What makes the world become smaller? Some inventions, It began in the 11th century, But it has developed greatly in the last century. Let’s take a look at the five top inventions.
Movable Type(活字印刷) :By using Movable Type, books could be printed cheaply and easily. Bi Sheng invented Movable Type in China in the 11th century.
Telephone: The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876." Mr. Watson, come here. I want you ,"he said to his assistant(助手) over the phone line. And with those famous words, the world was about to get much smaller.
Airplane: The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in1903.Air travel has made the far way places suddenly become a lot closer.
Satellites: The Soviet Union sent up the world’s first satellite in 1957. This begin the Space Age. Satellites have helped scientists study the earth. Much of our knowledge of the world has come from the information recorded by satellites.
Internet: When the Internet was created in 1969. only a few people knew about it. But more than 650 million people in the world use it now. The Internet has made information about anything easy to get.
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The top Inventions |
Movable Type |
Telephone |
Airplane Satellites Internet / The Soviet Union / In 193 in 1957 in 1969 making the farway ________ easy to places information get closer recordedly satelltes |
China |
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In 1876 |
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Books printed Cheaply and Easily anything |
The world got a lot smaller |
What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11="98," meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5="96," while love: 12+15+22+5="54," and luck: 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money? It can’t , either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude. Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100,a full mark.
Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible if you will have a change for the better after you have changed your attitude. When you change your manner and become friendly to others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important thing in a person’s life?
A.Hard-work. | B.Knowledge. | C.Money. | D.Attitude. |
Which of the following has the highest mark?
A.Hard-work and knowledge. | B.Knowledge and luck. |
C.Love and hard-work. | D.Hard-work and luck. |
According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way to solve them is to
A.ask for help from others. | B.ask your math teacher for help. |
C.change your attitude. | D.ask your parents for help. |
From the passage, we can learn that
A.Failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude. |
B.Nothing is more important than love. |
C.Hard-work has a full mark. |
D.Our math teacher can solve the problems easily. |
Which number can you use to represent “money” according to the passage?
A.70 | B.72 | C.74. | D.76. |
Your Junior 3 year will finish soon. Do you want to say something about your junior school life? What were the rewards(收获)of the three years? Teen readers have their stories to share.
Lin Yijian, 14, Xiamen, Fujian
I got through a hard time in Junior 2 when my grades suddenly dropped(下降)a lot. I faced great pressure. In the following summer vacation, I worked really hard by studying from 7:30 am to 9:30 pm every day. It was crazy, but when I got back to the front seat of the class, I felt everything had been worthwhile (值得的).
Luo Shu’er, 14, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
I lived in a dorm during junior school. It was a great challenge since I had never left my parents before that. I had to take care of everything myself. I learned to make my bed and get along with roommates. I also learned to make a schedule to arrange(安排)my time. I’ve done a good job and I feel proud.
Yin Donghui, 13, Beijing
I won first place in the rope skipping(跳绳)competition at our school’s sports meeting in my first year in junior school. The sports meeting is a big thing at our school. To prepare for it, I practiced hard and skipped rope 500 times every day. Finally I skipped over 210 times in one minute. You don’t know how excited I was then!Where can you probably read the passage?
A.In an ad. | B.In a story book. | C.In a newspaper. | D.In a textbook. |
Why did Lin Yijian face great pressure in Junior 2?
A.Because his grades were not so good as before. |
B.Because he felt everything had been worthwhile. |
C.Because he studied too hard. |
D.Because he wanted to drop his study. |
What does the underlined word “dorm” mean in the passage?
A.旅馆 | B.宿舍 | C.会堂 | D.走廊 |
How many times can Yin Donghui skip in one minute at last?
A.150 times. | B.200 times. | C.210 times. | D.500 times. |
How does the writer show the teen readers’ junior school life?
A.By comparing different places. | B.By describing people’s looks. |
C.By giving figures(数据). | D.By using students’ words. |
A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, winds became stronger and it began to rain.
The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home from school and that lightning might frighten(受惊吓) her child. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child's school.
