Passage 2
When you get tired of homework, several minutes’ walk in a nearby green park helps you relax at once. Or you may stand facing the lake or the seas. They will calm (not to be excited or nervous) you just like the green plants.
Wonder why? Color is a key part of the answers. Since it is so, green and blue help make people feel more quiet and safe.
All colors have special power. Scientists have found that many colors have specific effects (效果) on people’s mind and feelings.
Try an easy and interesting experiment and you’ll see how color “mislead” you sometimes. Wrap (包装) two boxes of the same size with colored paper, one red and the other white. Then weigh the two boxes with your hands. Which one is heavier? Most people will think that the red box is heavier, even though they weigh the same.
Colors can affect (影响) learning. Scientists have found that students spend more time reading if they read information written in blue text. Blue helps most people calm down and think more.
Clever uses of colors in daily life are to be seen everywhere. Hospitals and libraries seldom paint their walls, tables and desks red. They use light colors, like light blue or green. Red makes people excited while light colors help them relax. Haven’t worked out how color affects your daily life? Start with your small room. Try to make some changes in it and you’ll get to know how important color is!The underlined word “mislead” means _____.
| A．affects | B．effects |
| C．causes someone to have a wrong idea | D．give wrong directions |
We’d better paint the walls of the hospital in _____.
| A．light blue or light green | B．deep red or deep brown |
| C．deep orange or deep red | D．light green or light yellow |
If you want to ______, you’d better sit in the room painted blue.
| A．weigh something with your hands | B．study attentively |
| C．face the lake or the sea | D．enjoy some rock music |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．When you are going to have a rest, you’d better sit in the room painted green |
| B．Scientists have known some differences among some colors |
| C．When you get tired of homework, you should look at the green plants far away |
| D．The passage has told us clearly why some colors are warm and other colors are cool. |
The reading mainly shows us _____.
| A．the difference between red and blue |
| B．how to get on well with others |
| C．how to make smart uses of different colors in our daily life |
| D．how to paint and decorate our rooms |
Fish and apple soup'？Yes, and you won't believe how delicious it is. This first came out of a restaurant in Singapore, but it is now very popular as the soup du jour in Chinese restaurants. Ingredients (serves 4):
1. Whole fish
2 apples, quartered,
4-6 ginger slices (姜片) 
1 bunch of spring onions, cut into pierces
1 red tomato, cut into 8 pierce
s ，oil. salt and pepper
Methods:
l. Remove the bones from the fish.
2 Pour oil into a pan. Fly the ginger slices, and the spring onions Add the fish hones and oil.
3. Add enough water and boil it for about 15 to 20 minutes,
4. Add the
apples, the fish and the tomato. When the apples go soft, ads salt and pepper,This passage is probably_________.
| A．a poem | B．a piece of news | C．a story | D．a recipe |
The name of the soup in Chinese restaurants is_________.
A. du jour soup D. tomato soup C. union soup D. ginger soupThe underlined word "quartered" means_________.
| A．榨汁 | B．切成四份 | C．洗净 | D．炸碎 |
If you want to cook the soup for 8 people, you will need _____ red tomatoes.
| A．1 | B．2 | C．3 | D．4 |
In what order should you add the ingredients while cooking the soup?
| A．apples, fish and tomato—ginger slices and spring onions—oil—fish bones |
| B．oil—fish bones—ginger slices and spring onions—apples, fish and tomato |
C．oil—ginger slices and spri ng onions—fish bones—apples, fish and tomato |
| D．ginger slices and spring onions—fish bones-apples, fish and tomato—oil |
2011 is a special year all the people in Shenzhen. The 26th World Universiade will be held in the city from August 12th to 23rd.
As we all know, "Start Here'' is the slogan of this great event. Does anyone know that a new life of two giant pandas will start here as well?
Shenzhen is expecting the pair of pandas for the Summer Univcrsiade. The pandas, a male and a female from Wolong Panda Research Center in Sichuan Province, will be "Universiade Pandas", just like "Asian Games Pandas" and "Olympic Pandas".
Shenzhen Safari Park 
will rebuild its panda house to welcome the pandas. The panda house has been empty since another panda, Yongba, 25. was returned to Sichuan in 2009 because it was too old.
How old are the Universiade Pandas? What are their names? What are they like? What are their living habits? We will find out the answers in June when they arrive.The 26th World Universadc will begin on.
| A．August 12th | B．August 23rd | C．September 12th | D．September 23rd |
The pair of pandas comes from.
| A．Shenzhen | B．Sichuan | C． Guangzhou | D．Beijing |
Yongba is a(n).
A．Universi ade Panda |
B．Asian Games Panda |
| C．Olympic Panda | D．panda that used to live in Shenzhen Sal at Park |
From the passage we can know the __ of the Universiade Pandas.
| A．arrival time | B．ages | C．names | D．living habits |
The passage tells us that_.
| A．the slogan of the 26th World Universiade is "Just Do It" |
| B．there will be two male pandas coming to Shenzhen |
| C．Yongba left Shenzhen in 2009 |
| D．Wolong Panda Research Center will build a panda house for the Universiade Pandas |
Mr. King worked in a factory. He liked playing soccer and spent much time on it, so he was sometimes late for work. His boss was so angry that he fired Mr. King. Mr. King couldn't find another job. 
