Which of the four books above was published the latest?
| A．The Help． | B．The Hunger Games． |
| C．Publication Manual． | D．Diary o f a Wimpy Kid． |
Suzanne Collins' book was published by ．
| A．Berkley Trade |
| B．Amer Psychological Assn |
| C．Scholastic Press |
| D．Amulet Books |
What is the list price of Josie Wags' book?
| A．$9. | B．$14 | C．$16 | D．$28 |
Which of the four books have something to do with science?
| A．The Hunger Games and Publication Manual． |
| B．The Hunger Games and Diary of a Wimpy Kid ． |
| C．The Help and Publication Manual． |
| D．The Help and Diary of a Wimpy Kid． |
Mark Zukerberg is the founder and CEO of Facebook, an extremely popular social working website that started in the United States.
Now, millions of student users visit Facebook daily and the website is one of the top ten most widely visited sites on the internet worldwide. College and high school students use Facebook to communicate with friends and share both information and pictures for free. The company earns money through advertising.
Many other companies have been rumored (谣传) to be interested in buying Facebook. Just a few years after Mark started the company, he was approached by Terry Semel, who was the CEO of Yahoo. Terry offered Mark one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) to sell Facebook to Yahoo. Mark said no, though. He stands behind his dreams at the very beginning. He knows the value of the company could fall down; however, he is in this to build something unbelievable, not be bought out by another company.
Maybe he was smart. Now Facebook is rumored to be worth billions of dollars and bigger companies, like Microsoft or Google, want a share of the company. Some private firms are also interested. Facebook could sell 15 billion dollars if Mark decides to sell it at all. Perhaps Mark will just keep working from his California office to continue his dream of building something cool.Facebook makes money from ______.
| A．members | B．advertisements |
| C．pictures | D．students |
Terry Semel was the CEO of ______.
| A．Microsoft | B．Facebook | C．Google | D．Yahoo |
The underlined word “this” (Paragraph 3) most probably refers to ______.
| A．buying companies | B．managing Facebook |
| C．sharing information | D．fighting rumors |
Which of the following words best describes Mark Zukerberg according to the passage?
| A．Determined. | B．Humourous. |
| C．Gentle. | D．Selfless. |
In Mexico, girls mark their fifteenth birthday with a celebration called Quinceanera. In the morning, the birthday girl goes to the church with her family and her best friends. She wears a beautiful dress. Later in the day, there is a huge party, with a big cake that matches the girl’s dress, and a night filled with music and dancing.
Becoming an adult is a very important life change, and Japan has a special holiday to celebrate this. The second Sunday in January is Coming-of-Age Day. On that day, everyone who had their twentieth birthday in the last year goes to their Town Hall for a special activity. Everyone dresses up, and many women wear beautiful dresses. The mayor makes a speech and gives presents to all the new adults.
Some kids are afraid to start school, but six-year-olds in Germany can’t wait. For them, Schulanfang is a big holiday. To celebrate a child’s first day of school, parents or friends give the child a Zuckertuete, a big color box filled with candy and little presents. People take pictures of the kids holding their Zuckertuete, and there is a school party later for the parents with cake and coffee.What happens at Quinceanera?
| A．The birthday girl buys many gifts. |
| B．The birthday girl goes to the church. |
| C．Parents give a Zuckertuete to the child. |
| D．Parents make speeches in the church. |
When is Coming-of-Age Day celebrated?
| A．On one’s first day of school. |
| B．On one’s twentieth birthday. |
| C．On a girl’s fifteenth birthday. |
| D．On the second Sunday in January. |
Schulanfang is celebrated when German children ______.
| A．start school | B．reach the age of 15 |
| C．grow into adults | D．are born |
What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Celebrating birthdays. |
| B．Celebrating school holidays. |
| C．Celebrating life changes. |
| D．Celebrating national holidays. |
We lived in a very quiet neighbourhood. Early one evening, my wife asked me to go to the to get some soft drinks. My daughter Holly had just got her permit, so I asked her to drive my truck for the shopping instead, as a chance of .
While we were waiting for Holly, my son talked about how much he liked my truck, and I told him I enjoyed having it, too. But I was more or less about Holly. Just then, we heard a loud noise outside. My son looked out and , “Daddy! Daddy! Holly … Truck!”
“Oh, my God!” I ran to the door, I found that the truck had been brought to a stop.
The had happened in our own driveway. With experience, Holly had my truck hit our garage wall. , Holly was unhurt, but when I reached her, she was crying and saying, “Oh, Dad, I’m sorry. I know how much you this truck.” I held her in my arms as she cried.
I remember how Holly was the night she had my truck damaged, and how I her. The repaired truck reminds me of what really in my life. One day, when Holly her life, she will certainly know that I love my a thousand times more than anything else.
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The World's Largest Insect
This giant insect can be used as a toy.
A child ties one end of a string to a stick and the other end around the "neck" of an insect. Holding the stick, the child lets the insect go. With a loud whirring sound, the insect takes off, pulling the string in a large curve over the child's head. The child laughs as the stick jumps around. The child is African, and the toy is the African Goliath beetle, the largest insect in the world.
The Goliath is a true insect because it has six legs and a body that is divided into three parts. Like all beetles, it has two pairs of wings. The front pair are thick and stiff and protect the back pair, which are soft. It is these soft back wings that make the beetle fly forward. They also cause the loud whirring sound the beetle makes when it flies. To steer, the beetle twists and turns its legs the same way you steer a bike by turning its front wheel.
African children often use the Goliath beetle as a toy. Although it is over 15 centimeters long, it is quite harmless.The African Goliath beetle is _______.
| A．the world's largest insect |
| B．a toy used in many parts of the world |
| C．the only insect found in Africa |
| D．the world's smallest insect |
What made the whirring sound that the child heard?
| A．The curved string. |
| B．The beetle's soft wings. |
| C．The beetle's six legs. |
| D．The beetle's body. |
We know the Goliath beetle is a true insect because it _______.
| A．makes a whirring sound when it flies |
| B．has both soft and hard wings |
| C．has six legs and a body with three parts |
| D．can fly |
When flying, the Goliath steers by_______.
| A．turning its soft back wings |
| B．twisting and turning its hard front wings |
| C．twisting and turning its legs |
| D．twisting and turning its whole body |
Earthquakes are something that people fear．There are some places that have few or no earthquakes．Most places in the world，however，have them regularly（有规律的）.Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous（多山的）. The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 people died in it．The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska．
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people．In 1755，one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal．Around 2,000 people died．
In 1923，a very strong earthquake hit the Tokyo，Yokohama area of Japan．A hundred and forty thousand people died．Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake．
One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976．It killed a large number of people．The worst earthquake ever reported was also in China，in which 400,000 people were killed or injured．This earthquake happened in 1556．
Earthquakes worry people a lot．The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming．People can not prepare for it．Earthquakes happen.
| A．in all the places in the world |
| B．only in the countries that have a lot of mountains |
| C．regularly in most places in the world |
| D．only in a few places along the coast |
When and where was the worst earthquake ever reported？
| A．1964; Alaska. | B．1556; China. |
| C．1923; Japan. | D．1976; China. |
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true？
| A．The stronger the earthquake is, the more people are killed. |
| B．Earthquakes often come unexpectedly （出乎意料地）． |
| C．Earthquakes can cause fires． |
| D．People still don’t know how to tell when an earthquake will come． |
What may be talked about in the sixth paragraph？
| A．How do earthquakes worry people？ |
| B．What will people do to prepare for earthquakes？ |
| C．How can we save people when earthquakes happen？ |
| D．How do earthquakes happen？ |