How many popular articles are there in the magazine?
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
Which article is about saving money?
| A．Ice cream and banking. | B．Black sheep and Uncle Bob. |
| C．Relation between you and food. | D．Films that aren't really about Canada. |
What is Black sheep and Uncle Bob about?
| A．merican films. | B．Family stories. | C．Food. | D．Banking. |
Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a bench(长凳) in the park. The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day, the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me. I want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.”
“ Sir,” said the poor man, “ I am a failure. I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I’ll sleep in that hotel.”
The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true. I’ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you a whole month.”
A few days after, the rich man went into the poor man’s room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel back to his bench.
When the rich man asked why, he said, “You see, when I’m sleeping on my bench, I dreamed I am there, in the big hotel. It’s a wonderful dream. But when I was there I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn’t get any sleep at all.”The poor man lived in ____ before he met the rich man.
| A．the hotel | B．his home |
| C．the park | D．the car |
Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and____.
| A．waited for the rich man |
| B．looked at the rich man’s hotel |
| C．looked at the rich man’s car |
| D．enjoyed the clean car |
Every night the poor man dreamed of ______.
| A．sleeping in a hotel | B．becoming rich |
| C．owning that hotel | D．being the rich man’s friend |
The poor man moved out of the hotel because____.
| A．he didn’t want to live in such a fine room |
| B．he didn’t like the rich man |
| C．he couldn’t pay for the room |
| D．he couldn’t get any sleep at all there |
In the end, the poor man found it _________to sleep in the hotel.
| A．sorry | B．nice |
| C．wonderful | D．Terrible |
When the teacher asks a question in class,Wang Xiaobin never raises his hand and this situation is very common at middle schools.This 15-year-old boy always waits for other classmates or the teacher to give the answer.“What if my answer is wrong?”Wang asks.
Wang said only six or seven students in his class raise their hands when a question is asked.(18)“I think it’s a problem that may affect(影响)our studies,but I am afraid of making mistakes in front of my classmates.”he said.
When we asked the teacher, Hu Wei, why the students didn’t raise their hands,he said:”They lack(缺乏) of confidence,they are afraid of showing off,or they’re afraid of losing face by giving wrong answers.”
To encourage students to raise their hands in class,Hu suggests that teachers should repeat the question , then try to guide and encourage students to offer their answers.(19)Hu also advises students not to be shy,but brave enough to try.
Sun Pin,16 of Fujian,always raises her hand as soon as she comes up with the answer,even if she isn’t sure she has got it right.Sun can’t understand why some of her classmates keep silent in class.She enjoys raising her hand a lot.“It keeps me enthusiastic(热情的)and confident to express my idea. ” Sun said,“Raising my hand has really made me excellent.”
任务一：根据短文内容简要回答问题。Does Wang Xiaobin raise his hand when the teacher asks a question in class?
___________________________________________________________________Why don’t students raise their hands?(3 possible reasons)
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任务二：将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。________________________________________________________________
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任务三：给短文拟一个恰当的标题。________________________________________________________________
If you need to call your parents but your phone is not with you, can you remember their numbers?
To remember 11 numbers is not difficult. However, because of the smartphone, many of us are losing this ability, Record Japan reported.
What’s more, smartphones weaken our skills at giving directions as well as it’s common for most of them to check their phones.
According to a report by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, an American company, Chinese people spend on average 170 minutes on their smartphones daily.
For students, an addiction(沉溺) to smartphones does no good for studying. Research by Japan’s Education Ministry shows that children who spend more than four hours a day on their phones perform much worse in school tests than those who play with their phones for 30 minutes a day.
It’s true that the smartphone has made our lives easier. But many also think they spend too much time on it, and this is bad for their study or work. People are trying to change that.
A new app called Forest was introduced this month. It lets users plant a seed(种子) that grows into a tree over the next 30 minutes . During the half hour, users cannot use their phones, or the tree will die.
