On a cold morning at a bus station, a man played six famous pieces of music for about an hour. During that time, about two thousand people went through the station, most of them were on their way to work.
3 minutes later: a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed down, stopped for a few seconds and went away.
4 minutes later: the musician received his first dollar. A woman threw the money in the box and kept on walking without stopping.
6 minutes later: a young man stopped to listen to him. Then he looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes later: a 3-year-old boy stopped to look at the musician, but his mother took him away. Several other children did the same as the boy. And nearly all the parents took their children away.
45 minutes later: the musician kept on playing. Only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 persons gave him money but left quickly.
After 1 hour, the musician finished playing. In the end, he collected $ 32. No one noticed that he had finished playing.
No one knew this, but the musician was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. At that time, he played one of the most wonderful pieces ever written, with a very expensive violin.
If we do not have time to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing with the most beautiful violin, how many other things are we missing? Joshua Bell played six famous pieces of music for ________ at a bus station.
| A．half an hour | B．an hour | C．fifteen minutes | D．a day |
__________ gave the first dollar to Joshua Bell for his performance.
| A．A mid-aged man | B．A Young man | C．A woman | D．A 3-year-old boy |
Nearly all the parents ________________ while they went past the musician.
| A．took their children away | B．threw the money into the box |
| C．stayed with their children listening | D．looked at their watch |
Joshua Bell was in fact ________________.
| A．a very famous pianist | B．a very popular singer |
| C．a very poor violinist | D．a very famous violinist |
Do you know Venus(金星)? Of the eight planets， Venus is the nearest one to us. Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty. In Greek her name was Aphrodite. Venus and the Earth are almost the same size， and you would weigh almost the same on both planets. If you were 70 pounds on Earth， you would be 63 pounds on Venus.
Venus is an “unfriendly” planet. Because of its thick cloud， you can’t see the surface(表面). In many ways Venus is like the Earth. It has active volcanoes(火山)， mountains and valleys， too. But Venus is too hot for life. It has the hottest temperature of the planets in our solar system， about 480℃.Besides， the Earth lets heat out through volcanoes， hot springs， but Venus lets heat out in a different way. Venus has no moons. Scientists call Venus the Earth’s sister planet because Venus and the Earth are almost the same size. For a long time most scientists thought that Venus probably had plants， animals and possibly even humans. However， because Venus is so hot， it is impossible for anything to live there.
| A．danger and thought | B．love and beauty |
| C．beauty and danger | D．love and thought |
| A．54kg | B．60kg | C．63kg | D．70kg |
| A．It’s the nearest planet to us. |
| B．It’s almost the same size as the Earth. |
| C．Anything can’t live there. |
| D．People can’t see it clearly from the outside. |
| A．The Earth and Venus are similar in size. |
| B．Venus has the same way to let heat out as the Earth. |
| C．The surface of Venus is much hotter than that of the Earth. |
| D．Both the Earth and Venus have active volcanoes. |
| A．Planets around Us |
| B．Life on Other Planets |
| C．The Story of Venus |
| D．The Introduction(介绍) to Venus |
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Everyone knows that there's not enough land in Hong Kong. If you go there by air， you will land at Kai Tak Airport. It was built out into the sea. It is in the part of Hong Kong called Kowloon. Kowloon is one of the two big islands in Hong Kong.
The other island is Hong Kong itself. You can get there by ship or through a tunnel (隧道) under the sea.
The population of Hong Kong is more than six million. Chinese and English are spoken by many people there. Clothes， computers， radios， televisions are made in Hong Kong. It is a shopping center. You can buy all kinds of things there.
Hong Kong is also a beautiful city. It is a good place for traveling. People from all over the world visit Hong Kong every year. You can watch dog-racing and motor-racing there. When you are hot and tired， you may rest in the small cool gardens. There are also a lot of tall buildings with comfortable rooms to live in. If you enjoy eating out， you can easily find a good place for delicious food. Foods of different flavors (风味) are served in Hong Kong.Where was Kai Tak Airport built?
| A．It was built out into the sea. |
| B．It was built out into the lake. |
| C．It was built out into the river. |
| D．It was built out into the pool. |
What's the population of Hong Kong?
| A．Nearly 6 million. | B．Less than 6 million. |
| C．Over 6 million. | D．Only 6 million. |
How many products (产品) of Hong Kong are mentioned in this passage?
| A．7. | B．6. | C．5. | D．4. |
Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Kai Tak Airport is in Kowloon. |
| B．There're a lot of big islands in Hong Kong. |
| C．Many people in Hong Kong speak Chinese and English. |
| D．Hong Kong is a beautiful city for traveling. |
According to the passage， we know that __________.
| A．Hong Kong is a big city with a large population |
| B．there are almost no factories in Hong Kong |
| C．few people visit Hong Kong every year |
| D．visitors can’t enjoy the comfortable living rooms and delicious foods in Hong Kong |
In many English homes people eat four meals day: breakfast， lunch， tea and dinner.
People have breakfast at any time seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge， eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon， and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soup， then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things， like bananas， apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast， dinner， tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.How many meals a day do many English people have?
When do people have their breakfast?
What did they have for breakfast?
Is afternoon tea from four to five in the afternoon?
Do all English people eat dinner at about half past seven?
Mr. Smith usually got up late in the morning， so Mrs. Smith always called him up to make him not be late for work. One day， they had a loud and long quarelling (吵架)， so they were not speaking to each other. In the evening Mr. Smith handed his wife a piece of paper. He wrote "call me at 7 in the morning" on it. Then without a word， he went to sleep.
Next morning， when Mr. .Smith woke up， it was already 9:30.He got up and put on his clothes quickly. As he went out， he found another piece of paper on the table ."It's seven o'clock .Get up!"If Mrs. Smith did not wake him up， usually Mr. Smith might ________.
A. be late for work
B. get angry
C. sleep all dayWhy weren't they speaking to each other? ____________.
A. They quarreled.
B. They couldn't speak
C. They were afraid to speakWhy did Mr. Smith write a piece of paper to ask his wife to call him up the next morning?
A. He liked writing
B. He was afraid that his wife could forget
C. They were not speaking to each other.Mrs. Smith woke up the next morning_______.
A. before 7B. after 7C. at 9:30Mr. Smith woke up late for _______.
A. two and a half hours
B. one hour
C. three hours
Harry came to his mother one morning when she was having her breakfast， and said to her， “ No one at my school likes me， Mother. The teachers don’t， and the children don’t， either. Even the cleaners and the bus drivers hate me.”
“Well， Harry，” his mother answered， “Maybe you aren’t very nice to them. If a few people don’t like a person， it’s not his or her problem; but if a lot of people don’t， there’s usually something wrong， and the person really needs to change.”
“I’m too old to change，” Harry said. “I don’t want to go to school.”
“Come on， Harry，” his mother said， walking to the doorway and opened the door for him. “You have to go. It’ll be OK， and you still have a lot to learn. And besides， you’re the headmaster of the school.”What was Harry’s mother doing when he came to her?
A. She was having breakfast.
B. She was drinking a cup of tea.
C. She was cooking breakfast.What did Harry tell his mother?
A. He said that no one in his office liked him.
B. He said that his classmates didn’t like him.
C. He said that nobody at his school liked himWhy did Harry’s mother think he should change?
A. Because a lot of people didn’t like him.
B. Because a few people didn’t like him.
C. Because a lot of people liked himWhat didn’t Harry want to do?
A. He didn’t want to go home.
B. He didn’t want to go to school.
C. He didn’t want to do his homework.What was Harry?
A. He was a student of a school.
B. He was a teacher of a school.
C. He was the headmaster of the school.