The world has many beautiful sounds. We can hear the songs of birds and the laugh of people. We can listen to cool music and news reports. And it’s all because of our ears! They bring us a world of sounds.
But some people can’t hear any sound at all. Some are born deaf. Others can hear well in their childhood, nut too many loud sounds hurt their ears later on.
Many people in China can’t hear ordinary sounds clearly. Lots of them are children. Most of them are born with good hearing. But six children of every 1,000 have hearing problems when they are born. And if a children has hearing problems, he or she usually will also have some learning problems at school.
A lot of things can cause fearing problems, like, too much earwax is not good for our hearing. And noise louder than 85 decibels (分贝) can hurt our ears and make us lose our hearing for a short time or even for ever.
Hearing is important for all of us. So we should do our best to give our ears special care. Don’t forget to do the following:
◎ Try to stay away from places with too much noise. If you have to go, wear earplugs.
◎ When swimming, remember to put earplugs into your ears to stop water from getting in.
◎ Never put anything sharp into your ears. If you think you have too much earwax, ask your parents to help you clean it out.
Keep these things in mind. Then you won’t be saying “WHAT? WHAT?” when you are older.What does the underlined word “earwax” mean in the passage?
| A．耳膜 | B．耳鸣 | C．耳垢 | D．耳疾 |
Which of the following is NOT talked by the writer?
| A．Illness and hearing problems. | B．people with hearing problems. |
| C．Ways to protect our ears. | D．Danger of loud noise. |
____________ is/are bad for our ears.
| A．A little earwax | B．Earplugs | C．All noise | D．Noise louder than 85 decibels |
The underlined sentence means ___________.
| A．When you get older, you know it’s not polite to ask “What?”. |
| B．When you get older, you still have good hearing. |
| C．When you get older, you won’t ask questions. |
| D．When you get older, you will have fewer questions. |
Sunny Language School
We are a language school for children of 12—18. We want an assistant in the library, an English teacher, a gate- keeper, and a sports coach.
| Job |
Age |
Language |
Skill（能力） |
Other term（其他条件） |
| lab assistant |
20—35 |
Chinese, English |
enough experience (经验, 经历)for the job |
careful（细心） |
| teacher |
20—45 |
English, French, Japanese |
have the TQC(教师资格) |
responsible（负责） |
| sports coach |
20—40 |
Chinese, English |
major（专业）in P.E. |
healthy and strong（强壮） |
| gate-keeper |
 |
Chinese |
have a good memory（记忆力） |
healthy |
Who can't go to Sunny Language School?
| A．A 13 - year - old child |
| B．A 17 - year - old child |
| C．A 15 - year -old child |
| D．A 20 - year -old child |
Who is not wanted in the ad?
| A．A waiter | B．A teacher |
| C．A sports coach | D．A gate - keeper |
Who doesn’t need to speak English?
| A．A teacher | B．A lab assistant |
| C．A sports coach | D．A gate- keeper |
The sports coach must(必须)______.
| A．major in P.E. | B．know two languages |
| C．be healthy and strong | D．All above |
Who needs speak three languages?
| A．A lab assistant | B．A teacher |
| C．A sports coach | D．A gate – keeper |
In England ,people don’t often talk to each other when they travel. If you get on a bus or a train. you can see people sitting and looking out of the window. Other people may read books or newspapers.
When you meet English people, they often start a conversation by talking about the weather . So when you meet somebody in England, you can say, “Nice weather for the time of the year!”
“But it was a little cold yesterday, ”somebody may answer.
“But it will get a bit warmer later,”you can say.
Talking like this, they will think,“How friendly you are!”English people _________on the bus.
| A．often talk a lot |
| B．never talk to each other |
| C．read newspapers |
| D．never looking out of the window. |
When you meet English people, you can start the conversation by talking about the__________.
| A．weather | B．work | C．family | D．age |
According to(根据) the passage, if you talk to English people about the weather, they will think_________.
| A．you are friendly | B．you are right |
| C．you are English | D．you are clever. |
Which of the followings is true?
| A．English people like traveling by bus |
| B．English people often talk about the weather |
| C．English people are unfriendly. |
| D．English people like the cold weather. |
As you research music, you will find much that is familiar to you. You will find music which tells you interesting places and exciting things to do. You will find music which expresses that are often own.
