To Give up or Not to Give up as Class Monitor?
Dear Brad,
In about 3 months, I will take a very important test. If I pass the test with good grades, I can get to the 10th grade and choose a good school to study in. Now I am trying my best to achieve this. At the same time, I’m the monitor in my class, which means I should do lots of things for my class. ① I am so busy with my school-work and duties as monitor that I don’t have enough time to keep a balance between them . Gradually I become lazy. ②The other day, my head teacher told me that she was disappointed in my poor performance as class monitor . Her words really discouraged me.
What should I do now, to give up or not to give up as class monitor? I must do my best in school because how well I do will influence where I go after this school year is over and it can affect the rest of my life. Being class monitor is also a valuable learning experience because my teacher trusts me to be a good leader. ③ I don’t want to go to my parents for suggestions, for they will get worried about me . Can you tell me how to choose?
Yours,
Gates根据①处内容，完成下面的句子。（每空一词）
I am busy with my school-work and duties as monitor have enough time to keep a balance between them. 根据②处内容，完成下面的句子。（每空一词）
The other day, my head teacher said to me, “ disappointed in your poor performance as class monitor.”将③处翻译成汉语。
APRIL 5 marks the 100th anniversary(周年纪念日)of the sinking(下沉)of the Titanic. In 1997, the movie Titanic was a huge hit all around the world. Now, the 3-D version of the movie will come to Chinese theaters on April 10.
As anyone who has seen the movie knows, the Titanic struck an iceberg(冰山) and sank on its first voyage in 1912, killing 1,517 people. A century after the accident, scientists have found something new to blame(负责任) for the sinking: the moon. Donald Olson, a Texas State University physicist, led a team of astronomers(天文学家) to examine the moon’s role, according to Reuters.
Normally, icebergs stay in place and cannot move until they melt enough or a high tide(潮汐) frees them. A single iceberg can become stuck many times on its journey southward. The process can take several years.
According to Olson, a hundred years ago the moon made its closest approach to the Earth in more than 1,400 years. This caused the moon to have a much stronger pull on the Earth’s oceans than usual, which created a super-high tide. The tide pushed icebergs from shallow waters off the coasts of Canada’s provinces, Newfoundland and Labrador, into the Titanic’s way.
“Of course, the final cause of the accident was that the ship struck an iceberg,” Olson told Reuters. “It went full speed into a region with icebergs, but the lunar connection(月亮的联系) may explain how an unusually large number of icebergs got into the path of the Titanic.”
The research team will publish their research in the April issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.
根据短文内容，选最佳择答案,并在答题卡上按要求作答。 How many people lost their lives in this accident?
| A．Over 2,000 people. | B．About 100 people. |
| C．More than 1,500 people. | D．We don’t know. |
The underlined word “voyage” in the second paragraph really means ______.
| A．航行 | B．飞行 | C．划船 | D．游泳 |
Which of the following about icebergs is TRUE?
| A．Icebergs move only when the tide frees them. |
| B．An iceberg can stop for some time during its travel. |
| C．An iceberg will move as soon as its melts. |
| D．It takes an iceberg several months to leave its place. |
Which of the following played a role in the sinking of the Titanic?
a. the moon b. the tides c. too many passengers
d. the high speed of the ship e. going the wrong way f. the iceberg
| A．a,b,c,f | B．a,c,d,e | C．a,b,d,f | D．a,c,e,f |
. What is the article mainly about?
| A．The main cause of the Titanic’s sinking. |
| B．The 100th anniversary of the Titanic. |
| C．The moon’s great influence on the Earth’s tides. |
| D．The moon’s role in the sinking of the Titanic. |
It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s son．Everybody expects you to be special or perfect. I often wonder how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so special and so good at everything he does. Even in middle school he was class president and captain of the football team.
Well，to be honest，I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building or discovering a new star. I was daydreaming at school one morning when my teacher said there would be a Father’s Day writing competition for the whole schoo1. “I hope we have a winner right here in my class.”
When I got home，I started to think about what to write. My father is an astronaut. No, I wouldn’t start like that．That was the way others saw him．How did I see my father? Hmm.
I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream．I remembered how he hugged me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car．Yes，these were the things I was going to write．To me，he wasn’t just a world—famous astronaut．He was my dad．
My parents and I went to school on Thursday night. There were so many people in the big hall! My dad looked at me, and I shrugged(耸肩).
The third prize was announced and it was not me. I was relieved(释然)and disappointed at the same time. The second prize was announced. It was me.
I went up to the stage and read what I had written，“My father’s son”. When I finished, the people stood up and cheered. I saw my father blowing his nose. Tears were running down my mother's face. Dad cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the proudest moment of my life.’’
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was enough just to be my father’s son.
