AnewLongMarch（长征）Twentyonepeop-优题课

A long time ago, in 1893, in the United States, some people were talking about fruits and vegetables. They asked, “What are fruits and what are vegetables? How are fruits different from vegetables and vegetables different from fruits?” They talked for a long time and then they decided, “We eat vegetables as part of a meal, but we eat fruits before or after a meal.”
In real life, people do not think the dictionaries give the right meaning of a word. For example, the dictionaries say that tomatoes are fruits. But few people know that. Most people think they are vegetables. They call them vegetables and eat them as vegetables. To most people, fruits mean sweet things like apples, pears, oranges and watermelons.
What are vegetables then? We call many plants and grasses vegetables. Some people think some fruits are vegetables, such as apples, pears and bananas. But to most people, vegetables mean things like potatoes, onions and carrots.
A long time ago, some people in the United States _______.

A．wanted to know what were fruits and vegetables

B．didn’t know when to eat fruits

C．didn’t think fruits were as good as vegetables

D．didn’t talk about fruits and vegetables

People usually eat vegetables _______.

A．before a meal

B．after a meal

C．alone

D．during a meal

What do most people think of fruits?

A．They are the same as vegetables.

B．They are sweet things.

C．They are like potatoes, onions and carrots.

D．They are only apples, pears, oranges and watermelons.

Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped（退学）. But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage(汽车库). He chose the name “Apple” just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he _____.

A．never did his lessons

B．was full of new ideas

C．always made troubles with his schoolmates.

D．dropped

Steven Jobs designed his new computer ________.

A．in India	B．with his friend
C．in an apple tree garden	D．by himself

Steven Jobs was famous for his _____ all over the world.

A．new ideas

B．apple

C．Apple Computer

D．video games

From this passage we know _________.

A．Steven Jobs didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates.

B．Steven Jobs liked traveling in India and California.

C．Steven Jobs liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true

D．Steven Jobs could only design video games

Today it is found that school students hardly pay much attention to sports. Is it because they aren’t interested in sports? No. They often say they have other more important things to do.
What are these important things? Examinations! Students have to spend much time on all kinds of examinations at school. So many of them almost become bookworms (书呆子). Books stop them from doing sports. Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, the students have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for (就……而言) the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies. So it is necessary for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports. In fact, education can’t go without physical (身体的) exercises, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything, let alone (更不用说) a great success in your life.
are the greatest problems, so the school students don’t pay much attention to sports now.

A．No interest	B．Exercises
C．Education	D．Examinations

The underlined word “pressure” means “”.

A．happy feeling	B．good care
C．nervous feeling	D．deep love

The writer thinks the students should .
A. work hard all day and all night
B have all kinds of sports after studying
C. do not have sports
D. spend the free time on the studies and give up the sports
Which sentence is true?

A．If you have a weak body, you will have a hard mind.

B．If students want to get better results in studies, they must not do sports.

C．If students spend all their time on sports, they will improve studies.

D．If you want to be successful in your life, you must have a strong body.

An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didn’t go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well.
　　The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel.
“Bring me the bill,” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isn’t any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter.
The story happened _______.

A．in England

B．on a ship from Norway to England

C．in Norway

D．on a ship from England to Norway

Why didn’t the traveler go to the dinning room first?

A．Because he had no money

B．Because he didn’t feel very well

C．Because he didn’t want to eat anything

D．Because he didn’t hear the sound of the bell

The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because _______.

A．his friend had given him some money

B．the waiter had asked him to change his mind

C．he learned that there was no bill on the ship

D．he was too hungry

How many meals did the traveler have on the ship?

A．Only one

B．Two

C．Three

D．None

Body language shows all kinds of feelings and is sometimes more important than spoken language.A smile is a usual facial expression----it shows that you are friendly to others. However, it does not always mean that you are happy. A smile can hide other feelings, like anger, fear, or worry.
In most countries, nodding the head up and down shows agreement, while shaking the head means that you do not agree, or that you would not like to do something. If you stand holding your arms across your chest, you may be protecting yourself---just from a conversation you do not want! If you sit looking at the person you are talking to and then turn toward to him, it shows that you are interested. If you roll your eyes and turn your head away, most likely you do not believe what you are hearing, or you do not like what you hear.
Body language shows__________.

A．all kinds of feelings	B．some special feelings
C．nothing	D．only happy feelings

When a person smiles, ______________.

A．it always shows he is very happy

B．it always means he hides some feelings

C．there may be some other feelings behind the smile.

D．it shows he is angry, worried or frightened.

______________, nodding heads up and down shows he agrees with you.

A．In most countries	B．In all countries
C．In some countries	D．In Western Countries

If a man stands holding his arms across his chest, it means __________.

A．he wants to protect himself from a conversation he doesn’t want

B．he is very interested in the conversation

C．he is pleased with the man he is talking to

D．he wants to know more about the man he is talking to

A．The 1st	B．The 2nd
C．The 3rd	D．The 3th and the 1st