As the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain.To her great surprise, she found that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning, the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.
Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, "What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning came?" The little girl answered with a smile, “Mum, you know, God was looking at me. Each time I felt a little afraid walking in the rain, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me.”How did the little girl go to school every day?
A.By car. | B.On foot. | C.By bus. | D.By bike. |
What was the weather like before school was over?
A.It was rainy. | B.It was fine. | C.It was just windy. | D.It was cloudy. |
At first, the mother felt worried because.
A.she couldn't help her daughter |
B.her daughter hadn't taken her umbrella |
C.she had something more important to do |
D.her daughter might be afraid of the lightning |
According to the article, we can know that the little girl was .
A.proud | B.shy | C.brave | D.nervous |
This passage is possibly from .
A.a menu | B.a magazine | C.a dictionary | D.a report |
Strong Museum
Hours
Monday---Thursday: 10:00 am---5:00 pm Friday: 10:00 am---8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am -- -5:00 pm Sunday: 11:00 am---5:00 pm
Closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
The Museum Shop is open during regular museum hours.
The Museum Library is open during Monday---Friday: 10:00 am---5:00 pm.
The Skyliner Restaurant is open during regular museum hours from Monday to Saturday, and from 11:30 am to 5:00 pm on Sunday.
Admission(入场费)
Adults: $7.00 The aged and students with ID: $6.00
Strong Museum offers a 50% discount(折扣) to groups of 20 or more.Strong Museum usually opens________ except on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
A.Monday to Thursday | B.every day |
C.every weekday | D.at weekends |
If a group of 30 students with ID visit strong Museum, how much should they pay for the admission?
A.$105 | B.$ 90 | C.$ 210 | D.$ 180 |
You can borrow books from the Museum Library _________.
A.on weekdays | B.at weekends |
C.from Monday to Saturday | D.At 9:00 am every day |
If you want to invite your friends to dinner on Friday near the museum, you have to reach the Skyliner Restaurant _________.
A.after 8.00 pm | B.at 6.00 am | C.after 10:00 pm | D.before 8:00 pm |
Which is the best title for the ad?
A.Strong Museum---an Exciting Place for Adults |
B.Welcome to Strong Museum for a long Holiday |
C.Strong Museum---the Best Place to Spend Your Day |
D.A wonderful Tourist Place |
阅读短文, 根据短文内容完成句子。每空一词,并将单词写在相应的横线上。(满分10分)
Two famous cartoons
The Lion Kings
Mufasa , the king of the lions , has a baby son called Simba .Mufasa has a brother , Scar , who hates Simba and his father because he wants to be king . With the help of some hyenas Simba(土狼).Scar kills Mufasa , but very cleverly makes Simba believe that he killed his father .
Simba leaves and goes far away and Scar becomes king . But as Simba becomes older , he understands what really happened , and returns home with his friends . He fights Scar and becomes king of the lions .
Shrek
Farquaad , the ruler of a country called Duloc , decides that all the characters from fantasy stories must leave the country . There is a a very big , ugly monster called Shrek who lives in a forest and all the fantasy characters hide in his home , although Shrek doesn’t want them to .
Shrek visits Farquaad . Farquaad agrees that the fantasy characters can come back if Shrek can find the beautiful princess (公主)that Farquad wants to marry .Shrek goes to look for the princess called Fiona . He finds her and discovers that at night she becomes as ugly as him .When Farquaad discovers that Fiona is ugly , he doesn’t want to marry her . The monster and the princess marry , and the princess(公主)decides to stay ugly all the time for love !
阅读短文,根据短文内容完成句子。(每空一词,共10分)Mufasa’s son is called ______________.
Scar ________ Simba and his father because he wants to be __________ of the lions.
Simba goes back home and fights Scar when he _______ _________.
Shrek ,a very big, ugly _______, visits Farquaad because he wants to help all the ________ _____.
Farquaad wants to ________ the beautiful princess called Fiona.
At last the princess and Shrek gets married for _______.