Some people say, “Extreme(极限的) sports are so dangerous. Why would anyone want to do them?” But the danger is what makes them so excited. Keep reading to find out the most popular ones.
Bungee jumping: People on some South Pacific islands have been bungee jumping for hundreds of years. In 1979, some people bungee jumped off a bridge in England and made the sport popular around the world. Bungee jumping came to China in 1996.
Skateboarding: At first, this sport was called “sidewalk surfing”. Skateboarders often jump high into the air, go down steps or slide(滑行) down rails on their boards. They wear baggy trousers(宽松裤) so they can move more freely.
Skydiving: This is probably the scariest(最惊险的) extreme sport. Skydivers jump out of airplanes about four kilometers up in the sky. They usually free-fall for a while and then open a parachute to slow down for a safe landing.
Snowboarding: This became a winter Olympic sport in 1998. People tie their feet to the board with special shoes. They don’t use any ski sticks. Then, they ride down hills, jump high and do tricks.What made bungee jumping popular all over the world?
| A．A history of hundreds of years. |
| B．Jumping over a river in England. |
| C．Coming to China in 1996. |
| D．Jumping off a bridge in Britain. |
In which sport do people jump from a plane?
| A．Bungee jumping. | B．Skydiving. |
| C．Skateboarding. | D．Snowboarding. |
Why do people wear “baggy trousers”?
| A．They have many bags on them. |
| B．They can hold many things. |
| C．They make people move freely. |
| D．People wearing them can move fast. |
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “parachute”?
| A．直升飞机 | B．降落伞 | C．滑板 | D．飞艇 |
Why do some people like to do the extreme sports?
| A．It’s dangerous but exciting. | B．It’s exciting and safe. |
| C．It’s scary but safe. | D．It’s easy to learn. |
My best buddy is ________.
| A．a dog with long ears |
| B．a girl with long hair |
| C．a rabbit with long ears |
| D．a boy with a round pink body |
I had a good time doing the following with my buddy EXCEPT________.
| A．running through the green grass |
| B．playing hide-and-seek |
| C．swimming in the swimming pool |
| D．sharing my happiest days |
I first met my buddy ________.
| A．eight months ago |
| B．when I was seven years old |
| C．in the green grass |
| D．at a stranger’s house |
Winston Churchill was born on 30 November 1874, in Blenheim Palace near Oxford. He was Britain’s prime minister for most of World War II. He was famous for his speeches. He never gave up even when things were going badly. People all over the world remember Churchill as a war leader. He loved history and in his life he made history.
Wars and adventures
In order to be a soldier in the cavalry (装甲部队), Winston went to the army college at Sandhurst in 1893. 1895 was a sad year. His father died. Winston went to America and Cuba. He started writing for newspapers about his adventures (冒险经历). In 1898, he went as a newspaper reporter to South Africa. He came home as a hero. In 1900, he was chosen as a member of Parliament (议会). In 1911 he became the chief leader of the Royal Navy. At this time, Britain had the world’s biggest navy.
In 1914, World War I began. But in 1915 his plan for an attack on Turkey went badly wrong. Churchill himself decided to fight in France as a soldier.
By 1917 he was back in the government. He was excited by the new tanks. Tanks helped win the war by 1918.
World War II began in 1939. In May 1940, Winston Churchill became the British prime minister. Churchill used radio to tell the world Britain was not beaten. His speeches helped keep up people’s spirits. “We shall never give up,” he once said. Churchill led his people through the fight of Britain and the Blitz. Everywhere he went he gave the “V for Victory” sign. The war in Europe was over in May 1945. People cheered Churchill. He stood with the King and Queen.
Churchill’s last years
Churchill kept busy. He wrote books and made speeches. He went back to 10 Downing Street as a prime minister. At that time he was 76.
In 1953, Churchill was given the Nobel Prize for Literature, for his history books.
Churchill passed away on 24 January 1965. Many world leaders came to his state funeral (葬礼). People lined the streets and lots of them couldn’t stop crying. Many famous British people are buried in Westminster Abbey or St Paul’s Cathedral. But Churchill’s grave (坟墓) is in a country churchyard near Oxford.
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I remembered Julie coming to the front of the classroom after class one autumn day in September 1976. While most of the other students hurriedly left to enjoy the pleasant weather or to relax at the student union, Julie remained to ask me questions about the next week’s exam. She had clearly already done some serious studying.
Julie never made it to the exam. The day after our conversation, she was hit by a large truck as she rode a bike through a crossroads. I was sad to hear that Julie lay unconscious (昏迷的) in a hospital across town from our university.
Nurses silently came and went from Julie’s room. Her parents stood nearby quietly. Then the doctor entered the room and said to Julie’s parents and two brothers, “Your Julie has only a few hours to live.” He continued to ask, “Would you think about donating some of Julie’s organs (器官)?”
At the same time in a neighboring city, a woman called Mary was trying to see better in her small living room. Her eyes followed every movement of her lively two-year-old baby. This mother was storing up memories when she could no longer see her child. Several cities away, a young father called John was reading to his two sons in the hospital. However, he was told to have only weeks to live. His only hope was a kidney transplant (肾脏移植).
The two parents looked at each other, the doctor could see tears in their eyes. “Yes. Julie had once said she wanted to donate her organs in the event of her death. Julie always gave to others while she was alive. She would like to give in death.”
Within twenty-four hours, Mary was told that she would receive one of Julie’s eyes, and John was told to start preparing for a kidney transplant. Julie’s other organs would give life to other waiting patients.
