When you put down your pens at the end of the college entrance exam, 12 hard years of study will have come to an end. Forget your studies for a while. It's time to enjoy yourselves!
There are many ways to celebrate this special month of graduation. You can have photos taken with your classmates and teachers, or dine out together and exchange gifts.
High school students in Western countries such as the United States and Canada usually have a prom to mark their graduation. It's to mark the time kids turn into young men and women. After the prom, teenagers either go to college or find a job. It means they are no longer as dependent on their parents as they were before.
At the prom, boys usually dress in dinner jackets and bow ties, though many different types of formal clothes are worn. Traditionally, girls give boys matching boutonnieres (a small collection of flowers they pin to their jackets). Girls traditionally wear formal dresses, or dress to shock or be noticed, in shiny or brightly colored materials.
Common prom activities include dining, dancing, the crowning (加冠) of a prom king and queen, and just talking to friends. In some cases, high school students collect funds for their class prom through the four years of their high school.
High schools in or near large cities may rent ballrooms at expensive hotels or, to be unusual, on a pleasure cruise boat.
But often costs are cut by simply using the school gym. Students make a lot of effort to decorate the gym to make the event special. The music played at the prom will be the most popular kinds, like rock and hip-hop.
The students elect the Prom Queen. She is partnered with a Prom King who is elected similarly. These are great honors that the pair takes very seriously. The two dance with each other to celebrate their election.
Sometimes teachers and parents also go to the prom. But others like to go with friends, to whom they are soon going to be saying goodbye.
If you like the idea of a prom, why don't you and your classmates organize one for your graduation?What does the word “prom” probably mean in the passage?
| A．a dancing competition. | B．a party held to celebrate graduation. |
| C．a fashion show. | D．an election. |
Which of the following is an economical way to hold the prom?
| A．renting a ballroom | B．taking a cruise boat |
| C．holding it in the school gym | D．wearing formal dresses |
Which of the following clearly indicates that prom is very important to students?
| A．They take pictures at the prom. | B．They wear formal clothes or special clothes. |
| C．Music is played at the prom. | D．Teachers and parents attend it. |
Why do some students attend the prom with their friends?
| A．They want to be elected by their friends us the Prom King or Queen. |
| B．They don’t like to be accompanied by their parents. |
C．They don’t want to depe nd on their parents. |
| D．They will part with their friends in a short time. |
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Last night Iam getting ready for the coming examination when the noise from my neighbor interrupted （打扰）me.The noise went on and on. It was too loud that I could hardly pay attention to my study any longer. but I went to my neighbor’shouse and say to him, “ Excuse me, would you please turn down the TV? I’m preparing for tomorrow’s examination.” Hear these words, his face turned to red. And he said, “ OK, I will. I’m very sorry to have made so much noise. Just now, the football game was very wonderfully. I was too exciting to control myself. I won’t do that again. Good lucky in your coming examination.” After that, I went on with his study.
When you run, you put force that is equal to three times your body weight on your feet. The human foot contains twenty muscles（肌肉）. This means that there is a lot that can go wrong when you run.
Most sports have some kind of running or jumping. So experts（专家） at many shoe companies work hard to design good sport shoes. First, a designer enters a plan for a shoe into a computer. Engineers then improve the design. A second computer designs a model for the shoe. Then a few pairs are made. Next, the shoe is tested.
Different kinds of sports shoes are made for different uses. Some are made to help marathon runners save energy during a race. Some are made for the stop-and-go kind of running tennis players. But all sport shoes have one thing in common: they are designed to help people’s feet comfortable during sports. Today, nearly every sport has its own special shoe designed for just the kind of running that sport requires.The first in making a new shoe is to ______.
| A．make a computer | B．design a shoe model |
| C．test several pairs | D．put a design plan into a computer |
Why are good sport shoes welcome to people?
| A．Because they help to change body weight. |
| B．Because they help to develop leg muscles. |
| C．Because they are both good and cheap. |
| D．Because they are comfortable to wear. |
What is NOT talked about in the passage?
| A．The number of the bones of a human muscle. |
| B．The effect of shoes upon sports. |
| C．The materials （材料）of sport shoes. |
| D．The design for a shoe model. |
Different kinds of sport shoes _______.
| A．are designed for people of the different weight. |
| B．meet the needs of different sportsmen. |
| C．are made in different shoe companies. |
| D．are of the same price. |
Once there was a king. He had two old ministers. One was kind and the other was bad. The bad minister often said bad words about the kind minister before the king. The king was very angry.
One day the king said to the bad minister , “Write two words on two pieces of paper. Write ‘live’ on one piece and ‘die’ on the other . Then put them in a jar and tell him to choose. If he takes out the paper with ‘live’ on it , I will let him go. If he takes out the paper with ‘die’ on it ,I will kill him at once.”
The bad minister was quite happy. He got two pieces of paper ready. He wrote “die” on each piece of paper.
