A young mother thought that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughter her tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her a piece of bread and butter, but the child said that she did not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well.
Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, “When I was a small girl like you. I was always given either bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.”
Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and said to her kindly, “Aren’t you pleased to live a happy life this now?”Lucy’s mother thought it was wrong to waste food because .
A.the food was delicious |
B.it was hard to get food |
C.there were so many hungry people in the world |
D.the food was little to eat |
Lucy wanted to eat .
A.tea and bread | B.the bread with butter |
C.the bread with jam | D.the bread with butter and jam |
When she was young, Lucy’s mother could only eat .
A.both bread with butter and bread with jam |
B.either bread and butter or bread and jam |
C.bread and butter |
D.bread and jam |
Lucy felt about this at her mother’s words.
A.very sad | B.sorry | C.pity | D.worried |
Lucy thought her mother should feel happy because .
A.she had come to live today’s happy life |
B.they needn’t eat bread with butter and jam |
C.they could eat bread and butter |
D.they couldn’t eat bread with butter and jam |
Who's building the new China? It's not the factory owners or the business men and women of China. It's someone else. We see them every day, They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas and the supermarkets. They even clean up our rubbish. They are China’s migrant workers(民工).
More than 140 million workers have left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China. They hope to be rich, but they realize they have many difficulties in making enough money. And one of the difficulties that these workers have is the pride and discrimination(歧视)from the people in cities. When night falls, everywhere I look I see the sad faces of the migrant workers. Many are living far away from those whom they love. Yes,they dress differently, they speak differently, and they have different habits, but they work hard .The people in cities regard them as outsiders, and most governments refuse to give them medical care and public schooling for their children. If China hopes to move into the future, many things need to change. The first is discrimination! We need to stop our discrimination against the migrant workers of China! They may not make as much money as some people in cities, but they are good honest people just trying to survive this game of life. These workers are very important and necessary to China’s economic (经济)development and have become an important force for the change of Chinese society. They are building the new China, so we should help them.The journalist think __________is building the new China.
A.the factory owners of China | B.the business men and women of China |
C.the migrant workers of China | D.the people in Chinese cities |
Which is the best title for the fourth and fifth paragraphs?
A.Moving forward | B.The discrimination from the people in cities. |
C.How to make more money. | D.A lonely life. |
The word “survive” here in Chinese means “________”.
A.活过来 | B.挺过来 | C.活得累 | D.活得长 |
Which one is NOT TRUE about China's migrant workers according to the report?
A.They should be helped by us. |
B.More than 1.4 billion migrant workers have been in big cities to make money. |
C.They are not welcomed by the people in cities because they regard them as outsiders. |
D.They have become quite important to the change of Chinese society. |
What does the report mainly tell us? .
A.Though China's migrant workers work hard, their condition is terrible. |
B.The condition of China's migrant workers needs to be changed for China's development. |
C.The people in cities aren't polite to the migrant workers. |
D.China's development only depends on the migrant workers. |
Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.”It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honour of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.All the things Edision invented were _________ people needed at that time.
A.what | B.that | C.then | D.which |
Edison _________in inventing new things.
A.took all his time | B.paid all his money |
C.spent his most time | D.spent his most money |
Edison had _________ inventions in all his life.
A.thousands of | B.over one thousand |
C.only one thousand | D.less than a thousand |
Edison was dead for nearly _______ years.
A.fifty | B.severity-six | C.s![]() |
D.eighty |
It was __________ to turn off all the lights in honour of the g
reatest inventor.
A.possible | B.not true | C.nice | D.important |
Today is fine. The sky is blue, Now it's nine o'clock in the morning. There's a sports meeting in the forest(森林)on the big mountain. Look,a horse, a panda and a cat are running. Over there a dog and two tigers are jumping. Two monkeys are climbing the trees. Four birds are flying around and singing. There are some other animals there, too. The elephants are standing. A monkey is sitting on an old elephant. The monkey has a flag(旗)in his hand. Polly is sitting in the tree. A fox, a baby panda and some small animals are sitting under the tree. They are all watching.—What colour is the sky today?—It’s____________.
A.white | B.yellow | C.black | D.blue |
How many animals are running and jumping?
A.Fourteen | B.Six | C.Eleven | D.Five |
Which animals are climbing the tress?
A. The monkeys.B. The pandas and the foxes
B. The elephants and the cats. D. The horses and the pandasThere’re __________ at the sports meeting.
A.not any birds | B.a lot of animals | C.many people | D.many monkeys |
Who’re all watching at the meeting?
A.A tiger, a baby horse and some cats | B.Polly, an elephant and some small fish |
C.A fox, a baby panda and some animals | D.A monkey, a baby cat and some birds |
Peter wondered why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always taking, never giving.
One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on Saturday, I’d like you to come and bring Martha, too.”“Thanks, Peter. We’d be happy to come.”“Perhaps you’d like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing well together. I’m sure everyone will want you to sing for us.” That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. “You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery.” Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t forget to ask something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house! They agreed.
The party was a big success. However, as the guests were leaving, they said “Thank you ” to Bill and Martha for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, “Thanks for the invitation.”
I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.
We’re going by train to New York, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.
It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time. But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.
( ) 1. How many people will go to have a trip?
A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six
( ) 2. My father will not go on the trip because .
A . he doesn’t like travels B. he like staying at home
C. he is too old to travel D. nobody wants to take him along
( ) 3 . We’re coming back home by .
A. sea B. air C. bus D. train
( ) 4. In Europe we will .
A. go sight-seeing at the seaside B. to go to different countries by ship
C. buy a lot of presents D. go from place to place by train or by bus
( ) 5. My brother and my children would like to .
A. do some shopping in Europe B. study the Italian language in Italy
C. enjoy a trip by ship D. learn French in France