When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭), It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw(黄包车), He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages. When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If you miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (装载)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government wants to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.
What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A．The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata. B．Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata. C．Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata. D．Rickshaws are very useful for the people's daily life in Kolkata.
A．A bus. B．A taxi. C．A car. D．A rickshaw.
A．make B．encourage C．forbid D．collect
A．The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns. B．The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata. C．The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven. D．The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.
One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. He held up a glass of water and asked the class, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"
The students' answers ranged from 20 g to 500 g. "It does not matter on the weight itself. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance (救护车). It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. "
If we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier. "
"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again.”
We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be refreshed (使恢复) and are able to carry on.
So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
“A glass of water”in this passage referred to (指)_________.
A．knowledge B．the burden C．the time D．the money
A．more stressed B．much heavier C．more relaxed D．much happier
A．how to relax oneself in life B．how to solve a physics problem C．how to keep fit by drinking water D．how to study well
A．You could become heavier and heavier if you held a glass of water in your hand. B．All the students in the class knew what the weight of the glass of water exactly was. C．The teacher had a good way of making his lesson clear and easy to be understood. D．All the students can understand the teacher’s lesson.
Each of us makes mistakes from time to time. In fact, we can a lot from our mistakes.
Donnie was a _ student and never answered questions in class. He was _ to make mistakes. He never finished his homework _ he didn’t want to make any mistakes. Nothing changed _ Marry Anne, a teacher, came to our _ . One morning, Marry Anne asked Donnie to _ _ some questions. After a while Donnie was in tears because he made a mistake. Marry Anne got a box full of erasers from the desk.
“Look, Donnie,” she said standing him. “I’ve got something to show you.” She __ the erasers, one at a time, and put them on the desk. “See these erasers, Donnie?” she continued. “Do you know the erasers become smaller and smaller? That’s because we make mistakes. But we erase the mistakes and try . That’s what you must learn.”
“Here,” she said, “I’ll one eraser on your desk, so you will remember that may make mistakes.” Donnie looked at Marry Anne and smiled.
Donnie a lot from then on. He knew that everyone had the permission（允许） to make mistakes as long as you learned them and tried again.
A．take B．make C．get D．bring
A．good B．shy C．clever D．small
A．glad B．excited C．surprised D．afraid
A．because B．so C．if D．but
A．after B．while C．until D．when
A．row B．class C．team D．classroom
A．answer B．ask C．give D．have
A．Suddenly B．Unluckily C．Luckily D．Carefully
A．on B．with C．beside D．to
A．put out B．took away C．took out D．took off
A．when B．how C．what D．why
A．more B．again C．another D．one
A．forget B．carry C．leave D．take
A．nobody B．somebody C．no one D．everybody
A．change B．got C．learned D．thought
Mr.Smith teaches English in a middle school.He has two children. They are . Mr. Smith calls them Mike and Dick. Jim and Alex are Mr. Smith’s students. They often go to see the twins and with them at home. Sometimes, they something to Dick and Mike. On Saturday, they go to Mr. Smith’s. When the twins see Jim and Alex, they are very happy. Jim asks Mike, “are you, Mike?” “Three.” Mike answers.
Alex behind Jim says, “Dick and Mike. Look! Pears. Don’t you want ? Well, I have a . If one of you can answer well, I will him one.” The twins Alex carefully. “I have two pears, now I eat one. How many do I have, then?”
“One.” Dick says.
Mike answers, “Two.”
“Two?” Jim says, “?”
“Oh, one is inside and is outside.”
A．twin brothers B．twin brother C．twins brother D．twins brothers
A．study B．eat C．play D．work
A．borrow B．buy C．pass D．bring
A．How much B．How many C．How old D．What time
A．to drink B．to eat C．eat D．play
A．game B．problem C．question D．puzzle
A．give B．catch C．draw D．finish
A．hear B．listen to C．listen D．look at
A．How B．Where C．Why D．What
A．Other B．another C．the others D．the other
I worked for a short time as a waiter at a a few months ago. I also helped to clean up the tables when it was very . One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet the floor near one of the tables. I guessed I should check it to find out was the owner, but I was very busy at the time. And I imagined that there was something valuable in the wallet, the owner would be back. Sure enough, an hour a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet. I him to describe the lost wallet, and after he described it exactly, I gave him the wallet. He expressed his . He asked me if I had opened , and when I told him “no”. At once he opened it showed that it had nearly $ 800 in cash. He took out a twenty-dollar bill and it to me and I was amazed at this.
Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to the owner and no one returned to get it, I might keep it. But it also came into my that I actually saved someone’s Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet. The good feeling it gave me was worth more than we could buy with money.
A．bookshop B．hotel C．hospital D．restaurant
A．interesting B．busy C．boring D．tiring
A．on B．in C．behind D．under
A．what B．when C．how D．who
A．because B．if C．as D．though
A．ago B．after C．later D．before
A．asked B．made C．let D．ordered
A．excuses B．greetings C．thanks D．wishes
A．it B．one C．itself D．them
A．but B．and C．so D．or
A．lent B．sold C．handed D．brought
A．wise B．careful C．kind D．honest
A．catch B．miss C．get D．find
A．head B．mind C．heart D．idea
A．anybody B．nobody C．anything D．nothing
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If you meet Walker Smith, a 2-year-old boy from Coral Gables, Florida, the ___ thing he will ask you is what kind of car you drive. Walker has been interested in ___ for more than a year, ever _____ the day his father, a car fan, brought home a single matchbox car for him. “He started to ____ cars from his father, and within a week _____ two, he could name many cars on the road,” Walker’s mother Lynley Smith said.
Walker’s father often brings home magazines____ cars. Lynley said, “So Walker and his father would try to find cars _____in the magazines we and our friends drove. So they’d find a Saturn and my husband would say ‘This is the car______mommy drives !’ and then they’d look for Saab and say ‘This is daddy’s !’ Before we knew it, he pointed _____our kinds of cars out on the road.”
So now he knows every car you can ___,” said Lynley, “including some super fancy cars that you ____ see on the road,” such as Aston Martins and Lamborghinis. “We’re so ___ to have such a clever baby. Walker can now identify the cars he sees on the road though his ___ isn’t always right “He’s not _____ at ‘r’s, so for example when he sees a Porsche, he calls it a ‘Posh’. And when he sees a Ford, he’ll call it ‘fod’,” said Lynley. When you ask him what he wants to be when he ____, he will say “Of course a car businessman”. This must be his dream job.
A．last B．next C．first D．coming
A．boxes B．toys C．cars D．dolls
A．since B．before C．when D．after
A．learn B．buy C．borrow D．steal
A．and B．or C．but D．nor
A．of B．about C．for D．in
A．excitedly B．angrily C．sadly D．surprisingly
A．what B．that C．who D．where
A．none B．all C．either D．both
A．break B．destroy C．imagine D．repair
A．never B．always C．also D．ever
A．surprised B．disappointed C．bored D．angry
A．spelling B．pronunciation C．imagination D．explanation
A．strict B．angry C．good D．careful
A．grows up B．goes to college C．gets married D．has time