Last Sunday I saw the hardest storm in years. It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours. After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and all was quiet.
Then the strong wind started blowing into my room. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window. As I ran out to catch them, big drops of rain began to fall.
When I came back into the house, it was raining harder. I tried hard to close the window. Then I heard a loud crashing（撞击）sound from the back of the house. I ran out of my room to find out what it was—a big tree had fallen down and broken the top of the back room.There was a heavy storm_____ last Sunday.
| A．at the afternoon | B．in the morning |
| C．in the evening | D．during the lunch-time |
It was very quiet outside because____.
| A．the weather was very cool | B．it was rainy |
| C．the weather was very hot | D．there was a lot of thunders |
The paper flew out of the window because of ____.
| A．the heavy rain | B．the hot sun |
| C．the strong wind | D．the tall tree |
The storm lasted_____.
| A．more than four hours | B．more than three hours |
| C．from one to six o’clock | D．from two to five o’clock |
What happened when I closed the window?
| A．The rain became harder. |
| B．I was hurt by a big tree. |
| C．I was very scared of the loud sound. |
| D．A big tree fell down and broke the house. |
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is very popular with people.
| MOCA Hours |
|
| Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday |
11 a.m.~6 p.m. |
| Thursday |
11 a.m.~9 a.m. |
The museum is closed to the public on Monday, in addition to the special dates.
| MOCA Holiday Hours 2015 |
| New Year’s Day—Thursday, 1/1 Thanksgiving—Thursday, 11/26 Christmas Day—Friday, 12/25 |
| Admission (入场费) |
|
| General Admission |
$10 |
| Seniors (65+ w / ID) and Students (w / school ID) |
$5 |
| Children under 12 in groups less than 10 |
free |
| MOCA Members |
free |
| First Thursday of the month (starting Jan 1, 2015) |
free |
If Tom wants to visit the MOCA on Friday, he can visit it at ________.
| A．6:00 in the morning | B．9:00 in the morning |
| C．11:00 in the morning | D．9:00 in the evening |
If Mr Green wants to visit the MOCA with his wife and an eight-year-old son, he will
spend ________.
| A．$10 | B．$15 | C．$20 | D．$25 |
Thanksgiving is on ________ 2015.
| A．January 1st | B．November 26th |
| C．December 25th | D．December 26th |
Which is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．People can’t visit the museum on Monday. |
| B．Christmas Day in 2015 is on Friday. |
| C．David is a MOCA member, so he needn’t spend money visiting the museum. |
| D．Mr Green went to visit it on New Year’s Day in 2015, and he paid ten dollars. |
The passage may be ________.
| A．an advertisement | B．a stor |
| C．a novel | D．a report |
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For hundreds of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people’s emotions (情感). How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, the actions of others and the events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be influenced by the weather as well.
People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, sunlight makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, our bodies produce a vitamin. Vitamins are chemical substances (化学物质) which we all need to stay healthy. Sunlight helps our bodies produce vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical substance. This special chemical substance affects our brains(大脑) and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in Sweden and Norway, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less of this special chemical substance which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special “ sunrooms” with artificial(人造的) lights have been built. People can go there and get “sunlight” for an hour or two!
The weather can also affect people’s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when it is hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemical substances which control our brains. Through these ways, the weather can influence our emotions. Sadly , while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.
The influences people’s emotions
What influen ces people’s emotions? Your , the actions of others, the events
you and the weather
are our emotions influenced by the weather ?
Our bodies produce a chemical substance when sunlight hits our skins. Then it makes us feel .
Hot weather
It can make people feel uncomfortable when it is hot. weather
Being wet can be so unpleasant that we feel angry. The weather can influence our emotions
it influences the chemical substances that control our brains.
The weather can change us, but we can do to change the weather.
Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships don’t last very long. To have a friend, you must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest; be generous; be understanding.
Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust each other. If you don’t tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always speak and act honestly.
Generosity means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You don’t have to give your lunch money or your clothes, your hobbies or your interests. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very useful to a f riend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them, you help your friend know you better.
Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so you can understand the problem better.
