Don’t you want to go to school? You could tell your parents you’re ill. But last Monday, students from Shanghai and Zhejiang had an even better excuse: a typhoon(台风)!
Typhoon Khanun hit East China on September 11. In Shanghai, all the school were closed the next day, Monday.
It was the first time that Shanghai had to close schools because of bad weather.
But some students still came to school that day. “ I didn’t get the notice that the school was closing,” said Shen Sheng, a Junior 2 student from Shanghai Aiguo School. “ But it was nice that we could play in school rather than study.”
The school kept Shen and other 20 students safe inside and let them play sports like table tennis.
But the storm wasn’t all fun games. Typhoon Khanun killed 14 people. In Zhejiang, it damaged about 8,000 houses. More than one million people had to be taken to safer places.
Every year, typhoons hit different places around the world. Most happen in July, August and September. This year 15 typhoons hit China. Khanun was the strongest. Typhoons bring strong winds and rains. The winds can blow away houses and cars. The rains are bad for farmers’ fields.
Typhoon also kills people. Earlier this month, Typhoon Talim hit East and Central China. It killed at least 124 people.When was the first time that Shanghai had to close all the schools?
| A．In August | B．In July | C．On Sep.11. | D．On Sep.12. |
Shanghai had to close all the schools that day because of _____.
| A．bad traffic | B．heavy rain | C．Typhoon Khanun | D．Typhoon Talim |
What did Shanghai Aiguo School do with Shen Sheng and some other students when they still came to school that day?
| A． They were kept safe inside and played sports like table tennis. |
| B． They were asked to go back home as quickly as possible. |
| C． They were sent back home by their teachers at once. |
| D． They still had classed in the classroom as usual. |
What does the word “damage” in Paragraph 6 mean?
| A．建造 | B．损毁 | C．伤害 | D．装饰 |
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
| A． If a typhoon hits, many students shouldn’t go to school or go out. |
| B． More than one million people were killed in Zhejiang that day. |
| C． Every year, 15 typhoons hit different places around the world. |
| D． Typhoons do a lot of harm to farmers’ fields and human beings. |
If you love books, then“Three Cups of Tea”will be your favorite. It will take you on an adventure（冒险）to one of the highest mountains in the world. You will learn how the people and children there lived and how the writer, Greg Mortenson , helped build an education system.
While climbing K2 in Pakistan, one of the world’s most difficult mountains to climb, Greg Mortenson became ill and got lost. He got help in a small village. The people of the village took good care of him, feeding him and letting him sleep in a villager’s house. They also gave him their best food: sweet tea.
When Mortenson was fine, he found that the children of the village worked and studied outdoors. Their teacher came only three times a week and they didn’t have blackboards. They used sticks（枝条）to write on the ground.
The day he left the village, he told them he would come back and build a school. His school would have both boys and girls. Later on, he came back and helped build a school, so the kids were able to study in the classroom with real writing instruments.
That was in 1993. Today Mortenson is going to build 80 schools in Central Asia. He started a foundation（基金）called the Central Asia Institute to raise money for these schools. He has helped more than 18,000 girls receive education so far.“Three Cups of Tea”is the name of a .
| A．club | B．teahouse | C．book | D．movie |
The following are what the people of the village did for Greg Mortenson EXCEPT .
| A．taking care of him and feeding him |
| B．taking him to the hospital |
| C．finding somewhere to let him sleep |
| D．giving him their best food |
From the passage we know that had more chances to receive education in Pakistan mountains in the past.
| A．boys | B．girls | C．the rich | D．the poor |
If you think you’re too shy and want to be a little bit brave, try the following:
You can make it. Tell people you’re shy. There’s no need to hide it. When they get to know you’re a shy kid, they’ll understand you better. This also helps you feel more relaxed in talks.
Try to smile more. When you smile, people think you’re friendly and easy to talk to. Remember that other people have feelings too and most people will stay away from an angry-looking face.
Learn to be a good talker. If you find it hard to start talks, say something nice about people around you. Think about how great you feel when someone says something nice to you. Doesn’t it make you want to keep talking to that person?
Get your attention elsewhere（在别处）. Think more about ways to enjoy parties or games. Don’t waste time worrying about your look or whether people like you or not.
Take one small step at a time. Each time when you say “Hi” or smile at someone, say to yourself “You did it”. Keep trying and one day you’ll never feel shy when you talk about yourself.How many pieces of advice does the passage give us?
