What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save yourself. It is important to know the ways you can use and to show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways (楼梯) and fire escapes, but not lifts.
From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving through windows with the least chance of serious injury (伤害).
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average person, hanging by the finger-tips (手指尖) will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked (泄露) into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those which open onto a roof (屋顶). From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement (水泥) might end in injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall. It is important to _____________________.
| A．know the ways to escape a fire | B．put out a fire in a burning house |
| C．jump out of a burning house | D．keep the door closed |
62. It is possible to escape through the windows _______________________.
| A．if you are strong enough |
| B．if there are some bushes on the ground |
| C．if you live on a lower floor |
| D．if you have a long rope |
63. Which of the following ways of escaping is NOT right?
| A．You can escape through stairways. |
| B．Use a lift to come down at once. |
| C．Escape through the windows which open onto a roof. |
| D．You can choose fire escapes. |
Keep your head low at the window so that _________ if the building is on fire.
| A．you can get fresh air | B．you can call for help |
| C．you can easily jump off | D．you can be seen first |
The best title for the passage is _____________.
| A．Escaping through the Windows | B．Save Yourself from A Burning House |
| C．Knowledge on Fire | D．Waiting for Help |
If you love books, then“Three Cups of Tea”will be your favorite. It will take you on an adventure（冒险）to one of the highest mountains in the world. You will learn how the people and children there lived and how the writer, Greg Mortenson , helped build an education system.
While climbing K2 in Pakistan, one of the world’s most difficult mountains to climb, Greg Mortenson became ill and got lost. He got help in a small village. The people of the village took good care of him, feeding him and letting him sleep in a villager’s house. They also gave him their best food: sweet tea.
When Mortenson was fine, he found that the children of the village worked and studied outdoors. Their teacher came only three times a week and they didn’t have blackboards. They used sticks（枝条）to write on the ground.
The day he left the village, he told them he would come back and build a school. His school would have both boys and girls. Later on, he came back and helped build a school, so the kids were able to study in the classroom with real writing instruments.
That was in 1993. Today Mortenson is going to build 80 schools in Central Asia. He started a foundation（基金）called the Central Asia Institute to raise money for these schools. He has helped more than 18,000 girls receive education so far.“Three Cups of Tea”is the name of a .
| A．club | B．teahouse | C．book | D．movie |
The following are what the people of the village did for Greg Mortenson EXCEPT .
| A．taking care of him and feeding him |
| B．taking him to the hospital |
| C．finding somewhere to let him sleep |
| D．giving him their best food |
From the passage we know that had more chances to receive education in Pakistan mountains in the past.
| A．boys | B．girls | C．the rich | D．the poor |
Online shopping is growing fast in China, and more and more Chinese are buying books online. At the same time, traditional bookstores are facing new challenges. A bookstore in Beijing is going out of business（生意）. All of its books are on sale. Bookstore owner Wang Jian says hot sales of books on the Internet pushed him to change the way he did business.
China has the highest online book buying rate（率）in the world. More than years ago, dangdang.com became the first online bookseller, and now becomes very important in the Chinese online book market.
Facing this challenge, the Xinhua Bookstore also built its online store a few years ago. Zhang Jian, CEO of the Xinhuabookstore.com, says now they are enlarging their online services.
A “price war（战争）”is taking shape between traditional bookstores and online bookstores. Faced with the low-cost advantage of online bookstores, traditional ones can do nothing but lower their prices. At the same time, online bookstores are also starting price wars between each other.
