Anna lived on the side of a valley. One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses Anna's were washed away. Anna's house was high enough to escape the flood, so when the water had disappeared and the other houses were there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud(泥) , her house was quite all right.
Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children , Anna took in one of the families that had lost in the flood and she her home with them until it was for them to rebuild their houses.
Anna's friends were puzzled （迷惑的）when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to support .
"Well," Anna her friends, "at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I later lived found herself very poor, because her husband in the war and she had a lot of children, I have now. The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for this year, so I’m going to only one present for all of us. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back a girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’ she said to her children. The children were happy to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. was that Christmas present.”
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Body language shows all kinds of feelings and is sometimes more important than spoken language.A smile is a usual facial expression----it shows that you are friendly to others. However, it does not always mean that you are happy. A smile can hide other feelings, like anger, fear, or worry.
In most countries, nodding the head up and down shows agreement, while shaking the head means that you do not agree, or that you would not like to do something. If you stand holding your arms across your chest, you may be protecting yourself---just from a conversation you do not want! If you sit looking at the person you are talking to and then turn toward to him, it shows that you are interested. If you roll your eyes and turn your head away, most likely you do not believe what you are hearing, or you do not like what you hear.Body language shows__________.
| A．all kinds of feelings | B．some special feelings |
| C．nothing | D．only happy feelings |
When a person smiles, ______________.
| A．it always shows he is very happy |
| B．it always means he hides some feelings |
| C．there may be some other feelings behind the smile. |
| D．it shows he is angry, worried or frightened. |
______________, nodding heads up and down shows he agrees with you.
| A．In most countries | B．In all countries |
| C．In some countries | D．In Western Countries |
If a man stands holding his arms across his chest, it means __________.
| A．he wants to protect himself from a conversation he doesn’t want |
| B．he is very interested in the conversation |
| C．he is pleased with the man he is talking to |
| D．he wants to know more about the man he is talking to |
Do you always understand the instructions on a bottle of medicine? Here’s one for John. John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed(咳嗽) day and night. He went to see a doctor and was given some cough medicine. Please read the following instructions and see if you can understand them.
| Cough Medicine: The medicine is for a person with a cough. Shake it well before use. Take it three times each day before meals or before sleep. Dose (药量): Age: over 14 2 teaspoonfuls 8~13 1 teaspoonful 4~7 1/2 teaspoonful Dot fit for children below the age of three or old persons with heart trouble. Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1st, 2004. |
John should take ____________ a day.
| A．2 teaspoonfuls | B．3 teaspoonfuls |
| C．4 teaspoonfuls | D．1 teaspoonful |
John should ___________ before he takes it.
| A．shake the medicine well |
| B．eat nothing |
| C．do some exercises |
| D．drink a cup of tea |
When people are ____________ years old, they cannot take this medicine.
| A．eighty | B．thirty | C．two | D．twelve |
Today people can use the phone to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. But when you use the phone, you don’t see the person you are talking with. This may change in the near future.
Today some people are using a kind of telephone called the picture phone or vision phone. With it, two people who are talking can see each other.
Picture phones can be useful when you have something to show to the person you’re calling. They may have other uses in the future. One day you may be able to ring up a library and ask to read a book. Then you’ll be able to read the book right over your picture phone. Or you may be able to go shopping through your picture phone. If you want to buy something in the newspaper, you’ll use your phone and call the shop. People at the shop will show you the thing you’re interested in right over the phone. You’ll be able to shop all over town and never even leave your room!Today people can use the phone to talk with others ______.
| A．in all the towns |
| B．in some places in the world |
| C．only in big cities |
| D．almost anywhere on the earth |
The underlined word “it” in the passage means ______.
| A．the picture phone | B．any phone |
| C．the use | D．the change |
We can ______ through the picture phone according to the text.
| A．write a book | B．do shopping |
| C．play games | D．have classes |
Picture phones can be used for ______.
| A．ringing up a library to see a book |
| B．going shopping without leaving our homes |
| C．showing the person we’re talking with something |
| D．All of the above. |
The title of the article can be “______”.
| A．The telephones |
| B．Picture phones |
| C．Shopping on the phone |
| D．Talking on the phone |
I am an American student. My name is Vicky King. I have a big family. I have two brothers. They and I are in the same school. My grandma and grandpa live with us. They are my father’s parents.
My father is from England, but my mother’s hometown is at the foot of the Great Wall of China. My brothers and I were all born in New York. Because my father works in a school in New York. He teaches English.
People often ask us, “What do you like eating?” It is not easy to answer this question! Well, let me tell you.
My grandpa has been to India, so he likes Indian food. My father likes hot dogs, potato chips and hamburgers. My mother likes rice, noodles and dumplings. She often does very nice Chinese food for us. So my brothers and I like Chinese food a lot but English food a little. We don’t like Indian food at all.This is a family of_________
| A．three | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
Her grandfather is __________.
| A．from England | B．from China | C．from India | D．from America |
Her father is a ________
| A．worker | B．doctor | C．teacher | D．player |
Her mother likes Chinese food because she_________.
| A．has been to China | B．is from China |
| C．can do Chinese food | D．knows her children like it |
The three children like___________ food very much.
| A．Chinese | B．English | C．Indian | D．American |
If you want to get a library card, you _________.
| A．have to pay one dollar for it |
| B．needn’t pay for it |
| C．need to borrow five books first |
| D．need to make a card |
You can borrow _______ at a time.
| A．only one video | B．two CDs | C．five books | D．six books |
At the library, you can_________.
| A．buy CDs | B．read magazines |
| C．watch the videos | D．buy cartoons |
According to (根据) the library rules, you can’t _______.
| A．take newspapers home |
| B．borrow CDs from the library |
| C．listen to music at the library |
| D．borrow a video for a week for $1 |
The library has _________.
| A．books in 42 languages | B．no language tapes |
| C．no special rooms for listening | D．all kinds of video films |