“An old village woman in her seventies from Zhenjiang Province rented a small house in Shanghai and let visitors to the World Expo live there for free while she slept on a little couch. Her kindness moved(感动) countless people.” Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said so at the Expo 2010 Shanghai China on October 31 when it ended.
It is a true story. The heroine of it is Ying Miaofang, an old woman from a village of Zhuji City in Shaoxing of Zhejiang Province. “I rented a house in Shanghai and received more than 330 Expo visitors during three months’ time. My house was never empty during that period.” Ying told reporters. She also said it was worth helping so many people to visit the Shanghai World Expo and she was praised by Premier Wen.
In the late of last May. Ying Miaofang paid 1,800yuan per month to rent a small house near Changning Road in Shanghai, and spent more money on a new air conditioner, a refrigerator, a TV set and other things. She published her phone number in the newspaper and opened the house for Expo visitors for free on June 23.
Besides providing a free living place., Ying got up very early every morning to buy food, cook breakfast, clean rooms and wash clothes for those guests. Many of her guests wanted to pay some money to her when they left, but she refused. In order to support the Shanghai Would Expo, Ying spent about 20 thousand yuan in all, which could not be regarded as a little money for a woman from a village.The underlined work “countless” has the same meaning as _____
| A．enough | B．many | C．few | D．countable |
The house cost Ying Miaofang _______ yuan during three months.
| A．330 | B．1,800 | C．5,400 | D．20,000 |
Ying Miaofang is a(n)______________.
| A．villager | B．worker | C．officer | D．volunteer |
The visitors living in the house which Ying Miaofang rented in Shanghai___________.
| A．washed clothes for her |
| B．helped clean the rooms |
| C．cooked themselves |
| D．didn’t need to pay for it |
Ying Miaofang was very happy to ____________.
| A．have a good time with her friends |
| B．help the visitors during the World Expo |
| C．make money for her family |
| D．have a good harvest in autum |
Even though global warming may have made the weather more mild, many animals are still hibernating（冬眠）. It’s too bad that humans can’t hibernate. In fact we almost did.
Apparently, at times in the past, farmers in France liked a semi-state of human hibernation. So writes Graham Robb, a British scholar who has studied the sleeping habits of the French farmers. As soon as the weather turned cold, people all over the France shut themselves away and practiced the forgotten art of doing nothing at all for months.
In line with this, Jeff Warren, a producer at CBC Radio’s The Current, tells us that the way we sleep has changed since the invention of lighting.
When historians began studying texts of the Middle Ages, they noticed something referred to as “first sleep”, which was not clarified, though. Now scientists are telling us our ancestors most likely slept in separate periods. The business of eight hours’ continuous sleep is a modern invention.
In the past, without the artificial light, humans went to sleep when it became dark and then woke themselves up around midnight. The late night period was known as “The Watch”. It was when people actually kept watch against wild animals, although many of them simply moved around or visited family and neighbors.
According to some sleep researchers, a short of insomnia（失眠）at midnight is not a disorder. It is normal. Humans can experience another state of consciousness（清醒状态）around their sleeping, which happens in the brief period before we fall asleep or wake ourselves in the morning. This period can be a creative time for some people.
Playing with your sleep rhythms（节奏）can be dangerous, as worry may set in. Medical science doesn’t help much in this case. It offers us medicines for a full night’s continuous sleep, which sounds natural; however, according to Warren’s theory, it is really the opposite of what we need.The late night was called “The Watch” because it was a time for people ______.
| A．to set time to catch animals |
| B．to remind others of the time |
| C．to guard against possible dangers |
| D．to wake up their family and neighbors |
We can infer from the last paragraph that people should ______.
| A．sleep in the way animals do |
| B．follow their natural sleep rhythms |
| C．keep to the eight-hour sleeping way |
| D．ask doctors for help if they can’t sleep |
What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?
| A．To throw new light on human sleep. |
| B．To encourage people to sleep less. |
| C．To give some suggestions on insomnia. |
| D．To find out people’s hibernating history. |
What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?
Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice cream. Just ask John Harrison, an “Official Taste Tester” for the past 2l years. Harrison’s job has been responsible for approving（批准）large numbers of the sweet ice cream – as well as for developing over 15 flavors（味道）.
Some people think that it would be easy to do this job; after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No – there’s more to the job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a job in this “cool field”.
In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and grades 60 ice-cream samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12oF. Harrison explains, “You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.”
While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. “Tasting begins with the eyes,” he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the colour expected from that flavor?” Next it’s time to taste!
Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy – working at one cool job. What is John Harrison’s job?
| A．An officer. | B．An ice-cream taster. |
| C．A chemist. | D．An ice-cream producer. |
According to John Harrison, what is useful to get a job in “cool field”?
| A．To just like ice cream. |
| B．To find out new flavors each day. |
| C．To have new ideas every day. |
| D．To have a degree in food-science. |
What does Harrison do first when testing ice cream?
| A．He smells it. | B．He lets it warm up. |
| C．He tastes its flavor. | D．He examines its colour. |
| Future Plan |
| Thomas I’m not very sure what I will be doing in ten years from now. Maybe a cook or a film director? But I can tell you what I’ll be doing next week – having a birthday party with friends. |
| Emma There is one thing I really want to do and that is to travel around the world. Hopefully I will be living somewhere different in ten years, like Australia, or even Japan – who knows? I’d like to be a teacher and I’ll probably be teaching English. |
| Ken When I was little I always said I wanted to be a doctor and that hasn’t changed. I will study medicine after I finish school. It will be a lot of hard work, but it’s my dream. So in ten years I hope I will either be working in a hospital or as a doctor with my own surgery. |
| Mary I’m not really sure about the future. I’m interested in the environment, so maybe I’ll probably be working as a scientist and help develop energy or something like that. |
Who will have a birthday party with friends next week?
| A．Emma. | B．Ken. | C．Thomas. | D．Mary. |
What would Emma like to be in the future?
| A．A teacher. | B．A cook. | C．A doctor. | D．A scientist. |
What’s Ken’s dream?
| A．To live somewhere different. | B．To travel around the world. |
| C．To help develop energy. | D．To study medicine in the future. |
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Dear Jennifer,
It’s Tuesday, February 11th. I’m really busy(繁忙) today! At 8 o’clock I have a math class. I don’t like math. Then I have a science class. It’s difficult, but it’s interesting. Next, at 10:00, I have a history class. It’s boring. But I have P.E. at 11:00. That’s my favorite subject! I have lunch at 12:00. After lunch, I have a music class. I like my music teacher, Mr. Morgan. He is a fun(滑稽) teacher. School is over at 2:00.After school I do sports for two hours. I’m so tired, but I’m very happy.
Yours,
Lin MeiThis is a letter from_______.
A. JenniferB.Lin MeiC.Mr. MorganHow many classes does she have on Tuesday?
A. FourB. FiveC. SixShe likes _______best.
A.P.E.B. mathC. historyWhy does she like her music teacher?
A. He is tall.B. He is tired.C. His class is interesting.After school, she _______for two hours.
A. listens to music B. does sports C. does her homework
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| POSTER Basketball Game Place :School Gym Time : 4:30 P.M.--5:30 P.M. Team : Class 1 VS Class 2 |
FOR RENT Old house in center of the city. One bed-room and a kitchen＄500 per month . Please call Mr. Ling Tel : 332--01786 |
FOUND Come to Room A red bag with some books. 402 in the evening or call Mr. White at (010) 6378-3021. |
The game begins at ________ .
A. 4:30 in the morning
B. 5:30 in the afternoon
C. 4:30 in the afternoonIs there a basketball game between Class 1 and Class 2 on the playground ?
A. Yes, there is.B. No, there isn’t.C. I don’t know.You can rent an old house ________ from Mr. Ling
A. ￥500 a month B.＄500 a month C.450 yuan a monthCan you rent a house with a bedroom, a kitchen and a living room ,＄500 a month ?
A. Yes, I canB. I don’t know. C. No, I can’tIf you can’t find your bag, you can _____ to get it back in the evening.
A. call Mr. Ling B. go to Room 402 C. call Harry