The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. Let’s see what my friends are going to do during the three-day holiday.
Peter: I’m going to visit my uncle and aunt with my parents during the three days. They live in the countryside. It is far from our city, Beijing. We’re going to take the train there. I am going fishing there with my cousin.
Eliza: I’m going to visit my grandparents with my parents on the first day. They live in a small town. It is going to take us one hour to get there by car. On the second day, I’m going to have a party with my friends. On the third day, I have to do my homework and study for a math test.
Gina: My cousin is visiting us. He lives in Tianjin. He is coming by bus. On the first day, I’m going to play ping-pong with him. On the second day, I’m going to take him to Eliza’s party. On the third day, my cousin is going back and I am going to do some shopping with my parents. Peter is staying in ______ during the three- day holiday.
A.Beijing | B.the countryside | C.Tianjin | D.a town |
How is Eliza going to her grandparents’ home?
A.By car. | B.By bike. | C.By bus. | D.By train. |
Gina is ______ on the third day.
A.visiting her cousin | B.playing ping-pong |
C.doing her homework | D.doing some shopping |
Who are going to Eliza’s party?
A.Peter and his cousin. | B.Gina and her cousin. |
C.Peter and Gina. | D.Peter, Gina and their cousins. |
From the passage, we can know that ____.
A.Peter doesn’t like fishing |
B.Eliza is going to have a test |
C.Gina likes all kinds of sports |
D.all three of them have no homework during the three days |
My interest in Chinese food started many years ago, when I had my first job. I was a young reporter for the Daily Journal in San Francisco. Our office wasn’t far from Chinatown. I usually managed to arrange my time so that I could go there at least two or three times a week for a good meal.
The first time I ever ate Chinese food I loved it. And since then, it just tastes better and better to me. The first thing I noticed was the fresh tastes of the meat and vegetable. When I learned more about the food, I began to understand why it has this special feature.
About 5000 years ago, China lost much of its wood because of over population and poor management of its forest. This loss was very bad for the country, of course, but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get, so the Chinese had to learn how to use it better.
In order to use less wood in cooking, they started to cut their meat and vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil. That way, the food cooked faster and they saved their fuel. The food prepared in this manner kept its fresh flavor(风味)—and it’s this flavor that attracts people to the art of Chinese cooking.
I often wonder if the Chinese appreciated their solution to that ancient energy problem as much as I do now –whenever I eat Chinese food.This passage is mainly about _________.
A.why Chinese food tastes fresh |
B.what Chinese food tastes like |
C.how Chinese food is cooked |
D.what makes Chinese food special |
The author got to know Chinese food __________.
A.when he worked as a reporter in China |
B.from a news story in the Daily Journal |
C.after he got a taste of it in the Chinatown |
D.before he got his first job in San Francisco |
The author thought the Chinese chop their meat and vegetable into small pieces in order to ________.
A.keeping its fresh flavor |
B.saving their hard-to-get wood |
C.producing a different kind of food |
D.attracting westerners to their food |
The word “fuel” in the 4th paragraph most probably means ______
A.fresh flavor | B.meat and vegetable | C.hot oil | D.firewood |
According to the passage, the special freshness of Chinese food is the result of _______.
A.the wood used to make the cooking fire |
B.the fast speed (速度) at the cooking |
C.the high quality of Chinese meat and vegetable |
D.the well-developed art of Chinese cooking |
We’ve talked about snails(蜗牛) and their slow move. But much of the time snails don’t move at all. They are in their shells —sleeping.
Hot sun will dry out a snail’s body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into his shell. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So when it rains, a snail does the same thing, too. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to. It spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep.
In the spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. Its eyes, at the end of the top feelers, are very weak. But its sense of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to find food and the new greens.
A snail’s mouth is no bigger than the point of a pin. Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are very small, and you can’t see them. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out! And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones.A snail _________.
A.moves more slowly at night | B.has thousands of feet |
C.doesn’t move at all | D.sleeps much of the time |
In the sentence “A snail draws its body into its shell”, the word “draw” means _____.
A.to make with a pencil | B.to push |
C.to pull | D.to move away |
From the story, we know _________.
A.a snail’s shell is very thin |
B.a snail can’t see well |
C.a snail’s nose is quite short |
D.a snail’s body changes in different seasons |
A snail goes to sleep when _____.
A.it feels hungry | B.it is put into a paper box |
C.spring is coming | D.it rains heavily |
Which of the following is wrong?
A.In winter the snail doesn’t eat or move. |
B.A snail doesn’t like living under the sun. |
C.The snail’s teeth can’t be worn out. |
D.The snail’s nose helps to find food. |
完形填空(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
Most adults once studied at school, had classes and did their homework every day. The same ______ is going on at school now. _______ it seems that doing weekend homework is _______ problem for the modern students.
All the students should agree that weekend homework should be abolished(取消). It's _______ for them studying at school five days a week. They have a lot of interests. With homework to do on Saturday and Sunday, when can they find _______ to help around the house, go and see a football or basketball game or a good film, join in family recreations(娱乐), or just have ______ at home? Because of these other activities, the homework can't be finished until _______. So their weekend homework is usually done in such a hurry that on Monday teachers are ________ and often threaten(威胁) to fail whole class of students because they know nothing about the ______. If there were no weekend homework for the students to do, they would be happy to go to school on Monday ______ having a good rest and to learn what the teachers teach.
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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. |