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Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.
Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman’s charisma is key. “Food TV isn’t about food any more,” says Flay. “It’s about your personality and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.”
But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights, and Lieberman got the job.
We can learn from the text that Lieberman’s family _______.

A．have relatives in Europe	B．love cooking at home
C．often hold parties	D．own a restaurant

The Food Network got to know Lieberman ________.

A．at one of his parties	B．from his teachers
C．on a television program	D．through his taped show

What does the word “charisma” underlined in the text refer to?

A．A way to show one’s achievement.	B．Lieberman’s after-class interest.
C．Lieberman’s fine cooking skill.	D．A natural ability to attract others.

Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?

A．He could prepare meals in a small kitchen.

B．He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals.

C．He was famous for his shows on Food TV.

D．He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches.

What can we learn about Lieberman from the text?

A．He is friendly and active.	B．He is clever but lonely.
C．He enjoys traveling around.	D．He often changes his menus.

When a light passenger plane flew off course[跑道] some time ago, something was wrong with it and it crashed[坠毁] in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt. It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was kilometers away. She couldn’t find anything in the snow but a suit-case[行李箱]. When it grew dark, she turned the suit-case into a bed and put the children inside it, covering[盖] them with all the clothes she could find. During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small. Early next morning, she heard planes flying above and wanted to know how she could send a signal[信号Then she had an idea. She wrote the letters ‘SOS’ in the snow. Luckily, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a group of people arrived and they took the woman and her daughters to hospital at once.
Where was something wrong with the plane?
How many people were in the light passenger plane before it crashed?
What did the woman make the suit-case into a bed for?
What did the woman do to ask for help?
Were the woman and her children saved?

There once lived in China a very foolish king and queen. One day the queen had a baby daughter. When they saw their baby, they both cried out, “My goodness! How small it is! It’s hairless and toothless! It’s a monster!” They sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them to prepare some medicine for her.
“When she drinks your medicine, she must grow to the right size and have hair and teeth,” the king said, “If you don’t do this, you’ll have a beating.”
The doctors thought it impossible, but they dared not say anything against the king’s order. Just then and old doctor stepped forward. “Oh, we shall certainly obey your order,” he said, “but it takes time. We have to dig a mineral from the KunLun Mountains when the snow melts for the second time. The snow melts on those mountains only once in six years. we need twelve years.”
At last the king agreed and the doctors took away the little princess. On her twelfth birthday, they brought her back to her parents with long black hair and beautiful teeth. The king and queen were very happy and gave the doctors expensive presents.
Which of the following words makes the sentence untrue? The baby was ______.

A．Toothless

B．hairless

C．unusual

D．small

The doctors would be beaten if ______.

A．the baby daughter didn’t drink their medicine

B．they refused to obey the king’s order

C．the baby daughter grew to the right size

D．the baby daughter became a monster

The old doctor wanted to keep the king’s daughter for twelve years because ______.

A．they needed a lot of different plants

B．they need a lot of different minerals

C．this would give the baby time to grow up

D．they had to dig a mineral the snow melted for the second time

The doctors thought it impossible ______.

A．for them to change the king’s order

B．for them the prepare the medicine in twelve years

C．for the small baby to drink the medicine

D．for them to make the baby have teeth and hair or grow teeth at once

______ the king wouldn’t have given them expensive presents.

A．Had the doctors not brought back a beautiful girl

B．If the doctors hadn’t found the minerals

C．Had the doctors not been able to prepare the magic medicine

D．If the daughter were still a monster twelve years later

Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.
Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can go online.
Don’t give your password (密码) to anyone else, and never leak out the following information---your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.
Check with your parents before giving out a credit (信用) card number.
Never send a photo of yourself to someone in e-mail unless your parents say it’s OK.
Check with your parents before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents must make sure it’s a right place for you.
Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parent’s permission (允许). Never meet anyone you met on line alone. Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as strangers.
If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or teacher right away.。Treat other people as you’d like to be treated. Never use bad language.
Remember—not everything you read on the Internet is true.
If you want a true friend on the Internet , you can ____________ .
A tell the people what your name is .B meet the people on line alone.
C write an e-mail about yourself .D get your parent’s permission.
It’s good for children to ________ on the Internet.

A．give password to others	B．get useful knowledge and information
C．give out a credit card number	D．go into a chat room as they’d like to

The underlined phrase “leak out” in the second paragraph may mean “________.”

A．赠送

B．泄露

C．拿走

D．出示

If your parents don’t agree, never ________.

A．read anything on the Internet

B．relax in your free time

C．have a face-to face meeting with anyone you met online

D．treat other people as you’d like to be treated

This passage is mainly about “________”.

A．How to use Computers	B．Surfing on the Internet
C．Information on the Internet	D．Internet Safety Rules

Do you have a dictionary? I think almost everyone has one.But ,how often do you use a dictionary? I don't believe that everyone makes good use of it.You may come across lots of new words in your study and you will ask someone for the answers. But if you have a dictionary ,
please don't let it sleep.You should make better use of it .It can tell you not only the meaning of the words but also the use of them.What's more, it can tell you how to use them.
It is true that dictionaries are very useful and important to us.They are like silent teachers. When you have a question, you can turn to them.They will give you the right answer.They are also like a trusted friend and stay with you forever. You can learn a lot from them .
Don't be lazy. Don't let your dictionary sleep any more. You will find it is a new world if you walk to it.
Does everyone make good use of the dictionary?

A．No,they aren't.

B．No,they don't.

C．Yes,they do.

D．I don't know.

What does a student often do if he comes across lots of new words in the study?

A．He will look them up in the dictionary.

B．He will ask his parents.

C．He will ask someone for the answers.

D．I don't know.

What can a dictionary tell you?
A. The meaning of the words. B. The use of the words.
C. How to use the words. D. A,B and C.
What are dictionaries like according to the passage?

A．They are like silent teachers and trusted friends.	B．They are of medium height.
C．They are very cute.	D．They are very beautiful.

Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．We should let the dictionary sleep.	B．Dictionaries are like our mothers.
C．Dictionaries are very useful to us.	D．We can see the film in the dictionary.

A．put metal in the ground	B．use more wood
C．keep frogs in the water	D．make less rubbish