Charlie was spending his summer holidays by the sea. One day he climbed over some rocks. He was looking for some crabs (螃蟹) for supper. He took off his shorts and put them on a rock.
The afternoon went quickly. Time was flying by. Look! The sea was coming in fast. It was over some of the rocks now.
Charlie looked up. "It's getting late. Oh dear! Look at the sea. Where are my shorts now?" he thought. He saw them on a rock.
Oh dear! The rock was an island! Now he must swim and got them.
Charlie jumped into the sea and started swimming. He reached the rock and put his shorts on his head. Then he started swimming back. Oh no! The sea was too strong for Charlie. It was pulling him away from the beach.
"Help!" he called. "I can't get back. "
Luckily, a boat was coming by. The people in the boat saw Charlie and heard his call for help.
"Are you all right?" asked the woman in the boat.
"No! I can't swim back. The sea is too strong. "
The woman stopped the boat and she and a girl pulled Charlie into the boat. He threw his shorts into the boat too. Then they turned the boat Bound and took Charlie back to the beach.
"That was lucky," said the woman.
"Thank you very much," said Charlie.
"Be careful next time," said the woman. "The sea is usually very strong near these rocks. "
"Next time, I'm going to keep my shorts in my bag," said Charlie. "Better safe than sorry!" Where did the story take place?
| A．In the hills | B．By the sea | C．On the river | D．In the town |
Before looking for crabs, Charlie put _______________.
| A．his shirts in a bag | B．his shoes on a rock |
| C．his shorts in a bag | D．his shorts on a rock |
Charlie cried for help because______________.
| A．the sea was carrying him away from the beach |
| B．the sea was pulling Charlie onto the rocks |
| C．the sea was getting lower |
| D．the sea was going out |
Who saved Charlie? _____.
| A．A man and a girl | B．Two men | C．A woman and a girl | D．A man and a boy |
Babies as young as 5months can distinguish a happy tune, such as Ode to Joy, from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony,from sad tunes.
Researchers showed an emotionally-neutral(中立的)face to the babies while sad music played.When the babies looked away from the face, the music stopped Ode to Joy played, the babies stared at the face three to four seconds longer, suggesting they were interested in the change.
By nine months old, babies can do the opposite.
The finding is another example of how babies make sense of the world long before they can talk, said Brigham Young University psychology professor Ross Flom.
“One of the first things babies understand communicatively is emotion,so for them the melody(旋律)is the message,”Flom said. “Our study showed that by nine months, babies are classifying songs as happy or sad the same way that adults do”
So what makes a happy song?
BYU music professor Susan Kenney, who was not involved in the study, noted some of the technical difference between the happy and sad songs the babies heard.
“The happy songs were all in major keys with fairly short phrases or motives that repeated,”Kenney said, “The tempo(节拍)and melodic rhythms were faster than any of the sad ones,and the molodies had a general upward direction.The sad songs were in minor keys and all had a slower beat and long melodic rhythms.For a baby to notice those differences is interesting and attractive.”The phrase “the opposite”in Paragraph 3 refers to “___”.
| A．telling the difference between Ode to Joy and other songs |
| B．picking out a sad tune from happy ones |
| C．looking away from the face three to four sections longer |
| D．showing they’re not interested in the change of tunes |
This musical study shows that___.
| A．all babies are gifted in music |
| B．music represents what babies want to tell us |
| C．babies understand music emotionally even before they can talk |
| D．the behavior of babies should be further studied |
How do babies distinguish different tunes according to Kenny?
| A．By the tempo and rhythms |
| B．By their emotion |
| C．By their common sense |
| D．By their interest |
Which section of a newspaper does this passage probably belong to?
| A．Science |
| B．Culture |
| C．Education |
| D．Entertainment |
Among growing concerns about rising food prices and global warming, many Americans are taking a closer look at what they do and don’t eat.
Research in the US estimates that at least 14 percent of purchased food ends up in the garbage.Some way view this as a call to return to the”clean your plate” atiitude, which was popularized in the mid-twentieth century, but this would be unwise.With a rising overweight population and a growing national health crisis, it’s time for a new approach.Instead,we should view these figures as motivation to reduce waste,cut grocery costs and maintain our health by shopping and eating smarter.
