A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes.
The air hostess was kept so busy that she forgot to give him the water. As a result, the passenger was held up(延误) to take his medicine. Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, she hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused.
In the following hours on the plane, each time the air hostess passed by the passenger, she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger never answered a word..
When he was going to get off the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passenger’s booklet. She was very sad. She knew that he would write down sharp words, but with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she opened the booklet, and smiled, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse you twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?Ten minutes later, the passenger didn’t get the water, because _______.
| A．the plane didn’t take off. |
| B．the air hostess was kept busy and forgot it. |
| C．it’s not allowed to take medicine during the flight. |
| D．there aren’t enough water on the plane. |
The underlined word “it” in Paragrouph 4 refers to the _______.
| A．medicine | B．water | C．cup | D．booklet |
At the end of the story, we knew the passenger was _______ with the air hostess.
| A．satisfied | B．unhappy | C．angry | D．bored |
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside. So, when a person is a “banana”, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.
Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas（海外的）Chinese. These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.
But they are not Chinese citizens. They are people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang（杨振宁）. He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.“ABCs” in this passage means .
| A．three English letters | B．a kind of banana |
| C．Chinese born in America | D．Americans born in China |
Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because .
| A．their bodies are white inside but yellow outside |
| B．they think like Westerners but look like Chinese |
| C．they were born in China but go to study in America |
| D．they like to eat bananas |
The underlined word “blood” may probably mean .
| A．洪水 | B．祖先 | C．血统 | D．身份 |
Which of the sentences is WRONG about ABCs?
| A．ABCs may know little about China. | B．They are overseas Chinese. |
| C．They may speak little Chinese. | D．They are Chinese citizens. |
This passage mainly talks about .
A. different kinds of bananas B. overseas Chinese
C. the Nobel Prize D. the story of C.N. Yang
阅读短文, 按要求完成短文后的各项任务。
Today more and more young people in China would like to spend their school holiday working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of the kind young men’s stories.
Li Ping , 17
I am going to help the Forest Centre build new roads. I will spend the summer living in a tent and enjoying the clean air. I am going to sleep under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and I will be able to do something helpful at the same time.
Wu Dong, 18
This summer, I am going to take part in the Spring House Club. They build good houses and give them to poor(贫穷的) families. (1)I will help them and they will teach me what to do. I can also learn how to build houses.
Liu Hui, 16
I am going to teach children to (2)____________. I will work for the club “Reading for life”. Every day, I am going to help children find interesting books, and I want to be a (2)__________. So I can stay with children every day. This is going to be great for me.将(1)处句子翻译成中文。
__________________________________________________________________在(2) 处填上适合的词，使句子意思完整。
_________________ ____________________回答问题What is Li Ping going to help to do?
__________________________________________________________________找出该句同意句。And they don’t get any money for doing it.
__________________________________________________________________找出文章的主题句。
__________________________________________________________________
Many people love going on a trip by plane, because planes are fast. But an airport(机场) is usually far away from the city, and it usually takes hours to get out of the airport and into the city. You have to get there and wait for the plane to take off for hours. You can not open the window, and you can not have delicious food.
I like travelling by train. I think trains are the safest(最安全的). Train stations are usually in cities. When you are late for a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and look out of the window. You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes some time.
I also like cars. You can start your trip when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a station. You can carry many things with you, too. But sometimes there are many cars on the road.Many people like travelling by plane because_____________.
| A．it is interesting | B．it is fast | C．it is cheap | D．it is expensive |
What does the underlined phrase “take off” mean?
| A．Get to a place. | B．Fly away from a place. |
| C．Stop at a place. | D．Come back from a place. |
If you want to take many things with you, you can take___________.
| A．a bus | B．a train | C．a car | D．a boat |
The writer thinks that ____________ are the safest.
| A．trains | B．planes | C．boats | D．cars |
Which of the following is right?
| A．Usually you need to spend hours getting out of an airport and getting into a city. |
| B．You can not see anything from a window when you are on a train. |
| C．A car never stops at a train station. |
| D．There are always too many cars on the road. |
On the way to school, a school bus driver stops the bus in front of a washroom and then he goes in. But the bus doesn’t stop. After the driver gets off, the bus begins to run down the road, and there are 27 students on the bus.
Luckily(幸运的是)，the 11-year-old student, David, goes to the driver’s seat and begins to drive the school bus. He can’t stop the bus, but he drives the bus away from a car. At last, he stops the bus near a shop and everyone is all right.
A woman worker in the shop sees the whole thing. She says the bus nearly(几乎) runs into a river. We do not know how the boy stops the car.
David is very quiet about the accident(事故), but he is a hero. “If he doesn’t drive the bus, all the students will go down into the river with the bus.” says a teacher in the school.Where does the driver go on the way to school?
| A．He goes to school. | B．He goes to a washroom. |
| C．He goes to a mall. | D．He goes to a hospital. |
Who helps to drive the bus after the driver gets off it?
| A．A student. | B．A teacher. | C．A policeman. | D．A parent. |
Where does the bus stop at last？
| A．In the school. | B．At the bus station. | C．Near a shop. | D．In the hospital. |
Does anyone see the accident(事故)?
| A．Yes, a woman worker sees it. |
| B．No, no one sees it. |
| C．Yes, a man doctor sees it. |
| D．All the teachers and students see it. |
What is the passage mainly about?
| A．A child plays in the street. |
| B．A school bus driver. |
| C．A bus runs into a river. |
| D．A boy does something good. |
Life in the future(将来) is different from now. There are not any paper money in the future. People use their credit cards when they go shopping. There are not so many stores. At weekends, people needn’t go out. They usually do some shopping at home on the Internet.
Children don’t get up early to go to school. They have lessons at home on the Internet, too. Teachers teach their students and give them homework on the Internet. Children give the homework to their teachers on the Internet, too.
People don’t need to do much work. There are more robots(机器人). Robots do hard work for people. Parents don’t cook or wash clothes. A cooking robot cooks breakfast. In fact, robots do all the housework for us.
There are more holidays. Parents spend much time with their children. They spend a lot of time travelling around the world.
I think life in the future is very interesting. Do you think so?What is the Chinese for the underlined phrase “credit cards”?
| A．身份证 | B．户口本 | C．信用卡 | D．优惠卡 |
Teachers teach their students __________ in the future.
| A．in the classroom | B．over the radio |
| C．on TV | D．on the Internet |
In the future, robots can __________ for us.
| A．eat dinner | B．cook meals | C．watch films | D．talk with friends |
How does the writer like the life in the future? He thinks it is__________.
| A．hard | B．easy | C．interesting | D．healthy |
Which is the best title(标题) for the passage?
| A．Life in the future | B．Studying at home |
| C．Working at home | D．A hard life |