“Julie died right after her twentieth birthday. Nothing could possibly be as heartbreaking as the death of your child,” says Julie’s mother. She continues, “But Julie’s life was a gift to us. Knowing that in her death, she gave the gift of life and sight to others is comforting to us. ”Which word can best describe Julie according to Paragraph 1?
| A．Hard-working. | B．Helpful. | C．Clever. | D．Selfish |
According to the passage, we know that Julie ______.
| A．was a classmate of the writer’s |
| B．was the only child of her family |
| C．didn’t take the exam because of the accident |
| D．died immediately at the scene of the accident |
The underlined word “comforting ” in the last paragraph means “______”.
| A．安慰的 | B．有害的 | C．有益的 | D．明智的 |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Julie’s parents didn’t allow her to donate her organs. |
| B．Mary needed a kidney transplant to save her own life. |
| C．Julie prepared for the exam carefully before the accident. |
| D．John and Mary were patients in the same hospitals with Julie. |
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
| A．A girl’s whole life. |
| B．A family’s sad story. |
| C．The terrible truck accident. |
| D．The last gift in life. |
In March 2014, Australia opened junior high education to Chinese students, allowing them to study in Australian schools from the seventh grade.
“When more Chinese students are going to study abroad at a younger age, the opening of Australian junior high schools offers Chinese students and their parents one more good choice,” Tian Litie, director of the Australian Department of Chivast Education International, said at the China International Education Exhibition Tour over the weekend.
Australia will see a rise in the number of Chinese junior and senior high school students studying in the country. Tian showed the reasons for it: lower admission (入学许可) requirements and low-cost education because of a favorable exchange rate (费率). According to Tian, in public schools in Australia a student should pay A$13,000 to A$15,000 ($10,000 to $12,000) a year.
“Now the exchange rate of the Australian dollar to renminbi is below five, which means the cost is lower than that of Chinese students studying at junior and senior high schools in many other hot places, such as Britain and the US,” said Tian.
Lin Lina from Beijing plans to send her daughter to a senior high school in Australia, was among them.
“My daughter is good at English and would like to study abroad early,” said Lin, whose daughter is now a ninth-grader in Beijing. “We came for more information after we learned that the environment and education in Australia are good.”
Eliza Chui, education officer for North Asia at the Australian Consulate-General in Shanghai, said that Australia is attractive not only because it provides an environment for learning English, but also because students are trained to have critical (批判性的) thinking and be independent.According to Tian Litie, we know that ______.
| A．more and more Chinese students study abroad at a younger age |
| B．more and more Australian universities are open to Chinese students |
| C．Chinese students are only allowed to study in Australia from senior high school |
| D．a student should pay A$10,000 to A$12,000 a year in public schools in Australia |
What does the word “it” in Paragraph 3 mean?
| A．Australia allows Chinese students to study in its schools. |
| B．More and more Chinese students go abroad at a younger age. |
| C．More Chinese junior and senior high school students will study in Australia. |
| D．Australian schools offer Chinese students and their parents one more good choice. |
Lin Lina plans to send her daughter to Australia because ______.
| A．her daughter has travelled to Australia before |
| B．she can’t afford to send her daughter to other countries |
| C．her daughter is an independent student with critical thinking |
| D．she learned that the environment and education in Australia are good |
According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The cost of studying in American schools is lower than in Australia. |
| B．The exchange rate of the Australian dollar is of advantage to Chinese students. |
| C．It’s more difficult for Chinese students to enter Australian junior high schools. |
| D．Few students choose to study in Britain or the US because of too much money. |
What is the passage mainly about?
| A．You should think twice before you decide to go abroad. |
| B．More and more Chinese students choose to study abroad. |
| C．Australian schools will attract more and more Chinese students. |
| D．Australian schools have much more advantages than other schools in the world. |
Scene 1
On a wild mountain, two goats met on a rock just over a high cliff (峭壁). The rock was so narrow that there was neither room for them to pass each other nor to turn round and go back.
One of them with great care laid himself down on the narrow rock, pressing as close to the rock as he could. Then the other goat gently and softly stepped over his friend, till, safely past him, he could lightly get away.
The goat that had lain down then drew himself up, safe and free to leap again from rock to rock, and eat the sweet grass on the hills.
Scene 2
Two other goats met on the banks of a wild, rushing stream. They found there was a tree across the stream. It formed a bridge from one side to the other.
They stood for a moment with one foot on the tree, each thinking that the other would draw back. But neither of them would give away, and they met at last on the middle of the narrow bridge!
They then began to push and fight with their horns (犄角), till at last their feet slipped, and both the goats fell into the stream, and were lost in the waters!
Both might have been saved if either of them had known how to give way to another at the right time.How did the two goats in Scene 1 manage to get away from the rock?
| A．One goat turned around and went back. |
| B．One goat jumped over the other and walked away. |
| C．They stood there and passed the rock carefully together. |
| D．One goat lay down on the rock so that the other could first leave. |
Which of the following shows the right order in Scene 2?
a. Their feet slipped and fell into the stream.
b. They met on the bank of a rushing stream.
c. A tree fell across a stream and formed a bridge.
d. They pushed and fought with their horns.
e. They met on the middle of the narrow bridge.
| A．b-c-e-a-d | B．b-c-e-d-a |
| C．c-b-e-d-a | D．c-e-b-d-a |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Many hands make light work. |
| B．Actions speak louder than words. |
| C．Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. |
| D．Being kind to someone is never a waste. |