A restaurant in Los Angeles, US, gives people a 5 percent discount(折扣) if they don’t check their phones during a meal. Owner Mark Gold said that he hoped it could give people a way to enjoy their meal and actually talk with friends and family in person.
| The _ |
| When we meet together, we will spend most of the time Chinese people spend on average The students who __ The app Forest aims to help people spend _ |
A teacher showed three toys to his students and asked them to find out the differences. All the three toys seemed to have the same shape, size and material. After looking at them carefully, the students discovered holes in the toys. The first toy had holes in the ears. The second toy had holes in its ear and mouth. The third toy had only one hole in one of its ears.
Then the teacher put a needle(针) in one ear hole of the first toy. The needle came out of the other ear. For the second toy, when the needle was put in its ear , it came out of its mouth. And for the third toy, when the needle was put in, it did not come out.
So the teacher explained to his students,“ The first toy represent those people who seem to be listening to you and caring for you. But they are just pretending to do so. After listening, as the needle comes out from the next ear, the things you said to them are gone. In fact, they don’t care for you at all.”
“The second toy represents those people who listen to you and care for you. But as in the toy, the needle comes out from mouth, these people will use what you tell them to fight against you. They tell others what you said and tell your secrets for their purposes.”
“As for the third toy, the needle does not come out. It represents those people who will keep the trust you put in them. They are the ones that you can believe.”All the toys that the teacher showed_______.
| A．were made from different materials |
| B．had different sizes |
| C．had different shapes |
| D．had different holes |
When a needle was put in one ear of the first toy, it _______.
| A．didn’t come out |
| B．came out from its mouth |
| C．came out of the other ear |
| D．came out from the same ear |
People who use the words you told them to hurt you are like_______.
| A．the first toy | B．the second toy |
| C．the third toy | D．the fourth toy |
The teacher’s purpose of showing the toys was_______.
| A．to do an experiment |
| B．to teach toys how to make a friend |
| C．to give a science class |
| D．to help students know different people |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．All the toys had two holes and had no differences. |
| B．All the toys were made by the teacher and the students. |
| C．The third toy represents the people who you can believe. |
| D．The first two toys represent the people who don’t really listen to you. |
It is a cold and dry winter morning. When you wake up, you feel that your throat hurts. You begin to sneeze and later you may cough, you must have a cold! Wait a moment. Could it just be a common cold or the flu(流感) that’s been going around?
A cold gives you runny nose and cough. But it’s usually easy to deal with. Some take medicine while others drink herbal tea or chicken soup. Usually you feel better after a week.
On the other hand, the flu can be much more dangerous. It usually gives you fever. Sometimes it can cause death. According to an American magazine, the worst flu killed about 50 million people from 1918 to1919.
Don’t worry. If you get a flu vaccine(疫苗), it can stop you from getting the virus(病毒). Flu vaccines work by giving the body a small amount of flu viruses. This causes your body to develop antibodies(抗体) .So next time you get the flu , the antibodies should help you.
The flu virus changes every few years. Therefore, there are so many types of flu, such as H1N1 and H5N1. The antibodies for one type of flu can’t help us against all types of flu. That’s why we need to get the vaccine every year.
However, good health habits may also help stop you developing a cold or flu. Washing your hands often help stop you from getting viruses. It is also important to get regular exercise and eat healthy food. All these can help you strengthen your immune system(增强免疫系统).If you have a common cold, usually you’ll feel better after ______.
| A．a week | B．two weeks |
| C．ten days | D．twenty days |
According to the passage, which is TRUE of the flu?
| A．It first happened in 1919. |
| B．It usually doesn’t give you fever. |
| C．It is easy to deal with |
| D．It can kill people sometimes. |
If you get a flu vaccine, _______ .
| A．it can’t stop you from getting the flu virus. |
| B．it won’t cause your body to develop antibodies. |
| C．your body will develop antibodies. |
| D．your body will get a large amount of flu viruses. |
We need to get a flu vaccine every year because _____.
| A．we probably have a cold in winter. |
| B．the flu virus changes every few years. |
| C．the flu is very dangerous. |
| D．you don’t need to take any medicine after that. |
The following ways can help stop the flu EXCEPT ______.
| A．staying indoors | B．getting regular exercise |
| C．eating healthy food | D．washing our hands often |