Different people have different skin(皮肤) colours. Some have black skin, some have yellow skin, and some have white skin. There was a woman in Alaska. Her skin was orange in colour. It was almost the colour of orange juice.
How did this woman become orange? She ate lots of tomatoes, carrots and pumpkins.
She ate too many orange things. That's why she turned orange.
The woman didn't want to be orange. She went to the doctor. The doctor said,“Stop eating orange things. Eat some green things.” The woman did so, and she wasn't orange any more.The woman in this story had .
| A．orange eyes and hair | B．orange skin |
| C．only orange | D．yellow skin |
The woman was orange because .
| A．she ate oranges only |
| B．she ate too many orange things |
| C．she had too much orange juice |
| D．she liked that colour skin |
This story is mainly(主要地) about .
| A．a woman in Alaska |
| B．tomatoes,carrots and pumpkin |
| C．a doctor |
| D．different people with the same colour skin |
The woman went to see the doctor because .
| A．she didn't like her skin |
| B．she needed some green things |
| C．she didn't feel well |
| D．she didn't like her colour |
The doctor told her .
| A．to eat orange things | B．to drink orange juice |
| C．not to buy any orange vegetable | D．to have some green food |
Our sun is a star, and nine worlds (天体) move round it. Worlds like these are planets. But there are other stars, other suns, not only thousands of them, but millions of them. Do different stars have planets? We can see the planets round our own sun. but we haven’t been anymore. The stars are too far away from us. Stars give out light, but the planets don’t have any light of their own. So we can’t see them. They are too far, and too dark. Still, we can tell that some stars have planets. While a big planet goes round, it pulls its star to one side. And sometimes we can see this. Then we know that the star has a planet. For example, Barnard’s Star is a small red star. And it is the quickest star in the universe. But sometimes it moves slower, and then quicker again. We have known Bernard’s Star for many years, and now we are sure it has a planet.A star is a large body in the universe. It _________.
| A．moves round our sun | B．has light of its own |
| C．can also be called a sun | D．both B and C |
Which of the following is not true?
| A．The earth is one of the sun’s world’s |
| B．There are millions of suns in the universe |
| C．The worlds are very bright |
| D．some stars have planets |
We can see the planets round our sun. But we can’t see ________.
| A．nine worlds in the universe |
| B．the planets round other stars |
| C．the satellites round the earth |
| D．other stars |
Barnard’s Star moves more quickly than ________.
| A．most stars | B．any other star |
| C．its planet | D．the planets round the sun |
How can people know that there is a planet round Barnard’s Star?
| A．Sometimes they see that the planet pulls the star to one side and makes it move slower. |
| B．The planet is shining |
| C．The planet is next to our earth. |
| D．The planet is a red one. |
During his life Dr James Naismith worked as a doctor, taught P.E and wrote several books. While he never thought it very important, Dr Naismith is today best known for one thing. He was the inventor of basketball.
Dr James Naismith was born in Canada in 1861 and his first job was at a special sports school in the USA.
One day the school principal told James he was having a problem with the students. Because of heavy snow, the students could not go outside. He told James that they needed a sport the boys could play indoors and gave the teacher two weeks to think of something.
It was on the very last day that James came up with his idea. The "birth of basketball" is said to be on December 21, 1891, when two teams from the school played the first game. It was quite different from the basketball games of today. It had 9 players on each team and footballs were used instead of basketballs. Soon after, the game changed to 5 players on each side, using special "basketballs" through nets.
