Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water！This is just one of hundreds of pieces of advice you might get if you have the hiccups（打嗝）.Hiccups are so mysterious(神秘的)．We really don’t know why they start and why they stop．
Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups．Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well．Others eat a little sugar．Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it．
An American man named Jack O’Leary said that he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years．He tried 60，000 cures，but none of them worked．Finally he prayed（向…祈祷） to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately．
A British worker didn’t stop his hiccups until eight months later. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well．He tried them all，but the hiccups continued．Finally，he drank a “secret” mixture(混合物) someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone．
Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure． might be the best cure for hiccups.
| A．Special pills |
| B．A spoonful of salt |
| C．Cold water |
| D．What you believe in |
The British worker spent __________ in stopping his hiccups．
| A．4 hours |
| B．2 days |
| C．8 months |
| D．8 years |
What is the main idea of this passage?
| A．Different ways to stop hiccups |
| B．What makes hiccups happen |
| C．How to get hiccups |
| D．Jack O‘Leary’s hiccups |
Dear Peter,
My name is Frank．I am from（来自）America．Here is a picture of my class（班）．We are in Class One, Grade Seven．
You can see my friends in the picture．Jimmy likes to play basketball．He likes to eat apples and French fries．Helen likes math．Her favorite food is hamburgers．Sandra doesn’t like math．But she can speak French（法语）．She likes ping-pong．Sally is a black（黑人的） girl．She likes to swim（游泳）．She likes to eat ice cream．I like math too．Can you find（寻找） me? I like to eat bananas．Maria likes computer very much．She plays computer games very well．Nick is fun．He can play football．He likes strawberries best．
Can you send（发送）me a picture of your class?
Yours,
FrankFrank hasfriends．
A．seven B．six C．fivelike sports．
A．Jimmy, Sandra and Sally
B．Maria, Nick and Jimmy
C．Sally, Nick, Jimmy and Sandraand like math．
A．Helen; Frank B．Sandra; Peter C．Helen; Sandra andlike fruit．
A．Nick, Maria; Jimmy B．Nick, Frank; Peter C．Jimmy, Nick; Frankis the e-friend of Frank．
A．Sally B．Sandra C．Peter
This is Linda’s room．It’s a nice room．It’s very clean （干净的）．
I can see a brown bed．A photo of a boy is on the wall．Can you see a brown desk? Yes, it’s in the room, on the left （在左侧）．A green chair is on the floor．Some books and blue pens are on the desk．Linda’s lamp （灯）is on the desk, too．It’s a pink lamp．
Where is Linda? Is she in the room? No, she isn’t．She is at school．
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Linda’s room is __________．
| A．not nice | B．not clean |
| C．nice and clean | D．not clean or （或者）nice |
__________ is on the wall．
| A．A photo of a girl | B．A photo of a boy |
| C．Some pictures | D．Two pictures |
__________ are on the desk．
| A．Some books, blue pens and a lamp |
| B．Some books, red pens, a bag and a lamp |
| C．Some green pens, a bag and a lamp |
| D．A bag, a book, a blue pen and a lamp |
—What’s the color of the lamp?
—It’s __________．
| A．brown | B．blue | C．green | D．pink |
Linda’s __________ is （are） NOT in the room．
| A．school bag | B．bed and desk | C．books and a chair | D．pens and lamp |
One day at a park, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench (长椅) near a playground. “That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to (指着) a little boy in a red sweater.
“He’s a lovely boy,” the man said. “That’s my daughter on the bike in the white dress.” Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter, “We have to leave for home now, Rosa.”
“Just five minutes, Dad,” Rosa said, “Please, just five more minutes.”
The man agreed and Rosa went to ride his bike happily. Five minutes later, the father stood and called again to his daughter, “Time to go now?”
“Five more minutes, Dad,” Rosa said again, “Just five more minutes.”
The man smiled and said, “OK.”
“Oh, you are really a patient father,” said the woman.
The man smiled and then said, “Her elder brother Tommy died (死) in a traffic accident (事故)last year when he was riding his bike near here,” the man said,“I never spent much time with Tommy and now I’d like to give anything for just five more minutes with him. I vowed (发誓) not to make the same mistake(错误) with Rosa. She thinks she has five more minutes to ride her bike. In fact, I get five more minutes to watch her play.”The woman’s son was wearing _______________.
| A．a red T-shirt | B．a red sweater |
| C．a white sweater | D．a white dress |
From the article, we know that Tommy was ____________.
A. the man’s son B. the woman’s son
C. Rosa’s younger brother C. the man’s elder brother The underlined word “patient” means_____________.
| A．严格的 | B．勤劳的 | C．有耐心的 | D．积极的 |
Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
| A．The man’s daughter and her brother played at the park. |
| B．Rosa agreed to go home when her father called her the first time. |
| C．The woman felt sorry that she didn’t spend any time with her son. |
| D．The man learned a lot from Tommy’s death(死亡). |
A new survey of 100 hard-working mothers shows that they spend about 70 hours a week doing chores and looking after their families.
They spend more than ten hours a day cooking, cleaning the house, getting children ready for school and helping with homework. Cooking takes up (占用) about one hour and nine minutes a day. Doing the laundry takes about 61 minutes. Mothers also spend about 55 minutes getting children ready for school, about 53 minutes putting them to bed and about 47 minutes helping with homework.
However, 30% of those mothers with children under 16 get less than six hours’ sleep at night. 83% are not happy because they have less than an hour of their own(自己的) time every day. Only 17% are happy with this kind of life. In the survey, mothers spend about 70 hours a week __________.
| A．going shopping | B．doing chores |
| C．looking after their families | D．Both B and C |
It takes mothers _________ to cook every day.
| A．about 69 minutes | B．about 55 minutes |
| C．about 47 minutes | D．about 10 hours |
In the survey, ________ mothers with children under 16 sleep less than six hours at night.
| A．100 | B．70 | C．83 | D．30 |
From the survey, we know that _________________.
| A．no mothers like this kind of life |
| B．a few mothers are hard-working |
| C．most mothers want to have more time to do their own things |
| D．all mothers would like to work harder |
Students learn many subjects at school, like Chinese, English, math and physics. Some students think it’s hard to do well in math. They say it’s boring. Why do they say this? First, some math problems are so hard for them. They spend a lot of time on them, but they can’t work them out, so they lost heart(失去信心). Second, they are afraid( 害怕) to ask their teachers for help. They think the teachers will laugh at them. Third, they think math class is very tiring because they need to use their brain(大脑)to find out the answers all the time.
How can you do well in math? Here is some advice from a math teacher:
1. Listen to the teacher carefully in class and do some extra(额外的) exercises after class.
2. Ask the teacher for help if you don’t understand anything. Don’t be afraid.
3. Don’t forget to go over (复习) your old lessons.
If you do these things, you will find it much easier to do better in math. Doing _______ math problem can make students lose heart.
| A．easy | B．difficult | C．many | D．few |
The advice is from ____________.
| A．a math teacher | B．an English teacher |
| C．a student | D．a doctor |
Some students think math class is very tiring because _____________
| A．they have to listen to the teacher. |
| B．they have to look after themselves. |
| C．they need to use their brain to find out the answers all the time. |
| D．they need to help their classmates. |
If you want to do better in math, you should NOT______________.
| A．listen to the teachers carefully |
| B．ask the teacher for help |
| C．go over your old lessons |
| D．lose interest in studying math |