For the 17 years my life was very happy. Then the first sad thing happened. My mother became very ill. Just before she died, she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room. She said, “Victor and Elizabeth, I’m very happy because you love each other, and because one day you’ll get married. Everyone in the family loves you, Elizabeth. Will you take my place in the family, my dear? I can die happy if you look after them when I have gone.”
My mother died and we were very sad, because we loved her so much. Elizabeth was brave and helped us; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother’s death. The time came for me to go to university(大学). I didn’t want to leave my sad family, but we all knew that I should go. It was hard to leave, too, because the parents of my good friend Henry would not let him go to university with me. So I had gone alone.
On my first day at university I met Professor Waldman. He gave a wonderful talk to all the students. He ended his talk by saying, “Some of you will become the greatest scientists of tomorrow. You must study hard and discover everything that you can.”
After the professor’s talk, I thought very carefully. I remembered the storm when I was 15; I remembered how the lightning had destroyed the tree. From then on, I wanted to use electricity to help people, and I wanted to discover the secrets of life. I decided to work on these two things.
I started to work the next day. I worked very hard and soon Professor Waldman and I realized that I could learn to be a very good scientist.
The professor and other important scientists helped me. I was interested in my work and I did not take one day’s holiday during the next two years. After two years, I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was the best in the university. My machine would help me answer the most important question of all. How does life begin? Is it possible to put life into dead things? To answer these questions about life I had to learn first about death. I had to watch bodies from the moment when they died and the warm life left them. In the hospital and in the university, I watched the dying and the dead. Day after day, month after month, I followed death, so it was a dark and terrible time.
I built a tall mast(桅杆)about 150 metres high, which is higher than the tallest building in the city, to catch lightning and send the electricity down to my machine in the lab. I believed I could use that electricity to give life to things that were dead.
Then one day, the answer came to me. Suddenly I was sure that I knew the secret of life.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Elizabeth married shortly after Victor’s mother died. |
B.Elizabeth was a brave girl who loved Victor and gave him much help. |
C.Victor’s mother was very angry when she knew he loved Elizabeth. |
D.Victor did not want to leave his family because his mother died not long before. |
Victor did all the following during his research in the university EXCEPT that ______.
A.he discovered many things and built a scientific machine |
B.he learnt much about death both in the hospital and in the university |
C.he worked hard and took only one day’s holiday during the next two years |
D.he built a tall mast to catch lightning and send the electricity down to the lab |
According to the writer, the secret of life is to _______.
A.give life to things that were dead |
B.build the best machine to learn about death |
C.use electricity to help others |
D.become the greatest scientist of tomorrow |
Which is the correct order about the life of Victor?
① Victor’s mother passed away.
② Victor got help from the professor and other scientists.
③ Victor went to university and attended the professor’s talk.
④ Victor found the answer to giving life to things that were dead.
⑤ Victor experienced a storm, seeing the lightning destroying the tree.
A.①②③④⑤ | B.⑤①②④③ |
C.①③②⑤④ | D.⑤①③②④ |
How do most students spend(花费) their free time? Do they have time to do the things they like? Let's see what some students do during their free time. Ben is eleven. He has a sister, Kate. Both of them like going to the cinema. Every Sunday morning, they go to the town by train and then they go to the cinema because they live in the country(乡下) and there is no cinema there. They arrive in the town at noon. They usually have a big lunch in their favourite restaurant first, and then they buy some food in the supermarket (超市)before they go to their favourite cinema called Star Cinema. They like it because the seats there are comfortable and the films shown in the cinema are always the newest. They always have a good time on Sundays, but when the weather is bad or they are busy with their homework, they can't go.Ben and Kate always spend their Sundays ________.
A.watching TV | B.going shopping |
C.doing homework | D.going to the cinema |
They go to see a film ________.
A.at home | B.by bus | C.on foot | D.by train |
They go to the town to see a film because ________.
A.they like the cinema there |
B.there is no cinema in the country |
C.they don't know other cinemas |
D.they want to go shopping in the town |
When they are in the town, they ________ first.
A.go to the cinema | B.buy food |
C.have lunch | D.play in the street |
They can't go to the cinema when ________.
A.it is fine |
B.they want to watch TV |
C.they have little homework |
D.the weather is bad or they get too much homework |
Boys and girls, let’s begin our English class now. This time I want to talk about my family. Then I want you to say something about my families.
There are seven people in my family. They are my parents, my two sisters, my brother, my wife (妻子)and I. In England, a family like this is a big one. My father has a factory(工厂). It isn’t very big. It makes all kinds of boats. My brother is a doctor. He works in a hospital(医院). His wife works in a hospital, too. She is a nurse. My two sisters are students. One want to be a teacher. She studies hard and well. The other likes singing very much and can sing very well. So she wants to be a singer(歌手). I’m now in China teaching English and learning Chinese. My mother stays at home. Can you guess (猜测)what she does at home? Yes, she does housework. She is a housewife.Where do I come from?