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. | D．Seven. |
If you find it hard to start a talk, you can.
| A．say nothing but smile |
| B．say something nice about others around you. |
| C．look others up and down. |
| D．say to yourself “You did it” |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Ask yourself to smile more. |
| B．If you say something nice about people, you will get a bad feeling. |
| C．Think less about ways to enjoy parties. |
| D．One day you’ll never feel shy when people talk to you. |
What is the best title for this passage?
| A．Change your life very day |
| B．Keep up your mind till the end |
| C．Keep trying to say something nice |
| D．How to make you not be shy |
Online shopping is growing fast in China, and more and more Chinese are buying books online. At the same time, traditional bookstores are facing new challenges. A bookstore in Beijing is going out of business（生意）. All of its books are on sale. Bookstore owner Wang Jian says hot sales of books on the Internet pushed him to change the way he did business.
China has the highest online book buying rate（率）in the world. More than years ago, dangdang.com became the first online bookseller, and now becomes very important in the Chinese online book market.
Facing this challenge, the Xinhua Bookstore also built its online store a few years ago. Zhang Jian, CEO of the Xinhuabookstore.com, says now they are enlarging their online services.
A “price war（战争）”is taking shape between traditional bookstores and online bookstores. Faced with the low-cost advantage of online bookstores, traditional ones can do nothing but lower their prices. At the same time, online bookstores are also starting price wars between each other.
Now some traditional bookstores are trying their best to attract buyers in their own way. They exhibit books better and provide(提供) a very relaxed reading environment in the bookstore. Even though, traditional bookstores can hardly compete with some of the advantages of online bookstores, for example 24-hour service.What is the passage about?
| A．The development of online bookstores. |
| B．The disadvantages of traditional bookstores. |
| C．The great advantages of online bookstores. |
| D．The challenges traditional bookstores face. |
What made Wang Jian change the way he did business?
| A．The small sales of his books. |
| B．The tiring work of selling books. |
| C．The high cost of running the bookstore. |
| D．Competition with other traditional bookstores. |
To attract buyers, traditional bookstores and online bookstores both choose to .
| A．lower the prices of books |
| B．provide 24-hour service |
| C．provide relaxed reading areas |
| D．exhibit books in a better way |
We can know from the passage that.
| A．traditional bookstores will break up sooner or later |
| B．dangdang. com is the first website selling books in China |
| C．more and more people will start bookstores on the Internet |
| D．most of the buyers who buy books online are young students |
This story is about a young man. He worked hard at his lessons. He was too busy. He didn’t have time to rest, so he was ill. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep（睡觉）. But he couldn’t. He thought: “I must go to see the doctor.” He said to the doctor. “I can’t go to sleep at night.” “Try counting numbers. When you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep.” The next day the man came back to the doctor’s office. “Well,” said the doctor, “How are you today?”
“Yes, he said,” I tried counting one, two, three. . . up to （直到）one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy (感到困倦). I had to get up and drank some tea. Then I went on counting up to one thousand. But I still couldn’t fall asleep. The young man couldn’t go to sleep because ________ .
| A．he didn’t finish his lessons |
| B．he worked too hard and was ill |
| C．he was worried about his homework |
| D．there was a lot of housework to do and he couldn’t have a good rest |
The doctor asked the young man ________ .
| A．to count numbers before he went to bed |
| B．to put all numbers from 1 to 1000 together |
| C．to count numbers while he was lying in bed |
| D．to go to bed earlier |
The young man came back to the doctor’s office the next day because ___ .
| A．he wanted to thank the doctor |
| B．he was better |
| C．he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers |
| D．he still couldn’t go to sleep at night |
The young man ________ .
| A．counted from 569 to 1000 |
| B．counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep |
| C．counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea |
| D．counted from 1 to 1000 and fell asleep |
The young man ________ in fact.
| A．didn’t understand the doctor’s words. | B．couldn’t count numbers |
| C．didn’t try to sleep | D．wasn’t ill at all |
Bob was cutting a branch（树枝） off a tree in his garden. While he was sawing（锯）, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, “ Excuse me, but if you continue (继续)to saw（锯） that branch like that, you will fall down with it.” He said this because Bob was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk（树干） of the tree.
Bob said nothing. He thought, “ This is some foolish（愚笨的） person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do.”
The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes. The branch fell and Bob fell with it.
“My God!” he cried. “That man knows the future!” and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone. One day Bob was cutting a branch_______a tree in his garden.
| A．on | B．in | C．at | D．off |
While Bob was sawing, another man_______.
| A．told him to stop working | B．told him he would fall down |
| C．would borrow something from him | D．would help him saw that branch |
After hearing the man’s words, Bob thought that________.
| A．that was a foolish person. | B．that was a wise person |
| C．that was a proud person | D．that fellow cheated him |
What happened to Bob after a few minutes?
A. The branch fell. B. Bob fell down to the ground.
C. Bob was hurt himself. D. Both A and B. This story is about ________.
| A．a foolish man | B．a wise man | C．cutting a tree | D．that we need to take good advice |