Food waste reportedly makes up about 12 percent of waste material.Aside from the costly operation budgets of the equipment,the environment is paying the real price.As organic material(like vegetables,fruits and grains)decompose in the garbage,they release the greenhouse gas methane(甲烷)into the environment.
In fact,garbage is the largest source of methane emissions(散发)in the US.While composting plant food, which does not produce methane,is one solution,strategies for wasting less food shoule also be explored.
According to a survey in the UK,one major source of food waste is “over shopping”.Buying more food than we need is easy to do when we shop without a list or when “buy one,get one free”offers tempt us to put food that will often go to waste into our shopping baskets.
The solution: shop smarter.Check your refrigerator to see what needs to be used or frozen before it becomes bad.Check your calendar to see if there are meals that you know you will be eating away from home.
Before you go to the store,decide how many days worth of food you need.Then ,take a few minutes to prepare a shopping list.Don’t make things different—no need to decide what will be served each day—just plan enough breakfast,lunch and dinner meals to last until your next grocery run.How does food waste influence the environment?
| A．It makes up about 12 percent of waste materials |
| B．It costs a great deal to operate the equipment |
| C．It contains organic materials |
| D．It release the greenhouse gas |
How many solutions are mentioned to solve the food garbage problem?
| A．One |
| B．Two |
| C．Three |
| D．Four |
What can we know according to Paragraph 5?
| A．We usually buy some unnecessary food. |
| B．We tend to buy a lot of food that we can’t afford. |
| C．We usually buy one thing and are given one more for free. |
| D．We get the free food and soon throw it into the garbage |
The purpose of writing this passage is to ___.
| A．tell us what healthy foods should be bought |
| B．remind us to eat smarter to provide energy for our body |
| C．advise us to check our refrigerator before eating out |
| D．expect us to make efforts to avoid food waste |
Many English students did not realize that phrases such as “get off of” and “she was stood” were grammatically incorrect. It’s feared that the use of social networking websites and mobile phone text messaging is damaging children’s literacy(读写) skills.
Ministers have also complained that many young people spend too much time playing video games and watching TV instead of reading books.In the lastest study,Cambridge Assessment,one of the country’s biggest examination organizations,surveyed more than 2,000teenagers in 26 English secondary schools.
They were presented with various phrases and asked to mark out those with non-standard English. Only 41 percent realized that an adjective had been used in place of an adverb in the phrase “come quick”.
Fewer than six-in-ten pupils correctly identified “get off of” and “she was stood” as ungrammatical. Around a quarter of students failed to spot errors in the phrases “ it wasn’t me who done it” , “ couldn’t hardly move”, “Tom had gotten cold” and “three mile”. At least a fifth failed to recognize that “more easier” was incorrect. And most one-in-ten students failed to spot the use of a double negative in the phrase “I didn’t break no vase”
Ian McNeilly,from the National Association for the Teaching of English, told the Times Educational Supplement, “For a lot of people—not just young people—their daily use of English is in new media,where non-standerd grammatical constuctions are more acceptable.That’s unavoidably going to lead to an increased lack of awareness of more standard constructions.”
Dr Beth Black,author of the latest report,said,”It is possible that these less well-recognized nonstandard English forms will find their way into standard English,especially given the view that teenagers are linguistic innovators(语言创新者) who bring about change in standard dialect”.According to the first paragraph, what do people worry about?
| A．Text message cost students too much money |
| B．students can’t use standard English grammer |
| C．Students are annoyed through social networking websites. |
| D．Students become violent by playing video games |
From the result of the survey, about 10 percent of the students failed to___.
| A．understand the correct use of the tense |
| B．know the proper place of an adjective |
| C．know the use of the adverb |
| D．find the misuse of a double negative |
According to Ian McNeilly, which of the following caused the spread of non-standard grammer?
| A．Poeple use English in new media |
| B．People spend little time reading books |
| C．People didn’t learning grammar well at school |
| D．Poeple are too careless in their writing |
From the last paragraph, we can infer that___.
| A．standard English will probably be destroyed by teenagers |
| B．teenagers are likely to become experts in English language |
| C．non-standard English forms will probably be widely accepted |
| D．people will probably not use the standard English grammar |
On a cold evening of April our ship was sailing for Ireland. Suddenly a violent storm rose and overturned our ship. Fortunately I held a board and was washed up on an island.