Now some traditional bookstores are trying their best to attract buyers in their own way. They exhibit books better and provide(提供) a very relaxed reading environment in the bookstore. Even though, traditional bookstores can hardly compete with some of the advantages of online bookstores, for example 24-hour service.What is the passage about?
| A．The development of online bookstores. |
| B．The disadvantages of traditional bookstores. |
| C．The great advantages of online bookstores. |
| D．The challenges traditional bookstores face. |
What made Wang Jian change the way he did business?
| A．The small sales of his books. |
| B．The tiring work of selling books. |
| C．The high cost of running the bookstore. |
| D．Competition with other traditional bookstores. |
To attract buyers, traditional bookstores and online bookstores both choose to .
| A．lower the prices of books |
| B．provide 24-hour service |
| C．provide relaxed reading areas |
| D．exhibit books in a better way |
We can know from the passage that .
| A．traditional bookstores will break up sooner or later |
| B．dangdang. com is the first website selling books in China |
| C．more and more people will start bookstores on the Internet |
| D．most of the buyers who buy books online are young students |
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and one of the largest free-standing mountains in the world, and some say, the most beautiful place on the earth!
The mountain towers 15,000 feet above the plains. Mount Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania and it covers an area of 60 miles long and 40 miles wide. Kilimanjaro is an extinct volcano(死火山), with 3 peaks. Kibo is the highest one in the center.
Because of Kilimanjaro’s great height, the mountain influences its own weather. Winds incoming from the Indian Ocean are stopped upward by the mountain and drop their moisture(湿气) as rain and snow. People have planted coffee, corn, and other crops on the lower slopes(斜坡).
Mount Kilimanjaro now attracts many thousands of walkers each year. Because of a temperature rise in recent years, the beautiful snow cap of Kilimanjaro is retreating(消退)fast. A research said that the white snow on the mountain might be gone in 15 years. What a pity!The writer is worried about Mount Kilimanjaro’s ________.
| A．great height | B．extinct volcano | C．rainforests | D．white snow cap |
Mount Kilimanjaro is __________
| A．the highest mountain in the world | B．an active volcano |
| C．a free-standing mountain | D．15,000 feet above the sea level |
The snow on the mountain comes from ________.
| A．the Indian Ocean | B．the Pacific Ocean |
| C．the Atlantic Ocean | D．the Red Sea |
_________ influences the mountain’s own weather.
| A．Rain and snow | B．Its great height | C．Crops | D．The moisture |
People should _______ to stop the mountain’s snow cap from melting.
| A．save the water of the Indian Ocean | B．protect the environment |
| C．not visit Kilimanjaro | D．not plant crops on the mountain |
Near the North Pole(北极)there are only two seasons：winter and summer．In winter，nights are long．For more than two months you can’t see the sun，even at noon．In summer，days are long．For more than two months the sun never sets and there is no night at a11．The temperature(温度)is very low near the North Pole．Even in summer the temperature is below 0℃．So people there wear warm clothes all year round．They make their clothing from the skins of animals．From the skins they also make coats，hats and even boots．
In the cold climate，plants cannot grow．So the people have to build their houses with skins，earth，stone or snow．When they go out to hunt something，they live in tents of skins．When they move，they take their tents with them．Sometimes，they build houses of snow．Now don’t think that these houses must be cold．In fact，they are very warm and safe．
The life near the North Pole is very interesting．There are no________near the North Pole．
| A．spring or summer | B．summer or autumn |
| C．autumn or winter | D．spring or autumn |
Near the North Pole the winter nights can last_______．
| A．more than a month | B．more than two months |
| C．more than half a year | D．more than four months |
The people near the North Pole wear warm clothes_________．
| A．only in winter | B．only in summer |
| C．only at night | D．all year round |
Near the North Pole you can’t see__________．
| A．animals | B．stone houses |
| C．plants | D．tents of skins |
Sometimes people there build houses of snow．It is__________．
| A．warm and safe | B．very cold inside |
| C．dangerous to live | D．cold and dangerous |
American people like to say ‘Thank you ’or say something kind when others help them．People of many countries do so，too．It is a very good habit．
You should say‘Thank you’when someone passes you the salt on the table，when someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you and when someone says you always do your work well or you have a nice thing or your city is very beautiful．‘Thank you’is used not only between friends，but also between parents and children，brothers and sisters．
