A boy called Mario had many friends, and he was proud of it. Whoever he met, he would like to show off(炫耀) how popular he was at school.
One day, his grandpa said to him, “Mario, I know that you don’t have as many friends as you think. Many of them are not true to you.”
Mario thought maybe his grandpa was right. However, he wasn’t sure how he could test whether his schoolmates were real friends or not, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need. It’s in my room. Wait a minute.” The old man left, soon returning as if(好像) carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there.
“Take it. It’s a very special chair. Because it’s invisible, it will be hard for you to sit on it. However, if you manage to sit on it, you can use the chair’s magic power(力量) to tell who your real friends are.”
Mario took the strange invisible chair to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair.
“Nobody move. You’re about to see something amazing,” said Mario. Then he tried sitting on the chair. Having difficulty seeing it, he missed and fell to the ground. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. “Wait, wait,” said Mario, making another try. But again he missed the seat.
Mario didn’t give up. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair. Finally, he did it. This time he felt himself in mid-air.
Then he experienced the magic that his grandpa had been talking about. Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas and Diana holding him up, so he wouldn’t fall. But some schoolmates whom he had regarded as friends had done nothing but made fun of him. Mario was quite thankful to his grandpa, who helped him test who his true friends were.Mario’s grandpa gave him a special chair to _____.
A.sit on in the school |
B.be his birthday present |
C.test who his true friends are |
D.play games with his friends at school |
What does the underlined word “invisible” mean in Chinese in the passage?
A.感激的 | B.有帮助的 |
C.神奇的 | D.看不见的 |
Mario succeeded in sitting on his chair finally because_____.
A.his friends taught him |
B.he had tried many times |
C.his friends held him |
D.the chair had magic power |
Which would be the best title(标题)for this story?
A.A Magic Chair | B.A Kind Grandpa |
C.Mario’s True Friends | D.How to Test Friends |
阅读下面图片,回答53﹣55题.
Born in 1964,Hangzhou Zhejiang The Chairman of Alibaba Group |
85years old,China The 2015Nobel Prize in Medicine |
53.Who is the Chairman of Alibaba Group?
A.Lang Lang
B.Li Yundi
C.Ma Yun
54.What kind of the Nobel Prize did Tu Youyou receive?
A.Medicine
B.Literature
C.Physics
55.Where is Tu Youyou from?
A.America
B.Japan
C.China.
阅读下面的图表,回答51﹣52题.
Welcome to Shanghai Disneyland Opening date:June 16,2016 Time:12:00﹣22:00 Ticket price:General¥370 Child (1﹣1.4metres )¥280 Senior (aged 65or above )¥280 |
51.When will Shanghai Disneyland start to open?
A.On June 16,2016
B.On June 22,2016
C.On June 12,2016
52.If Mr Li,Mrs Li and their 6﹣year﹣old son go to Shanghai Disneyland,they need to pay .
A.930yuan
B.1020yuan
C.650yuan.
China is a large country.The population is over 1.3 billion.It has a special culture with a very long history.
Chinese food plays an important role for Chinese families.Different foods have special meanings.The main difference is that Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks.One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice.Tea is a favorite drink and it is popular in the market.
Chinese calendar is different from the one used in western countries.New Year's Day is in late winter.It is also called the Spring Festival.It has a big celebration of ringing out the old and ringing in the new.It has special foods and traditions.For example,sweeping the floor before New Year's Day sweeps away all the old year's bad luck.
The Chinese zodiac (生肖),known as Sheng Xiao,follows a twelve﹣year eyele.Each year is named for an animal.These animal signs are the rat,ox,tiger,rabbit,dragon,snake,horse,sheep,monkey,rooster,dog and pig.For example,the year that begins in 2016is the year of the monkey.
Chinese is a complex (复杂的)language.Chinese writing developed almost 4000years ago and may even be older.Chinese writing has thousands of characters.A character stands for a word and also a meaning.Besides Putonghua,Chinese people speak six other forms of the language,and there are many kinds of dialects.
46.What's the population of China?
A.Almost 4000
B.More than 1.3billion
C.12million.
47.The underlined"dialects"probably means" "in Chinese.
A.交际
B.对话
C.方言
48.According to the passage,what's one of the main foods in China?
A.Tea
B.Rice
C.Meat
49.The year that begins in 2016isn't the year of the monkey,is it?
A.Yes,it is
B.No,it isn't
C.I don't know
50.What's the main idea of the passage?
A.Different foods have special meanings in Chinese culture.
B.Chinese is a popular language.
C.Chinese culture.
Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.First,reading is fun.You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading.If you like reading,you will never feel bored or tired.
Next,you can read a book almost anywhere:in a car,on a plane,or even in the bathroom.All you need is a book!
Another good reason for reading is that it is useful.If you read as a hobby,you will get better and better at it.And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read.As you reading skills improve,you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better.
Some people say that reading is out of date.This is not true.You can read on computers,and the better you read,the better your computer skills will be.
Good readers may become writers,too.They always have more things to write about.
Reading is a wonderful hobby.Why not start reading right now?
41.According to the passage,reading can keep you bored an tired.
42.You can read a book almost everywhere.
43.If your reading skills improve,your schoolwork will become much better.
44.It is true that reading is out of date.
45.Good readers may become writers. .
Do you often throw away things you don't need anymore?Have you ever thought about how these things can actually be put to good use?Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind.We should rethink,reuse,recycle!We should save the earth!(45words) Savetheearth .