Text messaging, or simply “texting”, which allows people to send and receive messages on mobile phones, becomes very popular today.
The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.
However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.
What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.
Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings. How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?
| A．Texting is a good way of communication. |
| B．6,000 people were killed and injured. |
| C．Texters are easier to have an accident. |
| D．Many people text to greet families and friends. |
The underlined word restricting probably means _________.
| A．not telling | B．not allowing | C．enjoying | D．making |
This passage is written to tell us that __________.
| A．we should do less texting |
| B．texting has many advantages |
| C．texting is better than phone calling |
| D．we should do texting properly |
Jack is the name of a game. It is quite popular with children. To play jacks, you will need a small ball and ten small metal objects (物体) called jacks.
The rules for this game are quite easy. To begin with, put the ten jacks on the floor or ground in front of you. Toss the ball high, pick up one jack and then catch the ball. Keep the jack in your hand and go on to pick up the other jack one at a time. You lose your turn if you do not catch the ball, or if you do not pick up a jack, or if you drop (掉) any of the jacks from your hand.
When you finish all the ten jacks, you now try to do the same thing again but with two jacks at one time. This is more difficult, of course. You lose your turn if you make any of the above three mistakes (错误) or if you do not pick up two jacks each time.To play jacks is ___________.
| A．difficult for boys | B．interesting for children |
| C．difficult for girls | D．interesting for old people |
The word “toss” here means __________.
| A．drop | B．catch | C．throw | D．pick |
If you want to finish the first and second parts of the game, you have to pick up jacks __________.
| A．ten times | B．fifteen times | C．twenty times | D．thirty times |
The jacks are made of _________.
| A．paper | B．glass | C．metal | D．water |
After you pick up the first ten jacks, the game becomes more difficult because you must pick up _________ at a time.
| A．two jacks | B．four jacks | C．three jacks | D．only one |
What do Napoleon, Clinton and Wang Nan have in common? They are all left-handed. Today about 15% of the people are left-handed. But why are people left-handed? The answer is the way the brain (大脑) works. The brain has two halves---the right half and the left half. The right half controls (控制) the left side of the body, and the left half controls the right side of the body. So right-handed people have a strong left brain, and the left –handed people have a strong right brain.
The two halves of the brain are about the same size. But each side controls different things. The left side controls language, Maths and logic (逻辑). When you remember new words, or when you put things in order, you use your left side.
The right side of the brain controls colour and music. It is also good at recognizing (认出) faces. This does not mean that all artists are left-handed and all accountants (会计师) are right-handed. Some right-handers have a strong right brain, and some left-handers have a strong left brain.From the passage we know _____________.
| A．all artists are left-handed |
| B．all accountants are right-handed |
| C．the left side of the brain controls your love of art, colour and music |
| D．some right-handers have a strong left brain |
Whether是否 people are right-handed or left-handed is mostly decided by ________________.
| A．their parents | B．their minds |
| C．the way the brain works | D．the way the head works |
Each side of the brain _____________.
| A．likes music and Maths | B．controls different things |
| C．controls the same thing | D．has two halves |
When you are singing, you are using your ___________.
| A．logic thinking | B．heart |
| C．right brain | D．left halves |
Which part of the body does the right half of the brain control?
| A．The right side of the body. |
| B．The left side of the body. |
| C．The heart. |
| D．The language. |
Jyoti Amge, an Indian girl, is the world’s smallest woman. She is only 0.628 metres tall. She is small, but her dream is great. On her 18th birthday in 2012, she shared the good news with others. She would act in two movies.
Jyoti is the youngest of the five children in her family. She stopped growing after her first birthday. Because of her size, Jyoti has special clothes and jewellery(珠宝首饰). She even has her own desk and chair in a regular(普通的)school. Jyoti also loves movies and fashionable dresses like others. Before 18, she acted in a music video along with a famous Indian singer.
Jyoti said, “I’m just the same as other people. I eat like you, and dream like you. I don’t feel I am different.”How old is Jyoti Amge in 2013?
| A．16 years old | B．17 years old | C．18 years old | D．19 years old |
On her 18th birthday, Jyoti said she would _____________.
| A．go to France | B．act in movies |
| C．go to school | D．win the name of “the smallest woman” |
How many sisters and brothers does she have?
| A．3 | B．4 | C．6 | D．we don’t know |
Jyoti’s _________is are not different from others’.
| A．clothes | B．jewellery | C．chair | D．school |
What did Jyoti do before 18?
| A．She acted in a music video | B．She played in two movies |
| C．She sang a song in a movie | D．She made special clothes for herself |
This is Betty’s bedroom. Please come in and have a look at the pictures in the room. Let’s look at the one on the desk first(首先), please. It’s small but very good. It’s a photo of a man, Bob Brown, and a boy, Richard Brown. Mr. Brown is Richard’s father. And Richard is the son of the man. He’s twelve years old and is a middle school student.
Can you see that big one on the wall? It is a picture of a nice woman, Helen Brown, and a lovely(可爱的)girl, Betty Brown. Helen is Bob’s wife, and she is Betty and Richard’s mother. Betty is young. She’s only six.It’s Richard’s bedroom.
Bob is father of Richard.
Betty isn’t Richard’s sister.
Helen Brown has two children.
Helen has a sister.
This is John’s bedroom. It’s very nice. You can see two beautiful pictures on the wall. Under the pictures you can see a big desk. A lamp(台灯) and a computer are on the desk. Near the desk you can see a big bookcase. There are many books in it. Near the bookcase you can see a small chair. Are there any photos on the chair? Yes, you can see two. Where is John’s cat? It’s under his bed. We can see two beautiful pictures in John’s bedroom.
Some books and a computer are on the small chair.
A dog is on the sofa.
Two photos are on the floor.
John’s cat is under his bed.