The kind old man came. He knew the bad minister wanted to kill him. He also knew the words on the two pieces both “die”, but he knew what to do. Later the king had to keep his word and let the old minister go. Do you k now what the kind man do about this at that time?The king was angry with .
| A．himself | B．the kind minister | C．the bad minister | D．the two ministers |
was told to write “live” and “die”.
| A．The king | B．The kind minister | C．The bad minister | D．The two ministers |
There is no “live” on both pieces of paper because .
| A．the kind minister didn’t want it. |
| B．the bad minister couldn’t write the word |
| C．the king told the bad minister not to write it |
| D．the bad minister hated the kind minister and wanted to kill him |
must be disappointed in the end .
| A．The king | B．The kind minister | C．The bad minister | D．All the other ministers |
To me, life without music would not be exciting. I realize that this is not true for everybody. Many people get along quite well without going to the concert, and listening to the record. But music plays an important part in everyone's life, whether he realizes it or not. Try to imagine, for example, what films or TV plays would be like without music. Would the feelings, the moving plot, and the greatest interests, be so exciting or dramatic? I'm not sure about it.
Now, we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning—the kind of music we hear in the concert hall. But if we look at some parts of music more closely, we discover them in our everyday life too—in the rhythm of the sea, the melody of a bird in the woods and so on. So music surely has meaning for everyone, in some way or other. And, of course, it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music.
It is well said, “Through music a child enters into a world of beauty, expresses himself from his heart, feels the joy of doing things alone, learns to take care of others, develops his mind and makes his body strong.”What dose the writer say more about in the text?
| A．Life full of music. |
| B．Life without music. |
| C．The importance of music. |
| D．The development of music. |
What does the underlined word “melody” mean in the text?
| A．flying | B．looking |
| C．singing | D．living |
From the last paragraph, we learn that music________.
| A．is very important, especially for children |
| B．is very necessary for our everyday life |
| C．can make our life exciting and dramatic |
| D．can enter into another beautiful world |
Isthereanythingmoreimportantthanhealth?Idon’tthinkso.“Healthisthegreatestwealth.”wisepeoplesay.Youcan’tbegoodatyourstudiesorworkwellwhenyouareill.Ifyouhaveaheadache,toothache,backache,earacheorbadpaininthestomach,ifyoucomplainofabadcough,ifyourunahightemperatureandhaveabadcold,orifyousufferfromhighorlowbloodpressure,Ithinkyoushouldgotothedoctor. Thedoctorwillexamineyourthroat,feelyourpulse,testyourbloodpressure,takeyourtemperature,soundyourheartandlungs,testyoureyes,checkyourteethorhaveyourchestX-rayed.Afterthathewilladvisesometreatment,orsomemedicine.Theonlythingyouhavetodoistofollowhisadvice.Speakingaboutdoctor’sadvice,Ican’thelptellingyouafunnystory. Anoldgentlemancametoseethedoctor.Themanwasveryill.Hetoldthedoctorabouthisweakness,memorylossandseriousproblemswithhisheartandlungs.Thedoctorexaminedhimandsaidtherewasnomedicineforhis
disease. Hetoldhispatienttogotoaquietplaceforamonthandhaveagood
rest.Healsoadvisedhimtoeatalotofmeat,drinktwoglassesofredwine everydayandtakelongwalks.Inotherwords,thedoctoradvisedhimto
followtherule:“Eatatpleasure,drinkwithmeasureandenjoylifeasitis.”Thedoctoralsosaidthatifthemanwantedtobewellagain,heshouldn’tsmokemorethanonecigaretteaday.Amonthlaterthegentlemancameintothedoctor’soffice.Helookedcheerfulandhappy.Hethankedthedoctor
andsaidthathehadneverfeltahealthierman.“ Butyouknow,doctor,”hesaid,“it’snoteasytobeginsmokingatmyage.”Thewriterthinksthat_____.
| A．healthismoreimportantthanwealth |
| B．workisasimportantasstudies |
| C．medicineismoreimportantthanpleasure |
| D．nothingismoreimportantthanmoney |
Thedoctorusuallytellshispatientwhattodo______.
| A．withoutexaminingthepatient |
| B．afterhehasexaminedthepatient |
| C．ifthepatientdoesn’ttakemedicine |
| D．unlessthepatientfeelspain |
Fromthelastsentenceofthepassage,welearntheman_______beforethedoctortoldhimnottosmokemorethanonecigaretteaday.
| A．wasaheavysmoker | B．didn’tsmokesomuch |
| C．didn’tsmoke | D．begantolearntosmoke |
WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
| A．Thedoctorusuallytestshis/herbloodpressurewhenapersonisill. |
| B．Themantoldthedoctorhecouldn’trememberthings. |
| C．Themanthankedthedoctor. |
| D．Themandidn’tfollowthedoctor’sadvice. |