When your school doesn’t have a bus, and you live too far away to walk? How do you go to school? “Let’s carpool! ”most US middle school students will get that cool idea. Carpooling is a group of people sharing the responsibility(责任) of driving to school in the morning. There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns driving the kids in their cars.It might be the kids’ first experience with real teamwork. Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late. It’s a great lesson in resposibility.
Carpooling is coming into fashion everywhere now. You can find lots of informations of carpooling on the internet. Carpooling is cool! Why?
It’s good for the environment. In today’s culture of everyone needing to try their best to protect our environment, carpooling is one of the best ways. By taking 3 cars off the road, the pollution can be cut a little. Take that over a town, a city, a state, a country and think about how much less pollution is going to be in the air over the course of even one year.
Gas(汽油) now is much more expensive than it used to and if you need to watch the cents(美分), then it’s possible that carpooling could be the answer to your prayers. Even if you have to use your car once a week instead of two, that’s one round trip of gas you’re saving. So carpooling helps you save money.
Carpooling is a great way of getting to know people better. If you’re carpooling grade school kids, then you’ll find that slowly you’ll get to know your child’s peers(同龄人) and friends better. It's a great opportunity to meet people while saving the environment and your money. The word “carpool” means .
A. 合伙用车 B. 共同租车 C. 让人搭车One of drives the car in a carpool of middle school students.
A. their teachers B. the students C. their parentsIf you carpool with two persons to work every day, will be taken off the road every day.
A. no car B.one car C. two carsThere are advantages of carpooling mentioned in this passage.
A. three B. four C. fiveWe can know from the passage that carpooling .
A. is much more convenient than taking the school bus.
B. can help you save the money because you use your car less.
C. isn’t a good means to understand people better.
It is Sunday afternoon. Mary goes to do the shopping with her mother. Her mother wants to buy some food for supper. Mary wants to buy a new skirt and some school things. They come to a shop.
“What does your shop sell?” Mary asks, “A lot of things.” The girl in the shop says. “You can buy food, drinks, clothes in our shop and school things, too.”
Mary and her mother go in. There are many people in the shop. Mary looks at a nice white skirt.
“How much is the skirt?” Mary asks the girl in the shop.
“It’s eighty yuan.”
“That’s too dear.”
“What about the green one? It looks nice. And it’s only thirty yuan.”
“OK, thanks a lot.”
“You are welcome.”
After that, Mary buys some school things, too. Here mother buys a lot of food, like bread, cakes, meat and fish. They get home very late.Mary goes to do the shopping with her mother on ________.
A.Saturday afternoon | B.Saturday morning |
C.Sunday morning | D.Sunday afternoon |
Mary wants to buy a new skirt and _________.
A.some food | B.some drinks | C.come clothes | D.some school things |
The white skirt is __________.
A.¥30 | B.¥110 | C.¥80 | D.¥100 |
Mary buys a _________ skirt.
A.white | B.green | C.red | D.dear |
The green skirt is ___________.
A.nice and cheap | B.nice but dear |
C.not nice but cheap | D.not nice or cheap |
Welcome to the zoo Opening time:Price: From Monday to Friday Adults: ¥20 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p. m. Children: ¥10 On Saturday& Sunday 8:30a.m.-6:00 p.m. Location: Chongqing Street, Laoshan District(区), Qingdao City |
The zoo opensa week.
A.two days | B.five days | C.six days | D.seven days |
On Tuesday,the zoo closes at.
A.5:30 p.m. | B.6:00 p.m. | C.6:30 a.m. | D.8:30 a.m. |
On Wednesday,the zoo is open for .
A.8 hours | B.8.5 hours | C.9 hours | D.9.5 hours |
The zoo is in the city of.
A.Qingdao | B.Shandong | C. Laoshan | D.Chongqing |
Beibei is 11 years old, and this Sunday she wants to visit the zoo with her parents. How much should they pay for the tickets?
