DouKou,aChineseboy,iscalledthe-优题课

Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his partents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice. Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.
How many books has Dou Kou written?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five

D．Six

Thanks to his ________, Dou Kou could write his books.

A．mother

B．father

C．school life

D．life in different cities

Dou Kou began to use a dictionary __________.

A．when he wrote fairy tales	B．before his father taught him how to learn something
C．after he went to school	D．after his mother taught him how to learn something

The underlined(划线的) sentences show us that Dou Kou _________.

A．is different from other children	B．doesn’t tell the truth.
C．is the same as other children	D．likes his books

Which is the best title?

A．Three Books by a child	B．How to Write a Fairy Tales
C．How Clever the Boy is	D．Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer

科目英语题型阅读理解难度中等

（1） The ear is an important organ (器官). To make people know the importance of our ears, the government set up National Ear Care Day. It falls on March 3rd every year. How much do you know about the ear?

（2） There are three parts in our ears — the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. We can see the outer ear clearly. It can collect sound around us. Then the sound goes through the middle ear to the inner ear and finally to our brain.

（3） Our ears keep working all the time even when we are sleeping, but our brain just pays no attention to it. Sometimes we may wake up suddenly at midnight. That’s because our brain hears something, although we don’t know what it is.

（4） Our ears also help us keep a balance. There are some organs that are full of liquid (液体) with small hairs around them in the inner ear. The liquid and hairs send messages to our brain to make us keep a balance.

（5） Our ears even have something to do with tasting food. We may have problems telling tastes if there is something wrong with our ears.

You see, ears can do more than we think, so take good care of our ears from now on.

(a)根据短文内容，从方框中选出每段的主旨大意。

A. Helping us keep a balance

B. Keeping hearing day and night

C. Different parts of the ear

D. Helping with tasting food

E. An important organ—the ear

____（1）____ ____（2）____ ____（3）____ ____（4）____ ____（5）____

(b) 根据短文内容，补全下面的表格，每空填一词。

Date

★National Ear Care Day is on ____（6）____ 3rd.

Parts

★Our ears have three parts. They are the outer ear, the ____（7）____ ear and the inner ear.

Functions (功能)

★Sometimes we may wake up suddenly at midnight ____（8）____ our brain hears something.

★The liquid and hairs in the inner ear ____（9）____ messages to our brain to make us keep a balance.

★If there is something ____（10）____ with our ears, we may have problems telling tastes.

There is a traditional toy called taiping nijiaojiao. It is a clay toy and also a whistle (哨子) in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. It has a history of over 1,000 years.

Taiping nijiaojiao is made of the mud from the local mountain. It takes more than ten steps to make the clay toy, and the key step is to knead (捏) it with your hands. You can knead the clay toy into anything, like animals and plants. The blowhole is the most difficult part to make, for the size of the blowhole makes a difference to the sound. While coloring, you can use traditional cultural elements (元素) that carry good meanings. It’s hard to make taiping nijiaojiao. But when you finally make it, you will feel proud of yourself.

Zhou Baokang, a lover of folk art, learned how to make the clay toy from local artists about 20 years ago. He wants more people to know about it, so he has opened a museum to introduce the clay toy. He teaches kids how to make the clay toy, too.

There are many traditional art forms in China, but some of them have been lost. Luckily, the traditional clay toy taiping nijiaojiao is kept to this day.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

（1）What is taiping nijiaojiao?

A toy.

An animal.

A plant.

A museum.

（2）What does the underlined word “mud” mean in Paragraph 2?

Soft silk.

Clean water.

Wet earth.

Dead wood.

（3）What is the key step when you make taiping nijiaojiao?

A．	Choosing the elements.	B．	Kneading the clay toy.
C．	Making the blowhole.	D．	Coloring the clay toy.

（4）Who does Zhou Baokang teach to make taiping nijiaojiao?

Artists.

Kids.

Masters.

Teachers.

（5）What’s the best title for the passage?

A．	Shapes of the Clay Toy	B．	A Lover of Folk Art
C．	Ways of Making a Clay Toy	D．	A Traditional Clay Toy

Jilin Province lies in the northeast of China. It’s a good place to visit. Come and have fun!

	“Red Trip” in Tonghua Tonghua is a good choice to have a “red trip”. It is a place full of “red stories”. The well-known national hero Yang Jingyu once fought here. Experience the “red spirit”!
	Mount Changbai Mount Changbai is a famous mountain at home and abroad. There is a mysterious (神秘的) lake—Tianchi, a national park and some beautiful waterfalls. Enjoy the beauty of nature!
	Jilin Rime (雾松) The rime dresses up the winter of Jilin City. Tourists walk along the Songhua River to enjoy the fantastic rime. Leave your footmarks on the wonderland!
	Yanbian Food Yanbian is famous for the local food. Tourists can find the special food like cold noodles and rice cake here. For foodies (美食家), Yanbian is the best place to visit. Just have a taste!

