Mary did not understand such sentences as “She is in blue today.” “You are yellow.” “ He has a green thumb.（大拇指）” “He has told a white lie.” and so on. . And she went to her teacher for help.
Mary: Mrs Smith, there is a color in each of these sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs Smith: In everyday English, Mary , blue sometimes means sad. Yellow means afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.
Mary: Would you give me an example for a white lie?
Mrs Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cake. In fact you don’t like it, but you won’t say it. Instead, you say, “No, thanks, I’m hungry.” That’s a white lie.
Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much..Blue sometimes means sad and is ________ English.”
| A．good | B．spoken |
| C．poor | D．useful |
I don’t have a green thumb , so all my plants _________.
| A．die off | B．grow well |
| C．look nice | D．are good |
Tom is _______ to climb the tree. He’s yellow.
| A．happy | B．clever |
| C．sad | D．afraid |
He didn’t like me to know ________ of the accident . he told me a white lie.
| A．the reason | B．the meaning |
| C．the answer | D．the true story |
He is ________ today . His father is ill.
| A．blue | B．yellow |
| C．green | D．white |
Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.
Tickets
Grown-ups：＄2.00
Children：Over 12 ＄1.00 Under 12 Free
Opening time:
9:00 a.m.— 4:00 p.m.
Except Friday 10:00 a.m. — 3 :00 p.m.
Keep the zoo clean！
Do not touch，give food or go near the animals.How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？
| A．Four | B．Five | C．Six | D．Seven |
Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other 10, how much are the tickets together？
| A．$4.00 | B．$2.00 | C．$3.00 | D．$1.00 |
Which of the following is the visiting time？
| A．8:30 a.m. Monday | B．9:30 a.m. Friday |
| C．3:00 p.m. Sunday | D．5:00 p.m. Tuesday |
From the passage we can guess the animal “giraffe” must be very _______.
| A．fat | B．long | C．strong | D．tall |
Which of the following can we do in the zoo？
| A．To give some food to the dogs. |
| B．To touch the monkey on the head. |
| C．To throw things everywhere. |
| D．To take a few nice photos. |
Jerry was a manager in a restaurant. He was always in a good mood(脾气）and always had something positive to say. This really made me curious, so one day I asked him, "It's hard to be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?'' Jerry replied ,"Each morning I wake up and say to myself, "Jerry, you can choose to be in a good mood or a bad mood," and I choose to be in a good mood. Life is all about what you choose. And what you choose leads your life."
Several years later, I heard that Jerry left the back door open one morning and was robbed(抢劫）.While trying to stop the thief ,he was shot. I went to see him in the hospital. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins." "Weren't you scared when you were in danger?" I asked. "Yes. The doctors kept telling me that I was going to be fine, but in their eyes, I read. "He's dead." I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" "Well. there was a big nurse asking me if I was allergic(过敏的）to anything. "Yes,' I replied ."Bullets(子弹）!Everyone laughed and I told them: I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive." Jerry lived thanks to the great doctors ,and also because of his amazing attitude(态度）.Attitude ,after all ,is everything.What kind of person was Jerry?
| A．He was serious. |
| B．He was helpful. |
| C．He was allergic. |
| D．He was happy and smart. |
When Jerry met difficulties in life, how did he deal with them?
| A．He faced them positively. |
| B．He talked to the writer about them. |
| C．He asked others to help him. |
| D．He tried to stop thinking about them. |
What does the underlined word "curious" mean in Chinese?
| A．敏感的 | B．好奇的 | C．开心的 | D．有趣的 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Jerry was the writer's manager. |
| B．Jerry was not afraid of dead at all. |
| C．Jerry was nearly dead after he was shot. |
| D．Jerry didn't believe doctors. |
What is the best title(题目）for this passage?
| A．Action Matters |
| B．Brave Jerry Beat the Thief |
| C．Attitude Is Everything |
| D．Jerry ,a Great Man |
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Most schools are trying hard to improve their lunch programs and they want to offer the best food they can.
Even if your school provides healthy options(选择)，you may still want to have something delicious outside.
