People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such a thing as genius,” Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a thinker as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand why anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. “Work,” he answered, “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.What is genius according to Thomas Edison?
| A．Hard thinking. | B．Hard work. | C．Useful ideas. | D．Useful inventions. |
How did Edison always deal with the secrets of nature after exploring them?
| A．To write down what he had learned. |
| B．To carry out a new experiment. |
| C．To make them useful in life. |
| D．To share them with others. |
What does the last sentence in the passage mean?
| A．Edison was born to be a great inventor. |
| B．Edison was able to live another 100 years. |
| C．Edison was ready to make his 100th invention. |
| D．Life was too short for Edison to work for human beings. |
Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you?
“I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn't know what to do, or how to look after ourselves," said Zheng Chenyu. "And I'd forget something important. I'd probably watch television and burn the soup. "
“As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us. We’re very lazy, "she said.
Most teenagers have only time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until they go to college.
However, Sima Yige doesn't think so.
“I think I'd be all right. I wouldn't just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook, some simple dishes because my mum showed me," the 13 - year - old boy said. In his opinion, many teenagers depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like "tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly."
For most teenagers it wouldn't be a holiday at all.Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup?
________________________________________When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook?
________________________________________Translate the underlined sentence "They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage.
________________________________________The underlined phrase "depend too much" on in the passage means __________ in Chinese.
Would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around?
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Good morning. I’m Chen Hua. Here’s my culture report for today, Monday:
A new film starts tonight at the student cinema at eight o’clock. The film is Pirates of the Caribbean. It’s a fantastic adventure film. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are the stars. They are both very popular and famous, and they both act well in this film, and make their characters believable.
The story is about an old ship. It sails around the Caribbean islands. Depp and Bloom try to find some lost gold. Then they come face to face with some terrible men, and have to fight them. There's lots of action, and the fighting looks really dangerous. They also saves Keira Knightley. She plays Elisabeth, the daughter of a rich man. The scenes with Knightly and Bloom are beautiful and romantic.
The film isn't true to life, but it' s very exciting, and some of it is very funny. It' s an enjoyable film, although in my opinion there's too much fighting. But except for that, it's an excellent film. U you didn't see it when it first came out, I advise you to go and see it now. I' m sure you' 11 enjoy it. It' s showing all week. Pirates of the Caribbean is__________.
| A．a tragedy | B．a comedy |
| C．an action film | D．an adventure film |
Depp and Bloom sails around the Caribbean islands because__________.
| A．they try to find some lost gold |
| B．they try to find some gold |
| C．they try to find some lost iron |
| D．they try to find some lost iron |
They meet __________.
| A．some terrible men | B．some terrible women |
| C．some smiling men | D．some smiling men |
There's lots of action in the film because they have to__.
| A．fight the frightening people | B．fight the terrible women |
| C．make the film interesting | D．make the film exciting |
Keira Knightley plays
| A．Depp and Bloom | B．Elisabeth |
| C．Orlando Bloom | D．Johnny Depp |
What Chen Hua doesn't like about the film is
| A．untruth to life | B．the adventure |
| C．too much fighting | D．the stars |
Chen Hua advises people to see the film because___.
A. it's funny
B. it's true
C. it' s believable
D, it' s excellentThe general idea of paragraph 3 is_ .
| A．self introduction |
| B．where the film is on |
| C．Chen Hua's opinions about the film |
| D．the main idea of the film |
I like to get up late, so my ideal school starts at 9 a.m. It finished at 3 P.m., so we will have lots of time for after-school activities. There is a big dining hall.
We have an hour for lunch. We eat lunch and chat there. We can also listen to pop music in the hall. We eat fruit and vegetables every day.
We have Maths every day because I think Maths is very interesting to us. I love computers, so we have Computer Studies every day. We wear school uniforms, but we do not wear ties. The classes are quite small. There are 15 students in each class.
There is a park on one side of our school and a shopping mall on the other. We have a big library with lots of useful books. We also have a tennis court and a swimming pool.
There are lots of clubs and after-school activities. We only have half an hour of homework every day, and we do not do homework at weekends. Every month, we go on a school trip to a museum or a theater.How many hours for lessons are there in my school?
| A．Five hours. | B．Six hours. |
| C．Four hours. | D．Three hours. |
How many hours for lunch are there in my school?
| A．Half an hours. | B．One hours. |
| C．One and a half hours. | D．Two hours. |
Why do we have Maths every day?
| A．Because it is useful. |
| B．Because it is the main subject. |
| C．Because we’re interested in it. |
| D．Because I’m going to be a Maths teacher. |
How many students are there in my class?
| A．Ten. | B．Sixteen. |
| C．Fourteen. | D．Fifteen. |
The underlined word “with” means_______.
| A．用 | B．在……下 |
| C．和……一起 | D．有 |
How often do we go on a school trip to a museum or a theater?
| A．Every week. | B．Every day. |
| C．Every month. | D．Every two months. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．My school. | B．My ideal subject. |
| C．My ideal school. | D．My ideal park. |
Police in America were looking for a thirteen-year-old boy, Ben. He was a middle school student. He was lost last Friday night.
Ben’s mother went to bed early that evening because she had a bad cold. She thought Ben was spending the night with his friend. However, Ben did not appear at the family lunch the next day. She became worried and called the police.
That evening, Ben left home to play baseball with two friends. They both said Ben went home after the game. Some neighbors said to the police they saw a UFO flying over Ben’s house that night. So they thought Ben might be taken away by aliens.
The police said they would not give up until they found him.When was Ben lost?
______________________________________________________________What did Ben do with his friends that evening?
______________________________________________________________What might happen to Ben according to his neighbors?
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| Speech Timetable |
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| Sunday 8:30-11:30 English Writing Dr. Bohemian On English Writing Skills |
Monday 19:00-21:00 Space and Man Dr. Easy About the Space Station Exploration |
| Wednesday 19:30-21:00 Medicine Mrs. Lucy Green On Medical Science of Heart Trouble |
Friday 18:30-21:00 Computer Science Mr. Harry Morison About Windows XP Use |
Who will talk about English writing?
A. Dr. Bohemian B. Dr. Easy. C. Mrs. Lucy Green.If you want to learn about Windows XP Use, you can go ______.
A. on Monday B. on Wednesday C. on Friday