HenrySmithtaughtscienceattheCi-优题课

Henry Smith taught science at the City School. One day, he wen to a bookstore and bought some books. Most of them were expensive. He left them in his car in a quiet street. Then he went and bought some other things at other shops. At 6 o’clock he came back to the car. One window was open and the books were gone. Henry drove back to his home in Lake Street.
That night he wrote a letter to a newspaper. The next day he went to the police station.
On Friday people read an advertisement in the newspaper.
BOOKS WANTED
DO YOU HAVE ANY BOOKS THAT YOU NO LONGER WANTED? I BUY OLD AND MODERN BOOKS. OPEN ALL DAY ON SATURDAY. HENRY SMITH, 18 LAKE STREET.
Henry stayed at home on Saturday. His first visitor came at 8 o’clock.
Henry took him to the kitchen. At half past nine another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
“Mr Smith?” the man asked.
“That’s right,” Henry said, “Can I help you?”
“I have some good books. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes, bring them in. I’ll have a look at them.”
Soon the books were on the dining-table.
“Come in now,” Henry called out, “And bring the list.”
A policeman came into the dining-room. He read the titles(书名) on the books and those on the list in his hand. They were the same.
“Come with me, Sir,” the policeman said to the man.
How did the man get the books? _____________

A．He bought them from Henry.

B．He bought them at a bookstore.

C．He found them lying in a quiet street.

D．He stole them from the car.

Henry got his books back ___________.

A．by fooling the man into bringing the books to his house

B．by buying them from the first visitor

C．with the help of the bookstore

D．with the help of the City School

The man who stole the books found Henry’s address ___________

A．in the car

B．in the newspaper

C．at the book store

D．at the police station

What happened to the man?

A．He ran away.

B．He was very happy to sell the books.

C．He was caught by the policeman.

D．He was very clever.

What is the best title for this reading?

A．A Book Advertisement	B．Mr Henry Smith
C．How Mr Smith Lost His Books	D．A clever man

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There is no doubt that technology has had a big influence on our lives. People from all around the world can now talk to each other almost at once on mobile phones and the Internet. People can easily solve their problems with the help of computers and the world wide web. With this technology, it seems that the world is more connected now than ever before. Even so, there have been worries about technology making people feel lonely and disconnected from others around them.

So does this mean that technology makes us lonely?

In my opinion, it is hard to say Yes or No.

It’s true that humans need communication with each other. If we depend on technology too much to communicate, this can badly impact our mental（心理的） health. For me, technology is a tool. And just like any other kind of tool — like scissors, a pencil or a ruler, for example, it depends on how we use it: in a right way or in a right place. Take social media（社交媒体） as an example. If you only use it to compare yourself with others, you might feel sad and lonely. But if you use it as a tool to connect with friends and family or to start a new community to talk about your hobbies and interests, the loneliness will turn into love and friendship.

When you feel lonely after staring at your computer screen all day, maybe you can use that technology to reach out to a reliable（可靠的） friend and invite him or her out for lunch or a coffee.

（1）According to the writer, technology is ________ .

A．	a tool	B．	an influence
C．	a pair of scissors	D．	a way of communication

（2）What’s the meaning of the underlined word “impact” in Paqugraph 4?

帮助

促进

影响

进入

（3）According to the passage, if people use technology too much, people may ________ .

sleep less

live longer

feel lonely

get more jobs

（4）When we use technology to________ others, we can find love and friendship.

argue with

compete with

connect with

compare with

（5）What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．	Social media is important to us.	B．	Technology can be good and bad to us.
C．	People need to communicate with each other.	D．	Computers and the Internet help us with our work.

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The Sunshine Park has something for all of you in the coming days. You can have a good time riding roller coasters here. There is also a water park, a monkey island and of course delicious foods such as chocolate, ice-cream and hamburgers.

Now the Candy House is coming and you will have a sweet memory there!

Opening hours for this week:

June 27 - 30, Monday - Thursday, closed

July 1, Friday, 5 pm - 9 pm

July 2, Saturday, 2 pm - 9 pm

July 3, Sunday, 1 pm - 4 pm

Tickets: Buy tickets at www.sunshinepark.com

One Day tip: 30 yuan（Ages 5+） Free（Children ages 5 or younger）

Two-Day tip: 25 yuan a day（Ages 5+） Free（Children ages 5 or younger）

Tips:

1. Visit www.sunshinepark.com for your tickets.

2. The sunshine park app can save you much trouble.

3. You can also buy tickets at the Ticket Office, working hours.

Notes:

1. All visitors over the age of 2 must wear face masks（口罩）.

2. All visitors should have their temperatures taken before entering.

3. Follow directions from the workers in the park.

Contact: 400-9902123

（1）Which of the following is new in the Sunshine Park?

The roller coasters.

The Candy House.

The water park.

The monkey island.

（2）When can visitors enter the park?

June 30, 2 pm.

July 1, 3 pm.

July 2, 4 pm.

July 3, 5 pm.

（3）How much will Li Lei（aged 8） have to pay for a Two-Day trip?

60 yuan.

50 yuan.

30 yuan.

25 yuan.

（4）What do visitors have to do before getting into the park?

A．	They should buy tickets by phone.	B．	They have to take a child under 5.
C．	They must have the sunshine park app.	D．	They need to have their temperatures taken.