Music is an expression(表达) of the people. As you research, you will find music of people at work or at play. You will find expresses love of the country, love of nature and love of home. Music is also an expression of the composer(创作者). The composer expresses his own music ideas. He studies the materials(材料) of music and discovers of using them. He looks for new kinds of musical expression.
Music can suggest actions and feelings which we share(分享). We can enjoy playing and singing music, dancing and listening to the music of the people and the composers of different times and places.In the first paragraph(段落), the writer tells us___________.
| A．to find pleasure and our feelings in music |
| B．how to research music |
| C．how to express your feelings in music |
| D．to discover the things and places in music |
From the second paragraph we know that________.
| A．music sings the country, nature and home |
| B．if we love music we will love the country, nature and home |
| C．we may listen to music at work or at play |
| D．music can express how people live, work and think |
The last paragraph shows that music makes it possible_______.
| A．that music can express actions and feelings |
| B．people can enjoy singing and dancing to the music |
| C．to bring understanding between people of different times and places |
| D．to make people of different times and places happy |
Through music, the composer_______________.
| A．wishes you to study music with him |
| B．expresses his feelings and ideas |
| C．studies the materials of music |
| D．shoes his love of the country |
The best title(标题) of this passage may be__________.
| A．Enjoy Singing and Dancing |
| B．Music-Expression of the Composer |
| C．Research Music |
| D．Music-Suggestion of Feelings |
A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”“If you must know, I make $20 an hour.”“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”
The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish(自私的)!”The little boy went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed(平静)down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn't really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy's room.
“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here's $10.” “Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily. “Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.” The little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”How much does the boy's father make an hour? ____ .
| A．$10 | B．$20 | C．$30 | D．$40 |
In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means ____.
| A．very angry | B．quite happy |
| C．too excited | D．a little nervous |
In the first passage, the father refused to lend the boy any money because _______.
| A．he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself |
| B．he did not have enough money at that moment |
| C．he thought the boy would buy something of no use |
| D．the boy always borrowed money from him |
The boy wanted to buy ________ with twenty dollars.
| A．a new book for himself |
| B．a nice present for his father |
| C．a toy for his own birthday |
| D．an hour of his father's time |
From the passage, we can infer(推断)that the boy's father__.
| A．often played with his son |
| B．spent little time with his son |
| C．didn't love his son at all |
| D．often came back home early |
Always forgetting your long passwords(密码)? Worried about being hacked(被攻击)?All these worries will soon become history. Scientists have found that upper-casing(大写)your password can help you reduce the chance being hacked.
Usually passwords are six letters or more.However,50 percent of people choose a common word or simple key combination for their password. The most used passwords are 123456, abcdef and abc123. In fact, if your passwords are in lower-case(小写),it will be easily hacked by a hacker. According to a study, it only takes a hacker ten minutes to hack a six-letter password which is in lower-case, but if you make the letter in upper-case, it can take up to ten hours. So if you want to make your account much safer, you should make your password upper-case. Of course, you can also add numbers or symbols to your password. Most of the time a hacker’s computer has to work for 18 days to break a password, but if you choose a nine-letter password that includes numbers and symbols, it can take a hacher’s computer 44,530 years to break it.Scientists have found thatyour password is much safer for
your account.
| A．upper-casing | B．lower-casing |
| C．reducing | D．copying |
According to the passage,______is not one of the most used
passwords.
| A．123456 | B．abcdef | C．abc123 | D．000000 |
It takes a hacker___to hack a six-letter password which is in
lower—case.
| A．10 minutes | B．10 hours |
| C．18 days | D．44,530 years |
The Chinese meaning of the underlined word is
A.数字B.符号 C.色彩调料What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．What passwords are. |
| B．How a password is hacked. |
| C．How to make your password much safer. |
| D．Why hackers hack your password. |