There are some famous buildings that everyone can recognize. When you see a picture of a sports stadium that reminds you of a bird’s nest, you probably know it is the Olympic stadium in Beijing. When you see a picture of a famous concert hall that reminds you of a sailing ship, you probably know it is the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Buildings like these are easily recognized everywhere in the world. They were designed to look like other things if people use their imaginations.
Other buildings do not need any imagination. They are made to look exactly like other things. Sometimes, these buildings are offices, restaurants, or even houses. Three buildings built in this way are actually museums. The shape of the building is clue to the objects people can see inside.
In Guizhou, China, people can visit the Meitan Tea Museum, built in the shape of a giant teapot. There is also a second building next door that is shaped like a huge tea cup. From far away, the nine-story teapot-shaped museum looks like some kinds of giant work of art. But as one gets closer, the windows make it clear that this is a building.
People who are interested in guitars might want to visit the Guitar Museum in Tennessee, USA. The three-story building is shaped like a guitar lying on its side. Inside, visitors can see all kinds of guitars as well as learn about famous guitar players.
One of the newest funny shaped museums is a pottery museum in Gyconggi, Korean museum, built in 2011, is shaped just like a traditional Korean pot, Along with seeing exam pots and tools used for making pots in the museum, visitors can try to make their own pots.Sydney Opera House look like_______and it is in Australia.
A. a bird’s nest B. a sailing ship C. a nice guitarPeople can visit the building in the shape of teapot__________.
A. in Guizhou, China B. In Tennessee, USA C. in Gycouggi, KoreaThe underlined word” giant” means “_________” in Chinese.
A.豪华的 B. 巨大的 C. 古老的Which is NOT true about the building that is shaped like a guitar?
A. People can see all kinds of guitars inside of it.
B. You can find information about famous guitar players there.
C. The two-story building is shaped like a guitar lying on its side.The Olympic stadium and the Sydney Opera House are examples of ________.
A. buildings that look exactly like things in them
B. buildings that look like other things
C. buildings that look like famous things
Being able to multitask—doing several things at the same time-is considered a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.
What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle a larger number of electronic devices as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a large amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.
Multitasking is even changing the relationship between family members. As young people give so much attention to their own worlds, they seem to have no time to spend with the other people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table.
Multitasking also has an effect on young people’s performance at university and in the workplace. When they were asked about their opinions of the effects of modern gadgets (器具) on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response. However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers (雇主) feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work. What does the underlined word “juggle” most probably mean?
| A．Want to buy. |
| B．Use at the same time. |
| C．Take the place of. |
| D．Search information from. |
In Paragraph 3, the author points out that _______.
| A．family members do not greet each other |
| B．family members do not eat at the family table |
| C．young people get on well with their families |
| D．young people hardly communicate with their family members |
What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
| A．Young people must learn skills for future jobs. |
| B．Young people benefit a lot from modern gadgets. |
| C．Multitasking is an important skill to young people. |
| D．Multitasking influences young people’s development seriously. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Young people think multitasking is good for their study and work. |
| B．Employers consider it unnecessary for young people to be taught all over again. |
| C．Educators feel that young people don’t need to improve their study skills. |
| D．People from the world of education believe multitasking has a good effect on children’s later study skills. |
The author develops (阐述) the passage mainly by ________.
| A．providing special examples |
| B．following the natural time order |
| C．giving out a cause and analyzing (分析) its effects |
| D．comparing opinions from different worlds |
A jobless man wanted very much to have the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test. “You have passed the test,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the form to fill in and the date when you may start.” The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.” “I’m sorry,” said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an e-mail, that means you are not living. And anyone who isn’t living cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 in his pocket. He thought and thought. Then he went to the supermarket and bought 10 kilos of tomatoes. He sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he had 20 dollars. He repeated the operation three times, and started to go early every day, and returned home late. Shortly, he bought a cart , then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man was one of the biggest food retailers (零售商) in the US.
One day, one of his friends asked him for his e-mail. He said, “I haven’t got one.” His friend couldn’t believe his ears. “Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?” The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”What did the man do for the test?
| A．He sent e-mails. | B．He did the cleaning. |
| C．He sold computers. | D．He filled in forms. |
The man didn’t get the job because he ________.
| A．disliked such a job |
| B．didn’t pass the test |
| C．didn’t have an e-mail |
| D．knew nothing about computers |
The man ________ after he left Microsoft.
| A．went to look for another job |
| B．asked for food from door to door |
| C．thought of an idea to make monkey |
| D．bought a computer and got an e-mail |
Why could the man become one of the biggest food retailers in the US?
| A．Because he had many friends to help him. |
| B．Because he was smart and worked very hard. |
| C．Because he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. |
| D．Because he wanted to show Microsoft he was living. |
What does the story want to tell us?
| A．Computers are very important in our daily life. |
| B．Everyone can make a lot of money with only$10. |
| C．The HR manager didn’t find the man’s ability. |
| D．Nothing in the world is impossible if we work hard. |
任务型阅读。阅读短文，根据要求完成各个小题。
Wang Fengqin, a 61-year-old woman in Beijing, volunteers to sort（分类） rubbish in her living area in Beijing's Chaoyang District．
At 6:30 every morning, while half of Beijing is still in sleeping dreams in bed or enjoying a delicious breakfast, Wang rushes through her busiest hours in the day. She gets up, gives her face a quick wash, takes a simple breakfast ,and rushes to the four rubbish dustbins beside the gate of her living area．There she checks the waste left by her neighbors to make sure it is sorted correctly．
“Sorting rubbish will improve the environment for all of us and it only takes a minute," Wang said．"I want to help my neighbors ….”
