When Mr. Smith retired(退休), he bought a small 21 in a village near the sea. He 22 it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.
But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most 23 building in the village. From morning to night there were 24 outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and 25 of them even went into Mr. Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr. Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to 26 . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want 27 your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr. Smith was sure that the visitors would 28 coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. Smith had to 29 every day showing them around his house.“I came here to relax not to work 30 a guide（导游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
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The seahorse is a very strange fish. Do you know what its head looks like? It looks like a horse. Of course it is not as big as a horse. You can pick it up with one hand. It swims with its head up and tail down.
This strange looking fish often remains still. It will hang on to a bit of weed (海草)with its tail. Then when a small fish swims by, the seahorse will suddenly jump and eat it up.
Mother seahorse lays eggs(产卵).These eggs are kept in Father's pouch(育儿袋).When the eggs hatch, the babies pop out of the pouch into the sea.The seahorse is ______.
| A．a small horse | B．a fish |
| C．an egg | D．a sea |
The seahorse swims with ______.
its tail up high B. its head down
C. its tail down D. its nose downBaby seahorses are ______.
| A．hatched from eggs | B．born in mother's pouch |
| C．born in father's pouch | D．hatched from horses |
A seahorse eats ______.
| A．sea weed | B．small fish |
| C．water | D．nothing |
A seahorse is ______.
| A．bigger than a horse | B．the same size as a horse |
| C．as big as a horse | D．much smaller than a horse |
A young man asked Albert Einstein(爱因斯坦)，the great German(德国) scientist, what the secret of success(成功) is. The Scientist told him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days later the young man asked the same question again. Einstein was very unhappy. He didn’t say anything, but wrote a few words on a piece of paper and handed it to the young man. The young man looked at the piece of paper. On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.
“What does this mean?” asked the young man.
“A means success,” explained the old scientist, “X stands for hard work, Y---for good
methods(方法), and Z… Z means stopping talking and getting down to work.”
根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F） Einstein was an Englishman.
The young man asked Einstein the same question three times.
Einstein was unhappy because the young man asked him the same question again.
“A=X+Y+Z” means “成功=勤奋+方法+实干“.
“A=X+Y+Z” is the secret of success.
Tom likes fish very much. He often buys some fish in the shop and takes it home. But when his wife sees the fish, she says to herself, “Good! I can ask my friends to have lunch, and we can eat the fish. They like fish very much.”
So when Tom comes home in the evening, the fish is not there and his wife always says, “Oh, your cat eats it”. And she gives Tom some bread for his supper. Tom is very angry. He takes the cat and his wife to the shop near his house and weigh称重) the cat.
Then he turns to his wife and sa ys, “My fish weighs one kilo. This cat weighs one, too. My fish is here, you see, then where is my cat?”
阅读短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项
| A．cat | B．hiswife |
| C．fish | D．Hisfriends |
| A．SheeatsthefishbeforeTomcomesback. |
| B．Sheasksherfriendstocometoeatthefishwithher. |
| C．Sheputsthefishinthefridge（冰箱）andwaitsforherhusband. |
| D．ShecooksthefishforTom. |
| A．thefish | B．thecat |
| C．hiswife | D．hisfriend |
| A．onekilo | B．twokilos |
| C．threekilos | D．fourkilos |
| A．MrTom | B．MrsTom |
| C．Thecat | D．MrsTom’sfriends |
It’s Sunday morning. My family are all at home. My father is sitting near the window. He’s reading newspapers. He wants to know what h appens all over the world. My mother is watering the flowers in the small garden. My brother is a worker. He’s watching TV. He’s a basketball fanAnd he is good at p laying basketball. Now he is watching NBA on TV. Where are my twin
sisters? Oh, look! Lily is listening to music. She likes popular music very much. Lucy is surfing the Internet in her room. She often writes emails to her friends. What am I doing? I am doing my homework .
阅读短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项
| A．five | B．six |
| C．seven | D．eight |
| A．He’splayingbasketball. | B．He’slisteningtomusic. |
| C．He’ssurfingtheInternet. | D．He’sreadingnewspapers. |
| A．watchingWNBAnow | B．goodatplayingbaseball |
| C．watchingafootballmatch | D．abasketballfan |
| A．LucyissurfingtheInternetandLilyislisteningtotheradio. |
| B．LilyissurfingtheInternetandLucyislisteningtomusic. |
| C．LucyissurfingtheInternetandLilyislisteningtomusic. |
| D．LucyissurfingtheInternetandLilyisdoingmyhomework.. |
| A．Themotheriswateringtheflowersinthegarden. |
| B．Thebrotherisgoodatplayingbaseball. |
| C．Thewriterisdoinghishomework. |
| D．Lucyoftenwritesemailstoherfriends. |
Do you know Weibo? Do you write a Weibo? If you don’t, you are “out”! Weibo means microblog. People may spend much time writing a blog, but it takes a little time to write a microblog. Why?
Microblog started in the USA. It came to China in 2000 and it has developed very fast. In 2011, the number of Chinese microbloggers grew to 300 million. For many microblog users, it is a great way of learning the freshest news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information, including news, daily life, pictures, music and so on. Many stars and famous people also write microblogs and share good things with their fans.
It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog. For example, when the big earthquake and tsunami (海啸) hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like “Salt can protect people from radiation” were hot on microblogs.
Later people realized it was just a rumor (谣言).
In a word, microblog plays a new role in the life of Chinese people.
| A. It soon caused a crazy buying of salt. B. However, this can also lead to problems and even cause panic (恐慌). C. Because every message on a microblog is less than 140 words. D. Now more and more people are interested in writing microblogs. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Writing a microblog needs much time.
B. Microblog appeared in China only one yerar ago but it has developed rapidly.
C. As a popular thing, microblog has its advantages and disadvantages.
D. More and more Chinese show great interest in microblog because it started in the USA.