It began with one red paper clip(回形针)and ended with a house. Kyle MacDonald, a 26-year-old Canadian got a house with three bedrooms through 14 trades(交易)that started with a single red paper clip.
Now more and more young people around the world like this kind of trading activities. They set up websites and trade on the Internet. People trade things they do not usually use with other people. A website called Peerflix allows people to trade their old possessions. These traders usually prefer face-to-face trading, in this way they don’t have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery(递送).
Last year, a young girl in Beijing decided to follow the example of Kyle. She started with a paper clip and hoped to get a house in the end．After several trades she now has a piano which is worth more than 10, 000 yuan. But she may still have a long way to go.
Maybe you can’t understand why people are doing this. As Kyle said, “What’s more important to a man in the desert—one million dollars or a glass of water?” Kyle’s words probably show why these trades are popular among young people.Do young people like the trading activities?
Where can people trade things they do not usually use?
Why do these traders usually prefer face-to-face trading?
What did the Chinese girl hope to get at the end of the trade?
Why are the trade activities popular among young people?
Mary and Her Friends
Mary has some friends. They are Betty, Peter, Alice and Mike. Mary is the oldest of the five. Betty is thirteen years old. She is younger than Mary and older than Peter. Alice is nine and Mike is seven.
Betty and Peter are good runners（长跑运动员）. But Peter runs faster. Mary and Betty like to play basketball. Mary plays better than Betty. Alice sings best of them.
Mary and Betty study in a middle school. Peter, Alice and Mike study in a primary（小学）school. They all work hard at school. But Betty works hardest. Her handwriting（书法）is good, too. Mary has _______ friends.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．three |
Mike is ______ than Alice.
| A．youngest | B．oldest | C．younger | D．older |
Peter runs _______ than Betty.
| A．faster | B．slow | C．faster | D．the fastest |
Betty’s handwriting is _______.
| A．worst | B．good | C．better | D．best |
They all ______ .
| A．study in the same school | B．like to play basketball |
| C．good runners | D．work hard |
阅读理解判断正(T)误(F)
Reading papers
Many people sleep late on Sunday morning,but others don’t.However,almost everyone reads the paper.
The Sunday paper is usually very thick.It has many advertisements(广告)and many different parts.The parents in the family like the front page,and the world news page.Many men also read the sports page.
Most men don’t read the women’s pages,but the mother of the family usually does.The women’s pages have the news about parties,food,health and clothes.Most Sunday papers have interesting stories.Children enjoy them.Old people read the death notices(讣告).They tell about who have died during the week.The parents in the family like sports page.
The father of the family usually read the women’s pages.
Only old women read the death notices.
Almost everyone likes reading the Sunday paper.
This passage is about the Sunday paper
阅读理解
February 11th is the birthday of the most famous American inventor,Thomas Alva Edison.Edison was born in 1847.He was not a good student when he was a young boy.His teacher said he was one of the most dumb headed(笨头笨脑的)students .He did badly in many subjects and left school after only three months.So his mother took him home and taught him herself.Edison didn’t like school at all,but he loved science.He liked to ask questions.
One day his father found him sitting on some eggs.His father asked him why.The boy didn’t answer.He asked his father instead,“Why can’t I hatch(孵化)chickens,but hens can?”
Edison invented 1328 things in his life,and these things made our lives more comfortable(舒适的)and the world more beautiful.People will never forget him.Edison was born.
| A．in winter | B．one hundred years ago | C．in Canada | D．in January |
Edison’s teacher said.
| A．he was one of the cleverest boys | B．he was a good student |
| C．he was not a good student | D．he could learn many things |
Edison’s mother.
| A．taught him at home | B．taught him at school |
| C．was a teacher | D．took him to another school |
One day Edison sat on some eggs.He.
| A．liked to sit there | B．wanted to break the eggs |
| C．wanted his father to look for him | D．wanted to hatch chickens |
We now know Edison.
| A．was a good student | B．was a dumb headed student |
| C．was very clever | D．wasn’t famous |
阅读短文，在空格内填入适当的词，首字母已给
I am Sue Smith. I w____1____ in a hotel in London. It is n __2_______Central Station. I go to work b 3car every day.
My hotel is v 4big. There is a beautiful(美丽的) g 5in front of the building. There are seventy r 6in the hotel building, and three restaurants(餐馆) and five bars(酒吧). B 7the building there is a swimming pool. It is o 8every day. In s___9____ there are always a lot of people swimming in the pool.
I love my work. And I love my h 10, too.
阅读理解
Heat(热量) comes from many things. Heat comes from the sun. Heat comes from gas(气体). Heat comes from oil( 油). When wood burn,t makes heat, too.
We use heat in many ways. We use it to cook. We use it to keep warm. We use it to dry(使干) things.
Your body (身体) makes heat. Put your hand on your head. Does it feel hot? Your body is like a stove(炉). It does not burn wood. It burns food. Food helps you keep warm.
根据短文判断正误Heat is important to us.
We can get heat from many things.
We burn wood to get heat.
We bum our bodies to make heat.
We use heat only to keep ourselves warm.