Imagine the situation. You are driving along a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device (装置) which uses satellites to find the user’s position. It can find your position in 20 meters. A GPS can’t start your car, but at least you will know where you are.
GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put it in your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone. We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have electronic maps, so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the street.
There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting(围绕) the earth. The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control the satellites and make sure they are working well.
Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile. They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate(精准). There are also many new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again. With the help of GPS, people ______.
| A．can’t be lost in a new city |
| B．can’t find their way in different countries |
| C．can start the car |
| D．can learn about the culture of an unknown place |
GPS means ___________in Chinese
| A．球状卫星 | B．卫星地点 |
| C．全球卫星定位系统 | D．接收器 |
______is not the part to the Global Positioning System.
| A．ground stations | B．satellites |
| C．receivers | D．a mobile |
Maybe in the future the GPS will be _________.
| A．cheaper than mobile phones | B．as common as watches. |
| C．having few new uses | D．more accurate than now. |
. From the passage we know that ______.
| A．people can drive along a desert easily. |
| B．All GPS devices have electronic maps |
| C．Ground stations control the satellites and make sure they are working well. |
| D．Everyone will use the GPS for free. |
Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? Are you interested in your English classes? Who do you want to teach you? Maybe you have lots of questions in your mind before school starts.
Well, I want to give you some good advice(建议） on these problems.
First, keep calm(平静). Don’t worry about all the problems you have. Put your heart into learning, and you can find something you are interested in. Do it actively.
Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly. Don’t spend a lot of time on it. Do more reading or writing in English. Think about the problems you have and solve them at once. Don’t stay up(熬夜) late, or you can’t study well the next day.
Third, invent（发明） something instead of copying(抄写) or repeating. If you can remember the words in your way, you can tell your teachers you don’t like the way of copying them again and again. Be sure, you must pass（通过） the test. I think your teachers will agree（同意） with you. And they can give you some interesting work to do.
School is really a good place for us to learn. Believe in your teachers and yourself. You are the best one and you can do everything well.The writer writes this article in order to (为了) ______.
| A．ask students not to do their homework |
| B．give students some good ways of learning |
| C．ask the students not to listen to the teacher carefully |
| D．tell students what a good teacher and a good school are |
How many pieces of advice does the writer give us?
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Six |
What does the writer tell students to do about their homework?
| A．They should spend much time on it. |
| B．Do the homework quickly. |
| C．They should do more reading or writing in English. |
| D．They should stay up late doing their home-work. |
What’s the third piece of advice about?
| A．Study in your own way. |
| B．How to get high marks. |
| C．How to get on well with the teachers. |
| D．What kind of schoolwork is better for students. |
According to (根据) the passage, students should believe in ______.
| A．themselves and their parents |
| B．their parents and teachers |
| C．their classmates and their friends |
| D．themselves and their teachers |
David is eight. One day his friend Rose says to him, "This Sunday is my birthday. Can you come to my birthday party?" David says, "Yes."
On Sunday, David asks his mother if he can go to the party. His mother says, "Yes, you can go, but you must be polite. Don't ask for any food. They will give you some." "All right, Mum." David answers and he goes to Rose's house on his bike.
There are lots of kids at the party. They play together for some time, and then Rose's mother gives them some food, but she forgets David. He waits and waits and then he takes his plate up and asks, "Do you want a nice clean plate?"Whose birthday is it?
A. Rose's
B. David's
C. Rose's mother'sThe birthday party is in .
A. Rose's house
B. David's house
C. Rose's schoolDavid goes to the party .
A. by car B. by bike C. by busDavid is Rose's .
A. friend B. classmate C. brotherWho gives David food at the party?
A. Rose
B. Rose's mother
C. No one
One day an old man is selling(卖) a big elephant(大象). A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “Now, can you tell me how you found（发现） the elephant’s bad ears（耳朵）?”“I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I didn’t see an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”______ the elephant.
| A．The young man sells | B．The old man sells |
| C．The two men sell | D．The old man buys |
The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out ___.
| A．which foot of the elephant is bad | B．how heavy it is |
| C．which ear of the elephant is bad | D．what it looks like |
The young man ______.
| A．knows the elephant has bad ears |
| B．wants to buy the elephant |
| C．looks after the elephant |
| D．gets some money from the old man |
The young man ______.
| A．is not interested in elephants |
| B．knows what an elephant looks like |
| C．saw（看见）some elephants before |
| D．didn’t see an elephant before |
Hearing the young man’s words, the old man will probably(可能) be ____.
| A．angry | B．happy | C．glad | D．Hungry |
Hello! My name is Kitty. I want to talk about my home town today.
My home town is small but pretty. It’s about two hours away from London by train. In the centre of the town there is a small lake. There are lots of trees and flowers around the lake. My parents often walk around the lake at the weekend. The air in my home town is very fresh (新鲜的) and clean.
There are two schools in my home town, one primary school and one secondary school. I study in the secondary school and my younger sister studies in the primary school. I often ride my bike to school.
I usually go to the youth centre to learn drawing with my sister on Friday afternoons. I like going shopping at the weekend. There are two big shopping malls there.There is in the centre of the town.
| A．a primary school | B．a secondary school |
| C．a small lake | D．a shopping mall |
The air in Kitty’s home town is very .
| A．high | B．dirty |
| C．polluted | D．fresh and clean |
Kitty and her sister usually go to the youth centre on afternoons.
| A．Monday | B．Friday |
| C．Saturday | D．Sunday |
Kitty often goes to school .
| A．on foot | B．by bus |
| C．by underground | D．by bike |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．It is about two hours away from Kitty’s home town to London by train. |
| B．There is much air pollution in Kitty’s home town. |
| C．Kitty often takes a walk with her friends around the lake. |
| D．Kitty likes doing some shopping on Friday. |
Books are our greatest friends. They tell us stories of every country in the world. They give us all kinds of knowledge.
Life is short. One can't know and see everything in the world. With the help of books, one is able to know what happened (发生) thousands of years ago and what is happening in every part of the world now.
Books give us not only knowledge but also pleasure. Reading good books is the best way of spending our free time. And many beautiful stories for children are interesting and full of wisdom (智慧).
All the great men love books. Knowledge from books helps them to succeed (成功) because knowledge is the source(源泉) of success.Who tells us stories of every country in the world?
_______________________________________________When is one able to know what happened with the help of books?
_______________________________________________What can books give us?
______________________________________________How are many beautiful stories for children?
_______________________________________________Why does knowledge from books help the great man to succeed?
_______________________________________________