根据短文内容，选最佳择答案,并在答题卡上按要求作答。The writer felt itto be the son of a famous person．
| A．1ucky | B．natural | C．hard | D．pleasant |
In order tothe writer would like to save a child from a burning building．
| A．become an astronaut | B．become a class president |
| C．become a school team captain | D．become a great hero |
．What did the boy probably write in his composition?
| A．A lot of special things he had done． |
| B．The story of his father as an astronaut． |
| C．The unforgettable time he spent with his father． |
| D．The experiences his father had in middle school． |
．The writer felt proud when he．
| A．got a prize in a writing competition | B．won a Nobel Prize |
| C．saved a child from a burning building | D．discovered a new star |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．My daydream. | B．My father’s son. |
| C．My famous father. | D．My happy family. |
| uA LITTLE PRINCESS Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ￥18.3 (online) Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin’s. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty(贫穷) and the scorn(嘲笑) of her fellows(伙伴). It’s an excellent book with 4 tapes(磁带) for children. |
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uPETER PAN Author: J.M Barrie ￥15 (in bookstores) ￥12 (online) It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures(冒险), which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling’s adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes) |
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| uUNCLE TOM’S CABIN(小屋) Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe ￥20 (in bookstores) The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin talked about the struggle between free states and slave(奴隶) states during the American Civil War(美国内战) and is as powerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago. |
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uTHE SECRET GARDEN Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ￥35 (in bookstores)￥30 (online) Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan(孤儿), finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life. |
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uGONE WITH THE WIND(乱世佳人) Author: Margaret Mitchell ￥25 (in bookstores) ￥18 (online) Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett O’Hara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time. |
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根据短文内容，选最佳择答案, 并在答题卡上按要求作答。 All of the following books have children as their main characters except _____.
| A．PETER PAN | B．GONE WITH THE WIND |
| C．A LITTLE PRINCESS | D．THE SECRET GARDEN |
We can know from the passage that _________.
| A．two of the above books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett |
| B．we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores |
| C．there are only three books with tapes |
| D．THE SECRET GARDEN is ￥5 cheaper in bookstores than online |
If you buy THE SECRET GARDEN and PETER PAN online, you have to pay _________.
| A．￥30 | B．￥12 | C．￥50 | D．￥42 |
Mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of ____.
a. the power of hope b. friendship c. her uncle d. nature’s magic
| A．a, b, c | B．a, c, d | C．a, b, d | D．all of the above |
.How many stories happened in the American Civil War?
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
Computer technology has become an important part of people’s life．This technology has its own special words．One well-known computer word is Google．It’s the name of a popular “search engineer(引擎)” for the Internet．People use the search engineer to find information about almost any subject on the Internet．The people who started the company named it Google because in math Google is a very large number-One hundred zeros follow the number one．When you “Google” a subject, you can get a lot of information about it．
If you Google someone, you might find that person’s name on a blog (博客)．A blog is short for a Web log．It’s a personal Web page．Some people write blogs to express their opinions and ideas over the Internet．Some use them to share their lives with faraway friends or family．Others write blogs to help them deal with sickness, money problems or to choose movies to see or books to read．Some people add information to their blogs every day．People who have blogs are called bloggers．
根据短文内容, 判断下列句子的正误,正确的为“T”，错误的为“F”。并在答题卡上将答案涂黑。Google and Blog are two kinds of popular search engineer．
．One can use Google to search the Internet for all information he wants．
．People may use blogs to share their opinions or ask others for help．
．Bloggers must add information to their blogs every day．
From the passage we can infer ( 推断) that computer technology is changing people’s life．
If you think texting(发短信) while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's smart, Internet-connected glasses. These glasses can do anything you now need a smartphone or tablet computer(平板电脑) to do —and then some.
In Google's video, a guy wearing the "Project Glass" is shown getting subway information, making an appointment with a friend for coffee and showing the directions in a bookstore, all with the help of the glass. It ends with him playing an instrument for a woman and showing her the sunset through a video chat.
The "Project Glass" Google displayed have a sleek(光滑的) wrap-around look and appear nothing like 3-D glasses. In development for a few years, the project is the idea of Google X, the online search-leader's secret department that produced the self-driving car and could one day send elevators into space.
Google posted the video and short blog post about “Project Glass” on April 4th, asking people to offer feedback(反馈) through its Google Plus social network. By April 5th, about 500 people did, voicing a mix of amazement and concern about the new technology. What if people used it in cars and could not concentrate on driving? What about the effect on(对……有影响) your sight of having a screen so close to your eye?
Some asked for the glass, but Google isn't giving those out just yet. The company didn't say when normal people can expect to get their hands on a piece of Project Glass, but going by how quickly Google will come out with new products, it may not be long. Enderle said that it could be about six months to a year before wide tests are coming, and a year or more for the first version(版本) of the product. This passage mainly talks about .
A. an invention B. a video C. GoogleThe of the “Project Glass” is not mentioned in this passage.
A. shape B. inventorC. priceIf you want to buy such a piece of glass, you should wait at least for.
A. a year B. 6 months C. 3 months We can’t use the glass to .
A. communicate with others
B. keep away from the sun
C. get information Which of the statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The “Project Glass” looks like 3-D glasses.
B. Many people think that the glass may help a lot while driving.
C. Some people worry that the glass will be bad to our sight while wearing it.