‘Excuse me’is another short sentence they use．When you hear someone says‘Excuse me’behind you，you know that someone wants to walk past you without touching you．It’s not polite to break(打断)others when they are talking．If you want to speak to one of them。say‘Excuse me’first，and then begin talking．You should also do so when you begin to cough or make any noise before others．
Let’s learn to say‘Thank you’and‘Excuse me’．You should say‘Thank you’when_______．
| A．you say something kind to others |
| B．you help others |
| C．someone helps you |
| D．you need others to help you |
From the passage we know‘Thank you’is_______．
| A．used in the world |
| B．used more often than ‘Excuse me’ |
| C．used only by Americans |
| D．used only between friends |
You should say‘Excuse me’if you want to________．
| A．cough | B．make some noise |
| C．go first | D．A，B and C |
When you are going to ask someone to tell you the way，you should say‘_______’．
| A．Thank you | B．That’s very kind of you |
| C．Excuse me | D．I’m sorry |
This passage mainly tells us the way_________．
| A．to be happy | B．to be polite |
| C．to help others | D．to learn from Americans |
Every year there is the Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January(一月)or February（二月）. It is the most important festival in China. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare things. They buy pork, beef, chicken, fruit and many other things. And they often make a special(特别的) kind of food called “dumplings”. It means “come together” in Chinese. On the day before the festival, parents buy new clothes for their children and children also buy presents for their parents. On Spring Festival’s Eve, all the family members come back to their home. This is a happy moment. They sing, dance and play cards. Others get the dinner ready. When they enjoy the meal, they give each other the best wishes for the coming year. They all have a good time. is the most important festival in China?
| A．Mid-autumn Day | B．The Spring Festival |
| C．Children’s Day | D．Teachers’ Day |
The Chinese usually have their Spring Festival in .
| A．January or February | B．January or March | C．summer | D．autumn |
What’s the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China?
| A．Cakes. | B．Pudding. | C．Hotdog | D．Dumplings. |
The food “dumplings” means “ ”.
| A．be delicious | B．be hungry | C．come together | D．be happy |
When they are having dinner on Spring Festival’s Eve, the Chinese .
| A．eat Candy | B．eat moon cakes |
| C．never drink | D．give each other the best wishes |
Some people remember the things by writing notes to themselves. Then they leave the notes in obvious(明显的) places, such as on the table or on the floor in the middle of the living room. I don’t think I like to write notes to myself. Most of the time I lose them or forget to look at them until it’s too late. I prefer to use an alarm clock to tell me what I should do. I have ten alarm clocks in my house. They could tell me about things. For example, if I have to make a telephone call at a certain time, I’ll set an alarm clock to go off a few minutes early and put the clock by the telephone. Or if I want to watch a certain television program, I’ll set an alarm clock at the right time and put the clock on top of the TV set. I can remember almost anything if I use my clocks. However, sometimes an alarm clock goes off and I don’t know what it means. I always remember setting it, but I do not know why I set it. If the clock is by the telephone, I know I may have set it to tell me to call someone, but I can’t be sure. I might have set it to tell myself that somebody was to call me at a certain time. Some people like to write notes to themselves so that they can _______.
| A．leave them in obvious places |
| B．remember what to do at a certain time |
| C．watch a certain program |
| D．make a phone call at a certain time |
I don’t like to write notes to myself because ________.
| A．they are easy to lose or forget to look at |
| B．I don’t know where to put them |
| C．my handwriting is poor |
| D．it gives me too much trouble |
I often use _______ to help me remember things.
| A．a notebook | B．a computer |
| C．telephone calls | D．alarm clocks |
Sometimes an alarm clock can’t help me because _______.
| A．I put the clock in a wrong place |
| B．the clock goes wrong |
| C．when the clock goes off, I forget why I set it |
| D．I’m not sure whom I should call |
In this passage, “go off” means _______.
| A．start off | B．get off | C．go away | D．make a sudden noise |
Expert(专家)say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard, but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger(手指)with his eyes still closed, begging(请求)for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “early birds” in China, he has to get up before six every morning.
A report shows that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker(虚弱)than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep(睡觉) during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.
Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late, they are able to work well in class.The 10-year-old boy begged for more minute to sleep because__________.
| A．he didn’t have enough sleep |
| B．it wasn’t time for him to get up |
| C．he didn’t want to go to school |
| D．he wanted his mother to wake him up |
In this passage we know if students don’t get enough sleep, they may________.
| A．become too weak to sleep | B．not work well in class |
| C．go to bed early | D．be weak in English |
In this passage “early birds” means “persons who ______________.”
| A．get up early | B．get up late |
| C．sleepless | D．don’t want to sleep |
“Stay up late” here means “_____________.”
| A．study late | B．watch TV late |
| C．not go to bed until late | D．stay outside |
According to the passage, which of the following is right? _________.
| A．If you want to study better, you must work hard at night. |
| B．Sleeping less means working hard. |
| C．Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits. |
| D．Students don’t have enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do. |
There are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at its announcement(通告) board. Local stores often have areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses.
Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking(寻找) workers.
Another popular tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist(网站名)Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it receives two million new job listings each month.
Another useful way to find a job is through a college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin（奥斯丁 (美国得克萨斯州首府)） can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute (降落伞)?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career (职业) since it was first published in nineteen seventy.
Some experts(专家) also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources(对策) to help them find the right job.What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Finding a job. |
| B．College students’ part-time jobs. |
| C．Craigslist Web site. |
| D．The relation between study and work. |
It can be learned from the passage that ______.
| A．companies often put job information in local shops |
| B．the Internet is the most popular tool for job hunters in the USA |
| C．Susan W. Miller’s company is helping people choose careers |
| D．California Career Services mainly serves university students |
How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way:
“She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable color.”
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspaper, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours. New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion. From this passage we know that “fashion” means ______.
| A．clothes | B．many things |
| C．most of the popular things | D．everything |
Today fashions change very quickly because _______.
| A．people read newspaper every day |
| B．radios send information from one country to another |
| C．new things that people like are often shown on TV |
| D．people quickly learn what is happening in the world |
“There is money in fashion” means ______.
| A．clothes are expensive | B．money comes from fashion |
| C．people like new things | D．fashions make big money |
The best title for the passage is ______.
| A．Fashions | B．Fashion mean clothes |
| C．Fashion means money | D．A fashionable |
When you travel(旅游) in Hong Kong, you must be careful of the traffic(交通) rules, because the traffic keeps to the left and it’s different from that of the interior(内地) of China. Before crossing the street, you must look to the right and then to the left. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop, people can go across the zebra line.（斑马线） If the traffic lights turn green , the traffic can go, and people mustn’t cross the road.
In the morning and in the evening, when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy. The traffic is the most dangerous.
When you go somewhere by bus in Hong Kong, you have to be careful, too. Always remember the traffic keeps to the left. Have a look first, or you may go the wrong way. In Hong Kong, there are a lot of big buses with two floors. You’d better sit on the second floor. From there you can watch the city very well. How interesting !In Hong Kong the traffic moves __________.
| A．on the right | B．on the left | C．in the middle | D．in the park |
When you cross the street, you must look to ____ first.
| A．the front | B．the right | C．the left | D．B and C |
If the traffic lights are red, _______.
| A．the people must stop | B．the traffic must stop |
| C．the people and the traffic must stop | D．the traffic and the people must wait |
It is ______ to cross the streets in the morning and in the evening.
| A．dangerous | B．interesting | C．easy | D．safe |
You can see the city very well on the _____ floor of the bus.
| A．first | B．second | C．third | D．fourth |
There is not enough oil in the world now. As time goes by, it becomes less and less, so what are we going to do when it runs out? Perhaps we will go back to using horses, carriages and bicycles.
In the Second World War, some people didn’t use gas made from petroleum(石油) in their cars. They made gas from wood and plants instead. The car didn’t go fast, but they ran, so this was better than nothing. However, in the future, we can’t cut down all our trees to make gas; we need our trees for other things, too.
