子). Basketball is my favorite sport. I am on the school basketball team. I play basketball for an hour every day. I have six basketballs.
We three also like playing soccer. We always play soccer on weekends. David Beckham is our favorite soccer player and we often watch soccer games on TV.
根据材料内容判断正(A)误(B)。Bob and Frank are Guo Kai’s friends.
Bob is thirteen years old.
Frank is in the tennis club.
Guo Kai has six volleyballs.
The three boys often watch basketball games on TV.
Dear editor,
I am not a good-looking boy and I'm not good at studying, either. Some people don't even want to talk to me. So I usually feel lonely. Sometimes I think that if I wanted to leave home, nobody would care. How can I stop feeling like this?
Peter
Dear Peter,
Without knowing more about you, it is hard for me to give you some good advice.
But first, I am sure that you are wrong that nobody would care if you left home. What about your parents? And other family members? It seems that you are very sad. You'd better go to see a doctor or talk to your parents. They will be able to help you.
Second, I'm sure there is someone in your class who feels lonely, too. You never know how other people feel inside. Try to make friends with them.
Or you may join a club to meet new people and to keep yourself busy.
You need to find happiness in yourself. Write a list of all the good things about yourself, learn to like yourself, and then others will see your confidence and like you, too.
EditorWhat's the trouble with Peter?
| A．He doesn't like his parents. |
| B．He doesn't like others. |
| C．His parents don't like him. |
| D．He isn't good at studying and feels lonely. |
Why does Peter write to the editor?
| A．Because he wants to make friends with him. |
| B．Because he wants to ask the editor to help him. |
| C．Because he wants the editor to know about him. |
| D．Because he wants to give the editor some advice . |
If Peter joins a club, he can .
| A．meet new people and make friends with them |
| B．keep his friends busy |
| C．study hard but never think about others |
| D．be a good-looking boy |
Peter will probably feel when he reads the letter from the editor.
| A．sad | B．lonely |
| C．glad | D．afraid |
How many pieces of advice did the editor give to Peter?
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
One day a farmer walking along a road with his son Thomas , the father said, “look! There’s a horseshoe, pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It isn’t worth (值得)the trouble.” His father said nothing but he picked it up himself. When they got to nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the money he bought some cherries(樱桃).
The father and the son continued (继续)their way. The sun was well up in the sky, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomas felt too thirsty to walk. At this time, his father dropped(掉落) a cherry on the ground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it, after a while , his father dropped another cherry and once again, his son was busy picking it up and putting it in his mouth.
And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son picked them up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you bent（弯腰） down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would not have been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Always remember the lesson that he who does not worry about the things will find that he cannot do the great things.” Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
| A．the son |
| B．The father |
| C．both the father and the son |
| D．Neither the father or the son |
The farmer bought ___ with the money after he sold the horseshoe.
| A．some bread | B．some water |
| C．some cherries | D．some pennies |
When the son refused(拒绝)to pick up the horseshoe, the father___
| A．beat(打) the son | B．said nothing |
| C．felt very happy | D．became very angry |
The father dropped the cherries one by one, because_____
| A．he wanted to teach his son a lesson. |
| B．he wanted his son to do more exercise. |
| C．he wanted his son to eat them all. |
| D．he wanted to laugh at his son. |
From the story, we can learn that____
| A．cherries are so delicious that most of us like to eat them. |
| B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money. |
| C．if we want to eat cherries, we must pick up a horseshoe. |
| D．if we don’t worry about the little things, we cannot do the great things |
Do teenagers in small villages do chores at home? How about the teenagers in big cities? Here is a survey. We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.The others are from small villages. We made a diagram of the result of our survey. Let’s have a look at it.We found out that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities. Maybe it is because they live a harder life. Our advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to do. Doing chores teaches teenagers to take care of themselves.
| Chores |
2000 teenagers in small villages |
2000 teenagers in big cities |
| Take out the trash |
1600 |
1000 |
| Sweep the floor |
1200 |
850 |
| Make the bed |
1400 |
750 |
| Do the dishes |
1100 |
600 |
| Fold the clothes |
900 |
1500 |
They surveyed ______ teenagers from small villages.
| A．1,000 | B．2,000 | C．3,000 | D．4,000 |
There are 1,000 teenagers from the cities who ______.
| A．take out the trash | B．do the dishes |
| C．make the bed | D．fold the clothes |
Fewer than ______ teenagers in big cities sweep the floor and make the bed.
| A．500 | B．1,000 | C．1,500 | D．2,000 |
The number of teenagers ______ in big cities is bigger than that in small villages.
| A．making the bed | B．taking out the trash |
| C．folding the clothes | D．doing the dishes |
Why did they make the survey?
| A．Because they don’t want teenagers in China to do chores at home. |
| B．Because they thought it’ll help teenagers to take good care of themselves to do chores at home. |
| C．Because they wanted to know if（是否） teenagers in China do chores at home. |
| D．Because they thought it’s not necessary for teenagers to look after themselves. |
Once a train stopped at a small station. A man look out of the window and saw a woman. The woman was selling cakes near the train. Some people from the train were buying the cakes. The man felt hungry. He wanted to buy some cakes, but the woman was far from him. He didn't want to get off the train because it was raining outside.
Suddenly he saw a boy. The boy was playing near the train. He was not far from him. "Come here, boy!"The man said, " Could you help me to buy some cakes?" "Certainly! How many cakes do you want?" asked the boy." Two cakes. One is for me, and one is for you." said the man. Then he gave the boy five yuan. The boy ran away quickly.
A few minutes later（....之后）, the boy came back. He was eating a cake. He gave the change （找的零钱）to the man and said, " There was only one cake left（剩下的）.
根据短文内容判断句子,正确的填（T）错误的填误（F）A woman was selling cakes in the train.
The man wanted to buy some cakes because he was hungry.
The woman was standing very near from the man.
The boy bought one cake because there was only one left.
The man didn't eat anything.
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