A.China | B.America | C.England | D.Canada |
Where am I now ?
A.In China | B.In America | C.In England | D.In Canada |
Who works in a school in my family?
A.One of my sisters | B.I | C.My father | D.My brother |
My brother and his wife work _________.
A.as teachers | B.as nurses | C.as doctors | D.in a hospital |
In Chinese “ housewife” means_________ .
A.干家务活的人 | B.在家的妻子 | C.家庭主妇 | D.保姆 |
Hi, my name is Amy. I am a Grade 7 student, and I would like to tell you something about my class and myself.
There are ten classes in Grade 7.In each class, there are about forty students. I think that my class, Class 4 is the best(最好的).That is because all the students in my class work very hard and the teachers are all very nice to the students. But I am not one of the best students in the class.
I love reading, and I am very good at Chinese and English. I don’t find Maths very interesting, so I am not good at it. I want to work hard at it. My teacher, classmates and my parents would like to help me with my Maths.How many classes are there in Grade 7at Amy’s school?
A.Six | B.Seven | C.Nine | D.Ten |
How many students are there in Grade 7?
A.About 400. | B.About 500 | C.About 300 | D.About 600 |
Why is Amy’s class the best class in Grade 7?
A.Because the teachers are the best. |
B.Because the boys work very hard. |
C.Because the students are very nice to the students. |
D.Because the students work very hard and the teachers are very nice. |
What does Amy love doing?
A.Singing | B.Reading | C.Swimming | D.Watching TV |
What is Amy not good at?
A.Chinese | B.P.E. | C.English | D.Maths |
It was a Sunday morning. Peter, a seven-year-old boy, watched TV in the room while his brother Bill did his homework. Their father watered the flowers in the garden and their mother went out to do some shopping. At ten the woman came back with a heavy basket. Peter ran up to her. He wanted to know what his mother bought. He found a bag of oranges in it. He liked them very much and wanted to eat. His mother stopped him. She gave five to each son and went to cook food. Peter ate his oranges soon but his brother was busy doing his homework and didn't eat his. Suddenly the telephone rang and Bill ran to answer it. Bill's friend asked him to play football with them. And when Bill talked with his friend, Peter took two of his oranges away and ate them. Bill found it and called him out and beat(打) him behind the house. Peter didn't tell his parents about it.
The next morning Peter’s teacher, Mrs Ball, taught the students subtraction(减法). Peter didn't listen to her carefully and couldn't understand it. So he couldn't answer her questions. The teacher began to give him an example, “If your brother has five oranges and you take two from him, what will the result(结果)be?”
“He'll beat me, madam,” answered the boy. All his classmates began to laugh.When did Peter’s mother come back?
A.At five. | B.At six. | C.At seven. | D.At ten. |
How many oranges did Peter eat?
A.Five. | B.Six. | C.Seven. | D.Ten. |
Miss Ball was Peter's __________teacher.
A.Chinese | B.maths | C.English | D.history |
Why didn't Peter tell his parents that his brother beat him?
A.Because he knew he was wrong. |
B.Because he was afraid of his brother. |
C.Because his father didn't like him. |
D.Because his mother let Bill do so. |
Peter couldn't answer the teacher's question because___________.
A.he was not clever |
B.he didn't listen to the teacher carefully |
C.he was not good at maths |
D.he was thinking about eating oranges |
Cyril Dick’s house is neither a modern house nor a house of the future. It is 40 years old. There are more houses like that in the south of France. They are called “bubble houses”, and you can see why!
Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves round things. He collects old records and clocks. He also collects round furniture. And now he has a completely round house.
Everything in the “bubble house” is round. The centre of the house is one very big bubble. This is both the living room and dining room. There are round armchairs, a round table, and a big round rug(地毯) in front of a round fireplace. Around the living room are three small bubbles. One bubble is a kitchen with round shelves, another bubble is the garden room, and the third bubble is a music room. Upstairs there are two more bubbles—a bedroom and a bathroom.
The doors and windows are also round, of course. The windows are like eyes. There aren’t any curtains(窗帘) in the house, because Cyril likes to see the garden all the time.
Bubble houses are the idea of a Hungarian architect(建筑师), Antti Lovag. “A lot of modern houses are bad for us, especially tall buildings of flats,” says Lovag. “Because round homes are more natural(自然的), people feel happy in them.” Cyril agrees with this. “Some people think my house is funny,” he says, “but for me, this is the perfect home.”
【1】题判断正误(“T”表示正确,“F”表示错误);【2】题完成句子;【3】题简略回答问题;【4】题找出并写下第三段的主题句;【5】题将文中画线句子译成汉语。You can find more “bubble houses” in the south of France.
Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves _____________________________________.
What is the third bubble around the living room?
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