Besides different types of gas, we can also use electricity(电) to run our cars, but first we must make the electricity! Some countries have coal(煤) and they make electricity with that, but we might not always have coal, either. Other countries have big, strong rivers, and they can use the power of water to turn turbines(涡轮机) and make electricity more easily and cheaply.
We are also able to get power from the ocean tides. We put turbines into the mouth of the river. Then the tide comes in, the water turns the turbines and then it goes out, it turns them again.
Which of these ways will be used to run our cars in the future?When might people have to go back to using horses and carriages?
| A．When they are poor. |
| B．When they run out of oil. |
| C．When they need more exercise. |
| D．When there aren’t any big trees in the world. |
What did some people use to make gas in the Second World War?
| A．Water. | B．Coal. |
| C．Wood and plants. | D．Tides. |
How many ways are suggested to make electricity in the passage?
| A．2. | B．5. | C．4. | D．3. |
According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
| A．There is more petroleum than we can use now. |
| B．Trees are needed for some other things besides making gas. |
| C．We got electricity from ocean tides in the old days. |
| D．Gas wasn’t used to run cars in the Second World War. |
The passage is mainly about __________.
| A．how to run our cars | B．what to do when oil runs out |
| C．different types of gas | D．the ways to make electricity |
Why should we learn to swim?
Firstly, swimming is a good exercise for our health. Indeed doctors say it is the best exercise, because in swimming all the muscles of the body are used.
Secondly, swimming gives great pleasure. How nice it is, on a hot dusty day in summer, to take off one’s clothes and dive into the cool water of a rive or the sea, and to swim and float until one feels enough.
Thirdly, swimming may sometimes mean all the different between life and death, we never know when we may be in danger from water. We got on a voyage, and the ship in wrecked; we go for a pleasure sail on a lake and the boat turns over; we slip as we are walking along the bank of a river, and half in the water. If we can swim, we have chance for saving our own lives, but if we cannot swim, we are pretty certain to be drowned. So for our own safety, we should learn to swim.
Lastly, if we can swim, we may be able to save other people from drowning. How sad it is to see a friend drowning before our eyes while we cannot help just because we cannot swim.
( )4.Who says that swimming is the best exercise? _________.
A. Farmers B. Dentists C. Fishermen D. Doctors
( )5.When swimming, ________.
A. We don’t move at all
B. all the muscle of the body are used
C. we move our legs only
D. we drink lots of seawater into our stomach
( )6.Swimming ________.
A. gives great pain B. gives no pleasure
C. gives much pleasure D. does harm to the body
( )7.If we can swim, ________.
A. we are no longer humans, but fish
B. we shall be drowned one day
C. we have a chance of saving our own lives
D. we can’t walk any more
The size and shape（外形）of your ears show your character（性格）more than any other part of the face. Other parts of the face change shapes as we get older，but ears do not change their shapes. They only change in size.
Reading people’s character from their ears is a very old science. In the past people thought that a person’s ears with colour was dangerous. They also thought that the shape of the ears showed if a person was musical or not. Today，too，many people believe that the size and shape of the ears help you know if a person is musical.
Ears are all different，and each different thing has a meaning. Next time you look at a person，see if his or her ears are large，medium-size，or small. Look at the lobes（耳垂）.Do they stick to the face? Ears that are always red mean that a person may get angry easily. Ears that are always cold and nearly white colour mean that a person has a nervous（神经质）character.
1. Reading people’s character from their ears is____________ .
A．only for music B．an old idea C．very new D．a good way to talk with others
2. When a baby is born,___________ .
A．his / her ears are red B．his / her ears will not change all the life
C．his / her ears will not change in shape D．he / she will get large ears
3. When one’s ears are red，it means_____________ .
A．he is a kind man B．he is very happy
C．he may get angry easily D．he drinks too much
4. Which may be the best title of the article?___________.
A.Looking at a person in the right way. B.Ears and colours.
C.The change of ears. D.Ears and characters
5.If you look at someone’s ears，the right way is____________ .
A．to look at his face，ears and nose
B．to look at the size，colour，and shape
C．to look at his mouth，eyes and nose
D．to look at the hair，eyes and colour[
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