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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Is your schoolbag too heavy to carry? The e-schoolbag will help you. In fact, the e-schoolbag should perhaps be called an e-textbook. It is a small computer for students. Heavy schoolbags have been a serious problem for them for a long time. But the e-schoolbag will change everything.
It is much lighter than a usual schoolbag. Also, it is as small as a usual textbook, an exercise book and so on. They can be made into chips that are as small as a stamp. The students can read the text page by page on the “screen”, take notes, or even send e-mails to their teachers. All they have to do is to put the right chip into the e-schoolbag and press the button.
It is said that e-schoolbags have been put into use in some Chinese middle schools. In 2012, some students in Shanghai started to use e-schoolbags in the new term. Some say that e-textbooks can be easily broken. Some say it is not good to students’ eyes. But only time will tell us all.An e-schoolbag is _____.
A.a kind of computer chips | B.a small computer |
C.bigger than a textbook | D.much heavier than a usual schoolbag |
We can use e-schoolbags for _____.
A.our study | B.our work | C.the buttons | D.stamps |
Students can’t _____ when they use e-schoolbags.
A.send e-mails | B.read the text |
C.take notes | D.play computer games |
The underlined word “chips” means _____ in Chinese.
A.薯条 | B.芯片 | C.屏幕 | D.电池 |
What’s the best title of this passage?
A.To Put the Right Chips In. | B.The Big Problems. |
C.A New Kind of Schoolbag. | D.How to Use the E-schoolbag? |
I still remember my first night as a young policeman.
It was a cold and wet night. Over the radio came the message to deal with an accident in one of the side streets of the city. The scene of the accident wasn’t far away and we arrived after 10 minutes. Two cars had crashed. Two women were lying on the street and one driver was still in the car. The driver was quite drunk(喝醉) and kept shouting to us. He didn’t get badly hurt. A young woman died at once when the two cars crashed. I was holding the other woman and tried to stop the bleeding, but at last I had to watch her die in my arms.
Three months later, I saw the driver in court and found him to be a normal person. He was sorry for his actions. In the end, he was put into the prison for several years. A man isn’t a man if he drinks 10 beers in an hour. A man is a man when he knows his limit and takes responsibility(责任). When he can stay away from wine, he can drive more safely.What was the writer asked to do on his first night as a young policeman?
A.To drink with friends. | B.To tell a story on the radio. |
C.To meet two women. | D.To deal with a traffic accident. |
We know _____ died in the accident.
A.the man | B.one woman | C.two women | D.nobody |
At that time, the man driver was_____.
A.drunk | B.badly hurt | C.happy | D.singing |
At last, the driver _____.
A.went home | B.was put into the prison |
C.took the two women to hospital | D.died in the accident |
In the writer’s opinion, a man can’t drive _____.
A.with two women | B.after drinking wine |
C.on a cold and wet night | D.if he doesn’t drink 10 beers in an hour |
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News 1 Huang Heshan, a boy from Taipin, Mazhang, has moved(感动) many people in Zhanjiang. Thanks to Huang Heshan, Yang Kangshao can go to school every day. Yang is disabled, but Huang Heshan carries him to school on his back. It’s eight years since he started to do that. They help each other. At school, Yang helps Huang with his study, too. Huang says that he feels happy when he can do something to help disabled people. |
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News 2 In Zhanjiang City, the Forest Park is a good place for families to have fun. There are many green trees and the air is fresh. People can have different activities in the park. However, we can also find the waste bags and other rubbish everywhere. How can we get such bad environment? Now it’s time to keep the park clean if we want to have a nice field trip. |
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News 3 On March 25, more than four thousand people started to run from Zhanjiang Convention and Exhibition Center(湛江会展中心). All the runners ran about 4.7 kilometers. They took part in the activity to lead a healthy life and show the spirit(精神) of the people in Zhanjiang. After running, many runners singed their names on the wall. |
In News 1, we know Huang Heshan has helped Yang Kangshao for _____.
A.eight days | B.eight weeks | C.eight months | D.eight years |
We should _____ if we want to have a nice field trip in the Forest Park.
A.throw the rubbish | B.find some waste bags |
C.plant more trees | D.help keep the environment clean |
To lead a healthy life, over four thousand people _____ on March 25.
A.cleaned the park | B.singed their names on the wall |
C.ran about 4.7 kilometers | D.started to help disabled people |
According to the news, we can know something happened in _____.
A.Beijing | B.Zhanjiang | C.Guangzhou | D.Mazhang |
We may know the news above from _____.
A.a newspaper | B.a book | C.a magazine | D.a |
根据短文提示,请将下列的图片所代表的地点按Uncle Michael的行程顺序排列.
Uncle Michael likes going sightseeing for vacation .His office is in New York,
but he usually travels from one place to another. Last Monday he was in Tokyo.
Three days later he was in Australia. The day before yesterday he was in
Beijing . Last night he was in Shanghai. But now he is on the way to Tibet. He is
going there for a week. How busy he is !
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Can you make animals work for us? Some scientists think that one day we can teach animals to do a lot of things for people. In a film shown on TV, you may see elephants, monkeys, tigers or some other animals are always given a little food to eat after they have done something. Scientists say that people can teach many different animals to do some of the easy work if they know they will get something to eat. We all know elephants can carry large logs(圆木),and dogs can look after houses. And we even teach animals to work in factories. In America, for example, people have used apes to help make cars and scientists think that those large monkeys may drive trains one day. Now people are trying to get them to do the same thing that man does.Scientists think animals can help people to do something _____ .
A.if they know they will get food after doing something. |
B.because animals are so clever. |
C.if they know the work is easy enough |
D.because most animals are friendly to man |
_______ can do some heavy work because they are so strong.
A.Tigers | B.Elephants | C.Monkeys | D.Dogs |
What does the underlined word “apes” mean in Chinese?
A.猎豹 | B.猿猴 | C.孔雀 | D.狮子 |
Scientists are planning to make big monkeys to________.
A.make trains | B.carry logs | C.drive trains | D.work at school |
If we teach animals carefully, ________.
A.some animals can do the same things as man does. |
B.all the animals can work for us. |
C.many animals can do all the work as we do. |
D.we may get many animals to work without giving them food. |