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Rich Dad, Poor Dad![]() By Robert T. Kiyosaki Paperback, 266 pages Publisher: Business Plus (01/01/2010) Reading Level: Age 20—25 Price: $5.59 |
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Which of the following books is the latest in print?
A.Rich Dad ,Poor Dad | B.Deceptively Delicious |
C.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | D.The Road |
Among the books, there is/are ______________ written for adults.
A.one | B.two | C. three | D.four |
We can learn from the form(图表) that _______________.
A.J .K Rowling ’s book is the most expensive among the four books. |
B.Deceptively Delicious and The Road came out on the same day. |
C.The Road is the thinnest of the four. |
D.Rich Dad, Poor Dad is hardcover(精装本). |
What might the future be like? Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.
The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.
Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(数字的) newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy(能源).
Schools will go electronic(电子化). Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe. More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during .
A.Christmas Day | B.National Day |
C.the Spring Festival | D.the Mid-autumn Festival |
The newspapers will disappear .
A.in 28 years | B.by 2020 | C.by 2053 | D.in 33 years |
is not mentioned in the passage as sources of energy.
A.Coal | B.Wind | C.Nuclear power | D.Water |
From the passage we can know in the future.
A.the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem |
B.90% of the population will live in the city |
C.robot teachers will check homework |
D.readers can discuss topics with each other through Internet |
What’s the main idea of the last paragraph? .
A.Schools will go electronic | B.Computers will be important |
C.There will be robot teachers | D.School buses will be like spaceships |
Prana was a beautiful dog, whose name means “breath of life”. Although he died several years ago, I can still remember the days we spent together and what he has taught me about love.
I have two apple trees in the garden. Prana loved apples. When he went outside, he’d catch an apple and take it into the house to eat later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house.
It was an autumn day in America, but it was very cold. A big snow fell and we had not done anything for its coming. On that special day, Prana went outside and I watched him through the window. I noticed that he was madly digging(挖) holes and bringing the apples to the ground so they could be seen above the snow. I did not know why he was doing this. He seemed to want to do something special.
When I called him back, he had his usual one apple in his mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The garden was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for his bird friends to eat. He knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food for the coming winter!Prana was .
A.the writer | B.a boy | C.a bird | D.a dog |
I wasn’t always happy because .
A.Prana loved apples |
B.Prana caught an apple and ate it |
C.the apples fell on the ground and were dirty |
D.Prana brought the dirty apples into the house |
On the snowy day, Prana.
A.ate up all the apples |
B.dug holes to put the apples in them |
C.brought the apples under the snow to the ground |
D.left the house and died |
The birds flew to the garden to .
A.look for Prana | B.eat the apples |
C.make new homes | D.store food for the winter |
The topic of the story is about .
A.apples | B.animals | C.love | D.life |
阅读下面的短文,并根据短文内容用完整的句子回答问题。
At a special ceremony(仪式), a special award was offered
to a group of students from Changjian University on February 11,
2010. They were brave enough to help save two boys from
Changjiang Rive. All the students were there except three, who lost
their lives when they tried to save the boys.
On the afternoon of October 24, 2009, some students were
taking a trip to Changjiang River. Suddenly two boys fell into the river. Some of them quickly jumped into the water and saved one boy. However, things didn’t go so well when they tried to save the other one. More students joined in, and, hand in hand, they formed a human wall. Finally the other boy was saved.
However, the human wall broke down and many students were swept away by the rushing water. At that moment several members of a winter swimming team nearby came to help and succeeded in saving many of the students. But the three of them, who were only 19, were nowhere to be found. What did the students receive at the ceremony?
___________________________________________________________________________ Were all the students who saved the boys at the ceremony?
___________________________________________________________________________What was described in the second paragraph?
___________________________________________________________________________Why were many students rushed away by the water?
___________________________________________________________________________ What’s your idea after reading this story?
___________________________________________________________________________
先阅读短文,然后根据要求答题。
President Obama has said that he gives each of his seven and ten-year-old daughters just a dollar a week for their chores, such as setting the table, washing dishes, and cleaning up their play /' ɛəriə / and bedrooms.
People have different opinions about paying little kids for doing
chores or just giving money to them. Some families think that everyone
in the family should do housework, and that kids shouldn’t be paid for
doing so. The supporters(支持者),however, believe that kids should get
paid, and that the money they get will help kids learn important skills of
how to use it.
But for those who /tʃu:z/ to give the money, it can be a headache
deciding on how much they should give, especially in these difficult economic(经济的)times. A good idea is that you can keep /'rekɔ:dz/ of how much you spend on your child daily for two weeks and then decide how much you should give according to the average(平均的)daily amount. Kids can start receiving money around ages 4 or 5, when children start to understand how money works.
A)根据短文内容完成下列语音题:Write out the word/' ɛəriə /:_________
Write out the word/tʃu:z/:_________
Write out the word/'rekɔ:dz/:_________
In the underlined sentence find one word whose last sound can have incomplete plosion(失去爆破):______________
In the underlined sentence find two words that can be read together(连续):
_____________ _____________
B) 根据短文内容填入一个适当的词President Obama’s two daughters _________ paid for doing chores.
In the passage there are ________ different opinions about paying to kids for doing chores.
Some people think that children should do housework _________ being paid.
Some people think that it’s important for children to ________ how to use money.
It’s __________ for parents to decide on how much money they should give to their children.
As a child, I was really afraid of the dark and of getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded
in my own room at night that scared me so much. There was
never complete darkness, but always a streetlight or passing
car lights, which made clothes on the back of a chair take on
the shape of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw
the curtains(窗帘) seem to move when there was no wind. A
very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times
louder than in the day. My imagination (想象) would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would lie very still so that the "enemy(敌人) " would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home. That was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the street, I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and be taken to some other strange places. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. Being popular was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.
One of the processes(过程) growing up is being able to realize and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life. The author had _________kind(s) of fears when she was a child.
A.one | B.two | C.three | D.none |
_________ would scare the author at night.
A.Streetlight and car lights | B.Wild animals and enemies |
C.Moving curtains and wind | D.Strange sights and sounds |
When she went to some other places, she would _________.
A.walk away without others | B.take a bus by herself |
C.follow others closely | D.make sure not to take a wrong bus |
Which of the following would be possibly true when she was a child?
A.She was usually popular among people. |
B.She was always the leader of the others. |
C.She always’ got poor grades. |
D.She was not at all liked by others. |
The underlined word "overcome" means "_________" in Chinese.
A.接受 | B.忍受 | C.信服 | D.克服 |