BASEBALL. It’s just a word, but for millions of Americans it brings much more than a word.
Hot dogs. Cold beers. Sunny afternoons. Baseball is the game of fathers and sons. Fathers and sons catch with each other on lawns (草坪) in the US. A father’s favorite team becomes his son’s. Grandfathers talk to their grandsons about games played long ago.
Many American kids collect baseball cards. The cards have pictures of their favorite players on them. In school, friends trade (交换) baseball cards just like they trade their lunches.
Players are known as “the boys of summer” because people often play the sport mostly in warm months. You don’t need to be of a certain size or shape to play baseball. You don’t have to be tall like a basketball player or strong like an American footballer. You just need to want to have fun.
Baseball is not as fast-paced (快节奏的) a game as basketball. But when you go to see a game, there’s time to relax, talk and get to know other people.
Baseball may not be the most popular sport in the US, but it is the most traditional. It’s not just a game any more, but an important part of American culture, like apple pie and grandma’s house.Many American kids like to collect _______________.
| A．baseballs | B．baseball cards | C．lunches | D．apple pies |
People like to play baseball in _____________.
| A．wet months | B．cool months | C．warm months | D．cold months |
Most of the Americans play baseball just want to _______________.
| A．enjoy themselves | B．make money |
| C．keep warm | D．make friends |
Which one is WRONG in the article?
| A．We can find many children’s favorite baseball players on their cards. |
| B．If you are not strong enough, you can’t play baseball. |
| C．When you go to watch a baseball play, you’ll relax and have time to talk to other people. |
| D．Baseball is the most traditional sport in the US. |
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请根据以上信息，选择正确答案，将其标号在答题卡上涂黑。Tom is a 15-year-old boy. He can be a member of the_______.
| A．Music Club. | B．Dancing Club. |
| C．English Reading Club, | D．Chinese Reading Club. |
Perhaps you can be a member of the Drama Society if（如果）you are_______.
| A．a boy. | B．a girl. |
| C．shorter than l.50meters. | D．younger than 14 years old. |
If you want to be in the Chinese Reading Club, you should satisfy(满足) the following conditions(条件）except(除了)_______．
| A．being a girl. | B．knowing how to use computer. |
| C．being good at Chinese. | D．having enough free time. |
Your lucky Day
This is a fortune-telling song, It is popular among English Children. Parents use it to teach their young children the days of the week. The song uses the day of the week a child was born on to tell the child's future.
Monday's child has a beautiful face.
Tuesday's child is full of grace.
Wednesday's child fears no foe.
Thursday's child has a long way to go.
Friday's child is happy and loving
Saturday's child works hard to make a living.
But the child is born on Sunday is
Beautiful, happy and good in every day.
Some people think that the year or the month or the day on which we were born is important. They think that these things tell us about our futures, Some people think that we all make our luck in life.
What do you think?Who likes the song?
| A．Teachers and students. | B．Old people. |
| C．Parents and children. | D．Young people. |
Which day's child is beautiful？
| A．Monday's. | B．Wednesday's. | C．Tuesday's. | D．Friday's. |
The child born on Saturday is_______.
| A．hard-working. | B．strong. | C．happy. | D．beautiful. |
The parents use the song to teach their children to_______.
| A．speak. | B．make friends. |
| C．learn the days of the week. | D．make their own luck. |
Answer the questions according to the passage you read.
A great French writer said that we should help everyone as much as we can, because we often need help ourselves. Sometimes the small can help the great. And he told the following story.
An ant was drinking by a small river and fell in. She tried her best to reach the bank(岸), but she couldn’t move at all. The poor ant got too tried but was still doing her best. Then a big bird saw her. The bird threw a piece of wood into the water. With it the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself on the grass, she heard a man coming up. The man was walking with a gun(枪) in his hand. As soon as he saw the bird, he wanted to kill her. But the ant bit(咬) him on one of his feet and at the moment the bird flew away at once.
The ant saved the bird’s life. According to the French writer, we often need help from others, so what should we do?
What does the sentence “we often need help ourselves”?
Why did the ant couldn’t reach the bank when it fell into the river?
Though the poor ant was too tried, what did she do？
请将画线句子翻译成汉语。
Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each bank.
Once upon a time there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what did one day? Well, he wanted to steal(偷) the bell(铃) on the door. He walked up to the door, took hold of the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was frightened and ran home.
Then he sat down to think. “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton(棉花) in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour’s and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder, the bell rang loudly but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour(邻居) came running out.
“Steal my bell?” I’ll teach you a lesson,” the angry man shouted, and he hit the thief on the nose. The foolish thief did not know how to neighbour found out he was stealing the bell.“why did he come out just then?”
The thief was trying to steal his neighbour’s door . But at the
time the thief ran home because he was frightened by the noise of the bell. At the last time, he put some in his ears so that he wouldn’t hear the noise. Then the neighbour came
out. The thief was hit on the nose, but he learned
.
Everyone knows that exercise is important. We need to exercise. Doctors say it is good for us. It keeps our bodies strong.
When the daytime comes, we must get up. This is the time for exercise. Exercise means doing things with the body. There are many ways to exercise. You can walk, run, swim, skate, or play ball games. Make sure you exercise in the following ways: you have to like what you’re doing. Exercise enough but not too much. It is good to exercise twice each week. Thirty minutes each time is enough. Try all kinds of things until you find one, two or three sports that feel right for you.
Exercise can be fun. Friends can exercise together at fitness center, or they can play sports together. How do you exercise?In the passage the writer tells us that we all need to_______________.
A. drink B. relax C. exerciseWhich of the following sports we can’t find in the passage?
A. Fishing B. Running C. SwimmingWhat does exercise mean?
A. It means doing things with the body
B. It means doing lessons.
C. It means playing What can exercise do to the body?
A. It can make the body weak
B. It can make us sleep more
C. It can make the body healthyThe words “fitness center” in the passage mean_________
A.减肥中心 B.健身中心 C.购物中心