根据表格内容，选择正确答案。

（1）We will learn about the ________ in Tonghua.

special food

“red spirit”

fantastic rime

beautiful waterfalls

（2）There is a mysterious ________ in Mount Changbai.

lake

river

park

waterfall

（3）If tourists want to enjoy the rime, they can go to Jilin City in ________.

spring

summer

autumn

winter

（4）For foodies, ________ is possibly the best place to taste the local food.

Mount Changbai

Jilin City

Yanbian

Tonghua

（5）The passage above probably comes from a ________.

medical report

thank-you note

travel magazine

science fiction

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

When I was little, I was really little. But my dream was big. I dreamed of being a basketball player. I tried out for the teams at school, but I was never given a chance.

As I got older, I did grow a little bigger, but not a lot bigger. On my 12th birthday, I decided to try a new sport: running. I told Grandpa. “I’m going to be an athlete.”

“Dave.” Grandpa began gently, “if you can’t be big, you can do something big.”

I ran 12 miles on my 12th birthday. On my 13th birthday, I did it again, but I added an extra mile. On my 14th birthday, I ran 14 miles. 15 on my 15th, 16 on my 16th, and you guessed it—17 miles on my 17th birthday.

All this running inspired（激发）another big dream. Someday, I’d run the Boston Marathon（波士顿马拉松赛）. I told Grandpa about my decision.

“But, Dave, you haven’t trained for the marathon. Are you sure you’re ready?” Grandpa asked. But he still promised to walk over and cheer me on.

I ran fast that day, But I fell at Mile 18 and was driven to the hospital. Later that night, I called Grandpa and told him I failed.

“No,” he said calmly, “you didn’t fail. You discovered something.”

“I did?” I asked.

“Yes, you discovered that big dreams don’t just come true. They take work. If you train and work hard, I promise to wait for you next year and cheer you on.”

I trained every day, running miles and miles. Sadly, just two months into my training, Grandpa died. He wouldn’t be waiting for my second Boston Marathon. I decided I’d run for him.

That day, I ran fast. “Keep going! You can do it!” His words filled my head as I forced my legs to make each painful step. As I crossed the finish line, I threw my arms in the air and cried, “Grandpa, we did it!”

（1）Why did Dave fail to join the school basketball team?

A．	He couldn’t run fast.	B．	He didn’t work hard.
C．	He was not tall enough.	D．	He wasn’t a quick learner.

（2）What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph A refer to?

A．	Adding an extra mile.	B．	Running on his birthday.
C．	Training for the marathon.	D．	Trying out for the basketball team.

（3）Which of the following words best describes Grandpa?

Creative.

Modest.

Generous.

Encouraging.

（4）What is the best title for the text?

A．	Dream Big	B．	The Boston Marathon
C．	Think Twice	D．	The Story of Grandpa

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

All aboard! Let’s take a ride on the world’s highest railway—the Qinghai-Tibet Railway（青藏铁路）. Sit back and enjoy the journey. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime.

We’re leaving Qinghai Station. The scenery along the way is some of the wildest in all of China. Keep your eyes open as we race through this beautiful land. You might see a rare Tibetan antelope（藏羚羊）from your window.

Before we begin our journey, let’s learn about this amazing railway. It’s truly one of the great engineering wonders of the 21st century. When it was completed on July 1, 2006, the Tibet Railway set nine world records, including the world’s highest railway at 5,072 metres above sea level, the world’s highest tunnel（隧道）at 4,905 metres, and the longest tunnel ever built on permafrost（冻土）.

As we travel higher, the air gets thinner and thinner. Soon there will only be 50 to 60 percent of the oxygen which we are used to breathing. But don’t be afraid. Each rail car has two separate oxygen systems. One system spreads oxygen throughout the train at all times. And each passenger can also get a personal oxygen mask just like those used in planes.

Here are a few more things to think about as our train leaves the station. The designers solved three main challenges when building this great railway. First, the high altitude（海拔）made the task difficult because there was no enough oxygen. Second, much of the railway runs across permafrost, a type of ground that keeps changing as the weather warms and cools. Finally, the railway goes through some of the most sensitive ecology（敏感的生态环境）in China. Great care was necessary to make sure of the smallest possible influence on nature.

All three challenges were met, making our trip possible. All aboard! The train to Tibet is leaving in fifteen minutes.

（1）Where are the passengers?

On a bus.

On a train.

On a ship.

On a plane.

（2）How does the text show the railway is amazing in paragraph 3?