（5）We can read this passage in a ________.

newspaper

dictionary

textbook

storybook

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When I was walking back home at around 12:15 p.m. one day, an apple core（果核） came flying toward me. It landed just before my feet. Surprised, but I felt lucky not to get hit by it.

The apple was thrown over a wall by a school student. I live opposite a school. The wall separates my house from the school.

Thinking it was a one-off（一次的） experience, I told my friends, and we laughed about it.

Then, a week later, I was walking along exactly the same place at the same time and bam! Another apple core came over. This time it landed on the roof（屋顶） of a house. Oh, my God! I was nearly hit by it!

Last week I was on my way home. I checked my phone. It was 12:15 p.m. I thought about those two times when I had seen apple cores thrown over the wall. But suddenly, another apple core was thrown over with speed!

Enough was enough. Someone could be really hurt by these cores. Did the student(s) not realize that people live across the wall? Or did they not care?

I told my friend about it. “You should just throw the apple back over the wall. That will teach them,” my friend suggested. But I don’t want to play that “game”. As they say, an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.

Maybe I’ll call the school and let them know. The students need to know that they might hurt someone if they keep throwing their waste. What’s more, waste belongs in the bin, not anywhere else.

（1）How did the writer feel after she saw the first thrown apple core?

Bored.

Lucky.

Embarrassed.

Angry.

（2）How many times did the writer see an apple core thrown over the wall?

Once.

Twice.

Three times.

Four times.

（3）From the underlined sentence, we can learn that ________ .

A．	the writer will set up a camera on the wall
B．	the writer will throw the apple back next time
C．	the writer was hit in the eye by the thrown apple core
D．	the writer will not fight back by doing the same thing

（4）What can we infer（推断） from the story?

A．	Somebody was once hurt by thrown waste there.
B．	The apple cores were thrown by the same student.
C．	The students could see clearly when the writer was walking by.
D．	The school may find out about the problem and make new rules.

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Robots may seem smart, but they cannot even pick up a chess piece. Let’s take a look at some tasks that are easy for kids but not for robots.

Pick things up

Picking things up is not easy. If we drop our pencil on the floor, our brains work hard. First, we must find the pencil. Then we move our hands to it. A robot cannot always move its “hand” to the right place. When we touch the pencil, it might roll（滚动） a little bit. Robots cannot easily understand this either. So, if you drop a pencil on the floor, a robot will probably roll it around the room.

Get around in large space

If someone drops us in a building we’ve never been to, we might feel a bit lost. But we can look around, find a door and get out quickly. But a robot will look everywhere for a door, even on ceilings（天花板） and floors. This is because it’s hard for them to understand spaces, especially large, blank things such as walls or ceilings.

Understand the world made by people

“Common sense” is what we don’t need to think or talk about. Because of common sense, we do not look for doors on the ceiling. We pick up a coffee cup by its handle（把手）. We feel whether it has coffee inside, and whether it’s hot.

A robot? It may turn the cup upside down. It may hold the hot part of the cup. Scientists have tried teaching robots common-sense rules. But even huge databases（数据库） don’t help much. Maybe they need more time to learn.

（1）What may happen when a robot tries to pick up a pencil?

A．	It may break the pencil.	B．	It may roll the pencil.
C．	It may not find the pencil.	D．	It may watch the pencil roll.

（2）What will a robot do in order to find a door?

A．	Dig a big hole in the wall.	B．	Only look for large and blank things.
C．	Search everywhere even the ceilings.	D．	Drop itself in a corner in the building.

（3）What can we learn about common sense from the last two paragraphs?

A．	Robots can teach themselves common sense.
B．	Robots have the same common sense as humans.
C．	Scientists tried teaching robots common-sense rules.
D．	Huge databases help much for robots to learn common sense.

（4）What can we learn from the passage?

A．	Robots are not helpful to humans at all.	B．	Robots are good at picking up small things.
C．	It is easy for robots to understand large spaces.	D．	Robots have trouble understanding our world.

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As we can learn from the story in our textbook, guide dogs are the “eyes” of blind people. But how can they be so helpful? The answer is simple. Guide dogs practice to be helpful. As part of the training, guide dogs practice getting to the places their owners will need to go. But before this, guide dogs must receive training in many other areas. This is because guiding a person safely is more important than just knowing where to go.

Suppose a tree branch（树枝） is lying on the road in front of a blind person and his guide dog. Since the person cannot see the branch, it’s up to the dog to let him know it is there. If the branch is small the dog may help guide its owner around it. If it is large, the dog will stop the person. Then he knows there is something in the way. He will work with his dog to find a way past the branch.

Many people think a guide dog tells its owner when they can cross the road. This is not true. Instead, the dog usually stops its owner when they have reached the end of a road. Then the blind person listens to their situation and considers if it is safe to cross the road. A blind person and his dog always work as a team.

（1）About guide dogs, we can know ________ from the first paragraph.

A．	blind people can’t afford a guide dog	B．	not all dogs can be trained to be helpful
C．	dogs are born to be helpful to blind people	D．	guide dogs learn to be helpful through training

（2）The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to “________”.

the road

the tree branch

the blind person

the dog

（3）If there is a large branch on the road in front of its owner, the guide dog will ________.

A．	stop its owner	B．	ask someone for help
C．	move it with its owner	D．	guide its owner around it

（4）According to the passage, who will decide if it is safe for a blind person to cross a road?

A．	The blind person himself.	B．	His guide dog.
C．	Both he and his guide dog.	D．	A police officer.