A.¥20. | B.¥30. | C.¥40. | D.¥50. |
You must have seen ads on TV about hair care products (护发用品). The models have shining hair like jewels (珠宝). But now to make hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products, because hair can be made into real jewels. Believe it or not, a company called LifeGem in the US turns hair into jewels.
The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making it into diamonds (钻石). The diamonds are for the families to remember the dead people.
Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethoven's hair to show their latest technology (技术). The work will take about 7 months and in the end, Beethoven's long hair will become 3 shining diamonds between 0.5 to 1 carat (克拉)in size.
Since the great musician died in 1827, you may wonder how they got Beethoven's hair. Actually, the hair was given by John Rezniloff, who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest and most valuable collection of celebrities' (名人) hair. His collection also includes hair of Napoleon, Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. In total, the collection is worth over 5 million dollars.
Though it sounds unbelievable (难以置信), to have such diamonds made with hair may be a good way to show respect (尊敬) and love to those who died.What does the company of LifeGem do?
A.It buys shining hair. |
B.It produces hair care products. |
C.It uses hair to make jewels. |
D.It sells expensive diamonds to famous people. |
Why does the company decide to make diamonds out of Beethoven's hair?
A.To show the latest technology. |
B.To make the biggest diamond. |
C.To make the most shining diamond. |
D.To help the dead people become famous. |
How long will the work take?
A.Half a month. | B.One month. | C.Three months. | D.Seven months. |
What does the underlined word "it" refer to?
A.The collection of celebrities' hair. |
B.The making of hair care products. |
C.To make diamonds with hair. |
D.The Guinness World Record. |
Mr. Jackson lives in a small town. He is a kind and funny man. And he is friendly to everyone. He likes talking with others very much. But he is always absent-minded (健忘的).
One day, Mr Jackson went to visit a friend. His friend works on a farm and lives not far from the market and often goes to the market to sell things.
They had dinner together and then talked and talked. Mr Jackson was very excited to meet his friend. He told his friend a lot of things. Midnight came, and then one o'clock, two o'clock and still Mr Jackson kept on talking. But by this time his friend was feeling very tired and kept on looking at the clock on the wall. He didn't want to be impolite, but at last he said, "My dear friend, I don't want to put you out, but you see, it's too late now. I have to go to the market at six o'clock, and I must go to bed now."
"Oh, my God!" said Mr Jackson in surprise, "I thought you were at my house."Mr Jackson likes ____ a lot.
A.selling things |
B.talking with others |
C.playing soccer |
D.watching TV |
Mr Jackson had dinner with his ____ that day.
A.brother | B.mother | C.friend | D.sister |
Mr Jackson's friend went to bed ____ that day.
A.at midnight | B.at one o'clock |
C.at two o'clock | D.after two o'clock |
Can you imagine astronauts' everyday life in space? They also need to eat, sleep, exercise and relax. They do the same things as us, but they do them differently.
On Earth, we put food on a plate. Gravity holds the food down and keeps it on a place. But there is almost no gravity in space, so food can float (漂浮)away, and astronauts must eat carefully.
Sleeping is very different in space. Some astronauts like to float in the air, but most like to be in a sleeping bag. They tie the bag to a wall so that they won't float away at night.
Exercise is very important in space. On Earth, your legs carry your body, but in space, astronauts float, so they do not use their legs often. This is very bad for their legs, so they must exercise for thirty minutes every day.
After a day's work, astronauts relax. They may listen to music, read, watch films, play games, or talk to their friends and families on the radio. Sometimes they just enjoy floating in the air.What does the underlined word "gravity" mean in Chinese?
A.平衡 | B.引力 | C.磁性 | D.重力 |
Why do astronauts tie the sleeping bag to a wall?
A.Because in that way they won't float away. |
B.Because that makes them sleep well. |
C.Because they can't get to sleep if they don't do that. |
D.Because the sleeping bag is not safe enough. |
What's the main idea of the passage?
A.It is about the importance of gravity. |
B.It is about astronauts' everyday life in space. |
C.It is about the differences between space and Earth. |
D.It is about how to avoid (避免) floating away while sleeping. |