My grandfather is eighty years old. He sometimes complains(抱怨)about how fast things have changed.
He often says that families aren’t the families they used to be. A lot of families have broken up(破裂). If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they will no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home to take care of their children, but now they’re busy working. They have no time to look after children at home. What’s more, more and more people drive. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now children don’t. And in school, children don’t have to think more as we used to. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide(加、减、乘、除)using our heads. But now most students use calculators. Most families have computers now. In the past, we didn’t have computers. We even had no lights. My mother to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now few people eat home-cooked food. And people seldom talk to each other. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think… Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.
根据短文内容,判断句子是否正确,正写(A),错写(B)。The writer’s grandfather thinks people now are much busier than they used to be.
Students have to think more at school now than past.
.People like to eat home—cooked food now.
.Lots of couples(夫妇)don’t live together because of unhappy problems.
5.People have too much time to talk with each other now.
Ted and Susan are good friends. Last Saturday, Ted asked Susan to go with him to watch a movie or take a walk down by the lake. Susan really wanted to go, but she was really busy all Saturday. First, her mom asked her to help clean the house in the morning, and then she had to go to the dentist’s at 12:30. Two hours after that, she met Julia to help her with her science. Then she had to go to soccer practice with her brother at 4:30, and her mom asked her to cook dinner for the family at 5:30. Then, she had to do her history homework.
Ted knew that Susan was going to have a full day. So he asked her to watch a video at home. Susan thought that was great, but something was wrong with their video player. So they had to just play a game. What did Susan have to do on Saturday morning?
A.Watch a movie. | B.Clean the house. |
C.Go to the dentist’s. | D.Take a walk. |
What was wrong with Susan?
A.She had a fever. | B.She had a sore throat. |
C.She had a toothache. | D.She had a stomachache. |
What time did Susan meet with Julia?
A.At 12:00 p.m. | B.At 1:00 p.m. |
C.At 2:00 p.m. | D.At 2:30 p.m. |
How many things did Susan have to do on Saturday?
A.3. | B.4. | C.5. | D.6. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Susan couldn’t watch the video because the video player didn’t work. |
B.Susan’s Saturday was not busy. |
C.Susan can’t cook diner. |
D.Ted couldn’t play a game with Susan in the evening. |
Dear Tom,
I don’t have a good time at my new school.There are too many rules at my school.We have to get to school at seven o’clock every morning.We can’t play games in the classroom after class.We can’t listen to music in the hallways.I don’t like playing the piano,but I have to learn the piano in the music class.And we have to wear uniforms at school.We also can’t eat outside.and we have to eat in the dining hall.The food there is awful.I can’t stand (忍受)the rules here.I never have fun.What can I do?
BobWhat does Bob have to do at 7:00?
A.Read English. |
B.Play games. |
C.Eat breakfast. |
D.Get to school. |
“I don’t have a good time at my new school”has the same meaning(意思)as“________”.
A.I am not good at learning |
B.I have a good time at my new school |
C.I am not a good student |
D.I never have fun at my new school |
Which one is true according to the passage?
A.We play games in the classroom after class. |
B.Tom likes playing the piano. |
C.Bob has to learn the piano in the music class. |
D.Tom thinks the food there is awful. |
Where can Bob eat at school?
A.In the dining hall. |
B.Outside. |
C.In the classroom. |
D.Anywhere as he likes. |
Can Bob listen to music at school?
A.Yes,he can. |
B.We don’t know. |
C.He can listen to music in the hallways. |
D.No,he can’t. |
We all have days when we are down, tired and unhappy. That’s OK. You need days like this, or how would you know you are happy? You’ll enjoy your good days even more when you have a few bad days. Even if sadness is a part of life, let’s try to make it small. Here are a few simple ways to help you feel better when you are feeling sad.
1. Stand up straight and this helps your energy flow (流动). When your energy is flowing freely, you can flow too.
2. Smile! It’s easy to do and have good results. This way can not only leave you in a good mood but also bring others a good mood.
3. Listen to music. It can be your favorite music. Some kinds of music work better than others, so try and find out what kind of music works the best for you.
4. Take some ‘me’ time. You can find pleasure in reading a book, watching a sunrise or having a hot bath, or something like that.
5. Exercise. Even something as simple as taking a walk will get your blood flowing. It is a great way to clear your mind of anything that makes you sad.
These ways will cheer you up when you are down, but don’t just use them when you are sad. Try and practice them every day to make them a habit. You will be surprised to learn that these simple ways will keep your sadness away. But if you are in a deep depression (沮丧), go to see a doctor.
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People use their mouths for many things. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.
Sometimes, people say something to a friend or a family member. Later they regret because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they didn’t mean to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.”
Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!” Sometimes a person has a bad or sad experience with another person. He might say that experience “left a bad taste in my mouth.” Or the person possibly has a very frightening (可怕的) experience, like having an angry dog running after him. He might say: “I had my heart in my mouth.”
Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. You might say the person “was born with a silver spoon (银勺) in his mouth”. He is the opposite of a person living from “hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.
The underlined word “regret” may mean .
A.feel sorry | B.feel excited |
C.feel proud | D.feel surprised |
When a man says “I had my heart in my mouth”, usually he means he was .
A.excited | B.afraid | C.surprised | D.happy |
Your best friend Tony has said what you are going to say, you might say: “!”
A.You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth |
B.You really put my foot in my mouth |
C.You really left a bad taste in my mouth |
D.You took the words right out of my mouth |
Tom says that he is living from hand to mouth. He means he is living a(n) life.
A.busy | B.hard | C.easy | D.rich |
Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?
A.Different Uses of Mouth |
B.People and Their Mouths |
C.Expressions about Mouth |
D.The Importance of Mouth |
How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?
The sun might be the world's first“clock”,except in the far north,where the Eskimos(爱斯基摩人)live.There,it's dark most of the winter,and light most of the summer.But in most
of the world, if you don't have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, it's day, and when it's dark, it's night. The sun can not only tell you whether(是否)it's day or night but also it's morning, noon, or afternoon. When the sun is almost directly(恰好)overhead, it's noon.
People who live near the sea learn from the tides. In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours.
Seamen on a ship know time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is the clock.
In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes
direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.
A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass like the one in the picture, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in one hour. When the hourglass is turned over, the sand will take another hour to go back again.
The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because ______.
A.they know very little about the sun |
B.the sun there never goes down in winter. |
C.it’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun |
D.there are long dark winters and long light summers in the far north |
The underlined word “tides” in paragraph 3 means ___________.
A.ocean current |
B.storm |
C.a regular rise and fall of the sea |
D.wave |
In which part of the newspaper can you probably read this passage?
A.News | B.Science |
C.Business | D.Advertisement |
What’s the best title for the passage?
A.Different Ways to Tell Time |
B.Useful Machine to Tell Time |
C.The History of the Clock |
D.The Development of the Clock |
How many ways are mentioned in the passage to tell time?
A.Five | B.Four | C.Six | D.Three |