Fin
ally he got into trouble and lived a difficult life.
One of his friends felt sorry for turn and introduced him to a headmaster, whose school was just in need of swimming coach (教练). Mr. King began to teach the school children to swim. He wasn't a good coach. Two months later, the children learned nothing. Few of them could swim.
It was a hot Saturday. The children wouldn't stay in the classroom and wanted to swim in the river. Mr. King failed to stop them. Before they started, he drew a red line below the knee of each child. He said to them, "Come out of the river at once if the water reaches the line."Why did the boss fire Mr. King?
| A．Because Mr. King didn't like his job, |
| B．Because Mr. King was ill. |
| C．Because Mr. King talked too much. |
| D．Because Mr. King was sometimes late for work |
Mr. King couldn't find another job and his life was_.
| A．happy | B．hard | C．relaxing | D．free |
Who helped Mr. King find a job in a school?
| A．The boss of the factory. | B．His friend. | C．The school children. | D．Nobody. |
Two months later, the children learned nothing because_.
| A．Mr. King taught them to play soccer | B．they didn't like swimming at all |
| C．they were afraid of water | D．Mr. King was a poor coach |
Mr. King _____, so he dr
ew a red line below the knee of each child.
| A．didn't want the children to swim |
| B．wanted to make the children look funny |
| C．wanted to make the children happy |
| D．wanted to help the children swim better |
Conor Grennan was unwilling to be a volunteer(志愿者). The 29-year-old American was not sure if he had the skills or a strong feeling for it.
However, he went to work at an orphanage(孤儿院) in Nepal. His first thought was to make people impressed.
"I thought that if I volunteered just once. I could retell the story over and over," Grennan said in a Huffington Post article.
However, his three-month stay it the orphanage turned into in unusual experience. It was 2004 and Grennan had given up his job to begin a year-long around-the-world trip, His first three months were spent in Nepal.
When he arrived in the village, he knew nothing about the children or the local culture. When he opened the gate of the Little Princes Children's Home, he was faced by the excited children.
The young American ended up caring for 18 children. He later discovered that they were trafficked(被拐卖的)children. So he walked through the mountains with great difficulty to find the kids' families, "I started walking with photos of the kids." he told the Reuters reporter. "I would show up in villages and show photographs around. I went with 24 photos, and I found 24 families."
At the same time, he put his heart into Nepalese culture.
Grennan said, “Volunteering is the single best way to see how the rest of the world lives.”
He also encouraged others to do what he had done. He believes that volunteering needs only making decisions to show up.
Grennan's fight against child-trafficking has changed him. His book, Little Prince, came out last week. At first, Grennan simply wanted to _______by volunteering in Nepal.
| A．write travel stories | B．learn the skills |
| C．help the kids there | D．impress people |
When Grennan came to the Little Princes Children’s Home. _______.
| A．18 children were ill in bed | B．the children there felt excited |
| C．he decided to give up his job | D．he’d lived in Nepal for a year |
From the passage we can learn that Grennan _______.
| A．found the kids’ families easily | B．was good at taking pictures |
| C．wrote the book Little Princes | D．asked others to go to Nepal |
Which is the best title for the passage?
| A．Volunteer changes a lot | B．Volunteer is with the kids |
| C．Volunteer becomes a writer | D．Volunteer travels in Nepal |
Sitting on exercise balls brings more than a smile to students and teachers.
Some fourth-graders at Conrad Weiser West Elementary School in Womelsdorf love their new chairs-—probably because they're not really chairs at all.
The kids are sitting on the air-filled balls. But different from those just for exercise, these have small legs that keep them from rolling. Sitting on a chair all day in school can make anyone want to move around. So, more and more teachers are letting students have a ball. By using exercise balls instead of common chairs, teachers find students' posture(姿势) and attention improved.
Dotti Pownall, a fifth-grader teacher in West Virginia, has been using balls as chairs since December 2008. "The students love them." she says. Pownall took a survey of her students. She found that 80 percent, thought sitting on the balls helped them concentrate(专注) better:
"Besides, they’re fun,b" says Pownall.
According to WittFitt,b a company that has sold balls to more than 200 schools, they can improve kids' posture and classroom behavior.
Exercise ball chairs are getting popular in classrooms, from preschool to college. Some adults (成人) even use them at work.
Lisa Witt felt so stro
ngly about the use of balls as chairs that she started WittFitt. She said the company not only encourages the use of balls but also educates teachers and students on how to use them. "We sell balls in 24 s
tates in America, three provinces in Canada and Japan." says Witt.Sitting on exercise balls can______.
| A．improve students' attention | B．make students smarter |
| C．keep students moving around | D．help students become fit |
According to the passage, the company WittFitt______.
| A．began to produce balls in 2008 | B．sells balls in 24 countries |
| C．was set up by Lisa Witt | D．is famous around the world |
It can be seen from the passage that ______.
| A．exercise balls have no legs | B．Pownall works as a teacher |
| C．students hate exercise balls | D．exercise balls are filled with sand |
The passage mainly tells us about______.
| A．the shape of exercise balls | B．the use of exercise balls |
| C．the number of exercise balls | D．the inventor of exercise balls |