It was completely dark. On reaching the island，I found a smooth place to lie down. Quite tired I slept for a long time. I woke up with a start when I was dazzled (使目眩) by glaring sunlight. How I felt hungry and thirsty！The island with its beautiful landscape at dawn appeared before my eyes.
I began to explore the island. It was an uninhabited island surrounded by trees. Yellow fruits on the trees made me feel hungry. I tasted one. How sweet and delicious it was！I ate greedily a lot then I lay down comfortably on the soft grass. Around me were fragrance (芳香) and singing of birds. There, far away, on the right, a waterfall was falling down the mountainside. I rushed toward it. In the afternoon when I was wandering around the island, I happened to find out a cave hidden behind the thick forest. It was convenient for me to turn it into a place for sleeping for the night.
Day in day out,nearly two weeks passed by. My food was mere fruit and some fish caught from the stream. Sometimes I tried to hunt some wild animals but in vain. Had I been equipped with necessary things，I would have enjoyed remaining here for food.
One morning I caught sight of a boat. I signaled and shouted loudly. I was rescued but so far I have had the memories of a fairy land which I had once happened to discover!What did the author do first after he was washed up on the island?
| A．He looked for a passing ship. |
| B．He found something to eat. |
| C．He found a place to take a rest. |
| D．He made the island clean. |
What is the RIGHT time order of the following things?
A.HE wandered around the island
B.He was dazzled by glaring sunlight
C.He ate a lot of wild fruits
D.He found the island’s landscape was beautiful
A.bdac B.cdab C.acdb D.bdcaWhat does the underlined part “an uninhabited island”in Paragraph 3 mean?
| A．An island with beautiful scenes but no fruit. |
| B．An island without humans living on it. |
| C．An island that no humans have visited. |
| D．An island with fresh air and trees. |
What does this passage specially describe?
| A．How the author overcame difficulties on the island |
| B．How the author spent the first night and the first day on the island |
| C．How the author got to the island |
| D．How the author escaped from the island |
The author wrote his experience in a ________ tone.
| A．light | B．serious | C．scared | D．sharp |
Theangelshavefinallybeenconnected together and the bows have all been carefully fixed across the branches.After three months of hard work, 16-year-old Suzy Jordan’s tree is finally appearing at the yearly Festival of Trees in honor of her best friend, Emily Austin.
“All that’s needed now is a real angel,”says Suzy,”to help 13-year-old Emily recover from a recent bone marrow transplant(骨髓移植)and finally remove the leukemia(白血病)”
“Emily is the strongest person I know.There’s always such brightness about her,”says Suzy,a student ar Orem High School.
Last year,when Emily’s cancer was in remission,she helped Suzy and other students decorate a red-and-white Christmas tree for Primary Children’s Medical Center at the Festival of Trees.
“It was so much fun for her,”says Emily’s mother, Laurie,”she’s seen the inside of the hospital more than a school since she was 5”.
But the good conditions didn’t last long.In August, Suzy learned that her friend’s leukemia returned, becoming worse.And she knew exactly what to do show her support.
“Emily was so excited about helping out with the festival tree last year that I decided to surprise her by giving away a tree of my own,”she says.
Because of being in hospital, Emily won’t be able to see the tree.”But I’m taking pictures to surprise her,”says Suzy.”I want her to know that she’ll always be an angel to me.”
Suzy’s tree has given Emily’s family hope for a miracle(奇迹).”It has given Emily hope that she has a chance to be a normal girl and do all the things other girls do,”says Laurie Austin.
Suzy’s greatest hope is that she’ll be able to give away more trees to the festival, with one big difference.”The best wish of all,”she says,”is that Emily will be there with me, putting on the decoration.” What’s the best title for this passage?
| A．A christmas tree gives hope for a miracle |
| B．Friends’ help means a lot |
| C．A Christmas tree for a hospital |
| D．The best hope of Suzy Jordan |
Suzy Jordan decorated a tree to ___.
| A．help Emily realize her dream |
| B．prepare for the Festival of Trees |
| C．show admiration for Emily Austin |
| D．call on more people to help Emily |
The underlined phrase”in remission”in Paragraph 4 probably means”___”.
| A．less serious |
| B．much worse |
| C．as bad as before |
| D．fully cured |
Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Emily probably got the leukemia eight years ago |
| B．Emily is excited and surprised to see the Christmas tree |
| C．Emily is fond of decorating Christmas trees |
| D．Emily faces her illness actively and strongly |