One day, a farmer was 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 the trouble." His father said nothing but picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they lad a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries.
The father and the son continued 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 on. At this time, his father dropped 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 lost some time in 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 had bent down earlier 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 anyone who does not worry about the little things will find that he cannot do the great things.Who picked up the horseshoe at last?
| A．Thomas. | B．The old father. |
| C．Both the father and the son. | D．Neither the father nor the son. |
The farmer bought _______ with the money after lie sold the horseshoe.
| A．some food | B．some water | C．some cherries | D．some pennies |
When the son refused to pick up the horseshoe, the father _______.
| A．felt very happy | B．didn’t say anything | C．beat the son | D．became a little angry |
The father dropped the cherries one by one, because _______.
| A．he wanted his son to eat them all | B．he wanted his son to do more exercise |
| C．lie wanted to teach his son a lesson | D．he wanted his son to pick them up |
From the story, we can learn that _______.
| A．cherries are so delicious that most of is like to eat-them |
| B．a horseshoe is so expensive that it can bring us a lot of money |
| C．if the boy wants to eat cherries, he must pick up the horseshoe |
| D．if we want to do some great things, we should start with some small ones |
“Lots of restaurants say they’re the best. To be honest, we are not and we’ve never said we are. We just try to be a little bit better every day,” said Mr. Yang, who runs a restaurant named Grandpa Yang in Chongqing.
Yang started the restaurant in 2011. He was unhappy when quite a lot of food was left uneaten. “If customers know more about the food before they order, they will know what to pick,” he thought. So he decided to write something about each dish on his menu online.
Now there is something about the food. “Compared with our General Tao Chicken; this one is not THAT good,” says the introduction of Orange Beef. Another introduction warns. “Don’t let the name fool you. This one is NOT a real Sichuan dish.”
“People often search online to find the right restaurant. I don’t want them to say, ‘Oh, it’s one of the best in the area, and it must be very good,’ but then they come here only to find it’s not so good,” Yang said, “Customers should read more about the food before they order, not only my introductions, but also other customers’ opinions.”
Thanks to his honesty, the restaurant is having a moment under the sun. “It’s been a very exciting and busy time,” said Yang, “and I love it.”
(1). The restaurant Grandpa Yang was started ________.
| A． |
in 2001 |
B． |
in 2011 |
C． |
in 2012 |
D． |
in 2021 |
(2). Mr. Yang was unhappy when ________.
| A． |
the food was almost sold out |
B． |
customers knew a lot about the food |
| C． |
customers found the food unhealthy |
D． |
quite a lot of food was left uneaten |
(3). Mr. Yang thinks that ________.
| A． |
his restaurant is the best |
B． |
people shouldn’t search online |
| C． |
General Tao Chicken is good |
D． |
customers shouldn’t say anything |
(4). According to the passage, the restaurant becomes successful mainly because ________.
| A． |
it offers good service |
B． |
Mr. Yang is honest |
| C． |
it offers a good price |
D． |
Mr. Yang is foolish |
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Welcome to our school farm! I’m Potato. |
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Dry me in the sun for 2 hours. |
Plant me about 20cm deep in the ground. Use the soil in No. 6 box. |
The best temperature is between 15℃ and 20℃. |
After 2 or 3 weeks. A potato plant will rise out of the ground. |
The potato plant will flower. |
When the flowers die, carefully dig up the potato plant. Then you’ll have your own potatoes. |
(1). Dry me in the sun for ________.
| A． |
2 hours |
B． |
20 hours |
C． |
8 days |
D． |
15 days |
(2). Plant me ________.
| A． |
on the leaves |
B． |
on the moon |
C． |
in the hat |
D． |
in the ground |
(3). Carefully dig up the potato plant when ________.
| A． |
the soil is wet |
B． |
the temperature is 15℃ |
| C． |
the flowers die |
D． |
you see the school farm |
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Making your school a better place will make everyone around you happier and will get you more exited to go every day. Besides, a better place will also make you more productive. The following are some of the ways to make your school a better place.
♦ (1) Do not stay silent when you see another student getting hurt by others. Speak up confidently and tell them to stop. This will help create a better atmosphere (气氛) at school.
♦Try to deal with arguments between other kids. When you see other students in an argument, you can help deal with the problem. (2) After all, many arguments in school are just misunderstandings between two people.
♦ (3) If you know that other students have difficulty learning a subject that you’re good at, you can help them by teaching them in that subject. Helping other students to improve their grades will help create a positive atmosphere in school.