As Wang spoke, an old man came by and threw a plastic bag full of rubbish into the dustbin marked "recyclable "．
"Hey, please, there are some orange peels and fish bones in your bag, so they are supposed to be put into the dustbin marked 'kitchen waste' ," Wang told him．
Learning the old man was in a hurry, Wang let him go, opened the bag herself, picked out the kitchen waste and threw it in the right dustbin．
Wang has been doing this every day from 7 a.m. to 9 a．m．and from 6 p.m.to 8 p．m．since March 10. She says people usually go downstairs and throw out rubbish at this time．
Most people had no idea about sorting rubbish at first, but now 90% can put rubbish in the correct dustbin, Wang says．However, she plans to keep doing this job after all her neighbors sort correctly．
根据短文内容完成句子（每空限填一个单词）
The first and the second paragraphs tell us Wang Fengqin do and
she spends her morning.根据短文内容完成句子（每空限填一个单词）
Because the old man had no to sort the rubbish, Wang did it .根据短文内容完成句子（每空限填一个单词）
According to the passage we know that it takes Wangto sort rubbish every day.把短文中画底线的句子译成汉语。
__________________________________________________________________________根据短文内容用一个完整的英文句子（限15个词以内）回答问题。
Sorting rubbish will improve our environment. What’s another reason that Wang Fengqin sorts rubbish?
It’s not easy to be an astronaut’s son. Everybody expects you to be special or perfect. I often wonder how my father ever had a son like me. I mean he’s so special and so good at everything he does. Even in middle school he was class monitor and captain of the football team.
Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building or discovering a new star. I was daydreaming at school one morning when my teacher said there would be a Father’s Day writing competition for the whole school. “I hope we have a winner right here in my class.”
When I got home, I started to think about what to write. My father is an astronaut. No, I wouldn’t start like that. That was the way others saw him. How did I see my father? Hmm…
I saw him sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream. I remembered how he hugged(拥抱) me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car. Yes, these were the things I was going to write. To me, he wasn’t just a world-famous astronaut. He was my dad.
My parents and l went to school Thursday night. There were so many people in the big hall! My dad looked at me, and I shrugged(耸肩).
The third prize was announced and it was not me. I was relieved and disappointed at the same time. The second prize was announced. It was me.
I went up to the stage and read what I had written, “My father’s son”. When I finished, the people stood up and cheered. I saw my father blowing his nose. Tears(眼泪) were running down my mother’s face. Dad cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder. “Son, this is the proudest moment of my life.’’
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was enough just to be my father’s son.
The writer’s dream is __________.
| A．to become an astronaut’s son |
| B．to have a class monitor |
| C．to meet the captain of the football team |
| D．to do something special |
The teacher hoped to ____________
| A．save the child from a burning building |
| B．buy his father a gift for Father’s Day |
| C．have the competition winner in his class |
| D．take part in the speech competition |
What did the writer probably write about?
| A．It was very interesting to be an astronaut’s son. |
| B．His father was special and could do everything well. |
| C．His father’s experiences as a very famous astronaut. |
| D．The unforgettable time he spent with his father. |
Why did the writer’s parents go to school Thursday night?
| A．Because the result of the competition would be announced. |
| B．Because they were asked to give a speech to the students. |
| C．Because there was an important football match at school. |
| D．Because the writer did something wrong at school. |
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．The writer was very disappointed at the result. |
| B．The writer’s achievement made his father feel proud. |
| C．The writer’s mother cried because he didn’t win first prize. |
| D．The writer’s father had a sore throat because he talked too much. |
In many British schools, the pupils usually wear their school uniforms to school on weekdays. However, recently the students at LVS Ascot Junior School in England wore something quite different. What they wore was what people wear when they go to bed -pyjamas (睡衣). They did this not only for fun, but for a local charity called Christopher's Smile.
Christopher's Smile was set up in 2008 by Karen & Kevin Capei whose only son Christopher died of cancer at a young age. They hope their charity will help pay for more research into children's cancers. Since then, the charity has raised a lot of money and gotten more and more volunteers. Every year, thousands of people take part in different activities such as charity walk or run to show their support for Christopher's Smile.
The students of Grade 6 at LVS Ascot Junior School also wanted to do something for the sick children. They organized the event “Pyjama Day” to support Christopher's Smile. “We wanted to raise money for our charity in a way that the whole school could join in it, so each pupil paid ￡1 to wear his or her pyjamas to school on Pyjama Day,” said the young organizers. Both the students and their teachers took part in the event with great interest. Together they not only raised some money, but also had a good time.Who set up Christopher's Smile?
| A．LVS Ascot Junior School's teachers. |
| B．The local government. |
| C．LVS Ascot Junior School's students. |
| D．Christopher's parents. |
Christopher's Smile was set up to________
| A．tell people some knowledge about children's cancers |
| B．have fun for the students in LVS Ascot Junior School |
| C．help the local government do more things for students |
| D．raise money for more research into children's cancers |
What is not mentioned in the passage?
| A．Charity walk. | B．Charity run. |
| C．Charity concert. | D．Pyjamas Day. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
A. It has been a century since Christopher's Smile was set up.
B. Few pupils wear school uniforms to school on weekdays in Britain..
C, In LVS Ascot Junior School, only students join in the event "Pyjamas Day".
D. The students and teachers who joined Christopher's Smile had a good time.The best title for the passage may be ______
| A．The Christopher's Smile |
| B．Fun and charity |
| C．The Pyjamas Day |
| D．Children's cancers |