How do you take control? Take a packed lunch to school!
Here are the four reasons to pack your lunch and snacks at least twice a week.
Control Have you ever waited in the lunch line only to find when you get to the front that you don’t like what they’re serving?
VarietyIf you’re eating the same food all the time , your body probably feels ready for a change. Packing lunch a couple of times a week means you can enjoy some favorites that you might not find at every school.
Money ServingPacking healthy snacks so that you needn’t go out for a fast-food lunch, chocolate or a soda! If so, you will save much money. And you can buy something you need.
Warm Feeling Remember when your mom or dad used to pack your lunch? Pack a lunch for yourself, maybe that is your favorite healthy food.
Whether you pack or eat in the cafeteria(自助食堂)，what’s important is that you make right choices. If you are worried that cafeteria doesn’t offer enough healthy choices, try to make changes. Ask a teacher or someone in food service for advice on hoe to get started.
Take a packed lunch to school
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To control diets |
It helps __ |
| To be __ |
Your body needs __ |
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| To _ |
Healthy snacks from home are ___ |
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| To feel warm |
In the past, your parents packed lunch for you while you just do it_ |
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| Conclusion |
It’s important to __ |
Over 30,000 years ago, people from northern Asia went to America. Today we can tell these people Indians.
The Indians went to America because the weather began to change. Northern Asia became very cold. Everything froze. They had to move or they would die. How did the first Indians go to America? They walked!
Later Columbus found the New World in 1492. At first, only a few Europeans followed. They traveled to America in boats. For the next 300 years, about 500,000 people went there. Then the number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915, over 32,000,000 Europeans left their countries for the United States. The biggest groups went from Germany and Italy. These Europeans spoke many different languages. Most of them took almost no money. They went to America so they could find a better life.________ went to America first.
| A．People from northern Asia |
| B．People from Italy |
| C．People from Germany |
| D．Columbus |
Why did the Indians go to America? Because ____________ .
| A． northern Asia became very hot |
| B． northern Asia became very cold |
| C．they were interested in America |
| D．they liked traveling |
The “New World” was _________.
| A．Italy | B．northern Asia | C．Germany | D．America |
These Europeans ___________.
| A．didn’t speak the same language |
| B．spoke English |
| C．spoke German only |
| D．spoke both English and German |
The Europeans went to America in order to _________ .
| A．find the New world |
| B．find a better life |
| C．build more boats |
| D．learn English |
At 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003, our country launched (发射) its first manned (有人的) space-ship, Shenzhou V, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province. It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours to circle the earth 14 times. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He comes from Liaoning Province, and he has been an air force pilot(飞行员) since 1983. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests.
The life of an astronaut is hard to imagine for many people. To put on a space suit takes 15 minutes with the help of others. Sleeping in space is not easy, either. He has to sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall because there is no gravity. Yang can eat chicken and rice. It’s especially made to eat in space but it doesn’t taste nice.
“I’m feeling very good in space, and it looks wonderful here,” said Yang, “I have looked at our beautiful earth and I have recorded all that I have seen here.”
China has become the third country in the world to send a person into space after the former Soviet Union(前苏联) and the United States. China is now planning its next launch. Shenzhou VI will be into space within(在……之内) the next years, it may take three astronauts. We are all proud of our motherland.Shenzhou V was launched into space _____.
| A．at 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003 |
| B．at 9 p.m. on October 15, 2003 |
| C．at 9 a.m. on October 16, 2003 |
| D．at 9 p.m. on October 16, 2003 |
Yang Liwei is a(n) ______.
| A．policeman | B．businessman | C．doctor | D．astronaut |
Yang Liwei is from _______.
| A．Liaoning | B．Gansu | C．Jining | D．Inner Mongolia |
Which of the following is true?
| A．It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 12 hours. |
| B．Life in space is easy for an astronaut. |
| C．China is planning its next launch now. |
| D．Yang Liwei is the first man into space. |
We can know there are _____ countries in the world which can send man into space.
| A．five | B．four | C．three | D．two |