Although Dr Naismith did not live to see basketball become the worldwide game it is today, in 1936, just three years before his death, basketball became an Olympic sport at the games in Berlin.Which of the following things did Dr James Naismith NOT do?
| A．Teach P.E in school. |
| B．Write some books. |
| C．Work at hospital. |
| D．Take part in the Olympic Games. |
In which season did Dr Naismith invent basketball?
| A．Summer. | B．Winter. |
| C．Spring. | D．Autumn. |
Why is December 21 thought to be the birthday of basketball?
| A．It was on this day that Dr Naismith came up with his idea for basketball. |
| B．It was the day on which Dr Naismith was born. |
| C．It was the day on which Dr Naismith was asked by his boss to invent a new game. |
| D．It was on this day that the first game of basketball was played. |
At the time of Dr Naismith's death, which of the following was true?
| A．Basketball was already a worldwide game. |
| B．Basketball was played with 9 players on each side. |
| C．Basketball was an Olympic sport. |
| D．Basketball was still played using footballs. |
What would be the best title for this story?
| A．History of Basketball | B．How Basketball Has Changed |
| C．Father of Basketball | D．Happy Birthday, Basketball |
The new book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is warmly welcomed by the children in China. It sells well across China. You can see and hear the advertisements about the book here and there.
Why is the book so attractive to children? After reading it, I was attracted by the magic world. I can not help asking: where is our own Harry Potter?
China has a long history and colorful culture. With a large market of teenagers, China published (出版) many popular books among children.
However, why are the present books not as good as those foreign ones?
Firstly, quite a number of children's books are focused on teaching, and they have little interest value. Reading them, children often have a feeling of being "educated". Certainly, they don't like them. Secondly, fewer children like the same stories, but most Chinese books are usually much the same. One knows the ending as early as in the beginning. Finally, the writers seldom think about children's needs. First-class Reading for children should be interesting, and written in their language.About the present Chinese children's books, which is NOT right?
| A．They have little interest value. |
| B．Our writers seldom know children’s needs. |
| C．Most of them are the same. |
| D．They are better than foreign ones. |
Harry Potter is so popular because _____.
| A．it's the same as Chinese books |
| B．it can lead children into a wonderful world |
| C．it's not written in children's language |
| D．it's advertised more often on TV or posters |
The underlined phrase "First-class" means _____.
| A．very simple | B．low level |
| C．really good | D．extra difficult |
"Where is our own Harry Potter?" refers to _____.
| A．the writer can't find any books for children |
| B．Chinese parents should buy Harry Potter for their children |
| C．our children should learn from Harry Potter |
| D．Chinese writers should write better books for children |
The passage mainly tells us _____.
| A．ways to read books |
| B．our children need another magic boy |
| C．ways to choose books |
| D．our children need more better books |
Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1899. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music. Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest.
Hemingway had written many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favorite. It came out in 1952. The main character in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he doesn’t get a fish in eighty-four days. Every evening, he comes home with his empty boat. But the old man believes himself. Then on the eighty-fifth day the man takes a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up.Hemingway’s father was a fan of .
| A．books | B．sports | C．music | D．Art |
The Old Man and the Sea was published(出版) in .
| A．1852 | B．1899 | C．1952 | D．1989 |
The old man doesn’t get fish until the day.
| A．fifteenth | B．eightieth |
| C．eighty-fourth | D．eighty-fifth |
What does the old man do when he can’t get a fish?
| A．He has to look for food somewhere else. |
| B．He doesn’t give up fishing. |
| C．He doesn’t fish any more. |
| D．He has nothing to do. |
What can we learn from the old man?
| A．When we are in trouble, we should not give up |
| B．When we want to fish, we can get a big fish. |
| C．We can do everything well because we are young. |
| D．We can live a better life if we like fishing. |
Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical (典型的) high school and its students.
A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather loan(租借) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.
American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can begin driving themselves to school.
Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.
The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students are involved in after-school activities. These activities include sports-especially football, basketball, baseball and soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.
Title: in an American High School
| Outline |
Details |
| Introduction |
◇It gives an overview of a typical American high school and its |
| Lockers and textbooks |
◇Every student has a locker for textbooks and ◇They prefer loaning textbooks to |
| ◇Students usually go to school by bus or on foot. Sometimes their ◇They can |
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| Classes and classrooms |
◇Students have to take main classes, elective classes and sometimes one or more ◇They go to |
| After-school activities |
◇After school most of the students take |