♦Make friends with lonely students. If you notice a student who doesn’t have many friends or sits alone at lunch, make it a point to become their friend. (4) So why not encourage other people to become friends with them?
A. Encourage your classmates to talk to each other.
B. Friendship will make them less lonely.
C. Teach other students if you can.
D. You may get into trouble.
E. Stand up bravely.
(1). ________
(2). ________
(3). ________
(4). ________
(5). What else would you like to do to make your school better? (回答不少于5个单词)
_____________________________
If you look around the room you are in right now, you’ll probably notice a number of electronics. But can you imagine if they all had to be joined together by wires (电线)? Picture the wire snaking along the floor, for example, from your smartphone to your speaker, or connecting your game controller to the computer screen, meaning you could never sit more than a couple of meters away from it. A world of electronics connected by wires wouldn’t just be untidy, but a possible danger, too. That’s where Bluetooth comes in. We’ve all heard of it — but what exactly is it?
Bluetooth is a method of short-distance (短距离) wireless communication between electronics that makes use of the power of radio waves. The idea was first thought of by Dr. Janp Haartsen at Swedish mobile company Ericsson in 1994. Things really stepped up in September 1998 when the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) was set up to develop and spread the technology. Bluetooth 1.0 came out in 1999,and a year later it began to be used in mobile phones and desktop computers. Now Bluetooth has become an increasingly popular way of solving the problem of more and more electronics needing to be connected. without having to connect everything together with wires.
But if you look at the remote control (温控器) you use to choose the program on TV, you might rightly ask yourself why Bluetooth was such a big deal. After all, connecting objects with infrared signals (红外信号) which can’t be seen had been done before. The problem with remote controls is that they need to keep what is called “line of sight”. If something is standing between the remote control and receiver, it won’t work. Because Bluetooth uses radio waves, the things standing in the way are no longer a problem.
Since its creation in the late 1990s, the technology has become more and more improved and widely used, with the 4 billionth Bluetooth objects shipped in 2020.
(1). How does the writer lead in the topic “Bluetooth” in Paragraph 1?
| A． |
By describing scenes. |
B． |
By comparing facts. |
C． |
By telling stories. |
D． |
By explaining reasons. |
(2). With the setting up of SIG, Bluetooth ________.
| A． |
started to be used in cars |
B． |
made radio waves known to people |
| C． |
improved and spread quickly |
D． |
was able to connect all electronics |
(3). From Paragraph 3, we mainly get to know the ________ of Bluetooth.
| A． |
development |
B． |
popularity |
C． |
standard |
D． |
advantage |
(4). ________ will most probably be interested in this text.
| A． |
Phone sellers |
B． |
Technology fans |
C． |
Newspaper reporters |
D． |
History lovers |
“I wish I had straight hair”; “I’d like to be taller”. At times, we all want to look a bit more like someone else. However, the pictures we see on TV and social media can give us improper ideas about how our bodies “should” look. The truth is that everybody is different — and that’s a good thing. Accepting and feeling good about our bodies is really important for our self confidence (自信).
Body confidence is when someone accepts and behaves kindly towards their body. That includes our size and shape, skin color, appearance and any physical disabilities. Jade Parnell from the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR), says that having body confidence is “about being accepting of your body and what it does for you”.
If you feel positively (积极地) about your body, you are more likely to take care of it. Research has even shown that you are more likely to take part in activities and perform well in school. However, feeling agitated about your body could make you step back, do less well at school and even feel down. Parnell says that the cost of trying to achieve the “perfect” appearance is high. She says, “If you’re spending a lot of time trying to look a certain way, you will have less time to spend with friends and to make important memories.”
It’s important to remember that everybody is different. To develop a positive body image, Parnell says, “Try to talk positively about your own body and other people’s bodies. Try not to pay too much attention to appearance. Instead, think about what your body does for you; do your legs make you run really fast?” She also suggests treating your body well by eating different kinds of foods, exercising to feel good and to have fun, and getting plenty of sleep. Remember that you are more than how you look.
(1). The writer thinks that the pictures on TV and social media ________.
A. are perfect for people to followB. may spread wrong ideas of looks
C. imply everyone is differentD. show people how to behave kindly
(2). The underlined word “agitated” probably means “________”.
A. scaredB. seriousC. carelessD. worried
(3). Parnell will agree that you should ________.
A. accept your body as it isB. avoid talking about others’ bodies
C. spend more money on your appearanceD. remember what you used to be like
(4). What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To encourage readers to take more exercise.B. To remind readers not to eat too much food.
C. To lead readers to build up body confidence.D. To advise readers to treat their friends well.