No two friendships look the same exactly. But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friendships, you must practice honesty, generosity and understanding.Some friendships don’t last very long because .
| A．they don’t know friendship is something serious |
| B．there are too many people who want to make friends |
| C．those who give others friendships receive friendships from ot hers |
| D．those who never give others friendships receive no friendship from others |
According to the passage, honesty is .
| A．something to share |
| B．the base (基础) of a friendship |
| C．as important as money |
| D．more important than anything else |
What does the word “them” refer to in the third paragraph?
| A．your ideas and feelings. |
| B．your hobbies and interests. |
| C．your lunch money. |
| D．your clothes. |
The best title of this passage is .
| A．How to Be a Friend |
| B．Honesty Is the Best Habit |
| C．Three Important Points in Life |
| D．A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed |
A new product – the Apple Watch – into the market. Last year, the watch was firstly introduced by Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. The price of the watch is from $349 to $1,099, depending on its size and whether it is a sports or regular one.
Apple engineers and designers have put in a lot of thought and hard work into creating this "small screen" on your wrist(手腕). The "sensor(传感器)" on the screen not only finds your finger, but also knows the difference between when you are tapping(轻触), and when you are pressing hard er.
The watch also has “haptic feedback(触觉反馈)”. You can s end personal messages to your friend —such as drawing a star or a special sign with your fingers, or tapping the watch, say 3 times, and your friend will receive those taps on their wrist.
Besides telling the time, the watch will use 'Bluetooth' to connect with your iPhone and show calls or text messages that come in.
According to Tim Cook, the watch may open up a whole new area of applications（应用） that we had never thought of. Some car f actories like BMW have developed an app that allows its car owners to open their cars with the watch. A 'Hotels' app may allow you to open the door to your hotel room without worrying about losing the smart-card. And finally, even at the airport—passengers may be able to simply wave their wrist to check into their flight.
The biggest use of the watch, however, is as your personal fitness coach. The watch can show your pulse (heartbeat) using a sensor at the bottom of the watch. It also has the same sensor as your iPhone, so it knows when you are moving, and also how much you are walking or running. It will remind you if you have been sitting for too long without taking exercise.We can learn from the passage that the Apple Watch .
| A．is designed by Tim Cook |
| B．was brought into the market last week |
| C．sells at different prices for different colors |
| D．can show your pulse and knows when you are moving. |
With apple watch, you can .
| A．develop your own personal app |
| B．connect your iPhone with your iPad |
| C．receive personal messages from your friends’ iPhone |
| D．send personal messages to your friends’ apple watches |
Many businesses help push for the uses of apple watch EXCEPT .
| A．hospitals | B．hotels | C．airlines | D．car factories |
Do you feel tired sometimes? Nowadays, stress is everywhere in our daily life. Not just men, women and young people also suffer from stress.
There are many causes, such as: death, marriage, money, moving house, changing jobs, ending relationships.
So how do you know if you suffer from stress? Do the Stress Test and find out!
Stress Test
Do you …? Yes No
1. often sleep badly?
2. get headaches a lot?
3. find it difficult to relax?
4. need alcohol (酒精) or cigarettes to keep calm?
5. usually hide your feeling?
6. find it difficult to put your heart into something?
7. take sleeping pills?
8. get angry when things go wrong?
If you have more than two “Yes” among these questions, you are suffering from stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing yoga (瑜伽), chewing gum and playing with worry beads (念珠) are all common ways of relieving (减轻) stress. However, doctors now say that there are simpler ways. They say that people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people—and especially men—ought to cry more often, because cry ing is the natural way of relieving stress.From the passage, we can know that .
| A．many soc ial problems can cause stress |
| B．young people suffer more from stress than the old |
| C．doing yoga is the most useful way to relieve stress |
| D．if all the answers are yes, you are suffering from stress |
You may suffer from stress if you .
| A．never depend on alcohol or cigarettes |
| B．can sleep without sleeping pills |
| C．often communicate with anyone else |
| D．easily get angry when things go wrong |
Which of the following is NOT a way to relieve stress?
| A．Doing yoga. | B．Taking sleeping pills. |
| C．Laughing and crying. | D．Playing with worry beads. |